Kanyakumari is a Tamil Nadu assembly constituency located in Tiruchendur Lok Sabha Constituency in Kanyakumari district

Kanyakumari District

Kanyakumari District ) is a district of Tamil Nadu state, India and is the southernmost land area of mainland India.The district is the second most urbanised district in Tamilnadu, next only to Chennai and ahead of Coimbatore. It also has the highest literacy and education levels in the...

 in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. The constituency is located in the southern corner of mainland India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, comprising the popular tourist destination Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari is a town in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is also sometimes referred to as Cape Comorin. Located at the southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula, it is the geographical end of the Indian mainland. The district in Tamil Nadu where the town is located is called Kanyakumari...

. In 2011 election, it had 237,410 total number of voters, consisting of 120,372 males and 117,038 females. Nadar

Nadar (caste)

Nadar is one of the prominent castes of Tamil Nadu, South India. The term, Nadar, in Tamil literally means one who rules the land. The Nadars are also commonly called as Annachi . Nadars are an entrepreneurial south Indian caste and constitute 12% of Tamil Nadu's population...

s, Vellalar

Vellalar

Vellalars were, originally, an elite caste of Tamil agricultural landlords in Tamil Nadu, Kerala states in India and in neighbouring Sri Lanka; they were the nobility, aristocracy of the ancient Tamil order and had close relations with the different royal dynasties...

s, Dalits and Meenavars formed the majority of the electorate.

Travancore-cochin assembly

Constituency	Year	Winner	Party
Thovalai Agasthesswaram	1952	T. S. Ramasamy Pillai T. S. Ramasamy Pillai T. S. Ramaswamy Pillai was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Travancore-Cochin assembly from Thovalai Agastheeswaram constituency in 1952 election as an Indian National Congress candidate. Thovalai Agastheeswaram was a two member constituency...  and A. Samraj A. Samraj A. Samraj was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Travancore-Cochin assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Thovalai Agastheeswaram constituency in 1952 election. It was a two member constituency and the other winner in the...	Indian National Congress
Thovalai	1954	T. S. Ramasamy Pillai T. S. Ramasamy Pillai T. S. Ramaswamy Pillai was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Travancore-Cochin assembly from Thovalai Agastheeswaram constituency in 1952 election as an Indian National Congress candidate. Thovalai Agastheeswaram was a two member constituency...	PSP
Agastheeswaram	1954	P. Thanulinga Nadar P. Thanulinga Nadar Paramarthalinga Thanulinga Nadar , also known simply as Thanulingam, was an Indian politician, freedom-fighter and a right-wing activist. He served as a Member of the Indian Parliament from the Indian National Congress...	Tamil Nadu Congress

Madras State assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1957	T. S. Ramaswamy Pillai	Independent
1962	B. Natarajan B. Natarajan B. Natarajan was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Kanyakumari constituency in Kanyakumari district in 1962 election....	Indian National Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
1967	B. M. Pillai B. M. Pillai B. M. Pillai was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Kanyakumari constituency in Kanyakumari district in 1967 election....	Indian National Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

Tamil Nadu assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	K. Rajah Pillai K. Rajah Pillai K. Rajah Pillai was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Kanyakumari constituency in Kanyakumari district in 1971 election....	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar...
1977	C. Krishnan C. Krishnan (Kanyakumari MLA) C. Krishnan was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Kanyakumari constituency in Kanyakumari district in 1977 election....	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	S. Muthukrishnan S. Muthukrishnan S. Muthukrishnan was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Kanyakumari constituency in Kanyakumari district in 1980 election....	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	K. Perumal Pillai K. Perumal Pillai K. Perumal Pillai was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Kanyakumari constituency in Kanyakumari district in the 1984 Tamil Nadu assembly election.- References :...	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	K. Subramania Pillai K. Subramania Pillai K. Subramania Pillai was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Kanyakumari constituency in Kanyakumari district in 1989 election....	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar...
1991	M. Ammamuthu M. Ammamuthu M. Ammamuthu was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Kanyakumari constituency in Kanyakumari district in 1991 election....	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	N. Suresh Rajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar...
2001	Thalavai Sundaram Thalavai Sundaram Thalavai Sundaram was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Kanyakumari constituency in Kanyakumari district in 2001 election. He served as Anna Dravida Munnetra...	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	N. Suresh Rajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar...
2011	K. T. Pachaimal K. T. Pachaimal K. T. Pachaimal is an Indian politician and incumbent member of the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Kanyakumari constituency. He is currently the Minister for Forests of the Government of Tamil Nadu. He represents Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party....	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam