Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency)
Nagercoil was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. K. Kamaraj Nadar, 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)
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Kamarajar by-election victory
The death of A. Nesamony in 1968 led to the by-election in Nagercoil constituency. Realising the popularity of Kamaraj in this constituency and the pontential 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 M. Mathias. Despite the efforts, Kamaraj won decisively with a 1,28,201 votes margin on 8 January 1969.[1]
Assembly segments
Nagercoil Lok Sabha constituency used to be composed of the following assembly segments:
Kanyakumari district which includes Nagercoil Lok Sabha constituency was a constituent of Travancore-Cochin state before merging with Tamil Nadu in 1956.
List of elected members
| Year | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Marshal A. Nesamony | TNC | Sivathanu Pillai | IND |
| 1957 | P. Thanulinga Nadar | INC | Chellaswamy | IND |
| 1962 | Marshal A. Nesamony | INC | P. Vivekananda | IND |
| 1967 | Marshal A. Nesamony | INC | M. Mathias | SWA |
| 1969 (by-election) | K. Kamarajar | INC | M. Mathias | IND |
| 1971 | K. Kamarajar | NCO | M. C. Balan | DMK |
| 1977 | Kumari Ananthan | NCO | M. Moses | INC |
| 1980 | N. Dennis | INC (I) | Pon. Vijayaraghavan | JNP |
| 1984 | N. Dennis | INC | Pon. Vijayaraghavan | JNP |
| 1989 | N. Dennis | INC | D. Kumaradoss | JD |
| 1991 | N. Dennis | INC | P. Mohammad Ismail | JD |
| 1996 | N. Dennis | TMC (M) | Pon. Radhakrishnan | BJP |
| 1998 | N. Dennis | TMC (M) | Pon. Radhakrishnan | BJP |
| 1999 | Pon Radhakrishnan | BJP | N. Dennis | INC |
| 2004 | A. V. Bellarmin | CPI (M) | Pon. Radhakrishnan | BJP |
- In 2008, the Nagercoil constituency was renamed Kanyakumari. For results post-2008, please see Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency)
References
Bibliography
- Volume I, 1951 Indian general election, 1st Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1957 Indian general election, 2nd Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1962 Indian general election, 3rd Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1967 Indian general election, 4th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1971 Indian general election, 5th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1977 Indian general election, 6th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1996 Indian general election, 11th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 1999 Indian general election, 13th Lok Sabha
- Volume I, 2004 Indian general election, 14th Lok Sabha
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