Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency

Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India. It is reserved for SC(Scheduled Caste). Its Parliamentary Constituency number is 37.

Tenkasi
Lok Sabha Constituency
Tenkasi constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Assembly ConstituenciesRajapalayam
Srivilliputhur
Sankarankovil
Vasudevanallur
Kadayanallur
Tenkasi
Established1957-present
Total electors15,03,898 [1]
ReservationScheduled Caste
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyDMK
Elected year2019 Election

Assembly segments

Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments :[2]

No Name District Member Reserved for (SC/ST/None) Party
203 Rajapalayam Virudhunagar S. Thangappandian General DMK
204 Srivilliputhur Virudhunagar E. M. Manraj SC ADMK
219 Sankarankoil Tenkasi E. Raja SC DMK
220 Vasudevanallur Tenkasi T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar SC DMK
221 Kadayanallur Tenkasi C. Krishnamurali General ADMK
222 Tenkasi Tenkasi S. Palani Nadar General INC

Before 2009:

1.Sankarankovil (SC)

2.Vasudevanallur (SC)

3.Kadaiyanallur

4.Tenkasi

5.Alangulam

6.Ambasamuthiram

Members of the Parliament
Year Winner Party
1957 M. Sankarapandian Indian National Congress
1962 M. P. Swamy
1967 R. S. Arumugam
1971 A. M. Chellachami
1977 M. Arunachalam
1980 M. Arunachalam
1984 M. Arunachalam
1989 M. Arunachalam
1991 M. Arunachalam
1996 M. Arunachalam Tamil Maanila Congress
1998 S. Murugesan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999 S. Murugesan
2004 M. Appadurai Communist Party of India
2009 P. Lingam
2014 M. Vasanthi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019 Dhanush M Kumar[3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Detailed results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Tenkasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Dhanush M Kumar 4,69,156 44.69
PT 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
2014 Indian general elections: Tenkasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Vasanthi 4,24,586 41.71
PT 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 UPA Swing

2009
2009 Indian general elections: Tenkasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI P. Lingam 2,81,174 37.69
INC G. Vellaipandi 2,34,368 33.04
PT 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

General Election 2004
2004 Indian general elections: Tenkasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI M. Appadurai 3,45,000 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
  1. GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
  2. "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.
  3. "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.

See also

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