Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu) was won by Gnanathiraviam S (DMK) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 185,457 votes over Paul Manoj Pandian. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, from 1971 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1971–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1971
S. A, Muruganantham
Communist Party of India
214,214
56.3%
S. Palaniswaminathan (Swatantra Party)
59,937 (15.7 pts)
1977
Arunachalam V.
AIADMK
304,562
69.8%
Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan K.M. (DMK)
182,693 (41.9 pts)
1980
Sivaprakasam D.S.A.
DMK
256,626
54.9%
Arunachalam V. (AIADMK)
59,962 (12.8 pts)
1984
M.R. Janardhanan
AIADMK
296,897
57.6%
D.S.A. Sivaprakasam (DMK)
85,946 (16.7 pts)
1989
Janartanan
AIADMK
394,444
65.0%
D.S.A. Sivaprakasam (DMK)
191,135 (31.5 pts)
1991
Janarthanan M.R.
AIADMK
351,048
62.1%
Kandasamy K.P. (DMK)
153,592 (27.2 pts)
1996
Sivaprakasam D.S.A.
DMK
295,001
45.5%
Rajaselvam A.R. (AIADMK)
118,280 (18.2 pts)
1998
Janarthanan, R.
AIADMK
247,823
41.4%
Sarath Kumar, R. (DMK)
6,904 (1.1 pts)
1999
Pandian, P.H.
AIADMK
249,975
41.6%
Geetha Jeevan, P. (DMK)
26,494 (4.4 pts)
2004
Dhanuskodi Athithan, R.
Indian National Congress
370,127
58.4%
Amirtha Ganesan, R. (AIADMK)
167,075 (26.4 pts)
2009
Ramasubbu S
Indian National Congress
274,932
39.2%
Annamalai K (AIADMK)
21,303 (3.0 pts)
2014
Prabakaran.K.R.P
AIADMK
398,139
41.4%
Devadasa Sundaram (DMK)
126,099 (13.1 pts)
2019
Gnanathiraviam S
DMK
522,623
50.8%
Paul Manoj Pandian (AIADMK)
185,457 (18.0 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
S. A, Muruganantham
Communist Party of India
214,214
56.3%
S. Palaniswaminathan
Swatantra Party
154,277
40.5%
H. Somasundaram
Independent
12,287
3.2%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Arunachalam V.
AIADMK
304,562
69.8%
Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan K.M.
DMK
121,869
27.9%
Ganapathy K.P.
Independent
4,414
1.0%
Thanu Pillai P.T.
Independent
2,485
0.6%
Moses Kangasabai S.
Independent
1,458
0.3%
Muruganantham S.A.
Independent
1,435
0.3%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sivaprakasam D.S.A.
DMK
256,626
54.9%
Arunachalam V.
AIADMK
196,664
42.1%
Murugesan S.
Independent
7,614
1.6%
Pandian
Independent
2,026
0.4%
Chellasamy P.
Independent
1,256
0.3%
Subba Naicker S.
Independent
1,156
0.2%
David Nadar
Independent
857
0.2%
Gnannsundaram Pillai Z.
Independent
840
0.2%
Ramasamy Reddiar P.
Independent
492
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
M.R. Janardhanan
AIADMK
296,897
57.6%
D.S.A. Sivaprakasam
DMK
210,951
41.0%
P. Devapiran
Independent
4,702
0.9%
J. Kulandai
Independent
2,541
0.5%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Janartanan
AIADMK
394,444
65.0%
D.S.A. Sivaprakasam
DMK
203,309
33.5%
S.Ayyadurai
Independent
2,308
0.4%
S.Nangamathu
TMM
1,397
0.2%
P.Arumugadoss Yadhav
Independent
1,159
0.2%
V.Sodalaimani
Independent
786
0.1%
G.Gasparraja
Independent
705
0.1%
Channakiya P.Regu
Independent
597
0.1%
M.Rayappan
Independent
555
0.1%
C.Ayyanar.
Independent
477
0.1%
S.Vemurugan Pillai
Independent
394
0.1%
C.Ramasamy
Independent
344
0.1%
K.Senthilvel
Independent
292
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Janarthanan M.R.
AIADMK
351,048
62.1%
Kandasamy K.P.
DMK
197,456
34.9%
Krishnakanthan Yadav S.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
10,055
1.8%
Jebaraj M.P.
Janata Party
2,619
0.5%
Prabhakar P.
TMM
1,317
0.2%
Thomas T.
Independent
474
0.1%
Soundararajan N.
Independent
455
0.1%
Jeyaraj C.
Independent
397
0.1%
Nesaraj R.
Independent
389
0.1%
Jothi Prakasha Siraramania Thevar
Independent
348
0.1%
Vijayakumar B.
Independent
321
0.1%
Pitchai V.
Independent
288
0.1%
Paramasivan S.
Independent
256
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sivaprakasam D.S.A.
DMK
295,001
45.5%
Rajaselvam A.R.
AIADMK
176,721
27.3%
Kutty Alias Shunmuga Chidambaram C.A.R.
MDMK
77,648
12.0%
Krishnasamy K.
Janata Party
61,567
9.5%
Ponniah A.R.
Bharatiya Janata Party
25,545
3.9%
Nagireddi O.
Independent
2,497
0.4%
Noordeen N.S.
Independent
2,036
0.3%
Appasu Deivendran
Independent
1,461
0.2%
Rayappan M.
Independent
1,425
0.2%
Muthia Devar
Independent
1,062
0.2%
Johny Selvaraj Alias Thiruselvam
Independent
692
0.1%
Ponraj P.
Independent
647
0.1%
Chandramohan A.
Independent
550
0.1%
Tamilselvi T.
Independent
409
0.1%
Devadoss R.
Independent
395
0.1%
Jeevarathinam S.
Independent
335
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Janarthanan, R.
AIADMK
247,823
41.4%
Sarath Kumar, R.
DMK
240,919
40.3%
Savior Selva Suresh, Dr. A.
PT
86,419
14.5%
Edmund, G.R.
MADMK
16,789
2.8%
Krishnakanthan Yadhav
Independent
3,795
0.6%
Basker, P.
Independent
1,100
0.2%
Nagaimugan, K.
Rashtriya Janata Dal
821
0.1%
Velmurugan, S.
Independent
348
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Pandian, P.H.
AIADMK
249,975
41.6%
Geetha Jeevan, P.
DMK
223,481
37.2%
Bakthavatchalam, P.V.
PT
112,941
18.8%
Sethu Rama Pandian, M.
All India Forward Bloc
3,913
0.7%
Sundararaj, S.
Independent
2,534
0.4%
Suyambulingam, T.
Independent
2,463
0.4%
Socrates, J.D.
Independent
2,288
0.4%
Mohamed Sheik Ibrahim, A.
Independent
864
0.1%
Harikrishnan, P.
Independent
733
0.1%
Lakshmanan, K.
Independent
554
0.1%
Chandra Prakash, N.
Independent
359
0.1%
Dharmaseelan, M.
Independent
242
0.0%
Saravanan, C.
Independent
207
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dhanuskodi Athithan, R.
Indian National Congress
370,127
58.4%
Amirtha Ganesan, R.
AIADMK
203,052
32.0%
Appavu. M
Janata Dal (United)
39,333
6.2%
Sridhar Babu. C
Independent
5,774
0.9%
Kasipandian. T
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,606
0.6%
Thirumalai Nambi. K
Independent
1,904
0.3%
Shanmuganathan, K.G.
Independent
1,650
0.3%
Muthukumar, A.
Independent
1,518
0.2%
Suresh. S
Janata Party
1,505
0.2%
Chinnadurai. G
Independent
1,386
0.2%
Sulaiman Sait Alim. A
Independent
1,355
0.2%
Kalyana Suntharam. A
Independent
968
0.2%
Ari Puthiran, A.
Independent
820
0.1%
Rajagopalan, N.
Independent
784
0.1%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramasubbu S
Indian National Congress
274,932
39.2%
Annamalai K
AIADMK
253,629
36.2%
Michael Rayappan S
DMDK
94,562
13.5%
Nagarajan, Karu
Bharatiya Janata Party
39,997
5.7%
Jeyabalan N
Independent
6,079
0.9%
Ramesh Pandian
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,305
0.6%
"Sudaroli" Murugan S.
Independent
4,028
0.6%
Ramasubbu E
Independent
3,804
0.5%
Sankarapandian T
CPI (ML) Liberation
3,339
0.5%
Veiulumuthukumar
Independent
2,231
0.3%
Thiruvengatam A
Independent
1,742
0.2%
Selwin D
Independent
1,736
0.2%
Chandrasekaran Sakthi
Independent
1,586
0.2%
Balasubramanian S
Independent
1,574
0.2%
Syed Immam S
Samajwadi Party
1,504
0.2%
Velmathi (Tmt) N
LJP
1,205
0.2%
Anandaraj N
Independent
1,197
0.2%
Arunachalam M
Independent
912
0.1%
Thenkalam Raja M
Independent
889
0.1%
Ramalingam M
Independent
834
0.1%
Kubendran I
Independent
703
0.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Prabakaran.K.R.P
AIADMK
398,139
41.4%
Devadasa Sundaram
DMK
272,040
28.3%
Sivananenthaperumal.S.
DMDK
127,370
13.2%
Ramasubbu.S.S
Indian National Congress
62,863
6.5%
Dhevanathan Yadav.T.
TNMC
19,381
2.0%
Sesuraj.M.P
Aam Aadmi Party
18,353
1.9%
Mohamed Mubarak.V.M.S
SOCIALDEMOCRATICPARTYOFINDIA
14,877
1.5%
None Of The Above
Independent
12,893
1.3%
Thevendran.T.
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,692
0.5%
Devadoss.A.R
Independent
3,394
0.4%
Selvaganapathy.G
Independent
3,233
0.3%
Dhanaraj.R.
ICSP
3,062
0.3%
Mohan.T
Independent
2,518
0.3%
Lakshmanan @ Lakkan.A
Independent
1,850
0.2%
Pathmanaban.K
Independent
1,823
0.2%
Subramanian @ S.S.S.Mani.S
Independent
1,751
0.2%
Raji Yadav
Independent
1,579
0.2%
Germanus.S
Independent
1,446
0.2%
Rajamaravan @ Manickavasagam.S
Independent
1,391
0.1%
Veilumuthukumar.P
Independent
1,387
0.1%
Suresh Kumar.S
Independent
1,281
0.1%
Dr.Ganesan.M
Independent
1,262
0.1%
Subramanian.K
Independent
1,196
0.1%
Murugan.S
Independent
1,159
0.1%
Venkatesh.A
Independent
1,052
0.1%
Rajeshkannan
Independent
947
0.1%
Saravanan.P
Independent
740
0.1%
Elizabeth.D
Independent
651
0.1%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Gnanathiraviam S
DMK
522,623
50.8%
Paul Manoj Pandian
AIADMK
337,166
32.8%
Michael Rayappan S
Independent
62,209
6.0%
Sathya B
NTK
49,898
4.9%
Vennimalai M
MNM
23,100
2.2%
Maharajan V
Independent
5,137
0.5%
Maharajan A
Independent
3,940
0.4%
Essakkiammal E
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,462
0.3%
Murugesan S
Independent
3,430
0.3%
Manoharan P
Independent
2,095
0.2%
Manikandan G
Independent
1,958
0.2%
Ramakrishnan N
NIP
1,688
0.2%
Paul Solomon Pandian
Independent
1,407
0.1%
Sivasankar S
JKNPP
1,251
0.1%
Selvaganesan R
USIP
1,244
0.1%
Manikandan P
Independent
1,084
0.1%
Rathinasigamani M
Independent
934
0.1%
Indurani S
Independent
896
0.1%
Bagavathikesan T
Independent
879
0.1%
Selva Prakash R
Independent
779
0.1%
Rajkumar A
Independent
771
0.1%
Mohanraj A
Independent
630
0.1%
Rajiv Victor
Independent
628
0.1%
Ramamoorthi B
Independent
586
0.1%
Ramaswamy S
Independent
529
0.1%
Kamala Kannan
Independent
479
0.0%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Tirunelveli has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1971. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Communist Party of India, AIADMK, DMK, Indian National Congress.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Tirunelveli in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Gnanathiraviam S (DMK) won Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, in 2019 with 522,623 votes (50.8%), a margin of 185,457 votes over Paul Manoj Pandian.
Which parties have won Tirunelveli since 1971?
Since 1971, Tirunelveli has been won by: AIADMK, Communist Party of India, DMK, Indian National Congress.
What was the closest result in Tirunelveli?
The closest result on record for Tirunelveli was 1998, when AIADMK beat DMK by just 6,904 votes (1.1 percentage points).