TENKASI
Assembly seat no. 222 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has a Lok Sabha constituency called TENKASI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 14 results.
Winner, 2001
ANNAMALAI.K.
ADMK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 5 of 13
Margin, 2001
8,792
7.24% of valid votes
Result, 2001
Runner-up
DMKKARUPPASAMI PANDIAN.V.
- Votes
- 53,662
- Vote share
- 44.18%
- Behind by
- 8,792
Electors
1,90,762
Total votes polled
1,21,473
Valid votes
1,21,473
NOTA votes
—
Turnout
63.7%
Full result, 2001
6 candidates · 1,21,473 valid votes
ANNAMALAI.K.ADMKwon
62,454
51.4%
KARUPPASAMI PANDIAN.V.DMK
53,662
44.2%
SANKARASUBRAMANIAN M. ALIAS LALA M. MANIIND
2,064
1.7%
BALASUBRAMANIAN KIND
1,712
1.4%
IYAPPAN.S.IND
861
0.7%
SUBRAMANIAN K.IND
720
0.6%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dr.kalai Kathiravan | DMK | 79,699 | 33.92% | S.selva Mohandas Pandian | 10,299 |
| 2021 | PALANI NADAR.S | INC | 89,315 | 41.71% | SELVA MOHANDAS PANDIAN.S | 370 |
| 2016 | SELVAMOHANDAS PANDIAN S | ADMK | 86,339 | 42.58% | PALANI NADAR S | 462 |
| 2011 | SARATH KUMAR.R | ADMK | 92,253 | 54.30% | KARUPPASAMI PANDIAN.Y | 22,967 |
| 2006 | KARUPPASAMY PANDIAN.V | DMK | 69,755 | 49.98% | UDAYASURIYAN RAMA | 18,658 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
