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, 2019
THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOL
VCK
Elections held
14
1971–2024
Most successful party
VCK
won 3 of 14
Margin, 2019
3,219
0.28% of valid votes
Result, 2019
Runner-up
ADMKCHANDRASEKAR P
- Votes
- 4,97,010
- Vote share
- 43.10%
- Behind by
- 3,219
Electors
14,80,222
Total votes polled
11,53,192
Valid votes
11,53,192
NOTA votes
15,535
1.35% of votes polled
Turnout
77.9%
Full result, 2019
13 candidates · 11,53,192 valid votes
THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOLVCKwon
5,00,229
43.4%
CHANDRASEKAR PADMK
4,97,010
43.1%
ELAVARASAN AIND
62,308
5.4%
SIVAJOTHI MNTK
37,471
3.3%
RAVI TMNM
15,334
1.3%
GURUSAMY PIND
7,012
0.6%
KRISHNARAJ MAMPK
4,675
0.4%
PARVATHI SDMSK
4,100
0.4%
JAGATHEESAN MIND
2,993
0.3%
KALAIYARASAN RIND
2,155
0.2%
KRISHNAKUMARI AIND
1,706
0.1%
PERIYASAMY TIND
1,464
0.1%
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