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 +YearMemberParty1952A. NesamonyTravancore Tamil Nadu Congress1957P. Thanulinga NadarIndian National Congress1962A. Nesamony19671969^K. Kamaraj1971Indian National Congress (O)1977Kumari Ananthan1980N. DennisIndian National Congress1984198919911996Tamil Maanila Congress19981999Pon RadhakrishnanBharatiya Janata Party2004A. 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 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
See also Nagercoil List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha