Tirunelveli (state assembly constituency)

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Tirunelveli is an assembly constituency located in Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu since Independence. Tirunelveli was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[1][2][3][4] Tirunelveli voted for the party that forms government in the state except for 2016.

Madras State assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Winner Party
1952 Arumugam
S. N. Somayajulu 		Indian National Congress
1957 Rajathi Kunjithapatham
Somasundaram 		Indian National Congress
1962 Rajathi Kunchithapatham Indian National Congress
1967 A. L. Subramanian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Winner Party
1971 P. Padmanabhan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 G. R. Edmund All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 V. R. Nedunchezhiyan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 S. Narayanan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1986 R. M. Veerappan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 A. L. Subramanian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 D. Veliah Thevar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 A. L. Subramanian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 Nainar Nagendran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 N. Malai Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 Nainar Nagendran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 A. L. S. Lakshmanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Nainar Nagendran Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results[edit | edit source]

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 46.70%
2016
 
 43.13%
2011
 
 54.81%
2006
 
 45.85%
2001
 
 40.93%
1996
 
 52.48%
1991
 
 62.81%
1989
 
 35.55%
1984
 
 59.57%
1980
 
 57.96%
1977
 
 38.50%
1971
 
 62.16%
1967
 
 61.74%
1962
 
 36.89%
1957
 
 27.25%
1952
 
 23.55%

2021[edit | edit source]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nainar Nagendran 92,282 46.70% 43.53%
DMK A. L. S. Lakshmanan 69,175 35.01% -8.12%
NTK Sathya.B. 19,162 9.70% 8.59%
AMMK Mahesh Kannan.A. P. 8,911 4.51%
NOTA Nota 2,091 1.06% -0.11%
Independent Sivakumar.M. 1,412 0.71%
Independent Srithar Rajan 1,342 0.68%
BSP Kalanithy 654 0.33%
Independent Sankarasubramanian.M. 582 0.29%
Independent Esakkimuthu.P. 437 0.22%
CPI(ML)L Sundarraj.M. 415 0.21%
Margin of victory 23,107 11.69% 11.38%
Turnout 197,587 67.57% -2.91%
Registered electors 292,411
BJP gain from DMK Swing 3.58%


2016[edit | edit source]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. L. S. Lakshmanan 81,761 43.13% 12.79%
AIADMK Nainar Nagendran 81,160 42.81% -12.00%
DMDK Madasamy S. 8,640 4.56%
BJP Maharajan A. 6,017 3.17% 2.02%
NOTA None Of The Above 2,218 1.17%
NTK Viyanarasu A. 2,106 1.11%
Independent Velammal G. 2,029 1.07%
PMK Ganesan Kannan 1,884 0.99%
Independent Rajkumar P. 1,377 0.73%
BSP Balasubramanian E. 507 0.27%
Independent Mallar Maharajan 401 0.21%
Margin of victory 601 0.32% -24.15%
Turnout 189,576 70.48% -6.20%
Registered electors 268,968
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -11.68%


2011[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Nainar Nagendran 86,220 54.81% 9.39%
DMK A. L. S. Lakshmanan 47,729 30.34% -15.50%
JMM Velammal. G 7,771 4.94%
Independent Pasupathipandian. C 4,307 2.74%
IJK Madhan. S 2,696 1.71%
BJP Murugadhas. G 1,815 1.15% -0.43%
Independent Subramanian. M 1,200 0.76%
Independent Ramakrishnan. P 975 0.62%
Independent Vedantham. K 969 0.62%
Independent Madasamy. C 814 0.52%
BSP Devendran. T 732 0.47%
Margin of victory 38,491 24.47% 24.05%
Turnout 205,146 76.68% 4.62%
Registered electors 157,304
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 8.97%


2006[edit | edit source]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK N. Malai Raja 65,517 45.85% 5.61%
AIADMK Nainar Nagendran 64,911 45.42% 4.49%
Independent Jayachandran. S 4,080 2.85%
AIFB Nambirajan S 2,709 1.90%
BJP Sivakumar. K. M 2,257 1.58%
BSP Jeyakumar A 1,406 0.98%
Independent Velua 565 0.40%
Independent Raji Yadhav 525 0.37%
CPI(ML)L Rajamanickam. T. 444 0.31% -0.44%
SP Chelladurai. S 178 0.12%
Independent Sankar Kumar. M 135 0.09%
Margin of victory 606 0.42% -0.27%
Turnout 142,908 72.06% 18.94%
Registered electors 198,312
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 4.92%


2001[edit | edit source]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Nainar Nagendran 42,765 40.93% 8.88%
DMK A. L. Subramanian 42,043 40.24% -12.24%
SP Saravanaperumal. S 11,025 10.55%
MDMK Shanmugasundaram. R 4,980 4.77% -3.38%
Independent Jabarullakhan. P. 1,595 1.53%
CPI(ML)L Sankarapandian. T. 782 0.75% 0.44%
Independent Rajapandian. J 445 0.43%
Independent Velu. A 410 0.39%
Independent Arumuganainar. T 229 0.22%
Independent Ayyappan. P 218 0.21%
Margin of victory 722 0.69% -19.74%
Turnout 104,492 53.12% -15.81%
Registered electors 196,785
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -11.55%


1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. L. Subramanian 59,914 52.48% 19.80%
AIADMK Karuppasamy Pandian. V. 36,590 32.05% -30.76%
MDMK Achiyur Mani. M. 9,295 8.14%
PMK Perumal. P. 3,141 2.75%
BJP Chidambaram. Su. 2,171 1.90%
JP Kalaivanan. P. 1,661 1.45%
CPI(ML)L Sankarapandian. T. 351 0.31%
Independent Mohamed Abdul Malik. V. A. 218 0.19%
Independent Armugadass Yadav 133 0.12%
Independent Arumugasamy. K. 132 0.12%
Independent Lakshmanan. K. 108 0.09%
Margin of victory 23,324 20.43% -9.70%
Turnout 114,165 68.93% 7.04%
Registered electors 170,499
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -10.33%


1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK D. Veliah 63,138 62.81% 39.11%
DMK A. L. Subramanian 32,853 32.68% -2.87%
Independent Thandayuthapani M. 1,874 1.86%
PMK Nellaiappan C. 1,803 1.79%
style="background-color: Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Tharasu Makkal Mandram|Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/shortname]] Ponnudurai V. 246 0.24%
Independent Peer Jamal P. 151 0.15%
Independent Royappan M. 95 0.09%
Independent Chandrasekaran A. 79 0.08%
Independent Mohamad Madhar M. 65 0.06%
Independent Somasundaram E. 60 0.06%
Independent Nagarajan A. S. 59 0.06%
Margin of victory 30,285 30.13% 21.22%
Turnout 100,516 61.90% -10.73%
Registered electors 165,240
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 27.26%


1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. L. Subramanian 37,991 35.55% -4.10%
INC Nellai Kannan N. S. S. M 28,470 26.64%
AIADMK Masana Moorthy. V. M 25,332 23.71% -35.87%
AIADMK Muthusamy. K. M 12,201 11.42% -48.16%
Independent Gaspar Raja. G. M 1,513 1.42%
Independent Esakki Pandian. P. M 253 0.24%
Independent Yusuf. A. M 171 0.16%
Independent Arumugadas. P. M 168 0.16%
Independent Murugan. M. M 158 0.15%
Independent Kaja Nawaz. A. M 154 0.14%
Independent Subramanian. T. S. M 142 0.13%
Margin of victory 9,521 8.91% -11.01%
Turnout 106,862 72.63% -2.64%
Registered electors 149,539
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -24.02%


1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Narayanan 56,409 59.57% 1.61%
DMK A. L. Subramanian 37,547 39.65%
Independent Ramakrishnan. M. 372 0.39%
Independent Arumughadoss. P. 359 0.38%
Margin of victory 18,862 19.92% 2.90%
Turnout 94,687 75.27% 5.47%
Registered electors 129,277
AIADMK hold Swing 1.61%


1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. R. Nedunchezhiyan 48,338 57.96% 19.46%
INC Rajathi Kunchithapatham 34,142 40.94% 13.07%
Independent Pandian 613 0.74%
Independent Ilan Thevar Chandra Sekar 301 0.36%
Margin of victory 14,196 17.02% 6.39%
Turnout 83,394 69.79% 10.30%
Registered electors 120,570
AIADMK hold Swing 19.46%


1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK G. R. Edmund 26,419 38.50%
INC Krishnan Alias Nellai Kannan 19,125 27.87% -9.97%
JP R. Servaikaren Subbiah 8,244 12.01%
DMK E. Nambi 8,199 11.95% -50.21%
Independent M. Abdul Majeed 6,090 8.87%
Independent E. Hariramakrishnan 545 0.79%
Margin of victory 7,294 10.63% -13.69%
Turnout 68,622 59.49% -10.60%
Registered electors 116,395
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -23.66%


1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. Padmanabhan 43,325 62.16% 0.42%
INC Rajathi Kunchithapatham 26,373 37.84% 0.19%
Margin of victory 16,952 24.32% 0.24%
Turnout 69,698 70.10% -6.74%
Registered electors 103,204
DMK hold Swing 0.42%


1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. L. Subramanian 41,589 61.74%
INC M. S. M. Pillai 25,364 37.65% 0.76%
Independent M. K. R. Iyenger 409 0.61%
Margin of victory 16,225 24.09% 22.04%
Turnout 67,362 76.84% 2.40%
Registered electors 89,938
DMK gain from INC Swing 24.84%


1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajathi Kunjithapatham 25,985 36.89% 9.64%
[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]] Ramasami (Sundaram) 24,544 34.85%
IUML Ahmed Ibrahim 18,091 25.69%
[[Praja Socialist Party|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]] Muthiah Pillai 809 1.15%
Independent S. Rajagopalachari 702 1.00%
Independent Narasimha Rao 299 0.42%
Margin of victory 1,441 2.05% -4.40%
Turnout 70,430 74.44% -7.61%
Registered electors 96,617
INC hold Swing 9.64%


1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajathi Kunjithapatham 38,839 27.25% 3.70%
INC Somasundaram 29,648 20.80% -2.75%
Independent Kandish 16,886 11.85%
[[Praja Socialist Party|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]] Mohammaed Ismail Rowther 15,695 11.01%
[[Praja Socialist Party|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]] Ponnusami (Sc) 12,388 8.69%
Independent Esakimuthu (Sc) 7,834 5.50%
Independent Jacob 4,834 3.39%
Independent Chelliah (Sc) 4,822 3.38%
Independent Sankarasubramania Iyer 2,791 1.96%
Independent Sundaram 2,781 1.95%
Independent Kannappa Pillai 2,760 1.94%
Margin of victory 9,191 6.45% 2.56%
Turnout 142,516 82.05% -14.91%
Registered electors 173,695
INC hold Swing 3.70%


1952[edit | edit source]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Arumugam 32,529 23.55% 23.55%
INC S. N. Somayajulu 27,156 19.66% 19.66%
Independent P. S. Subramania Pillai 20,470 14.82%
CPI Shammaguam 19,315 13.98%
Independent Kankaraj 16,604 12.02%
SP Nadarajan Alias Mangala Ponnambalam 10,458 7.57%
style="background-color: Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/shortname]] Subramanian 5,857 4.24%
Independent Muthiah 3,198 2.32%
Independent Sethuramalingam Pillai 2,550 1.85%
Margin of victory 5,373 3.89%
Turnout 138,137 96.96%
Registered electors 142,467
INC win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "VVPAT used on pilot basis". The Hindu. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "VVPAT usage in 64 seats in 5 states Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Voter Verifiable Paper Auditor Trail units brought to Nellai - The Hindu".
  4. ↑ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes".
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