CHIDAMBARAM
Constituency no. 27 in Tamil Nadu · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 14 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has an assembly constituency called CHIDAMBARAM. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.
Winner, 1999
Ponnuswamy, E.
PMK
Elections held
14
1971–2024
Most successful party
VCK
won 3 of 14
Margin, 1999
1,19,563
16.51% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
TMCMThirumavalavan, R.
- Votes
- 2,25,768
- Vote share
- 31.17%
- Behind by
- 1,19,563
Electors
11,10,229
Total votes polled
7,24,305
Valid votes
7,24,305
NOTA votes
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Turnout
65.2%
Full result, 1999
6 candidates · 7,24,305 valid votes
Ponnuswamy, E.PMKwon
3,45,331
47.7%
Thirumavalavan, R.TMCM
2,25,768
31.2%
Sumathi Udayakumar, Thirumathi, T.INC
1,50,794
20.8%
Muruganantham, D.IND
1,606
0.2%
Kanagasabai, R.IND
422
0.1%
Kamaraj, V.IND
384
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 14 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOL | VCK | 5,05,084 | 43.28% | CHANDRAHASAN M | 1,03,554 |
| 2019 | THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOL | VCK | 5,00,229 | 43.38% | CHANDRASEKAR P | 3,219 |
| 2014 | CHANDRAKASI, M | ADMK | 4,29,536 | 39.46% | THIRUMAAVALAVAN, THOL | 1,28,495 |
| 2009 | THIRUMAAVALAVAN, THOL | VCK | 4,28,804 | 49.30% | PONNUSWAMY,E | 99,083 |
| 2004 | PONNUSWAMY, E. | PMK | 3,43,424 | 46.20% | THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOL | 87,651 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above