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
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Kanniyakumari Nagercoil Colachal Padmanabhapuram Vilavancode Killiyoor
Established	2009–present
Total electors	1,579,958
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Vijayakumar (Alias) Vijay Vasanth
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2021
Preceded by	H. Vasanthakumar

Assembly segments

Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party		2024 Lead
229	Kanniyakumari	Kanyakumari	None		AIADMK		INC
230	Nagercoil		None		BJP
231	Colachal		None		INC
232	Padmanabhapuram		None		DMK
233	Vilavancode		None		INC
234	Killiyoor		None

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
2024

^By poll

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			52.74%
2021			52.50%
2019			59.77%
2014			37.62%
2009			41.81%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Kanniyakumari^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijay Vasanth	546,248	52.74	0.24
	BJP	Pon. Radhakrishnan	366,341	35.37	4.55
	NTK	Maria Jennifer	52,705	5.09	0.25
	AIADMK	Pasilian Nazerath	41,393	4.00	New
	NOTA	None of the above	3,756	0.36	0.09
Margin of victory			179,907	17.37	4.80
Turnout			1,029,055	65.71	3.75
	INC hold		Swing	0.24

General bye-election 2021

2021 Indian general bye-elections: Kanniyakumari^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijayakumar (Alias) Vijay Vasanth	576,037	52.50	7.37
	BJP	Pon. Radhakrishnan	438,087	39.92	4.92
	NTK	R. Anetter Allwyn	58,593	5.34	3.71
	MNM	Shuba Charles	8,536	0.78	0.04
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,938	0.45	0.13
Majority			137,950	12.57	12.20
Turnout			1,097,434	69.46	0.37
	INC hold		Swing	7.37

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kanniyakumari^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. Vasanthakumar	627,235	59.77	35.13
	BJP	Pon. Radhakrishnan	367,302	35.00	2.62
	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	0.16
Majority			259,933	24.77	11.79
Turnout			1,048,377	69.83	2.33
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	35.13

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kanniyakumari^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pon. Radhakrishnan	372,906	37.62	4.38
	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	29.91
	CPI(M)	A. V. Bellarmin	35,284	3.56	7.62
	AAP	S. P. Udayakumar	15,314	1.55	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,150	0.42	New
Majority			128,662	12.98	4.41
Turnout			990,742	67.50	2.51
	BJP gain from DMK		Swing	4.38

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kanniyakumari^[5]

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

See also

• Lok Sabha
• Parliament of India
• Kanniyakumari district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency)