Tirunelveli is a key legislative assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, located in the Tirunelveli district. In the 2021 assembly elections, the seat was won by Bharatiya Janata Party. Naimar Nagendran, from Bharatiya Janata Party defeated Lakshmanan of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam by a margin of 23107 votes.
It often sees intense battles between major parties. This election, the contest is heating up as NTK’s Sathya enters the fray.
Tirunelveli Assembly constituency is part of the Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Indian National Congress candidate Dr. C Robert Bruce won the Tirunelveli parliamentary seat by defeating Nainar Nagendran of the Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 165620 votes.
From election campaigns to final results, follow all developments related to Tirunelveli assembly constituency, including winner details, vote margins, and more on our dedicated page.
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Naimar Nagendran
WINNER
|
Bharatiya Janata Party |
92,282
Lead: 23,107
|
46.70% |
| Lakshmanan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 69,175 | 35.01% |
| Sathya | Naam Tamilar Katchi | 19,162 | 9.70% |
| Mahesh Kannan | Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam | 8,911 | 4.51% |
| Nota | None Of The Above | 2,091 | 1.06% |
| Sivakumar,m. | Independent | 1,412 | 0.71% |
| Srithar Rajan | Independent | 1,342 | 0.68% |
| Kalanithy | Bahujan Samaj Party | 654 | 0.33% |
| Sankarasubramanian,m. | Independent | 582 | 0.29% |
| Esakkimuthu,p. | Independent | 437 | 0.22% |
| Sundarraj,m. | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) | 415 | 0.21% |
| Murugan,v. | Independent | 342 | 0.17% |
| Raghavan,c.m. | Independent | 319 | 0.16% |
| Sankar @ Sankaranarayanan | Independent | 264 | 0.13% |
| Murugan,r. | Independent | 199 | 0.10% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lakshmanan A.l.s.
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
81,761
Lead: 601
|
43.64% |
| Nainar Nagenthran | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 81,160 | 43.32% |
| Madasamy S. | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 8,640 | 4.61% |
| Maharajan A. | Bharatiya Janata Party | 6,017 | 3.21% |
| Others | Others | 2,218 | 1.18% |
| Viyanarasu A. | Naam Tamilar Katchi | 2,106 | 1.12% |
| Velammal G. | Independent | 2,029 | 1.08% |
| Ganesan Kannan | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1,884 | 1.01% |
| Rajkumar P. | Independent | 1,377 | 0.73% |
| Balasubramanian E. | Bahujan Samaj Party | 507 | 0.27% |
| Mallar Maharajan | Independent | 401 | 0.21% |
| Shanmuga Sundaram M. | Independent | 289 | 0.15% |
| Sudaroli S.murugan Yadav B.com. | Independent | 245 | 0.13% |
| Udaiyar S. | Independent | 217 | 0.12% |
| Murugan G. | Independent | 216 | 0.12% |
| Nellai Immam | Samajwadi Party | 190 | 0.10% |
| Manikandan C. | Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazagham | 182 | 0.10% |
| Kamala Kannan P. | Independent | 137 | 0.07% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Nainar Nagenthran
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
86,220
Lead: 38,491
|
54.81% |
| Lakshmanan.a.l.s | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 47,729 | 30.34% |
| Velammal.g | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 7,771 | 4.94% |
| Pasupathipandian.c | Independent | 4,307 | 2.74% |
| Madhan.s | Indiya Jananayaka Katchi | 2,696 | 1.71% |
| Murugadhas.g | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,815 | 1.15% |
| Subramanian.m | Independent | 1,200 | 0.76% |
| Ramakrishnan.p | Independent | 975 | 0.62% |
| Vedantham.k | Independent | 969 | 0.62% |
| Madasamy.c | Independent | 814 | 0.52% |
| Devendran.t | Bahujan Samaj Party | 732 | 0.47% |
| Thenmozhi.s | Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation) | 695 | 0.44% |
| Poolpandi.k | Independent | 495 | 0.31% |
| Saravanan.s | Independent | 367 | 0.23% |
| Sureshkumar.m | Independent | 208 | 0.13% |
| Antony Baskar.m | Independent | 169 | 0.11% |
| Kombiah.r | Independent | 142 | 0.09% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Malai Raja N
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
65,517
Lead: 606
|
46% |
| Nainar Nagenthran | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 64,911 | 45% |
| Jayachandran.s | Independent | 4,080 | 3% |
| Nambirajan S | All India Forward Bloc | 2,709 | 2% |
| Sivakumar.k.m | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2,257 | 2% |
| Jeyakumar A | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1,406 | 1% |
| Velu . A | Independent | 565 | 0% |
| Raji Yadhav | Independent | 525 | 0% |
| Rajamanickam. T. | Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation) | 444 | 0% |
| Chelladurai.s | Samajwadi Party | 178 | 0% |
| Sankar Kumar.m | Independent | 135 | 0% |
| Ganesan.s | Independent | 99 | 0% |
| Inbaraj.e | Independent | 82 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Nainar Nagendran.
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
42,765
Lead: 722
|
41% |
| Subramanian.a.l. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 42,043 | 40% |
| Saravanaperumal.s | Samajwadi Party | 11,025 | 11% |
| Shanmugasundaram.r | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,980 | 5% |
| Jabarullakhan.p. | Independent | 1,595 | 2% |
| Sankarapandian.t. | Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation) | 782 | 1% |
| Rajapandian.j | Independent | 445 | 0% |
| Velu.a | Independent | 410 | 0% |
| Arumuganainar.t | Independent | 229 | 0% |
| Ayyappan.p | Independent | 218 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Subramanian, A.l.
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
59,914
Lead: 23,324
|
51% |
| Karuppasamy Pandian, V. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 36,590 | 31% |
| Achiyur Mani, M. | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 9,295 | 8% |
| Perumal, P. | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 3,141 | 3% |
| Chidambaram, Su. | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2,171 | 2% |
| Kalaivanan, P. | Jharkhand Party | 1,661 | 1% |
| Sankarapandian, T. | Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation) | 351 | 0% |
| Mohamed Abdul Malik, V.a. | Independent | 218 | 0% |
| Armugadass Yadav | Independent | 133 | 0% |
| Arumugasamy, K. | Independent | 132 | 0% |
| Lakshmanan, K. | Independent | 108 | 0% |
| Ponnusamy, T.m. | Independent | 97 | 0% |
| Ariram, M. | Independent | 80 | 0% |
| Chinnasamy, N. | Independent | 73 | 0% |
| Esakki, S. | Independent | 68 | 0% |
| Raj Mohan, K. | Independent | 52 | 0% |
| Jeevarathinam, S. | Independent | 25 | 0% |
| Jayaraj, P. | Independent | 16 | 0% |
| Samraj Edward Pandian, R. | Independent | 15 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Veliah D.
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
63,138
Lead: 30,285
|
62% |
| Subramanian A.l. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 32,853 | 32% |
| Thandayuthapani M. | Independent | 1,874 | 2% |
| Nellaiappan C. | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1,803 | 2% |
| Ponnudurai V. | Tharasu Makkal Mandaram | 246 | 0% |
| Peer Jamal P. | Independent | 151 | 0% |
| Royappan M. | Independent | 95 | 0% |
| Chandrasekaran A. | Independent | 79 | 0% |
| Mohamad Madhar M. | Independent | 65 | 0% |
| Somasundaram E. | Independent | 60 | 0% |
| Nagarajan A.s. | Independent | 59 | 0% |
| Bagavathila Pillai P. | Independent | 52 | 0% |
| Karuppasami R. | Independent | 41 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Subramanian, A.l.
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
37,991
Lead: 9,521
|
35% |
| Nellai Kannan N.s.s. | Indian National Congress | 28,470 | 26% |
| Masana Moorthy, V. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(janaki Ramachandran) | 25,332 | 23% |
| Muthusamy, K. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group) | 12,201 | 11% |
| Gaspar Raja, G. | Independent | 1,513 | 1% |
| Esakki Pandian, P. | Independent | 253 | 0% |
| Yusuf, A. | Independent | 171 | 0% |
| Arumugadas, P. | Independent | 168 | 0% |
| Murugan, M. | Independent | 158 | 0% |
| Kaja Nawaz, A. | Independent | 154 | 0% |
| Subramanian, T.s. | Independent | 142 | 0% |
| Mohamed Abdul Malik, V.a | Independent | 115 | 0% |
| Subbiah Achari, A. | Independent | 82 | 0% |
| Thangaraj, T. | Independent | 71 | 0% |
| Vijayan, I | Independent | 41 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Narayanan, S.
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
56,409
Lead: 18,862
|
58% |
| Subramanian, A.l. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 37,547 | 39% |
| Ramakrishnan, M. | Independent | 372 | 0% |
| Arumughadoss, P. | Independent | 359 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Nedunchezhiyan, V. R.
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
48,338
Lead: 14,196
|
57% |
| Rajathi Kunchithapatham | Indian National Congress (i) | 34,142 | 41% |
| Pandian | Independent | 613 | 1% |
| Ilan Thevar Chandra Sekar | Independent | 301 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
G.r. Edmund
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
26,419
Lead: 7,294
|
38% |
| Krishnan Alias Nellai Kannan | Indian National Congress | 19,125 | 28% |
| R. Servaikaren Subbiah | Janta Party | 8,244 | 12% |
| E. Nambi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 8,199 | 12% |
| M. Abdul Majeed | Independent | 6,090 | 9% |
| E. Hariramakrishnan | Independent | 545 | 1% |
| Year | Candidate's Name | Votes | Lead | Vote Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Naimar Nagendran | BJP | 92,282 | 23,107 | 46.70% |
| 2016 | Lakshmanan A.l.s. | DMK | 81,761 | 601 | 43.64% |
| 2011 | Nainar Nagenthran | AIADMK | 86,220 | 38,491 | 54.81% |
| 2006 | Malai Raja N | DMK | 65,517 | 606 | 46% |
| 2001 | Nainar Nagendran. | AIADMK | 42,765 | 722 | 41% |
| 1996 | Subramanian, A.l. | DMK | 59,914 | 23,324 | 51% |
| 1991 | Veliah D. | AIADMK | 63,138 | 30,285 | 62% |
| 1989 | Subramanian, A.l. | DMK | 37,991 | 9,521 | 35% |
| 1984 | Narayanan, S. | AIADMK | 56,409 | 18,862 | 58% |
| 1980 | Nedunchezhiyan, V. R. | AIADMK | 48,338 | 14,196 | 57% |
| 1977 | G.r. Edmund | AIADMK | 26,419 | 7,294 | 38% |
| Year | Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Naimar Nagendran | BJP |
92,282
(Lead: 23,107)
|
46.70% |
| Lakshmanan | DMK | 69,175 | 35.01% | |
| 2016 | Lakshmanan A.l.s. | DMK |
81,761
(Lead: 601)
|
43.64% |
| Nainar Nagenthran | AIADMK | 81,160 | 43.32% | |
| 2011 | Nainar Nagenthran | AIADMK |
86,220
(Lead: 38,491)
|
54.81% |
| Lakshmanan.a.l.s | DMK | 47,729 | 30.34% | |
| 2006 | Malai Raja N | DMK |
65,517
(Lead: 606)
|
46% |
| Nainar Nagenthran | AIADMK | 64,911 | 45% | |
| 2001 | Nainar Nagendran. | AIADMK |
42,765
(Lead: 722)
|
41% |
| Subramanian.a.l. | DMK | 42,043 | 40% | |
| 1996 | Subramanian, A.l. | DMK |
59,914
(Lead: 23,324)
|
51% |
| Karuppasamy Pandian, V. | AIADMK | 36,590 | 31% | |
| 1991 | Veliah D. | AIADMK |
63,138
(Lead: 30,285)
|
62% |
| Subramanian A.l. | DMK | 32,853 | 32% | |
| 1989 | Subramanian, A.l. | DMK |
37,991
(Lead: 9,521)
|
35% |
| Nellai Kannan N.s.s. | INC | 28,470 | 26% | |
| 1984 | Narayanan, S. | AIADMK |
56,409
(Lead: 18,862)
|
58% |
| Subramanian, A.l. | DMK | 37,547 | 39% | |
| 1980 | Nedunchezhiyan, V. R. | AIADMK |
48,338
(Lead: 14,196)
|
57% |
| Rajathi Kunchithapatham | INC(I) | 34,142 | 41% | |
| 1977 | G.r. Edmund | AIADMK |
26,419
(Lead: 7,294)
|
38% |
| Krishnan Alias Nellai Kannan | INC | 19,125 | 28% |
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Naimar Nagendran of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Tirunelveli Assembly seat in the 2021 elections, defeating Lakshmanan of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) by a margin of 23107 votes.
The strike rate in the Tirunelveli constituency is 60% AIADMK and 40% DMK, with AIADMK won 6 times and DMK won 4 times since the 1977 elections.
Naimar Nagendran (BJP) received 46.70% vote share.
Lakshmanan (DMK) received 35.01% vote share.
Naimar Nagendran (BJP) won the 2021 election with 92282 votes, leading by 23107 votes and securing a 46.70% vote share.
The Tirunelveli Assembly constituency falls under the Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency of Tirunelveli district.
Naimar Nagendran (BJP) won the Tirunelveli Assembly seat in 2021 with a margin of 23107 votes over Lakshmanan (DMK).
The Tirunelveli Assembly constituency is part of the Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency, which includes other areas like Alangulam, Ambasamudram, Palayamkottai, Nanguneri, Radhapuram.
The top candidates in the Tirunelveli Assembly Election 2021 were:
Naimar Nagendran (BJP)
Lakshmanan (DMK)
Sathya (NTK)
These candidates were the main contenders for the seat, with Naimar Nagendran (BJP) emerging as the winner.
The voter turnout in the Tirunelveli Assembly Election 2021 was 66.9%
The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.