TIRUNELVELI
Constituency no. 38 in Tamil Nadu · Lok Sabha seat contested 14 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has an assembly constituency called TIRUNELVELI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.
Winner, 1999
Pandian, P.H.
ADMK
Elections held
14
1971–2024
Most successful party
ADK
won 4 of 14
Margin, 1999
26,494
4.41% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
DMKGeetha Jeevan, P.
- Votes
- 2,23,481
- Vote share
- 37.21%
- Behind by
- 26,494
Electors
11,21,877
Total votes polled
6,00,554
Valid votes
6,00,554
NOTA votes
—
Turnout
53.5%
Full result, 1999
13 candidates · 6,00,554 valid votes
Pandian, P.H.ADMKwon
2,49,975
41.6%
Geetha Jeevan, P.DMK
2,23,481
37.2%
Bakthavatchalam, P.V.PT
1,12,941
18.8%
Sethu Rama Pandian, M.FBL
3,913
0.7%
Sundararaj, S.IND
2,534
0.4%
Suyambulingam, T.IND
2,463
0.4%
Socrates, J.D.IND
2,288
0.4%
Mohamed Sheik Ibrahim, A.IND
864
0.1%
Harikrishnan, P.IND
733
0.1%
Lakshmanan, K.IND
554
0.1%
Chandra Prakash, N.IND
359
0.1%
Dharmaseelan, M.IND
242
0.0%
Showing the top 12 of 13. 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 | ROBERT BRUCE C | INC | 5,02,296 | 47.06% | NAINAR NAGENTHRAN | 1,65,620 |
| 2019 | GNANATHIRAVIAM S | DMK | 5,22,993 | 50.27% | PAUL MANOJ PANDIAN | 1,85,720 |
| 2014 | PRABAKARAN.K.R.P | ADMK | 3,98,139 | 41.37% | DEVADASA SUNDARAM | 1,26,099 |
| 2009 | RAMASUBBU S | INC | 2,74,932 | 39.23% | ANNAMALAI K | 21,303 |
| 2004 | DHANUSKODI ATHITHAN, R. | INC | 3,70,127 | 58.40% | AMIRTHA GANESAN, R. | 1,67,075 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
