Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency

Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu,a state in southern India.It is reserved for SC(Scheduled Caste).Its Parliamentary Constituency number is 37.

Tenkasi
Lok Sabha constituency
Tenkasi constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Rajapalayam Srivilliputhur Sankarankovil Vasudevanallur Kadayanallur Tenkasi
Established	1957
Total electors	15,03,898 [1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Rani Srikumar
Party	DMK
Elected year	2024 Indian general election

Assembly segments

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

#	Name	District	Member	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Party
203	Rajapalayam	Virudhunagar	S. Thangappandian	General		DMK
204	Srivilliputhur		E. M. Manraj	SC		AIADMK
219	Sankarankoil	Tenkasi	E. Raja	SC		DMK
220	Vasudevanallur		T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar	SC		DMK
221	Kadayanallur		C. Krishnamurali	General		AIADMK
222	Tenkasi		S. Palani Nadar	General		INC

Before 2009

1. Sankarankovil (SC)
2. Vasudevanallur (SC)
3. Kadaiyanallur
4. Tenkasi
5. Alangulam (moved to Tirunelveli Constituency)
6. Ambasamuthiram (moved to Tirunelveli Constituency)

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1957	M. Sankarapandian		Indian National Congress
1962	M. P. Swamy
1967	R. S. Arumugam
1971	A. M. Chellachami
1977	M. Arunachalam
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996			Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	S. Murugesan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999
2004	M. Appadurai		Communist Party of India
2009	P. Lingam
2014	M. Vasanthi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	Dhanush M Kumar[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024	Rani srikumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			40.97%
2019			45.11%
2014			42.31%
2009			37.80%
2004			48.87%
1999			35.88%
1998			41.84%
1996			44.98%
1991			63.56%
1989			62.50%
1984			68.09%
1980			62.42%
1977			69.23%
1971			55.48%
1967			41.52%
1962			51.15%
1957			50.97%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dr. Rani Srikumar	425,679	40.97
	AIADMK	K. Krishnasamy	2,29,480	22.08
	BJP	B. John Pandian	2,08,825	20.10
	NTK	S. Isaimadhivanan	1,30,335	12.54
	NOTA	None of the above	17,165	1.65
Margin of victory			1,96,199	18.89	−
Turnout				67.65	−3.78
	DMK hold		Swing	2.80%

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General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dhanush M. Kumar	476,156	45.11%	45.11
	AIADMK	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	3,55,389	33.67%	8.65
	AMMK	S. Ponnuthai	92,116	8.73%	New
	NTK	S. S. Mathivanan	59,445	5.63%	New
	MNM	K. Muneshwaran	24,023	2.28%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	14,056	1.33%	0.11
Margin of victory			1,20,767	11.44%	−4.68%
Turnout			10,55,595	71.43%	−1.87%
Registered electors			14,92,317		7.98%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.80%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Vasanthi	424,586	42.31%	42.31
	PT	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	2,62,812	26.19%	10.5
	MDMK	Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar	1,90,233	18.96%	18.96
	INC	Dr. K. Jayakumar	58,963	5.88%	27.26
	CPI	P. Lingam	23,528	2.34%	35.45
	NOTA	None of the above	14,492	1.44%
	Independent	A. Krishnasamy	12,115	1.21%
	TNMK	K. Gunasekaran	8,022	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			1,61,774	16.12%	11.46%
Turnout			10,03,446	73.76%	2.66%
Registered electors			13,82,081		29.94%
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	4.52%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. Lingam	281,174	37.80%	11.07
	INC	G. Vellaipandi	2,46,497	33.14%	33.14
	PT	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	1,16,685	15.69%	1.49
	DMDK	K. Inbaraj	75,741	10.18%	New
	BSP	K. Krishnan	6,948	0.93%	0.26
	Independent	R. Lakshmanan	6,633	0.89%
Margin of victory			34,677	4.66%	−12.49%
Turnout			7,43,895	70.18%	4.29%
Registered electors			10,63,614		−1.94%
	CPI hold		Swing	-11.07%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	M. Appadurai	348,000	48.87%	48.87
	AIADMK	S. Murugesan	2,25,824	31.71%	4.17
	JD(U)	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	1,01,122	14.20%	13.73
	Independent	M. Vadivel Kumar	14,441	2.03%
	Independent	R. Lakshmanan	5,599	0.79%
	BSP	P. Luke Jayakumar	4,759	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			1,22,176	17.16%	17.02%
Turnout			7,12,150	65.68%	0.78%
Registered electors			10,84,708		3.89%
	CPI gain from AIADMK		Swing	12.99%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Murugesan	239,241	35.88%	5.96
	BJP	S. Arumugam	2,38,354	35.74%	35.74
	PT	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	1,86,220	27.93%	8.78
Margin of victory			887	0.13%	−14.94%
Turnout			6,66,826	64.87%	−5.07%
Registered electors			10,44,090		2.92%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-9.11%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Murugesan	270,053	41.84%	New
	TMC(M)	M. Arunachalam	1,72,786	26.77%	18.21
	PT	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	1,23,592	19.15%	New
	INC	V. Selvaraj	77,285	11.97%	18.17
Margin of victory			97,267	15.07%	0.22%
Turnout			6,45,491	65.29%	−4.66%
Registered electors			10,14,494		4.26%
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-3.15%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	M. Arunachalam	290,663	44.98%	New
	INC	V. Selvaraj	1,94,737	30.14%	33.42
	CPI(M)	P. Jeyaraj	82,615		12.79
	BJP	S. Arumugam	52,120	8.07%	New
	PMK	T. Amirtharaj	16,328	2.53%	0.62
Margin of victory			95,926	14.85%	−15.47%
Turnout			6,46,145	69.94%	3.08%
Registered electors			9,73,084		5.01%
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-18.58%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Arunachalam	381,721	63.56%	1.06
	DMK	Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar	1,99,635	33.24%	New
	PMK	E. Nambirajan	11,479	1.91%	New
	THMM	Saker	3,190	0.53%	0.06
Margin of victory			1,82,086	30.32%	2.86%
Turnout			6,00,569	66.87%	−1.58%
Registered electors			9,26,698		−0.70%
	INC hold		Swing	1.06%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Arunachalam	393,075	62.50%	5.59
	CPI(M)	R. Krishnan	2,20,368	35.04%	3.13
	Independent	S. Muthiah	4,320	0.69%
	THMM	S. Manickaraj	3,680	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			1,72,707	27.46%	−8.72%
Turnout			6,28,887	68.45%	−7.22%
Registered electors			9,33,214		26.81%
	INC hold		Swing	-5.59%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Arunachalam	360,517	68.09%	5.67
	CPI(M)	R. Krishnan	1,68,950	31.91%	31.91
Margin of victory			1,91,567	36.18%	11.35%
Turnout			5,29,467	75.67%	9.76%
Registered electors			7,35,912		8.32%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	5.67%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	M. Arunachalam	272,260	62.42%	6.81
	JP	S. Rajagopalan	1,63,944	37.58%	New
Margin of victory			1,08,316	24.83%	−17.58%
Turnout			4,36,204	65.92%	−1.03%
Registered electors			6,79,386		0.83%
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	-6.82%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Arunachalam	305,069	69.23%	13.75
	INC(O)	S. Rajagopalan	1,18,193	26.82%	11.53
	Independent	K. Maruthan	13,124	2.98%
	Independent	K. Shenthivelu	4,269	0.97%
Margin of victory			1,86,876	42.41%	25.28%
Turnout			4,40,655	66.94%	−5.98%
Registered electors			6,73,825		17.97%
	INC hold		Swing	13.75%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. C. Nellachami	223,182	55.48%	13.96
	INC(O)	R. S. Arumugam	1,54,272	38.35%	New
	Independent	K. Subbiah	24,822	6.17%
Margin of victory			68,910	17.13%	15.70%
Turnout			4,02,276	72.92%	−4.58%
Registered electors			5,71,197		6.59%
	INC hold		Swing	13.96%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. S. Arumugam	166,737	41.52%	9.63
	SWA	Velu	1,60,991	40.09%	20.26
	CPI	P. Muthumanickam	37,190	9.26%	19.76
	Independent	V. K. Madasamy	24,537	6.11%
	PSP	P. K. Swamy	12,162	3.03%	New
Margin of victory			5,746	1.43%	−20.69%
Turnout			4,01,617	77.50%	4.96%
Registered electors			5,35,903		17.00%
	INC hold		Swing	-9.63%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. P. Swamy	165,169	51.15%	0.17
	CPI	S. A. Muruganandam	93,729	29.02%	20.00
	SWA	Hameed	64,036	19.83%	New
Margin of victory			71,440	22.12%	20.18%
Turnout			3,22,934	72.55%	16.60%
Registered electors			4,58,052		3.81%
	INC hold		Swing	0.17%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Sankarapandian	125,821	50.97%	New
	CPI	N. Shanmugam	1,21,021	49.03%	New
Margin of victory			4,800	1.94%
Turnout			2,46,842	55.94%
Registered electors			4,41,227
	INC win (new seat)