Parliamentary Constituency in Tamil Nadu, "in India."
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.
Assembly segments ※
After 2009 ※
After delimitation, Chennai South consists of following constituencies
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:
Triplicane (defunct)
Mylapore
Saidapet
Alandur (moved——to Sriperumpudhur)
Tambaram (moved——to Sriperumpudhur)
Thiyagarayanagar
Members of the Parliament ※
Election results ※
General Elections 2024 ※
2024 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
DMK
Thamizhachi Thangapandian
516,628
47.00
3.28
BJP
Tamilisai Soundararajan
2,90,683
26.44
New
AIADMK
J. Jayavardhan
1,72,491
15.69
11.25
NTK
S. Tamilselvi
83,972
7.64
3.17
NOTA
None of the above
15,653
1.42%
0.08
Margin of victory
2,25,945
20.55%
2.19
Turnout
10,99,321
54.17%
2.65
Registered electors
DMK hold
Swing
General Elections 2019 ※
2019 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
DMK
Thamizhachi Thangapandian
564,872
50.28%
21.84%
AIADMK
Dr. J. Jayavardhan
3,02,649
26.94%
-14.40%
MNM
R. Rangarajan
1,35,465
12.06%
NTK
A. J. Sherine
50,222
4.47%
Independent
Dr. E. Subaya (A) Esakki Subaya
29,522
2.63%
NOTA
None Of The Above
16,891
1.50%
-0.42%
Margin of victory
2,62,223
23.34%
10.44%
Turnout
11,23,410
56.92%
-1.61%
Registered electors
19,73,533
9.90%
DMK gain from AIADMK
Swing
8.94%
General Elections 2014 ※
2014 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AIADMK
Dr. J. Jayavardhan
434,540
41.34%
-1.04%
DMK
T. K. S. Elangovan
2,98,965
28.44%
-9.42%
BJP
La. Ganesan
2,58,262
24.57%
18.67%
INC
S. V. Ramani
24,276
2.31%
NOTA
None Of The Above
20,229
1.92%
AAP
V. S. Chandirakumar
17,208
1.64%
Margin of victory
1,35,575
12.90%
8.37%
Turnout
10,51,180
58.54%
-4.12%
Registered electors
17,95,776
54.53%
AIADMK hold
Swing
-1.04%
General Elections 2009 ※
2009 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AIADMK
C. Rajendran
308,567
42.38%
5.59%
DMK
R. S. Bharathy
2,75,632
37.86%
-22.56%
DMDK
V. Gopinath
67,291
9.24%
BJP
La. Ganesan
42,925
5.90%
Independent
E. Sarath Babu
15,885
2.18%
Margin of victory
32,935
4.52%
-19.10%
Turnout
11,62,062
62.66%
14.73%
Rejected ballots
16
0.00%
Registered electors
7,28,092
-40.40%
AIADMK gain from DMK
Swing
-18.03%
General Elections 2004 ※
General Elections 1999 ※
1999 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
DMK
T. R. Baalu
562,221
60.03%
-1.93%
INC
V. Dhandayuthapani
3,22,037
34.39%
TMC(M)
Muktha V. Srinivasan
38,700
4.13%
Independent
M. Raja
4,309
0.46%
Margin of victory
2,40,184
25.65%
-13.37%
Turnout
9,36,522
45.15%
-11.13%
Registered electors
20,74,130
7.09%
DMK hold
Swing
-1.93%
General Elections 1998 ※
General Elections 1996 ※
1996 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
DMK
T. R. Baalu
538,697
61.97%
27.31%
AIADMK
H. Ganesham
1,99,516
22.95%
-33.71%
Independent
Asha Menon @ Revathi
42,906
4.94%
BJP
V. Maitreyan
34,356
3.95%
-0.04%
MDMK
R. Senguttuvan
29,838
3.43%
PMK
K. V. Sivaraman
13,540
1.56%
Margin of victory
3,39,181
39.02%
17.01%
Turnout
8,69,334
56.28%
3.10%
Registered electors
15,72,764
11.50%
DMK gain from AIADMK
Swing
5.30%
General Elections 1991 ※
1991 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AIADMK
R. Sridharan
418,493
56.66%
DMK
T. R. Baalu
2,55,965
34.66%
-4.04%
BJP
R. S. Narayanaswami
29,480
3.99%
PMK
K. V. Sivaraman
19,840
2.69%
JP
H. V. Hande
7,662
1.04%
Margin of victory
1,62,528
22.01%
6.79%
Turnout
7,38,558
53.19%
-6.53%
Registered electors
14,10,540
0.91%
AIADMK gain from INC
Swing
2.75%
General Elections 1989 ※
1989 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
INC
Vyjayanthimala
445,864
53.91%
1.99%
DMK
Aladi Aruna
3,20,020
38.70%
Independent
Ayilam Panchapakesa Venkateswaran
24,967
3.02%
PMK
V. Sivaraman Alias Saidai K. V. Siva
22,234
2.69%
Margin of victory
1,25,844
15.22%
7.80%
Turnout
8,27,014
59.72%
-6.12%
Registered electors
13,97,773
37.20%
INC hold
Swing
1.99%
General Elections 1984 ※
1984 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
INC
Vyjayanthimala
336,353
51.92%
JP
Era Sezhiyan
2,88,336
44.51%
Independent
V. Kulothungacholan
3,173
0.49%
Independent
M. Madhavan
2,999
0.46%
Independent
Era Kulasekaran
2,908
0.45%
Margin of victory
48,017
7.41%
-14.67%
Turnout
6,47,851
65.84%
-2.25%
Registered electors
10,18,795
25.49%
INC gain from INC(I)
Swing
-8.42%
General Elections 1980 ※
General Elections 1977 ※
General Elections 1971 ※
General Elections 1967 ※
General Elections 1962 ※
General Elections 1957 ※
General Elections 1951 ※
1951–52 Indian general election : Chennai South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
INC
T. T. Krishnamachari
79,431
40.66%
40.66%
Justice Party
Dr. Balasubramanyam
63,254
32.38%
SP
Srinivasa Ramanujan
16,835
8.62%
Independent
Krishna Pillai
10,555
5.40%
All India Republican Party
Ramanathan
9,535
4.88%
KMPP
Achar
7,252
3.71%
Independent
Ramanathan Chettiar
5,953
3.05%
HM
Srinivasa Iyer
2,555
1.31%
Margin of victory
16,177
8.28%
Turnout
1,95,370
52.90%
Registered electors
3,69,299
0.00%
INC win (new seat)
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See also ※
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