Tirunelveli (state assembly constituency)

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Tirunelveli
Constituency for the State Assembly
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Constituency details
State Tamil Nadu
Total electors292,411
Most successful party DMK (6 times)
ADMK (6 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA Nainar Nagendran
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Tirunelveli is an assembly constituency located in Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu since Independence. Tirunelveli was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. [1] [2] [3] [4] Tirunelveli voted for the party that forms government in the state except for 2016.

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Madras State assembly

YearWinnerParty
1952 Arumugam
S. N. Somayajulu 		Indian National Congress
1957 Rajathi Kunjithapatham
Somasundaram 		Indian National Congress
1962 Rajathi Kunchithapatham Indian National Congress
1967 A. L. Subramanian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu assembly

YearWinnerParty
1971 P. Padmanabhan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 G. R. Edmund All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 V. R. Nedunchezhiyan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 S. Narayanan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1986 R. M. Veerappan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 A. L. Subramanian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 D. Veliah Thevar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 A. L. Subramanian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 Nainar Nagendran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 N. Malai Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 Nainar Nagendran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 A. L. S. Lakshmanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Nainar Nagendran Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
46.70%
2016
 
43.13%
2011
 
54.81%
2006
 
45.85%
2001
 
40.93%
1996
 
52.48%
1991
 
62.81%
1989
 
35.55%
1984
 
59.57%
1980
 
57.96%
1977
 
38.50%
1971
 
62.16%
1967
 
61.74%
1962
 
36.89%
1957
 
27.25%
1952
 
23.55%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Nainar Nagendran 92,282 46.70% 43.53%
DMK A. L. S. Lakshmanan 69,17535.01%-8.12%
NTK Sathya.B.19,1629.70%8.59%
AMMK Mahesh Kannan.A. P.8,9114.51%
NOTA Nota2,0911.06%-0.11%
Independent Sivakumar.M.1,4120.71%
Independent Srithar Rajan1,3420.68%
BSP Kalanithy6540.33%
Independent Sankarasubramanian.M.5820.29%
Independent Esakkimuthu.P.4370.22%
CPI(ML)L Sundarraj.M.4150.21%
Margin of victory23,10711.69%11.38%
Turnout 197,58767.57%-2.91%
Registered electors 292,411
BJP gain from DMK Swing 3.58%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK A. L. S. Lakshmanan 81,761 43.13% 12.79%
AIADMK Nainar Nagendran 81,16042.81%-12.00%
DMDK Madasamy S.8,6404.56%
BJP Maharajan A.6,0173.17%2.02%
NOTA None Of The Above2,2181.17%
NTK Viyanarasu A.2,1061.11%
Independent Velammal G.2,0291.07%
PMK Ganesan Kannan1,8840.99%
Independent Rajkumar P.1,3770.73%
BSP Balasubramanian E.5070.27%
Independent Mallar Maharajan4010.21%
Margin of victory6010.32%-24.15%
Turnout 189,57670.48%-6.20%
Registered electors 268,968
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -11.68%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK Nainar Nagendran 86,220 54.81% 9.39%
DMK A. L. S. Lakshmanan 47,72930.34%-15.50%
JMM Velammal. G7,7714.94%
Independent Pasupathipandian. C4,3072.74%
IJK Madhan. S2,6961.71%
BJP Murugadhas. G1,8151.15%-0.43%
Independent Subramanian. M1,2000.76%
Independent Ramakrishnan. P9750.62%
Independent Vedantham. K9690.62%
Independent Madasamy. C8140.52%
BSP Devendran. T7320.47%
Margin of victory38,49124.47%24.05%
Turnout 205,14676.68%4.62%
Registered electors 157,304
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 8.97%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK N. Malai Raja 65,517 45.85% 5.61%
AIADMK Nainar Nagendran 64,91145.42%4.49%
Independent Jayachandran. S4,0802.85%
AIFB Nambirajan S2,7091.90%
BJP Sivakumar. K. M2,2571.58%
BSP Jeyakumar A1,4060.98%
Independent Velua5650.40%
Independent Raji Yadhav5250.37%
CPI(ML)L Rajamanickam. T.4440.31%-0.44%
SP Chelladurai. S1780.12%
Independent Sankar Kumar. M1350.09%
Margin of victory6060.42%-0.27%
Turnout 142,90872.06%18.94%
Registered electors 198,312
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 4.92%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK Nainar Nagendran 42,765 40.93% 8.88%
DMK A. L. Subramanian 42,04340.24%-12.24%
SP Saravanaperumal. S11,02510.55%
MDMK Shanmugasundaram. R4,9804.77%-3.38%
Independent Jabarullakhan. P.1,5951.53%
CPI(ML)L Sankarapandian. T.7820.75%0.44%
Independent Rajapandian. J4450.43%
Independent Velu. A4100.39%
Independent Arumuganainar. T2290.22%
Independent Ayyappan. P2180.21%
Margin of victory7220.69%-19.74%
Turnout 104,49253.12%-15.81%
Registered electors 196,785
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -11.55%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK A. L. Subramanian 59,914 52.48% 19.80%
AIADMK Karuppasamy Pandian. V.36,59032.05%-30.76%
MDMK Achiyur Mani. M.9,2958.14%
PMK Perumal. P.3,1412.75%
BJP Chidambaram. Su.2,1711.90%
JP Kalaivanan. P.1,6611.45%
CPI(ML)L Sankarapandian. T.3510.31%
Independent Mohamed Abdul Malik. V. A.2180.19%
Independent Armugadass Yadav1330.12%
Independent Arumugasamy. K.1320.12%
Independent Lakshmanan. K.1080.09%
Margin of victory23,32420.43%-9.70%
Turnout 114,16568.93%7.04%
Registered electors 170,499
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -10.33%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK D. Veliah 63,138 62.81% 39.11%
DMK A. L. Subramanian 32,85332.68%-2.87%
Independent Thandayuthapani M.1,8741.86%
PMK Nellaiappan C.1,8031.79%
Tharasu Makkal Mandram Ponnudurai V.2460.24%
Independent Peer Jamal P.1510.15%
Independent Royappan M.950.09%
Independent Chandrasekaran A.790.08%
Independent Mohamad Madhar M.650.06%
Independent Somasundaram E.600.06%
Independent Nagarajan A. S.590.06%
Margin of victory30,28530.13%21.22%
Turnout 100,51661.90%-10.73%
Registered electors 165,240
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 27.26%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK A. L. Subramanian 37,991 35.55% -4.10%
INC Nellai Kannan N. S. S. M28,47026.64%
AIADMK Masana Moorthy. V. M25,33223.71%-35.87%
AIADMK Muthusamy. K. M12,20111.42%-48.16%
Independent Gaspar Raja. G. M1,5131.42%
Independent Esakki Pandian. P. M2530.24%
Independent Yusuf. A. M1710.16%
Independent Arumugadas. P. M1680.16%
Independent Murugan. M. M1580.15%
Independent Kaja Nawaz. A. M1540.14%
Independent Subramanian. T. S. M1420.13%
Margin of victory9,5218.91%-11.01%
Turnout 106,86272.63%-2.64%
Registered electors 149,539
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -24.02%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK S. Narayanan 56,409 59.57% 1.61%
DMK A. L. Subramanian 37,54739.65%
Independent Ramakrishnan. M.3720.39%
Independent Arumughadoss. P.3590.38%
Margin of victory18,86219.92%2.90%
Turnout 94,68775.27%5.47%
Registered electors 129,277
AIADMK hold Swing 1.61%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK V. R. Nedunchezhiyan 48,338 57.96% 19.46%
INC Rajathi Kunchithapatham 34,14240.94%13.07%
Independent Pandian6130.74%
Independent Ilan Thevar Chandra Sekar3010.36%
Margin of victory14,19617.02%6.39%
Turnout 83,39469.79%10.30%
Registered electors 120,570
AIADMK hold Swing 19.46%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK G. R. Edmund 26,419 38.50%
INC Krishnan Alias Nellai Kannan19,12527.87%-9.97%
JP R. Servaikaren Subbiah8,24412.01%
DMK E. Nambi8,19911.95%-50.21%
Independent M. Abdul Majeed6,0908.87%
Independent E. Hariramakrishnan5450.79%
Margin of victory7,29410.63%-13.69%
Turnout 68,62259.49%-10.60%
Registered electors 116,395
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -23.66%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK P. Padmanabhan 43,325 62.16% 0.42%
INC Rajathi Kunchithapatham 26,37337.84%0.19%
Margin of victory16,95224.32%0.24%
Turnout 69,69870.10%-6.74%
Registered electors 103,204
DMK hold Swing 0.42%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK A. L. Subramanian 41,589 61.74%
INC M. S. M. Pillai25,36437.65%0.76%
Independent M. K. R. Iyenger4090.61%
Margin of victory16,22524.09%22.04%
Turnout 67,36276.84%2.40%
Registered electors 89,938
DMK gain from INC Swing 24.84%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Rajathi Kunjithapatham 25,985 36.89% 9.64%
SWA Ramasami (Sundaram)24,54434.85%
IUML Ahmed Ibrahim18,09125.69%
PSP Muthiah Pillai8091.15%
Independent S. Rajagopalachari7021.00%
Independent Narasimha Rao2990.42%
Margin of victory1,4412.05%-4.40%
Turnout 70,43074.44%-7.61%
Registered electors 96,617
INC hold Swing 9.64%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Rajathi Kunjithapatham 38,839 27.25% 3.70%
INC Somasundaram 29,648 20.80% -2.75%
Independent Kandish16,88611.85%
PSP Mohammaed Ismail Rowther15,69511.01%
PSP Ponnusami (SC)12,3888.69%
Independent Esakimuthu (SC)7,8345.50%
Independent Jacob4,8343.39%
Independent Chelliah (SC)4,8223.38%
Independent Sankarasubramania Iyer2,7911.96%
Independent Sundaram2,7811.95%
Independent Kannappa Pillai2,7601.94%
Margin of victory9,1916.45%2.56%
Turnout 142,51682.05%-14.91%
Registered electors 173,695
INC hold Swing 3.70%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election  : Tirunelveli [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Arumugam 32,529 23.55% 23.55%
INC S. N. Somayajulu 27,156 19.66% 19.66%
Independent P. S. Subramania Pillai20,47014.82%
CPI Shammaguam19,31513.98%
Independent Kankaraj16,60412.02%
Socialist Nadarajan Alias Mangala Ponnambalam10,4587.57%
KMPP Subramanian5,8574.24%
Independent Muthiah3,1982.32%
Independent Sethuramalingam Pillai2,5501.85%
Margin of victory5,3733.89%
Turnout 138,13796.96%
Registered electors 142,467
INC win (new seat)

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