Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Chennai South
Lok Sabha Constituency
Chennai south lok sabha constituency.png
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]

After 2009[edit]

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]

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]

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]

2019[edit]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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 V. Muktha Srinivasan 38,700 4.10
Majority 2,40,184 25.65
Turnout 9,36,541 45.15
DMK hold Swing

References[edit]

  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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See also[edit]

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