Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency

The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai South is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 3 of 39. It was formerly known as Madras South. It was created in 1957 through bifurcation of Madras Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the most populous parliamentary constituencies in South India.

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Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency

The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai South is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 3 of 39. It was formerly known as Madras South. It was created in 1957 through bifurcation of Madras Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the most populous parliamentary constituencies in South India.

Assembly segments

After 2009

After delimitation, Chennai South consists of following constituencies

<table><thead><tr><th>Constituency number</th><th>Name</th><th>Reserved for (SC/ST/None)</th><th>District</th><th>Party</th><th>2024 Lead</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>22</td><td>Virugampakkam</td><td>None</td><td>Chennai</td><td></td><td>DMK</td><td></td><td>DMK</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Saidapet</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>Thiyagarayanagar</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Mylapore</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Velachery</td><td>None</td><td></td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Shozhinganallur</td><td>None</td><td></td><td>DMK</td></tr></tbody></table>

Chennai South 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 South Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:

• Triplicane (defunct) • Mylapore • Saidapet • Alandur (moved to Sriperumpudhur) • Tambaram (moved to Sriperumpudhur) • Thiyagarayanagar

Members of the Parliament

Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>T. T. Krishnamachari</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Nanjil K. Manoharan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>C. N. Annadurai</td></tr><tr><td>1967^</td><td>Murasoli Maran</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>Murasoli Maran</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>R. Venkataraman</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Vyjayanthimala</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>R. Sridharan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>T. R. Baalu</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>C. Rajendran</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>J. Jayavardhan</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>Thamizhachi Thangapandian</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

General Elections 2024

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Thamizhachi Thangapandian</td><td>516,628</td><td>47.00</td><td>3.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Tamilisai Soundararajan</td><td>290,683</td><td>26.44</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>J. Jayavardhan</td><td>172,491</td><td>15.69</td><td>11.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>S. Tamilselvi</td><td>83,972</td><td>7.64</td><td>3.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>15,653</td><td>1.42</td><td>0.08</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>225,945</td><td>20.55</td><td>2.19</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>11,00,005</td><td>54.36</td><td>2.46</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>20,23,133</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 2019

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Thamizhachi Thangapandian</td><td>564,872</td><td>50.28</td><td>+21.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Dr. J. Jayavardhan</td><td>3,02,649</td><td>26.94</td><td>−14.40</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>R. Rangarajan</td><td>1,35,465</td><td>12.06</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>A. J. Sherine</td><td>50,222</td><td>4.47</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dr. E. Subaya (A) Esakki Subaya</td><td>29,522</td><td>2.63</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None Of The Above</td><td>16,891</td><td>1.50</td><td>−0.42</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,62,223</td><td>23.34</td><td>+10.44</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>11,23,410</td><td>56.92</td><td>−1.61</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>19,73,533</td><td></td><td>9.90</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.94</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 2014

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Dr. J. Jayavardhan</td><td>434,540</td><td>41.34</td><td>−1.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. K. S. Elangovan</td><td>2,98,965</td><td>28.44</td><td>−9.42</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>La. Ganesan</td><td>2,58,262</td><td>24.57</td><td>18.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. V. Ramani</td><td>24,276</td><td>2.31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None Of The Above</td><td>20,229</td><td>1.92</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>V. S. Chandirakumar</td><td>17,208</td><td>1.64</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,35,575</td><td>12.90</td><td>8.37</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>10,51,180</td><td>58.54</td><td>−4.12</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>17,95,776</td><td></td><td>54.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.04</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 2009

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. Rajendran</td><td>308,567</td><td>42.38</td><td>5.59</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>R. S. Bharathi</td><td>2,75,632</td><td>37.86</td><td>−22.56</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>V. Gopinath</td><td>67,291</td><td>9.24</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>La. Ganesan</td><td>42,925</td><td>5.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>E. Sarath Babu</td><td>15,885</td><td>2.18</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>32,935</td><td>4.52</td><td>−19.10</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>11,62,062</td><td>62.66</td><td>14.73</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>16</td><td>0.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>7,28,092</td><td></td><td>−40.40</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-18.03</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 2004

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. R. Baalu</td><td>564,578</td><td>60.41</td><td>0.38</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Bader Sayeed</td><td>3,43,838</td><td>36.79</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,20,740</td><td>23.62</td><td>−2.03</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,34,548</td><td>47.93</td><td>2.77</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>29</td><td>0.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>19,49,904</td><td></td><td>−5.99</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.38</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1999

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. R. Baalu</td><td>562,221</td><td>60.03</td><td>−1.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. Dhandayuthapani</td><td>3,22,037</td><td>34.39</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TMC(M)</td><td>Muktha V. Srinivasan</td><td>38,700</td><td>4.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Raja</td><td>4,309</td><td>0.46</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,40,184</td><td>25.65</td><td>−13.37</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,36,522</td><td>45.15</td><td>−11.13</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>20,74,130</td><td></td><td>7.09</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.93</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1998

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. R. Baalu</td><td>432,913</td><td>48.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Jana Krishnamurthi</td><td>4,12,899</td><td>45.94</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. P. Subramanyam</td><td>44,549</td><td>4.96</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>20,014</td><td>2.23</td><td>−36.79</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>8,98,798</td><td>47.35</td><td>−8.94</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>19,36,771</td><td></td><td>23.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-13.80</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1996

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. R. Baalu</td><td>538,697</td><td>61.97</td><td>27.31</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>H. Ganesham</td><td>1,99,516</td><td>22.95</td><td>−33.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Asha Menon @ Revathi</td><td>42,906</td><td>4.94</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>V. Maitreyan</td><td>34,356</td><td>3.95</td><td>−0.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>R. Senguttuvan</td><td>29,838</td><td>3.43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>K. V. Sivaraman</td><td>13,540</td><td>1.56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,39,181</td><td>39.02</td><td>17.01</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>8,69,334</td><td>56.28</td><td>3.10</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>15,72,764</td><td></td><td>11.50</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.30</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1991

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Sridharan</td><td>418,493</td><td>56.66</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. R. Baalu</td><td>2,55,965</td><td>34.66</td><td>−4.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>R. S. Narayanaswami</td><td>29,480</td><td>3.99</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>K. V. Sivaraman</td><td>19,840</td><td>2.69</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>H. V. Hande</td><td>7,662</td><td>1.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,62,528</td><td>22.01</td><td>6.79</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>7,38,558</td><td>53.19</td><td>−6.53</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>14,10,540</td><td></td><td>0.91</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.75</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1989

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Vyjayanthimala</td><td>445,864</td><td>53.91</td><td>1.99</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Aladi Aruna</td><td>3,20,020</td><td>38.70</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ayilam Panchapakesa Venkateswaran</td><td>24,967</td><td>3.02</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>V. Sivaraman Alias Saidai K. V. Siva</td><td>22,234</td><td>2.69</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,25,844</td><td>15.22</td><td>7.80</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>8,27,014</td><td>59.72</td><td>−6.12</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>13,97,773</td><td></td><td>37.20</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>1.99</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1984

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Vyjayanthimala</td><td>336,353</td><td>51.92</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>Era Sezhiyan</td><td>2,88,336</td><td>44.51</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Kulothungacholan</td><td>3,173</td><td>0.49</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Madhavan</td><td>2,999</td><td>0.46</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Era Kulasekaran</td><td>2,908</td><td>0.45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>48,017</td><td>7.41</td><td>−14.67</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>6,47,851</td><td>65.84</td><td>−2.25</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>10,18,795</td><td></td><td>25.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from INC(I)</td><td>Swing</td><td>-8.42</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1980

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC(I)</td><td>Ramaswamy Venkataraman</td><td>328,836</td><td>60.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath</td><td>2,08,474</td><td>38.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,20,362</td><td>22.09</td><td>18.96</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>5,44,980</td><td>68.09</td><td>9.37</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>8,11,849</td><td></td><td>−0.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC(I) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.55</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1977

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Ramaswamy Venkataraman</td><td>241,033</td><td>50.79</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Murasoli Maran</td><td>2,26,204</td><td>47.66</td><td>−4.42</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Srinivasan</td><td>2,676</td><td>0.56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>14,829</td><td>3.12</td><td>−1.05</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>4,74,577</td><td>58.72</td><td>−8.60</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>8,18,878</td><td></td><td>10.41</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.30</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1971

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Murasoli Maran</td><td>253,626</td><td>52.09</td><td>−7.30</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA</td><td>Nara Simhan</td><td>2,33,285</td><td>47.91</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>20,341</td><td>4.18</td><td>−15.44</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>4,86,911</td><td>67.32</td><td>−6.29</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>7,41,660</td><td></td><td>28.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-7.30</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1967

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>C. N. Annadurai</td><td>248,099</td><td>59.38</td><td>14.65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K. Gurumurti</td><td>1,66,121</td><td>39.76</td><td>13.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ABJS</td><td>R. M. A. Chettiar</td><td>2,601</td><td>0.62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>81,978</td><td>19.62</td><td>1.32</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>4,17,783</td><td>73.60</td><td>2.00</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>5,75,015</td><td></td><td>18.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>14.65</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1962

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Nanjil K. Manoharan</td><td>151,917</td><td>44.73</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>C. R. Ramaswamy</td><td>89,771</td><td>26.43</td><td>−19.50</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TNP</td><td>E. V. K. Sampath</td><td>63,768</td><td>18.78</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Ganapathy</td><td>34,169</td><td>10.06</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>62,146</td><td>18.30</td><td>12.59</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>3,39,625</td><td>71.61</td><td>34.07</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>4,86,728</td><td></td><td>3.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.20</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1957

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. T. Krishnamachari</td><td>81,390</td><td>45.93</td><td>5.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Balasubramania Mudaliar</td><td>71,284</td><td>40.23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>H. D. Rajah</td><td>24,516</td><td>13.84</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,106</td><td>5.70</td><td>−2.58</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,77,190</td><td>37.54</td><td>−15.36</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>4,72,017</td><td></td><td>27.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.28</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General Elections 1951

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. T. Krishnamachari</td><td>79,431</td><td>40.66</td><td>40.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Justice Party</td><td>Dr. Balasubramanyam</td><td>63,254</td><td>32.38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Srinivasa Ramanujan</td><td>16,835</td><td>8.62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Krishna Pillai</td><td>10,555</td><td>5.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>All India Republican Party</td><td>Ramanathan</td><td>9,535</td><td>4.88</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KMPP</td><td>Achar</td><td>7,252</td><td>3.71</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ramanathan Chettiar</td><td>5,953</td><td>3.05</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>HM</td><td>Srinivasa Iyer</td><td>2,555</td><td>1.31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,177</td><td>8.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,95,370</td><td>52.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>3,69,299</td><td></td><td>0.00</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>