Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Tiruchendur #38GEN
Won
Kosalram K. T.
INCI Indian National Congress (I)Margin
1,13,819 25.5 pp
votes
over Sounthara Pandian, N. (JP)
The contest
Electors7,04,399
Votes polled4,45,880
Turnout63.3%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors3.37 L47.9% of electorate
Female electors3.67 L52.1% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,089females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosalram K. T. | INCI | 2,27,395 | 51.00% | |
| 2 | Sounthara Pandian, N. | JP | 1,13,576 | 25.50% | |
| 3 | Anathan | IND | 75,020 | 16.80% | |
| 4 | Pillai | JPS | 14,106 | 3.20% | |
| 5 | Kanakasabai Alias Moses | IND | 3,390 | 0.80% | |
| 6 | Alagappan, P. | IND | 2,200 | 0.50% | |
| 7 | Harihara Iyer, N. | IND | 1,666 | 0.40% | |
| 8 | Shunmugavvel, E. | IND | 965 | 0.20% | |
| 9 | Duraisswamy Nadar | IND | 822 | 0.20% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 6,740, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 439,140 · NOTA n/a · published 445,880 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1980
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-12