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, 2014
PRABAKARAN.K.R.P
ADMK
Elections held
14
1971–2024
Most successful party
ADK
won 4 of 14
Margin, 2014
1,26,099
13.10% of valid votes
Result, 2014
Runner-up
DMKDEVADASA SUNDARAM
- Votes
- 2,72,040
- Vote share
- 28.27%
- Behind by
- 1,26,099
Electors
14,20,435
Total votes polled
9,62,330
Valid votes
9,62,330
NOTA votes
12,893
1.34% of votes polled
Turnout
67.8%
Full result, 2014
27 candidates · 9,62,330 valid votes
PRABAKARAN.K.R.PADMKwon
3,98,139
41.4%
DEVADASA SUNDARAMDMK
2,72,040
28.3%
SIVANANENTHAPERUMAL.S.DMDK
1,27,370
13.2%
RAMASUBBU.S.SINC
62,863
6.5%
DHEVANATHAN YADAV.T.TNMC
19,381
2.0%
SESURAJ.M.PAAAP
18,353
1.9%
MOHAMED MUBARAK.V.M.SSDPI
14,877
1.6%
THEVENDRAN.T.BSP
4,692
0.5%
DEVADOSS.A.RIND
3,394
0.3%
SELVAGANAPATHY.GIND
3,233
0.3%
DHANARAJ.R.ICSP
3,062
0.3%
MOHAN.TIND
2,518
0.3%
Showing the top 12 of 27. 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
