Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:	LS
Chennai Central
Established:	1977
Reservation:	None
Electors:	14,65,323^[1]

The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai Central is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 4 of 39. Formerly it was known as Madras Central.It is also one of the smallest constituencies in India. The Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) system with EVMs was used for the first time in this Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 elections.^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Assembly segments

2009–present

	Name	District	Member
14	Villivakkam	Chennai	A. Vetriazhagan
16	Egmore (SC)		I. Paranthamen
18	Harbour		P. K. Sekar Babu
19	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni		Udhayanidhi Stalin
20	Thousand Lights		Ezhilan Naganathan
21	Anna Nagar		M. K. Mohan

Before 2009

Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[5]

SI No.	Name
1.	Park Town (defunct)
2.	Purasawalkam (defunct)
3.	Egmore (SC)
4.	Anna Nagar
5.	Thousand Lights
6.	Chepauk (defunct)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1977	P. Ramachandran
1980	A. Kalanithi
1984	A. Kalanithi
1989	Era. Anbarasu
1991	Era. Anbarasu
1996	Murasoli Maran
1998
1999
2004	Dayanidhi Maran
2009	Dayanidhi Maran
2014	S. R. Vijayakumar
2019	Dayanidhi Maran
2024	Dayanidhi Maran

Election results

General Elections 1977

References

Web site: Statistical reports of Lok Sabha elections . July 8, 2010 . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp . October 5, 2010 .

External links

Chennai Central lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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Notes and References

http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
News: Safe distance : Paper train on test . 15 April 2014 . The Indian Express . 6 June 2018 .
Web site: Voter Paper Audit at 4K Booths for Polls. https://web.archive.org/web/20160131081922/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Voter-Paper-Audit-at-4K-Booths-for-Polls/2016/01/30/article3251887.ece. dead. 31 January 2016. newindianexpress.com. 5 April 2018.
Web site: Officials to spread awareness about paper trail system. 8 March 2016. 5 April 2018. www.thehindu.com.
Web site: List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081031131000/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf. 2008-10-31. 2008-10-08. Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India.