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#REDIRECT [[Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency]]
{{Short description|Parliamentary Constituency in Tamil Nadu, in  India.}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Chennai South
|image        = chennai south lok sabha constituency.png
|caption = Chennai South constituency, post-2008 delimitation
|Existence = 1957–present
|Reservation =None
|CurrentMPParty = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|CurrentMP = [[Thamizhachi Thangapandian]]
|ElectedByYear = [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2019|2019 Lok Sabha election]]
|State = [[Tamil Nadu]]
|AssemblyConstituencies =  [[Virugambakkam (State Assembly Constituency)|Virugampakkam]]<br />  [[Saidapet (State Assembly Constituency)|Saidapet]]<br /> [[Theagaraya Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiyagarayanagar]]<br />  [[Mylapore (State Assembly Constituency)|Mylapore]]<br />  [[Velachery (State Assembly Constituency)|Velachery]]<br />  [[Sholinganallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Shozhinganallur]]
|Electorate = 21,83,315<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802000135/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |date=2 August 2013 }}</ref>
|Successful Party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] (8 times)
}}
The [[Lok Sabha]] [[constituency]] '''Chennai South''' is one of three constituencies in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. It was formerly known as '''Madras South'''. It was created in 1957 through bifurcation of [[Chennai|Madras]] Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the most populous parliamentary constituencies in South India.
 
[[C. N. Annadurai]], the first non-Congress chief minister of Tamil Nadu resigned his seat in 1967 after he was nominated for chief ministership.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} It was later contested and won by Murasoli Maran.
 
==Assembly segments==
===After 2009===
After delimitation, Chennai South consists of following constituencies
{|class="wikitable" width="500px" 
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
!Party
|-
|22.
|[[Virugambakkam (State Assembly Constituency)|Virugampakkam]]
|None
|[[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|-
|23.
|[[Saidapet (State Assembly Constituency)|Saidapet]]
|None
|[[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|-
|24.
|[[Theagaraya Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiyagarayanagar]]
|None
|[[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|-
|25.
|[[Mylapore (State Assembly Constituency)|Mylapore]]
|None
|[[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|-
|26.
| [[Velachery (state assembly constituency)|Velachery]]
|None
|[[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|27.
| [[Sholinganallur (state assembly constituency)|Shozhinganallur]]
|None
|[[Chengalpattu district|Chengalpattu]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|-
|}
[[File:1971 delimitation chennai south lok sabha constituency.png|thumb|left|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:<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|title=List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
|access-date=2008-10-08
|work=Tamil Nadu
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031131000/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|archive-date=2008-10-31
}}</ref>
#[[Triplicane (State Assembly Constituency)|Triplicane]]
#[[Mylapore (State Assembly Constituency)|Mylapore]]
#[[Saidapet (State Assembly Constituency)|Saidapet]]
#[[Alandur (State Assembly Constituency)|Alandur]]
#[[Tambaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Tambaram]]
#
#[[Theagaraya Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Theagaraya Nagar]]
#
#
 
==Members of the Parliament==
{| width="80%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #DEE8F1 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Runner-up
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
|----
|1957
|[[T. T. Krishnamachari]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[P. Balasubramania Mudaliar]]
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|----
|1962
|[[Nanjil K. Manoharan]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[C. R. Ramaswamy]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|----
|1967
|[[C. N. Annadurai]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[K. Gurumurti]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|----
|1967 (by-election)
|[[Murasoli Maran]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[C. R. Ramaswamy]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|----
|1971
|[[Murasoli Maran]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[Narasimhan]]
|[[Swatantra Party|SWA]]
|----
|1977
|[[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[Murasoli Maran]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|----
|1980
|[[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)|INC (I)]]
|[[E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|----
|1984
|[[Vyjayanthimala Bali]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[Era. Sezhiyan]]
|[[Janata Party|JNP]]
|----
|1989
|[[Vyjayanthimala Bali]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[Aladi Aruna]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|----
|1991
|[[R. Sridharan (politician)|R. Sridharan]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|[[T. R. Baalu]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|----
|1996
|[[T. R. Baalu]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[H. Ganesham]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|----
|1998
|[[T. R. Baalu]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[Jana Krishnamurthy]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|----
|1999
|[[T. R. Baalu]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[V. Dhandayuthapani]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|----
|2004
|[[T. R. Baalu]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[Bader Sayeed]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|----
|2009
|[[C. Rajendran]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|[[R. S. Bharathy]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|----
|2014
|[[J. Jayavardhan]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|[[T. K. S. Elangovan]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|----
|2019
|[[Thamizhachi Thangapandian]]<ref>{{cite web|title=General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10277-general-election-to-the-17th-lok-sabha-2019-list-of-members-elected/|page=26|format=PDF|publisher=Election Commission of India|date=25 May 2019|access-date=2 June 2019|location=New Delhi}}</ref>
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[J. Jayavardhan]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|----
|}
 
== Election results ==
 
===2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[South Chennai|Chennai South]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party      = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| candidate  = [[Thamizhachi Thangapandian]]
| votes      = 5,64,872
| percentage = 50.17
| change    = +22.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party      = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| candidate  = [[J. Jayavardhan|Dr. J. Jayavardhan]]
| votes      = 3,02,649
| percentage = 26.88
| change    = -13.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party      = Makkal Needhi Maiam
| candidate  = R. Rangarajan
| votes      = 1,35,465
| percentage = 12.03
| change    = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party      = Naam Tamilar Katchi
| candidate  = A.J. Sherine
| votes      = 50,222
| percentage = 4.46
| change    = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate
| party      = [[None of the above|NOTA]]
| candidate  = [[None of the Above]]
| votes      = 16,891
| percentage = 1.50
| change    = -0.36
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes      = 2,62,223
| percentage = 23.29
| change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes      = 11,26,341
| percentage = 57.07
| change    = +3.37
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| loser  = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| swing  = +22.52
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[South Chennai|Chennai South]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party      = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| candidate  = [[J. Jayavardhan|Dr. J. Jayavardhan]]
| votes      = 4,34,540
| percentage = 40.03
| change    = -2.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party      = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| candidate  =[[T. K. S. Elangovan]]
| votes      = 2,98,965
| percentage = 27.65
| change    = -10.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate  = [[La Ganesan]]
| votes      = 2,58,262
| percentage = 23.79
| change    = +17.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party      = Indian National Congress
| candidate  = S. V. Ramani
| votes      = 24,276
| percentage = 2.24
| change    = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party      = Aam Aadmi Party
| candidate  = M. Jahir Hussain
| votes      = 17,172
| percentage = 1.59
| change    = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate
| party      = [[None of the above|NOTA]]
| candidate  = [[None of the Above]]
| votes      = 20,229
| percentage = 1.86
| change    = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes      = 1,35,575
| percentage = 12.38
| change    = +7.86
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes      = 10,85,402
| percentage = 60.44
| change    = -2.22
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Redirect category shell|
=== 2009 ===
{{R from move}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[South Chennai|Chennai South]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |candidate  = [[C. Rajendran]]
  |votes      = 3,08,567
  |percentage = 42.38
  |change    =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |candidate  = R. S. Bharathy
  |votes      = 2,75,632
  |percentage = 37.86
  |change    =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
  |candidate  = V. Gopinath
  |votes      = 67,291
  |percentage = 9.24
  |change    =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = [[La Ganesan]]
  |votes      = 42,925
  |percentage = 5.90
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
  |party      = [[Independent politician|IND.]]
  |candidate  = E. Sarath Babu
  |votes      = 15,885
  |percentage = 2.18
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 32,935
  |percentage = 4.52
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 7,28,113
  |percentage = 62.66
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |loser      = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections]]: [[South Chennai|Madras South]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |candidate  = [[T. R. Baalu]]
  |votes      = 5,64,578
  |percentage = 60.37
  |change    = +0.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |candidate  = Bader Sayeed
  |votes      = 3,43,838
  |percentage = 36.77
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Vasudevan
  |votes      = 4,006
  |percentage = 0.40
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 2,20,740
  |percentage = 23.60
  |change    = -2.04
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 9,35,143
  |percentage = 47.96
  |change    = +2.80
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |swing      = +0.34
}}
{{Election box end}}
===1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election]]: [[Chennai|Madras South]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |candidate  = [[T.R.Baalu]]
  |votes      = 5,62,221
  |percentage = 60.03
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = V. Dhanda Yudhapani
  |votes      = 3,22,037
  |percentage = 34.39
  |change    = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Tamil Maanila Congress
  |candidate  =V. Muktha Srinivasan
  |votes      =  38,700
  |percentage = 4.10
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 2,40,184
  |percentage = 25.65
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 9,36,541
  |percentage = 45.15
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==References==
* http://164.100.24.209/newls/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=13{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070328231518/http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S22/partycomp03.htm ECI, Chennai South]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190407185208/https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/tamilnadu/chennai_south/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Chennai South lok sabha  constituency election 2019 date and schedule]
==See also==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110808142308/http://www.thesouthchennai.com/ South chennai Latest News]
* [[Chennai]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}
{{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chennai South (Lok Sabha Constituency)}}
[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Politics of Chennai]]

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Chennai South
Lok Sabha Constituency
Chennai South constituency, post-2008 delimitation
IncumbentThamizhachi Thangapandian
Parliamentary PartyDMK
Elected Year2019 Lok Sabha election
Constituency Details
Established1957–present
ReservationNone
StateTamil Nadu
Total Electors21,83,315[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesVirugampakkam
Saidapet
Thiyagarayanagar
Mylapore
Velachery
Shozhinganallur

The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai South is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. 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.

C. N. Annadurai, the first non-Congress chief minister of Tamil Nadu resigned his seat in 1967 after he was nominated for chief ministership.[citation needed] It was later contested and won by Murasoli Maran.

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

After 2009[edit | edit source]

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 Chennai DMK
24. Thiyagarayanagar None Chennai DMK
25. Mylapore None Chennai DMK
26. Velachery None Chennai INC
27. Shozhinganallur None Chengalpattu 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[edit | edit source]

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

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

Members of the Parliament[edit | edit source]

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

Election results[edit | edit source]

2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Thamizhachi Thangapandian 5,64,872 50.17 +22.52
AIADMK Dr. J. Jayavardhan 3,02,649 26.88 −13.15
MNM R. Rangarajan 1,35,465 12.03 New
NTK A.J. Sherine 50,222 4.46 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 16,891 1.50 -0.36
Majority 2,62,223 23.29
Turnout 11,26,341 57.07 +3.37
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing +22.52

2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Dr. J. Jayavardhan 4,34,540 40.03 −2.35
DMK T. K. S. Elangovan 2,98,965 27.65 −10.21
BJP La Ganesan 2,58,262 23.79 +17.89
INC S. V. Ramani 24,276 2.24 N/A
AAP M. Jahir Hussain 17,172 1.59 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 20,229 1.86 N/A
Majority 1,35,575 12.38 +7.86
Turnout 10,85,402 60.44 −2.22
AIADMK hold Swing

2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Chennai South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK C. Rajendran 3,08,567 42.38
DMK R. S. Bharathy 2,75,632 37.86
DMDK V. Gopinath 67,291 9.24
BJP La Ganesan 42,925 5.90
IND. E. Sarath Babu 15,885 2.18
Majority 32,935 4.52
Turnout 7,28,113 62.66
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing

2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Indian general elections: Madras South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK T. R. Baalu 5,64,578 60.37 +0.34
AIADMK Bader Sayeed 3,43,838 36.77
BSP Vasudevan 4,006 0.40
Majority 2,20,740 23.60 −2.04
Turnout 9,35,143 47.96 +2.80
DMK hold Swing +0.34

1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Indian general election: Madras South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK T.R.Baalu 5,62,221 60.03
INC V. Dhanda Yudhapani 3,22,037 34.39 n/a
TMC(M) V. Muktha Srinivasan 38,700 4.10
Majority 2,40,184 25.65
Turnout 9,36,541 45.15
DMK hold Swing

References[edit | edit source]

  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.

External links[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

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