Tamil Nadu · PC 38

Tirunelveli

Name: Tirunelveli
Address: Tamil Nadu, IN

Lok Sabha General Election 1977

← Lok Sabha General Election 1977 · Tamil Nadu

672,649

Electors

436,223

Votes polled

64.85%

Turnout

182,693

Margin

Winner

Arunachalam V.

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Arunachalam V. Won Male	ADK	304,562	69.82%
2	Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan K.M. Male	DMK	121,869	27.94%
3	Ganapathy K.P. Male	IND	4,414	1.01%
4	Thanu Pillai P.T. Male	IND	2,485	0.57%
5	Moses Kangasabai S. Male	IND	1,458	0.33%
6	Muruganantham S.A. Male	IND	1,435	0.33%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2024	Robert Bruce C Male INC	46.98%	Nainar Nagenthran Male BJP	31.49%
2019	Gnanathiraviam S Male DMK	50.27%	Paul Manoj Pandian Male ADMK	32.42%
2014	Prabakaran.K.R.P Male ADMK	41.36%	Devadasa Sundaram Male DMK	28.26%
2009	Ramasubbu S INC	39.23%	Annamalai K ADMK	36.19%
2004	Dhanuskodi Athithan, R. Male INC	58.40%	Amirtha Ganesan, R. Male ADMK	32.04%
1999	Pandian, P.H. Male ADMK	41.62%	Geetha Jeevan, P. Female DMK	37.21%
1998	Janarthanan, R. Male ADMK	41.44%	Sarath Kumar, R. Male DMK	40.29%
1996	Sivaprakasam D.S.A. Male DMK	45.53%	Rajaselvam A.R. Male ADMK	27.27%
1991	Janarthanan M.R. Male ADK	62.09%	Kandasamy K.P. Male DMK	34.92%
1989	Janartanan Male ADK	65.01%	D.S.A. Sivaprakasam Male DMK	33.51%
1984	M.R. Janardhanan Male ADK	57.64%	D.S.A. Sivaprakasam Male DMK	40.95%
1980	Sivaprakasam D.S.A. Male DMK	54.89%	Arunachalam V. Male ADK	42.06%
1977	Arunachalam V. Male ADK	69.82%	Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan K.M. Male DMK	27.94%
1971	S. A, Muruganantham Male CPI	56.26%	S. Palaniswaminathan Male SWA	40.52%