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Indian National Congress on Tenkasi

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat
Record on this seat

WON 4 OF 8 contested

INC runner-up 2 times
Strike rate
50%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 8 published candidatures
Best vote share67.60%in 1977
Worst vote share5.80%in 2014
Average vote share41.81% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2014
Votes polled here20.18 Lacross all 8 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Indian National Congress vote share in Tenkasi, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 70 per cent. Years the party did not contest are left blank rather than plotted at zero. Ringed points are years it won the seat.0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%1977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024

Indian National Congress vote share  ·  a ringed point is a year they won this seat  ·  a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1980, 1999, 2004, 2019, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

8 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2014 Dr.Jayakumar.K. 58,963 5.80% 4 Lost · 4th
2009 Vellaipandi G 2,46,497 33.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1998 Selvaraj,v. 77,285 11.70% 4 Lost · 4th
1996 Selvaraj V. 1,94,737 28.60% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 Arunachalam M. 3,81,721 61.60% 1 Won
1989 M.Arunachalam 3,93,075 61.50% 1 Won
1984 M. Arunachalam 3,60,517 64.70% 1 Won
1977 Arunachalam M. 3,05,069 67.60% 1 Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamCommunist Party Of IndiaDravida Munetra KazhagamTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National Congress (I)Puthiya TamilagamBharatiya Janta PartyCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION)Janta PartyIndependentPattali Makkal KatchiJanata Dal (United)Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNaam Tamilar KatchiTharasu Makkal MandaramDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamBahujan Samaj PartyMakkal Needhi MaiamJharkhand PartyTamil Nadu Makkal CongressViro Ke Vir Indian PartySamajwadi PartyBahujan Dravida PartyDesiya Makkal Sakthi KatchiSamata PartyCommunist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red StarAnti Corruption Dynamic Party

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Tenkasi
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-13
Computed
2026-09-13 00:20 UTC

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