| Chennai Central | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
Chennai Central constituency, post-2008 delimitation
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Assembly constituencies | Villivakkam Egmore Harbour Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Thousand Lights Anna Nagar |
| Established | 1977 |
| Total electors | 14,65,323[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | DMK |
| Elected year | 2019 Election |
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]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Villivakkam | Chennai | A. Vetriazhagan | DMK | |
| 16 | Egmore (SC) | I. Paranthamen | DMK | ||
| 18 | Harbour | P. K. Sekar Babu | DMK | ||
| 19 | Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni | Udhayanidhi Stalin | DMK | ||
| 20 | Thousand Lights | Ezhilan Naganathan | DMK | ||
| 21 | Anna Nagar | M. K. Mohan | DMK | ||
Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[5]
| SI No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1. | Park Town (defunct) |
| 2. | Purasawalkam (defunct) |
| 3. | Egmore (SC) |
| 4. | Anna Nagar |
| 5. | Thousand Lights |
| 6. | Chepauk (defunct) |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Dayanidhi Maran | 413,848 | 56.65% |  0.71
| |
| BJP | Vinoj P. Selvam | 1,69,159 | 23.16% | New | |
| DMDK | Parthasarathy | 72,016 | 9.86% | ||
| NTK | Dr. R. Karthikeyan | 46,031 | 6.3% |  2.35
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 11,163 | 1.53% | 0.24
| |
| Margin of victory | 244,689 | 33.49% | 4.97
| ||
| Turnout | 730,549 | 53.96% | 4.79
| ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| DMK hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |||
| Party | 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% | |||
| Party | 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% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |||
| Party | 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 from INC | Swing | 12.61% | |||
| Party | 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% | |||
| Party | 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 from DMK | Swing | -4.86% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | A.Kalanithi | 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% | |||
| Party | 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 from INC | Swing | 3.02% | |||
| Party | 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 win (new seat) | |||||
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