Tirunelveli Assembly constituency is located in Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu, being in existence since independence. Tirunelveli was one of 17 Assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. Tirunelveli voted for the party that formed the government in the state except for 2016 and 2021. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Members of Legislative Assembly Madras State YearWinner Party 1952 Arumugam S. N. Somayajulu 1957 Rajathi Kunjithapatham M. K. Somasundaram 1962 Rajathi Kunjithapatham 1967 A. L. Subramanian
Tamil Nadu YearWinner Party 1971 P. Padmanabhan 1977 G. R. Edmund 1980 V. R. Nedunchezhiyan 1984 S. Narayanan 1986 R. M. Veerappan 1989 A. L. Subramanian 1991 D. Veliah Thevar 1996 A. L. Subramanian 2001 Nainar Nagendran 2006 N. Malai Raja 2011 Nainar Nagendran 2016 A. L. S. Lakshmanan 2021 Nainar Nagendran 2026R. S. Murughan
Election results
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2021
2016
2011
2006
2001
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1991
1989
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1977
1971
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1962
1957
1952
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