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Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Tenkasi | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha Constituency | |
 Tenkasi constituency, post-2008 delimitation | |
| Incumbent | Dhanush M. Kumar |
| Parliamentary Party | DMK |
| Elected Year | 2019 Election |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 1957-present |
| Reservation | Scheduled Caste |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Total Electors | 15,03,898 [1] |
| Assembly Constituencies | Rajapalayam Srivilliputhur Sankarankovil Vasudevanallur Kadayanallur Tenkasi |
Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency (Tamil: தென்காசி மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India.
Assembly segments[edit]
Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments :[2]
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District |
|---|---|---|---|
| 203 | Rajapalayam | None | Virudhunagar |
| 204 | Srivilliputhur | SC | Virudhunagar |
| 219 | Sankarankovil | SC | Tenkasi |
| 220 | Vasudevanallur | SC | Tenkasi |
| 221 | Kadayanallur | None | Tenkasi |
| 222 | Tenkasi | None | Tenkasi |
Before 2009:
1.Sankarankovil (SC)
2.Vasudevanallur (SC)
3.Kadaiyanallur
4.Tenkasi
5.Alangulam
6.Ambasamuthiram
Members of Parliament[edit]
| Year | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | M. Sankarapandian | INC | N. Shanmugham | CPI |
| 1962 | M. P. Swamy | INC | S. A. Muruganandam | CPI |
| 1967 | R. S. Arumugam | INC | Velu | SWA |
| 1971 | A. M. Chellachami | INC | R. S. Arumugam | NCO |
| 1977 | M. Arunachalam | INC | S. Rajagopalan | NCO |
| 1980 | M. Arunachalam | INC | S. Rajagopalan | JNP |
| 1984 | M. Arunachalam | INC | R. Krishnan | CPM |
| 1989 | M. Arunachalam | INC | R. Krishnan | CPM |
| 1991 | M. Arunachalam | INC | T. Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar | DMK |
| 1996 | M. Arunachalam | TMC(M) | V. Selvaraj | INC |
| 1998 | S. Murugesan | AIADMK | M. Arunachalam | TMC(M) |
| 1999 | S. Murugesan | AIADMK | S. Arumugam | BJP |
| 2004 | M. Appadurai | CPI | S. Murugesan | AIADMK |
| 2009 | P. Lingam | CPI | K. Vellaipandi | INC |
| 2014 | M. Vasanthi | AIADMK | K. Krishnasamy | Puthiya Tamizhagam |
| 2019 | Dhanush M Kumar[3] | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | K. Krishnasamy | Puthiya Tamizhagam |
Detailed results[edit]
2019[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Dhanush M Kumar | 4,69,156 | 44.69 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Puthiya Tamilagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Puthiya Tamilagam|Template:Puthiya Tamilagam/meta/shortname]] | K. Krishnasamy | 3,55,870 | 33.40 | |
| AMMK | S. Ponnuthai | 92,116 | 8.64 | ||
| NTK | S. S. Madhivanan | 59,445 | 5.58 | ||
| MNM | K. Muneeswaran | 24,023 | 2.25 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 14,056 | 1.32 | ||
| Majority | 1,20,286 | 11.29 | |||
| Turnout | 10,66,008 | 71.43 | |||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
2014[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | M. Vasanthi | 4,24,586 | 41.71 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Puthiya Tamizhagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Puthiya Tamizhagam|Template:Puthiya Tamizhagam/meta/shortname]] | K. Krishnasamy | 2,62,812 | 25.82 | |
| MDMK | Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar T | 1,90,233 | 18.61 | ||
| INC | K. Jeyakumar | 58,963 | 5.73 | ||
| CPI | P. Lingam | 23,528 | 1.42 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 14,492 | 1.42 | ||
| Majority | 1,61,774 | 15.89 | |||
| Turnout | 10,19,436 | 73.76 | |||
| AIADMK gain from United Progressive Alliance | Swing | ||||
2009[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | P. Lingam | 2,81,174 | 37.69 | ||
| INC | G. Vellaipandi | 2,34,368 | 33.04 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Puthiya Tamizhagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Puthiya Tamizhagam|Template:Puthiya Tamizhagam/meta/shortname]] | K. Krishnasamy | 1,16,685 | 15.63 | |
| DMDK | K. Inbaraj | 75,741 | 10.14 | ||
| BSP | Krishnan K | 6,948 | 0.93 | ||
| Majority | 34,677 | 4.65 | |||
| Turnout | 7,46,413 | 70.18 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
2004[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | M. Appadurai | 3,48,000 | 48.85 | n/a | |
| AIADMK | S. Murugesan | 2,25,824 | 31.70 | -3.62 | |
| JD(U) | Dr. K. Krishnasamy | 1,01,122 | 14.19 | n/a | |
| Independent | M. Vadivel Kumar | 14,441 | 2.03 | n/a | |
| Majority | 1,22,176 | 17.15 | +17.02 | ||
| Turnout | 7,12,409 | 65.68 | +0.80 | ||
| CPI gain from AIADMK | Swing | +48.85 | |||
References[edit]
- ↑ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
- ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2008.
- ↑ "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 27. Retrieved 2 June 2019.