Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Election Result

Tirunelveli is a parliamentary constituency in Tamil Nadu. Election results of Tirunelveli lok sabha seat is given below in a table that also lists all MPs from this seat. Click election year in the table, for more detailed result.

List of all MP from Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Seat (Tamil Nadu) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2019	Gnanathiraviam S	DMK	522993
2014	Prabakaran K R P	ADMK	398139
2009	Ramasubbu S	INC	274932
2004	Dhanuskodi Athithan, R	INC	370127
1999	Pandian, P H	ADMK	249975
1998	Janarthanan, R	ADMK	247823
1996	Sivaprakasam D S A	DMK	295001
1991	Janarthanan M R	ADK	351048
1989	Janartanan	ADK	394444
1984	M R Janardhanan	ADK	296897
1980	Sivaprakasam D S A	DMK	256626
1977	Arunachalam V	ADK	304562
1971	S A, Muruganantham	CPI	214214

2019 Parliamentary Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Gnanathiraviam S Male 54 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam rising sun	522993 50.27%
2	Paul Manoj Pandian Male 47 yr GEN	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam two leaves	337273 32.42%
3	Michael Rayappan S Male 55 yr GEN	IND Independent gift pack	62235 5.98%
4	Sathya B Female 41 yr GEN	NTK Naam Tamilar Katchi ganna kisan	49935 4.8%
5	Vennimalai M Male 53 yr GEN	MNM Makkal Needhi Maiam battery torch	23120 2.22%
6	Nota	NOTA None Of The Above	10968 1.05%
7	Maharajan V Male 41 yr GEN	IND Independent pressure cooker	5139 0.49%
8	Maharajan A Male 29 yr SC	IND Independent pen nib with seven rays	3941 0.38%
9	Essakkiammal E Female 38 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party elephant	3470 0.33%
10	Murugesan S Male 60 yr SC	IND Independent diamond	3431 0.33%
11	Manoharan P Male 54 yr GEN	IND Independent walking stick	2095 0.2%
12	Manikandan G Male 50 yr GEN	IND Independent truck	1959 0.19%
13	Ramakrishnan N Male 28 yr GEN	NIDP Naam Indiar Party tractor chalata kisan	1689 0.16%
14	Paul Solomon Pandian Male 78 yr GEN	IND Independent television	1407 0.14%
15	Sivasankar S Male 37 yr SC	JKNPP Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party bicycle	1251 0.12%
16	Selvaganesan R Male 44 yr GEN	USIP United States Of India Party tiller	1244 0.12%
17	Manikandan P Male 33 yr GEN	IND Independent flute	1084 0.1%
18	Rathinasigamani M Male 63 yr GEN	IND Independent auto- rickshaw	935 0.09%
19	Indurani S Female 33 yr SC	IND Independent key	896 0.09%
20	Bagavathikesan T Male 44 yr GEN	IND Independent cauliflower	880 0.08%
21	Selva Prakash R Male 50 yr GEN	IND Independent helmet	779 0.07%
22	Rajkumar A Male 45 yr GEN	IND Independent pot	772 0.07%
23	Mohanraj A Male 52 yr SC	IND Independent gas stove	630 0.06%
24	Rajiv Victor Male 35 yr GEN	IND Independent ring	628 0.06%
25	Ramamoorthi B Male 49 yr GEN	IND Independent electric pole	586 0.06%
26	Ramaswamy S Male 45 yr SC	IND Independent bat	531 0.05%
27	Kamala Kannan Male 51 yr GEN	IND Independent dumbbells	479 0.05%
	Total		1040350 67.21%

In 2019, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total 1547800 electors. Total number of valid vote was 1040350. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Gnanathiraviam S won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 522993 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Paul Manoj Pandian stood second with total 337273 votes. He lost by 185720 votes.

2014 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Prabakaran K R P Male 33 yr GEN	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam two leaves	398139 28.03%
2	Devadasa Sundaram Male 73 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam rising sun	272040 19.15%
3	Sivananenthaperu Mal S Male 45 yr GEN	DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam nagara	127370 8.97%
4	Ramasubbu S S Male 63 yr GEN	INC Indian National Congress hand	62863 4.43%
5	Dhevanathan Yadav T Male 53 yr GEN	TNMC Tamil Nadu Makkal Congress pen nib with seven rays	19381 1.36%
6	Sesuraj M P Male 40 yr GEN	AAAP Aam Aadmi Party broom	18353 1.29%
7	Mohamed Mubarak V M S Male 34 yr GEN	SDPI Social Democratic Party Of India auto- rickshaw	14877 1.05%
8	None Of The Above	NOTA None Of The Above nota	12893 0.91%
9	Thevendran T Male 41 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party elephant	4692 0.33%
10	Devadoss A R Male 47 yr GEN	IND Independent whistle	3394 0.24%
11	Selvaganapathy G Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent camera	3233 0.23%
12	Dhanaraj R Male 63 yr GEN	ICSP Indian Christian Secular Party television	3062 0.22%
13	Mohan T Male 29 yr GEN	IND Independent telephone	2518 0.18%
14	Lakshmanan @ Lakkan A Male 43 yr GEN	IND Independent ceiling fan	1850 0.13%
15	Pathmanaban K Male 38 yr GEN	IND Independent bat	1823 0.13%
16	Subramanian @ S S S Mani S Male 38 yr GEN	IND Independent coconut	1751 0.12%
17	Raji Yadav Male 54 yr GEN	IND Independent flute	1579 0.11%
18	Germanus S Male 69 yr GEN	IND Independent candles	1446 0.1%
19	Rajamaravan @ Manickavasagam S Male 31 yr GEN	IND Independent dao	1391 0.1%
20	Veilumuthukumar P Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent carrot	1387 0.1%
21	Suresh Kumar S Male 31 yr SC	IND Independent gas cylinder	1281 0.09%
22	Dr Ganesan M Male 61 yr GEN	IND Independent stethoscope	1262 0.09%
23	Subramanian K Male 62 yr GEN	IND Independent battery torch	1196 0.08%
24	Murugan S Male 36 yr GEN	IND Independent green chilli	1159 0.08%
25	Venkatesh A Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent ring	1052 0.07%
26	Rajeshkannan Male 42 yr GEN	IND Independent lady purse	947 0.07%
27	Saravanan P Male 34 yr GEN	IND Independent pot	740 0.05%
28	Elizabeth D Female 58 yr GEN	IND Independent batsman	651 0.05%
	Total		962330 67.75%

In 2014, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total 1420435 electors. Total number of valid vote was 962330. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Prabakaran K R P won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 398139 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Devadasa Sundaram stood second with total 272040 votes. He lost by 126099 votes.

2009 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ramasubbu S Male 59 yr GEN	INC Indian National Congress	274932 25.94%
2	Annamalai K Male 61 yr GEN	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	253629 23.93%
3	Michael Rayappan S Male 46 yr GEN	DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	94562 8.92%
4	Nagarajan, Karu Male 51 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	39997 3.77%
5	Jeyabalan N Male 56 yr GEN	IND Independent	6079 0.57%
6	Ramesh Pandian Male 33 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	4305 0.41%
7	"sudaroli" Murugan S Male 33 yr GEN	IND Independent	4028 0.38%
8	Ramasubbu E Male 49 yr GEN	IND Independent	3804 0.36%
9	Sankarapandian T Male 54 yr GEN	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation)	3339 0.32%
10	Veiulumuthukumar Male 27 yr GEN	IND Independent	2231 0.21%
11	Thiruvengatam A Male 59 yr GEN	IND Independent	1742 0.16%
12	Selwin D Male 65 yr GEN	IND Independent	1736 0.16%
13	Chandrasekaran Sakthi Male 60 yr GEN	IND Independent	1586 0.15%
14	Balasubramanian S Male 38 yr GEN	IND Independent	1574 0.15%
15	Syed Immam S Male 44 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	1504 0.14%
16	Velmathi (tmt) N Female 36 yr SC	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party	1205 0.11%
17	Anandaraj N Male 36 yr SC	IND Independent	1197 0.11%
18	Arunachalam M Male 57 yr GEN	IND Independent	912 0.09%
19	Thenkalam Raja M Male 34 yr SC	IND Independent	889 0.08%
20	Ramalingam M Male 55 yr GEN	IND Independent	834 0.08%
21	Kubendran I Male 43 yr GEN	IND Independent	703 0.07%
	Total		700788 66.13%

In 2009, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total 1059687 electors. Total number of valid vote was 700788. Indian National Congress candidate Ramasubbu S won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 274932 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Annamalai K stood second with total 253629 votes. He lost by 21303 votes.

2004 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Dhanuskodi Athithan, R Male 52 yr GEN	INC Indian National Congress	370127
2	Amirtha Ganesan, R Male 37 yr GEN	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	203052
3	Appavu M Male 52 yr GEN	JD(U) Janata Dal (united)	39333
4	Sridhar Babu C Male 41 yr GEN	IND Independent	5774
5	Kasipandian T Male 41 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	3606
6	Thirumalai Nambi K Male 33 yr ST	IND Independent	1904
7	Shanmuganathan, K G Male 59 yr GEN	IND Independent	1650
8	Muthukumar, A Male 36 yr GEN	IND Independent	1518
9	Suresh S Male 33 yr GEN	JP Janata Party	1505
10	Chinnadurai G Male 30 yr GEN	IND Independent	1386
11	Sulaiman Sait Alim A Male 33 yr GEN	IND Independent	1355
12	Kalyana Suntharam A Male 57 yr GEN	IND Independent	968
13	Ari Puthiran, A Male 45 yr SC	IND Independent	820
14	Rajagopalan, N Male 54 yr GEN	IND Independent	784
	Total		633782 0%

In 2004, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 633782. Indian National Congress candidate Dhanuskodi Athithan, R won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 370127 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Amirtha Ganesan, R stood second with total 203052 votes. He lost by 167075 votes.

1999 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Pandian, P H Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	249975 41.62%
2	Geetha Jeevan, P Female	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	223481 37.21%
3	Bakthavatchalam, P V Male	PT Puthiya Tamilagam	112941 18.81%
4	Sethu Rama Pandian, M Male	FBL All India Forward Bloc	3913 0.65%
5	Sundararaj, S Male	IND Independent	2534 0.42%
6	Suyambulingam, T Male	IND Independent	2463 0.41%
7	Socrates, J D Male	IND Independent	2288 0.38%
8	Mohamed Sheik Ibrahim, A Male	IND Independent	864 0.14%
9	Harikrishnan, P Male	IND Independent	733 0.12%
10	Lakshmanan, K Male	IND Independent	554 0.09%
11	Chandra Prakash, N Male	IND Independent	359 0.06%
12	Dharmaseelan, M Male	IND Independent	242 0.04%
13	Saravanan, C Male	IND Independent	207 0.03%
	Total		600554 54.46%

In 1999, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total 1121877 electors. Total number of valid vote was 600554. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Pandian, P H won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 249975 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Geetha Jeevan, P stood second with total 223481 votes. She lost by 26494 votes.

1998 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Janarthanan, R Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	247823 41.44%
2	Sarath Kumar, R Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	240919 40.29%
3	Savior Selva Suresh, Dr A Male	PT Puthiya Tamilagam	86419 14.45%
4	Edmund, G R Male	MADMK M.g.r.anna D.m.kazhagam	16789 2.81%
5	Krishnakanthan Yadhav Male	IND Independent	3795 0.63%
6	Basker, P Male	IND Independent	1100 0.18%
7	Nagaimugan, K Male	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	821 0.14%
8	Velmurugan, S Male	IND Independent	348 0.06%
	Total		598014 56.68%

In 1998, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total 1075467 electors. Total number of valid vote was 598014. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Janarthanan, R won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 247823 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Sarath Kumar, R stood second with total 240919 votes. He lost by 6904 votes.

1996 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Sivaprakasam D S A Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	295001 45.53%
2	Rajaselvam A R Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	176721 27.27%
3	Kutty Alias Shunmuga Chidambaram C A R Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	77648 11.98%
4	Krishnasamy K Male	JP Janata Party	61567 9.5%
5	Ponniah A R Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	25545 3.94%
6	Nagireddi O Male	IND Independent	2497 0.39%
7	Noordeen N S Male	IND Independent	2036 0.31%
8	Appasu Deivendran Male	IND Independent	1461 0.23%
9	Rayappan M Male	IND Independent	1425 0.22%
10	Muthia Devar Male	IND Independent	1062 0.16%
11	Johny Selvaraj Alias Thiruselvam Male	IND Independent	692 0.11%
12	Ponraj P Male	IND Independent	647 0.1%
13	Chandramohan A Male	IND Independent	550 0.08%
14	Tamilselvi T Female	IND Independent	409 0.06%
15	Devadoss R Male	IND Independent	395 0.06%
16	Jeevarathinam S Male	IND Independent	335 0.05%
	Total		647991 65.42%

In 1996, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total 1023826 electors. Total number of valid vote was 647991. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Sivaprakasam D S A won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 295001 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Rajaselvam A R stood second with total 176721 votes. He lost by 118280 votes.

1991 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Janarthanan M R Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	351048 62.09%
2	Kandasamy K P Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	197456 34.92%
3	Krishnakanthan Yadav S Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	10055 1.78%
4	Jebaraj M P Male	JP Janata Party	2619 0.46%
5	Prabhakar P Male	TMM Tharasu Makkal Mandram	1317 0.23%
6	Thomas T Male	IND Independent	474 0.08%
7	Soundararajan N Male	IND Independent	455 0.08%
8	Jeyaraj C Male	IND Independent	397 0.07%
9	Nesaraj R Male	IND Independent	389 0.07%
10	Jothi Prakasha Siraramania Thevar Male	IND Independent	348 0.06%
11	Vijayakumar B Male	IND Independent	321 0.06%
12	Pitchai V Male	IND Independent	288 0.05%
13	Paramasivan S Male	IND Independent	256 0.05%
	Total		565423 59.63%

In 1991, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total 969816 electors. Total number of valid vote was 565423. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Janarthanan M R won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 351048 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Kandasamy K P stood second with total 197456 votes. He lost by 153592 votes.

1989 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Janartanan Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	394444 65.01%
2	D S A Sivaprakasam Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	203309 33.51%
3	S Ayyadurai Male	IND Independent	2308 0.38%
4	S Nangamathu Male	TMM Tharasu Makkal Mandaram	1397 0.23%
5	P Arumugadoss Yadhav Male	IND Independent	1159 0.19%
6	V Sodalaimani Male	IND Independent	786 0.13%
7	G Gasparraja Male	IND Independent	705 0.12%
8	Channakiya P Regu Male	IND Independent	597 0.1%
9	M Rayappan Male	IND Independent	555 0.09%
10	C Ayyanar Male	IND Independent	477 0.08%
11	S Vemurugan Pillai Male	IND Independent	394 0.06%
12	C Ramasamy Male	IND Independent	344 0.06%
13	K Senthilvel Male	IND Independent	292 0.05%
	Total		606767 63.37%

In 1989, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total 970473 electors. Total number of valid vote was 606767. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Janartanan won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 394444 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate D S A Sivaprakasam stood second with total 203309 votes. He lost by 191135 votes.

1984 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	M R Janardhanan Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	296897 57.64%
2	D S A Sivaprakasam Male	DMK Dravida Mummetra Kazhagam	210951 40.95%
3	P Devapiran Male	IND Independent	4702 0.91%
4	J Kulandai Male	IND Independent	2541 0.49%
	Total		515091 70.52%

In 1984, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total 757930 electors. Total number of valid vote was 515091. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate M R Janardhanan won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 296897 votes. Dravida Mummetra Kazhagam candidate D S A Sivaprakasam stood second with total 210951 votes. He lost by 85946 votes.

1980 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Sivaprakasam D S A Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	256626 54.89%
2	Arunachalam V Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	196664 42.06%
3	Murugesan S Male	IND Independents	7614 1.63%
4	Pandian Male	IND Independents	2026 0.43%
5	Chellasamy P Male	IND Independents	1256 0.27%
6	Subba Naicker S Male	IND Independents	1156 0.25%
7	David Nadar Male	IND Independents	857 0.18%
8	Gnannsundaram Pillai Z Male	IND Independents	840 0.18%
9	Ramasamy Reddiar P Male	IND Independents	492 0.11%
	Total		467531 67.7%

In 1980, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total 702603 electors. Total number of valid vote was 467531. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Sivaprakasam D S A won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 256626 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Arunachalam V stood second with total 196664 votes. He lost by 59962 votes.

1977 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Arunachalam V Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	304562 69.82%
2	Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan K M Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	121869 27.94%
3	Ganapathy K P Male	IND Independents	4414 1.01%
4	Thanu Pillai P T Male	IND Independents	2485 0.57%
5	Moses Kangasabai S Male	IND Independents	1458 0.33%
6	Muruganantham S A Male	IND Independents	1435 0.33%
	Total		436223 66.04%

In 1977, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total 672649 electors. Total number of valid vote was 436223. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Arunachalam V won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 304562 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan K M stood second with total 121869 votes. He lost by 182693 votes.

1971 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	S A, Muruganantham Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	214214 56.26%
2	S Palaniswaminathan Male	SWA Swatantra Party	154277 40.52%
3	H Somasundaram Male	IND Independents	12287 3.23%
	Total		380778 68.5%

In 1971, Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency had total 584445 electors. Total number of valid vote was 380778. Communist Party Of India candidate S A, Muruganantham won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 214214 votes. Swatantra Party candidate S Palaniswaminathan stood second with total 154277 votes. He lost by 59937 votes.