Tirunelveli #38
Candidatures190every name on every ballot
Distinct candidates184as the source spells them
Parties34distinct, as published
Years contested131977 to 2024
Largest field27in 2014
Every candidature
| Year | Pos | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | Robert Bruce CWON | INC | 5,02,296 | 47.10% |
| 2024 | 2 | Nainar Nagenthran | BJP | 3,36,676 | 31.50% |
| 2024 | 3 | Jansi Rani M | AIADM | 89,601 | 8.40% |
| 2024 | 4 | Sathya | NTK | 87,686 | 8.20% |
| 2024 | 5 | Pottal Sundara Muniswaran | IND | 19,852 | 1.90% |
| 2024 | 6 | Athisayam V | IND | 3,781 | 0.40% |
| 2024 | 7 | Balasubramanian | BSP | 2,067 | 0.20% |
| 2024 | 8 | Chinna Maharaja K | IND | 1,895 | 0.20% |
| 2024 | 9 | David M | IND | 1,836 | 0.20% |
| 2024 | 10 | Samuel Lawrence Ponniah | IND | 1,497 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 11 | Bishop Dr Godfrey Washington Noble | AJPK | 1,475 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 12 | Lenin K | IND | 1,450 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 13 | Chandran M | VTVTK | 1,413 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 14 | Selva Kumar S | BDP | 1,346 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 15 | Kumar V | PMTDK | 1,072 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 16 | Muthuraman A | AMK | 1,048 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 17 | Thalapathy Murugan M | IND | 917 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 18 | Sivaram K | IND | 875 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 19 | Ramakrishnan N | NINIK | 790 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 20 | Suresh | IND | 788 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 21 | Dr Rajendra Retnam K | IND | 689 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 22 | Seval Kannan B Advocate | IND | 636 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 23 | Raghavan C M | IND | 366 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 1 | Gnanathiraviam SWON | DMK | 5,22,623 | 50.30% |
| 2019 | 2 | Paul Manoj Pandian | AIADM | 3,37,166 | 32.40% |
| 2019 | 3 | Michael Rayappan S | IND | 62,209 | 6.00% |
| 2019 | 4 | Sathya B | NTK | 49,898 | 4.80% |
| 2019 | 5 | Vennimalai M | MNM | 23,100 | 2.20% |
| 2019 | 6 | Maharajan V | IND | 5,137 | 0.50% |
| 2019 | 7 | Maharajan A | IND | 3,940 | 0.40% |
| 2019 | 8 | Essakkiammal E | BSP | 3,462 | 0.30% |
| 2019 | 9 | Murugesan S | IND | 3,430 | 0.30% |
| 2019 | 10 | Manoharan P | IND | 2,095 | 0.20% |
| 2019 | 11 | Manikandan G | IND | 1,958 | 0.20% |
| 2019 | 12 | Ramakrishnan N | NIP | 1,688 | 0.20% |
| 2019 | 13 | Paul Solomon Pandian | IND | 1,407 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 14 | Sivasankar S | JKNPP | 1,251 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 15 | Selvaganesan R | USIP | 1,244 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 16 | Manikandan P | IND | 1,084 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 17 | Rathinasigamani M | IND | 934 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 18 | Indurani S | IND | 896 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 19 | Bagavathikesan T | IND | 879 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 20 | Selva Prakash R | IND | 779 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 21 | Rajkumar A | IND | 771 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 22 | Mohanraj A | IND | 630 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 23 | Rajiv Victor | IND | 628 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 24 | Ramamoorthi B | IND | 586 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 25 | Ramaswamy S | IND | 529 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 26 | Kamala Kannan | IND | 479 | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 1 | Prabakaran.K.R.PWON | AIADM | 3,98,139 | 41.40% |
| 2014 | 2 | Devadasa Sundaram | DMK | 2,72,040 | 28.30% |
| 2014 | 3 | Sivananenthaperumal.S. | DMDK | 1,27,370 | 13.20% |
| 2014 | 4 | Ramasubbu.S.S | INC | 62,863 | 6.50% |
| 2014 | 5 | Dhevanathan Yadav.T. | TNMC | 19,381 | 2.00% |
| 2014 | 6 | Sesuraj.M.P | AAP | 18,353 | 1.90% |
| 2014 | 7 | Mohamed Mubarak.V.M.S | SDPI | 14,877 | 1.50% |
| 2014 | 8 | Thevendran.T. | BSP | 4,692 | 0.50% |
| 2014 | 9 | Devadoss.A.R | IND | 3,394 | 0.40% |
| 2014 | 10 | Selvaganapathy.G | IND | 3,233 | 0.30% |
| 2014 | 11 | Dhanaraj.R. | ICSP | 3,062 | 0.30% |
| 2014 | 12 | Mohan.T | IND | 2,518 | 0.30% |
| 2014 | 13 | Lakshmanan @ Lakkan.A | IND | 1,850 | 0.20% |
| 2014 | 14 | Pathmanaban.K | IND | 1,823 | 0.20% |
| 2014 | 15 | Subramanian @ S.S.S.Mani.S | IND | 1,751 | 0.20% |
| 2014 | 16 | Raji Yadav | IND | 1,579 | 0.20% |
| 2014 | 17 | Germanus.S | IND | 1,446 | 0.20% |
| 2014 | 18 | Rajamaravan @ Manickavasagam.S | IND | 1,391 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 19 | Veilumuthukumar.P | IND | 1,387 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 20 | Suresh Kumar.S | IND | 1,281 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 21 | Dr.Ganesan.M | IND | 1,262 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 22 | Subramanian.K | IND | 1,196 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 23 | Murugan.S | IND | 1,159 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 24 | Venkatesh.A | IND | 1,052 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 25 | Rajeshkannan | IND | 947 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 26 | Saravanan.P | IND | 740 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 27 | Elizabeth.D | IND | 651 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 1 | Ramasubbu SWON | INC | 2,74,932 | 39.20% |
| 2009 | 2 | Annamalai K | AIADM | 2,53,629 | 36.20% |
| 2009 | 3 | Michael Rayappan S | DMDK | 94,562 | 13.50% |
| 2009 | 4 | Nagarajan, Karu | BJP | 39,997 | 5.70% |
| 2009 | 5 | Jeyabalan N | IND | 6,079 | 0.90% |
| 2009 | 6 | Ramesh Pandian | BSP | 4,305 | 0.60% |
| 2009 | 7 | Sudaroli Murugan S. | IND | 4,028 | 0.60% |
| 2009 | 8 | Ramasubbu E | IND | 3,804 | 0.50% |
| 2009 | 9 | Sankarapandian T | CPIML | 3,339 | 0.50% |
| 2009 | 10 | Veiulumuthukumar | IND | 2,231 | 0.30% |
| 2009 | 11 | Thiruvengatam A | IND | 1,742 | 0.20% |
| 2009 | 12 | Selwin D | IND | 1,736 | 0.20% |
| 2009 | 13 | Chandrasekaran Sakthi | IND | 1,586 | 0.20% |
| 2009 | 14 | Balasubramanian S | IND | 1,574 | 0.20% |
| 2009 | 15 | Syed Immam S | SP | 1,504 | 0.20% |
| 2009 | 16 | Velmathi (Tmt) N | LJSP | 1,205 | 0.20% |
| 2009 | 17 | Anandaraj N | IND | 1,197 | 0.20% |
| 2009 | 18 | Arunachalam M | IND | 912 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 19 | Thenkalam Raja M | IND | 889 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 20 | Ramalingam M | IND | 834 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 21 | Kubendran I | IND | 703 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 1 | Radhika Selvi. VWON | DMK | 3,94,484 | 62.70% |
| 2004 | 2 | Thamodaran. T | AIADM | 2,12,803 | 33.80% |
| 2004 | 3 | Ziyad. N M | IND | 5,128 | 0.80% |
| 2004 | 4 | Ramanathan. S | BSP | 4,071 | 0.60% |
| 2004 | 5 | Ahamed Lebbai. M M | IND | 3,298 | 0.50% |
| 2004 | 6 | Mohideen. S A | IND | 2,096 | 0.30% |
| 2004 | 7 | Manickavasagam | IND | 1,807 | 0.30% |
| 2004 | 8 | Mohamud Yousuf. P | IND | 1,385 | 0.20% |
| 2004 | 9 | Ramakrishanan. P | IND | 935 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 10 | Antony Rosary. M | IND | 685 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 11 | Sadakathulla. S M | IND | 652 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 12 | Maniyan. S S | IND | 651 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 13 | Kennady. A | IND | 596 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 14 | Selvakumar. V | IND | 538 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 15 | Thiyagaraj. A | IND | 515 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 16 | Sivanannaintha Perumal. R | IND | 479 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 17 | Benjamin | IND | 476 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 18 | Esther | IND | 409 | 0.10% |
| 1999 | 1 | Jayaseelan, A.D.K.WON | DMK | 2,37,630 | 43.60% |
| 1999 | 2 | Rajan, Dr.B.P. | AIADM | 1,77,964 | 32.70% |
| 1999 | 3 | Danushkodi Athithan, R. | TMCM | 1,09,035 | 20.00% |
| 1999 | 4 | Vialo Selvin Nadar, S(Thirumathi) | IND | 8,323 | 1.50% |
| 1999 | 5 | Kumar, P | IND | 850 | 0.20% |
| 1999 | 6 | Senthilvel Murugan, R. | IND | 842 | 0.20% |
| 1999 | 7 | Devadasan Raja, S. | IND | 428 | 0.10% |
| 1998 | 1 | RamaraajanWON | AIADM | 2,64,290 | 48.30% |
| 1998 | 2 | Dhanuskodi Athithan R. | TMCM | 2,17,435 | 39.70% |
| 1998 | 3 | Kumari Ananthan | INC | 38,291 | 7.00% |
| 1998 | 4 | Packiaraj Sathai, A. | IND | 11,408 | 2.10% |
| 1998 | 5 | Chandrasekaran,kalanthi,p | BSP | 3,166 | 0.60% |
| 1998 | 6 | Rajagopalan, N. | IND | 692 | 0.10% |
| 1998 | 7 | Devadason Raja S. | IND | 355 | 0.10% |
| 1996 | 1 | Dhanuskodi Athithan R.WON | TMCM | 3,17,943 | 53.30% |
| 1996 | 2 | Justin S. | INC | 1,14,232 | 19.20% |
| 1996 | 3 | Chandra Bose,n.S. | BJP | 79,051 | 13.30% |
| 1996 | 4 | Anton Gomez | JD | 48,066 | 8.10% |
| 1996 | 5 | Sundaram R. | IND | 3,274 | 0.50% |
| 1996 | 6 | Arulappa Nadar S | IND | 2,995 | 0.50% |
| 1996 | 7 | Nagarajan V. | IND | 1,406 | 0.20% |
| 1996 | 8 | Karthikeyan J. | IND | 1,113 | 0.20% |
| 1996 | 9 | Kumarasamy V. | IND | 991 | 0.20% |
| 1996 | 10 | Rajagopalan N. | IND | 763 | 0.10% |
| 1996 | 11 | Murugendran S. | IND | 655 | 0.10% |
| 1996 | 12 | Maria Joseph Alias Manuel Raj | IND | 451 | 0.10% |
| 1996 | 13 | Muthuperumal P. | IND | 382 | 0.10% |
| 1996 | 14 | Balasubramanian A. | IND | 308 | 0.10% |
| 1996 | 15 | Senthurpandi V. | IND | 306 | 0.10% |
| 1996 | 16 | Sivaramasubramaniam, R. | IND | 187 | 0.00% |
| 1991 | 1 | Dhanushkodi Athinthan R.WON | INC | 3,81,521 | 71.40% |
| 1991 | 2 | Anton Gomez G. | JD | 1,22,745 | 23.00% |
| 1991 | 3 | Samson Daniel B. | JP | 5,181 | 1.00% |
| 1991 | 4 | Christa Doss R. | PMK | 2,855 | 0.50% |
| 1991 | 5 | Elavarasan I. | TMM | 1,740 | 0.30% |
| 1991 | 6 | Thanaraj Durai | IND | 1,143 | 0.20% |
| 1991 | 7 | Jeyakumar T. | IND | 1,005 | 0.20% |
| 1991 | 8 | Chockalingam Pillai V. | IND | 880 | 0.20% |
| 1991 | 9 | Balakrishnan S. | IND | 799 | 0.10% |
| 1991 | 10 | Rajagopalan N. | IND | 775 | 0.10% |
| 1991 | 11 | Balasubramani P. | IND | 527 | 0.10% |
| 1991 | 12 | Vairamuthu R. | IND | 413 | 0.10% |
| 1989 | 1 | Dhanuskodi Athithan R.WON | INC | 3,85,656 | 67.00% |
| 1989 | 2 | Karthikeyan A. | DMK | 1,73,585 | 30.20% |
| 1989 | 3 | Elavarasan I | TMM | 1,602 | 0.30% |
| 1989 | 4 | Leshmana Perumal Alias Thapendaran P. | IND | 1,535 | 0.30% |
| 1989 | 5 | Papanasam C. | PMK | 1,500 | 0.30% |
| 1989 | 6 | Saravana Perumal S. | IND | 1,120 | 0.20% |
| 1989 | 7 | Kalayana Sundaram A. | IND | 999 | 0.20% |
| 1989 | 8 | Raja Gopalan N. | IND | 898 | 0.20% |
| 1989 | 9 | Karthikeyan J. | IND | 781 | 0.10% |
| 1989 | 10 | Harirama Krishan I. | IND | 483 | 0.10% |
| 1989 | 11 | Dhanukkodi Ramalinga Pandian A. | IND | 439 | 0.10% |
| 1989 | 12 | Vallivel Nadar O.K. | IND | 422 | 0.10% |
| 1989 | 13 | Subramanian R. | IND | 418 | 0.10% |
| 1984 | 1 | K.T. KosalramWON | INC | 3,45,381 | 67.90% |
| 1984 | 2 | Jawaharlal | JP | 1,21,954 | 24.00% |
| 1984 | 3 | A. Dhanuskodi Ramalinga Pandian | IND | 11,573 | 2.30% |
| 1984 | 4 | K. Kesavan | IND | 5,671 | 1.10% |
| 1980 | 1 | Kosalram K. T.WON | INCI | 2,27,395 | 51.00% |
| 1980 | 2 | Sounthara Pandian, N. | JP | 1,13,576 | 25.50% |
| 1980 | 3 | Anathan | IND | 75,020 | 16.80% |
| 1980 | 4 | Pillai | JPS | 14,106 | 3.20% |
| 1980 | 5 | Kanakasabai Alias Moses | IND | 3,390 | 0.80% |
| 1980 | 6 | Alagappan, P. | IND | 2,200 | 0.50% |
| 1980 | 7 | Harihara Iyer, N. | IND | 1,666 | 0.40% |
| 1980 | 8 | Shunmugavvel, E. | IND | 965 | 0.20% |
| 1980 | 9 | Duraisswamy Nadar | IND | 822 | 0.20% |
| 1977 | 1 | Kosalaram K.T.WON | INC | 2,72,338 | 60.20% |
| 1977 | 2 | Devadasan Edwin | INCO | 1,52,148 | 33.60% |
| 1977 | 3 | Arumugam Pandian N. | IND | 11,336 | 2.50% |
| 1977 | 4 | Antony Edward | IND | 5,656 | 1.20% |
| 1977 | 5 | S. Sooryamuththu Thevar | IND | 2,088 | 0.50% |
| 1977 | 6 | S. Subbiah Nadar | IND | 1,559 | 0.30% |
| 1977 | 7 | Raj S.A. | IND | 728 | 0.20% |
Rows are ordered by year, most recent first, then by finishing position as published. Winner rows are tinted; NOTA rows are set apart because NOTA is not a party and is never a candidate.