About Tirunelveli Assembly Constituency

Tirunelveli is constituency No. 224 of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. This constituency is located in the district which goes by the same name. It is part of Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency and one of the oldest assembly segments of Tamil Nadu since independence.

According to the Election Commission of India, Tirunelveli constituency has 2,05,146 voters. It includes 1,02,979 male and 1,02,161 female voters.

In the 2011 assembly elections, the AIADMK party won this seat by a formidable margin of 38,491 votes. The winning candidate, Nainar Nagenthran, bagged 86,220 votes. Lakshmanan A.L.S, the runner-up from DMK, got 47,729 votes. The voter turnout was 76.69%.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Tirunelveli Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Tirunelveli assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Sex	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2011	50	Tirunelveli	GEN	Nainar Nagenthran	M	AIADMK	86220	Lakshmanan.A.L.S	M	DMK	47729
2006	218	Tirunelveli	GEN	Malai Raja N	M	DMK	65517	Nainar Nagenthran	M	AIADMK	64911
2001	218	Tirunelveli	GEN	Nainar Nagendran.	M	ADMK	42765	Subramanian.A.L.	M	DMK	42043
1996	218	Tirunelveli	GEN	Subramanian, A.L.	M	DMK	59914	Karuppasamy Pandian, V.	M	ADMK	36590
1991	218	Tirunelveli	GEN	Veliah D.	M	ADK	63138	Subramanian A.L.	M	DMK	32853
1989	218	Tirunelveli	GEN	Subramanian, A.L.	M	DMK	37991	Nellai Kannan N.S.S.	M	INC	28470
1986	By Polls	Tirunelveli	GEN	Veerappan.R.M	M	ADK	52729	Subramanian.A.L	M	DMK	39495
1984	218	Tirunelveli	GEN	Narayanan, S.	M	ADK	56409	Subramanian, A.L.	M	DMK	37547
1980	218	Tirunelveli	GEN	Nedunchezhiyan, V. R.	M	ADK	48338	Rajathi Kunchithapatham	F	INC(I)	34142
1977	218	Tirunelveli	GEN	G.R. Edmund	M	ADK	26419	Krishnan Alias Nellai Kannan	M	INC	19125
1971	220	Tirunelveli	GEN	P. Padmanabhan	M	DMK	43325	Rajathikunghithapatham	M	NCO	26373
1967	220	Tirunelveli	GEN	A.L.Subramanian	M	DMK	41589	M.S.M.Pillai	M	INC	25364