Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kanniyakumari [ edit ]
Kanyakumari constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Current MP	Pon Radhakrishnan
Party	BJP
Elected Year	2014
State	Tamil Nadu
Total Electors	1,467,796
Most Successful Party	Tamil Maanila Congress (2 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Kanyakumari Nagercoil Colachel Padmanabhapuram Vilavancode Killiyur

Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. It was formed after the delimitation in 2008 by merging Kanyakumari assembly segment from the erstwhile Tiruchendur constituency with the erstwhile Nagercoil constituency.^[1] This happened to be the strongest constituency for the Congress party in the whole of India. But in recent years, BJP has made in roads with it winning the Lok Sabha seat here in 2014 general elections.

Assembly segments

Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency is currently composed of the following assembly segments:

Members of Parliament

Key

DMK BJP

Election		Member	Party
	2009	J. Helen Davidson	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	2014	Pon Radhakrishnan	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

Indian general elections, 2014: Kanyakumari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Pon Radhakrishnan	3,72,906	37.62	+4.38
	INC	H. Vasantha Kumar	2,44,244	24.64	+24.64
	AIADMK	D. John Thankam	1,76,239	17.78	+17.78
	DMK	F. M. Raajarathinum	1,17,933	11.90	-29.91
	CPI(M)	A. V. Bellarmin	35,284	3.56	-7.62
	AAP	S. P. Udayakumar	15,314	1.55	+1.55
	NOTA	None of the above	4,150	0.42	+0.42
Margin of victory			1,28,662	12.98	+4.41
Turnout			9,90,742	67.50	+2.18
	BJP gain from DMK		Swing	-4.19

References

↑ "India's southern-most constituency:work=rediff".

External links

Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu

2009-present	Thiruvallur Chennai North Chennai South Chennai Central Sriperumbudur Kancheepuram Arakkonam Vellore Krishnagiri Dharmapuri Tiruvannamalai Arani Viluppuram Kallakurichi Salem Namakkal Erode Tiruppur Nilgiris Coimbatore Pollachi Dindigul Karur Tiruchirappalli Perambalur Cuddalore Chidambaram Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam Thanjavur Sivaganga Madurai Theni Virudhunagar Ramanathapuram Thoothukkudi Tenkasi Tirunelveli Kanniyakumari

1977-2004	Chennai North Chennai Central Chennai South Sriperumbudur Chengalpattu Arakkonam Vellore Tiruppattur Vandavasi Tindivanam Cuddalore Chidambaram Dharmapuri Krishnagiri Rasipuram Salem Tiruchengode Nilgiris Gobichettipalayam Coimbatore Pollachi Palani Dindigul Madurai Periyakalum Karur Tiruchirappalli Perambalur Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam Thanjavur Pudukkottai Sivaganga Ramanathapuram Sivakasi Tirunelveli Tenkasi Tiruchendur Nagercoil

1952-77	Kumbakonam

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