Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox Indian constituency Tiruchendur was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu until 2008 constituency realignment.

Assembly segments

Before constituencies realignment of 2008, Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Cheranmadevi (defunct)
Nanguneri (moved to Tirunelveli Constituency)
Radhapuram (moved to Tirunelveli Constituency)
Sathankulam (defunct)
Tiruchendur (moved to Thoothukkudi Constituency)
Kanyakumari (moved to Kanniyakumari Constituency)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party
1957	T. Ganapathy	INC	N. Duraipandi (returned uncontested)	IND
1962	T. T. Krishnamachari	INC	Unopposed^[2]	N/A
1967	Santhosam	SWA	K. T. Kosalram	INC
1971	M. S. Sivasamy	DMK	M. Mathias	SWA
1977	K. T. Kosalram	INC	Edwin Devadasan	NCO
1980	K. T. Kosalram	INC	N. Soundarapandian	JNP
1984	K. T. Kosalram	INC	Jawaharlal	JNP
1985 (by-election)	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	INC	Pon. Vijayaraghavan	JP
1989	R. Dhanushkodi Adithan	INC	A. Karthikeyan	DMK
1991	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	INC	G. Anton Gomez	JD
1996	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	TMC(M)	S. Justin	INC
1998	Ramarajan	AIADMK	R. Dhanushkodi Adithan	TMC(M)
1999	A. D. K. Jayaseelan	DMK	B. P. Rajan	AIADMK
2004	V. Radhika Selvi	DMK	T. Dhamodharan	AIADMK

After 2008 constituency realignment, this seat ceased to exist.

Electorate

In 2004, it had 10,31,362 of electorate, 4,95,753 men and 5,35,609 women.^[3]

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2004			62.50%
1999			43.6%
1998			48.3%
1996			53.3%
1991			71.4%
1989			67.0%
1985			62.0%
1984			67.9%
1980			51.0%
1977			60.2%
1971			47.6%
1967			45.8%
1962			N/A%
1957			N/A%

2004

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2004 Indian general elections: Tiruchendur
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Majority			181,681	28.79	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			631,124	61.18	Script error: No such module "String".
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General Election 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	A.D.K.Jayaseelan	237,630	43.6%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	Dr.P.B.Rajan	177,964	32.7%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	TMC(M)	Dhanushkodi Aadhithan	109,035	20.0%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IND	S.Selvin Nadar	8,323	1.5%
Majority			59,666	11.0%
Turnout			544,782	52.4%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMKgain from AIADMK

General Election 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	Ramaraajan	264,290	48.3%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	TMC(M)	Dhanushkodi Aadhithan	217,435	39.7%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	Kumari Ananthan	38,291	7.0%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IND	A.Backiyaraj	11,408	2.1%
Majority			46,855	8.6%
Turnout			547,234	54.0%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK gain from TMC

General Election 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	TMC	Dhanushkodi Aadhithan	317,943	53.3%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	S.Justin	114,232	19.2%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	BJP	N.S.Chandra Bose	79,051	13.3%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	JD	Anton Gomez	48,066	8.1%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IND	R.Sundaram	3,274	0.5%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IND	S.Arullappa Nadar	2,995	0.5%
Majority			203,711	34.2%
Turnout			596,500	60.9%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	TMC(M) gain from INC

General Election 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	Dhanushkodi Aadhithan	381,521	71.4%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	JD	G.Anton Gomez	122,745	23.0%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Jharkhand Party	B.Samson Daniel	5,181	1.0%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	R.Christ Doss	2,855	0.5%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Tharasu Makkal Mandram	I.Ilavarasan	1,740	0.3%
Majority			258,776	48.4%
Turnout			534,586	56.6%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC Hold

General Election 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	Dhanushkodi Aadhithan	385,656	67.0%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	A.Karthikeyan	173,585	30.2%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Tharasu Makkal Mandram	I.Ilavarasan	1,602	0.3%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IND	Leshmana Perumal	1,535	0.3%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	C.Papanasam	1,500	0.3%
Majority			212,071	36.8%
Turnout			575,556	60.5%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC Hold

By-election 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	Dhanushkodi Aadhithan	169,710	62.0%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	JP	P.Vijayaraghavan	93,831	34.3%
Majority			75,819
Turnout			273,776
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC Hold

General Election 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	K.T.Kosalram	345,381	67.9%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	JP	Jawaharlal	121,954	24.0%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IND	A.Dhanushkodi Ramalinga Pandian	11,573	2.3%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IND	K.Kesavam	5,671	1.1%
Majority			223,427	43.9%
Turnout			508,487	67.9%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC Hold

General Election 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC(I)	K.T.Kosalram	227,395	51.0%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	JP	N.Soundara Pandian	113,576	25.5%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IND	Ananthan	75,020	16.8%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	JP(S)	Pillai	14,106	3.2%
Majority			113,819	25.5%
Turnout			445,880	63.3%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC(I) Hold

General Election 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	K.T.Kosalram	272,338	60.2%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC(O)	Devadasan Edwin	152,148	33.6%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IND	Arumugam Pandian	11,336	2.5%
Majority			120,190	26.6%
Turnout			452,540	63.5%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC gain from DMK

General Election 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	M.S.Sivasamy	202,783	47.6%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	SWA	N.Parthasarathy	202,757	47.6%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IND	A.Ponnaih	5,845	1.4%
Majority			26	0.0%
Turnout			411,385	69.8%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK gain from SWA

General Election 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	SWA	Santhosham	183,053	45.8%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	K.T.Kosalram	182,659	45.7%
Majority			394	0.1%
Turnout			390,339	71.1%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	SWA gain from INC

General Election 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	T.T.Krishnamachari	Unopposed

General Election 1957

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	T.Ganapathy	RU	N/A
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IND	N.Duraipandi	0	0.0%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC Win (New Seat)

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Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency

Contents

Assembly segments

Members of the Parliament

Electorate

Election results

2004

General Election 1999

General Election 1998

General Election 1996

General Election 1991

General Election 1989

By-election 1985

General Election 1984

General Election 1980

General Election 1977

General Election 1971

General Election 1967

General Election 1962

General Election 1957

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