Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Chennai Central
Lok Sabha Constituency
Chennai central lok sabha constituency.png
Chennai Central constituency, post-2008 delimitation
IncumbentDayanidhi Maran
Parliamentary PartyDMK
Elected Year2019 Election
Constituency Details
Established1977-present
ReservationNone
StateTamil Nadu
Total Electors14,52,135[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesVillivakkam
Egmore
Harbour
Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni
Thousand Lights
Anna Nagar

The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai Central is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. 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]

Assembly segments[]

2009–present[]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
14 Villivakkam None Chennai
16 Egmore SC Chennai
18 Harbour None Chennai
19 Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni None Chennai
20 Thousand Lights None Chennai
21 Anna Nagar None Chennai

Before 2009[]

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
1. Park Town
2. Purasawalkam
3. Egmore (SC)
4. Anna Nagar
5. Thousand Lights
6. Chepauk

Members of the Parliament[]

Year Winner Party
1977 P. Ramachandran NCO
1980 A. Kalanidhi DMK
1984
1989 Era. Anbarasu INC
1991
1996 Murasoli Maran DMK
1998
1999
2004 Dayanidhi Maran DMK
2009
2014 S. R. Vijayakumar AIADMK
2019 Dayanidhi Maran DMK

Election results[]

2019[]

2019 Indian general elections: Chennai Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Dayanidhi Maran 4,48,911 57.15 +20.95
PMK 1,47,391 18.77 N/A
MNM Kameela Nasser 92,249 11.74 New
NTK Dr. R. Karthikeyan 30,886 3.93 N/A
SDPI Sheik Mohamed 23,741 3.02 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 13,822 1.76 -0.93
Majority 3,01,520 38.38
Turnout 7,85,450 58.98
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing +20.95

2014[]

2014 Indian general elections: Chennai Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. R. Vijayakumar 3,33,296 40.88
DMK Dayanidhi Maran 2,86,980 36.20
DMDK J. Constandine Ravindran 1,14,798 14.08
INC C. D. Meyyappan 25,981 3.19
AAP J. Prabhakar 19,553 2.40
NOTA None of the Above 21,959 2.69
Majority 45,841 5.62
Turnout 8,14,894 61.37
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing

2009[]

2009 Indian general elections: Chennai Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Dayanidhi Maran 2,85,783 46.82
AIADMK S. M. K. Mogamed Ali Jinnah 2,52,329 41.34
DMDK V. V. Ramakrishnan 38,959 6.38
BSP S. Hyder Ali 13,160 2.16
SHS Ramchand Raaj 613 0.10
Majority 33,454 5.48
Turnout 6,10,744 61.03
DMK hold Swing

2004[]

2004 Indian general elections: Madras Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Dayanidhi Maran 3,16,329 61.68 +2.68
AIADMK Balaganga N. 1,82,151 35.52 -1.32
Majority 1,34,178 26.16 +4.00
Turnout 5,12,853 49.06 +0.60
DMK hold Swing +2.68
UPA gain from NDA Swing

1999[]

1999 Indian general election: Madras Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Murasoli Maran 3,64,565 59.00
AIADMK 2,27,616 36.84
Majority 1,36,949 22.16
Turnout 6,17,919 48.46
DMK hold Swing

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Safe distance : Paper train on test". The Indian Express. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Voter Paper Audit at 4K Booths for Polls". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Officials to spread awareness about paper trail system". 8 March 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
  5. ^ "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.

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