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, 2009
LINGAM P
CPI
Elections held
14
1971–2024
Most successful party
INC
won 5 of 14
Margin, 2009
34,677
4.65% of valid votes
Result, 2009
Runner-up
INCVELLAIPANDI G
- Votes
- 2,46,497
- Vote share
- 33.04%
- Behind by
- 34,677
Electors
10,63,614
Total votes polled
7,46,045
Valid votes
7,46,045
NOTA votes
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Turnout
70.1%
Full result, 2009
9 candidates · 7,46,045 valid votes
LINGAM PCPIwon
2,81,174
37.7%
VELLAIPANDI GINC
2,46,497
33.0%
KRISHNASAMY, DR. KPT
1,16,685
15.6%
INBARAJ KDMDK
75,741
10.2%
KRISHNAN KBSP
6,948
0.9%
LAKSHMANAN RIND
6,633
0.9%
RAMACHANDRAN EIND
4,471
0.6%
JOTHIRAJ MSP
3,984
0.5%
BALAKRISHNAN SIND
3,912
0.5%
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
