CHENNAI SOUTH
Constituency no. 3 in Tamil Nadu · Lok Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2009.
Winner, 2009
RAJENDRAN C
ADMK
Elections held
4
2009–2024
Most successful party
DMK
won 2 of 4
Margin, 2009
32,935
4.52% of valid votes
Result, 2009
Runner-up
DMKBHARATHY R.S.
- Votes
- 2,75,632
- Vote share
- 37.86%
- Behind by
- 32,935
Electors
11,62,062
Total votes polled
7,28,113
Valid votes
7,28,113
NOTA votes
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Turnout
62.7%
Full result, 2009
43 candidates · 7,28,113 valid votes
RAJENDRAN CADMKwon
3,08,567
42.4%
BHARATHY R.S.DMK
2,75,632
37.9%
GOPINATH VDMDK
67,291
9.2%
GANESAN LABJP
42,925
5.9%
SARATH BABU EIND
15,885
2.2%
VENKATARAMAN N.S.DPK
2,154
0.3%
MATHIKKARASU PIND
1,780
0.2%
RAMASWAMY @ TRAFFIC RAMASWAMYIND
1,693
0.2%
GIRIRAJAN MIND
1,197
0.2%
CHRISTHUDASS NIND
803
0.1%
PALANI S.P.IND
628
0.1%
BALA KRISHNAN MIND
597
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 43. 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 | T.SUMATHY (ALIAS) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN | DMK | 5,16,628 | 46.99% | DR.TAMILISAI SOUNDARARAJAN | 2,25,945 |
| 2019 | T.SUMATHY (A) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN | DMK | 5,64,872 | 50.17% | Dr.J.JAYAVARDHAN | 2,62,223 |
| 2014 | DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN | ADMK | 4,34,540 | 40.56% | T.K.S.ELANGOVAN | 1,35,575 |
| 2009 | RAJENDRAN C | ADMK | 3,08,567 | 42.38% | BHARATHY R.S. | 32,935 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
