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Nagercoil Lok Sabha constituency

Former constituency of the Indian parliament in Tamil Nadu


Summary

Former constituency of the Indian parliament in Tamil Nadu

FieldValue
typeLS
nameNagercoil
established1957
abolished2009
reservationNone
stateTamil Nadu
electors14,935,09
assembly_consNagercoil, Kanyakumari, Colachel, Padmanabhapuram, Killiyur, Vilavancode

Nagercoil was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. K. Kamaraj. The first elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was elected twice to the Lok Sabha from here. It has been now named as Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency).

Kamarajar by-election victory

The death of A. Nesamony in 1968 led to a by-election in Nagercoil constituency. Realising the popularity of Kamaraj in this constituency and the potential danger posed by Kamaraj's election after the Indian National Congress party's debacle in 1967 election, C. Rajagopalachari wrote in Swarajya, the magazine of the Swatantra Party, about the need to defeat him and appealed to C. N. Annadurai to support M. Mathias, the Swatantra Party candidate. Annadurai deputed M. Karunanidhi, the then Minister for Public Works, to Nagercoil to work in support of Mathias. Despite the efforts, Kamaraj won decisively with a 1,28,201-vote margin on 8 January 1969.

Assembly segments

Nagercoil Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:

  • Colachel (moved to Kanniyakumari Constituency)
  • Killyur (moved to Kanniyakumari Constituency)
  • Nagercoil (moved to Kanniyakumari Constituency)
  • Padmanabhapuram (moved to Kanniyakumari Constituency)
  • Thiruvattar (defunct)
  • Vilavancode (moved to Kanniyakumari Constituency)

Members of the Parliament

YearMemberParty
1952A. NesamonyTravancore Tamil Nadu Congress}} "
1957P. Thanulinga NadarIndian National Congress}} "
1962A. Nesamony
1967
1969^K. Kamaraj
1971Indian National Congress (O)}} "Indian National Congress (O)
1977Kumari Ananthan
1980N. DennisIndian National Congress (I)}} "
1984Indian National Congress}} "Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996Tamil Maanila Congress}} "Tamil Maanila Congress
1998
1999Pon RadhakrishnanBharatiya Janata Party}} "
2004A. V. BellarminCommunist Party of India (Marxist)}} "
  • In 2008, the Nagercoil constituency was renamed Kanyakumari. For results post-2008, please see Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency)

Election results

General Elections 2004

General Elections 1999

General Elections 1998

General Elections 1996

General Elections 1991

General Elections 1989

General Elections 1984

General Elections 1980

General Elections 1977

General Elections 1971

General Elections 1967

General Elections 1962

General Elections 1957

General Elections 1951

References

Bibliography

References

  1. P. Kandaswamy. "The political career of K. Kamraj". Concept Publishing Company.
  2. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies". Election Commission of India.
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