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362. Chennai Central

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2024

IN-CHENNAI-CENTRAL

DMK 56.6%won by 33.5%BJP 23.2%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.4% to 33.5%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 23.2% — it did not contest here in 2019.
  • Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
7,30,549
Margin
2,44,689
33.49%

Since 2019

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMKBJP swing
−23.7%
DMK share
57.2% 56.6%
BJP share
0.0% 23.2%
Turnout
59.0%