Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency 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] This happened to be the strongest constituency for the Congress party in the whole of India. But in recent years, BJP has made in roads with it winning the Lok Sabha seat here in 2014 general elections.
Assembly segments
Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency is currently composed of the following assembly segments:
Members of Parliament
Key
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color" | | 2009 | J. Helen Davidson | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | 2014 | Pon Radhakrishnan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Election Results
| 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 | +2.18 | ||
| BJP gain from DMK | Swing | -4.19 | |||
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