Constituency
376. Madras North
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-MADRAS-NORTH
DMK 62.2%won by 27.7%BJP 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.2% to 27.7%.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 34.6% — it did not contest here in 1999.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.8% of the vote between them, up from 89.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 45.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
20,00,866
Turnout
45.8%
Valid votes
9,15,865
Margin
2,53,539
27.68%
Candidates
25 contested · winner DMK- 1KUPPUSAMI. CDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK5,70,12262.2%
- 2SUKUMAR NAMBIAR. M NBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,16,58334.6%
- 3GUNASEKARAN. MUTHUJanata Dal (United) · JDU4,5120.5%
- 4UMAKANTHAN. RBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,8200.4%
- 5MANIVANNAN. CIndependent · IND2,3750.3%
- 6KUMARASAMY. SCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL2,0710.2%
- 7PARIMALAM. VIndependent · IND1,8980.2%
- 8SETHURAMAN. R DJanahitha Paksha · JP1,6710.2%
- 9MATHI. TIndependent · IND1,6020.2%
- 10JAINALUFTHIN. JIndependent · IND1,4940.2%
- 11SREENIVASULU. VSamajwadi Party · SP1,4240.2%
- 12KUPPUSAMY. VIndependent · IND1,2300.1%
- 13NOWSHATH ALI. M KIndependent · IND1,0390.1%
- 14BALAMURUGAN. BIndependent · IND9630.1%
- 15DAVESON. T RIndependent · IND7060.1%
- 16VALSALA. TMTRashtriya Lok Dal · RLD5620.1%
- 17RAJASEKAR. RIndependent · IND5300.1%
- 18ELANGOVAN. RIndependent · IND4940.1%
- 19MARIMUTHU. PIndependent · IND4930.1%
- 20JAGANATHAN. RIndependent · IND4240.0%
- 21SENDHILKUMAR. RIndependent · IND4150.0%
- 22DEVADOSS. MIndependent · IND4090.0%
- 23THIRUMOORTHY. P IIndependent · IND3700.0%
- 24JANAKIRAMAN. CIndependent · IND3600.0%
- 25MURUGAN. SIndependent · IND2980.0%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–BJP swing
- −25.9%
- DMK share
- 53.6% → 62.2%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- 43.1% → 45.8%