Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency

Chennai North
Lok Sabha constituency
Chennai North constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Thiruvottiyur Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar Perambur Kolathur Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar Royapuram
Established	1957–present
Total electors	16,87,461^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Kalanidhi Veeraswamy
Party	DMK
Elected year	2019 Election

Chennai North is one of the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 2 of 39. 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	Chennai	DMK
11.	Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar	None		DMK
12.	Perambur	None		DMK
13.	Kolathur	None		DMK
15.	Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar	SC		DMK
17.	Royapuram	None		DMK

1971 Delimitation (1977-2009)

Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]
1. Royapuram
2. Harbour (moved to Chennai Central)
3. Villivakkam (moved to Chennai Central)
4. Perambur (SC)
5. Thiruvottiyur
6. Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winner		Runner-up	Party
1957	S. C. C. Anthony Pillai	Independent	T. Chengalvarayan	INC
1962	Dr P. Srinivasan	Indian National Congress	Abdul Samad	ML
1967	Krishnan Manoharan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	S. C. C. A. Pillai	INC
1971	Krishnan Manoharan		S. G. Vinayaga Moorthy	NCO
1977	A. V. P. Asaithambi		K. Manoharan	AIADMK
1980	G. Lakshmanan		M. S. Abdul Khader	AIADMK
1984	N. V. N. Somu		G. Lakshmanan	INC
1989	D. Pandian	United Communist Party of India	N. V. N. Somu	DMK
1991	D. Pandian	United Communist Party of India	Aladi Aruna	DMK
1996	N. V. N. Somu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	D. Pandian	UCPI
1998	C. Kuppusami		R. T. Sabapathy Mohan	MDMK
1999	C. Kuppusami		N. Soundararajan	CPM
2004	C. Kuppusami		M.N. Sukumaran Nambiar	BJP
2009	T. K. S. Elangovan		D. Pandian	CPI
2014	T. G. Venkatesh Babu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	R. Girirajan	DMK
2019	Kalanidhi Veeraswamy^[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Alagaapuram R.Mohanraj	DMDK

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2019			62.03%
2014			45.56%
2009			42.60%
2004			62.25%
1999			53.57%
1998			47.11%
1996			66.11%
1991			54.61%
1989			54.84%
1984			52.20%
1980			57.33%
1977			54.26%
1971			55.03%
1967			56.32%
1962			37.67%
1957			48.71%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	DMK	Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy
	AIADMK	R. Manoharan
	NTK	Amuthini Jayaprakash
	BJP	R C. Paul Kanagaraj
	NOTA	None of the Above
Margin of victory				-
Turnout
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy	590,986	62.03%	27.64%
	DMDK	R. Mohan Raj	1,29,468	13.59%	3.84%
	MNM	A. G. Mourya	1,03,167	10.83%
	NTK	P. Kaliyammal	60,515	6.35%
	Independent	P. Santhana Krishnan	33,277	3.49%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	15,687	1.65%	-0.31%
Margin of victory			4,61,518	48.44%	37.27%
Turnout			9,52,770	64.04%	1.29%
Registered electors			14,87,681		4.59%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	16.47%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. G. Venkatesh Babu	406,704	45.56%
	DMK	R. Girirajan	3,07,000	34.39%	-8.20%
	DMDK	M. Soundarapandian	86,989	9.75%	-0.31%
	INC	Biju Chacko	24,190	2.71%
	CPI(M)	U. Vasuki	23,751	2.66%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	17,472	1.96%
	SDPI	M. Nijam Mohaideen	14,585	1.63%
	AAP	S. Srinivason	6,819	0.76%
	BSP	K. C. Pallanishamy	4,960	0.56%
Margin of victory			99,704	11.17%	8.27%
Turnout			8,92,642	62.76%	-2.14%
Registered electors			14,22,392		39.91%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.97%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. K. S. Elangovan	281,055	42.60%	-19.65%
	CPI	D. Pandian	2,61,902	39.69%
	DMDK	V. Yuvaraj	66,375	10.06%
	BJP	Tamilisai Soundararajan	23,350	3.54%	-31.03%
Margin of victory			19,153	2.90%	-24.78%
Turnout			10,16,663	64.90%	19.13%
Rejected ballots			31	0.00%
Registered electors			6,59,820		-49.19%
	DMK hold		Swing	-19.65%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Kuppusami	570,122	62.25%	8.68%
	BJP	M. N. Sukumar Nambiar	3,16,583	34.57%
	JD(U)	Muthu Gunasekaran	4,512	0.49%
Margin of victory			2,53,539	27.68%	9.51%
Turnout			9,15,865	45.77%	1.98%
Rejected ballots			6	0.00%
Registered electors			20,00,866		-1.98%
	DMK hold		Swing	8.68%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Kuppusami	471,101	53.57%	-12.54%
	CPI(M)	N. Soundararajan	3,11,312	35.40%	27.54%
	TMC(M)	J. M. Aaroon Rashid	81,192	9.23%
Margin of victory			1,59,789	18.17%	-27.90%
Turnout			8,79,473	43.79%	-12.06%
Registered electors			20,41,341		8.53%
	DMK hold		Swing	-12.54%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Kuppusami	401,322	47.11%
	MDMK	R. T. Sabapathy Mohan	3,32,229	39.00%
	CPI(M)	A. Soundara Rajan	50,590	5.94%
	INC	G. K. J. Bharathi	47,147	5.53%
	BSP	T. Devanathan	12,085	1.42%
	CPI(ML)L	S. Kumarasamy	4,100	0.48%
Margin of victory			69,093	8.11%	-37.96%
Turnout			8,51,847	46.58%	-9.27%
Registered electors			18,80,857		21.10%
	DMK hold		Swing	-19.00%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. V. N. Somu	559,048	66.11%	27.66%
	INC	D. Pandian	1,69,431	20.04%	-34.58%
	CPI(M)	W. R. Varada Rajan	66,479	7.86%
	BJP	Mohan V. Bharathamatha	19,113	2.26%	-0.10%
	PMK	G. Mahadevan	16,143	1.91%
Margin of victory			3,89,617	46.07%	29.91%
Turnout			8,45,640	55.85%	0.72%
Registered electors			15,53,112		14.31%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	11.50%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Pandian	400,454	54.61%	-0.23%
	DMK	Aladi Aruna	2,81,936	38.45%	-2.38%
	PMK	Rama Muthukumar	18,856	2.57%
	BJP	G. Krishnan	17,309	2.36%
	Doordarshi Party	M. Kalidass	3,646	0.50%
	JP	T. Vellaiyan	3,557	0.49%
Margin of victory			1,18,518	16.16%	2.15%
Turnout			7,33,279	55.13%	-5.78%
Registered electors			13,58,695		1.01%
	INC hold		Swing	-0.23%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Pandian	445,197	54.84%	9.91%
	DMK	N. V. N. Somu	3,31,426	40.83%	-11.37%
	PMK	Rama Muthukumar	21,537	2.65%
Margin of victory			1,13,771	14.02%	6.75%
Turnout			8,11,761	60.91%	9.58%
Registered electors			13,45,150		35.72%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	2.65%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. V. N. Somu	261,941	52.20%	-5.13%
	INC	G. Lakshmanan	2,25,491	44.93%
Margin of victory			36,450	7.26%	-11.89%
Turnout			5,01,827	51.33%	-19.98%
Registered electors			9,91,099		34.08%
	DMK hold		Swing	-5.13%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Lakshmanan	297,268	57.33%	3.07%
	AIADMK	M. S. Abdul Khader	1,97,950	38.18%	-6.33%
	Independent	R. Indra Kumari	16,378	3.16%
Margin of victory			99,318	19.15%	9.40%
Turnout			5,18,531	71.31%	16.15%
Registered electors			7,39,196		-13.30%
	DMK hold		Swing	3.07%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. V. P. Asaithambi	250,852	54.26%	-0.77%
	AIADMK	Nanjil K. Manoharan	2,05,749	44.51%
Margin of victory			45,103	9.76%	-1.81%
Turnout			4,62,301	55.16%	-10.91%
Registered electors			8,52,627		23.22%
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.77%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Nanjil K. Manoharan	245,401	55.03%	-1.29%
	INC(O)	S. G. Vinayagamoorthy	1,93,807	43.46%	2.30%
	Independent	Zainuddin	3,452	0.77%
	Independent	Virandra Nath Bajpai	3,294	0.74%
Margin of victory			51,594	11.57%	-3.60%
Turnout			4,45,954	66.07%	-8.78%
Registered electors			6,91,938		25.74%
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.29%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Nanjil K. Manoharan	227,783	56.32%
	INC	S. C. C. Anthony Pillai	1,66,449	41.15%	3.48%
	Independent	P. M. Lingesan	10,220	2.53%
Margin of victory			61,334	15.16%	12.44%
Turnout			4,04,452	74.84%	1.11%
Registered electors			5,50,302		21.57%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	18.65%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Seenivasan	122,160	37.67%	-5.39%
	IUML	A. K. A. Abdul Samad	1,13,311	34.94%
	Socialist Labour League	S. C. C. Anthony Pillai	80,227	24.74%
	Independent	Rajamannar	5,508	1.70%
	Independent	R. Ramanathan	3,079	0.95%
Margin of victory			8,849	2.73%	-2.93%
Turnout			3,24,285	73.73%	34.43%
Registered electors			4,52,645		0.59%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-11.04%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election : Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S. C. C. Anthony Pillai	86,139	48.71%
	INC	T. Chengalvarayan	76,141	43.06%
	PSP	G. Rajamannar Chattair	14,555	8.23%
Margin of victory			9,998	5.65%
Turnout			1,76,835	39.30%
Registered electors			4,49,968
	Independent win (new seat)

References

^ 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.

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

External links

List of Lok Sabha constituencies and incumbent members of Tamil Nadu

Total: 39 Lok Sabha constituencies

Tiruvallur	K. Jayakumar (INC)
Chennai North	Kalanidhi Veeraswamy (DMK)
Chennai South	T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian (DMK)
Chennai Central	Dayanidhi Maran (DMK)
Sriperumbudur	T. R. Baalu (DMK)
Kancheepuram	G. Selvam (DMK)
Arakkonam	S. Jagathrakshakan (DMK)
Vellore	D. M. Kathir Anand (DMK)
Krishnagiri	A. Chellakumar (INC)
Dharmapuri	D. N. V. S. Senthilkumar (DMK)
Tiruvannamalai	C. N. Annadurai (DMK)
Arani	M. K. Vishnu Prasad (INC)
Viluppuram	D. Ravikumar (DMK)

Kallakurichi	Pon. Gautham Sigamani (DMK)
Salem	S. R. Parthiban (DMK)
Namakkal	A. K. P. Chinraj (DMK)
Erode	A. Ganeshamurthi (DMK)
Tiruppur	K. Subbarayan (CPI)
Nilgiris	A. Raja (DMK)
Coimbatore	P. R. Natarajan (CPI(M))
Pollachi	K. Shanmuga Sundaram (DMK)
Dindigul	P. Velusamy (DMK)
Karur	S. Jothimani (INC)
Tiruchirappalli	Su. Thirunavukkarasar (INC)
Perambalur	T. R. Paarivendhar (DMK)
Cuddalore	T. R. V. S. Ramesh (DMK)

Chidambaram	Thol. Thirumavalavan (VCK)
Mayiladuthurai	S. Ramalingam (DMK)
Nagapattinam	M. Selvaraj (CPI)
Thanjavur	S. S. Palanimanickam (DMK)
Sivaganga	Karti P. Chidambaram (INC)
Madurai	S. Venkatesan (CPI(M))
Theni	P. Ravindhranath (IND)
Virudhunagar	B. Manickam Tagore (INC)
Ramanathapuram	K. Navas Kani (IUML)
Thoothukkudi	Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (DMK)
Tenkasi	Dhanush M. Kumar (DMK)
Tirunelveli	S. Gnanathiraviam (DMK)
Kanniyakumari	Vijayakumar (a) Vijay Vasanth (INC)

Defunct constituencies

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Kovilpatti
Kumbakonam
Madras
Mayuram
Melur
Mettur
Nagercoil
Palani
Periyakulam
Rasipuram
Sankaranainarkoil
Sivakasi
Srivaikuntam
Srivilliputtur
Tindivanam
Tiruchendur
Tiruchengode
Tirukoilur
Tiruppattur
Tiruttani
Vandavasi

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