TENKASI
Constituency no. 37 in Tamil Nadu · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 14 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has an assembly constituency called TENKASI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.
Winner, 2024
DR RANI SRI KUMAR
DMK
Elections held
14
1971–2024
Most successful party
INC
won 5 of 14
Margin, 2024
1,96,199
18.88% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
ADMKDR K KRISHNASAMY
- Votes
- 2,29,480
- Vote share
- 22.08%
- Behind by
- 1,96,199
Electors
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Total votes polled
10,39,119
Valid votes
10,39,119
NOTA votes
17,165
1.65% of votes polled
Turnout
—
Full result, 2024
15 candidates · 10,39,119 valid votes
DR RANI SRI KUMARDMKwon
4,25,679
41.0%
DR K KRISHNASAMYADMK
2,29,480
22.1%
B JOHN PANDIANBJP
2,08,825
20.1%
ESAI MATHIVANANNTK
1,30,335
12.5%
KARPAGAVALLI PIND
6,314
0.6%
T MAHESHKUMARBSP
3,554
0.3%
RAMASAMY PVKVIP
3,412
0.3%
M MANMATHANIND
3,278
0.3%
A SEETHABDPU
2,476
0.2%
KRISHNASAMYIND
1,833
0.2%
M UMAMAHESWARIDMSK
1,655
0.2%
A MUTHAIAHIND
1,457
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 15. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 14 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | DR RANI SRI KUMAR | DMK | 4,25,679 | 40.97% | DR K KRISHNASAMY | 1,96,199 |
| 2019 | DHANUSH.M.KUMAR | DMK | 4,76,156 | 44.71% | Dr.KRISHNASAMY.K | 1,20,767 |
| 2014 | VASANTHI.M | ADMK | 4,24,586 | 41.71% | DR.KRISHNASAMY.K. | 1,61,774 |
| 2009 | LINGAM P | CPI | 2,81,174 | 37.69% | VELLAIPANDI G | 34,677 |
| 2004 | APPADURAI, M. | CPI | 3,48,000 | 48.87% | MURUGESAN. S | 1,22,176 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above