Killiyoor Assembly constituency

Killiyoor
Killiyoor
Constituency No. 234 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanniyakumari
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanniyakumari
Established	1951
Total electors	247,289
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent S. Rajeshkumar
Party	INC
Alliance	TVK+
Elected year	2026

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

Travancore-Cochin

Year	Winner	Party
1952	R. Ponnappan Nadar		Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress
1954

Madras State

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

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	N. Dennis	Indian National Congress
1977	P. Vijayaraghavan	Janata Party
1980	P. Vijayaraghavan
1984	D. Kumaradas
1989	P. Vijayaraghavan	Independent
1991	D. Kumaradas	Janata Dal
1996		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001		Tamil Maanila Congress
2006	S. John Jacob	Indian National Congress
2011	S. John Jacob
2016	S. Rajeshkumar
2021
2026

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2026			37.42%
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^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Rajeshkumar	66,434	37.42	22.34
	TVK	S.Sabin	65,123	36.68	New
	TMC(M) (BJP)	Nivin Simon. J	31,070	17.5
	NTK	Himlar	12,764	7.19	1.39
	NOTA	None of the above	502	0.28	0.16
Margin of victory			1,311	0.74	31.86
Turnout			1,77,534	71.79	5.25
Registered electors			2,47,289
	INC hold		Swing	22.34

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor^[3]
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	D. Kumaradas	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			136,544	63.90	4.15
Registered electors			213,668
	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	D. Kumaradas	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^[4]
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^[5]
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 hold		Swing

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	A. Nesamony	Unopposed
Registered electors			66,513
	INC gain from TTNC		Swing

1954

1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election: Killiyoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTNC	Ponnappan Nadar	17,113	85.61
	INC	Gabrial	2,877	14.39
Margin of victory			14,236	71.22	14.91
Turnout			19,990	55.16	−11.26
Registered electors			36,237
	TTNC hold		Swing

1952

1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election: Killiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TTNC	R. Ponnappan Nadar	17,084	66.96
	INC	A. Gabrial	2,718	10.65
	TTP	A . Challia Nadar	1,871	7.33
	Tamil Nadu People Front	P. Samuel	1,783	6.99
	Socialist	S. Challiah	1,035	4.06
	Independent	P. Maria Arul	1,021	4.00
Margin of victory			14,366	56.31
Turnout			25,512	66.42
Registered electors			38,410
	TTNC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Result 2026 - Killiyoor". Election Commission of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 6 June 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
↑ "Killiyoor election results 2026: Congress' Rajesh Kumar S wins by 1,311 votes". The Times of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 6 June 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
↑ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2021". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
↑ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2001". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
↑ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 1984". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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[election2021-3] "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2021". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

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