Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Tenkasi constituency, post-2008 delimitation
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| Existence | 1957-present |
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| Reservation | Scheduled Caste |
| Current MP | M.VASANTHI |
| Party | A.I.A.D.M.K |
| Elected Year | 2014 Election |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Total Electors | 1,063,614 [1] |
| Most Successful Party | Indian National Congress (9 times) |
| Assembly Constituencies | 202. Rajapalayam 203. Srivilliputhur (SC) 219. Sankarankovil 220. Vasudevanallur (SC) 221. Kadayanallur 222. Tenkasi |
Tenkasi is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.
Contents
Assembly segments
Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments (until the 2006 election):[2]
Members of Parliament
Detailed results
2009
General Election, 2009: Tenkasi
| Year | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Party | |
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| 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. Arumugam | BJP | |
| 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 | ADMK | M. Arunachalam | TMC(M) | |
| 1999 | S. Murugesan | ADMK | S. Arumugam | BJP | |
| 2004 | M. Appadurai | CPI | S. Murugesan | ADMK | |
| 2009 | P. Lingam | CPI | K. Vellaipandi | INC | |
| 2014 | [M.VASANTHI]] | [A.I.A.D.M.K]] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CPI | P. Lingam | 281174 | |||
| INC | G. Vellaipandi | 234368 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 746045 | ||||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
| TF gain from UPA | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | M. Appadurai | 348,000 | 48.85 | n/a | |
| AIADMK | S. Murugesan | 225,824 | 31.70 | -3.62 | |
| JD(U) | Dr. K. Krishnasamy | 101,122 | 14.19 | n/a | |
| Independent | M. Vadivel Kumar | 14,441 | 2.03 | n/a | |
| Majority | 122,176 | 17.15 | +17.02 | ||
| Turnout | 712,409 | 65.68 | +0.80 | ||
| CPI gain from AIADMK | Swing | +48.85 | |||
References
- ↑ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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See also
