Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency: Candidate list for 2019 LS Poll, past results, all updates

The Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies going to vote in Tamil Nadu. The vote will be cast during the 2nd phase on April 18 and counting will be done on May 23. It consists of the following assembly segments – Vilathikulam, Ottapidaram, Tirunelveli, Palayamkottai, Srivaikuntam and Tuticorin.

2019 will see Paul Manoj Pandian, former MLA of the now defunct Cheranmadevi assembly and son of former MLA PH Pandian will contest against S Ganathiraviam of the DMK.

The current sitting MP is Prabakaran KRP of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). In 2014, Prabakaran KRP of the AIADMK had won from the Tirunelveli seat by defeating Devadas Sundaram of the DMK.

All seats in Tamil Nadu are going to vote on April 18. They are Arakkonam, Arani, Chennai Central, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chidambaram, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kallakurichi, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Perambalur, Pollachi, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivaganga , Sriperumbudur, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukkudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar, Tiruvallur.

There’s an interesting battle on the cards with an AIADMK-led NDA alliance with the BJP, PMK, DMDK, Puthiya Neethi Katchi and Puthiya Tamizhagam.  Meanwhile the Congress has forged alliances with DMK, two communist parties and other regional parties. Smaller partners include VCK, IUML and KMK.

The AIADMK under Jayalalithaa had managed to win 37 seats, with BJP and PMK getting 1 each. The Congress and the DMK ended up with zero seats in 2014.