Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency explained

Tiruchendur
Type:	LS
State:	Tamil Nadu
Established:	1957
Abolished:	2008
Latest Election Year:	2004
Reservation:	None

Tiruchendur was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu until 2008 constituency realignment.

Assembly segments

Before constituencies realignment of 2008, Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

• Cheranmadevi (defunct)
• Nanguneri (moved to Tirunelveli Constituency)
• Radhapuram (moved to Tirunelveli Constituency)
• Sathankulam (defunct)
• Tiruchendur (moved to Thoothukkudi Constituency)
• Kanyakumari (moved to Kanniyakumari Constituency)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party
1957	N. Duraipandi	IND	T. Ganapathy (returned uncontested)	INC
1962	T. T. Krishnamachari	INC	Unopposed^[2]	N/A
1967	Santhosam	SWA	K. T. Kosalram	INC
1971	M. S. Sivasamy	DMK	M. Mathias	SWA
1977	K. T. Kosalram	INC	Edwin Devadasan	NCO
1980	K. T. Kosalram	INC	N. Soundarapandian	JNP
1984	K. T. Kosalram	INC	Jawaharlal	JNP
1985 (by-election)	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	INC	Pon. Vijayaraghavan	JP
1989	R. Dhanushkodi Adithan	INC	A. Karthikeyan	DMK
1991	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	INC	G. Anton Gomez	JD
1996	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	TMC(M)	S. Justin	INC
1998	Ramarajan	AIADMK	R. Dhanushkodi Adithan	TMC(M)
1999	A. D. K. Jayaseelan	DMK	B. P. Rajan	AIADMK
2004	V. Radhika Selvi	DMK	T. Dhamodharan	AIADMK

• After 2008 constituency realignment, this seat ceased to exist.

Electorate

In 2004, it had 10,31,362 of electorate, 4,95,753 men and 5,35,609 women.^[3]

Election results

General Election 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	A.D.K.Jayaseelan	237,630	43.6%
	AIADMK	Dr.P.B.Rajan	177,964	32.7%
	TMC(M)	Dhanushkodi Aadhithan	109,035	20.0%
	IND	S.Selvin Nadar	8,323	1.5%
Majority			59,666	11.0%
Turnout			544,782	52.4%
	DMKgain from AIADMK

General Election 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	Ramaraajan	264,290	48.3%
	TMC(M)	Dhanushkodi Aadhithan	217,435	39.7%
	INC	Kumari Ananthan	38,291	7.0%
	IND	A.Backiyaraj	11,408	2.1%
Majority			46,855	8.6%
Turnout			547,234	54.0%

General Election 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TMC	Dhanushkodi Aadhithan	317,943	53.3%
	INC	S.Justin	114,232	19.2%
	BJP	N.S.Chandra Bose	79,051	13.3%
	JD	Anton Gomez	48,066	8.1%
	IND	R.Sundaram	3,274	0.5%
	IND	S.Arullappa Nadar	2,995	0.5%
Majority			203,711	34.2%
Turnout			596,500	60.9%
	TMC(M) gain from INC

General Election 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Dhanushkodi Aadhithan	381,521	71.4%
	JD	G.Anton Gomez	122,745	23.0%
	Jharkhand Party	B.Samson Daniel	5,181	1.0%
	PMK	R.Christ Doss	2,855	0.5%
	Tharasu Makkal Mandram	I.Ilavarasan	1,740	0.3%
Majority			258,776	48.4%
Turnout			534,586	56.6%
	INC Hold

General Election 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Dhanushkodi Aadhithan	385,656	67.0%
	DMK	A.Karthikeyan	173,585	30.2%
	Tharasu Makkal Mandram	I.Ilavarasan	1,602	0.3%
	IND	Leshmana Perumal	1,535	0.3%
	PMK	C.Papanasam	1,500	0.3%
Majority			212,071	36.8%
Turnout			575,556	60.5%
	INC Hold

By-election 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Dhanushkodi Aadhithan	169,710	62.0%
	JP	P.Vijayaraghavan	93,831	34.3%
Majority			75,819
Turnout			273,776
	INC Hold

General Election 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	K.T.Kosalram	345,381	67.9%
	JP	Jawaharlal	121,954	24.0%
	IND	A.Dhanushkodi Ramalinga Pandian	11,573	2.3%
	IND	K.Kesavam	5,671	1.1%
Majority			223,427	43.9%
Turnout			508,487	67.9%
	INC Hold

General Election 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	K.T.Kosalram	227,395	51.0%
	JP	N.Soundara Pandian	113,576	25.5%
	IND	Ananthan	75,020	16.8%
	JP(S)	Pillai	14,106	3.2%
Majority			113,819	25.5%
Turnout			445,880	63.3%
	INC(I) Hold

General Election 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	K.T.Kosalram	272,338	60.2%
	INC(O)	Devadasan Edwin	152,148	33.6%
	IND	Arumugam Pandian	11,336	2.5%
Majority			120,190	26.6%
Turnout			452,540	63.5%
	INC gain from DMK

General Election 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	M.S.Sivasamy	202,783	47.6%
	SWA	N.Parthasarathy	202,757	47.6%
	IND	A.Ponnaih	5,845	1.4%
Majority			26	0.0%
Turnout			411,385	69.8%
	DMK gain from SWA

General Election 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SWA	Santhosham	183,053	45.8%
	INC	K.T.Kosalram	182,659	45.7%
Majority			394	0.1%
Turnout			390,339	71.1%
	SWA gain from INC

General Election 1957

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	T.Ganapathy	RU	N/A
	IND	N.Duraipandi	0	0.0%
	INC Win (New Seat)

See also

• Thiruchendur
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

External links

• Election Commission of India

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Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090304010951/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf . 2009-03-04 . 2008-10-13 . Tamil Nadu . Election Commission of India.
2. Web site: Tamilnadu Tiruchendur . Rediff . 21 July 2020 .
3. News: Where the caste colour is pronounced. https://web.archive.org/web/20070518052909/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/05/08/stories/2004050803580400.htm. usurped. 18 May 2007. The Hindu. 8 May 2004.