In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
One of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu, Kanyakumari Parliamentary Constituency was formed after the delimitation of 2008 and has seven segments. The Kanniyakumari Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 39) has a total of 1,178,047 electorates out of which 579,212 are females and 598,835 are males according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports. The city of Kanyakumari is the southernmost part of the country’s mainland covering a total area of 26 sq kms and is at an average height of 300 metres.
The city has a population of about 30,000 of which 10% is under six years of age. About 51% of the population is male and the sex ratio is 997 females for every 1,000 males. About 2% of the population belongs to the SC category and about 1% to the ST category. Hindus have 51% majority closely followed by Christians at 44%. Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, etc., also reside here. Tamil and English are the prevalent languages of the area. There are several prominent institutions in the area and the city has numerous public and private schools. Rubber, coir, wood and fruits are the primary industries in the area. Small scale steel and chemical industries can also be found here. National Highways NH-7 and NH-47 connect Kanyakumari to various other cities. In fact, NH-7 is the longest National Highway and connects it all the way to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Kanniyakumari Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Kanniyakumari parliamentary constituency of all the years fromthe starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Kanniyakumari constituency is Radhakrishnan P. of BJP.| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | Winner/Current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 229 | Kanyakumari | GEN | Radhakrishnan P. | M | BJP | 372906 | Vasantha Kumar H. | M | INC | 244244 |
| 2011 | 229 | Kanyakumari | GEN | Patchaimal.K.T | M | AIADMK | 86903 | Suresh Rajan.N | M | DMK | 69099 |
| 2006 | 228 | Kanyakumari | GEN | Suresh Rajan.N | M | DMK | 63181 | Thalavai Sundaram.N | M | AIADMK | 52494 |
| 2001 | 228 | Kanyakumari | GEN | Thalavaisundaram.N | M | ADMK | 55650 | Sureshrajan.N | M | DMK | 46114 |
| 1996 | 228 | Kanyakumari | GEN | N. Suresh Rajan | M | DMK | 42755 | S. Thanu Pillai | M | ADMK | 20892 |
| 1991 | 228 | Kanyakumari | GEN | Ammamuthu M. | M | ADK | 54194 | Krishnan C. | M | DMK | 19835 |
| 1989 | 228 | Kanyakumari | GEN | Subramonia Pillai, K. | M | DMK | 33376 | Aurmugham Pillai V. | M | INC | 31037 |
| 1984 | 228 | Kanyakumari | GEN | Perumal Pillay, K. | M | ADK | 45353 | Sankaraligom, M. | M | DMK | 37696 |
| 1980 | 228 | Kanyakumari | GEN | Muthukrishnan, S. | M | ADK | 35613 | Mathevan Pillai, A. | M | INC(I) | 28515 |
| 1977 | 228 | Kanyakumari | GEN | C. Krishnan | M | ADK | 23222 | T.C. Subramania Pillay | M | JNP | 16010 |
| 1971 | 228 | Kanyakumari | GEN | Rajah Pillai K. | M | DMK | 35884 | Mahadevan Pillai B. | M | NCO | 31326 |
| 1967 | 228 | Kanyakumari | GEN | B.M.Pillai | M | INC | 37998 | S.M.Pillai | M | SWA | 28260 |
*PC = Parliamentary Constituency
List of Assembly Constituencies in Kanniyakumari Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Kanniyakumari parliamentary constituency.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kanyakumari | Nagercoil | Colachal |
| Padmanabhapuram | Vilavancode | Killiyur |
Last Updated on June 14, 2019