Tirunelveli Assembly Constituency Election Result

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

List of all MLA from Tirunelveli Assembly Constituency Seat (Tamil Nadu) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2016	Lakshmanan A L S	DMK	81761
2011	Nainar Nagenthran	AIADMK	86220
2006	Malai Raja N	DMK	65517
2001	Nainar Nagendran	ADMK	42765
1996	Subramanian, A L	DMK	59914
1991	Veliah D	ADK	63138
1989	Subramanian, A L	DMK	37991
1984	Narayanan, S	ADK	56409
1980	Nedunchezhiyan, V R	ADK	48338
1977	G R Edmund	ADK	26419
1971	P Padmanabhan	DMK	43325

2016 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Lakshmanan A L S Male 50 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	81761 43.13%
2	Nainar Nagenthran Male 56 yr GEN	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	81160 42.81%
3	Madasamy S Male 61 yr GEN	DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	8640 4.56%
4	Maharajan A Male 45 yr SC	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	6017 3.17%
5	None Of The Above	NOTA None Of The Above nota	2218 1.17%
6	Viyanarasu A Male 54 yr SC	NTK Naam Tamilar Katchi	2106 1.11%
7	Velammal G Female 44 yr GEN	IND Independent	2029 1.07%
8	Ganesan Kannan Male 44 yr GEN	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	1884 0.99%
9	Rajkumar P Male 35 yr SC	IND Independent	1377 0.73%
10	Balasubramanian E Male 40 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	507 0.27%
11	Mallar Maharajan Male 26 yr SC	IND Independent	401 0.21%
12	Shanmuga Sundaram M Male 36 yr GEN	IND Independent	289 0.15%
13	Sudaroli S Murugan Yadav B Com Male 40 yr GEN	IND Independent	245 0.13%
14	Udaiyar S Male 48 yr GEN	IND Independent	217 0.11%
15	Murugan G Male 31 yr GEN	IND Independent	216 0.11%
16	Nellai Immam Male 51 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	190 0.1%
17	Manikandan C Male 53 yr SC	TMMK Tamilaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam	182 0.1%
18	Kamala Kannan P Male 47 yr GEN	IND Independent	137 0.07%
	Total		189576 70.48%

In 2016, Tirunelveli legislative assembly constituency had total 268968 electors. Total number of valid vote was 189576. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Lakshmanan A L S won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 81761 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Nainar Nagenthran stood second with total 81160 votes. He lost by 601 votes.

2011 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Nainar Nagenthran Male 51 yr GEN	AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	86220 54.81%
2	Lakshmanan A L S Male 45 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	47729 30.34%
3	Velammal G Female 40 yr GEN	JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	7771 4.94%
4	Pasupathipandian C Male 49 yr GEN	IND Independent	4307 2.74%
5	Madhan S Male 38 yr GEN	IJK Indiya Jananayaka Katchi	2696 1.71%
6	Murugadhas G Male 37 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	1815 1.15%
7	Subramanian M Male 41 yr GEN	IND Independent	1200 0.76%
8	Ramakrishnan P Male 37 yr GEN	IND Independent	975 0.62%
9	Vedantham K Male 40 yr GEN	IND Independent	969 0.62%
10	Madasamy C Male 37 yr GEN	IND Independent	814 0.52%
11	Devendran T Male 39 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	732 0.47%
12	Thenmozhi S Female 50 yr GEN	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation)	695 0.44%
13	Poolpandi K Male 54 yr GEN	IND Independent	495 0.31%
14	Saravanan S Male 36 yr GEN	IND Independent	367 0.23%
15	Sureshkumar M Male 30 yr GEN	IND Independent	208 0.13%
16	Antony Baskar M Male 38 yr GEN	IND Independent	169 0.11%
17	Kombiah R Male 45 yr GEN	IND Independent	142 0.09%
	Total		157304 76.68%

In 2011, Tirunelveli legislative assembly constituency had total 205146 electors. Total number of valid vote was 157304. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Nainar Nagenthran won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 86220 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Lakshmanan A L S stood second with total 47729 votes. He lost by 38491 votes.

2006 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Malai Raja N Male 42 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	65517
2	Nainar Nagenthran Male 46 yr GEN	AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	64911
3	Jayachandran S Male 26 yr GEN	IND Independent	4080
4	Nambirajan S Male 26 yr GEN	AIFB All India Forward Bloc	2709
5	Sivakumar K M Male 32 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	2257
6	Jeyakumar A Male 30 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	1406
7	Velu A Male 44 yr GEN	IND Independent	565
8	Raji Yadhav Male 45 yr GEN	IND Independent	525
9	Rajamanickam T Male 48 yr GEN	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation)	444
10	Chelladurai S Male 40 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	178
11	Sankar Kumar M Male 43 yr GEN	IND Independent	135
12	Ganesan S Male 34 yr GEN	IND Independent	99
13	Inbaraj E Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent	82
	Total		142908

In 2006, Tirunelveli legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 142908. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Malai Raja N won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 65517 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Nainar Nagenthran stood second with total 64911 votes. He lost by 606 votes.

2001 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Nainar Nagendran Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	42765 40.93%
2	Subramanian A L Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	42043 40.24%
3	Saravanaperumal S Male	SP Samajwadi Party	11025 10.55%
4	Shanmugasundaram R Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	4980 4.77%
5	Jabarullakhan P Male	IND Independent	1595 1.53%
6	Sankarapandian T Male	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-lenninist) (liberation)	782 0.75%
7	Rajapandian J Male	IND Independent	445 0.43%
8	Velu A Male	IND Independent	410 0.39%
9	Arumuganainar T Male	IND Independent	229 0.22%
10	Ayyappan P Male	IND Independent	218 0.21%
	Total		104492 53.12%

In 2001, Tirunelveli legislative assembly constituency had total 196785 electors. Total number of valid vote was 104492. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Nainar Nagendran won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 42765 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Subramanian A L stood second with total 42043 votes. He lost by 722 votes.

1996 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Subramanian, A L Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	59914 52.48%
2	Karuppasamy Pandian, V Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	36590 32.05%
3	Achiyur Mani, M Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	9295 8.14%
4	Perumal, P Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	3141 2.75%
5	Chidambaram, Su Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	2171 1.9%
6	Kalaivanan, P Male	JP Janata Party	1661 1.45%
7	Sankarapandian, T Male	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation)	351 0.31%
8	Mohamed Abdul Malik, V A Male	IND Independent	218 0.19%
9	Armugadass Yadav Male	IND Independent	133 0.12%
10	Arumugasamy, K Male	IND Independent	132 0.12%
11	Lakshmanan, K Male	IND Independent	108 0.09%
12	Ponnusamy, T M Male	IND Independent	97 0.08%
13	Ariram, M Male	IND Independent	80 0.07%
14	Chinnasamy, N Male	IND Independent	73 0.06%
15	Esakki, S Male	IND Independent	68 0.06%
16	Raj Mohan, K Male	IND Independent	52 0.05%
17	Chandrasekar, M P Male	IND Independent	25 0.02%
18	Jeevarathinam, S Male	IND Independent	25 0.02%
19	Jayaraj, P Male	IND Independent	16 0.01%
20	Samraj Edward Pandian, R Male	IND Independent	15 0.01%
	Total		114165 68.93%

In 1996, Tirunelveli legislative assembly constituency had total 170499 electors. Total number of valid vote was 114165. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Subramanian, A L won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 59914 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Karuppasamy Pandian, V stood second with total 36590 votes. He lost by 23324 votes.

1991 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Veliah D Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	63138 62.81%
2	Subramanian A L Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	32853 32.68%
3	Thandayuthapani M Male	IND Independent	1874 1.86%
4	Nellaiappan C Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	1803 1.79%
5	Ponnudurai V Male	TMM Tharasu Makkal Mandram	246 0.24%
6	Peer Jamal P Male	IND Independent	151 0.15%
7	Royappan M Male	IND Independent	95 0.09%
8	Chandrasekaran A Male	IND Independent	79 0.08%
9	Mohamad Madhar M Male	IND Independent	65 0.06%
10	Somasundaram E Male	IND Independent	60 0.06%
11	Nagarajan A S Male	IND Independent	59 0.06%
12	Bagavathila Pillai P Male	IND Independent	52 0.05%
13	Karuppasami R Male	IND Independent	41 0.04%
	Total		100516 61.9%

In 1991, Tirunelveli legislative assembly constituency had total 165240 electors. Total number of valid vote was 100516. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Veliah D won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 63138 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Subramanian A L stood second with total 32853 votes. He lost by 30285 votes.

1989 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Subramanian, A L Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	37991 35.55%
2	Nellai Kannan N S S Male	INC Indian National Congress	28470 26.64%
3	Masana Moorthy, V Male	ADK(JR) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(janaki Ramachandran)	25332 23.71%
4	Muthusamy, K Male	ADK(JL) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group)	12201 11.42%
5	Gaspar Raja, G Male	IND Independents	1513 1.42%
6	Esakki Pandian, P Male	IND Independents	253 0.24%
7	Yusuf, A Male	IND Independents	171 0.16%
8	Arumugadas, P Male	IND Independents	168 0.16%
9	Murugan, M Male	IND Independents	158 0.15%
10	Kaja Nawaz, A Male	IND Independents	154 0.14%
11	Subramanian, T S Male	IND Independents	142 0.13%
12	Mohamed Abdul Malik, V A Male	IND Independents	115 0.11%
13	Subbiah Achari, A Male	IND Independents	82 0.08%
14	Thangaraj, T Male	IND Independents	71 0.07%
15	Vijayan, I Male	IND Independents	41 0.04%
	Total		106862 72.63%

In 1989, Tirunelveli legislative assembly constituency had total 149539 electors. Total number of valid vote was 106862. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Subramanian, A L won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 37991 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Nellai Kannan N S S stood second with total 28470 votes. He lost by 9521 votes.

1984 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Narayanan, S Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	56409 59.57%
2	Subramanian, A L Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	37547 39.65%
3	Ramakrishnan, M Male	IND Independent	372 0.39%
4	Arumughadoss, P Male	IND Independent	359 0.38%
	Total		94687 75.27%

In 1984, Tirunelveli legislative assembly constituency had total 129277 electors. Total number of valid vote was 94687. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Narayanan, S won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 56409 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Subramanian, A L stood second with total 37547 votes. He lost by 18862 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Nedunchezhiyan, V R Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	48338 57.96%
2	Rajathi Kunchithapatham Female	INC(I) Indian National Congress (i)	34142 40.94%
3	Pandian Male	IND Independent	613 0.74%
4	Ilan Thevar Chandra Sekar Male	IND Independent	301 0.36%
	Total		83394 69.79%

In 1980, Tirunelveli legislative assembly constituency had total 120570 electors. Total number of valid vote was 83394. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Nedunchezhiyan, V R won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 48338 votes. Indian National Congress (i) candidate Rajathi Kunchithapatham stood second with total 34142 votes. She lost by 14196 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	G R Edmund Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	26419 38.5%
2	Krishnan Alias Nellai Kannan Male	INC Indian National Congress	19125 27.87%
3	R Servaikaren Subbiah Male	JNP Janata Party	8244 12.01%
4	E Nambi Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	8199 11.95%
5	M Abdul Majeed Male	IND Independent	6090 8.87%
6	E Hariramakrishnan Male	IND Independent	545 0.79%
	Total		68622 59.49%

In 1977, Tirunelveli legislative assembly constituency had total 116395 electors. Total number of valid vote was 68622. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate G R Edmund won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 26419 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Krishnan Alias Nellai Kannan stood second with total 19125 votes. He lost by 7294 votes.

1971 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	P Padmanabhan Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	43325 62.16%
2	Rajathikunghithapatham Male	NCO Indian National Congress (organisation)	26373 37.84%
	Total		69698 70.1%

In 1971, Tirunelveli legislative assembly constituency had total 103204 electors. Total number of valid vote was 69698. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate P Padmanabhan won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 43325 votes. Indian National Congress (organisation) candidate Rajathikunghithapatham stood second with total 26373 votes. He lost by 16952 votes.