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, 2004
PONNUSWAMY, E.
PMK
Elections held
14
1971–2024
Most successful party
VCK
won 3 of 14
Margin, 2004
87,651
11.79% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
JD(U)THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOL
- Votes
- 2,55,773
- Vote share
- 34.41%
- Behind by
- 87,651
Electors
11,25,487
Total votes polled
7,43,410
Valid votes
7,43,410
NOTA votes
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Turnout
66.0%
Full result, 2004
13 candidates · 7,43,410 valid votes
PONNUSWAMY, E.PMKwon
3,43,424
46.2%
THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOLJD(U)
2,55,773
34.4%
PERIASAMY. DBJP
1,13,974
15.3%
RAMALINGAM. DIND
6,051
0.8%
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU. PJP
5,526
0.7%
KUMAR. KBSP
5,092
0.7%
PONNUSAMY. V EIND
3,159
0.4%
PERIYASAMY. S AIND
2,828
0.4%
RAMAMOORTHY.IND
2,003
0.3%
KANAGASABAI. RIND
1,758
0.2%
ARCHUNAN. TIND
1,486
0.2%
PURUSHOTHMAN. KIND
1,274
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
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