Existence 1957-present Elected Year 2009 Election Most Successful Party DMK (8 times) State Tamil Nadu Female electors 894,573 | Current MP J. Jayavardhan Total Electors 1,162,062 Member of parliament J. Jayavardhan Male electors 901,207 | |
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Assembly Constituencies 22. Virugambakkam
23. Saidapet
24. T. Nagar
25. Mylapore
26. Velachery
27. Sholinganallur Party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Last election Indian general election, 2014 Assembly segments T. Nagar, Velachery, Mylapore, Virugambakkam, Saidapet, Sholinganallur | ||
The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai South is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was formerly known as Madras South. It was created in 1957 through bifurcation of Madras Lok Sabha constituency.
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C. N. Annadurai, the first non-Congress chief minister of Tamil Nadu resigned his seat in 1967 after he was nominated for chief ministership. It was later contested and won by Murasoli Maran.
Before 2009
Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
- Theagaraya Nagar
- Triplicane
- Mylapore
- Saidapet
- Alandur
- Tambaram
2009-present
- Virugambakkam
- Saidapet
- Alandur
- Theagaraya Nagar
- Mylapore
- Velachery
- Sholinganallur
References
Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA