Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chennai North constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Existence	1957-present
Current MP	T.K.S. Elangovan
Party	DMK
Elected Year	2009 Election
State	Tamil Nadu
Total Electors	1,016,663[1]
Most Successful Party	DMK (10 times)
Assembly Constituencies	10. Tiruvottiyur 11. Dr. R.K. Nagar 12. Perambur (SC) 13. Kolathur 15. TVK Nagar (SC) 17. Royapuram
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Chennai North (Tamil: வட சென்னை) is one of the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Formerly it was known as Madras North.

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.

1971 Delimitation (1977-2004)

Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments ^[2]:
1. Royapuram
2. Kolathur
3. Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
4. Perambur (SC)
5. Thiruvottiyur
6. Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar

2009-present

10. Thiruvottiyur
11. Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
12. Perambur (SC)
13. Kolathur
15. Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
17. Royapuram

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party
1957	S. C. C. Anthony Pillai	IND	T. Chengalvarayan	INC
1962	P. Srinivasan	INC	Abdul Samad	ML
1967	Krishnan Manoharan	DMK	S. C. C. A. Pillai	INC
1971	Krishnan Manoharan	DMK	S. G. Vinayaga Moorthy	NCO
1977	A. V. P. Asaithambi	DMK	K. Manoharan	ADMK
1980	G. Lakshmanan	DMK	M. S. Abdul Khader	ADMK
1984	N. V. N. Somu	DMK	G. Lakshmanan	INC
1989	D. Pandian	INC	N. V. N. Somu	DMK
1991	D. Pandian	INC	Aladi Aruna	DMK
1996	N. V. N. Somu	DMK	D. Pandian	INC
1998	C. Kuppusami	DMK	R. T. Sabapathy Mohan	MDMK
1999	C. Kuppusami	DMK	N. Soundararajan	CPM
2004	C. Kuppusami	DMK	M. N. Sukumar Nambiar	BJP
2009	T. K. S. Elangovan	DMK	D. Pandian	CPM

Detailed Results

2009

General Election, 2009: Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. K. S. Elangovan	281055
	CPI	D. Pandian	261902
Majority
Turnout			660299
	DMK hold		Swing
	UPA hold		Swing

2004

General Election, 2004: Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Kuppusami	570,122	62.25	+9.55
	BJP	Sukumar Nambiar M.N.	316,583	34.57	n/a
Majority			253,539	27.68	+9.81
Turnout			915,879	45.77	+1.98
	DMK hold		Swing	+9.55
	UPA gain from NDA		Swing

1999

General Election, 1999: Chennai North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Kuppusami	471,101	53.57
	CPI(M)	A. Soundara Rajan	311,312	35.40	n/a
Turnout			879,473	43.79
	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

• ECI, Chennai North

See also

• Chennai
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha