Existence 1951
2009-present Current MP P. Viswanathan Total Electors 1,060,188 State Tamil Nadu Female electors 743,130 | Reservation Scheduled Caste Elected Year 2009 Election Member of parliament K. Maragatham Male electors 736,993 | |
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Most Successful Party Indian National Congress (once) Party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Last election Indian general election, 2014 Assembly segments Madurantakam, Thiruporur, Kancheepuram, Uthiramerur, Cheyyur, Chengalpattu | ||
Kancheepuram is a newly formed Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency after the 2008 delimitation.
The constituency originally existed for the 1951 election.
This constituency is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.
Assembly segments
The constituency in 2008 was formed after merging the assembly segments of Chengalpattu, Thiruporur, Madurantakam (SC), Uthiramerur and Kancheepuram, which were earlier part of the now defunct Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency, and Alandur, which was earlier part of Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency.
References
Kancheepuram (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA