Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency

Chennai Central
Chennai Central
Lok Sabha constituency
	Chennai Central constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Villivakkam ; Egmore ; Harbour ; Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni ; Thousand Lights ; Anna Nagar
Established	1977
Total electors	14,65,323
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Dayanidhi Maran
Party	DMK
Elected year	2024 Election

Last updated January 02, 2025

The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai Central is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 4 of 39. 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

#	Name	District	Member
14	Villivakkam	Chennai	A. Vetriazhagan	DMK
16	Egmore (SC)		I. Paranthamen	DMK
18	Harbour		P. K. Sekar Babu	DMK
19	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni		Udhayanidhi Stalin	DMK
20	Thousand Lights		Ezhilan Naganathan	DMK
21	Anna Nagar		M. K. Mohan	DMK

Before 2009

Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[5]

SI No.	Name
1.	Park Town (defunct)
2.	Purasawalkam (defunct)
3.	Egmore (SC)
4.	Anna Nagar
5.	Thousand Lights
6.	Chepauk (defunct)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winner
1977	P. Ramachandran	Indian National Congress (O)
1980	A. Kalanithi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	A. Kalanithi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	Era. Anbarasu	Indian National Congress
1991	Era. Anbarasu	Indian National Congress
1996	Murasoli Maran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998
1999
2004	Dayanidhi Maran
2009	Dayanidhi Maran
2014	S. R. Vijayakumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	Dayanidhi Maran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024	Dayanidhi Maran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			56.65%
2019			57.36%
2014			42.03%
2009			46.83%
2004			61.68%
1999			59.00%
1998			51.73%
1996			69.02%
1991			56.40%
1989			53.35%
1984			58.21%
1980			59.54%
1977			56.52%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dayanidhi Maran	413,848	56.65	0.71
	BJP	Vinoj P. Selvam	1,69,159	23.16	New
	DMDK	Parthasarathy	72,016	9.86	New
	NTK	Dr. R. Karthikeyan	46,031	6.30	2.35
	NOTA	None of the above	11,163	1.53	0.24
Margin of victory			244,689	33.49	4.97
Turnout			730,549	53.96	4.79
	DMK hold		Swing	0.71

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dayanidhi Maran	448,911	57.36	+21.10
	PMK	S. R. Sam Paul	147,391	18.83
	MNM	Kameela Nasser	92,249	11.79
	NTK	Dr. R. Karthikeyan	30,886	3.95
	SDPI	Sheik Mohamed	23,741	3.03
	NOTA	None Of The Above	13,822	1.77	−1.00
Margin of victory			3,01,520	38.52	32.74
Turnout			7,82,686	58.75	−0.96
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.32

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. R. Vijayakumar	333,296	42.03	+0.69
	DMK	Dayanidhi Maran	287,455	36.25	−10.58
	DMDK	J. Constandine Ravindran	114,798	14.48	+8.09
	INC	C. D. Meyyappan	25,981	3.28
	NOTA	None Of The Above	21,959	2.77
	AAP	J. Prabhakar	19,553	2.47
Margin of victory			45,841	5.78	+0.30
Turnout			792,935	59.71	−1.28
Registered electors			13,28,038		+32.71
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-4.80

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dayanidhi Maran	285,783	46.83	−14.86
	AIADMK	S. M. K. Mogamed Ali Jinnah	2,52,329	41.35	+5.83
	DMDK	V. V. Ramakrishnan	38,959	6.38
	MNMK	S. Hyder Ali	13,160	2.16
Margin of victory			33,454	5.48	−20.68
Turnout			10,00,705	60.98	+11.92
	DMK hold		Swing	-14.86

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dayanidhi Maran	316,329	61.68%	2.68%
	AIADMK	N. Balaganga	1,82,151	35.52%	−1.32%
	JP	G. Venkatesan	2,896	0.56%
Margin of victory			1,34,178	26.16%	4.00%
Turnout			5,12,820	49.06%	0.60%
Rejected ballots			33	0.01%
Registered electors			10,45,260		−18.02%
	DMK hold		Swing	2.68%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Murasoli Maran	364,565	59.00%	−10.02%
	AIADMK	M. Abdul Lathief	2,27,616	36.84%
	PT	R. Janaki Ammal	5,046	0.82%
	Independent	V. G. Loganathan	3,815	0.62%
	Independent	S. Ranganathan	3,561	0.58%
	Independent	M. Dominic Savio	2,613	0.42%
Margin of victory			1,36,949	22.16%	−25.77%
Turnout			6,17,900	48.46%	−9.22%
Registered electors			12,75,067		5.66%
	DMK hold		Swing	-10.02%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Murasoli Maran	300,774	51.73%
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	2,29,047	39.39%
	INC	R. Anbarasu	44,061	7.58%
Margin of victory			71,727	12.34%	−35.59%
Turnout			5,81,449	49.50%	−8.19%
Registered electors			12,06,719		16.41%
	DMK hold		Swing	-17.29%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Murasoli Maran	403,867	69.02%	31.27%
	INC	G. K. J. Bharathi	1,23,400	21.09%	−35.32%
	MDMK	Prof. S. Krishnasamy	21,682	3.71%
	BJP	G. Kumaravelu	19,948	3.41%	−0.07%
	PMK	D. Anbazhagan	7,654	1.31%
Margin of victory			2,80,467	47.93%	29.28%
Turnout			5,85,149	57.69%	3.40%
Registered electors			10,36,649		0.23%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	12.61%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Era. Anbarasu	312,302	56.40%	3.05%
	DMK	N. V. N. Somu	2,09,031	37.75%	−4.86%
	BJP	B. Rajendra Kumar	19,262	3.48%	1.50%
	PMK	D. Anbazhagan	7,472	1.35%
Margin of victory			1,03,271	18.65%	7.91%
Turnout			5,53,679	54.28%	−6.47%
Registered electors			10,34,301		0.73%
	INC hold		Swing	3.05%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Era. Anbarasu	329,739	53.35%
	DMK	A. Kalanidhi	2,63,333	42.61%	−15.61%
	BJP	B. Rajendra Kumar	12,215	1.98%
	PMK	K. Raghunathan	4,454	0.72%
Margin of victory			66,406	10.74%	−7.20%
Turnout			6,18,029	60.76%	−3.38%
Registered electors			10,26,829		18.99%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-4.86%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Kalanithi	313,848	58.21%	−1.32%
	GKC	E. Earnest Paul	2,17,104	40.27%
	Independent	Bastimal Surana	2,595	0.48%
Margin of victory			96,744	17.94%	−3.61%
Turnout			5,39,119	64.14%	−3.78%
Registered electors			8,62,989		18.71%
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.32%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Kalanidhi	290,199	59.54%
	JP	P. Ramachandran	1,85,150	37.99%
	INC(U)	P. Rajagopalan	6,172	1.27%
Margin of victory			1,05,049	21.55%	5.56%
Turnout			4,87,409	67.93%	13.81%
Registered electors			7,26,953		−15.50%
	DMK gain from INC(O)		Swing	3.02%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(O)	P. Ramachandran	259,437	56.52%
	AIADMK	K. Raja Mohamed	1,86,026	40.52%
	Independent	V. N. Bajpai	7,013	1.53%
	Independent	Subramaniam Alias P. N. S. Mani	2,565	0.56%
	Independent	Abdul Gaffoor	2,092	0.46%
Margin of victory			73,411	15.99%
Turnout			4,59,054	54.12%
Registered electors			8,60,316
	INC(O) win (new seat)

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References

↑ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Safe distance : Paper train on test". The Indian Express. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
↑ "Voter Paper Audit at 4K Booths for Polls". newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
↑ "Officials to spread awareness about paper trail system". 8 March 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2018– via www.thehindu.com.
↑ "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.

"Statistical reports of Lok Sabha elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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[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. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. 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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