Nanguneri (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

Year Winner Party
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

Year Winner Party
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

Election results

Bypoll 2019

Bye-election, 2019: 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

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nanguneri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC H. Vasanthakumar 74,932 43.45
AIADMK M. Vijayakumar 57,617 33.41
AIFB S. Suresh Alias Kasinivendan 14,203 8.24
DMDK K. Jeyabalan 9,446 5.48
BJP V. Manikandan 6,609 3.83
Majority 17,315 10.04
Turnout 1,72,695 71.44
INC gain from AIADMK Swing

References

  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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