Elections

Parliament Assembly

Tenkasi — lok sabha

Dr Rani Sri Kumar (DMK) won by 1,96,199 votes

DMK won by 1,96,199 votes

Name	Party	Votes
Dr Rani Sri Kumar · DMK	DMK	4,25,679
Dr K Krishnasamy · AIADMK	AIADMK	2,29,480
B John Pandian · BJP	BJP	2,08,825
Esai Mathivanan · NTK	NTK	1,30,335

Vote share (top four)

Dhanush M. Kumar (DMK) won by 1,20,767 votes

DMK won by 1,20,767 votes

Name	Party	Votes
Dhanush M. Kumar · DMK	DMK	4,76,156
Dr. K. Krishnasamy · AIADMK	AIADMK	3,55,389
S. Ponnuthai · AMMK	AMMK	92,116
S. S. Mathivanan · NTK	NTK	59,445

Vote share (top four)

M. Vasanthi (AIADMK) won by 1,61,774 votes

AIADMK won by 1,61,774 votes

Name	Party	Votes
M. Vasanthi · AIADMK	AIADMK	4,24,586
Dr. K. Krishnasamy · PT	PT	2,62,812
Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar · MDMK	MDMK	1,90,233
Dr. K. Jayakumar · INC	INC	58,963

Vote share (top four)

P. Lingam (CPI) won by 34,677 votes

CPI won by 34,677 votes

Name	Party	Votes
P. Lingam · CPI	CPI	2,81,174
G. Vellaipandi · INC	INC	2,46,497
Dr. K. Krishnasamy · PT	PT	1,16,685
K. Inbaraj · DMDK	DMDK	75,741

Vote share (top four)