GEN · Tamil Nadu
Tenkasi
Lingam P (CPI) won by 34,677 votes (4.6%).
- Electors
- 10,63,614
- Votes polled
- 7,48,010
- Valid votes
- 7,45,860
- Turnout
- 70.3%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 2009-04-16
Margin vs 2009 national median: 4.6% (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
- 19.2%(+7.8%)
- Turnout
- 68.1%(-4.2%)
- NOTA
- 1.7%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 64.1%
Winning margin over time · Tenkasi
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lingam PWinner | CPI | 2,81,174 | 37.7% |
| 2 | Vellaipandi G | INC | 2,46,497 | 33.0% |
| 3 | Krishnasamy, Dr. K | PT | 1,16,685 | 15.6% |
| 4 | Inbaraj K | DMDK | 75,741 | 10.2% |
| 5 | Krishnan K | BSP | 6,948 | 0.9% |
| 6 | Lakshmanan R | IND | 6,633 | 0.9% |
| 7 | Ramachandran E | IND | 4,471 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Jothiraj M | SP | 3,984 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Balakrishnan S | IND | 3,912 | 0.5% |
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