Tenkasi

தென்காசி

📍 Constituency #222 🏛️ Tirunelveli District ST Reserved 2021 Data

Historical Trend

AC #222
2011
AIADMK
2016
AIADMK
2021
INC
Winner (2021)
INC
PALANI NADAR.S
Margin
370
votes
Total Votes
2,14,108
78.74% turnout
Type
ST
Scheduled Tribe

🗳️ 2026 Candidates

5 Candidates
PM
P. Moorthy 🏠 Incumbent
DMK · DMK+ Alliance · Won 2021
DMK
VS
V. Saroja
AIADMK · NDA (ADMK+) · First time
AIADMK
PP
Prabhu Palaniswami
TVK · TVK (Solo) · First time
TVK
GP
Ganesh Pandian
NTK · NTK (Solo) · First time
NTK
TL
T. Loganathan
IND · Independent · First time
IND

2021 Results

PALANI NADAR.S
INC · 41.7%
89,315
SELVA MOHANDAS PANDIAN.S
AIADMK · 41.5%
88,945
Others
16.7%
35,848
✓ PALANI NADAR.S (INC) won by a margin of 370 votes

Constituency History

2016 AIADMK Won
+462 margin
SELVAMOHANDAS PANDIAN S AIADMK
42.6%
86,339
PALANI NADAR S INC
42.4%
85,877
Others OTH
15.1%
30,559
Source: TCPD Lok Dhaba Total Polled: 2,02,775
2011 AIADMK Won
+22,967 margin
SARATH KUMAR.R AIADMK
54.3%
92,253
KARUPPASAMI PANDIAN.Y DMK
40.8%
69,286
Others OTH
4.9%
8,371
Source: TCPD Lok Dhaba Total Polled: 1,69,910

* Historical data provided by TCPD Lok Dhaba.

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