Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India

Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency Tamil: கன்னியாகுமரி is one of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. It was formed after the delimitation in 2008 by merging Kanyakumari assembly segment from the erstwhile Tiruchendur constituency with the erstwhile Nagercoil constituency.^[1]

Assembly segments

Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency is currently composed of the following assembly segments:

Electoral History

Kanniyakumari constituency has been more favorable to the national parties. Though DMK won in 2009, the Indian National Congress was an ally and a major contributor to the victory of J. Helen Davidson. This is evident from the results of 2014 elections when Indian National Congress managed second place amidst strong anti-incumbency all over the nation. In that election, Bharatiya Janata Party won with an outstanding majority. During 2019 polls, Bharatiya Janata Party allied with AIADMK. The anti-incumbent trend on both state and the central government was a major factor in the defeat of Pon Radhakrishnan. Controversies floored on the day of the poll that nearly 40000 voters from the minority community got removed.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Key

DMK BJP INC

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" \|	2019	H. Vasanthakumar^[3]	Indian National Congress
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" \|	2014	Pon Radhakrishnan	Bharatiya Janata Party
style="background-color: Template:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color" \|	2009	J. Helen Davidson	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2019

Party wise Results

2019 Indian general elections: Kanniyakumari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. Vasanthakumar	6,27,235	59.83	+35.19
	BJP	Pon Radhakrishnan	3,67,302	35.04	−2.58
	NTK	V. Jainteen	17,069	1.63	+1.63
	AMMK	E. Laxman	12,345	1.18	+1.18
	MNM	J. Ebenezer	8,590	0.82	+0.82
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,131	0.58	+0.16
Margin of victory			2,59,933	24.73	+11.81
Turnout			10,49,427	69.90	+4.5
Registered electors			15,01,250
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	+22.21

Legislative Assembly wise Results

No.	Assembly	1st Position	Party	Votes	%	2nd Position	Party	Votes
229	Kanyakumari	H. Vasanthakumar	INC	110996	NA	Pon Radhakrishnan	BJP	82295
230	Nagercoil	H. Vasanthakumar	INC	84924	NA	Pon Radhakrishnan	BJP	74500
231	Colachel	H. Vasanthakumar	INC	106850	NA	Pon Radhakrishnan	BJP	60072
232	Padmanabhapuram	H. Vasanthakumar	INC	102120	NA	Pon Radhakrishnan	BJP	51989
233	Vilavancode	H. Vasanthakumar	INC	106044	NA	Pon Radhakrishnan	BJP	52289
234	Killiyur	H. Vasanthakumar	INC	112950	NA	Pon Radhakrishnan	BJP	42230

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kanniyakumari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pon Radhakrishnan	3,72,906	37.62	+4.38
	INC	H. Vasantha Kumar	2,44,244	24.64	+24.64
	AIADMK	D. John Thankam	1,76,239	17.78	+17.78
	DMK	F. M. Raajarathinum	1,17,933	11.90	−29.91
	CPI(M)	A. V. Bellarmin	35,284	3.56	−7.62
	AAP	S. P. Udayakumar	15,314	1.55	+1.55
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,150	0.42	+0.42
Margin of victory			1,28,662	12.98	+4.41
Turnout			9,90,742	67.50	+2.51
Registered electors			14,67,796
	BJP gain from DMK		Swing	-4.19

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kanniyakumari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	J. Helen Davidson	3,20,161	41.81	+41.81
	BJP	Pon Radhakrishnan	2,54,474	33.24	+33.24
	CPI(M)	A. V. Bellarmin	85,583	11.18	+11.18
	DMDK	S. Austin	68,472	8.94	+8.94
	BSP	P. Sivakami	6,400	0.84	+0.84
	Independent	S. Manoharan	5,063	0.66	+0.66
Majority			65,687	8.57
Turnout			7,65,661	64.99
Registered electors			11,78,047
	DMK win (new seat)

References

^ "India's southern-most constituency:work=rediff".
^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/fisherfolk-fume-over-many-names-deleted-from-the-voters-list-in-kanyakumari/articleshow/68961193.cms
^ "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 27. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

External links

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[1] "India's southern-most constituency:work=rediff".

[2] ttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/fisherfolk-fume-over-many-names-deleted-from-the-voters-list-in-kanyakumari/articleshow/68961193.cms

[3] "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 27. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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