TIRUCHENDUR
Constituency no. 38 in Tamil Nadu · Lok Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has an assembly constituency called TIRUCHENDUR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.
Winner, 1996
DHANUSKODI ATHITHAN R.
TMCM
Elections held
10
1971–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 10
Margin, 1996
2,03,711
35.61% of valid votes
Result, 1996
Runner-up
INCJUSTIN S.
- Votes
- 1,14,232
- Vote share
- 19.97%
- Behind by
- 2,03,711
Electors
9,79,656
Total votes polled
5,72,123
Valid votes
5,72,123
NOTA votes
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Turnout
58.4%
Full result, 1996
16 candidates · 5,72,123 valid votes
DHANUSKODI ATHITHAN R.TMCMwon
3,17,943
55.6%
JUSTIN S.INC
1,14,232
20.0%
CHANDRA BOSE,N.S.BJP
79,051
13.8%
ANTON GOMEZJD
48,066
8.4%
SUNDARAM R.IND
3,274
0.6%
ARULAPPA NADAR SIND
2,995
0.5%
NAGARAJAN V.IND
1,406
0.3%
KARTHIKEYAN J.IND
1,113
0.2%
KUMARASAMY V.IND
991
0.2%
RAJAGOPALAN N.IND
763
0.1%
MURUGENDRAN S.IND
655
0.1%
MARIA JOSEPH ALIAS MANUEL RAJIND
451
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 16. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 10 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | RADHIKA SELVI. V | DMK | 3,94,484 | 62.52% | THAMODARAN. T | 1,81,681 |
| 1999 | Jayaseelan, A.D.K. | DMK | 2,37,630 | 44.41% | Rajan, Dr.B.P. | 59,666 |
| 1998 | RAMARAAJAN | ADMK | 2,64,290 | 49.34% | DHANUSKODI ATHITHAN R. | 46,855 |
| 1996 | DHANUSKODI ATHITHAN R. | TMCM | 3,17,943 | 55.57% | JUSTIN S. | 2,03,711 |
| 1991 | DHANUSHKODI ATHINTHAN R. | INC | 3,81,521 | 73.43% | ANTON GOMEZ G. | 2,58,776 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above