Constituency
379. Chennai Central
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2014
IN-CHENNAI-CENTRAL
AIADMK 40.9%won by 5.6%DMK 35.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 5.6%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.2% between them, down from 88.2% — the field split more ways.
- NOTANOTA drew 2.7% of the vote.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
13,28,038
Turnout
61.4%
Valid votes
8,14,894
Margin
45,841
5.63%
Candidates
21 contested · winner AIADMK- 1S.R. VIJAYAKUMARAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK3,33,29640.9%
- 2DAYANIDHI MARANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,87,45535.3%
- 3J. CONSTANDINE RAVINDRANDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK1,14,79814.1%
- 4C.D. MEYYAPPANIndian National Congress · INC25,9813.2%
- 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA21,9592.7%
- 6J. PRABHAKARAam Aadmi Party · AAP19,5532.4%
- 7MURALIKRISHNAN (A) SAMARANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,5310.3%
- 8M. MOHAMED RASIKIndependent · IND2,0190.2%
- 9S.D. KRISHNAKUMARRPIA · RPIA1,5280.2%
- 10T. RAVIKUMARIndependent · IND9730.1%
- 11AUDITOR GOPINARAYANANMMKA · MMKA8050.1%
- 12M. MURUGANIndependent · IND6970.1%
- 13P. AHILAIndependent · IND5790.1%
- 14P. MANIMARANIndependent · IND3910.0%
- 15B. AMBETH VENKATESHIndependent · IND3900.0%
- 16ARUNDHATHI JAIGANESH (A) S.JAIGANESHIndependent · IND3900.0%
- 17K.RAVEENDRANIndependent · IND3690.0%
- 18M. PRABAKARANIndependent · IND3360.0%
- 19V. CHANDRAMOHANIndependent · IND3240.0%
- 20D. BABUIndependent · IND2610.0%
- 21D. RAMESHIndependent · IND2590.0%
Since 2009
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +11.1%
- AIADMK share
- 41.3% → 40.9%
- DMK share
- 46.8% → 35.3%
- Turnout
- 61.0% → 61.4%