Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)

Nagercoil
Nagercoil
Constituency for the State Assembly
	Nagercoil
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanniyakumari
Constituency	Kanniyakumari
Established	1952-present
Total electors	2,63,449
Reservation	General
Most successful party	INC (6 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	M. R. Gandhi
Party	BJP
Elected year	2021

Last updated January 21, 2022

Nagercoil is an assembly constituency located in Nagercoil Lok Sabha Constituency in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.

Travancore-cochin assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1952	C. Sankar		Indian National Congress
1954	D. Anantaraman		Independent

Madras State assembly

Year	Winner
1957	A. Chidambaranatha Nadar	Indian National Congress
1962	A. Chidambaranatha Nadar	Indian National Congress
1967	M. C. Balan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu assembly

Year	Winner
1971	M. Moses	Swatantra Party
1977	M. Vincent	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. Vincent	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	S. Retnaraj	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	M. Moses	Indian National Congress
1991	M. Moses	Indian National Congress
1996	M. Moses	Indian National Congress
2001	S. Austin	MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	A. Rajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Nanjil A. Murugesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	N. Suresh Rajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	M. R. Gandhi	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			48.21%
2016			38.87%
2011			40.01%
2006			38.01%
2001			44.11%
1996			48.40%
1991			56.81%
1989			34.48%
1984			47.86%
1980			54.76%
1977			36.45%
1971			48.09%
1967			55.05%
1962			54.13%
1957			63.70%
1954			43.14%
1952			24.01%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	M. R. Gandhi	88,804	48.21%	21.44%
	DMK	N. Suresh Rajan.	77,135	41.88%	3.01%
	NTK	Vijayaragavan	10,753	5.84%	4.77%
	MNM	Maria Jacob Stani Raja S.	4,037	2.19%
	AMMK	Ammu Anto I.	1,094	0.59%
	NOTA	Nota	930	0.50%	-0.53%
	Anaithu Makkal Puratchi Katchi	Sunil Kumar S.	315	0.17%
	Independent	Bala Sivanesan J.	242	0.13%
	Independent	Gandhi Raj C.	183	0.10%
	Independent	Rathinam A. T.	134	0.07%
	Independent	Usha P.	134	0.07%
Margin of victory			11,669	6.34%	-5.76%
Turnout			184,185	68.00%	2.26%
Registered electors			270,845
	BJP gain from DMK		Swing	9.35%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Suresh Rajan	67,369	38.87%	3.44%
	BJP	M. R. Gandhi	46,413	26.78%	3.91%
	AIADMK	Nanjil A. Murugesan	45,824	26.44%	-13.57%
	MDMK	Christin Rani S	5,803	3.35%
	NTK	Dhanam P. M	1,855	1.07%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,802	1.04%
	Democratic Corruption Liberation Front	Dr. Jackson M. S	1,411	0.81%
	Independent	Rajesh S. M	649	0.37%
	PMK	George M	527	0.30%
	BSP	Andruz A	216	0.12%
	CPI(M)	Kannan M	216	0.12%
Margin of victory			20,956	12.09%	7.52%
Turnout			173,324	65.74%	-4.37%
Registered electors			263,633
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.14%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Nanjil A. Murugesan	58,819	40.01%
	DMK	R. Mahesh	52,092	35.43%	-2.57%
	BJP	Pon Radhakrishnan	33,623	22.87%	13.86%
	ABHM	Suresh. R	588	0.40%
	Independent	Mahesh. R	500	0.34%
	Independent	Dhanaraj. V	407	0.28%
	BSP	Suresh. S	378	0.26%
	Independent	Nagoor Meeran Peer Mohamed. U	225	0.15%
	Independent	Pechimuthu. E	149	0.10%
	Independent	Krishnan. R	88	0.06%
	Independent	Esakkimuthu. N	82	0.06%
Margin of victory			6,727	4.58%	-6.94%
Turnout			209,685	70.11%	7.72%
Registered electors			147,019
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.00%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Rajan	45,354	38.01%
	Indians Victory Party	S. Austin	31,609	26.49%
	MDMK	S. Retnaraj	21,990	18.43%	6.14%
	BJP	Udhaya Kumar. T	10,752	9.01%
	Independent	Babu. M	4,098	3.43%
	DMDK	Lion Rajan. A. V. M	3,783	3.17%
	ABHM	Madhusoothana Perumal. P	695	0.58%
	Independent	Ramesh. P	317	0.27%
	Independent	Nahoor Meeran Beer Mohammed. U	235	0.20%
	Independent	Manikandan. P	192	0.16%
		Jeyaseelan. K. J	119	0.10%
Margin of victory			13,745	11.52%	8.19%
Turnout			119,334	62.39%	12.18%
Registered electors			191,270
	DMK gain from MADMK		Swing	-6.10%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MADMK	S. Austin	48,583	44.11%
	TMC	M. Moses	44,921	40.78%
	MDMK	S. Retnaraj	13,531	12.28%	1.82%
	Independent	Ramesh. M.	1,872	1.70%
	JD(U)	Kathiresan. R.	742	0.67%
	Independent	Babu. M.	283	0.26%
	Independent	Muthuswamy. A.	215	0.20%
Margin of victory			3,662	3.32%	-23.65%
Turnout			110,147	50.21%	-9.21%
Registered electors			219,583
	MADMK gain from TMC		Swing	-4.29%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	M. Moses	51,086	48.40%
	BJP	Velpandian. S.	22,608	21.42%	5.46%
	INC	Seluvai Antony. V.	15,368	14.56%	-42.26%
	MDMK	S. Retnaraj	11,046	10.46%
	AIIC(T)	Rathakrishnan. R.	4,153	3.93%
	PMK	Suresh. S.	570	0.54%
	Independent	Suyambulingam. V.	130	0.12%
	Independent	Subbian. A.	91	0.09%
	Independent	Jereen Christopher. E. G.	89	0.08%
	Independent	Selvakumar. R.	68	0.06%
	Independent	Lohanathan. A.	67	0.06%
Margin of victory			28,478	26.98%	-3.31%
Turnout			105,560	59.42%	2.32%
Registered electors			185,144
	TMC gain from INC		Swing	-8.42%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Moses	56,363	56.81%	22.34%
	DMK	S. Retnaraj	26,311	26.52%	-1.32%
	BJP	Kumaravel K. A.	15,833	15.96%	14.06%
	Independent	Raja K. S.	135	0.14%
	PMK	Isais Misha J.	133	0.13%
	Tharasu Makkal Mandram	Devarajan P.	99	0.10%
	Independent	Arputhuraj K.	86	0.09%
	Independent	Sankaranarayanan S.	80	0.08%
	Independent	Nagoor Meeran Peer Mohamad U.	69	0.07%
	Independent	Stewart Gnanadhas	59	0.06%
	Independent	Mohan N.	37	0.04%
Margin of victory			30,052	30.29%	23.65%
Turnout			99,205	57.10%	-9.69%
Registered electors			177,734
	INC hold		Swing	22.34%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Moses	35,647	34.48%
	DMK	P. Dharmaraj	28,782	27.84%	-20.02%
	Independent	R. Rathjakrishnan	21,090	20.40%
	AIADMK	S. Thangamony	12,203	11.80%	-34.59%
	Independent	A. Sivathanu	2,497	2.42%
	BJP	M. R. Gandhi	1,964	1.90%
	Independent	T. V. Venkatakrishnan	185	0.18%
	Independent	Nangil Durai	180	0.17%
	Independent	T. Johnson	141	0.14%
	Independent	J. Froncis	133	0.13%
	Independent	S. Thanumoorthy	125	0.12%
Margin of victory			6,865	6.64%	5.18%
Turnout			103,391	66.79%	-0.07%
Registered electors			156,744
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-13.38%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Retnaraj	41,572	47.86%	6.03%
	AIADMK	Jagatheeson. S.	40,301	46.39%	-8.36%
	Independent	Navis. A.	2,427	2.79%
	Independent	Lekshmanan Pillay. S.	1,081	1.24%
	Independent	Devathasan. S.	892	1.03%
	Independent	Kanagasabapathi. S. A.	159	0.18%
	Independent	Ambujakshan. N	132	0.15%
	Independent	Shunmugham. A.	126	0.15%
	Independent	Ramachandran. R.	124	0.14%
	Independent	Jebosteen. S. M.	54	0.06%
Margin of victory			1,271	1.46%	-11.46%
Turnout			86,868	66.86%	11.44%
Registered electors			135,489
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.90%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Vincent. M.	39,328	54.76%	18.30%
	DMK	Thiraviam. A.	30,045	41.83%	24.50%
	JP	Kuruzmichcal. A.	1,512	2.11%
	BJP	Gandhi. M. R.	693	0.96%
	Independent	Ramachandran. R.	131	0.18%
	Independent	Suganantham. M.	115	0.16%
Margin of victory			9,283	12.92%	12.66%
Turnout			71,824	55.42%	-0.58%
Registered electors			130,424
	AIADMK hold		Swing	18.30%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Vincent	26,973	36.45%
	JP	P. Muhammed Ismail	26,780	36.19%
	DMK	G.C. Michael Raj	12,824	17.33%	-30.01%
	INC	M.A. James	6,721	9.08%
	Independent	Poomedai S. Lakshmanan Pillay	409	0.55%
	Independent	V. Emmanuel	165	0.22%
	Independent	S.M. Jebosteen	122	0.16%
Margin of victory			193	0.26%	-0.49%
Turnout			73,994	56.00%	-17.75%
Registered electors			132,870
	AIADMK gain from SWA		Swing	-11.63%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	M. Moses	34,726	48.09%
	DMK	Christopher G.	34,185	47.34%	-7.71%
	CPI(M)	Gopinath P.	3,304	4.58%
Margin of victory			541	0.75%	-9.34%
Turnout			72,215	73.75%	-4.38%
Registered electors			101,962
	SWA gain from DMK		Swing	-6.96%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. C. Balan	36,502	55.05%	29.76%
	INC	T. Nadar	29,810	44.95%	-9.18%
Margin of victory			6,692	10.09%	-18.76%
Turnout			66,312	78.13%	7.71%
Registered electors			86,263
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	0.91%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Chidambaranatha Nadar	37,079	54.13%	-9.57%
	DMK	M. C. Balan	17,318	25.28%
	CPI	R. K. Ram	14,098	20.58%
Margin of victory			19,761	28.85%	-4.26%
Turnout			68,495	70.42%	-6.00%
Registered electors			99,408
	INC hold		Swing	-9.57%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	A. Chidambaranatha Nadar	44,073	63.70%
	CPI	C. Sankar	21,163	30.59%
	Independent	Muthu Wamy	2,949	4.26%
	Independent	Doraswamy Nadar	999	1.44%
Margin of victory			22,910	33.11%
Turnout			69,184	76.42%
Registered electors			90,534
	INC win (new seat)

1954

1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTNC	D. Anantaraman	14,063	43.14%
	CPI	C. Sankar	10,468	32.11%
	INC	Sree V. Das Nadar S.	6,142	18.84%	18.84%
	Independent	Sivathanu Pillai M.	1,923	5.90%
Margin of victory			3,595	11.03%	8.41%
Turnout			32,596	72.23%
Registered electors			45,126
	TTNC win (new seat)

1952

1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election : Nagercoil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. Sankar	6,280	24.01%
	TTNC	D. Thomas	5,595	21.39%
	Independent	D. Anantharaman	5,453	20.85%
		P. S. Moni	4,082	15.61%
	INC	Thanumalaya Perumal Pillai	1,513	5.78%	5.78%
	SP	V. Markandan Pillai	1,470	5.62%
	Independent	K. Ananthakishnan	1,219	4.66%
	Independent	R. Ramalinga Panickar	542	2.07%
Margin of victory			685	2.62%	2.62%
Turnout			26,154	69.10%
Registered electors			37,849
	Independent win (new seat)

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References

↑ "Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

"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] "Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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