Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency

The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai South is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 3 of 39. 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
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Assembly ConstituenciesVirugampakkam
Saidapet
Thiyagarayanagar
Mylapore
Velachery
Shozhinganallur
Established1957–present
Total electors21,83,315[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyDMK
Elected year 2019 Lok Sabha election

Assembly segments

After 2009

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 Chennai 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

Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

  1. Triplicane
  2. Mylapore
  3. Saidapet
  4. Alandur
  5. Tambaram
  6. Theagaraya Nagar

Members of the Parliament
Year Winner Party Runner-up Party
1957 T. T. Krishnamachari Indian National Congress P. Balasubramania Mudaliar IND
1962 Nanjil K. Manoharan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. R. Ramaswamy INC
1967 C. N. Annadurai K. Gurumurti INC
1967 (by-election) Murasoli Maran C. R. Ramaswamy INC
1971 Murasoli Maran Narasimhan SWA
1977 Ramaswamy Venkataraman Indian National Congress Murasoli Maran DMK
1980 Ramaswamy Venkataraman Indian National Congress E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath AIADMK
1984 Vyjayanthimala Bali Indian National Congress Era. Sezhiyan JNP
1989 Vyjayanthimala Bali Aladi Aruna DMK
1991 R. Sridharan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. R. Baalu DMK
1996 T. R. Baalu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam H. Ganesham AIADMK
1998 T. R. Baalu Jana Krishnamurthy BJP
1999 T. R. Baalu V. Dhandayuthapani INC
2004 T. R. Baalu Bader Sayeed AIADMK
2009 C. Rajendran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. S. Bharathy DMK
2014 J. Jayavardhan T. K. S. Elangovan DMK
2019 Thamizhachi Thangapandian[3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. Jayavardhan AIADMK

Election results

General Election 2019
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

General Election 2014
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

General Election 2009
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

General Election 2004
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

General Election 1999
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(M) V. Muktha Srinivasan 38,700 4.10
Majority 2,40,184 25.65
Turnout 9,36,541 45.15
DMK hold Swing

References
  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.

See also

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