Kanyakumari (state assembly constituency)

Kanyakumari is a Tamil Nadu assembly constituency located in Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha Constituency in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu. The constituency is located in the southern corner of mainland India, comprising the popular tourist destination Kanyakumari. In 2011 election, it had 237,410 total number of voters, consisting of 120,372 males and 117,038 females. Sambavars, Nadars, and Meenavars formed the majority of the electorate.[2] Kanyakumari will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[3]

Kanyakumari
state assembly constituency
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
Existence1952-present
ReservationGeneral
Current MLAS. Austin
PartyDMK
Elected Year2016
Total Electors279651 [1]
Most Successful PartyAIADMK (7 times)

Election results

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2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. Austin 89,023 42.41
AIADMK Thalavai Sundaram 83,111 39.59
BJP M. Meena Dev 24,638 11.74
DMDK D. Aathilinga Perumal 6,914 3.29
NTK V. Bala subramaniam 1,732 0.83
NOTA None of the Above 1,570 0.75
Margin of victory 5,912
Turnout 2,09,924 75.07
Registered electors 2,79,651
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanniyakumari
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. T. Pachaimal 86,903 48.22
DMK N. Suresh Rajan 69,099 38.34
BJP M. R. Gandhi 20,094 11.15
ABHM P. Vetti Velayutha Perumal 734 0.41
Margin of victory 17,804
Turnout 1,80,206 75.76
Registered electors 2,37,865
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kanyakumari
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK N. Suresh Rajan 63181
AIADMK Thalavai Sundaram 52494
DMDK A. Alex Shantha Sekar 5093
BJP N. Thanu Krishnan 3436
AIFB T. Uthaman 317
ABHM P. Vetri Velayutha Perumal 109
Margin of victory 10687
Turnout 126225
Registered electors
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

Travancore-cochin assembly

Constituency Year Winner Party
Thovalai Agasthesswaram 1952 T. S. Ramasamy Pillai and A. Samraj Indian National Congress
Thovalai 1954 T. S. Ramasamy Pillai PSP
Agastheeswaram 1954 P. Thanulinga Nadar Tamil Nadu Congress

Madras State assembly

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

Tamil Nadu assembly

Year 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

References

  1. "Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. "விஐபி தொகுதி - 12: கன்னியாகுமரி சுரேஷ் ராஜனின் சவால்!". Dinamani. 8 April 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  3. "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

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