Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency)
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.
| Chennai South | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha Constituency | |
 Chennai South constituency, post-2008 delimitation | |
| Incumbent | Thamizhachi Thangapandian |
| Parliamentary Party | DMK |
| Elected Year | 2019 Lok Sabha election |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 1957–present |
| Reservation | None |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Total Electors | 21,83,315[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies | Virugampakkam Saidapet Thiyagarayanagar Mylapore Velachery Shozhinganallur |
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 segmentsEdit
After 2009Edit
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 |
Before 2009Edit
Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
Members of the ParliamentEdit
| 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 resultsEdit
2019Edit
| 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 | |||
2014Edit
| 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 | ||||
2009Edit
| 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 | ||||
2004Edit
| 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 | |||
1999Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | T.R.Baalu | 5,62,221 | 60.03 | ||
| INC | V. Dhanda Yudhapani | 3,22,037 | 34.39 | n/a | |
| TMC | V. Muktha Srinivasan | 38,700 | 4.10 | ||
| Majority | 2,40,184 | 25.65 | |||
| Turnout | 9,36,541 | 45.15 | |||
| DMK hold | Swing | ||||
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.