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Tenkasi

Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, reserved for Scheduled Castes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has won it 2 times in a row, holding it since 2019. It changed hands 2 times between 2009 and 2024.

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Results, 2009–2024

YearWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
2024Dr Rani SrikumarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (INDIA), 4,25,679 votesDr K KrishnasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 2,29,480 votes1,96,19919.2%68.1%
2019Dhanush.M.KumarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (UPA), 4,76,156 votesDr.Krishnasamy.KAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 3,55,389 votes1,20,76711.5%71.4%
2014Vasanthi.MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 4,24,586 votesDr.Krishnasamy.K.PT, 2,62,812 votes1,61,77416.1%73.8%
2009Lingam PCommunist Party of India, 2,81,174 votesVellaipandi GIndian National Congress, 2,46,497 votes34,6774.7%70.2%

Source: Election Commission of India statistical reports (2009–2019 via the India Data Portal). Seat names follow the current ECI spelling.