Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Kanniyakumari

Helen Davidson J (DMK) won by 65,687 votes (8.6%).

Electors
11,78,047
Votes polled
7,66,034
Valid votes
7,65,659
Turnout
65.0%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 8.6% (median 7.0%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 2009 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
17.5%(-7.4%)
Turnout
66.1%(-4.9%)
NOTA
0.4%
Top-2 squeeze
89.0%

Winning margin over time · Kanniyakumari

200920142019202425%

Candidates

Candidates · Kanniyakumari 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Helen Davidson JWinnerDMK3,20,16141.8%
2Radhakrishnan PBJP2,54,47433.2%
3Bellarmin AvCPM85,58311.2%
4Austin . SDMDK68,4728.9%
5Sivakami.pBSP6,4000.8%
6Manoharan SIND5,0630.7%
7Radhakrishnan CIND4,4000.6%
8Venu KIND3,1820.4%
9WilsonIND2,9250.4%
10Arul Thumilan .dLJP2,8120.4%
11Nallathamby CIND2,4480.3%
12Balasubramonian TABHM1,6980.2%
13Jayasingh KIND1,2680.2%
14Thankamony CIND1,2660.2%
15Lekshmanan . SIND1,0650.1%
16Sivakumar SIND9960.1%
17Johnson SIND7640.1%
18Sathees CIND7620.1%
19Paulraj C.MIND6190.1%
20Radhakrishnan .c.pIND5250.1%
21EmmiIND4450.1%
22Kumar CIND3330.0%

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