Padmanabhapuram Assembly constituency

Padmanabhapuram
Padmanabhapuram
Constituency No. 232 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanniyakumari
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanniyakumari
Established	1951
Total electors	234,056
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent T. Mano Thangaraj
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

8°15′2.6″N 77°19′36.2″E

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictKanniyakumari

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Padmanabhapuram is an assembly constituency located in Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha Constituency in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Constituency	Year	Winner	Party
Kalkulam	1952	N. A. Noor Mohammad		Tamil Nadu Congress
Padmanabhapuram	1954	N. A. Noor Mohammad		Tamil Nadu Congress

Year	Winner
1957	Thompson Dharmaraj Daniel	Indian National Congress
1962	Kunjan Nadar (Rayan Nadar)	Independent
1967	V. George	Indian National Congress

Year	Winner
1971	A. Swamidhas	Indian National Congress
1977	A. Swamidhas	Janata Party
1980	P. Mohammad Ismail	Janata Party
1984	V. Balachandran	Independent (Supported by Hindu Munnani)^[1]
1989	S. Noor Mohammad	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	K. Lawrence	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	C. Velayudham	Bharatiya Janata Party
2001	K. P. Rajendra Prasad	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	T. Theodre Reginald	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Dr. Pushpa Leela Alban
2016	Mano Thangaraj
2021	Mano Thangaraj


2021			51.57%
2016			47.20%
2011			41.48%
2006			53.06%
2001			42.94%
1996			31.76%
1991			51.85%
1989			27.24%
1984			37.77%
1980			37.27%
1977			47.81%
1971			56.05%
1967			46.06%
1962			46.47%
1957			80.15%
1951			52.33%

Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	CPI(M)	Kishore A/L Ravi Chandiran
	BJP	Kishore A/L Ravi Chandiran
	NTK	Kishore A/L Ravi Chandiran
	TVK	Kishore A/L Ravi Chandiran		New
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors			234,056
	gain from		Swing

Padmanabhapuram Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

Travancore-Cochin

Madras State

Tamil Nadu

Election results

2026

2021

2016

2011

2006

2001

1996

1991

1989

1984

1980

1977

1971

1967

1962

1957

1954

1952

Notes

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Mano Thangaraj	87,744	51.57	+4.37
	AIADMK	D. John Thankam	60,859	35.77	+13.89
	NTK	Seelan	13,899	8.17	+7.66
	AMMK	D. Jenkins	3,234	1.90	New
	BSP	P. Latha	1,272	0.75	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,036	0.61	−0.23
	MNM	M. Jeyaraj	981	0.58	New
Margin of victory			26,885	15.80	−9.52
Turnout			170,156	71.18	2.84
Rejected ballots			1443	0.85
Registered electors			239,036
	DMK hold		Swing	4.37

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Mano Thangaraj	76,249	47.20	+5.72
	AIADMK	K. P. Rajendra Prasad	35,344	21.88	New
	BJP	Su. Sheeba Prasad	31,994	19.80	−4.09
	DMDK	D. Jeganathan	13,185	8.16	−19.94
	NOTA	NOTA	1,359	0.84	New
	NTK	Arul Selestin Raj	826	0.51	New
Margin of victory			40,905	25.32	11.94
Turnout			161,560	68.34	−1.60
Registered electors			236,398
	DMK hold		Swing	5.72

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dr. Pushpa Leela Alban	59,882	41.48
	DMDK	S. Austin	40,561	28.10
	BJP	G. Sujith Kumar	34,491	23.89
	Independent	R. S. Sriraman	4,029	2.79
	Independent	M. Vijayakumar	1,803	1.25
	Independent	C. Robi	871	0.60
	BSP	Dr. C. Madhesan	808	0.56
	ABHM	S. Durai Raj	598	0.41
	Independent	R. R. Nisanth	431	0.30
	Independent	S. Vijaya Raj	319	0.22
	Independent	P. Ramesh Babu	283	0.20
Margin of victory			19,321	13.38	−18.55
Turnout			206,399	69.94	7.57
Registered electors			144,362
	DMK hold		Swing	-11.58

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Theodre Reginald	51,612	53.06	*New*
	AIADMK	K. P. Rajendra Prasad	20,546	21.12	−21.82
	BJP	C. Velayudham	19,777	20.33	−19.32
	DMDK	C. Selvin	3,360	3.45	New
	Independent	S. Thomas	608	0.63	New
	Independent	Y. Lal Bensam	564	0.58	New
Margin of victory			31,066	31.94	28.65
Turnout			97,273	62.37	10.75
Registered electors			155,950
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	10.11

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Rajendra Prasad	36,223	42.94	+29
	BJP	C. Velayudham	33,449	39.66	+7.9
	Independent	P. Sundara Balies	7,059	8.37	New
	JD(S)	D. Arulraj	5,455	6.47	New
	Independent	R. Reghu	1,173	1.39	New
Margin of victory			2,774	3.29	−1.97
Turnout			84,349	51.62	−8.89
Registered electors			163,430
	AIADMK gain from BJP		Swing	11.18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	C. Velayudham	27,443	31.76	+8.04
	DMK	Bala Janathipathy	22,903	26.51	New
	AIADMK	K. Lawrence	12,053	13.95	−37.9
	CPI(M)	S. Noor Mohammad	11,746	13.59	−10.14
	AIIC(T)	T. C. Joseph	10,942	12.66	New
Margin of victory			4,540	5.25	−22.86
Turnout			86,408	60.52	1.16
Registered electors			148,031
	BJP gain from AIADMK		Swing	-20.09

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Lawrence	42,950	51.85	+45.76
	CPI(M)	S. Noor Mohammad	19,657	23.73	−3.51
	BJP	C. Velayudham	19,653	23.72	+5.47
Margin of victory			23,293	28.12	26.45
Turnout			82,838	59.35	−4.10
Registered electors			143,018
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	24.61

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	S. Noor Mohammad	21,489	27.24	*New*
	INC	A. T. C. Joseph	20,175	25.57	New
	Independent	D. Kumaradas	17,330	21.97	New
	BJP	C. Velayudham	14,404	18.26	New
	AIADMK	P. Selvaraj	4,803	6.09	−25.96
Margin of victory			1,314	1.67	−4.06
Turnout			78,891	63.45	−8.59
Registered electors			125,883
	CPI(M) gain from Independent		Swing	-10.54

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	V. Balachandran	28,465	37.77	*New*
	AIADMK	M. Vincent	24,148	32.05	New
	JP	P. D. S. Mony	22,743	30.18	New
Margin of victory			4,317	5.73	1.35
Turnout			75,356	72.04	19.31
Registered electors			110,266
	Independent gain from JP		Swing	0.51

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	P. Mohammad Ismail	19,758	37.27	*New*
	GKC	K. Lawrence	17,434	32.88	New
	INC	A. Pauliah	15,618	29.46	+21.71
Margin of victory			2,324	4.38	−12.63
Turnout			53,017	52.73	3.33
Registered electors			101,364
	JP hold		Swing	-10.55

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Padmanabhapuram^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	A. Swamidhas	22,910	47.81	*New*
	AIADMK	N. V. Kanniyapan	14,757	30.80	New
	DMK	A. Rajappa	5,551	11.59	−18.11
	INC	M. Ratnaswamy	3,713	7.75	−48.3
	Independent	R. Antrose Mary	662	1.38	New
	Independent	N. C. Ramaswamy	321	0.67	New
Margin of victory			8,153	17.02	−9.34
Turnout			47,914	49.40	−16.84
Registered electors			97,615
	JP gain from INC		Swing	-8.24

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Padmanabhapuram^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Swamidhas	32,416	56.05	+9.99
	DMK	G. C. Michael	17,174	29.70	New
	CPI(M)	M. M. Ali	8,243	14.25	−18.88
Margin of victory			15,242	26.36	13.42
Turnout			57,833	66.24	−4.15
Registered electors			89,344
	INC hold		Swing	9.99

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Padmanabhapuram^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. George	24,661	46.06	+25.93
	CPI(M)	M. M. Ali	17,738	33.13	New
	SWA	J. Nesamony	6,247	11.67	New
	Independent	A. K. Nadar	4,895	9.14	New
Margin of victory			6,923	12.93	−10.90
Turnout			53,541	70.39	9.77
Registered electors			78,992
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-0.41

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Padmanabhapuram^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thompson Dharmaraj Daniel	29,276	80.15	*New*
	Independent	S. Muthukaruppa Pillai	7,250	19.85	New
Margin of victory			22,026	60.30
Turnout			36,526	47.37
Registered electors			77,102
	INC win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kunjan Nadar	23,747	46.47	*New*
	CPI	Francis	11,572	22.65	New
	INC	Thompson Dharmaraj Daniel	10,287	20.13	−60.02
	Independent	J. Nesamony	5,492	10.75	New
Margin of victory			12,175	23.83	−36.48
Turnout			51,098	60.63	13.25
Registered electors			87,999
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-33.68

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTNC	N. A. Noor Mohammad	14,684	57.59	*New*
	Independent	V. Gregory Rajamony	7,600	29.81	New
	CPI	M. Mohammed Ali	3,213	12.60	New
Margin of victory			7,084	27.78
Turnout			25,497	66.02	{{{change}}}
Registered electors			38,618
	TTNC win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTNC	N. A. Noor Mohammad	13,860	52.33	+52.33
	SP	T. Velappan Nair	8,686	32.79	New
	INC	N. Ahmed Kannu	3,116	11.76	+11.76
	TTP	T. V. Retnaswami	620	2.34	New
	Independent	Subrahmania Iyer	206	0.78	New
Margin of victory			5,174	19.53
Turnout			26,488	70.53
Registered electors			37,558
	TTNC win (new seat)