Constituency
362. Chennai Central
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2024
IN-CHENNAI-CENTRAL
DMK 56.6%won by 33.5%BJP 23.2%
What changed here
DerivedDravida 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
7,30,549
Margin
2,44,689
33.49%
Candidates
32 contested · winner DMK- 1DAYANIDHI MARANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK4,13,84856.6%
- 2VINOJBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,69,15923.2%
- 3B. PARTHASARATHYDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK72,0169.9%
- 4DR.R.KARTHIKEYANNTK · NTK46,0316.3%
- 5NOTANOTA · NOTA11,1631.5%
- 6ANBAZHAGAN.GIndependent · IND3,1860.4%
- 7DILAVAR ALITSP · TSP2,5460.3%
- 8SAMARANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,1470.3%
- 9L.KASINATHANIndependent · IND1,0600.1%
- 10AGNI AALVARIndependent · IND7870.1%
- 11C.S.KARNANACDP · ACDP7610.1%
- 12M.L.RAVIDMSK · DMSK6960.1%
- 13S.KANDASAMYIndependent · IND5960.1%
- 14DHAYANIDHI SURESHIndependent · IND5670.1%
- 15S.SATHISH KUMARIndependent · IND5270.1%
- 16P.ARJUNANIndependent · IND5090.1%
- 17S.SATHISH KUMARIndependent · IND5010.1%
- 18G.OMPRAKASHIndependent · IND4880.1%
- 19V.V.TAMILARASANIndependent · IND3890.1%
- 20UDAYA KUMAR.VIndependent · IND3820.1%
- 21B.PARTHASARATHYIndependent · IND3800.1%
- 22K.CHANDRASEKARNaadaalum Makkal Katchi · NMK3730.1%
- 23N.RAMANTMNP · TMNP3140.0%
- 24R.MINNAL RAJIndependent · IND3100.0%
- 25A.SELVA KUMARTK · TK2700.0%
- 26R.VIJAYIndependent · IND2680.0%
- 27M.NAGARAJIndependent · IND2540.0%
- 28J.NAGARAJIndependent · IND2410.0%
- 29SENTHILKUMARCYP · CYP2230.0%
- 30RANJITHKUMAR.SIndependent · IND2150.0%
- 31RAVI BALARAMANIndependent · IND1830.0%
- 32MANJUNATHA.RIndependent · IND1590.0%
Since 2019
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–BJP swing
- −23.7%
- DMK share
- 57.2% → 56.6%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 23.2%
- Turnout
- 59.0% → —