Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)

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

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.

1971 Delimitation (1977-2004)

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

2009–present

10. Thiruvottiyur
11. Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
12. Perambur
13. Kolathur
15. T.V.K.Nagar
17. Royapuram

Members of the Parliament

Year Winner Party Runner-up Party
1957 S. C. C. Anthony Pillai IND T. Chengalvarayan INC
1962 P. Srinivasan INC Abdul Samad ML
1967 Krishnan Manoharan DMK S. C. C. A. Pillai INC
1971 Krishnan Manoharan DMK S. G. Vinayaga Moorthy NCO
1977 A. V. P. Asaithambi DMK K. Manoharan ADMK
1980 G. Lakshmanan DMK M. S. Abdul Khader ADMK
1984 N. V. N. Somu DMK G. Lakshmanan INC
1989 D. Pandian INC N. V. N. Somu DMK
1991 D. Pandian INC Aladi Aruna DMK
1996 N. V. N. Somu DMK D. Pandian INC
1998 C. Kuppusami DMK R. T. Sabapathy Mohan MDMK
1999 C. Kuppusami DMK N. Soundararajan CPM
2004 C. Kuppusami DMK M.N. Sukumaran Nambiar BJP
2009 T. K. S. Elangovan DMK D. Pandian CPI
2014 T. G. Venkatesh Babu AIADMK R. Girirajan DMK

Detailed Results

2014

General Election, 2014: Chennai North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AIADMK T. G. Venkatesh Babu 4,06,704 44.67
DMK R. Girirajan 3,07,000 33.72
DMDK M. Soundarapandian 86,989 9.55
INC Biju Chacko 24,190 2.66
CPI(M) U. Vasuki 23,751 2.61
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

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

2004

Party Candidate Votes % ±
DMK C. Kuppusami 570,122 62.25 +9.55
BJP M.N. Sukumaran Nambiar 316,583 34.57 n/a
Majority 253,539 27.68 +9.81
Turnout 915,879 45.77 +1.98
DMK hold Swing +9.55
UPA gain from NDA Swing

1999

General Election, 1999: Chennai North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
DMK C. Kuppusami 471,101 53.57
CPI(M) A. Soundara Rajan 311,312 35.40 n/a
Turnout 879,473 43.79
DMK hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-10-08.

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