Kanniyakumari Assembly constituency

Kanniyakumari is a Tamil Nadu assembly constituency located in Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu. The constituency is located in the southern corner of mainland India, comprising the popular tourist destination Kanniyakumari. In the 2011 election, it had 237,410 total number of voters, consisting of 120,372 males and 117,038 females.^[1] Kanniyakumari was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Kanniyakumari
Constituency No. 229 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Kanniyakumari
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanniyakumari
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Thalavai Sundaram
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Demographics

Gender demographics of Kanniyakumari constituency as of 01.05.2021,^[3] taken ahead of the state general elections in 2021.

Year	Female	Male	Transgender	Total
2021	1,44,982	1,47,347	104	2,92,433

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Travancore-Cochin assembly

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

Madras State assembly

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

Tamil Nadu assembly

Election	Winner	Party
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

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			48.79%
2016			42.41%
2011			48.22%
2006			50.05%
2001			51.32%
1996			43.63%
1991			60.14%
1989			34.65%
1984			54.05%
1980			47.58%
1977			33.32%
1971			51.10%
1967			56.89%
1962			80.58%
1957			44.05%
1954 Thovalai			57.09%
1954 Agastheeswaram			52.34%
1951			18.46%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thalavai Sundaram	109,828	48.79	9.20
	DMK	S. Austin	93,618	41.59	−0.82
	NTK	R. Sasikala	14,197	6.31	5.48
	MNM	P. T. Selvakumar	3,109	1.38
	AMMK	P. Senthil Murugan	1,599	0.71
	NOTA	Nota	1,097	0.49	−0.26
	BSP	C. J. Sutharman	684	0.30	0.07
	Independent	A. Augustin	447	0.20
	Independent	Na. Manickavasagam Pillai	142	0.06
	Independent	N. Makesh	121	0.05
	Independent	S. Thanu Neelan	95	0.04
Margin of victory			16,210	7.20	4.38
Turnout			225,121	110.93	35.86
Rejected ballots			452	0.20
Registered electors			202,943
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	6.38

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Austin	89,023	42.41	4.06
	AIADMK	Thalavai Sundaram	83,111	39.59	−8.63
	BJP	M. Meena Dev	24,638	11.74	0.59
	DMDK	D. Aathilinga Perumal	6,914	3.29
	NTK	V. Balasubramaniam	1,732	0.83
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,570	0.75
	PMK	S. Hilman Bruce Edwin	712	0.34
	Independent	P. Vetti Velayutha Perumal	526	0.25
	BSP	P. Sankararamamurthy	481	0.23	0.00
	Independent	R. Sreetharan	331	0.16
	Independent	T. Kumaresan	285	0.14
Margin of victory			5,912	2.82	−7.06
Turnout			209,924	75.07	−0.69
Registered electors			279,651
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.82

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. T. Pachaimal	86,903	48.22	6.64
	DMK	N. Suresh Rajan	69,099	38.34	−11.71
	BJP	M. R. Gandhi	20,094	11.15	8.43
	ABHM	Vetti Velayutha	734	0.41
	Independent	Perumal. P Manik Prabhu	538	0.30
	Independent	K. S. Ramanathan	532	0.30
	Independent	S. Vasu	461	0.26
	Independent	K. Rajesh	459	0.25
	BSP	P. Suresh Ananth	418	0.23
	Independent	S. Vadivelpillai	198	0.11
	Independent	Y. Patchaimal	167	0.09
Margin of victory			17,804	9.88	1.41
Turnout			237,865	75.76	4.05
Registered electors			180,206
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.83

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Suresh Rajan	63,181	50.05	7.53
	AIADMK	Thalavai Sundaram	52,494	41.59	−9.73
	DMDK	A. Alex Shantha Sekar	5,093	4.03
	BJP	N. Thanu Krishnan	3,436	2.72
	Independent	K. Rajan	769	0.61
	Independent	S. Subramania Pillai	333	0.26
	AIFB	T. Uthaman	317	0.25
	Independent	K. Gopi	310	0.25
	Independent	S. Kumaraswamy	117	0.09
	ABHM	P. Vetri Velayutha Perumal	109	0.09
	Independent	S. Kumariswamy Nadar	66	0.05
Margin of victory			10,687	8.47	−0.33
Turnout			126,225	71.71	14.08
Registered electors			176,033
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.26

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thalavai Sundaram	55,650	51.32	30.00
	DMK	N. Suresh Rajan	46,114	42.52	−1.11
	MDMK	E. Lakshmanan	4,991	4.60	−2.48
	Independent	R. Jayakumar	723	0.67
	Independent	S. Rajasekaran	331	0.31
	Independent	L. Ayyasamypandian	310	0.29
	Independent	U. Nagurmeran Peer Muhamad	138	0.13
	Independent	Kumariswami	104	0.10
	Independent	V. Thanulingam	82	0.08
Margin of victory			9,536	8.79	−13.52
Turnout			108,443	57.62	−4.74
Registered electors			188,205
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.68

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Suresh Rajan	42,755	43.63	21.62
	AIADMK	S. Thanu Pillai	20,892	21.32	−38.82
	BJP	V. S. Rajan	13,197	13.47	−1.53
	Independent	K. Baul Sundar	12,421	12.68
	MDMK	S. Ramiah Pillai	6,942	7.08
	Independent	S. P. Nadaraja	380	0.39
	Independent	R. Sivathanu Pillai	336	0.34
	JP	R. Rajkumar	248	0.25
	PMK	A. Abraham Royan	234	0.24
	Independent	A. Chellappan	144	0.15
	Independent	Kavikone Kannithasan @ Subramoniam	129	0.13
Margin of victory			21,863	22.31	−15.82
Turnout			97,985	62.36	3.57
Registered electors			165,258
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-16.51

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Ammamuthu Pillai	54,194	60.14	36.90
	DMK	C. Krishnan	19,835	22.01	−12.63
	BJP	M. E. Appan	13,518	15.00	13.00
	Independent	Y. David	2,023	2.25
	Independent	U. Nagoor Meeran Peer Mohamead	105	0.12
	Independent	E. Andrews	97	0.11
	THMM	K. Murugan	70	0.08
	Pondichery Mannila Makkal Munnani	J. Z. Markesasan	67	0.07
	Independent	Dhanaraj Durai	57	0.06
	Independent	A. Maria Alex	46	0.05
	Independent	S. Thanka Raj	36	0.04
Margin of victory			34,359	38.13	35.70
Turnout			90,109	58.79	−10.80
Registered electors			158,543
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	25.50

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Subramania Pillai	33,376	34.65	−10.28
	INC	V. Aurmugham Pillai	31,037	32.22
	AIADMK	K. Chockalingam Pillai	22,391	23.24	−30.81
	AIADMK	K. Perumal Pillai	5,928	6.15	−47.90
	BJP	S. Monickavasagam Pillai	1,930	2.00
	Independent	Kodikkal Chellappa	711	0.74
	Independent	C. Chellavadivoo	581	0.60
	Independent	A. Vethamanickam	177	0.18
	Independent	I. Hari Ramakrishnan	92	0.10
	Independent	V. Thangasamy	67	0.07
	Independent	D. Thangaselvin	42	0.04
Margin of victory			2,339	2.43	−6.70
Turnout			96,332	69.59	−2.46
Registered electors			140,558
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-19.40

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Perumal Pillai	45,353	54.05	6.47
	DMK	M. Sankaraligom	37,696	44.92
	Independent	K. Ponswamy	349	0.42
	Independent	M. Sundaram	316	0.38
	Independent	S. Viswanathan	197	0.23
Margin of victory			7,657	9.13	−0.36
Turnout			83,911	72.05	5.24
Registered electors			121,584
	AIADMK hold		Swing	6.47

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Muthukrishnan	35,613	47.58	14.26
	INC	A. Mathevan Pillai	28,515	38.10	27.33
	JP	P. Anandan	6,986	9.33
	Independent	P. Aruldhas	3,737	4.99
Margin of victory			7,098	9.48	−0.86
Turnout			74,851	66.81	−0.13
Registered electors			112,972
	AIADMK hold		Swing	14.26

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Krishnan	23,222	33.32
	JP	T. C. Subramania Pillay	16,010	22.97
	DMK	M. Subramanian	14,854	21.31	−29.79
	INC	K. Muthuaruppa Pillai	7,507	10.77	−33.84
	Independent	S. Shanmugam	6,712	9.63
	Independent	T. Chinnakam Nadar	930	1.33
	Independent	R. Subramania Pillai	468	0.67
Margin of victory			7,212	10.35	3.86
Turnout			69,703	66.94	−11.53
Registered electors			104,698
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-17.79

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Rajah Pillai	35,884	51.10
	INC	B. Mahadevan Pillai	31,326	44.61	−12.28
	Independent	A. Anderson	2,678	3.81
	Independent	N. Nataraja Pillai	332	0.47
Margin of victory			4,558	6.49	−8.09
Turnout			70,220	78.47	−1.11
Registered electors			93,383
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-5.79

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. M. Pillai	37,998	56.89	−23.69
	SWA	S. M. Pillai	28,260	42.31
	Independent	P. Poomoney	537	0.80
Margin of victory			9,738	14.58	−48.89
Turnout			66,795	79.58	6.55
Registered electors			85,614
	INC hold		Swing	-23.69

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Natarajan	46,263	80.58	38.76
	PSP	S. Rassiah	9,825	17.11
	Independent	P. Poomoney	1,324	2.31
Margin of victory			36,438	63.47	61.24
Turnout			57,412	73.03	−4.97
Registered electors			80,199
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	36.53

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari^[16]

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)

1954 Agastheeswaram

1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election: Agastheeswaram^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTNC	P. Thanulinga Nadar	15,587	52.34
	INC	C. Balakrishnan	8,866	29.77	29.77
	Independent	S. D. Pandia Nadar	5,328	17.89
Margin of victory			6,721	22.57
Turnout			29,781	66.67
Registered electors			44,670
	TTNC win (new seat)

1954 Thovala

1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election: Thovala^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	T. S. Ramasamy Pillai	16,702	57.09
	INC	K. Sivarama Pillai	8,117	27.75	27.75
	TTNC	B. C. Muthiah	4,435	15.16
Margin of victory			8,585	29.35
Turnout			29,254	71.02
Registered electors			41,189
	PSP win (new seat)

1952

1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election: Thovala Agasteeswaram^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	T. S. Ramasamy Pillai	17,733	18.46
	SP	A. Samraj	13,104	13.64
	INC	Balakrishnan	12,132	12.63	12.63
	TTNC	Manickom. Y.	10,491	10.92
	TTP	Gandhiraman Pillai. A. S.	9,976	10.39
	INC	Ramakrishnan. A. S.	9,619	10.01	10.01
	TTNC	Sivarama Pillai. K.	9,498	9.89
	TTP	Ponniah. J.	8,524	8.87
	Independent	Thanumalaya Perunal Pillai	4,971	5.18
Margin of victory			4,629	4.82	4.82
Turnout			96,048	124.85
Registered electors			76,930
	SP win (new seat)