The Nagercoil assembly constituency in poll-bound Tamil Nadu falls under the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha segment. In the 2021 assembly elections, it was one of the four seats won by the BJP, with MR Gandhi emerging as the MLA. Gandhi defeated DMK’s N Suresh Ranjan by 11,669 votes, reversing the 2016 result when Ranjan had beaten Gandhi by 20,956 votes. Located in Kanyakumari district, the Nagercoil constituency had 254,201 registered voters for the 2021 polls, with a turnout of 72per cent, as 183,225 electors cast their votes.