Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Tenkasi is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Tenkasi
Lok Sabha Constituency
Tenkasi constituency, post-2008 delimitation
IncumbentDhanush M. Kumar
Parliamentary PartyDMK
Elected Year2019 Election
Constituency Details
Established1957-present
ReservationScheduled Caste
StateTamil Nadu
Total Electors1,063,614 [1]
Assembly Constituencies202. Rajapalayam
203. Srivilliputhur (SC)
219. Sankarankovil
220. Vasudevanallur (SC)
221. Kadayanallur
222. Tenkasi

Assembly segments

Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments (until the 2006 election):[2]

  1. Rajapalayam
  2. Srivilliputhur
  3. Sankarankovil (SC)
  4. Vasudevanallur (SC)
  5. Kadayanallur
  6. Tenkasi

Members of Parliament
Year Winner Party Runner-up Party
1957 M. Sankarapandian INC N. Shanmugham CPI
1962 M. P. Swamy INC S. A. Muruganandam CPI
1967 R. S. Arumugam INC Velu SWA
1971 A. M. Chellachami INC R. S. Arumugam NCO
1977 M. Arunachalam INC S. Rajagopalan NCO
1980 M. Arunachalam INC S. Rajagopalan JNP
1984 M. Arunachalam INC R. Krishnan CPM
1989 M. Arunachalam INC R. Krishnan CPM
1991 M. Arunachalam INC T. Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar DMK
1996 M. Arunachalam TMC(M) V. Selvaraj INC
1998 S. Murugesan AIADMK M. Arunachalam TMC(M)
1999 S. Murugesan AIADMK S. Arumugam BJP
2004 M. Appadurai CPI S. Murugesan AIADMK
2009 P. Lingam CPI K. Vellaipandi INC
2014 M. Vasanthi AIADMK K. Krishnasamy Puthiya Tamizhagam
2019 Dhanush M Kumar[3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Krishnasamy Puthiya Tamizhagam

Detailed results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Tenkasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Dhanush M Kumar 4,76,156 44.69
AIADMK K. Krishnasamy 3,55,870 33.40
AMMK S. Ponnuthai 92,116 8.64
NTK S. S. Madhivanan 59,445 5.58
MNM K. Muneeswaran 24,023 2.25
NOTA None of the above 14,056 1.32
Majority 1,20,286 11.29
Turnout 10,66,008 71.43
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

2014
2014 Indian general elections: Tenkasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Vasanthi 4,24,586 41.71
PT K. Krishnasamy 2,62,812 25.82
MDMK Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar T 1,90,233 18.61
INC K. Jeyakumar 58,963 5.73
CPI P. Lingam 23,528 1.42
NOTA None of the above 14,492 1.42
Majority 1,61,774 15.89
Turnout 10,19,436 73.76
AIADMK gain from UPA Swing

2009
2009 Indian general elections: Tenkasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI P. Lingam 2,81,174 37.69
INC G. Vellaipandi 2,34,368 33.04
PT K. Krishnasamy 1,16,685 15.63
DMDK K. Inbaraj 75,741 10.14
BSP Krishnan K 6,948 0.93
Majority 34,677 4.65
Turnout 7,46,413 70.18
CPI hold Swing

2004
2004 Indian general elections: Tenkasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI M. Appadurai 3,48,000 48.85 n/a
AIADMK S. Murugesan 2,25,824 31.70 -3.62
JD(U) Dr. K. Krishnasamy 1,01,122 14.19 n/a
Independent M. Vadivel Kumar 14,441 2.03 n/a
Majority 1,22,176 17.15 +17.02
Turnout 7,12,409 65.68 +0.80
CPI gain from AIADMK Swing +48.85

References
  1. GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
  2. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2008.
  3. "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 27. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

See also
  • Tenkasi
  • List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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