Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency

Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in South India. Its Parliamentary Constituency number is 38.

Tirunelveli
Lok Sabha constituency
Area of Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Alangulam Tirunelveli Ambasamudram Palayamkottai Nanguneri Radhapuram
Established	1952
Total electors	16,20,514
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Robert Bruce
Party	INC
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	S. Gnanathiraviam

Assembly segments

From 2009

#	Name	District	Member	Party
223	Alangulam	Tenkasi	P. H. Manoj Pandian		Independent politician
224	Tirunelveli	Tirunelveli	Nainar Nagendran		Bharatiya Janata Party
225	Ambasamudram		E. Subaya		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
226	Palayamkottai		M. Abdul Wahab		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
227	Nanguneri		Ruby R. Manoharan		Indian National Congress
228	Radhapuram		M. Appavu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Before 2009

The constituency was composed of the following segments:^[1]

1. Vilathikulam (moved to Thoothukkudi Constituency)
2. Ottapidaram (moved to Thoothukkudi Constituency)
3. Tirunelveli
4. Palayamkottai
5. Tiruvaikuntam (moved to Thoothukkudi Constituency)
6. Thoothukudi (moved to Thoothukkudi Constituency)

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	P. T. Thanu Pillai		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	Muthiah
1967	S. Xavier		Swatantra Party
1971	S. A. Muruganantham		Communist Party of India
1977	Aladi Aruna		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	Kadambur R. Janarthanan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989
1991
1996	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998	Kadambur R. Janarthanan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	P. H. Pandian
2004	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan		Indian National Congress
2009	S. S. Ramasubbu
2014	K. R. P. Prabakaran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	S. Gnanathiraviam[2]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024	Robert Bruce		Indian National Congress

Robert Bruce

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			47.06%
2019			50.65%
2014			41.93%
2009			39.29%
2004			58.40%
1999			41.62%
1998			41.44%
1996			45.53%
1991			62.09%
1989			65.01%
1984			57.64%
1980			54.89%
1977			69.82%
1971			56.26%
1967			48.12%
1962			47.69%
1957			50.75%
1951			44.32%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Tirunelveli^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Robert Bruce	502,296	47.06	3.59
	BJP	Nainar Nagendran	336,676	31.54	New
	AIADMK	M. Jansi Rani	89,601	8.39	24.27
	NTK	P. Sathya	87,686	8.21	3.37
	Independent	Pottal Sundara Muniswaran	19,852	1.86	New
	NOTA	None of the above	7,396	0.69	0.37
Margin of victory			165,620	15.52	2.47
Turnout			1,067,448	65.00	2.22
	INDIA hold		Swing	3.59

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK (UPA)	S. Gnanathiraviam	522,993	50.65	22.00
	AIADMK (NDA)	P. H. Manoj Pandian	337,273	32.66	−9.27
	Independent	S. Michael Rayappan	62,235	6.03
	NTK	B. Sathya	49,935	4.84
	MNM	M. Vennimalai	23,120	2.24
	NOTA	None of the above	10,968	1.06	−0.30
Margin of victory			185,720	17.99	4.71
Turnout			1,032,530	67.22	−0.13
Registered electors			1,547,800		8.97
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	8.72

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. R. P. Prabakaran	398,139	41.93	5.69
	DMK	Devadasa Sundaram	2,72,040	28.65
	DMDK	S. Sivan Anenthaperumal	1,27,370	13.42	−0.10
	INC	S. S. Ramasubbu	62,863	6.62	−32.66
	TNMK	T. Dhevanathan Yadav	19,381	2.04
	AAP	M. P. Sesuraj	18,353	1.93
	SDPI	V. M. S. Mohamed Mubarak	14,877	1.57
	NOTA	None of the above	12,893	1.36
	BSP	T. Thevendran	4,692	0.49
Margin of victory			1,26,099	13.28	10.24
Turnout			9,49,437	67.77	0.80
Registered electors			14,20,435		34.04
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	2.65

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. S. Ramasubbu	274,932	39.29	−19.11
	AIADMK	K. Annamalai	2,53,629	36.24	4.20
	DMDK	S. Michael Rayappan	94,562	13.51
	BJP	Karu. Nagarajan	39,997	5.72
	Independent	N. Jeyabalan	6,079	0.87
Margin of victory			21,303	3.04	−23.32
Turnout			6,99,830	66.13	7.70
Registered electors			10,59,687		−2.45
	INC hold		Swing	-19.11

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	370,127	58.40
	AIADMK	R. Amirtha Ganesan	2,03,052	32.04	−9.59
	JD(U)	M. Appavu	39,333	6.21
	Independent	C. Sridhar Babu	5,774	0.91
	BSP	T. Kasipandian	3,606	0.57
Margin of victory			1,67,075	26.36	21.95
Turnout			6,33,782	58.35	3.88
Registered electors			10,86,290		−3.17
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	16.78

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. H. Pandian	249,975	41.62	0.18
	DMK	P. Geetha Jeevan	2,23,481	37.21	−3.07
	PT	P. V. Bakthavatchalam	1,12,941	18.81
	AIFB	M. Sethu Rama Pandian	3,913	0.65
	Independent	S. Sundararaj	2,534	0.42
	Independent	T. Suyambulingam	2,463	0.41
Margin of victory			26,494	4.41	3.26
Turnout			6,00,554	54.46	−10.96
Registered electors			11,21,877		4.32
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-3.90

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kadambur R. Janarthanan	247,823	41.44	14.17
	DMK	R. Sarathkumar	2,40,919	40.29	−5.24
	PT	Dr. A. Savior Selva Suresh	86,419	14.45
	MADMK	G. R. Edmund	16,789	2.81
	Independent	Krishna Kanthan Yadhav	3,795	0.63
Margin of victory			6,904	1.15	−17.10
Turnout			5,98,014	56.68	−8.74
Registered electors			10,75,467		5.04
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-4.08

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	295,001	45.53	10.60
	AIADMK	A. R. Rajaselvam	1,76,721	27.27	−34.81
	MDMK	Kutty Alias Shunmuga Chidambaram	77,648	11.98
	JP	K. Krishnasamy	61,567	9.50
	BJP	A. R. Ponniah	25,545	3.94
Margin of victory			1,18,280	18.25	−8.91
Turnout			6,47,991	65.42	5.79
Registered electors			10,23,826		5.57
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-16.56

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kadambur R. Janarthanan	351,048	62.09	−2.92
	DMK	K. P. Kandasamy	1,97,456	34.92	1.41
	PMK	S. Krishnakanthan Yadav	10,055	1.78
	JP	M. P. Jebaraj	2,619	0.46
Margin of victory			1,53,592	27.16	−4.34
Turnout			5,65,423	59.63	−3.74
Registered electors			9,69,816		−0.07
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-2.92

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kadambur R. Janarthanan	394,444	65.01	7.37
	DMK	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	2,03,309	33.51	−7.45
Margin of victory			1,91,135	31.50	14.81
Turnout			6,06,767	63.37	−7.15
Registered electors			9,70,473		28.04
	AIADMK hold		Swing	7.37

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kadambur R. Janarthanan	296,897	57.64	15.58
	DMK	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	2,10,951	40.95	−13.94
	Independent	P. Devapiran	4,702	0.91
	Independent	J. Kulandai	2,541	0.49
Margin of victory			85,946	16.69	3.86
Turnout			5,15,091	70.52	2.82
Registered electors			7,57,930		7.87
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.75

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	256,626	54.89	26.95
	AIADMK	Aladi Aruna	1,96,664	42.06	−27.75
	Independent	S. Murugesan	7,614	1.63
Margin of victory			59,962	12.83	−29.06
Turnout			4,67,531	67.70	1.65
Registered electors			7,02,603		4.45
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.93

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Aladi Aruna	304,562	69.82
	DMK	K. M. Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan	1,21,869	27.94
	Independent	K. P. Ganapathy	4,414	1.01
	Independent	P. T. Thanu Pillai	2,485	0.57
Margin of victory			1,82,693	41.88	26.14
Turnout			4,36,223	66.04	−2.45
Registered electors			6,72,649		15.09
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	13.56

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. A. Muruganantham	214,214	56.26	41.68
	SWA	S. Palaniswaminathan	1,54,277	40.52
	Independent	H. Somasundaram	12,287	3.23
Margin of victory			59,937	15.74	4.93
Turnout			3,80,778	68.50	−5.24
Registered electors			5,84,445		7.45
	CPI gain from SWA		Swing	8.14

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	S. Xavier	186,864	48.12
	INC	A. P. C. Veerabahu	1,44,873	37.31	−10.38
	CPI	S. A. Muruganantham	56,588	14.57
Margin of victory			41,991	10.81	3.90
Turnout			3,88,325	73.73	4.21
Registered electors			5,43,945		15.51
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	0.43

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Muthiah	151,822	47.69	−3.06
	SWA	Mariadas Ruthnasamy	1,29,803	40.77
	PSP	Mangala Ponnambalam	30,674	9.63
	Independent	S. Rajagopalachari	6,072	1.91
Margin of victory			22,019	6.92	−17.77
Turnout			3,18,371	69.52	22.76
Registered electors			4,70,895		5.62
	INC hold		Swing	-3.06

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. T. Thanu Pillai	105,793	50.75	6.42
	Independent	Sankaranarayana Moopanar	54,319	26.06
	PSP	Ramanujam	30,603	14.68
	Independent	Sivasankaran Chettiar	17,761	8.52
	Independent	Kannappa Pillai	0	0.00
	Independent	Meganathan	0	0.00
Margin of victory			51,474	24.69	17.38
Turnout			2,08,476	46.76	−8.37
Registered electors			4,45,857		26.56
	INC hold		Swing	6.42

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Tirunelveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. T. Thanu Pillai	86,077	44.32	44.32
	Independent	Athimoolam	71,871	37.01
	SP	Ramaswami	36,255	18.67
Margin of victory			14,206	7.32
Turnout			1,94,203	55.13
Registered electors			3,52,281		0.00
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Tirunelveli
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha