Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: A contest between Left and AIADMK in Nagapattinam

Nagapattinam is a stronghold of the communists with Left candidates emerging victorious from this seat six times.

Nagapattinam is among the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu that goes to polls on April 18. This is a reserved seat for scheduled castes. Dr K Gopal of the AIADMK won this seat in 2014 defeating AKS Vijayan of the DMK by over 1 lakh votes.

Tight security outside EVM strongroom. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)

Nagapattinam is a stronghold of the communists with Left candidates emerging victorious from this seat six times.

In Lok Sabha elections 2019, the AIADMK-BJP alliance has fielded TM Saravanan from Nagapattinam while M Selvaraj, a former MP, is the candidate of the DMK-led alliance.

Rebel AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran’s party AMMK may cut into the AIADMK vote. Dinakaran’s party candidate for this seat is T Sengodi.

Tamil Nadu will vote in a single phase on April 18. The results will be declared on May 23.

Here are a few details about the Nagapattinam Lok Sabha seat:

State: Tamil Nadu

Name of the Lok Sabha constituency: Nagapattinam

2019 candidates: TM Saravanan of AIADMK, M Selvaraj of CPI

Polling date: April 18

Winning margin in 2014: 106,079

Runner up name, party: AKS Vijayan, DMK

Number of voters in 2014: 942,202

Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 77.83%

Number of women voters in 2014: 488,155

Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,425