CHENNAI NORTH
Constituency no. 2 in Tamil Nadu · Lok Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2009.
Winner, 2014
VENKATESH BABU .T.G
ADMK
Elections held
4
2009–2024
Most successful party
DMK
won 3 of 4
Margin, 2014
99,704
10.96% of valid votes
Result, 2014
Runner-up
DMKGIRIRAJAN .R
- Votes
- 3,07,000
- Vote share
- 33.73%
- Behind by
- 99,704
Electors
14,22,392
Total votes polled
9,10,114
Valid votes
9,10,114
NOTA votes
17,472
1.92% of votes polled
Turnout
64.0%
Full result, 2014
40 candidates · 9,10,114 valid votes
VENKATESH BABU .T.GADMKwon
4,06,704
44.7%
GIRIRAJAN .RDMK
3,07,000
33.7%
SOUNDARAPANDIAN .MDMDK
86,989
9.6%
BIJU CHACKOINC
24,190
2.7%
VASUKI .UCPM
23,751
2.6%
NIJAM MOHAIDEEN .MSDPI
14,585
1.6%
SRINIVASON .SAAAP
6,819
0.8%
JANARTHANAN .JBSP
4,960
0.5%
PAUL KANAGARAJ. R.CIND
1,589
0.2%
KOLANGI. MIND
1,494
0.2%
KESAVAN. LIND
1,198
0.1%
VIJAYA KUMAR .KTNMC
1,145
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 40. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 4 of 4 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | DR.KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY | DMK | 4,97,333 | 55.11% | R. MANOHAR | 3,39,222 |
| 2019 | Dr. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY | DMK | 5,90,986 | 61.85% | ALAGAAPURAM R. MOHANRAJ | 4,61,518 |
| 2014 | VENKATESH BABU .T.G | ADMK | 4,06,704 | 44.69% | GIRIRAJAN .R | 99,704 |
| 2009 | ELANGOVAN T.K.S | DMK | 2,81,055 | 42.59% | PANDIAN. D | 19,153 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above