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Tirunelveli Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Tirunelveli? — Robert Bruce C (INC), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 1,65,620 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.
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MP · 2024

Robert Bruce C

INC
Margin: 1,65,620Landslide

Election history — every MP of Tirunelveli

2 elections · newest first

Wins by party

  • INC 1
  • DMK 1
  1. 2024Jun 2024Robert Bruce CINCCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated Nainar Nagenthran (BJP)Margin1,65,620
  2. 2019May 2019Gnanathiraviam SDMKLok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated Paul Manoj Pandian (AIADMK)Margin1,85,720

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Robert Bruce C

INCLandslide

votes

5,02,296

Margin

1,65,620(15.5%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Robert Bruce C · INCNainar Nagenthran · BJP
5,02,2963,36,676
Candidate (24)votes
  1. 1Robert Bruce C✓ WinnerINC5,02,29647.06%
  2. 2Nainar NagenthranBJP3,36,67631.54%
  3. 3Jansi Rani MAIADMKDeposit lost89,6018.39%
  4. 4SathyaNaam Tamilar KatchiDeposit lost87,6868.21%
  5. 5Pottal Sundara MuniswaranINDDeposit lost19,8521.86%
  6. 6NOTA7,3960.69%
See all candidates (+18)
  1. 7Athisayam VINDDeposit lost3,7810.35%
  2. 8BalasubramanianBSPDeposit lost2,0670.19%
  3. 9Chinna Maharaja KINDDeposit lost1,8950.18%
  4. 10David MINDDeposit lost1,8360.17%
  5. 11Samuel Lawrence PonniahINDDeposit lost1,4970.14%
  6. 12Bishop Dr Godfrey Washington NobleAanaithinthiya Jananayaka Pathukappu KazhagamDeposit lost1,4750.14%
  7. 13Lenin KINDDeposit lost1,4500.14%
  8. 14Chandran MVeerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal KatchiDeposit lost1,4130.13%
  9. 15Selva Kumar SBahujan Dravida PartyDeposit lost1,3460.13%
  10. 16Kumar VPuthiya Makkal Tamil Desam KatchiDeposit lost1,0720.1%
  11. 17Muthuraman AAravor Munnetra KazhagamDeposit lost1,0480.1%
  12. 18Thalapathy Murugan MINDDeposit lost9170.09%
  13. 19Sivaram KINDDeposit lost8750.08%
  14. 20Ramakrishnan NNaam Indiar PartyDeposit lost7900.07%
  15. 21SureshINDDeposit lost7880.07%
  16. 22Dr Rajendra Retnam KINDDeposit lost6890.06%
  17. 23Seval Kannan B AdvocateINDDeposit lost6360.06%
  18. 24Raghavan C MINDDeposit lost3660.03%
Total votes10,67,448

Deposit lost: 21 of 23 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Lok Sabha election 2024

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
16,56,265

incl. service voters

Votes cast
10,69,236

incl. 8,580 postal

Turnout
64.56%
Polling stations
1,810

Turnout of men and women

Women64.6%

5,47,062 of 8,46,283 voted on EVMs

Men63.4%

5,13,537 of 8,09,831 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 151; 57 voted.

  • Candidates23 (2 women)
  • Lost deposit21
  • NOTA7,396
  • Valid votes10,60,052

Women candidates: Jansi Rani M, Sathya

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: Gnanathiraviam S (DMK)Full result ▾
Candidate (27)votes
  1. 1Gnanathiraviam S✓ WinnerDMK5,22,99350.27%
  2. 2Paul Manoj PandianAIADMK3,37,27332.42%
  3. 3Michael Rayappan SINDDeposit lost62,2355.98%
See all candidates (+24)
  1. 4Sathya BNaam Tamilar KatchiDeposit lost49,9354.8%
  2. 5Vennimalai MMakkal Needhi MaiamDeposit lost23,1202.22%
  3. 6NOTA10,9681.05%
  4. 7Maharajan VINDDeposit lost5,1390.49%
  5. 8Maharajan AINDDeposit lost3,9410.38%
  6. 9Essakkiammal EBSPDeposit lost3,4700.33%
  7. 10Murugesan SINDDeposit lost3,4310.33%
  8. 11Manoharan PINDDeposit lost2,0950.2%
  9. 12Manikandan GINDDeposit lost1,9590.19%
  10. 13Ramakrishnan NNaam Indiar PartyDeposit lost1,6890.16%
  11. 14Paul Solomon PandianINDDeposit lost1,4070.14%
  12. 15Sivasankar SJammu & Kashmir National Panthers PartyDeposit lost1,2510.12%
  13. 16Selvaganesan RUnited States of India PartyDeposit lost1,2440.12%
  14. 17Manikandan PINDDeposit lost1,0840.1%
  15. 18Rathinasigamani MINDDeposit lost9350.09%
  16. 19Indurani SINDDeposit lost8960.09%
  17. 20Bagavathikesan TINDDeposit lost8800.08%
  18. 21Selva Prakash RINDDeposit lost7790.07%
  19. 22Rajkumar AINDDeposit lost7720.07%
  20. 23Mohanraj AINDDeposit lost6300.06%
  21. 24Rajiv VictorINDDeposit lost6280.06%
  22. 25Ramamoorthi BINDDeposit lost5860.06%
  23. 26Ramaswamy SINDDeposit lost5310.05%
  24. 27Kamala KannanINDDeposit lost4790.05%
Total votes10,40,350

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Tirunelveli?

Robert Bruce C (INC) won Tirunelveli in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 5,02,296 votes.

What was the winning margin in Tirunelveli?

Robert Bruce C defeated Nainar Nagenthran (BJP) by 1,65,620 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Tirunelveli?

2019: Gnanathiraviam S (DMK)

What was the turnout in Tirunelveli in 2024?

64.56% — 10,69,236 of 16,56,265 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 64.6%, men's 63.4%.

How many voters does Tirunelveli have?

16,56,265 electors at the 2024 election — 8,09,831 men, 8,46,283 women, 151 third gender (service voters included), and 1,810 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2024/1 · eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2019/cat/1551 · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer