Nagercoil Lok Sabha constituency

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).

Nagercoil
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Assembly constituenciesNagercoil, Kanyakumari, Colachel, Padmanabhapuram, Killiyur, Vilavancode
Established1957
Abolished2009
Total electors14,935,09
ReservationNone

Kamarajar by-election victory

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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

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Nagercoil Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Members of the Parliament

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Year Member Party
1952 A. Nesamony Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress
1957 P. Thanulinga Nadar Indian National Congress
1962 A. Nesamony
1967
1969^ K. Kamaraj
1971 Indian National Congress (O)
1977 Kumari Ananthan
1980 N. Dennis Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996 Tamil Maanila Congress
1998
1999 Pon Radhakrishnan Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 A. V. Bellarmin Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2009 onwards : See Kanyakumari

Election results

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Vote share of Winning candidates
2004
60.88%
1999
50.21%
1998
50.00%
1996
35.18%
1991
51.60%
1989
53.20%
1984
50.01%
1980
51.32%
1977
56.76%
1971
58.37%
1967
53.38%
1962
56.37%
1957
75.78%


General Elections 2004

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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

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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

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1998 Indian general election : Nagercoil
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC(M) N. Dennis 296,611 50.00%
BJP Pon Radhakrishnan 2,67,426 45.08% 14.84%
INC P. S. Stanislaus 27,821 4.69% −4.52%
Margin of victory 29,185 4.92% −0.01%
Turnout 5,93,176 58.32% −1.56%
Registered electors 10,28,393 5.58%
TMC(M) hold Swing 14.83%

General Elections 1996

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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

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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

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1989 Indian general election : Nagercoil
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC N. Dennis 292,817 53.20% 3.18%
JD D. Kumaradas 2,14,020 38.88%
BJP M. R. Gandhi 39,164 7.12%
Margin of victory 78,797 14.32% 11.84%
Turnout 5,50,434 58.22% −9.39%
Registered electors 9,52,947 32.17%
INC hold Swing 3.18%

General Elections 1984

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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1962 Indian general election : Nagercoil
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. Nesamony 157,208 56.37% −19.41%
Independent P. Vivekananda 81,587 29.25%
Independent A. Zachariah 20,403 7.32%
Independent P. John Russel 19,698 7.06%
Margin of victory 75,621 27.11% −24.44%
Turnout 2,78,896 66.62% 16.88%
Registered electors 4,30,947 13.36%
INC hold Swing -19.41%

General Elections 1957

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1957 Indian general election : Nagercoil
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC P. Thanulinga Nadar 143,288 75.78%
Independent Chellaswamy 45,798 24.22%
Margin of victory 97,490 51.56%
Turnout 1,89,086 49.74%
Registered electors 3,80,167
INC gain from TTNC Swing 24.93%


General Elections 1951

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1951–52 Indian general election : Nagercoil
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TTNC A. Nesamony 115,893 50.85%
Independent Sivathanu Pillai 43,778 19.21%
Tamil Nadu Congress Party Thanulingom Nadar 36,158 15.87%
SP Sam Natheniel 32,075 14.07%
Margin of victory 72,115 31.64%
Turnout 2,27,904 66.41%
Registered electors 3,43,195 0.00%
TTNC win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ P. Kandaswamy. The political career of K. Kamraj. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. pp. 122–124.
  2. ^ "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

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See also

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