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| Kanniyakumari | |
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| Constituency No. 229 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
 Kanniyakumari | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Kanniyakumari |
| Established | 1952-present |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kanniyakumari is a Tamil Nadu assembly constituency located in Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha Constituency in Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu. The constituency is located in the southern corner of mainland India, comprising the popular tourist destination Kanniyakumari. In 2011 election, it had 237,410 total number of voters, consisting of 120,372 males and 117,038 females.[1] Kanniyakumari will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Demographics
Gender demographics of Kanniyakumari constituency as of 01.05.2021,[3] taken ahead of the state general elections in 2021.
| Year | Female | Male | Transgender | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,44,982 | 1,47,347 | 104 | 2,92,433 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Constituency | Election | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thovalai Agasthesswaram | 1952 | T. S. Ramasamy Pillai | Indian National Congress | |
| A. Samraj | ||||
| Thovalai | 1954 | T. S. Ramasamy Pillai | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Agastheeswaram | P. Thanulinga Nadar | Tamil Nadu Congress | ||
| Election | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | T. S. Ramaswamy Pillai | Independent | |
| 1962 | B. Natarajan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | B. M. Pillai | Indian National Congress | |
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Thalavai Sundaram | 109,828 | 48.79% | 9.20% | |
| DMK | S. Austin | 93,618 | 41.59% | −0.82% | |
| NTK | R. Sasikala | 14,197 | 6.31% | 5.48% | |
| MNM | P. T. Selvakumar | 3,109 | 1.38% | ||
| AMMK | P. Senthil Murugan | 1,599 | 0.71% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 1,097 | 0.49% | −0.26% | |
| BSP | C. J. Sutharman | 684 | 0.30% | 0.07% | |
| Independent | A. Augustin | 447 | 0.20% | ||
| Independent | Na. Manickavasagam Pillai | 142 | 0.06% | ||
| Independent | N. Makesh | 121 | 0.05% | ||
| Independent | S. Thanu Neelan | 95 | 0.04% | ||
| Margin of victory | 16,210 | 7.20% | 4.38% | ||
| Turnout | 225,121 | 110.93% | 35.86% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 452 | 0.20% | |||
| Registered electors | 202,943 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 6.38% | |||