Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency

Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency (Tamil: கன்னியாகுமரி மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India.

Kanniyakumari
Lok Sabha constituency
Area of Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies
Established2009–present
Total electors1,579,958
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2021
Preceded byH. Vasanthakumar

Assembly segments

Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

No Name District Member Party
229 Kanniyakumari Kanyakumari N. Thalavai Sundaram AIADMK
230 Nagercoil M. R. Gandhi BJP
231 Colachal J. G. Prince INC
232 Padmanabhapuram Mano Thangaraj DMK
233 Vilavancode S. Vijayadharani INC
234 Killiyoor S. Rajeshkumar INC

List of members of parliament
Year Member Party
Before 2009 : See Nagercoil
2009 J. Helen Davidson Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014 Pon. Radhakrishnan Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 H. Vasanthakumar Indian National Congress
2021^ Vijay Vasanth

Election results
Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 52.50%
2019
 
 59.77%
2014
 
 37.62%
2009
 
 41.81%

General bye-election 2021
2021 Indian general bye-elections: Kanniyakumari[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vijayakumar (Alias) Vijay Vasanth 576,037 52.50 Decrease7.37
BJP Pon. Radhakrishnan 438,087 39.92 Increase4.92
NTK R. Anetter Allwyn 58,593 5.34 Increase3.71
MNM Shuba Charles 8,536 0.78 Decrease0.04
NOTA None of the Above 4,938 0.45 Decrease0.13
Majority 137,950 12.57 Decrease12.20
Turnout 1,097,434 69.46 Decrease0.37
INC hold Swing Decrease7.37

General election 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Kanniyakumari[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC H. Vasanthakumar 627,235 59.77 Increase35.13
BJP Pon. Radhakrishnan 367,302 35.00 Decrease2.62
NTK V. Jainteen 17,069 1.63 New
AMMK E. Lekshmanan 12,345 1.18 New
MNM J. Ebenezer 8,590 0.82 New
NOTA None of the Above 6,131 0.58 Increase0.16
Majority 259,933 24.77 Increase11.79
Turnout 1,048,377 69.83 Increase2.33
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase35.13

General election 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Kanniyakumari[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pon. Radhakrishnan 372,906 37.62 Increase4.38
INC H. Vasanthakumar 244,244 24.64 New
AIADMK D. John Thankam 176,239 17.78 New
DMK F. M. Raajarathinum 117,933 11.90 Decrease29.91
CPI(M) A. V. Bellarmin 35,284 3.56 Decrease7.62
AAP S. P. Udayakumar 15,314 1.55 New
NOTA None of the Above 4,150 0.42 New
Majority 128,662 12.98 Increase4.41
Turnout 990,742 67.50 Increase2.51
BJP gain from DMK Swing Increase4.38

General election 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Kanniyakumari[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK J. Helen Davidson 320,161 41.81 New
BJP Pon. Radhakrishnan 254,474 33.24 New
CPI(M) A. V. Bellarmin 85,583 11.18 New
DMDK S. Austin 68,472 8.94 New
BSP P. Sivakami 6,400 0.84 New
LJP D. Arul Thumilan 2,812 0.37 New
Majority 65,687 8.57 New
Turnout 765,661 64.99 New
DMK win (new seat)

See also

References
  1. "2021 Indian General Bye-election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. "2019 Indian General Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. "2014 Indian General Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  4. "2009 Indian General Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

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