<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, along with the 234 Assembly constituencies that go for the general elections on April 6th, the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat also faces the bypoll. In the high voltage campaign for the Assembly elections, the by-election has apparently lost its sheen in the media. However, the battle on the field in the constituency is very intense.<br />'' <br />'' AIR correspondent reports that Kanyakumari has all along been a bastion for national parties, right since the first-ever elections held in 1951. It was earlier known as the Nagercoil constituency that began to be known by the present name after the 2007 delimitation exercise.<br />'' <br />'' Kanyakumari is a popular tourist destination for being the confluence of the three seas, and also for being the southernmost tip of peninsular India. It is home for the Vivekananda Rock Memorial and the towering statue of the saint poet Tiruvalluvar.<br />'' <br />'' The district boasts of high social indicators like literacy and health, though its population density is high. However, lack of major industries in the ecologically fragile region is considered a major issue there. Tall leaders like Kamaraj have represented the seat earlier.<br />'' <br />'' Two of the major contestants in the byelection now include the BJP strongman Pon. Radhakrishnan, who has been a minister in the NDA Governments in the past, and the son of the deceased MP H.Vasanthakumar of the Indian National Congress, Vijay Vasanth.<br />'' <br />''<br />''While the BJP veteran is relying on his development works during his tenure, the INC's debutant seeks to ride the popularity wave of his entrepreneur father, whose demise has led to the bypoll.</span>