Tamil Nadu · PC 37

Tenkasi (SC)

Name: Tenkasi (SC)
Address: Tamil Nadu, IN

Lok Sabha General Election 1996

← Lok Sabha General Election 1996 · Tamil Nadu

973,084

Electors

646,145

Votes polled

66.40%

Turnout

95,926

Margin

Winner

Arunachalam, M.

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Arunachalam, M. Won Male	TMC(M)	290,663	44.98%
2	Selvaraj V. Male	INC	194,737	30.14%
3	Jeyaraj P. Male	CPM	82,615	12.79%
4	Arumugam S. Male	BJP	52,120	8.07%
5	Amirtharaj.T. Male	PMK	16,328	2.53%
6	Karuppasamy S. Male	IND	2,383	0.37%
7	Devadoss R. Male	IND	2,058	0.32%
8	Shumugiah M. Male	IND	1,994	0.31%
9	Subramanian, M. Male	IND	1,212	0.19%
10	Maruthan K. Male	IND	1,035	0.16%
11	Vellapandi S. Male	IND	1,000	0.15%

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	Dr Rani Srikumar Female DMK	40.89%	Dr K Krishnasamy Male ADMK	22.05%
2019	Dhanush.M.Kumar Male DMK	44.67%	Dr. Krishnasamy.K Male ADMK	33.34%
2014	Vasanthi.M Female ADMK	41.65%	Dr. Krishnasamy.K. Male PT	25.78%
2009	Lingam P CPI	37.69%	Vellaipandi G INC	33.04%
2004	Appadurai, M. Male CPI	48.87%	Murugesan. S Male ADMK	31.71%
1999	Murugesan,s. Male ADMK	35.88%	Arumugam,s. Male BJP	35.74%
1998	Murugesan,s. Male ADMK	41.84%	Arunachalam.M Male TMC(M)	26.77%
1996	Arunachalam, M. Male TMC(M)	44.98%	Selvaraj V. Male INC	30.14%
1991	Arunachalam M. Male INC	63.56%	Sadhan Thirumalaikumar T. Male DMK	33.24%
1989	M.Arunachalam Male INC	62.50%	R.Krishan Male CPM	35.04%
1984	M. Arunachalam Male INC	68.09%	R. Krishnan Male CPM	31.91%
1980	Arunachalam M. Male INC(I)	62.42%	Rajagopalan S. Male JnP	37.58%
1977	Arunachalam M. Male INC	69.23%	Rajagopalan S. Male NCO	26.82%
1971	A. M. Cnellachami Male INC	55.48%	R. S. Arumugam Male NCO	38.35%