Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chennai Central constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Existence	1977-present
Current MP	Dayanidhi Maran
Party	DMK
Elected Year	2009 Election
State	Tamil Nadu
Total Electors	1,000,705[1]
Most Successful Party	DMK (7 times)
Assembly Constituencies	14. Villivakkam 16. Egmore (SC) 18. Harbour 19. Chepauk 20. Thousand Lights 21. Anna Nagar
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The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai Central is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Formerly it was known as Madras Central.

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 ^[2]:

1. Park Town
2. Purasawalkam
3. Egmore (SC)
4. Anna Nagar
5. Thousand Lights
6. Chepauk

2009-present

1. Villivakkam
2. Egmore (SC)
3. Harbour
4. Chepauk
5. Thousand Lights
6. Anna Nagar

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party
1977	P. Ramachandran	NCO	K. Raja Mohammad	ADMK
1980	A. Kalanidhi	DMK	P. Ramachandran	JNP
1984	A. Kalanidhi	DMK	E. Paul Ernest	GKC
1989	Era. Anbarasu	INC	A. Kalanidhi	DMK
1991	Era Anbarasu	INC	N. V. N. Somu	DMK
1996	Murasoli Maran	DMK	G. K. J. Bharathi	INC
1998	Murasoli Maran	DMK	D. Jayakumar	ADMK
1999	Murasoli Maran	DMK	M. Abdul Latheef	ADMK
2004	Dayanidhi Maran	DMK	N. Balaganga	ADMK
2009	Dayanidhi Maran	DMK	S. M. K. Mogamed Ali Jinnah	ADMK

Election results

2009

General Election, 2009: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dayanidhi Maran	285783
	AIADMK	S. M. K. Mogamed Ali Jinnah	285783
Majority
Turnout			285783
	DMK hold		Swing
	UPA gain from TF		Swing

2004

General Election, 2004: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dayanidhi Maran	316,329	61.68	+2.68
	AIADMK	Balaganga N.	182,151	35.52	-1.32
Majority			134,178	26.16	+4.00
Turnout			512,853	49.06	+0.60
	DMK hold		Swing	+2.68
	UPA gain from NDA		Swing

1999

General Election, 1999: Chennai Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Murasoli Maran	364,565	59.00
	AIADMK	M. Abdul Latheef	227,616	36.84
Turnout			617,900	48.46
	DMK hold		Swing

References

1. ^ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
2. ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies". Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 

• Lok Sabha Members

See also

• Chennai
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam