Parliamentary constituency in Tamil Nadu, India
TheLok Sabha constituency Chennai Central is one of three constituencies inChennai ,Tamil Nadu . Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 4 of 39. Formerly it was known asMadras Central .It is also one of the smallest constituencies in India. TheVoter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) system withEVMs was used for the first time in this Lok Sabha constituency in2014 elections.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
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. Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[ 5]
Members of the Parliament [ edit ] General Elections 2024 [ edit ] General Elections 2019 [ edit ] 2019 Indian general election : Chennai CentralParty Candidate Votes % ±% DMK Dayanidhi Maran 448,911 57.36 +21.10 PMK S. R. Sam Paul 147,391 18.83 MNM Kameela Nasser 92,249 11.79 NTK Dr. R. Karthikeyan 30,886 3.95 SDPI Sheik Mohamed 23,741 3.03 NOTA None Of The Above 13,822 1.77 −1.00 Margin of victory 3,01,520 38.52 32.74 Turnout 7,82,686 58.75 −0.96 DMK gain fromAIADMK Swing 15.32
General Elections 2014 [ edit ] 2014 Indian general election : Chennai CentralParty Candidate Votes % ±% AIADMK S. R. Vijayakumar 333,296 42.03 +0.69 DMK Dayanidhi Maran 287,455 36.25 −10.58 DMDK J. Constandine Ravindran 114,798 14.48 +8.09 INC C. D. Meyyappan 25,981 3.28 NOTA None Of The Above 21,959 2.77 AAP J. Prabhakar 19,553 2.47 Margin of victory 45,841 5.78 +0.30 Turnout 792,935 59.71 −1.28 Registered electors 13,28,038 +32.71 AIADMK gain fromDMK Swing -4.80
General Elections 2009 [ edit ] General Elections 2004 [ edit ] 2004 Indian general election : Chennai CentralParty Candidate Votes % ±% DMK Dayanidhi Maran 316,329 61.68% 2.68% AIADMK N. Balaganga 1,82,151 35.52% −1.32% JP G. Venkatesan 2,896 0.56% Margin of victory 1,34,178 26.16% 4.00% Turnout 5,12,820 49.06% 0.60% Rejected ballots 33 0.01% Registered electors 10,45,260 −18.02% DMK hold Swing 2.68%
General Elections 1999 [ edit ] 1999 Indian general election : Chennai CentralParty Candidate Votes % ±% DMK Murasoli Maran 364,565 59.00% −10.02% AIADMK M. Abdul Lathief 2,27,616 36.84% PT R. Janaki Ammal 5,046 0.82% Independent V. G. Loganathan 3,815 0.62% Independent S. Ranganathan 3,561 0.58% Independent M. Dominic Savio 2,613 0.42% Margin of victory 1,36,949 22.16% −25.77% Turnout 6,17,900 48.46% −9.22% Registered electors 12,75,067 5.66% DMK hold Swing -10.02%
General Elections 1998 [ edit ] General Elections 1996 [ edit ] 1996 Indian general election : Chennai CentralParty Candidate Votes % ±% DMK Murasoli Maran 403,867 69.02% 31.27% INC G. K. J. Bharathi 1,23,400 21.09% −35.32% MDMK Prof. S. Krishnasamy 21,682 3.71% BJP G. Kumaravelu 19,948 3.41% −0.07% PMK D. Anbazhagan 7,654 1.31% Margin of victory 2,80,467 47.93% 29.28% Turnout 5,85,149 57.69% 3.40% Registered electors 10,36,649 0.23% DMK gain fromINC Swing 12.61%
General Elections 1991 [ edit ] 1991 Indian general election : Chennai CentralParty Candidate Votes % ±% INC Era. Anbarasu 312,302 56.40% 3.05% DMK N. V. N. Somu 2,09,031 37.75% −4.86% BJP B. Rajendra Kumar 19,262 3.48% 1.50% PMK D. Anbazhagan 7,472 1.35% Margin of victory 1,03,271 18.65% 7.91% Turnout 5,53,679 54.28% −6.47% Registered electors 10,34,301 0.73% INC hold Swing 3.05%
General Elections 1989 [ edit ] 1989 Indian general election : Chennai CentralParty Candidate Votes % ±% INC Era. Anbarasu 329,739 53.35% DMK A. Kalanidhi 2,63,333 42.61% −15.61% BJP B. Rajendra Kumar 12,215 1.98% PMK K. Raghunathan 4,454 0.72% Margin of victory 66,406 10.74% −7.20% Turnout 6,18,029 60.76% −3.38% Registered electors 10,26,829 18.99% INC gain fromDMK Swing -4.86%
General Elections 1984 [ edit ] General Elections 1980 [ edit ] 1980 Indian general election : Chennai CentralParty Candidate Votes % ±% DMK A. Kalanidhi 290,199 59.54% JP P. Ramachandran 1,85,150 37.99% INC(U) P. Rajagopalan 6,172 1.27% Margin of victory 1,05,049 21.55% 5.56% Turnout 4,87,409 67.93% 13.81% Registered electors 7,26,953 −15.50% DMK gain fromINC(O) Swing 3.02%
General Elections 1977 [ edit ] 1977 Indian general election : Chennai CentralParty Candidate Votes % ±% INC(O) P. Ramachandran 259,437 56.52% AIADMK K. Raja Mohamed 1,86,026 40.52% Independent V. N. Bajpai 7,013 1.53% Independent Subramaniam Alias P. N. S. Mani 2,565 0.56% Independent Abdul Gaffoor 2,092 0.46% Margin of victory 73,411 15.99% Turnout 4,59,054 54.12% Registered electors 8,60,316 INC(O) win (new seat)
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