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Assembly constituency 224 · Tamil Nadu

Tirunelveli is assembly constituency number 224 in Tamil Nadu, in Tirunelveli district, and one of the segments of the Tirunelveli Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Murughan.r.s. of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 34.7% of the vote, 11,414 votes ahead of Subramanian.s (DMK).

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Tirunelveli · 2026AC 224
  1. 01
    Murughan.r.s.
    TVK
    75,840
    34.72%
  2. 02
    Subramanian.s
    DMK
    64,426
    29.50%
  3. 03
    Thachai Ganesaraja
    AIADMK
    47,504
    21.75%
  4. 04
    Sathya. B.
    NTK
    15,108
    6.92%
  5. 05
    Dr.shyam Krishnasamy
    PT
    10,634
    4.87%
  6. 15 other candidates · 4,196 votesNOTA · 717 (0.33%)

Margin 11,414 votes · 5.23% of valid votes

2,76,296
Registered electors
2026 election
79.3%
Turnout
+11.6 pts vs 2021
11,414
Victory margin
5.2% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 20 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,18,425 valid votes, NOTA included.

Tirunelveli 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Murughan.r.s.Male · 58 yrsTVK75,840
34.72%
2Subramanian.sMale · 50 yrsDMK64,426
29.50%
3Thachai GanesarajaMale · 64 yrsAIADMK47,504
21.75%
4Sathya. B.Female · 48 yrsNTK15,108
6.92%
5Dr.shyam KrishnasamyMale · 33 yrs · SCPT10,634
4.87%
—NOTANOTA717
0.33%
6Arumugaraj. S.Male · 48 yrstavk556
0.25%
7Thalabathi Murugan. M.Male · 51 yrs · SCIndependent476
0.22%
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8Murugan.s.Male · 29 yrsIndependent428
0.20%
9Chendur MaharajanMale · 37 yrsPMTDK346
0.16%
10Mugesh SubramanianMale · 32 yrsIndependent346
0.16%
11Veerabaghu. M.Male · 44 yrs · SCIndependent337
0.15%
12Kannan. G.Male · 53 yrsAJPK290
0.13%
13Subramanian. E.Male · 29 yrsIndependent260
0.12%
14Athisaya Pndiyan. V.Male · 52 yrs · SCIndependent230
0.11%
15Velayutham. P.Male · 48 yrsIndependent221
0.10%
16Murugan. P.Male · 44 yrsTPMK210
0.10%
17MurugalakshmananMale · 40 yrsIndependent171
0.08%
18Eswara Vadivu. S.Female · 46 yrsNIDP114
0.05%
19Selvakumar SinghMale · 29 yrs · SCBHUDRP109
0.05%
20Esakkiraja. V.Male · 34 yrsIndependent102
0.05%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2021, TVK in 2026.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026TVK 34.7%DMK 29.5%AIADMK 21.8%BJP 46.7%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Murughan.r.s.TVK · 34.7% · margin 11,414Turnout79.3%
2021Nainar NagenthranBJP · 46.7% · margin 23,107Turnout67.7%
2016Lakshmanan A.L.S.DMK · 43.1% · margin 601Turnout70.5%
2011Nainar NagenthranAIADMK · 54.8% · margin 38,491Turnout76.7%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Tirunelveli result 2021

Tirunelveli 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Nainar NagenthranBJP92,282
46.70%
2Lakshmanan,a.l.s.DMK69,175
35.01%
3Sathya,b.NTK19,162
9.70%
4Mahesh Kannan,a.p.AMMK8,911
4.51%
—NOTANOTA2,091
1.06%
5Sivakumar,m.Independent1,412
0.71%
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6Srithar RajanIndependent1,342
0.68%
7KalanithyBSP654
0.33%
8Sankarasubramanian,m.Independent582
0.29%
9Esakkimuthu,p.Independent437
0.22%
10Sundarraj,m.CPI(ML)(L)415
0.21%
11Murugan,v.Independent342
0.17%
12Raghavan,c.m.Independent319
0.16%
13Sankar @ SankaranarayananIndependent264
0.13%
14Murugan,r.Independent199
0.10%

Tirunelveli result 2016

Tirunelveli 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Lakshmanan A.L.S.DMK81,761
43.13%
2Nainar NagenthranAIADMK81,160
42.81%
3Madasamy S.DMDK8,640
4.56%
4Maharajan A.BJP6,017
3.17%
—NOTANOTA2,218
1.17%
5Viyanarasu A.NTK2,106
1.11%
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6Velammal G.Independent2,029
1.07%
7Ganesan KannanPMK1,884
0.99%
8Rajkumar P.Independent1,377
0.73%
9Balasubramanian E.BSP507
0.27%
10Mallar MaharajanIndependent401
0.21%
11Shanmuga Sundaram M.Independent289
0.15%
12Sudaroli S.murugan Yadav B.com.Independent245
0.13%
13Udaiyar S.Independent217
0.11%
14Murugan G.Independent216
0.11%
15Nellai ImmamSP190
0.10%
16Manikandan C.TMMK182
0.10%
17Kamala Kannan P.Independent137
0.07%

Tirunelveli result 2011

Tirunelveli 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Nainar NagenthranAIADMK86,220
54.81%
2Lakshmanan.a.l.sDMK47,729
30.34%
3Velammal.gJMM7,771
4.94%
4Pasupathipandian.cIndependent4,307
2.74%
5Madhan.sIJK2,696
1.71%
6Murugadhas.gBJP1,815
1.15%
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7Subramanian.mIndependent1,200
0.76%
8Ramakrishnan.pIndependent975
0.62%
9Vedantham.kIndependent969
0.62%
10Madasamy.cIndependent814
0.52%
11Devendran.tBSP732
0.47%
12Thenmozhi.sCPI(ML)(L)695
0.44%
13Poolpandi.kIndependent495
0.31%
14Saravanan.sIndependent367
0.23%
15Sureshkumar.mIndependent208
0.13%
16Antony Baskar.mIndependent169
0.11%
17Kombiah.rIndependent142
0.09%
Map

Tirunelveli outlined in orange among the other Tamil Nadu seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Tirunelveli district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Tirunelveli is one of the assembly segments of Tirunelveli. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Tirunelveli candidates.

  • Robert Bruce CINC84,338 45.1%
  • Nainar NagenthranBJP64,732 34.6%
  • SathyaNTK14,161 7.6%
  • Jansi Rani MAIADMK13,634 7.3%
  • Pottal Sundara MuniswaranIndependent5,577 3.0%

In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 19,606 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Tirunelveli.

Who won the Tirunelveli assembly seat in 2026?

Murughan.r.s. of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Tirunelveli in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 75,840 votes, which was 34.72% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Tirunelveli?

The margin was 11,414 votes (5.23% of valid votes). The runner-up was Subramanian.s of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 64,426 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Tirunelveli in 2026?

Turnout was 79.28%: 2,19,060 of 2,76,296 registered electors voted, across 386 polling stations. That is 11.6 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Tirunelveli part of?

Tirunelveli is an assembly segment of the Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Robert Bruce C got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Tirunelveli a reserved constituency?

No. Tirunelveli is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Tirunelveli?

The Tamil Nadu assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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