| 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 |
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 |
Before 2009[edit | edit source]
Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
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]
| 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]
| 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]
| 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]
| 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]
| 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]
- ↑ 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.