One of the 39 Parliamentary Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary ) constituencies in Tamil Nadu , a state in South India . Its Parliamentary Constituency number is 38.
The constituency was composed of the following segments:[ 1]
Vilathikulam (moved to Thoothukkudi Constituency )
Ottapidaram (moved to Thoothukkudi Constituency )
Tirunelveli
Palayamkottai
Tiruvaikuntam (moved to Thoothukkudi Constituency )
Thoothukudi (moved to Thoothukkudi Constituency )
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
Robert Bruce
General Elections 2024 [ edit ]
2024 Indian general election : Tirunelveli[ 3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
INC
Robert Bruce
502,296
47.06
Decrease 3.59
BJP
Nainar Nagendran
3,36,676
31.54
+26.0
AIADMK
M. Jansi Rani
89,601
8.39
Decrease 24.27
NTK
P. Sathya
87,686
8.21
Increase 3.37
Independent
Pottal Sundara Muniswaran
19,852
1.86
New
NOTA
None of the above
7,396
0.69
Decrease 0.37
Margin of victory
1,65,620
15.52
Decrease 2.47
Turnout
10,67,448
65.00
Decrease 2.22
INDIA hold
Swing
Decrease 3.59
General Elections 2019 [ edit ]
2019 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
DMK (UPA )
S. Gnanathiraviam
522,993
50.65%
22.00%
AIADMK (NDA )
P. H. Manoj Pandian
3,37,273
32.66%
−9.27%
Independent
S. Michael Rayappan
62,235
6.03%
NTK
B. Sathya
49,935
4.84%
MNM
M. Vennimalai
23,120
2.24%
NOTA
None of the above
10,968
1.06%
−0.30%
Margin of victory
1,85,720
17.99%
4.71%
Turnout
10,32,530
67.22%
−0.13%
Registered electors
15,47,800
8.97%
DMK gain from AIADMK
Swing
8.72%
General Elections 2014 [ edit ]
2014 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AIADMK
K. R. P. Prabakaran
398,139
41.93%
5.69%
DMK
Devadasa Sundaram
2,72,040
28.65%
DMDK
S. Sivan Anenthaperumal
1,27,370
13.42%
−0.10%
INC
S. S. Ramasubbu
62,863
6.62%
−32.66%
TNMK
T. Dhevanathan Yadav
19,381
2.04%
AAP
M. P. Sesuraj
18,353
1.93%
SDPI
V. M. S. Mohamed Mubarak
14,877
1.57%
NOTA
None of the above
12,893
1.36%
BSP
T. Thevendran
4,692
0.49%
Margin of victory
1,26,099
13.28%
10.24%
Turnout
9,49,437
67.77%
0.80%
Registered electors
14,20,435
34.04%
AIADMK gain from INC
Swing
2.65%
General Elections 2009 [ edit ]
2009 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
INC
S. S. Ramasubbu
274,932
39.29%
−19.11%
AIADMK
K. Annamalai
2,53,629
36.24%
4.20%
DMDK
S. Michael Rayappan
94,562
13.51%
BJP
Karu. Nagarajan
39,997
5.72%
Independent
N. Jeyabalan
6,079
0.87%
Margin of victory
21,303
3.04%
−23.32%
Turnout
6,99,830
66.13%
7.70%
Registered electors
10,59,687
−2.45%
INC hold
Swing
-19.11%
General Elections 2004 [ edit ]
2004 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
INC
R. Dhanuskodi Athithan
370,127
58.40%
AIADMK
R. Amirtha Ganesan
2,03,052
32.04%
−9.59%
JD(U)
M. Appavu
39,333
6.21%
Independent
C. Sridhar Babu
5,774
0.91%
BSP
T. Kasipandian
3,606
0.57%
Margin of victory
1,67,075
26.36%
21.95%
Turnout
6,33,782
58.35%
3.88%
Registered electors
10,86,290
−3.17%
INC gain from AIADMK
Swing
16.78%
General Elections 1999 [ edit ]
1999 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AIADMK
P. H. Pandian
249,975
41.62%
0.18%
DMK
P. Geetha Jeevan
2,23,481
37.21%
−3.07%
PT
P. V. Bakthavatchalam
1,12,941
18.81%
AIFB
M. Sethu Rama Pandian
3,913
0.65%
Independent
S. Sundararaj
2,534
0.42%
Independent
T. Suyambulingam
2,463
0.41%
Margin of victory
26,494
4.41%
3.26%
Turnout
6,00,554
54.46%
−10.96%
Registered electors
11,21,877
4.32%
AIADMK hold
Swing
-3.90%
General Elections 1998 [ edit ]
1998 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AIADMK
Kadambur R. Janarthanan
247,823
41.44%
14.17%
DMK
R. Sarathkumar
2,40,919
40.29%
−5.24%
PT
Dr. A. Savior Selva Suresh
86,419
14.45%
MADMK
G. R. Edmund
16,789
2.81%
Independent
Krishna Kanthan Yadhav
3,795
0.63%
Margin of victory
6,904
1.15%
−17.10%
Turnout
5,98,014
56.68%
−8.74%
Registered electors
10,75,467
5.04%
AIADMK gain from DMK
Swing
-4.08%
General Elections 1996 [ edit ]
1996 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
DMK
D. S. A. Sivaprakasam
295,001
45.53%
10.60%
AIADMK
A. R. Rajaselvam
1,76,721
27.27%
−34.81%
MDMK
Kutty Alias Shunmuga Chidambaram
77,648
11.98%
JP
K. Krishnasamy
61,567
9.50%
BJP
A. R. Ponniah
25,545
3.94%
Margin of victory
1,18,280
18.25%
−8.91%
Turnout
6,47,991
65.42%
5.79%
Registered electors
10,23,826
5.57%
DMK gain from AIADMK
Swing
-16.56%
General Elections 1991 [ edit ]
1991 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AIADMK
Kadambur R. Janarthanan
351,048
62.09%
−2.92%
DMK
K. P. Kandasamy
1,97,456
34.92%
1.41%
PMK
S. Krishnakanthan Yadav
10,055
1.78%
JP
M. P. Jebaraj
2,619
0.46%
Margin of victory
1,53,592
27.16%
−4.34%
Turnout
5,65,423
59.63%
−3.74%
Registered electors
9,69,816
−0.07%
AIADMK hold
Swing
-2.92%
General Elections 1989 [ edit ]
General Elections 1984 [ edit ]
1984 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AIADMK
Kadambur R. Janarthanan
296,897
57.64%
15.58%
DMK
D. S. A. Sivaprakasam
2,10,951
40.95%
−13.94%
Independent
P. Devapiran
4,702
0.91%
Independent
J. Kulandai
2,541
0.49%
Margin of victory
85,946
16.69%
3.86%
Turnout
5,15,091
70.52%
2.82%
Registered electors
7,57,930
7.87%
AIADMK gain from DMK
Swing
2.75%
General Elections 1980 [ edit ]
General Elections 1977 [ edit ]
1977 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AIADMK
Aladi Aruna
304,562
69.82%
DMK
K. M. Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan
1,21,869
27.94%
Independent
K. P. Ganapathy
4,414
1.01%
Independent
P. T. Thanu Pillai
2,485
0.57%
Margin of victory
1,82,693
41.88%
26.14%
Turnout
4,36,223
66.04%
−2.45%
Registered electors
6,72,649
15.09%
AIADMK gain from CPI
Swing
13.56%
General Elections 1971 [ edit ]
General Elections 1967 [ edit ]
General Elections 1962 [ edit ]
1962 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
INC
Muthiah
151,822
47.69%
−3.06%
SWA
Mariadas Ruthnasamy
1,29,803
40.77%
PSP
Mangala Ponnambalam
30,674
9.63%
Independent
S. Rajagopalachari
6,072
1.91%
Margin of victory
22,019
6.92%
−17.77%
Turnout
3,18,371
69.52%
22.76%
Registered electors
4,70,895
5.62%
INC hold
Swing
-3.06%
General Elections 1957 [ edit ]
General Elections 1951 [ edit ]
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