Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Tenkasi

Dhanush.m.kumar (DMK) won by 1,20,286 votes (11.4%).

Electors
14,72,742
Votes polled
10,65,569
Valid votes
10,51,513
Turnout
72.4%
NOTA
14,056
Polling date
2019-04-18

Margin vs 2019 national median: 11.4% (median 15.4%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 2019 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

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Candidates

Candidates · Tenkasi 2019
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dhanush.m.kumarWinnerDMK4,76,15645.3%
2Dr.krishnasamy.kAIADMK3,55,87033.8%
3Ponnuthai. SIND92,1168.8%
4Mathivanan.s.sNaam Tamilar Katchi59,4455.7%
5Muneshwaran. KMNM24,0232.3%
6Ponnuthai.mIND4,7330.5%
7Perumalsamy. SIND4,3340.4%
8Bharatharaj. SIND4,2260.4%
9Ponnusamy.rIND3,3060.3%
10Suriyaragupathi. TIND3,0020.3%
11Palani Samy.sIND2,9500.3%
12Ponnuthai.gIND2,4270.2%
13Selvakumar. MIND2,2300.2%
14Moorthy. DIND1,9850.2%
15Deepan Arun.aIND1,9650.2%
16Sivajayaprakash.sIND1,9470.2%
17Muthumurugan. MIND1,7340.2%
18Sundaram.nIND1,4900.1%
19Thamarai Selvam. KIND1,4730.1%
20Dhanuskodi.pIND1,2450.1%
21Ravi. KACDP1,1940.1%
22Ponnuthai. MIND1,1290.1%
23Vairavan. PIND9980.1%
24Subbiah. SIND8080.1%
25Thangaraj. CIND7270.1%

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