TIRUNELVELI
Assembly seat no. 224 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has a Lok Sabha constituency called TIRUNELVELI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 14 results.
Winner, 2001
NAINAR NAGENDRAN.
ADMK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 5 of 13
Margin, 2001
722
0.69% of valid votes
Result, 2001
Runner-up
DMKSUBRAMANIAN.A.L.
- Votes
- 42,043
- Vote share
- 40.24%
- Behind by
- 722
Electors
1,96,785
Total votes polled
1,04,492
Valid votes
1,04,492
NOTA votes
—
Turnout
53.1%
Full result, 2001
10 candidates · 1,04,492 valid votes
NAINAR NAGENDRAN.ADMKwon
42,765
40.9%
SUBRAMANIAN.A.L.DMK
42,043
40.2%
SARAVANAPERUMAL.SSP
11,025
10.6%
SHANMUGASUNDARAM.RMDMK
4,980
4.8%
JABARULLAKHAN.P.IND
1,595
1.5%
SANKARAPANDIAN.T.CPI(ML)(L)
782
0.8%
RAJAPANDIAN.JIND
445
0.4%
VELU.AIND
410
0.4%
ARUMUGANAINAR.TIND
229
0.2%
AYYAPPAN.PIND
218
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Murughan.r.s. | TVK | 75,840 | 34.72% | Subramanian.s | 11,414 |
| 2021 | Nainar Nagenthran | BJP | 92,282 | 46.70% | Lakshmanan,A.L.S. | 23,107 |
| 2016 | LAKSHMANAN A.L.S. | DMK | 81,761 | 43.13% | NAINAR NAGENTHRAN | 601 |
| 2011 | NAINAR NAGENTHRAN | ADMK | 86,220 | 54.81% | LAKSHMANAN.A.L.S | 38,491 |
| 2006 | MALAI RAJA N | DMK | 65,517 | 45.85% | NAINAR NAGENTHRAN | 606 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
