Tirunelveli is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in South Tamil Nadu of Tamil Nadu and is located in South India. Tirunelveli Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 85.95%. There are 14,20,435 voters of which 7,05,592 are male and 7,14,823 are female and 20 voters of the third gender.
Prabakaran K R P of AIADMK (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating DMK. AIADMK polled 3,98,139 of the total of 9,62,502 votes polled. INC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Tirunelveli goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 67.77%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 38 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 6 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 14,20,435 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,05,592 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,14,823 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | AIADMK | INC |
| Turnout % | 67.77% | 66.16% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,26,099 | 21,303 |
| Margin of Victory % | 13.1% | 3.04% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | AIADMK | INC |
| Turnout % | 67.77% | 66.16% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,26,099 | 21,303 |
| Margin of Victory % | 13.1% | 3.04% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | 522623 | 50.26% | Gnanathiraviam SWinner |
| AIADMK | 337166 | 32.43% | Paul Manoj Pandian |
| IND | 62209 | 5.98% | Michael Rayappan.S |
| NTK | 49898 | 4.80% | Sathya B |
| MNM | 23100 | 2.22% | Vennimalai M |
| NOTA | 10958 | 1.05% | Nota |
| IND | 5137 | 0.49% | Maharajan V |
| IND | 3940 | 0.38% | Maharajan A |
| BSP | 3462 | 0.33% | Esakkiammal E |
| IND | 3430 | 0.33% | Murugesan.S |
| IND | 2095 | 0.20% | Manoharan P |
| IND | 1958 | 0.19% | Manikandan G |
| NIP | 1688 | 0.16% | Ramakrishnan N |
| IND | 1407 | 0.14% | Paul Solomon Pandian |
| JKNPP | 1251 | 0.12% | Sivasankar S |
| USIP | 1244 | 0.12% | Selvaganesan R |
| IND | 1084 | 0.10% | Manikandan P |
| IND | 934 | 0.09% | Rathinasigamani |
| IND | 896 | 0.09% | Indurani S |
| IND | 879 | 0.08% | Bagavathikesan T |
| IND | 779 | 0.07% | Selva Prakash R |
| IND | 771 | 0.07% | Rajkumar.A |
| IND | 630 | 0.06% | Mohanraj A |
| IND | 628 | 0.06% | Rajiv Victor |
| IND | 586 | 0.06% | Ramamoorthi B |
| IND | 529 | 0.05% | Ramaswamy.S |
| IND | 479 | 0.05% | Kamala Kannan P |
