Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chennai South constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Existence	1957-present
Current MP	C. Rajendran
Party	AIADMK
Elected Year	2009 Election
State	Tamil Nadu
Total Electors	1,162,062[1]
Most Successful Party	DMK (8 times)
Assembly Constituencies	22. Virugambakkam 23. Saidapet 24. T. Nagar 25. Mylapore 26. Velachery 27. Sholinganallur
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The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai South is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was formerly known as Madras South.It was created in 1957 through bifurcation of Madras Lok Sabha constituency.

C. N. Annadurai, the first non-Congress chief minister of Tamil Nadu resigned his seat in 1967 after he was nominated for chief ministership. It was later contested and won by Murasoli Maran.

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 South Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments ^[2]:

1. Theagaraya Nagar
2. Triplicane
3. Mylapore
4. Saidapet
5. Alandur
6. Tambaram

2009-present

1. Virugambakkam
2. Saidapet
3. Theagaraya Nagar
4. Mylapore
5. Velachery
6. Sholinganallur

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party
1957	T. T. Krishnamachari	INC	P. Balasubramania Mudaliar	IND
1962	K. Manoharan	DMK	C. R. Ramaswamy	INC
1967	C. N. Annadurai	DMK	K. Gurumurti	INC
1967 (by-election)	Murasoli Maran	DMK	C. R. Ramaswamy	INC
1971	Murasoli Maran	DMK	Narasimhan	SWA
1977	R. Venkataraman	INC	Murasoli Maran	DMK
1980	R. Venkataraman	INC (I)	E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath	ADMK
1984	Vyjayanthimala	INC	Era. Sezhiyan	JNP
1989	Vyjayanthimala	INC	Aladi Aruna	DMK
1991	R. Sridharan	ADMK	T. R. Balu	DMK
1996	T.R. Baalu	DMK	H. Ganesham	ADMK
1998	T. R. Baalu	DMK	K. Jana Krishnamurthy	BJP
1999	T. R. Baalu	DMK	V. Dhandayuthapani	INC
2004	T. R. Baalu	DMK	Bader Sayeed	ADMK
2009	C. Rajendran	ADMK	R. S. Bharathy	DMK

Election results

2009

General Election, 2009: Chennai South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Rajendran	308567
	DMK	R. S. Bharathy	275632
Majority
Turnout			726329
	AIADMK hold		Swing
	TF gain from UPA		Swing

2004

General Election, 2004: Chennai South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T.R.Baalu	564,578	60.37	+0.34
	AIADMK	Bader Sayeed	343,838	36.77	n/a
Majority			220,740	23.60	-2.04
Turnout			935,143	47.96	+2.80
	DMK hold		Swing	+0.34
	UPA gain from NDA		Swing

1999

General Election, 1999: Chennai South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T.R.Baalu	562,221	60.03
	Congress	V. Dhanda Yudhapani	322,037	34.39	n/a
Turnout			936,522	45.15
	DMK hold		Swing

References

• http://164.100.24.209/newls/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=13

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. 

External links

• http://www.thesouthchennai.com - Online Tamil News Portal About South chennai.
• ECI, Chennai South

See also

South chennai Latest News

• Chennai
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha