Kanyakumari (state assembly constituency)

Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari
Constituency for the State Assembly
	Kanniyakumari
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanniyakumari
Established	1952-present
Reservation	General
Most successful party	AIADMK (7 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Thalavai Sundaram
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Last updated February 17, 2022

Kanyakumari is a Tamil Nadu assembly constituency located in Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha Constituency in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu. The constituency is located in the southern corner of mainland India, comprising the popular tourist destination Kanyakumari. In 2011 election, it had 237,410 total number of voters, consisting of 120,372 males and 117,038 females. Nadarsformed the majority of the electorate.^[1] Kanyakumari will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[2]

Travancore-cochin assembly

Constituency	Election	Winner	Party
Thovalai Agasthesswaram	1952	T. S. Ramasamy Pillai	Indian National Congress
Thovalai Agasthesswaram	1952	A. Samraj	Indian National Congress
Thovalai	1954	T. S. Ramasamy Pillai	Praja Socialist Party
Agastheeswaram	1954	P. Thanulinga Nadar	Tamil Nadu Congress

Madras State assembly

Election	Winner
1957	T. S. Ramaswamy Pillai	Independent
1962	B. Natarajan	Indian National Congress
1967	B. M. Pillai	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu assembly

Election	Winner
1971	K. Rajah Pillai	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	C. Krishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	S. Muthukrishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	K. Perumal Pillai	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	K. Subramania Pillai	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Ammamuthu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	N. Suresh Rajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	Thalavai Sundaram	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	N. Suresh Rajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	K. T. Pachaimal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	S. Austin	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Thalavai Sundaram	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanyakumari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	Thalavai Sundaram	109745	48.8
	DMK	S. Austin	93532	41.59
	NTK	SASIKALA R	14140	6.29
	MNM	SELVAKUMAR P.T.	3106	1.38
	NOTA	None of the Above	1096	0.49
Majority			16213
Turnout
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	S. Austin	89,023	42.41
	AIADMK	Thalavai Sundaram	83,111	39.59
	BJP	M. Meena Dev	24,638	11.74
	DMDK	D. Aathilinga Perumal	6,914	3.29
	NTK	V. Bala subramaniam	1,732	0.83
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,570	0.75
Margin of victory			5,912
Turnout			2,09,924	75.07
Registered electors			2,79,651
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	K. T. Pachaimal	86,903	48.22
	DMK	N. Suresh Rajan	69,099	38.34
	BJP	M. R. Gandhi	20,094	11.15
	ABHM	P. Vetri Velayutha Perumal	734	0.41
Margin of victory			17,804
Turnout			1,80,206	75.76
Registered electors			2,37,865
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanyakumari
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	N. Suresh Rajan	63181
	AIADMK	Thalavai Sundaram	52494
	DMDK	A. Alex Shantha Sekar	5093
	BJP	N. Thanu Krishnan	3436
	AIFB	T. Uthaman	317
	ABHM	P. Vetri Velayutha Perumal	109
Margin of victory			10687
Turnout			126225
Registered electors
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanyakumari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thalavai Sundaram	55650
	DMK	N. Suresh Rajan	46114

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kanniyakumari^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	T. S. Ramasamy Pillai	24,557	44.05%
	INC	B. Natarajan	23,316	41.82%
	Independent	Vivekanandam	6,866	12.32%
	Independent	Kumaraswamy	1,013	1.82%
Margin of victory			1,241	2.23%
Turnout			55,752	78.00%
Registered electors			71,481
	Independent win (new seat)

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↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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

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[1] "விஐபி தொகுதி - 12: கன்னியாகுமரி சுரேஷ் ராஜனின் சவால்!". Dinamani. 8 April 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.

[2] "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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