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, 2019
GNANATHIRAVIAM S
DMK
Elections held
14
1971–2024
Most successful party
ADK
won 4 of 14
Margin, 2019
1,85,720
17.85% of valid votes
Result, 2019
Runner-up
ADMKPAUL MANOJ PANDIAN
- Votes
- 3,37,273
- Vote share
- 32.42%
- Behind by
- 1,85,720
Electors
15,47,800
Total votes polled
10,40,350
Valid votes
10,40,350
NOTA votes
10,968
1.05% of votes polled
Turnout
67.2%
Full result, 2019
26 candidates · 10,40,350 valid votes
GNANATHIRAVIAM SDMKwon
5,22,993
50.3%
PAUL MANOJ PANDIANADMK
3,37,273
32.4%
MICHAEL RAYAPPAN SIND
62,235
6.0%
SATHYA BNTK
49,935
4.8%
VENNIMALAI MMNM
23,120
2.2%
MAHARAJAN VIND
5,139
0.5%
MAHARAJAN AIND
3,941
0.4%
ESSAKKIAMMAL EBSP
3,470
0.3%
MURUGESAN SIND
3,431
0.3%
MANOHARAN PIND
2,095
0.2%
MANIKANDAN GIND
1,959
0.2%
RAMAKRISHNAN NNIDP
1,689
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 26. 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
