Vilavancode (state assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 8°20′42″N 77°02′31″E / 8.3451075°N 77.0420246°E / 8.3451075; 77.0420246

Template:Infobox state assembly constituency Vilavancode is a legislative assembly constituency in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Travancore-cochin assembly[edit]

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Alexandar Manual Simon		Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress
1954	William		Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress

Madras State assembly[edit]

Year	Winner
1957	William	Indian National Congress
1962	William	Indian National Congress
1967	R. Ponnappan Nadar	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu assembly[edit]

Year	Winner
1971	R. Ponnappan Nadar	Indian National Congress
1977	D. Gnanasigamony	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	D. Moni	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984	M. Sundardas	Indian National Congress
1989	M. Sundardas	Indian National Congress
1991	M. Sundardas	Indian National Congress
1996	D. Moni	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001	D. Moni	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006	G. John Joseph	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	S. Vijayadharani	Indian National Congress
2016	S. Vijayadharani	Indian National Congress
2021	S. Vijayadharani	Indian National Congress

Election results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			52.12%
2016			42.43%
2011			43.69%
2006			53.74%
2001			56.75%
1996			43.35%
1991			48.86%
1989			42.25%
1984			57.49%
1980			53.66%
1977			48.85%
1971			61.79%
1967			56.19%
1962			58.19%
1954			63.87%
1952			42.85%

2021[edit]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Vijayadharani	87,473	52.12%
	BJP	Jayaseelan R	58,804	35.04%
	NTK	Mary Adlin	12,292	7.32%
	Independent	Samuel George Kalai Arasar	3,541	2.11%
	DMDK	Iden Soni L	2,447	1.46%
	NOTA	Nota	782	0.47%
	MNM	Rajakumar R	637	0.38%
	Independent	Amose S	436	0.26%
	Independent	Vijayakumar P	294	0.18%
Margin of victory			28,669	17.08%	-3.36%
Turnout			167,836	67.12%
Registered electors			250,065
	INC hold		Swing

2016[edit]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Vijayadharani	68,789	42.43
	BJP	Dharmaraj C	35,646	21.98%
	CPI (M)	Chellaswamy R	25,821	15.93%
	AIADMK	Nanjil Domenic Savio George	24,801	15.30%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,149	0.71%
	BSP	Shibu T	955	0.59%
	NTK	Manikandan P	734	0.45%
	Independent	Joseprabhu K	572	0.35%
	[[Janata Dal (Secular)\|Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/shortname]]	Johnchristopher T	518	0.32%
	Independent	Venkadeasan K	485	0.30%
	Independent	Davidraj N	422	0.26%
Margin of victory			33,143	20.44%	3.91%
Turnout			162,139	66.34%
Registered electors			244,388
	INC hold		Swing	6.78

2011[edit]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Vijayadharani	62,898	43.69%
	CPI (M)	R. Leema Rose	39,109	27.17%
	BJP	R. Jeyaseelan	37,763	26.23%
	Independent	Wilson.T	1,144	0.79%
	BSP	Promoth.B	911	0.63%
	Independent	Murugesan.A	687	0.48%
	Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha	Venkatesan.K	559	0.39%
	Independent	Radha Krishnan.C.P	498	0.35%
	Independent	Gnanamuthan.V	379	0.26%
Margin of victory			23,789	16.53%	-6.54%
Turnout			143,948	69.32%
Registered electors			207,644
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	10.67

2006[edit]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	G. John Joseph	64,532	33.02%
	AIADMK	Franklin. F	19,458	9.96%
	NCP	Vijaya Raghavan. Pon	13,434	6.87%
	BJP	Devadhas. L	12,553	6.42%
	DMDK	Idan Sony. L	7,309	3.74%
	Independent	George. E	1,182	0.60%
	BSP	Rajadhasan. Y	532	0.27%
style="background-color: Template:Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha\|Template:Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha/meta/shortname]]	Vel Kumar. P. S	423	0.22%
	Independent	Prabhakaran. K	334	0.00%
	Independent	Gnanamuthan. V	319	0.00%
		N/A		0.00%
Margin of victory			45,074	23.06%	1.05%
Turnout			120,076	61.44%
Registered electors			195,426
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	-23.73

2001[edit]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	D. Moni	59,087	56.75%
	DMK	Jeevaraj. P.	36,168	34.74%
	MDMK	Jayaraj. A.	6,494	6.24%
	Independent	Radhakrishnanc. P.	1,181	1.13%
	Independent	Dharmendrakumar. S. N.	501	0.48%
	Independent	Elias. G.	295	0.28%
	Independent	Gnanamuthan. V.	236	0.23%
	Independent	Kisinjer. N. S.	151	0.15%
Margin of victory			22,919	22.01%	1.60%
Turnout			104,113	51.46%
Registered electors			202,315
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	13.4

1996[edit]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	D. Moni	42,867	43.35%
	DMK	V. Thankaraj	21,585	21.83%
	BJP	N. Sreenivasan	16,141	16.32%
	INC	M. Sundardas	13,057	13.20%
	AIIC(T)	K. S. Janakaraj	1,713	1.73%
	Independent	P. Babu	1,156	1.17%
	Independent	C. Chandran	681	0.69%
	Independent	P. Parameswaran	375	0.38%
	Independent	C. Chellan	285	0.29%
	Independent	J. Pushparaj	229	0.23%
	Independent	C. Johnson	224	0.23%
Margin of victory			21,282	20.41%	-5.51%
Turnout			104,264	61.58%
Registered electors			169,313
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing	-5.51

1991[edit]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M. Sundardas	50,151	48.86%
	CPI (M)	D. Moni	38,842	37.85%
	BJP	C. Rajeswaran	12,511	12.19%
	Independent	P. Durairaj	548	0.53%
	Independent	P. Dass	267	0.26%
	Independent	R. Ralayyan	195	0.19%
	Independent	S. Raj	120	0.12%
Turnout			105,032	58.70%
Registered electors			178,941
	INC hold		Swing	6.61

1989[edit]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Sundardas	41,168	42.25%
	CPI (M)	D. Moni	39,954	41.00%
	BJP	Chandrasenan. K. M	9,347	9.59%
	Independent	Somasekharan Nair. D. M	5,292	5.43%
	AIADMK	Valasalamrose. T. M	1,040	1.07%
	Independent	Dasaian. K. M	644	0.66%
Margin of victory			1,214	1.23%	-15.24%
Turnout			98,833	63.75%
Registered electors			155,021
	INC hold		Swing	-15.24

1984[edit]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Sundardas	47,169	57.49%
	CPI (M)	D. Moni	34,876	42.51%
Margin of victory			12,293	14.40%	3.83%
Turnout			85,389	63.16%
Registered electors			135,185
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	3.83

1980[edit]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	D. Moni	34,170	53.66%
	DMK	Davis Raj P.	25,348	39.81%
	JP	Packianathan S.	3,370	5.29%
	Independent	Manas C.	413	0.65%
	Independent	Purshothaman N.	372	0.58%
Margin of victory			8,822	13.71%	4.81%
Turnout			64,355	52.53%
Registered electors			122,522
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	4.81

1977[edit]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	D. Gnanasigamony	32,628	48.85%
	JP	S. Sathiadas	30,695	45.96%
	INC	A. Asary	3,165	4.74%
	Independent	S. Sesari Selvaraj	299	0.45%
Margin of victory			1,933	2.87%	-12.94%
Turnout			67,279	57.10%
Registered electors			117,831
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing	-12.94

1971[edit]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Ponnappan Nadar	32,139	61.79%
	DMK	Gnanaraj Christopher G.	11,170	21.48%
	CPI (M)	Packia Das D.	8,195	15.76%
	Independent	Alvin P.	506	0.97%
Margin of victory			20,969	39.12%	5.60%
Turnout			53,607	62.45%
Registered electors			85,839
	INC hold		Swing	5.6

1967[edit]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Ponnappan Nadar	27,511	56.19%
	Independent	P. M. N. Pillai	16,184	33.05%
	[[Swatantra Party\|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]]	S. Padmanabhan	4,297	8.78%
	Independent	G. Elias	969	1.98%
Margin of victory			11,327	22.10%	-2.00%
Turnout			51,258	69.82%
Registered electors			73,410
	INC hold		Swing

1962[edit]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M. William	30,386	58.19%
	CPI	D. Gnanasigamony (Marthamdom)	21,388	40.96%
	Independent	D. Gnanasigamony (Nagercoil)	441	0.84%
Margin of victory			8,998	16.82%
Turnout			53,488	69.63%
Registered electors			76,820
	INC hold		Swing

1957[edit]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	M. William
Registered electors			67,159
	INC gain from Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress		Swing

1954[edit]

1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
style="background-color: Template:Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress\|Template:Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress/meta/shortname]]	M. William	17,291	63.87%	21.02
	CPI	G. S Mony	8,274	30.56%
	INC	Josepth	1,509	5.57%	16.87
Margin of victory			9,017	33.31%	12.89%
Turnout			27,074	67.65%
Registered electors			40,019
style="background-color: Template:Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress/meta/color" \|	[[Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress\|Template:Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress/meta/shortname]] hold		Swing

1952[edit]

1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election : Vilavancode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress\|Template:Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress/meta/shortname]]	Alexander Mannuel Simon	12,089	42.85%
	INC	Doraswamy. S.	6,330	22.44%
	SP	Neelakanda Pillai. P. M.	4,329	15.35%
		Arjunan	3,071	10.89%
	Independent	Sathyanesan. A. N.	1,419	5.03%
	[[Revolutionary Socialist Party\|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party/meta/shortname]]	Sreedharan Nair. N.	972	3.45%
Margin of victory			5,759	20.41%
Turnout			28,210	73.37%
Registered electors			38,448
	Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress win (new seat)

References[edit]

↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.

[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

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