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Killiyoor Assembly constituency

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Killiyur is an assembly constituency located in Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1957	A. Nesamony		Indian National Congress
1962	R. Ponnappan Nadar
1967	William

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	N. Dennis		Indian National Congress
1977	P. Vijayaraghavan		Janata Party
1980
1984	D. Kumaradas
1989	P. Vijayaraghavan		Independent
1991	D. Kumaradas		Janata Dal
1996		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001
2006	S. John Jacob		Indian National Congress
2011
2016	S. Rajeshkumar
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021		59.76%
2016		50.47%
2011		41.69%
2006		55.18%
2001		49.16%
1996		41.24%
1991		34.25%
1989		39.53%
1984		58.24%
1980		54.28%
1977		79.20%
1971		62.25%
1967		42.40%
1962		60.05%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Rajeshkumar
	TMC(M)	Dr. J. Nivin Simon
	NTK	Himler P.V.
	TVK	S.Sabin			New
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors	243,837
	gain from	Swing

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Rajeshkumar	101,541	59.76
	AIADMK	Jude Dev K. V.	46,141	27.15
	NTK	Peter H.	14,571	8.58
	NOTA	None of the above	754	0.44
Margin of victory	55,400	32.60	+2.40
Turnout	1,69,918	66.54	+5.88
	INC hold	Swing	9.29

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Rajeshkumar	77,356	50.47
	BJP	Pon. Vijayaraghavan	31,061	20.27
	AIADMK	Mary Kamalabai A.	25,862	16.87
	TMC(M)	D. Kumaradas	13,704	8.94
	NTK	Rethnammal T	1,328	0.87
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,142	0.75
Margin of victory	46,295	30.20	+12.27
Turnout	1,53,273	60.66	−3.24
Registered electors	2,52,676
	INC hold	Swing	8.77

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. John Jacob	56,932	41.69
	BJP	Chandra Kumar. T	32,446	23.76
	AIADMK	George. R	29,920	21.91
	Independent	Kumaradas. D	10,238	7.50
	Independent	Jose Bilbin. J	3,457	2.53
	Independent	Soosai Marian. M	1,123	0.82
	Independent	Thankamony. C	569	0.42
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	Babu. P	533	0.39
	Independent	Paul Raj. C. M	476	0.35
	BSP	Dhayalan. G. S	468	0.34
	Independent	Satheesh. C	382	0.28
Margin of victory	24,486	17.93	−10.84
Turnout	213,668	63.90	4.15
Registered electors	136,544
	INC hold	Swing	-13.48

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. John Jacob	51,016	55.18
	BJP	Chandra Kumar. T	24,411	26.40
	AIADMK	Kumaradhas. D	14,056	15.20
	DMDK	Richmohanraj. A	1,743	1.89
	Independent	Stanley Gipiraj. T	492	0.53
	Independent	Rehu Anandharaj. A	316	0.34
	Independent	Justin Felix. A	236	0.26
	Independent	Suresh. C	185	0.20
Margin of victory	26,605	28.78	11.90
Turnout	92,455	59.75	8.68
Registered electors	154,732
	INC gain from TMC(M)	Swing	6.02

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	D. Kumaradas	40,075	49.16
	BJP	Santhakumar C	26,315	32.28
	JD(S)	Mano Thangaraj	13,259	16.26
	Independent	S. Johnson	1,095	1.34
	Independent	C. Kumaraswamy	419	0.51
	Independent	G. Dennis Raj	362	0.44
Margin of victory	13,760	16.88	3.95
Turnout	81,525	51.07	−7.84
Registered electors	159,720
	TMC(M) hold	Swing	7.92

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	D. Kumaradas	33,227	41.24
	BJP	C. Santhakumar	22,810	28.31
	JD	Mano Thangaraj	17,844	22.15
	INC	A. Selvaraj	6,267	7.78
	Independent	A. Chellam	115	0.14
	Independent	M. Sesaiyan	72	0.09
	Independent	R. Thomson	72	0.09
	Independent	S. Johnson	65	0.08
	Independent	J. Mariaarputham	51	0.06
	Independent	M. Balachandran Thambi	19	0.02
	Independent	S. Ponnuswamy	18	0.02
Margin of victory	10,417	12.93	11.44
Turnout	80,576	58.91	1.35
Registered electors	140,862
	TMC(M) gain from JD	Swing	6.98

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	D. Kumaradas	26,818	34.25
	INC	Robert Singh Pon.	25,650	32.76
	BJP	Mohanakumar C.	13,735	17.54
	JP	Vijayaraghavan Pon.	11,421	14.59
	THMM	Chirstoper John T.	129	0.16
	Independent	Johnson S.	124	0.16
	Independent	Thankiah A.	100	0.13
	Independent	Sundararaj R.	88	0.11
	Independent	Samarthan G.	78	0.10
	Independent	Jayapaul V.	64	0.08
	Independent	Chellathurai C.	63	0.08
Margin of victory	1,168	1.49	−11.41
Turnout	78,295	57.56	−5.61
Registered electors	140,026
	JD gain from Independent	Swing	-5.27

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Vijayaraghavan	30,127	39.53
	DMK	Jeyaraj. A. M	20,296	26.63
	INC	Stanislaus. P. S. M	16,982	22.28
	BJP	Somaraj. T. M	7,307	9.59
	AIADMK	Selvaraj. P. M	486	0.64
	Independent	Karnan. M. M	293	0.38
	Independent	Kumar. M. P. M	201	0.26
	Independent	Ponnian. C. M	169	0.22
	Independent	Rajendran. T. M	93	0.12
	Independent	Selvaraj. S. M	81	0.11
	Independent	Mohamed Basheer	76	0.10
Margin of victory	9,831	12.90	−5.21
Turnout	76,222	63.17	1.15
Registered electors	121,736
	Independent gain from JP	Swing	-18.72

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	D. Kumaradas	36,944	58.24
	INC	Pauliah. A.	25,458	40.14
	Independent	Raajretnam. T.	448	0.71
	Independent	Thankian. A.	419	0.66
	Independent	Stanislaus. P. S.	161	0.25
Margin of victory	11,486	18.11	−7.43
Turnout	63,430	62.03	1.84
Registered electors	105,740
	JP hold	Swing	3.97

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	P. Vijayaraghavan	31,521	54.28
	DMK	Russel Raj C.	16,691	28.74
	AIADMK	Radhakrishnan R. S.	9,861	16.98
Margin of victory	14,830	25.54	−34.44
Turnout	58,073	60.18	14.76
Registered electors	97,360
	JP hold	Swing	-24.92

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	P. Vijayaraghavan	34,237	79.20
	INC	K. Thankaraj	8,309	19.22
	Independent	T. John Isac	683	1.58
Margin of victory	25,928	59.98	34.71
Turnout	43,229	45.43	−21.14
Registered electors	95,659
	JP gain from INC	Swing	16.95

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Dennis	34,573	62.25
	DMK	Russel Raj. C	20,541	36.99
	Independent	Jacinth Mendez S.	422	0.76
Margin of victory	14,032	25.27	14.07
Turnout	55,536	66.56	−4.59
Registered electors	85,361
	INC hold	Swing	19.86

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	William	21,423	42.40
	SWA	Paniadimai	15,767	31.20
	Independent	Russel Raj. C	11,887	23.53
	Independent	A. Gabriel	1,451	2.87
Margin of victory	5,656	11.19	−25.40
Turnout	50,528	71.16	15.06
Registered electors	73,403
	INC hold	Swing	-17.65

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Ponnappan Nadar	25,278	60.05
	Independent	G. Devadas	9,872	23.45
	Independent	A. Gabriel	4,271	10.15
	Independent	V. Abraham	2,676	6.36
Margin of victory	15,406	36.60
Turnout	42,097	56.09	56.09
Registered electors	78,086
	INC win (new seat)

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Nesamony	Unopposed
Registered electors	66,513
	INC win (new seat)

. Election Commission of India. Archived from on 5 October 2010.

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