Tirunelveli (Lok Sabha constituency)

Tirunelveli
Tirunelveli
Lok Sabha Constituency
	Area of Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	S. Gnanathiraviam
Parliamentary Party	DMK
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952-present
Reservation	General
State	Tamil Nadu
Total Electors	16,07,800
Former MP	K. R. P. Prabakaran
Most Successful Party	AIADMK (7 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Alangulam; Tirunelveli; Ambasamudram; Palayamkottai; Nanguneri; Radhapuram;

Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency (Tamil: திருநெல்வேலி மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in South India.

Assembly segments[edit]

From 2009 General Elections, the Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency composed of following 6 assembly segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
223	Alangulam	None	Tenkasi
224	Tirunelveli	None	Tirunelveli
225	Ambasamudram	None	Tirunelveli
226	Palayamkottai	None	Tirunelveli
227	Nanguneri	None	Tirunelveli
228	Radhapuram	None	Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency was initially composed of the following assembly segments (before 2009 elections):

List of elected members[edit]

SL No.	Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1.	1952	1st	P. T. Thanu Pillai	Indian National Congress	1952-1957
1.	1957	2nd	P. T. Thanu Pillai		1957-1962
2.	1962	3rd	Muthiah		1962-1967
3.	1967	4th	S. Xavier	Swatantra Party	1967-1971
4.	1971	5th	S. A. Muruganantham	Communist Party of India	1971-1977
5.	1977	6th	Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1977-1980
6.	1980	7th	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1980-1984
7.	1984	8th	Kadambur R. Janarthanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1984-1989
	1989	9th			1989-1991
	1991	10th			1991-1996
8.	1996	11th	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1996-1998
(7)	1998	12th	Kadambur R. Janarthanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1998-1999
9.	1999	13th	P. H. Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1999-2004
10.	2004	14th	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	Indian National Congress	2004-2009
10.	2009	15th	S. Ramasubbu	Indian National Congress	2009-2014
11.	2014	16th	K. R. P. Prabakaran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2014-2019
12.	2019	17th	S. Gnanathiraviam^[2]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2019-Incumbent

Election results[edit]

2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Gnanathiraviam	5,22,623	50.30
	AIADMK	P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian	3,37,166	32.40
	AMMK	Michael Rayappan	62,209	5.98	New
	NTK	P. Sathya	49,898	4.8
	MNM	M. Vennimalai	23,100	2.22	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,958	1.05
Majority			1,85,457	17.83
Turnout			10,40,390	67.22
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. R. P. Prabakaran	3,98,139	41.37
	DMK	Devadasa Sundaram	2,72,040	28.26	+28.26
	DMDK	S Sivananentha Perumal	1,27,370	13.23
	INC	S. Ramasubbu	62,863	6.53
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Majority			1,26,099	13.10
Turnout			9,62,647	67.77
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing

2009[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Ramasubbu	2,74,932	39.23
	AIADMK	K. Annamalai	2,53,629	36.19
	DMDK	S. Michael Rayappan	94,562	13.49	+13.49
	BJP	Karu Nagarajan	39,997	5.70
	IND	N. Jeyabalan	6,079	0.87
Majority			21,303	3.04
Turnout			7,00,788	66.13
	INC hold		Swing

2004[edit]

2004 Indian general elections: Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	3,70,127	58.39	n/a
	AIADMK	R. Amirtha Ganesan	2,03,052	32.03	-8.88
	JD(U)	M. Appavu	39,333	6.21	n/a
Majority			1,67,075	26.36	+22.02
Turnout			6,33,846	58.35	+3.89
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	+58.39

References[edit]

↑ "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.

External links[edit]

[1] "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.

[2] "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.

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v t e Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu
2009-present	Tiruvallur Chennai North Chennai South Chennai Central Sriperumbudur Kancheepuram Arakkonam Vellore Krishnagiri Dharmapuri Tiruvannamalai Arani Viluppuram Kallakurichi Salem Namakkal Erode Tiruppur Nilgiris Coimbatore Pollachi Dindigul Karur Tiruchirappalli Perambalur Cuddalore Chidambaram Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam Thanjavur Sivagangai Madurai Theni Virudhunagar Ramanathapuram Thoothukkudi Tenkasi Tirunelveli Kanniyakumari
1977-2004	Chennai North Chennai Central Chennai South Sriperumbudur Chengalpattu Arakkonam Vellore Tiruppattur Vandavasi Tindivanam Cuddalore Chidambaram Dharmapuri Krishnagiri Rasipuram Salem Tiruchengode Nilgiris Gobichettipalayam Coimbatore Pollachi Palani Dindigul Madurai Periyakalum Karur Tiruchirappalli Perambalur Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam Thanjavur Pudukkottai Sivaganga Ramanathapuram Sivakasi Tirunelveli Tenkasi Tiruchendur Nagercoil
1952-77	Kumbakonam