Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)

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]

Chennai Central
Lok Sabha Constituency
Chennai Central constituency, post-2008 delimitation
IncumbentDayanidhi Maran
Parliamentary PartyDMK
Elected Year2019 Election
Constituency Details
StateTamil Nadu
Total Electors1,000,705[1]
Assembly Constituencies14. Villivakkam
16. Egmore (SC)
18. Harbour
19. Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni
20. Thousand Lights
21. Anna Nagar

Assembly segments
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 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

2009–present
SI No. Name MLA Party
1. Villivakkam B. Ranganathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2. Egmore (SC) K. S. Ravichandran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
3. Harbour P. K. Sekar Babu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
4. Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Vacant
5. Thousand Lights Ku. Ka. Selvam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
6. Anna Nagar M. K. Mohan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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 S. R. Sam Paul 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 M. Abdul Latheef 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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