Tenkasi is a major assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, located in Tenkasi district, and is known for close electoral contests. In the 2021 assembly elections, Indian National Congress’s S. Palani Nadar won the seat by defeating Selvamohandas Pandian of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam by a margin of only 370 votes. The constituency is once again witnessing a competitive race, with the entry of Naam Tamilar Katchi’s Gaushik Pandian into the fray intensifying the competition between the major parties. Tenkasi assembly seat comes under Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2024 general elections, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s Rani Sreekumar defeated AIADMK’s K. Won the parliamentary seat by defeating Krishnasamy by a margin of 196,199 votes.