Former constituency of the Indian parliament in Tamil Nadu
Nagercoil |
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Former Lok Sabha constituency |
Constituency details |
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Country | India |
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Region | South India |
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State | Tamil Nadu |
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Assembly constituencies | Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Colachel, Padmanabhapuram, Killiyur, Vilavancode |
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Established | 1957 |
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Abolished | 2009 |
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Total electors | 14,935,09 |
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Reservation | None |
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Nagercoil was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. K. Kamaraj. The first elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was elected twice to the Lok Sabha from here. It has been now named as Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency).
Kamarajar by-election victory
The death of A. Nesamony in 1968 led to the by-election in Nagercoil constituency. Realising the popularity of Kamaraj in this constituency and the potential danger posed by Kamaraj's election after the Indian National Congress party's debacle in 1967 election, C. Rajagopalachari wrote in Swarajya, the magazine of the Swatantra Party, about the need to defeat him and appealed to C. N. Annadurai to support M. Mathias, the Swatantra Party candidate. Annadurai deputed M. Karunanidhi, the then Minister for Public Works, to Nagercoil to work in support of Mathias. Despite the efforts, Kamaraj won decisively with a 1,28,201-vote margin on 8 January 1969.[1]
Assembly segments
Nagercoil Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
Members of the Parliament
- In 2008, the Nagercoil constituency was renamed Kanyakumari. For results post-2008, please see Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency)
Election results
General Elections 2004
2004 Indian general election : Nagercoil Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| CPI(M) | A. V. Bellarmin | 410,091 | 60.88% | |
| BJP | Pon Radhakrishnan | 2,45,797 | 36.49% | −13.72% |
| ABHM | T. Balasubramanian | 4,612 | 0.68% | |
| Independent | R. George Thomas | 4,519 | 0.67% | |
| Independent | B. Jamaludheen | 3,336 | 0.50% | |
Margin of victory | 1,64,294 | 24.39% | 0.60% |
Turnout | 6,73,555 | 60.69% | 1.89% |
Registered electors | 11,10,014 | | 4.94% |
| CPI(M) gain from BJP | Swing | 10.68% | |
General Elections 1999
1999 Indian general election : Nagercoil Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| BJP | Pon Radhakrishnan | 307,319 | 50.21% | 5.12% |
| INC | N. Dennis | 1,61,676 | 26.41% | 21.72% |
| TMC(M) | Dr. Kumaradas | 1,39,030 | 22.71% | |
Margin of victory | 1,45,643 | 23.79% | 18.87% |
Turnout | 6,12,095 | 58.79% | −1.09% |
Registered electors | 10,57,712 | | 2.85% |
| BJP gain from TMC(M) | Swing | 15.03% | |
General Elections 1998
General Elections 1996
1996 Indian general election : Nagercoil Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| TMC(M) | N. Dennis | 197,582 | 35.18% | |
| BJP | Pon Radhakrishnan | 1,69,885 | 30.25% | 11.43% |
| JD | P. Mohammad Ismail | 1,30,753 | 23.28% | |
| INC | Kumari Ananthan | 51,726 | 9.21% | −42.39% |
| AIIC(T) | A. Lawrance | 5,248 | 0.93% | |
Margin of victory | 27,697 | 4.93% | −18.10% |
Turnout | 5,61,651 | 59.89% | 1.47% |
Registered electors | 9,74,018 | | 2.63% |
| TMC(M) gain from INC | Swing | -16.42% | |
General Elections 1991
1991 Indian general election : Nagercoil Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| INC | N. Dennis | 279,813 | 51.60% | −1.60% |
| JD | P. Mohammad Ismail | 1,54,900 | 28.56% | |
| BJP | Pon Radhakrishnan | 1,02,029 | 18.82% | 11.70% |
Margin of victory | 1,24,913 | 23.04% | 8.72% |
Turnout | 5,42,274 | 58.41% | 0.19% |
Registered electors | 9,49,067 | | −0.41% |
| INC hold | Swing | -1.60% | |
General Elections 1989
General Elections 1984
1984 Indian general election : Nagercoil Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| INC | N. Dennis | 235,365 | 50.01% | |
| JP | P. Vijaya Raghavan | 2,23,728 | 47.54% | |
| Independent | S. Lekshmanan Pillai | 7,957 | 1.69% | |
| Independent | S. Murugan | 3,539 | 0.75% | |
Margin of victory | 11,637 | 2.47% | −8.06% |
Turnout | 4,70,589 | 67.62% | 11.72% |
Registered electors | 7,20,980 | | 8.69% |
| INC gain from INC(I) | Swing | -1.30% | |
General Elections 1980
1980 Indian general election : Nagercoil Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| INC(I) | N. Dennis | 187,111 | 51.32% | |
| JP | P. Vijaya Raghavan | 1,48,703 | 40.78% | |
| Independent | A. Wilson | 18,137 | 4.97% | |
| Independent | Poomedai S. Lekshmanan Pillay | 4,656 | 1.28% | |
| Independent | A. J. George | 2,612 | 0.72% | |
| Independent | N. Duraiswamy Nadar | 1,850 | 0.51% | |
Margin of victory | 38,408 | 10.53% | −6.70% |
Turnout | 3,64,605 | 55.90% | −11.46% |
Registered electors | 6,63,322 | | 2.60% |
| INC(I) gain from INC(O) | Swing | -5.44% | |
General Elections 1977
1977 Indian general election : Nagercoil Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| INC(O) | Kumari Ananthan | 244,526 | 56.76% | |
| INC | M. Moses | 1,70,290 | 39.53% | |
| Independent | V. Emmanual | 5,848 | 1.36% | |
| Independent | Poomedai S. Lekshmanan Pillay | 5,328 | 1.24% | |
| Independent | S. Siluvai Pitchai | 2,663 | 0.62% | |
Margin of victory | 74,236 | 17.23% | −10.02% |
Turnout | 4,30,815 | 67.36% | −0.66% |
Registered electors | 6,46,525 | | 16.87% |
| INC(O) hold | Swing | -1.61% | |
General Elections 1971
1971 Indian general election : Nagercoil Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| INC(O) | K. Kamaraj | 215,324 | 58.37% | |
| DMK | M. C. Balan | 1,14,771 | 31.11% | |
| CPI(M) | P. Samuel | 36,171 | 9.80% | |
| Independent | P. Yonas | 2,653 | 0.72% | |
Margin of victory | 1,00,553 | 27.26% | 11.85% |
Turnout | 3,68,919 | 68.02% | −4.82% |
Registered electors | 5,53,220 | | 16.66% |
| INC(O) gain from INC | Swing | 4.98% | |
General Elections 1967
1967 Indian general election : Nagercoil Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| INC | A. Nesamony | 180,265 | 53.38% | −2.98% |
| SWA | M. Mathias | 1,28,251 | 37.98% | |
| Independent | S. Chellaswamy | 14,848 | 4.40% | |
| Independent | P. Vivekananda | 14,317 | 4.24% | |
Margin of victory | 52,014 | 15.40% | −11.71% |
Turnout | 3,37,681 | 72.84% | 6.22% |
Registered electors | 4,74,210 | | 10.04% |
| INC hold | Swing | -2.98% | |
General Elections 1962
General Elections 1957
General Elections 1951
References
- ^ P. Kandaswamy. The political career of K. Kamraj. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. pp. 122–124.
- ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2008.
Bibliography
- Volume I, 1951 Indian general election, 1st Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1957 Indian general election, 2nd Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1962 Indian general election, 3rd Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1967 Indian general election, 4th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1971 Indian general election, 5th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1977 Indian general election, 6th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1996 Indian general election, 11th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1999 Indian general election, 13th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 2004 Indian general election, 14th Lok Sabha
See also
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