Tenkasi Lok Sabha Constituency Election Results 2019 in Tamil Nadu: Dhanush Kumar of the DMK Wins This Parliamentary Seat
The Tenkasi Lok Sabha Constituency is numbered 37 in the state and is reserved for the SC category.
Results for the Tenkasi Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu has been declared by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Dhanush Kumar of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has won the seat. The counting of votes for the Tenkasi Lok Sabha Constituency began at 8 AM on Thursday, May 23. This is one of the 39 Parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu which went to poll on April 18. This Constituency represents the Tirunelveli District and has 1,063,614 voters. The Tenkasi Lok Sabha Constituency is numbered 37 in the state and is reserved for the SC category. This constituency has 1,063,614 voters out of these 530,196 number of electorates are males and the remaining 533,418 are females. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Voting In 7 Phases From April 11 to May 19, Counting And Results On May 23; Check All Dates For General Elections.
The Tenkasi Lok Sabha Constituency came into existence in 1957 and comprises of six legislative assembly segments and is reserved for the SC category. The town of Tenkasi is situated near the Coutallam Waterfalls, at the foothills of the Western Ghats.
For the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, Dr K Krishnaswamy, founder and chief of the Puthiya Tamilagam is contesting from the this seat. The party, which caters largely to Devendra Kula Vellalar community, would be contesting on the AIADMK’s ‘two leaves’ symbol. The DMK has fielded Dhanushkumar from this seat. Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Dates: Constituency-Wise Complete Schedule Of Voting And Results For General Elections.
Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule for Tenkasi Constituency:
| Issue of Notification | March 19 |
| Last date for filing nomination | March 26 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | March 27 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | March 29 |
| Date Of Poll | April 18 |
| Date of Result | May 23 |
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List of States And Constituencies That Will Vote On April 18 In Phase II
| State (No. of seats voting in this phase) | Constituencies |
| Assam (5) | Karimganj, Silchar, autonomous district, Mangaldoi, Nawgong |
| Bihar (5) | Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka |
| Chhattisgarh (3) | Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker |
| Jammu And Kashmir (2) | Srinagar, Udhampur |
| Karnataka (14) | Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkballapur, Kolar |
| Maharashtra (10) | Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur |
| Manipur (1) | Inner Manipur |
| Odisha (5) | Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Aska |
| Tamil Nadu (39) | Thiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuturai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari |
| Tripura (1) | Tripura East |
| Uttar Pradesh (8) | Nagina, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri |
| West Bengal (3) | Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Raiganj |
| Puducherry (1) | Puducherry |
All the 39 constituency seats of Tamil Nadu will got to poll on April 18. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 will take place across the country between April 11 and May 23 in seven phases. The election results will be announced on May 23.
In the last assembly elections which were held in 2014, Vasanthi M of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) had won from the Tenkasi seat by defeating Dr Krishnasamy K of the Puthiya Tamilagam party. Vasanthi had won the Tenkasi seat by 424,586 votes.
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