Chennai South
Lok Sabha constituency
Chennai South constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Assembly constituenciesVirugampakkam
Saidapet
Thiyagarayanagar
Mylapore
Velachery
Shozhinganallur
Established1957–present
Total electors21,83,315[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyDMK
Elected year2019 Lok Sabha election

The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai South is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 3 of 39. It was formerly known as Madras South. It was created in 1957 through bifurcation of Madras Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the most populous parliamentary constituencies in South India.

Assembly segments

After 2009

After delimitation, Chennai South consists of following constituencies

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party
22. Virugampakkam None Chennai DMK
23. Saidapet None DMK
24. Thiyagarayanagar None DMK
25. Mylapore None DMK
26. Velachery None INC
27. Shozhinganallur None DMK
Chennai North constituency as laid out by 1971 Delimitation. The boundaries for this constituency lasted until 2004 election, which was then replaced by 2008 Delimitation.

Before 2009

Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

  1. Triplicane
  2. Mylapore
  3. Saidapet
  4. Alandur
  5. Tambaram
  6. Theagaraya Nagar

Members of the Parliament

Year Winner Party Runner-up Party
1957 T. T. Krishnamachari Indian National Congress P. Balasubramania Mudaliar IND
1962 Nanjil K. Manoharan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. R. Ramaswamy INC
1967 C. N. Annadurai K. Gurumurti INC
1967 (by-election) Murasoli Maran C. R. Ramaswamy INC
1971 Murasoli Maran Narasimhan SWA
1977 R. Venkataraman Indian National Congress Murasoli Maran DMK
1980 Indian National Congress E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath AIADMK
1984 Vyjayanthimala Bali Indian National Congress Era. Sezhiyan JNP
1989 Aladi Aruna DMK
1991 R. Sridharan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. R. Baalu DMK
1996 T. R. Baalu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam H. Ganesham AIADMK
1998 Jana Krishnamurthy BJP
1999 V. Dhandayuthapani INC
2004 Bader Sayeed AIADMK
2009 C. Rajendran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. S. Bharathy DMK
2014 J. Jayavardhan T. K. S. Elangovan DMK
2019 Thamizhachi Thangapandian[3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. Jayavardhan AIADMK

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2019
 
 50.28%
2014
 
 41.34%
2009
 
 42.38%
2004
 
 60.41%
1999
 
 60.03%
1998
 
 48.17%
1996
 
 61.97%
1991
 
 56.66%
1989
 
 53.91%
1984
 
 51.92%
1980
 
 60.34%
1977
 
 50.79%
1971
 
 52.09%
By-Election 1967
 
  %
1967
 
 59.38%
1962
 
 44.73%
1957
 
 45.93%
1951
 
 40.66%

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Thamizhachi Thangapandian 564,872 50.28% 21.84%
AIADMK Dr. J. Jayavardhan 3,02,649 26.94% -14.40%
MNM R. Rangarajan 1,35,465 12.06%
NTK A. J. Sherine 50,222 4.47%
Independent Dr. E. Subaya (A) Esakki Subaya 29,522 2.63%
NOTA None Of The Above 16,891 1.50% -0.42%
Margin of victory 2,62,223 23.34% 10.44%
Turnout 11,23,410 56.92% -1.61%
Registered electors 19,73,533 9.90%
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 8.94%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Dr. J. Jayavardhan 434,540 41.34% -1.04%
DMK T. K. S. Elangovan 2,98,965 28.44% -9.42%
BJP La. Ganesan 2,58,262 24.57% 18.67%
INC S. V. Ramani 24,276 2.31%
NOTA None Of The Above 20,229 1.92%
AAP V. S. Chandirakumar 17,208 1.64%
Margin of victory 1,35,575 12.90% 8.37%
Turnout 10,51,180 58.54% -4.12%
Registered electors 17,95,776 54.53%
AIADMK hold Swing -1.04%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK C. Rajendran 308,567 42.38% 5.59%
DMK R. S. Bharathy 2,75,632 37.86% -22.56%
DMDK V. Gopinath 67,291 9.24%
BJP La. Ganesan 42,925 5.90%
Independent E. Sarath Babu 15,885 2.18%
Margin of victory 32,935 4.52% -19.10%
Turnout 11,62,062 62.66% 14.73%
Rejected ballots 16 0.00%
Registered electors 7,28,092 -40.40%
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -18.03%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK T. R. Baalu 564,578 60.41% 0.38%
AIADMK Bader Sayeed 3,43,838 36.79%
Margin of victory 2,20,740 23.62% -2.03%
Turnout 9,34,548 47.93% 2.77%
Rejected ballots 29 0.00%
Registered electors 19,49,904 -5.99%
DMK hold Swing 0.38%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK T. R. Baalu 562,221 60.03% -1.93%
INC V. Dhandayuthapani 3,22,037 34.39%
TMC(M) Muktha V. Srinivasan 38,700 4.13%
Independent M. Raja 4,309 0.46%
Margin of victory 2,40,184 25.65% -13.37%
Turnout 9,36,522 45.15% -11.13%
Registered electors 20,74,130 7.09%
DMK hold Swing -1.93%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK T. R. Baalu 432,913 48.17%
BJP Jana Krishnamurthi 4,12,899 45.94%
INC M. P. Subramanyam 44,549 4.96%
Margin of victory 20,014 2.23% -36.79%
Turnout 8,98,798 47.35% -8.94%
Registered electors 19,36,771 23.14%
DMK hold Swing -13.80%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK T. R. Baalu 538,697 61.97% 27.31%
AIADMK H. Ganesham 1,99,516 22.95% -33.71%
Independent Asha Menon @ Revathi 42,906 4.94%
BJP V. Maitreyan 34,356 3.95% -0.04%
MDMK R. Senguttuvan 29,838 3.43%
PMK K. V. Sivaraman 13,540 1.56%
Margin of victory 3,39,181 39.02% 17.01%
Turnout 8,69,334 56.28% 3.10%
Registered electors 15,72,764 11.50%
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 5.30%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. Sridharan 418,493 56.66%
DMK T. R. Baalu 2,55,965 34.66% -4.04%
BJP R. S. Narayanaswami 29,480 3.99%
PMK K. V. Sivaraman 19,840 2.69%
JP H. V. Hande 7,662 1.04%
Margin of victory 1,62,528 22.01% 6.79%
Turnout 7,38,558 53.19% -6.53%
Registered electors 14,10,540 0.91%
AIADMK gain from INC Swing 2.75%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vyjayanthimala 445,864 53.91% 1.99%
DMK Aladi Aruna 3,20,020 38.70%
Independent Ayilam Panchapakesa Venkateswaran 24,967 3.02%
PMK V. Sivaraman Alias Saidai K. V. Siva 22,234 2.69%
Margin of victory 1,25,844 15.22% 7.80%
Turnout 8,27,014 59.72% -6.12%
Registered electors 13,97,773 37.20%
INC hold Swing 1.99%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vyjayanthimala 336,353 51.92%
JP Era Sezhiyan 2,88,336 44.51%
Independent V. Kulothungacholan 3,173 0.49%
Independent M. Madhavan 2,999 0.46%
Independent Era Kulasekaran 2,908 0.45%
Margin of victory 48,017 7.41% -14.67%
Turnout 6,47,851 65.84% -2.25%
Registered electors 10,18,795 25.49%
INC gain from INC(I) Swing -8.42%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Ramaswamy Venkataraman 328,836 60.34%
AIADMK E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath 2,08,474 38.25%
Margin of victory 1,20,362 22.09% 18.96%
Turnout 5,44,980 68.09% 9.37%
Registered electors 8,11,849 -0.86%
INC(I) gain from INC Swing 9.55%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ramaswamy Venkataraman 241,033 50.79%
DMK Murasoli Maran 2,26,204 47.66% -4.42%
Independent S. Srinivasan 2,676 0.56%
Margin of victory 14,829 3.12% -1.05%
Turnout 4,74,577 58.72% -8.60%
Registered electors 8,18,878 10.41%
INC gain from DMK Swing -1.30%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Murasoli Maran 253,626 52.09% -7.30%
SWA Nara Simhan 2,33,285 47.91%
Margin of victory 20,341 4.18% -15.44%
Turnout 4,86,911 67.32% -6.29%
Registered electors 7,41,660 28.98%
DMK hold Swing -7.30%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK C. N. Annadurai 248,099 59.38% 14.65%
INC K. Gurumurti 1,66,121 39.76% 13.33%
ABJS R. M. A. Chettiar 2,601 0.62%
Margin of victory 81,978 19.62% 1.32%
Turnout 4,17,783 73.60% 2.00%
Registered electors 5,75,015 18.14%
DMK hold Swing 14.65%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Nanjil K. Manoharan 151,917 44.73%
INC C. R. Ramaswamy 89,771 26.43% -19.50%
TNP E. V. K. Sampath 63,768 18.78%
Independent M. Ganapathy 34,169 10.06%
Margin of victory 62,146 18.30% 12.59%
Turnout 3,39,625 71.61% 34.07%
Registered electors 4,86,728 3.12%
DMK gain from INC Swing -1.20%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC T. T. Krishnamachari 81,390 45.93% 5.28%
Independent P. Balasubramania Mudaliar 71,284 40.23%
Independent H. D. Rajah 24,516 13.84%
Margin of victory 10,106 5.70% -2.58%
Turnout 1,77,190 37.54% -15.36%
Registered electors 4,72,017 27.81%
INC hold Swing 5.28%

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC T. T. Krishnamachari 79,431 40.66% 40.66%
Justice Party Dr. Balasubramanyam 63,254 32.38%
SP Srinivasa Ramanujan 16,835 8.62%
Independent Krishna Pillai 10,555 5.40%
All India Republican Party Ramanathan 9,535 4.88%
KMPP Achar 7,252 3.71%
Independent Ramanathan Chettiar 5,953 3.05%
HM Srinivasa Iyer 2,555 1.31%
Margin of victory 16,177 8.28%
Turnout 1,95,370 52.90%
Registered electors 3,69,299 0.00%
INC win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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