Tenkasi Lok Sabha Election Result 2019: DMK's DM Kumar defeats AIADMK's Dr K Krishnasamy by a margin of 120286 votes

Tenkasi is one of the Lok Sabha Constituencies that went to vote in Tamil Nadu in the Lok Sabha 2019. 

Constituency Profile

The constituency cast its votes during the 2nd phase on April 18 and counting will be done on May 23. It’s a constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes.

It consists of the following assembly segments: Sankarankovil (SC), Vasudevanallur (SC), Kadayanallur, Tenkasi, Srivilliputhur and Rajapalayam.

There’s an interesting battle on the cards here. Dr K Krishnaswamy the founder and chief of Puthiya Tamilagam is contesting from the constituency on the AIADMK’s two leaves symbol. Taking on him is Dhanush M Kumar of DMK, who’s a lawyer by profession and son of former Rajapalayam MLA Dhanushkodi. If he manages to win, it will be DMK’s maiden victory here.

The current MP is AIADMK’s Vasanthi M who got 424,586 votes and defeated Dr Krishnasamy K who bagged 262,812 votes.

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.