Tirunelveli Assembly constituency

Tirunelveli Assembly constituency is an Assembly constituency located in Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu, being in existence since independence. Tirunelveli was one of 17 Assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[1][2][3][4] Tirunelveli voted for the party that formed the government in the state except for 2016 and 2021. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Tirunelveli
Constituency No. 224 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Lok Sabha constituency	Tirunelveli
Established	1951
Total electors	292,411
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nainar Nagendran
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Arumugam S. N. Somayajulu		Indian National Congress
1957	Rajathi Kunjithapatham
1962
1967	A. L. Subramanian		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	P. Padmanabhan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	G. R. Edmund		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
1984	S. Narayanan
1986	R. M. Veerappan
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^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nainar Nagendran	92,282	47.20	+44.03
	DMK	A. L. S. Lakshmanan	69,175	35.38	−7.74
	NTK	B. Sathya	19,162	9.80	+8.69
	AMMK	A. P. Mahesh Kannan	8,911	4.56	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,091	1.07	−0.1
	Independent	M. Sivakumar	1,412	0.72	New
	Independent	Srithar Rajan	1,342	0.69	New
Margin of victory			23,107	11.82	11.50
Turnout			195,496	66.86	−3.63
Registered electors			292,411
	BJP gain from DMK		Swing	4.08

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. L. S. Lakshmanan	81,761	43.13	+12.79
	AIADMK	Nainar Nagendran	81,160	42.81	−12.00
	DMDK	S. Madasamy	8,640	4.56	New
	BJP	A. Maharajan	6,017	3.17	+2.02
	NOTA	NOTA	2,218	1.17	New
	NTK	A. Viyanarasu	2,106	1.11	New
	Independent	G. Velammal	2,029	1.07	New
	PMK	Ganesan Kannan	1,884	0.99	New
	Independent	P. Rajkumar	1,377	0.73	New
Margin of victory			601	0.32	−24.15
Turnout			189,576	70.48	−6.20
Registered electors			268,968
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-11.68

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Nainar Nagendran	86,220	54.81	+9.39
	DMK	A. L. S. Lakshmanan	47,729	30.34	−15.50
	JMM	G. Velammal	7,771	4.94	New
	Independent	C. Pasupathipandian	4,307	2.74	New
	IJK	S. Madhan	2,696	1.71	New
	BJP	G. Murugadhas	1,815	1.15	−0.43
	Independent	M. Subramanian	1,200	0.76	New
	Independent	P. Ramakrishnan	975	0.62	New
	Independent	K. Vedantham	969	0.62	New
	Independent	C. Madasamy	814	0.52	New
Margin of victory			38,491	24.47	24.05
Turnout			157,304	76.68	4.62
Registered electors			205,146
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.97

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Malai Raja	65,517	45.85	+5.61
	AIADMK	Nainar Nagendran	64,911	45.42	+4.49
	Independent	S. Jayachandran	4,080	2.85	New
	AIFB	S. Nambirajan	2,709	1.90	New
	BJP	K. M. Sivakumar	2,257	1.58	New
	BSP	A. Jeyakumar	1,406	0.98	New
Margin of victory			606	0.42	−0.27
Turnout			142,908	72.06	18.94
Registered electors			198,312
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.92

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Nainar Nagendran	42,765	40.93	+8.88
	DMK	A. L. Subramanian	42,043	40.24	−12.24
	SP	S. Saravanaperumal	11,025	10.55	New
	MDMK	R. Shanmugasundaram	4,980	4.77	−3.38
	Independent	P. Jabarullakhan	1,595	1.53	New
	CPI(ML)L	T. Sankarapandian	782	0.75	New
Margin of victory			722	0.69	−19.74
Turnout			104,492	53.12	−15.81
Registered electors			196,785
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-11.55

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. L. Subramanian	59,914	52.48	+19.8
	AIADMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	36,590	32.05	−30.76
	MDMK	M. Achiyur Mani	9,295	8.14	New
	PMK	P. Perumal	3,141	2.75	New
	BJP	Su. Chidambaram	2,171	1.90	New
	JP	P. Kalaivanan	1,661	1.45	New
Margin of victory			23,324	20.43	−9.70
Turnout			114,165	68.93	7.04
Registered electors			170,499
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.33

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Veliah	63,138	62.81	+39.11
	DMK	A. L. Subramanian	32,853	32.68	−2.87
	Independent	M. Thandayuthapani	1,874	1.86	New
	PMK	C. Nellaiappan	1,803	1.79	New
Margin of victory			30,285	30.13	21.22
Turnout			100,516	61.90	−10.73
Registered electors			165,240
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	27.26

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. L. Subramanian	37,991	35.55	−4.1
	INC	N. S. S. Nellai Kannan	28,470	26.64	New
	AIADMK	V. Masana Moorthy	25,332	23.71	−35.87
	AIADMK	K. Muthusamy	12,201	11.42	−48.16
	Independent	G. Gaspar Raja	1,513	1.42	New
Margin of victory			9,521	8.91	−11.01
Turnout			106,862	72.63	−2.64
Registered electors			149,539
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-24.02

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Narayanan	56,409	59.57	+1.61
	DMK	A. L. Subramanian	37,547	39.65	New
Margin of victory			18,862	19.92	2.90
Turnout			94,687	75.27	5.47
Registered electors			129,277
	AIADMK hold		Swing	1.61

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	48,338	57.96	+19.46
	INC	Rajathi Kunchithapatham	34,142	40.94	+13.07
	Independent	Pandian	613	0.74	New
Margin of victory			14,196	17.02	6.39
Turnout			83,394	69.79	10.30
Registered electors			120,570
	AIADMK hold		Swing	19.46

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. R. Edmund	26,419	38.50	New
	INC	Krishnan Alias Nellai Kannan	19,125	27.87	−9.97
	JP	R. Servaikaren Subbiah	8,244	12.01	New
	DMK	E. Nambi	8,199	11.95	−50.21
	Independent	M. Abdul Majeed	6,090	8.87	New
	Independent	E. Hariramakrishnan	545	0.79	New
Margin of victory			7,294	10.63	−13.69
Turnout			68,622	59.49	−10.60
Registered electors			116,395
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-23.66

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Padmanabhan	43,325	62.16	+0.42
	INC	Rajathi Kunchithapatham	26,373	37.84	+0.19
Margin of victory			16,952	24.32	0.24
Turnout			69,698	70.10	−6.74
Registered electors			103,204
	DMK hold		Swing	0.42

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. L. Subramanian	41,589	61.74	New
	INC	M. S. M. Pillai	25,364	37.65	+0.76
	Independent	M. K. R. Iyenger	409	0.61	New
Margin of victory			16,225	24.09	22.04
Turnout			67,362	76.84	2.40
Registered electors			89,938
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	24.84

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajathi Kunjithapatham	25,985	36.89	+9.64
	SWA	Ramasami (Sundaram)	24,544	34.85	New
	IUML	Ahmed Ibrahim	18,091	25.69	New
	PSP	Muthiah Pillai	809	1.15	New
	Independent	S. Rajagopalachari	702	1.00	New
Margin of victory			1,441	2.05	−4.40
Turnout			70,430	74.44	−7.61
Registered electors			96,617
	INC hold		Swing	9.64

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajathi Kunjithapatham	38,839	27.25	+3.7
	INC	Somasundaram	29,648	20.80	−2.75
	Independent	Kandish	16,886	11.85	New
	PSP	Mohammaed Ismail Rowther	15,695	11.01	New
	PSP	Ponnusami (Sc)	12,388	8.69	New
	Independent	Esakimuthu (Sc)	7,834	5.50	New
	Independent	Jacob	4,834	3.39	New
	Independent	Chelliah (Sc)	4,822	3.38	New
	Independent	Sankarasubramania Iyer	2,791	1.96	New
	Independent	Sundaram	2,781	1.95	New
	Independent	Kannappa Pillai	2,760	1.94	New
Margin of victory			9,191	6.45	2.56
Turnout			142,516	82.05	−14.91
Registered electors			173,695
	INC hold		Swing	3.70

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirunelveli^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Arumugam	32,529	23.55	New
	INC	S. N. Somayajulu	27,156	19.66	New
	Independent	P. S. Subramania Pillai	20,470	14.82	New
	CPI	Shammaguam	19,315	13.98	New
	Independent	Kankaraj	16,604	12.02	New
	Socialist	Nadarajan Alias Mangala Ponnambalam	10,458	7.57	New
	KMPP	Subramanian	5,857	4.24	New
	Independent	Muthiah	3,198	2.32	New
	Independent	Sethuramalingam Pillai	2,550	1.85	New
Margin of victory			5,373	3.89
Turnout			138,137	96.96
Registered electors			142,467
	INC win (new seat)