Nanguneri (state assembly constituency)

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Template:Infobox state assembly constituency

Nanguneri is an assembly constituency located in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It falls under Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency.

Madras State assembly[edit]

Year	Winner
1952	M.G. Sankar	Indian National Congress
1957	M.G. Sankar	Indian National Congress
1962	M.G. Sankar	Indian National Congress
1967	N. Duraipandian	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu assembly[edit]

Year	Winner
1971	T. Ganapathy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	M. John Vincent	Janata Party
1980	M. John Vincent	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	M. John Vincent	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	M. Mani Achiyur	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	V. Paulraj Natesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. V. Krishnan	Communist Party of India
2001	S. Manickaraj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	H. Vasanthakumar	Indian National Congress
2011	A. Narayanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016-2019	H. Vasanthakumar (Resigned on 29.05.2019 after being elected to Lok Sabha)^[2]	Indian National Congress
2019 OCT	V.Reddiarpatti Narayanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Ruby R. Manoharan	Indian National Congress

Election results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			39.43%
2019 By-election			55.88%
2016			43.45%
2011			45.91%
2006			51.76%
2001			51.54%
1996			40.27%
1991			72.90%
1989			31.87%
1984			58.00%
1980			52.18%
1977			27.71%
1971			53.42%
1967			53.34%
1962			43.97%
1957			50.15%
1952			51.77%

2021[edit]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ruby R Manoharan	75,902	39.43%	-4.02%
	AIADMK	Ganesaraja. N.	59,416	30.86%	-2.55%
	AMMK	Paramasiva Iyyappan. S.	31,870	16.55%
	NTK	Veerapandi. P.	17,654	9.17%	7.82%
	NOTA	Nota	1,537	0.80%	-0.01%
	Independent	Kathiravan. T.	1,154	0.60%
	Independent	Gnana Balaji. D.	813	0.42%
	BSP	Subbulakshmi. R.	700	0.36%	0.05%
	Independent	Ashok Kumar. N.	625	0.32%
	AUTMK	Kandhan. M.	497	0.26%
	Independent	Lenin. K.	454	0.24%
Margin of victory			16,486	8.56%	-1.48%
Turnout			192,522	69.29%	-2.06%
Registered electors			277,865
	INC hold		Swing	-4.02%

2019 By-election[edit]

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	V. Reddiarpatti Narayanan	95,377	55.88
	INC	R. Manoharan	61,932	36.28
	IND	A. Hari Nadar	4,243	2.49
	NTK	S. Raja Narayanan	3,494	2.05
Majority			33,445	19.59
Turnout			1,70,687	66.31
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing

2016[edit]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. Vasanthakumar	74,932	43.45%	6.14%
	AIADMK	Vijayakumar. M	57,617	33.41%	-12.51%
	AIFB	Suresh Alias Kasinivendan . S	14,203	8.24%
	DMDK	Jeyabalan. K	9,446	5.48%
	BJP	Manikandan. V	6,609	3.83%	0.12%
	NTK	Karvannan. E	2,325	1.35%
	Independent	Essakkimuthu. V	1,903	1.10%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,399	0.81%
	PMK	Thiruppathi . S	660	0.38%
	Independent	Jegadeesan. P	559	0.32%
	BSP	Thangeswaran. P	533	0.31%	-1.15%
Margin of victory			17,315	10.04%	1.43%
Turnout			172,470	71.35%	-3.45%
Registered electors			241,732
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.47%

2011[edit]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Narayanan	65,510	45.91%	13.34%
	INC	H. Vasanthakumar	53,230	37.31%	-14.45%
	JMM	T. Dhevanathan Yadav	13,425	9.41%
	BJP	M. Mahakannan	5,290	3.71%	2.43%
	Independent	S. Murugan	2,207	1.55%
	BSP	M. Ananth	2,075	1.45%	-0.33%
	Independent	V. Senaidurainadar	940	0.66%
Margin of victory			12,280	8.61%	-10.57%
Turnout			190,748	74.80%	9.13%
Registered electors			142,677
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-5.84%

2006[edit]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. Vasanthakumar	54,170	51.76%
	AIADMK	Sooriyakumar. S. P	34,095	32.58%	-18.97%
	AIFB	Sankar. R	6,869	6.56%
	DMDK	Packia Raj. I	2,700	2.58%
	Independent	Navaneethakrishnan. A	1,964	1.88%
	BSP	Pandy. U	1,872	1.79%
	BJP	Sollalagan. R . Nellai	1,335	1.28%
	Independent	Youkendran. K	908	0.87%
	Independent	Sathyanarayanan . S.	317	0.30%
		Anandakumar. S	247	0.24%
	Independent	Sivananainthaperumalk	188	0.18%
Margin of victory			20,075	19.18%	9.05%
Turnout			104,665	65.66%	13.74%
Registered electors			159,393
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.21%

2001[edit]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Manickaraj	46,619	51.54%	14.67%
style="background-color: Template:Makkal Tamil Desam/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Makkal Tamil Desam\|Template:Makkal Tamil Desam/meta/shortname]]	Ramachandran. V	37,458	41.41%
	MDMK	Tamilmani Noble. Tmt.	2,942	3.25%	-3.22%
	Independent	Essakkipandi. P.	1,711	1.89%
	Independent	Ratnaraj.	965	1.07%
	Independent	Bothiraj. R	755	0.83%
Margin of victory			9,161	10.13%	6.73%
Turnout			90,450	51.93%	-8.48%
Registered electors			174,269
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	11.27%

1996[edit]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. V. Krishnan	37,342	40.27%
	AIADMK	Karunakaran. A. S. A.	34,193	36.87%	-36.03%
	MDMK	Vamadevan. R.	6,002	6.47%
	BJP	Jeyakumar. M.	5,349	5.77%
	Independent	Uma Sankar	3,890	4.19%
	AIIC(T)	Muthiah Swamy Dassan. P.	2,144	2.31%
	Independent	Chandrasekaran. P.	1,139	1.23%
	Independent	Vairamuthu. K.	410	0.44%
	Independent	John Kennedy. G.	296	0.32%
		Arumugam. S.	280	0.30%
	Independent	Royal Enon. J.	279	0.30%
Margin of victory			3,149	3.40%	-45.81%
Turnout			92,737	60.40%	1.86%
Registered electors			162,580
	CPI gain from AIADMK		Swing	-32.63%

1991[edit]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Paulraj Natesan	65,514	72.90%	52.26%
	DMK	M. Mani Achiyur	21,294	23.69%	-8.17%
	PMK	Thalavan P.	1,292	1.44%
	Independent	Vijayaraghavan M.	296	0.33%
	AAP	Murugesan S.	231	0.26%
	Independent	Paramasivakone S.	155	0.17%
	Independent	Jeyasingh K.	137	0.15%
	Independent	Subramanian Sholaga E.	124	0.14%
	Independent	Mayamuthu P.	115	0.13%
	Independent	Enbaraj S.	108	0.12%
	Independent	Kather Ali M.	95	0.11%
Margin of victory			44,220	49.20%	47.63%
Turnout			89,870	58.54%	-9.26%
Registered electors			157,676
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	41.03%

1989[edit]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Mani Achiyur	30,222	31.87%	-8.39%
	INC	P. Sironmani	28,729	30.29%
	AIADMK	A. S. A. Karunagaran	19,576	20.64%	-37.35%
	Independent	D. Selvin Kumar	8,566	9.03%
	AIADMK	Y. S. M. Yusuf	6,408	6.76%	-51.24%
	Independent	P. Nalavan	237	0.25%
	Independent	P. Gnanamani	231	0.24%
	Independent	E. Nambirajan	189	0.20%
	Independent	V. Manipandian	159	0.17%
	Independent	M. Navajeevan Pannaiar	133	0.14%
	Independent	C. Kaliyana Sundaram	126	0.13%
Margin of victory			1,493	1.57%	-16.17%
Turnout			94,837	67.80%	-0.60%
Registered electors			142,173
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-26.13%

1984[edit]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. John Vincent	45,825	58.00%	5.82%
	DMK	Namdi. E.	31,807	40.25%
	Independent	Devasahayam. J.	469	0.59%
	Independent	Pitchai. A	418	0.53%
	Independent	Dhanukkodi Ramalinga Pandiyan. A.	313	0.40%
	Independent	Thangapandian. S.	182	0.23%
Margin of victory			14,018	17.74%	11.99%
Turnout			79,014	68.41%	8.60%
Registered electors			122,639
	AIADMK hold		Swing	5.82%

1980[edit]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. John Vincent	36,725	52.18%	24.77%
	INC	Thangaraj. J.	32,676	46.43%	27.31%
	Independent	Subba Reddiar. G.	440	0.63%
	Independent	Samikalai Nadar. S.	281	0.40%
	Independent	Jayaraj. P.	261	0.37%
Margin of victory			4,049	5.75%	5.45%
Turnout			70,383	59.80%	3.27%
Registered electors			119,072
	AIADMK gain from JP		Swing	24.46%

1977[edit]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	M. John Vincent	18,668	27.71%
	AIADMK	D. Veliah	18,464	27.41%
	INC	M. Rajagopalan	12,877	19.12%	-27.46%
	DMK	S. Sudalaiyandi	9,381	13.93%	-39.49%
	Independent	V. Periasamy	7,485	11.11%
	Independent	M. Vallinayagam	484	0.72%
Margin of victory			204	0.30%	-6.53%
Turnout			67,359	56.54%	-10.54%
Registered electors			120,256
	JP gain from DMK		Swing	-25.70%

1971[edit]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Ganapathy	33,099	53.42%	6.76%
	INC	Thavasikani S. T.	28,863	46.58%	-6.76%
Margin of victory			4,236	6.84%	0.15%
Turnout			61,962	67.07%	-2.63%
Registered electors			97,502
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	0.07%

1967[edit]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Duraipandian	33,269	53.34%	9.38%
	DMK	T. G. Nadar	29,097	46.66%
Margin of victory			4,172	6.69%	-1.53%
Turnout			62,366	69.70%	-7.15%
Registered electors			92,044
	INC hold		Swing	9.38%

1962[edit]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. G. Sankar	28,548	43.97%	-6.18%
	[[Swatantra Party\|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]]	S. Madasamy	23,211	35.75%
	CPI	P. Muthumanickam	9,996	15.40%
		S. Muthiah Nadar	3,173	4.89%
Margin of victory			5,337	8.22%	-3.03%
Turnout			64,928	76.85%	24.92%
Registered electors			86,398
	INC hold		Swing	-6.18%

1957[edit]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. G. Sankar	21,786	50.15%	-1.62%
	Independent	S. Madasami	16,898	38.90%
	Independent	E. Thothadri	3,336	7.68%
	Independent	Kumarasami	1,425	3.28%
Margin of victory			4,888	11.25%	-14.91%
Turnout			43,445	51.93%	-11.65%
Registered electors			83,654
	INC hold		Swing	-1.62%

1952[edit]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Nanguneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. G. Sankar	24,849	51.77%	51.77%
	Independent	Madasami	12,289	25.60%
	CPI	Gnamuthu	8,076	16.82%
	Independent	V. N. Kanthayya	2,789	5.81%
Margin of victory			12,560	26.17%
Turnout			48,003	63.58%
	{{{winner}}} win (new seat)
	INC win (new seat)

References[edit]

↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
↑ Jesudasan, Dennis S. (29 May 2019). "Nanguneri to face bypoll as Congress MLA Vasanthakumar resigns". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

Coordinates: 8°29′N 77°40′E / 8.48°N 77.67°E / 8.48; 77.67

[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[2] Jesudasan, Dennis S. (29 May 2019). "Nanguneri to face bypoll as Congress MLA Vasanthakumar resigns". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

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