Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency
The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai Central is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 4 of 39. Formerly it was known as Madras Central.It is also one of the smallest constituencies in India. The Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) system with EVMs was used for the first time in this Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 elections.[2][3][4]
Chennai Central | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
![]() Chennai Central constituency, post-2008 delimitation | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
Assembly constituencies | Villivakkam Egmore Harbour Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Thousand Lights Anna Nagar |
Established | 1977-present |
Total electors | 14,65,323[1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
17th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | DMK |
Elected year | 2019 Election |
Assembly segments
2009–present
Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party | |
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14 | Villivakkam | None | Chennai | DMK | |
16 | Egmore | SC | DMK | ||
18 | Harbour | None | DMK | ||
19 | Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni | None | DMK | ||
20 | Thousand Lights | None | DMK | ||
21 | Anna Nagar | None | DMK |
Before 2009
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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]
SI No. | Name |
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1. | Park Town |
2. | Purasawalkam |
3. | Egmore (SC) |
4. | Anna Nagar |
5. | Thousand Lights |
6. | Chepauk |
Members of the Parliament
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1977 | P. Ramachandran | Indian National Congress | |
1980 | A. Kalanidhi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1984 | |||
1989 | Era. Anbarasu | Indian National Congress | |
1991 | |||
1996 | Murasoli Maran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1998 | |||
1999 | |||
2004 | Dayanidhi Maran | ||
2009 | |||
2014 | S. R. Vijayakumar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2019 | Dayanidhi Maran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Election results
General Elections 2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | Dayanidhi Maran | 448,911 | 57.36% | 21.10% | |
PMK | S. R. Sam Paul | 1,47,391 | 18.83% | ||
MNM | Kameela Nasser | 92,249 | 11.79% | ||
NTK | Dr. R. Karthikeyan | 30,886 | 3.95% | ||
SDPI | Sheik Mohamed @ Dhehlan Baqavi | 23,741 | 3.03% | ||
NOTA | None Of The Above | 13,822 | 1.77% | -1.00% | |
ACDP | C. S. Karnan | 5,768 | 0.74% | ||
Margin of victory | 3,01,520 | 38.52% | 32.74% | ||
Turnout | 7,82,686 | 58.75% | -0.96% | ||
Registered electors | 13,32,300 | 0.32% | |||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 15.32% | |||
General Elections 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | S. R. Vijayakumar | 333,296 | 42.03% | 0.69% | |
DMK | Dayanidhi Maran | 2,87,455 | 36.25% | -10.58% | |
DMDK | J. Constandine Ravindran | 1,14,798 | 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 | 7,92,935 | 59.71% | -1.28% | ||
Registered electors | 13,28,038 | 32.71% | |||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -4.80% | |||
General Elections 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | Dayanidhi Maran | 285,783 | 46.83% | -14.86% | |
AIADMK | S. M. K. Mogamed Ali Jinnah | 2,52,329 | 41.35% | 5.83% | |
DMDK | V. V. Ramakrishnan | 38,959 | 6.38% | ||
MNMK | S. Hyder Ali | 13,160 | 2.16% | ||
Margin of victory | 33,454 | 5.48% | -20.68% | ||
Turnout | 10,00,705 | 60.98% | 11.92% | ||
Rejected ballots | 64 | 0.01% | |||
Registered electors | 6,10,268 | -4.26% | |||
DMK hold | Swing | -14.86% | |||
General Elections 2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | Murasoli Maran | 300,774 | 51.73% | ||
AIADMK | D. Jayakumar | 2,29,047 | 39.39% | ||
INC | R. Anbarasu | 44,061 | 7.58% | ||
Margin of victory | 71,727 | 12.34% | -35.59% | ||
Turnout | 5,81,449 | 49.50% | -8.19% | ||
Registered electors | 12,06,719 | 16.41% | |||
DMK hold | Swing | -17.29% | |||
General Elections 1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 from INC | Swing | 12.61% | |||
General Elections 1991
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Era. Anbarasu | 329,739 | 53.35% | ||
DMK | A. Kalinidhi | 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 from DMK | Swing | -4.86% | |||
General Elections 1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | A. Kalanidhi | 313,848 | 58.21% | -1.32% | |
GKC | E. Earnest Paul | 2,17,104 | 40.27% | ||
Independent | Bastimal Surana | 2,595 | 0.48% | ||
Margin of victory | 96,744 | 17.94% | -3.61% | ||
Turnout | 5,39,119 | 64.14% | -3.78% | ||
Registered electors | 8,62,989 | 18.71% | |||
DMK hold | Swing | -1.32% | |||
General Elections 1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 from INC | Swing | 3.02% | |||
General Elections 1977
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 win (new seat) |
References
- GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- "Safe distance : Paper train on test". The Indian Express. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- "Voter Paper Audit at 4K Booths for Polls". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- "Officials to spread awareness about paper trail system". 8 March 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
- "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.
- "Statistical reports of Lok Sabha elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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