Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chennai North
Chennai North
Lok Sabha Constituency
	Chennai North constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Incumbent	Kalanidhi Veeraswamy
Parliamentary Party	DMK
Elected Year	2019 Election
Constituency Details
Established	1957–present
Reservation	None
State	Tamil Nadu
Total Electors	16,87,461
Assembly Constituencies	Thiruvottiyur; Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar; Perambur; Kolathur; Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar ; Royapuram

Chennai North is one of the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Formerly it was known as Madras North.

Assembly segments[]

After 2009[]

After delimitation, Chennai North consists of following constituencies

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
10.	Thiruvottiyur	None	Thiruvallur
11.	Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar	None	Chennai
12.	Perambur	None	Chennai
13.	Kolathur	None	Chennai
15.	Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar	SC	Chennai
17.	Royapuram	None	Chennai

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 North constituency as laid out by 1971 Delimitation. The boundaries for this constituency lasted until 2004 election, which was then replaced by 2008 Delimitation.

1971 Delimitation (1977-2004)[]

Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]
1. Royapuram
2. Kolathur
3. T.V.K.Nagar
4. Perambur (SC)
5. Thiruvottiyur
6. Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar

Members of the Parliament[]

Year	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party
1957	S. C. C. Anthony Pillai	IND		INC
1962	P. Srinivasan	INC	Abdul Samad	ML
1967	Krishnan Manoharan	DMK	S. C. C. A. Pillai	INC
1971	Krishnan Manoharan	DMK		NCO
1977	A. V. P. Asaithambi	DMK	K. Manoharan	AIADMK
1980	G. Lakshmanan	DMK	M. S. Abdul Khader	AIADMK
1984	N. V. N. Somu	DMK	G. Lakshmanan	INC
1989	D. Pandian	UCPI	N. V. N. Somu	DMK
1991	D. Pandian	UCPI	Aladi Aruna	DMK
1996	N. V. N. Somu	DMK	D. Pandian	UCPI
1998	C. Kuppusami	DMK		MDMK
1999	C. Kuppusami	DMK	N. Soundararajan	CPM
2004	C. Kuppusami	DMK		BJP
2009	T. K. S. Elangovan	DMK	D. Pandian	CPI
2014	T. G. Venkatesh Babu	AIADMK		DMK
2019	Kalanidhi Veeraswamy^[3]	DMK	Alagaapuram R.Mohanraj	DMDK

Election Results[]

2019[]

2019 Indian general elections : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Kalanithi Veerasamy	5,90,986	61.85	+28.13
	DMDK	Azhagapuram R. Mohanraj	1,29,468	13.55	+4.00
	MNM	A G Mourya	1,03,167	10.80	New
	NTK	Kaaliyammal	60,515	6.33	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	15687	1.64	-0.28
Majority			4,61,518	48.30
Turnout			9,55,545	64.26
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	+28.13

2014[]

2014 Indian general elections: Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. G. Venkatesh Babu	4,06,704	44.67	+4.98
	DMK	R. Girirajan	3,07,000	33.72	-8.87
	DMDK	M. Soundarapandian	86,989	9.55	-0.51
	INC	Biju Chacko	24,190	2.66
	CPI (M)	U. Vasuki	23,751	2.61	-37.02
	NOTA	None of the Above	17,472	1.92
Majority			99,704	10.95
Turnout			9,10,114	64.00
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

2009[]

2009 Indian general elections: Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. K. S. Elangovan	2,81,055	42.59	-19.66
	CPI	D. Pandian	2,61,902	39.69
	DMDK	V. Yuvaraj	66,375	10.06
	BJP	Tamilisai Soundararajan	23,350	3.54	-20.03
	BSP	J. O. R. Santhashrini	3,952	0.60
Majority			19,153	2.90
Turnout			6,59,889	64.91
	DMK hold		Swing

2004[]

2004 Indian general election: Madras North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Kuppusami	5,70,122	62.25	+9.55
	BJP	M.N. Sukumaran Nambiar	3,16,583	34.57	n/a
Majority			2,53,539	27.68	+9.81
Turnout			9,15,879	45.77	+1.98
	DMK hold		Swing	+9.55

1999[]

General Election, 1999:Madras North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Kuppusami	4,71,101	53.57
	CPI (M)		3,11,312	35.40	n/a
Turnout			8,79,473	43.79
	DMK hold		Swing

1998 Indian general election: Madras North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

References[]

http://164.100.24.209/newls/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=13^{[permanent dead link]}

^ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "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.
^ "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.

External links[]

[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.

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