Tamil Nadu · PC 37

Tenkasi (SC)

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

Lok Sabha General Election 1999

← Lok Sabha General Election 1999 · Tamil Nadu

1,044,090

Electors

666,826

Votes polled

63.87%

Turnout

887

Margin

Winner

Murugesan,s.

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Murugesan,s. Won Male	ADMK	239,241	35.88%
2	Arumugam,s. Male	BJP	238,354	35.74%
3	Krishnasamy, Dr. K. Male	PT	186,220	27.93%
4	Bala Murugan, D. Male	IND	2,316	0.35%
5	Shanmuga Sundaraj, R. Male	IND	695	0.10%

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%