Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency

Tenkasi
Tenkasi
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Rajapalayam; Srivilliputhur; Sankarankovil; Vasudevanallur; Kadayanallur; Tenkasi
Established	1957
Total electors	15,03,898
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Rani Srikumar
Party	DMK
Alliance	None
Elected year	2024

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.

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

Assembly constituenciesRajapalayam
Srivilliputhur
Sankarankovil
Vasudevanallur
Kadayanallur
Tenkasi

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Year	Winner
1957	M. Sankarapandian	Indian National Congress
1962	M. P. Swamy
1967	R. S. Arumugam
1971	A. M. Chellachami
1977	M. Arunachalam
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996		Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	S. Murugesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	S. Murugesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004	M. Appadurai	Communist Party of India
2009	P. Lingam	Communist Party of India
2014	M. Vasanthi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	Dhanush M. Kumar^[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024	Rani Srikumar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam


2024			40.97%
2019			45.11%
2014			42.31%
2009			37.80%
2004			48.87%
1999			35.88%
1998			41.84%
1996			44.98%
1991			63.56%
1989			62.50%
1984			68.09%
1980			62.42%
1977			69.23%
1971			55.48%
1967			41.52%
1962			51.15%
1957			50.97%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dr. Rani Srikumar	425,679	40.97
	AIADMK	K. Krishnasamy	2,29,480	22.08
	BJP	B. John Pandian	2,08,825	20.10
	NTK	S. Isaimadhivanan	1,30,335	12.54
	NOTA	None of the above	17,165	1.65
Margin of victory			1,96,199	18.89	−
Turnout				67.65	−3.78
	DMK hold		Swing	2.80

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dhanush M. Kumar	476,156	45.11	45.11
	AIADMK	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	3,55,389	33.67	8.65
	AMMK	S. Ponnuthai	92,116	8.73	New
	NTK	S. S. Mathivanan	59,445	5.63	New
	MNM	K. Muneshwaran	24,023	2.28	New
	NOTA	None of the above	14,056	1.33	0.11
Margin of victory			1,20,767	11.44	−4.68
Turnout			10,55,595	71.43	−1.87
Registered electors			14,92,317		7.98
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.80

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Vasanthi	424,586	42.31	42.31
	PT	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	2,62,812	26.19	10.5
	MDMK	Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar	1,90,233	18.96	18.96
	INC	Dr. K. Jayakumar	58,963	5.88	27.26
	CPI	P. Lingam	23,528	2.34	35.45
	NOTA	None of the above	14,492	1.44
	Independent	A. Krishnasamy	12,115	1.21
	TNMK	K. Gunasekaran	8,022	0.80	New
Margin of victory			1,61,774	16.12	11.46
Turnout			10,03,446	73.76	2.66
Registered electors			13,82,081		29.94
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	4.52

Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency

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Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
203	Rajapalayam	None	Virudhunagar	TVK	DMK
204	Srivilliputhur	SC	Virudhunagar	TVK
219	Sankarankoil	SC	Tenkasi	AIADMK
220	Vasudevanallur	SC		DMK
221	Kadayanallur	None
222	Tenkasi	None

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. Lingam	281,174	37.80	11.07
	INC	G. Vellaipandi	2,46,497	33.14	33.14
	PT	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	1,16,685	15.69	1.49
	DMDK	K. Inbaraj	75,741	10.18	New
	BSP	K. Krishnan	6,948	0.93	0.26
	Independent	R. Lakshmanan	6,633	0.89
Margin of victory			34,677	4.66	−12.49
Turnout			7,43,895	70.18	4.29
Registered electors			10,63,614		−1.94
	CPI hold		Swing	-11.07

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	M. Appadurai	348,000	48.87	48.87
	AIADMK	S. Murugesan	2,25,824	31.71	4.17
	JD(U)	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	1,01,122	14.20	13.73
	Independent	M. Vadivel Kumar	14,441	2.03
	Independent	R. Lakshmanan	5,599	0.79
	BSP	P. Luke Jayakumar	4,759	0.67	New
Margin of victory			1,22,176	17.16	17.02
Turnout			7,12,150	65.68	0.78
Registered electors			10,84,708		3.89
	CPI gain from AIADMK		Swing	12.99

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Murugesan	239,241	35.88	5.96
	BJP	S. Arumugam	2,38,354	35.74	35.74
	PT	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	1,86,220	27.93	8.78
Margin of victory			887	0.13	−14.94
Turnout			6,66,826	64.87	−5.07
Registered electors			10,44,090		2.92
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-9.11

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Murugesan	270,053	41.84	New
	TMC(M)	M. Arunachalam	1,72,786	26.77	18.21
	PT	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	1,23,592	19.15	New
	INC	V. Selvaraj	77,285	11.97	18.17
Margin of victory			97,267	15.07	0.22
Turnout			6,45,491	65.29	−4.66
Registered electors			10,14,494		4.26
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-3.15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	M. Arunachalam	290,663	44.98	New
	INC	V. Selvaraj	1,94,737	30.14	33.42
	CPI(M)	P. Jeyaraj	82,615		12.79
	BJP	S. Arumugam	52,120	8.07	New
	PMK	T. Amirtharaj	16,328	2.53	0.62
Margin of victory			95,926	14.85	−15.47
Turnout			6,46,145	69.94	3.08
Registered electors			9,73,084		5.01
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-18.58

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Arunachalam	381,721	63.56	1.06
	DMK	Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar	1,99,635	33.24	New
	PMK	E. Nambirajan	11,479	1.91	New
	THMM	Saker	3,190	0.53	0.06
Margin of victory			1,82,086	30.32	2.86
Turnout			6,00,569	66.87	−1.58
Registered electors			9,26,698		−0.70
	INC hold		Swing	1.06

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Arunachalam	393,075	62.50	5.59
	CPI(M)	R. Krishnan	2,20,368	35.04	3.13
	Independent	S. Muthiah	4,320	0.69
	THMM	S. Manickaraj	3,680	0.59	New
Margin of victory			1,72,707	27.46	−8.72
Turnout			6,28,887	68.45	−7.22
Registered electors			9,33,214		26.81
	INC hold		Swing	-5.59

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Arunachalam	360,517	68.09	5.67
	CPI(M)	R. Krishnan	1,68,950	31.91	31.91
Margin of victory			1,91,567	36.18	11.35
Turnout			5,29,467	75.67	9.76
Registered electors			7,35,912		8.32
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	5.67

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	M. Arunachalam	272,260	62.42	6.81
	JP	S. Rajagopalan	1,63,944	37.58	New
Margin of victory			1,08,316	24.83	−17.58
Turnout			4,36,204	65.92	−1.03
Registered electors			6,79,386		0.83
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	-6.82

1977 Indian general election: Tenkasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Arunachalam	305,069	69.23	13.75
	INC(O)	S. Rajagopalan	1,18,193	26.82	11.53
	Independent	K. Maruthan	13,124	2.98
	Independent	K. Shenthivelu	4,269	0.97
Margin of victory			1,86,876	42.41	25.28
Turnout			4,40,655	66.94	−5.98
Registered electors			6,73,825		17.97
	INC hold		Swing	13.75

1971 Indian general election: Tenkasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. C. Nellachami	223,182	55.48	13.96
	INC(O)	R. S. Arumugam	1,54,272	38.35	New
	Independent	K. Subbiah	24,822	6.17
Margin of victory			68,910	17.13	15.70
Turnout			4,02,276	72.92	−4.58
Registered electors			5,71,197		6.59
	INC hold		Swing	13.96

1967 Indian general election: Tenkasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. S. Arumugam	166,737	41.52	9.63
	SWA	Velu	1,60,991	40.09	20.26
	CPI	P. Muthumanickam	37,190	9.26	19.76
	Independent	V. K. Madasamy	24,537	6.11
	PSP	P. K. Swamy	12,162	3.03	New
Margin of victory			5,746	1.43	−20.69
Turnout			4,01,617	77.50	4.96
Registered electors			5,35,903		17.00
	INC hold		Swing	-9.63

1962 Indian general election: Tenkasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. P. Swamy	165,169	51.15	0.17
	CPI	S. A. Muruganandam	93,729	29.02	20.00
	SWA	Hameed	64,036	19.83	New
Margin of victory			71,440	22.12	20.18
Turnout			3,22,934	72.55	16.60
Registered electors			4,58,052		3.81
	INC hold		Swing	0.17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Sankarapandian	125,821	50.97	New
	CPI	N. Shanmugam	1,21,021	49.03	New
Margin of victory			4,800	1.94
Turnout			2,46,842	55.94
Registered electors			4,41,227
	INC win (new seat)