Chennai Central, Tamil Nadu — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Chennai Central (Tamil Nadu) was won by Dayanidhi Maran (DMK) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 301,520 votes over Sam Paul. S.R.. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Chennai Central, Tamil Nadu, from 1977 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1977–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1977
Ramachandran P.
Congress (O)
259,437
56.5%
Raja Mohamed K. (AIADMK)
73,411 (16.0 pts)
1980
Kalanidhi A.
DMK
290,199
59.5%
Ramachandran P. (Janata Party)
105,049 (21.6 pts)
1984
Kalanidhi A.
DMK
313,848
58.2%
Earnest Paul E. (GKC)
96,744 (17.9 pts)
1989
Anbarasu Era
Indian National Congress
329,739
53.4%
Kalinidhi A. (DMK)
66,406 (10.7 pts)
1991
Anbarasu Era
Indian National Congress
312,302
56.4%
Somu N.V.N. (DMK)
103,271 (18.6 pts)
1996
Murasoli Maran
DMK
403,867
69.0%
G.K.J.Bharathi (Indian National Congress)
280,467 (47.9 pts)
1998
Murasoli Maran
DMK
300,774
51.7%
Jayakumar, D (AIADMK)
71,727 (12.3 pts)
1999
Murasoli Maran
DMK
364,565
59.0%
Abdul Latheef, M. (AIADMK)
136,949 (22.2 pts)
2004
Dayanidhi Maran
DMK
316,329
61.7%
Balaganga N. (AIADMK)
134,178 (26.2 pts)
2009
Dayanidhi Maran
DMK
285,783
46.8%
Mogamed Ali Jinnah S.M.K. (AIADMK)
33,454 (5.5 pts)
2014
S.R. Vijayakumar
AIADMK
333,296
40.9%
Dayanidhi Maran (DMK)
45,841 (5.6 pts)
2019
Dayanidhi Maran
DMK
448,911
58.2%
Sam Paul. S.R. (Pattali Makkal Katchi)
301,520 (39.1 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramachandran P.
Congress (O)
259,437
56.5%
Raja Mohamed K.
AIADMK
186,026
40.5%
V.N. Bajpai
Independent
7,013
1.5%
Subramaniam Alias P.N.S. Mani
Independent
2,565
0.6%
Abdul Gaffoor
Independent
2,092
0.5%
Daivasigamany A.
Independent
934
0.2%
Porchelvi Alias Sheelu Bajaj Doctor
Independent
580
0.1%
Varadha Desikan O.A.
Independent
407
0.1%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kalanidhi A.
DMK
290,199
59.5%
Ramachandran P.
Janata Party
185,150
38.0%
Rajagopalan P.
Congress (U)
6,172
1.3%
Zainuddin A.K.
Independent
1,676
0.3%
Chandran K.
Independent
1,623
0.3%
Shanker Giri V.
Independent
1,134
0.2%
Loganathan C.P.
Independent
789
0.2%
Manakchand Nahar
Independent
666
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kalanidhi A.
DMK
313,848
58.2%
Earnest Paul E.
GKC
217,104
40.3%
Bastimal Surana
Independent
2,595
0.5%
Durairaj M.J.
Independent
2,358
0.4%
Menon
Independent
1,616
0.3%
Balakrishana K.R.K.
Independent
1,598
0.3%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Anbarasu Era
Indian National Congress
329,739
53.4%
Kalinidhi A.
DMK
263,333
42.6%
Rajendra Kumar B
Bharatiya Janata Party
12,215
2.0%
Raghunathan K.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
4,454
0.7%
Kalyanam N. P.
DNC
1,332
0.2%
Swaminadhan K. R.
MPP
694
0.1%
Vedivel
Independent
692
0.1%
Rajkumar, K. R.
JNP (JP)
594
0.1%
Basmaran R.
Independent
533
0.1%
Kasisah. P. K.
Independent
497
0.1%
Ravikanna. R.
Independent
463
0.1%
Prakash R. G. Alias Gananaprakasam
Independent
429
0.1%
Habib M.
TMM
376
0.1%
Rangnathan K. N.
Independent
321
0.1%
Dominicsavio, M.
Independent
270
0.0%
Abdul Khader, A.
Independent
269
0.0%
Raghavendra Rao,
Independent
262
0.0%
Shunmugam. A.
Independent
253
0.0%
Sunderesan, M.
Independent
236
0.0%
Jaichandra Naikkr T. Alias Jayachanora
LKD (B)
203
0.0%
Venkatesan, G.
Independent
188
0.0%
John Wilson, M.
Independent
179
0.0%
Vincent, K.
Independent
156
0.0%
Subramani, P.
Independent
143
0.0%
Nagarajan, M.
Independent
102
0.0%
Bastimal Surana
Independent
96
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Anbarasu Era
Indian National Congress
312,302
56.4%
Somu N.V.N.
DMK
209,031
37.8%
Rajendra Kumar B.
Bharatiya Janata Party
19,262
3.5%
Anbazhagan D.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
7,472
1.3%
Sami Shanumugam
Janata Party
1,230
0.2%
Mahendran M.
DDP
700
0.1%
Doraiswamy C.
Independent
600
0.1%
Anandan D.
Independent
572
0.1%
Ramalingam V.
Independent
392
0.1%
Arumugan E.M.
LKD
371
0.1%
Habib M.
TMM
299
0.1%
John P.
Independent
249
0.0%
Ranganathan K.N.
Independent
240
0.0%
Muniraj M.
MGMK
228
0.0%
T. Vardharajan
Independent
222
0.0%
Chakrapani N.
Independent
161
0.0%
Swaminadhan K.R.
MPP
138
0.0%
Vinseni Nadar S.
Independent
109
0.0%
Vincent Theophil K.
Independent
101
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Murasoli Maran
DMK
403,867
69.0%
G.K.J.Bharathi
Indian National Congress
123,400
21.1%
Prof. S.Krishnasamy
MDMK
21,682
3.7%
G.Kumaravelu
Bharatiya Janata Party
19,948
3.4%
D.Anbazhagan
Pattali Makkal Katchi
7,654
1.3%
S.Alwar
Independent
894
0.2%
N.Sampath Raj
Independent
689
0.1%
S.Ranganathan
Independent
611
0.1%
Ajay Kumar Goenka
Independent
603
0.1%
K.C.Rajan
Independent
502
0.1%
L.Manoharan
Independent
424
0.1%
Venkatesan @ Ambeth Venkatesh
Independent
412
0.1%
G.Chitrarasu
Independent
393
0.1%
M.Ethiraj Paraiyan @ M.Ethiraj
Independent
344
0.1%
P.K.Soundarrajan
MELPHC
333
0.1%
R.Baluswamy
Independent
292
0.0%
M.Ramanathan
Independent
286
0.0%
K.K.Dhandapani
Independent
261
0.0%
V.Sashikumar
Independent
249
0.0%
O.A.Varada Desigan
Independent
240
0.0%
Kalaivan
Independent
236
0.0%
S.Vincent Nadar
Independent
228
0.0%
N.Harikaran
Independent
217
0.0%
Kiruthivasan
Independent
215
0.0%
M.T.Mohan
Independent
199
0.0%
T.K.M.Sundaresan
Independent
180
0.0%
C.Subramaniam
Independent
177
0.0%
T.S.Loganathan
Independent
164
0.0%
S.Selvaraj
Independent
162
0.0%
A.Raajalingam
Independent
154
0.0%
A.K.Inas
Independent
133
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Murasoli Maran
DMK
300,774
51.7%
Jayakumar, D
AIADMK
229,047
39.4%
Anbarasu, R
Indian National Congress
44,061
7.6%
Natarajan, S
PT
1,385
0.2%
Sudarson
Independent
1,161
0.2%
Swaminathan
Independent
973
0.2%
Sava Mustafa (Thirumathi)
Independent
888
0.2%
Sivakumar, V
Independent
798
0.1%
Sivagnanasambandan .T
Rashtriya Janata Dal
714
0.1%
Ranganathan, S
Independent
622
0.1%
Loganathan, V.G
Independent
493
0.1%
Jagannathan, E
Independent
299
0.1%
Ramachandran, S
Independent
234
0.0%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Murasoli Maran
DMK
364,565
59.0%
Abdul Latheef, M.
AIADMK
227,616
36.8%
Janaki Ammal, R. (Tmt)
PT
5,046
0.8%
Loganathan, V.G.
Independent
3,815
0.6%
Ranganathan, S.
Independent
3,561
0.6%
Dominic Savio, M.
Independent
2,613
0.4%
Sudarson, M.S.
SPSP
2,200
0.4%
Subbu, A.P.S.
Nationalist Congress Party
1,814
0.3%
Santhosh Kumar, Dr.N.
Independent
1,620
0.3%
Ambeth Venkatesh, B.
Independent
887
0.1%
Balasami
AJBP
813
0.1%
Anavarathan, A.
Independent
778
0.1%
Rajasheakar, S.
DTMK
567
0.1%
Arumugam, A.
Independent
500
0.1%
Ganesan, R.
Independent
428
0.1%
Asan Meeran, M.
Independent
419
0.1%
Arumugam, J.
Independent
350
0.1%
Ramachanthiran, S.
Independent
308
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dayanidhi Maran
DMK
316,329
61.7%
Balaganga N.
AIADMK
182,151
35.5%
Venkatesan G
Janata Party
2,896
0.6%
Sagul Hameedhu
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,164
0.4%
Mohamed Ansare, P
Independent
1,433
0.3%
Bheema Rao. B R
Independent
1,101
0.2%
Farouk Mohamed. M S
Independent
858
0.2%
Mohammed Ali Jinna, J
Independent
772
0.2%
Arunthathi Jaiganesh(Alias) Jaiganesh. S
Independent
537
0.1%
Meenakshisundaram, S P
Independent
501
0.1%
Kumaresh, N.
Independent
442
0.1%
Kalaiazhagan A.
Independent
413
0.1%
Ravichandran K S.
Independent
387
0.1%
Kumar, K
Independent
384
0.1%
Durairaj, J
Independent
342
0.1%
Gopinath, D
Independent
326
0.1%
Dalitkudimahan, T D K.(Alias) Daya. Krishnamurthy, T.
Independent
293
0.1%
Vasantha, ( Tmt.) L.
Independent
289
0.1%
Sudharsan. M S
Independent
281
0.1%
Kirubanandam, S N.
Independent
269
0.1%
Ravikumar, K G.
Independent
227
0.0%
Vijayasekar, D
Independent
224
0.0%
Govindarajan, A.
Independent
201
0.0%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dayanidhi Maran
DMK
285,783
46.8%
Mogamed Ali Jinnah S.M.K.
AIADMK
252,329
41.3%
Ramakrishnan.V.V
DMDK
38,959
6.4%
Hyder Ali.S
MAMAK
13,160
2.2%
Thomas.T.Jacob
YSP
2,582
0.4%
Yunis Khan.Ay
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,108
0.3%
Mani.G
Independent
1,914
0.3%
Viswanathan.E
MMKA
1,246
0.2%
Mohammed Ali Zinna.A
Independent
1,061
0.2%
Anees Hussain.H
Independent
940
0.2%
Vijayakumar
PPOI
924
0.2%
Girija Shanker.R
Independent
844
0.1%
Arivudainambi.N
Independent
839
0.1%
Ravikumar.T
Independent
672
0.1%
Raaj Ramchand
Shiv Sena
613
0.1%
Arasakumar.M.S
Independent
526
0.1%
Ramana Reddy.K.V
KDC
503
0.1%
Vasu.S
Samajwadi Party
468
0.1%
Mohan.K
Independent
422
0.1%
Mohamed Ali
Independent
420
0.1%
Udayakumar
Independent
383
0.1%
Sridhar.S
Independent
380
0.1%
Ranganathan.V
ABKMM
305
0.0%
Gangadurai.G
JJ
295
0.0%
Krishnan.P.R
Independent
283
0.0%
Sivakumar.S
Independent
259
0.0%
Prabhu.V
Independent
248
0.0%
Gunasekaran.M
Independent
232
0.0%
Senthil.P
Independent
225
0.0%
Rajakumar.S
Independent
211
0.0%
Wilson Paul.S
Independent
208
0.0%
Nahamani.J
JMM
201
0.0%
Dhamodaran.T
Independent
179
0.0%
Marimuthu.E
Independent
170
0.0%
Parimalam.V
Independent
169
0.0%
Teackraj.D
Independent
165
0.0%
Loganathan.V
Independent
126
0.0%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
S.R. Vijayakumar
AIADMK
333,296
40.9%
Dayanidhi Maran
DMK
287,455
35.3%
J. Constandine Ravindran
DMDK
114,798
14.1%
C.D. Meyyappan
Indian National Congress
25,981
3.2%
None Of The Above
Independent
21,959
2.7%
J. Prabhakar
Aam Aadmi Party
19,553
2.4%
Muralikrishnan (A) Samaran
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,531
0.3%
M. Mohamed Rasik
Independent
2,019
0.2%
S.D. Krishnakumar
RPI(A)
1,528
0.2%
T. Ravikumar
Independent
973
0.1%
Auditor Gopinarayanan
MMK
805
0.1%
M. Murugan
Independent
697
0.1%
P. Ahila
Independent
579
0.1%
P. Manimaran
Independent
391
0.0%
Arundhathi Jaiganesh (A) S.Jaiganesh
Independent
390
0.0%
B. Ambeth Venkatesh
Independent
390
0.0%
K.Raveendran
Independent
369
0.0%
M. Prabakaran
Independent
336
0.0%
V. Chandramohan
Independent
324
0.0%
D. Babu
Independent
261
0.0%
D. Ramesh
Independent
259
0.0%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dayanidhi Maran
DMK
448,911
58.2%
Sam Paul. S.R.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
147,391
19.1%
Kameela Nasser
MNM
92,249
12.0%
Dr.Karthikeyan. R
NTK
30,886
4.0%
Sheik Mohamed @ Dhehlan Baqavi
SOCIALDEMOCRATICPARTYOFINDIA
23,741
3.1%
Karnan.C.S.
ACDP
5,768
0.7%
Jitendra Kumar Jain.
RPI(A)
3,398
0.4%
Parthasarathy.M.
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,696
0.3%
Kuppusamy. K.
Independent
1,770
0.2%
Sasikumar.S.
TNIK
1,556
0.2%
Sam Paul
Independent
1,444
0.2%
Samuel Paul
Independent
1,234
0.2%
Dr. Gunasekar. N
Independent
1,229
0.2%
Govindaraj. L.
Independent
1,184
0.2%
Geethalakshmi.V.R.
PPI
1,030
0.1%
Chandranathan. S.
Independent
929
0.1%
Suresh Babu. D.
DMSK
690
0.1%
Najimunnissa
AMK
645
0.1%
Valarmathi. K.
AIVP
643
0.1%
Tamilarasan. V.V.
Independent
511
0.1%
Radhakrishnan. V.
Independent
504
0.1%
Raj Ramchand
Independent
497
0.1%
Prabhakaran. N.
Independent
377
0.0%
Nasar. K.
Independent
360
0.0%
Vaithiyanathan. R
Independent
356
0.0%
Prabakaran. K.M.
Independent
334
0.0%
Dinakaran. G.
Independent
325
0.0%
Raghavan. M.
Independent
322
0.0%
Madhanagopal. T
Independent
235
0.0%
Pushparaj. J. L.
Independent
216
0.0%
Ravichandran. M
Independent
197
0.0%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Chennai Central has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1977. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Congress (O), DMK, Indian National Congress, AIADMK.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Chennai Central in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Dayanidhi Maran (DMK) won Chennai Central, Tamil Nadu, in 2019 with 448,911 votes (58.2%), a margin of 301,520 votes over Sam Paul. S.R..
Which parties have won Chennai Central since 1977?
Since 1977, Chennai Central has been won by: AIADMK, Congress (O), DMK, Indian National Congress.
What was the closest result in Chennai Central?
The closest result on record for Chennai Central was 2009, when DMK beat AIADMK by just 33,454 votes (5.5 percentage points).