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, 2009
RAMASUBBU S
INC
Elections held
14
1971–2024
Most successful party
ADK
won 4 of 14
Margin, 2009
21,303
3.04% of valid votes
Result, 2009
Runner-up
ADMKANNAMALAI K
- Votes
- 2,53,629
- Vote share
- 36.19%
- Behind by
- 21,303
Electors
10,59,687
Total votes polled
7,00,788
Valid votes
7,00,788
NOTA votes
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Turnout
66.1%
Full result, 2009
21 candidates · 7,00,788 valid votes
RAMASUBBU SINCwon
2,74,932
39.2%
ANNAMALAI KADMK
2,53,629
36.2%
MICHAEL RAYAPPAN SDMDK
94,562
13.5%
NAGARAJAN, KARUBJP
39,997
5.7%
JEYABALAN NIND
6,079
0.9%
RAMESH PANDIANBSP
4,305
0.6%
SUDAROLI MURUGAN S.IND
4,028
0.6%
RAMASUBBU EIND
3,804
0.5%
SANKARAPANDIAN TCPI(ML)(L)
3,339
0.5%
VEIULUMUTHUKUMARIND
2,231
0.3%
THIRUVENGATAM AIND
1,742
0.3%
SELWIN DIND
1,736
0.3%
Showing the top 12 of 21. 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
