Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency

Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency (Tamil: இராமநாதபுரம் மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India.^[1] The constituency is roughly coterminous with the eponymous district.

Ramanathapuram TN-65
Lok Sabha constituency
Area of Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Aranthangi Tiruchuli Paramakudi Tiruvadanai Ramanathapuram Mudhukulathur
Established	1952
Total electors	1,557,910
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent K. Navas Kani
Party	Indian Union Muslim League
Elected year	2019
Preceded by	A. Anwhar Raajhaa

Assembly segments

After 2008

Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
183.	Aranthangi	None	Pudukottai		INC
208.	Tiruchuli	None	Virudhunagar		DMK
209.	Paramakudi	SC	Ramanathapuram		DMK
210.	Tiruvadanai	None			INC
211.	Ramanathapuram	None			DMK
212.	Mudukulathur	None			DMK

Before 2008

Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[3]

1. Manamadurai (SC) (moved to Sivaganga)
2. Paramakudi (SC)
3. Ramanathapuram
4. Kadaladi (defunct)
5. Mudukulathur
6. Aruppukottai (moved to Virudhunagar)

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1951	V. Vr. N. Ar. Nagappa Chettiar		Indian National Congress
1957	P. Subbiah Ambalam
1962	N. Arunachalam
1967	S. M. Muhammed Sheriff		Independent
1971	P.K. Mookiah Thevar		All India Forward Bloc
1977	P. Anbalagan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. S. K. Sathiyendran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	V. Rajeshwaran		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	S. P. Udayappan		Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	V. Sathiamoorthy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	K. Malaisamy
2004	M. S. K. Bhavani Rajenthiran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009	J. K. Rithesh
2014	A. Anwhar Raajhaa		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	Kani K. Navas[4]		Indian Union Muslim League
2024

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			45.92%
2019			44.29%
2014			40.81%
2009			38.03%
2004			49.72%
1999			42.15%
1998			43.83%
1996			53.02%
1991			59.25%
1989			63.57%
1984			51.09%
1980			56.66%
1977			67.62%
1971			58.16%
1967			47.23%
1962			41.14%
1957			37.61%
1951			56.36%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	K. Navas Kani	509,664	45.92	1.63
	Independent (NDA)	O. Paneerselvam	342,882	30.89	New
	AIADMK	P. Jeyperumal	99,780	8.99	New
	NTK	Jeyapal Chandraprabha	97,672	8.80	4.43
	NOTA	None of the above	6,295	0.57	0.15
	BSP	N. Sivanandam	2,018	0.18
Margin of victory			166,785	15.03
Turnout			1,109,853	68.19	0.21
	IUML hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	Kani K. Navas	469,943	44.29	New
	BJP	Nainar Nagendran	342,821	32.31	+15.11
	Independent	V. D. N. Anandh	141,806	13.36
	NTK	T. Bhuvaneswari	46,385	4.37
	MNM	Vijaya Baskar	14,925	1.41
	NOTA	None of the above	7,595	0.72	0.08
Margin of victory			127,122	11.98	−0.02
Turnout			1,061,124	68.40	−0.29
Registered electors			1,559,740		7.13
	IUML gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.48

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Anwhar Raajhaa	405,945	40.81	11.79
	DMK	S. Mohamed Jaleel	2,86,621	28.81	−9.22
	BJP	D. Kuppu Ramu	1,71,082	17.20	0.65
	INC	Su. Thirunavukkarasar	62,160	6.25
	SDPI	M. I. Noor Jiyavudeen	12,541	1.26
	CPI	R. T. Uma Mageswari	12,312	1.24
	Desiya Forward Bloc	B. T. Arasakumar	10,945	1.10
	NOTA	None of the above	6,279	0.63
Margin of victory			1,19,324	12.00	2.98
Turnout			9,94,769	68.77	−0.10
Registered electors			14,55,988		28.46
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.77

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	J. K. Rithesh	294,945	38.03	−11.68
	AIADMK	V. Sathiamoorthy	2,25,030	29.02	−4.39
	BJP	Su. Thirunavukkarasar	1,28,322	16.55
	DMDK	Singai. S. Jinnah	49,571	6.39
	BSP	Priscilla Pandian	39,086	5.04	4.27
	MNMK	S. Saleemulla Khan	21,439	2.76
	Independent	M. I. Jahangeer	5,870	0.76
Margin of victory			69,915	9.02	−7.29
Turnout			7,75,461	68.63	9.66
Registered electors			11,33,391		−1.25
	DMK hold		Swing	-11.68

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. S. K. Bhavani Rajenthiran	335,287	49.72	8.62
	AIADMK	C. Murugesan	2,25,337	33.41	−8.74
	JD(U)	S. Kannappan	79,507	11.79
	Independent	T. Veeraya	6,858	1.02
	BSP	E. Allapichai	5,223	0.77
	Independent	M. Mohideen Abdul Kader	3,314	0.49
Margin of victory			1,09,950	16.30	15.25
Turnout			6,74,387	58.83	1.27
Registered electors			11,47,726		2.92
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	7.57

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Malaisamy	265,253	42.15	−1.68
	DMK	M. S. K. Bhavani Rajenthiran	2,58,607	41.09
	PT	Dr. K. Nazeera Parvin	96,334	15.31
	Independent	K. O. Ramaswamy	5,494	0.87
	AIFB	R. Kalanjiam	2,707	0.43
Margin of victory			6,646	1.06	−3.02
Turnout			6,29,308	57.49	−6.17
Registered electors			11,15,127		3.40
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-10.87

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Sathiamoorthy	258,978	43.83
	TMC(M)	S. P. Udayappan	2,34,886	39.76
	PT	Dr. K. Nazeera Parvin	53,542	9.06
	INC	V. Rajeshwaran	24,942	4.22	−17.54
	SP	R. Karthikeyan	17,569	2.97
Margin of victory			24,092	4.08	−27.19
Turnout			5,90,822	56.87	−6.78
Registered electors			10,78,503		3.25
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-9.19

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. P. Udayappan	331,249	53.02
	INC	V. Rajeshwaran	1,35,945	21.76	−37.49
	MDMK	R. Baluchamy	61,622	9.86
	Independent	P. Sundararajan	21,980	3.52
	Independent	R. Kalanjiam	21,307	3.41
	BJP	S. P. Nagarajan	16,709	2.67
	ATMK	C. Chellachami	12,113	1.94
	Independent	N. Gopal Nilayambadi	11,926	1.91
	PMK	J. Vacha Mohaideen	3,768	0.60
Margin of victory			1,95,304	31.26	2.09
Turnout			6,24,712	63.65	4.06
Registered electors			10,44,597		1.42
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-6.23

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Rajeshwaran	348,415	59.25	−4.32
	DMK	Kadher Batcha	1,76,889	30.08	−4.82
	IUML	A. A. Abdul Razak	49,442	8.41
	THMM	P. Rajendran	3,140	0.53
	Independent	K. Nagaimugan	2,662	0.45
Margin of victory			1,71,526	29.17	0.50
Turnout			5,88,029	59.59	−1.68
Registered electors			10,29,957		−0.49
	INC hold		Swing	-4.32

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Rajeshwaran	398,145	63.57	12.48
	DMK	Suba Thangavelan	2,18,601	34.90	2.42
Margin of victory			1,79,544	28.67	10.06
Turnout			6,26,280	61.27	−8.89
Registered electors			10,35,028		27.71
	INC hold		Swing	12.48

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Rajeshwaran	274,922	51.09
	DMK	M. S. K. Sathyendran	1,74,778	32.48	−24.18
	Independent	S. Karuppiah	57,078	10.61
	Independent	R. V. Thangavelan	16,617	3.09
	Independent	T. A. Muthuram	5,288	0.98
	Independent	I. Raman	3,856	0.72
	Independent	C. N. Asokan	2,951	0.55
	INC(J)	A. K. Zainuddin	2,592	0.48
Margin of victory			1,00,144	18.61	1.28
Turnout			5,38,082	70.16	3.05
Registered electors			8,10,454		10.03
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-5.57

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. S. K. Sathyendran	275,049	56.66	28.83
	AIADMK	P. Anbalagan	1,90,916	39.33	−28.29
	Independent	S. Balaraman	8,300	1.71
	Independent	Kalyandas Matadipathi	4,108	0.85
	Independent	G. A. Appan	3,913	0.81
Margin of victory			84,133	17.33	−22.46
Turnout			4,85,422	67.11	2.39
Registered electors			7,36,600		6.15
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.96

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Anbalagan	297,612	67.62
	DMK	M. S. K. Sathyendran	1,22,482	27.83
	Independent	A. Velu	17,915	4.07
	Independent	Ayerai C. Abdul Kader	2,095	0.48
Margin of victory			1,75,130	39.79	20.49
Turnout			4,40,104	64.72	−0.45
Registered electors			6,93,920		21.72
	AIADMK gain from AIFB		Swing	9.46

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	P. K. Mookiah Thevar	208,431	58.16
	INC(O)	S. Balakrishnan	1,39,276	38.87
	Independent	T. Durairaj Thevar Sadhu	10,641	2.97
Margin of victory			69,155	19.30	10.91
Turnout			3,58,348	65.17	−9.87
Registered electors			5,70,111		8.19
	AIFB gain from Independent		Swing	10.94

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Sheriff	180,392	47.23
	INC	S. Balakrishnan	1,48,367	38.84	−2.29
	Independent	T. L. S. Thevar	39,031	10.22
	Independent	Lakshmana Subba Rajulu	10,710	2.80
	Independent	S. S. Karuppasamy	3,477	0.91
Margin of victory			32,025	8.38	−0.35
Turnout			3,81,977	75.05	4.76
Registered electors			5,26,959		1.86
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	6.09

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Arunachalam	145,396	41.14	3.53
	SWA	Salivateeswaran	1,14,513	32.40
	CPI	Mangalasamy	75,089	21.24	5.26
	Independent	Raman Chetty	10,376	2.94
	Independent	R. K. Ramakrishnan	8,079	2.29
Margin of victory			30,883	8.74	−7.63
Turnout			3,53,453	70.28	19.41
Registered electors			5,17,361		10.35
	INC hold		Swing	3.53

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Subbiah Ambalam	89,701	37.61	−18.75
	Independent	R. K. Ramakrishnan	50,668	21.24
	Independent	P. Chellathurai	40,464	16.97
	CPI	R. H. Nathan	38,122	15.98
	Independent	D. L. Nagasundaram	19,547	8.20
	Independent	Singarayan	0	0.00
Margin of victory			39,033	16.37	−17.21
Turnout			2,38,502	50.87	−2.92
Registered electors			4,68,851		30.28
	INC hold		Swing	-18.75

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Ramanathapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Vr. N. Ar. Nagappa Chettiar	109,110	56.36	56.36
	KMPP	T. Sundaram	44,118	22.79
	Independent	Sathiah	28,478	14.71
Margin of victory			64,992	33.57
Turnout			1,93,589	53.79
Registered electors			3,59,891		0.00
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Ramanathapuram
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha