Kanniyakumari district is the smallest district in Tamil Nadu. Though it’s the smallest when it comes to space, the density of inhabitants is the best within the state subsequent to Chennai
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Kanniyakumari is an Meeting/Vidhan Sabha constituency within the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. It falls beneath the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency.
Kanniyakumari district is the smallest district in Tamil Nadu. Though it’s the smallest when it comes to space (1672/Sq.Km), the density of inhabitants is the best 1119/Sq.Km in Tamil Nadu subsequent to Chennai.
Within the 2016 Tamil Nadu Meeting election, the the Kanniyakumari constituency had a complete of two,79,651 registered voters.
Voter turnout in earlier election
The voter turnout in Kanniyakumari within the earlier Meeting election was 75.07 p.c.
Previous election outcomes and winners
Within the 2016 Tamil Nadu Meeting election, S Austin of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) gained the Kanniyakumari seat. He gained 89,023 votes, as towards 83,111 votes gained by his foremost rival N Thalavai Sundaram of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam occasion (AIADMK).
Within the 2011 election, KT Pachaimal of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam occasion (AIADMK) had gained the seat by beating N Suresh Rajan of the DMK.
The Kanniyakumari Meeting constituency is anticipated to go to polls in April or Might 2021, as a part of the Tamil Nadu Meeting election 2021.
The Tamil Nadu Meeting polls will likely be held to elect a complete of 234 Members of the Legislative Meeting (MLAs).
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