Chennai North, Tamil Nadu — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Chennai North (Tamil Nadu) was won by Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy (DMK) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 461,518 votes over Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Chennai North, Tamil Nadu, from 1971 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1971–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1971
K. Manoharan
DMK
245,401
55.0%
S. G. Vinayagamoorthy (Congress (O))
51,594 (11.6 pts)
1977
Asai Thambi A.V.P.
DMK
250,852
54.3%
Manoharan K. (AIADMK)
45,103 (9.8 pts)
1980
Lakshmanan G.
DMK
297,268
57.3%
Abdul Khader M.S. (AIADMK)
99,318 (19.1 pts)
1984
N.V.N.Somu
DMK
261,941
52.2%
G.Lakshmanan (Indian National Congress)
36,450 (7.3 pts)
1989
D. Pandian
Indian National Congress
445,197
54.8%
N. V. M. Somu (DMK)
113,771 (14.0 pts)
1991
D. Pandian
Indian National Congress
400,454
54.6%
Arunachalam Alias Aladi Aruna (DMK)
118,518 (16.2 pts)
1996
Somu N.V.N
DMK
559,048
66.1%
Pandian.D (Indian National Congress)
389,617 (46.1 pts)
1998
Kuppusami C
DMK
401,322
47.1%
Sabapathy Mohan, R.T. (MDMK)
69,093 (8.1 pts)
1999
Kuppusamy, C.
DMK
471,101
53.6%
Soundara Rajan, A. (CPI (Marxist))
159,789 (18.2 pts)
2004
Kuppusami. C
DMK
570,122
62.2%
Sukumar Nambiar. M N (Bharatiya Janata Party)
253,539 (27.7 pts)
2009
Elangovan T.K.S
DMK
281,055
42.6%
Pandian. D (Communist Party of India)
19,153 (2.9 pts)
2014
Venkatesh Babu .T.G
AIADMK
406,704
44.7%
Girirajan .R (DMK)
99,704 (11.0 pts)
2019
Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy
DMK
590,986
62.9%
Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj (DMDK)
461,518 (49.1 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
K. Manoharan
DMK
245,401
55.0%
S. G. Vinayagamoorthy
Congress (O)
193,807
43.5%
Zainuddin
Independent
3,452
0.8%
Virandra Nath Bajpai
Independent
3,294
0.7%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Asai Thambi A.V.P.
DMK
250,852
54.3%
Manoharan K.
AIADMK
205,749
44.5%
Varadha Desikan O.A.
Independent
1,919
0.4%
Jagadev
Independent
1,032
0.2%
Manickam R. Alias Thirumaravan
Independent
876
0.2%
Venkatakrishnaiah V.
Independent
686
0.1%
Manakchand Nahar B.
Independent
595
0.1%
Venkatesan P.
Independent
592
0.1%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lakshmanan G.
DMK
297,268
57.3%
Abdul Khader M.S.
AIADMK
197,950
38.2%
Indra Kumari R.
Independent
16,378
3.2%
Mani Verma N.M.
Congress (U)
2,065
0.4%
Varadhadesigan O.A.
Independent
884
0.2%
Govindarajulu C. Alias Jagajothi
Independent
778
0.2%
Marriappan A.S.R.
Janata Party (Secular)
722
0.1%
Ramiah
Independent
681
0.1%
Seman Thalapathi C.V.
Independent
478
0.1%
John P.
Independent
375
0.1%
Selvaraj T.V.
Independent
236
0.0%
Balasubramaniam S.
Independent
200
0.0%
Manak Chand Nahar B.
Independent
195
0.0%
Warrier N.K.
Independent
186
0.0%
Zainuddin A.K.
Independent
135
0.0%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
N.V.N.Somu
DMK
261,941
52.2%
G.Lakshmanan
Indian National Congress
225,491
44.9%
R.Elilarasu
Independent
2,125
0.4%
Kishanlal Jain
Independent
1,448
0.3%
P.Pandian
Independent
1,263
0.3%
N.S.N Mohamed Ebrahim
Independent
832
0.2%
M.E. Sambasivam
Independent
757
0.2%
K.Amarchand
Independent
750
0.1%
V.S.A. Babu
Independent
731
0.1%
T.Rajan Mathews
ICJ
654
0.1%
Abdul Azeez
Independent
653
0.1%
P.K.Sadasivam
Independent
477
0.1%
D.Dev Anand Michael
Independent
459
0.1%
P.Sarojini
Independent
451
0.1%
E.Jagannathan
Independent
426
0.1%
Aaramguru Alias Balasubramanian
Independent
379
0.1%
K.Krishnan
Independent
366
0.1%
S.Krishan
Independent
356
0.1%
M.Nithyanandham
Independent
344
0.1%
K.Mariappan
Independent
318
0.1%
S.Hari
Independent
305
0.1%
T. Palani
Independent
305
0.1%
M.Muthukkaruppan
Independent
297
0.1%
Manakchand Nahar
Independent
265
0.1%
Balasundram Alias Balan
Independent
249
0.0%
O.A. Varada Desigan
Independent
185
0.0%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
D. Pandian
Indian National Congress
445,197
54.8%
N. V. M. Somu
DMK
331,426
40.8%
Rama Muthukumar
Pattali Makkal Katchi
21,537
2.7%
M. Meerankhan
JNP (JP)
1,482
0.2%
C. H. Vinoba Gandhi
TMM
1,268
0.2%
V. S. Prakasam
Independent
897
0.1%
Kumari Nambi
Independent
808
0.1%
B. Nathan
Independent
737
0.1%
K. Anandaraj
Independent
704
0.1%
R.Seran
LKD (B)
704
0.1%
D. A. Varada Desigan
Independent
648
0.1%
K. Samsudeen
Independent
627
0.1%
M. Sarangapani
Independent
608
0.1%
K. Manogaran
Independent
566
0.1%
P. Thamilarasan
Independent
536
0.1%
D. Rajendran
Independent
508
0.1%
P. Abdul Parit
Independent
483
0.1%
M. Kailasam
SLL
391
0.0%
G. Kanniappan
Independent
358
0.0%
Nagabhushanam
Independent
356
0.0%
Manik Chand Nahar
Independent
316
0.0%
E. Munuswamy
Independent
292
0.0%
M. Nityanandham
Independent
263
0.0%
S. S. Mani
Independent
262
0.0%
D. Victoria
Independent
232
0.0%
T. Angappa Rao
Independent
226
0.0%
C. V. Padmanabhan
Independent
194
0.0%
George Komakan
Independent
135
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
D. Pandian
Indian National Congress
400,454
54.6%
Arunachalam Alias Aladi Aruna
DMK
281,936
38.4%
Rama Muthu Kumar
Pattali Makkal Katchi
18,856
2.6%
G. Krishnan
Bharatiya Janata Party
17,309
2.4%
M. Kalidass
DDP
3,646
0.5%
T. Vellaiyan
Janata Party
3,557
0.5%
R. Ezhilarasu
Independent
1,024
0.1%
Kirupanidhi S.
Independent
799
0.1%
P.I. Thirumorthy
Independent
666
0.1%
P. Thamilarasan
Independent
558
0.1%
P. Maniarasu
Independent
482
0.1%
J. Kumari (W)
Independent
455
0.1%
Manak Chand Nahar
Independent
449
0.1%
M. Nithyanandham
Independent
438
0.1%
E.S. Krishna Moorthy
Independent
391
0.1%
D. Victoria (W)
MHA
389
0.1%
P. Abdul Parit
Independent
364
0.0%
G. Jebraj
Independent
334
0.0%
K. Samsudeen
Independent
306
0.0%
P. Moses
SLL
246
0.0%
P.F. Xavier Raj
Independent
188
0.0%
S. Jagadeesvaran
Independent
178
0.0%
R. Thandavarayan
Independent
138
0.0%
R. Thirunavukkarasu
Independent
116
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Somu N.V.N
DMK
559,048
66.1%
Pandian.D
Indian National Congress
169,431
20.0%
Varada Rajan W.R
CPI (Marxist)
66,479
7.9%
Mohan V. Bharathamatha
Bharatiya Janata Party
19,113
2.3%
Mahadevan.G
Pattali Makkal Katchi
16,143
1.9%
Charles.G
Independent
2,192
0.3%
Udayan.P
Independent
1,818
0.2%
Ramachandiran.M
Shiv Sena
1,528
0.2%
Jalaludeen.M
Independent
993
0.1%
Abdul Farook.P
Independent
587
0.1%
Swaminathan.K.R
MMS
572
0.1%
Sundarraj.P
Independent
542
0.1%
Sheila Rajarathnam
PHK
501
0.1%
Nithyanandham.M
Independent
475
0.1%
Lakshmanan K.K
Independent
458
0.1%
Abdul Rahman K.A
Independent
450
0.1%
Kumar D.S
Independent
418
0.0%
Karuppiah.M
Independent
395
0.0%
Govintharaj.R
Independent
371
0.0%
Ramachandran Mu. Pavalar
Independent
370
0.0%
Perumal.J
Independent
358
0.0%
Gnana Sigamani.V
Independent
315
0.0%
Palani.K
Independent
307
0.0%
Jagadisan
Independent
305
0.0%
Palani Sundaresan
Independent
301
0.0%
Elengovan S.E
Independent
289
0.0%
Asokan.N
Independent
276
0.0%
Manak Chand Nahar
Independent
276
0.0%
Agarwal Alias Shanker
Independent
269
0.0%
Jagannathan.E
Independent
224
0.0%
Kalyanasundaram.W.G
Independent
222
0.0%
Thamilarasan.P
Independent
206
0.0%
Umesh Kumar Jain C
Independent
164
0.0%
Thampi Latif
Independent
147
0.0%
Munuswamy.E
Independent
97
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kuppusami C
DMK
401,322
47.1%
Sabapathy Mohan, R.T.
MDMK
332,229
39.0%
Soundara Rajan A
CPI (Marxist)
50,590
5.9%
Bharathi, G.K.J
Indian National Congress
47,147
5.5%
Devanathan, T
Bahujan Samaj Party
12,085
1.4%
Kumarasamy, S
CPI (ML) Liberation
4,100
0.5%
Kalaiselvan, K
Independent
1,608
0.2%
Ganesan, J
Independent
1,331
0.2%
Baskar, N
Independent
757
0.1%
Moorthy, T.K.
SAP
678
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kuppusamy, C.
DMK
471,101
53.6%
Soundara Rajan, A.
CPI (Marxist)
311,312
35.4%
Aaroon Rasheed, J.M.
Trinamool Congress
81,192
9.2%
Sreenivasan, K. (Alias) Gandhi Sreenivasan
Independent
2,877
0.3%
Kumarasamy, S.
CPI (ML) Liberation
2,321
0.3%
Sampath, D.
Independent
2,227
0.3%
Rajendran, V.V.
DTMK
1,767
0.2%
Nithiyanantham, K.
Independent
1,054
0.1%
Selvarajan, C.R.
Independent
832
0.1%
Selvaraj, M.T.R.
Independent
638
0.1%
Marimuthu, P.
Independent
633
0.1%
Amanullah, J.M.
Independent
536
0.1%
Navita
LJSPI
459
0.1%
Joseph Kennedy, A.
Independent
448
0.1%
Sikkandar Kasim, A.Y.
Independent
444
0.1%
Amudhan, A.
Independent
426
0.0%
Murthy, G.
Independent
385
0.0%
Kanchana, M.
Independent
351
0.0%
Ravi, A.
Independent
293
0.0%
Jayasankar, G.
Independent
177
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kuppusami. C
DMK
570,122
62.2%
Sukumar Nambiar. M N
Bharatiya Janata Party
316,583
34.6%
Gunasekaran. Muthu
Janata Dal (United)
4,512
0.5%
Umakanthan. R
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,820
0.4%
Manivannan. C
Independent
2,375
0.3%
Kumarasamy. S
CPI (ML) Liberation
2,071
0.2%
Parimalam. V
Independent
1,898
0.2%
Sethuraman. R D
Janata Party
1,671
0.2%
Mathi. T
Independent
1,602
0.2%
Jainalufthin. J
Independent
1,494
0.2%
Sreenivasulu. V
Samajwadi Party
1,424
0.2%
Kuppusamy. V
Independent
1,230
0.1%
Nowshath Ali. M K
Independent
1,039
0.1%
Balamurugan. B
Independent
963
0.1%
Daveson. T R
Independent
706
0.1%
Valsala. Tmt
Rashtriya Lok Dal
562
0.1%
Rajasekar. R
Independent
530
0.1%
Elangovan. R
Independent
494
0.1%
Marimuthu. P
Independent
493
0.1%
Jaganathan. R
Independent
424
0.0%
Sendhilkumar. R
Independent
415
0.0%
Devadoss. M
Independent
409
0.0%
Thirumoorthy. P I
Independent
370
0.0%
Janakiraman. C
Independent
360
0.0%
Murugan. S
Independent
298
0.0%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elangovan T.K.S
DMK
281,055
42.6%
Pandian. D
Communist Party of India
261,902
39.7%
Yuvaraj. V
DMDK
66,375
10.1%
Tamilisaisoundararajan
Bharatiya Janata Party
23,350
3.5%
Santhashrini J.O.R
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,952
0.6%
Bhaskaran.V Alias Aavin V.Bhaskaran
Independent
3,459
0.5%
Jayachandran.K.
Independent
2,626
0.4%
Saravanan.M
Independent
1,915
0.3%
Deepa
Independent
1,886
0.3%
Mohammed Abdullah
RPI(A)
1,619
0.2%
Sathish. T.P
Independent
1,444
0.2%
Anandhu.K
LJP
1,442
0.2%
Sivakumar.V
Independent
971
0.1%
Satish Kumar. K.P
MMKA
814
0.1%
Palanimoses. N
PKMK
729
0.1%
Giriraj.D
Independent
709
0.1%
Rajaram.R
Independent
551
0.1%
Theyagarajan.V
Independent
539
0.1%
Nirmal Kumar.A
Independent
530
0.1%
Zeenath Unnissa Begum.M.B.
Independent
528
0.1%
Arumugam. K
Independent
509
0.1%
Kadhiravan. M
Independent
502
0.1%
Marimuthu.P
Independent
440
0.1%
Vinobhagandhi.C.H
Independent
375
0.1%
Rudramoorthy.M
Independent
371
0.1%
Ramesh.D
Independent
338
0.1%
Sathish.C
Independent
331
0.1%
Sankar.K
Independent
314
0.0%
Anandaraj.G
Independent
313
0.0%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Venkatesh Babu .T.G
AIADMK
406,704
44.7%
Girirajan .R
DMK
307,000
33.7%
Soundarapandian .M
DMDK
86,989
9.6%
Biju Chacko
Indian National Congress
24,190
2.7%
Vasuki .U
CPI (Marxist)
23,751
2.6%
None Of The Above
Independent
17,472
1.9%
Nijam Mohaideen .M
SOCIALDEMOCRATICPARTYOFINDIA
14,585
1.6%
Srinivason .S
Aam Aadmi Party
6,819
0.7%
Janarthanan .J
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,960
0.5%
Paul Kanagaraj. R.C
Independent
1,589
0.2%
Kolangi. M
Independent
1,494
0.2%
Kesavan. L
Independent
1,198
0.1%
Vijaya Kumar .K
TNMC
1,145
0.1%
Srinivasan. J
Independent
964
0.1%
Sundar. G
Independent
870
0.1%
Marimuthu. P
Independent
777
0.1%
Sivashanmuga Perumal. S
Independent
712
0.1%
Ravi Pariyanar. D
Independent
600
0.1%
Babu Mailan .A
LSP
569
0.1%
Mariraj. T.R
Independent
559
0.1%
Sivakumar . V
SUCI(C)
502
0.1%
Deepak. C
Independent
475
0.1%
Charavanan. M.P.
Independent
475
0.1%
Senthil Kumar. K
Independent
472
0.1%
Seetha Mallar. A
Independent
469
0.1%
Prabhakaran. K
Independent
457
0.1%
Giriraj. D
Independent
414
0.0%
Paulraj .T
MMK
387
0.0%
Devaraj. G
Independent
386
0.0%
Mahendran. K.P.P.
Independent
343
0.0%
Raja. B
Independent
337
0.0%
Balaji. E
Independent
311
0.0%
Mohamed Majasuddin
Independent
302
0.0%
Durai Babu. R
Independent
297
0.0%
Ramesh Kannan .G
RPI
257
0.0%
Ramasamy. M.D.
Independent
234
0.0%
Raj. N
Independent
216
0.0%
Ravikumar. T
Independent
211
0.0%
Ponraj. P
Independent
208
0.0%
Anbazhagan .G
Independent
208
0.0%
Yogaraj. S
Independent
206
0.0%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy
DMK
590,986
62.9%
Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj
DMDK
129,468
13.8%
A. G. Mourya
MNM
103,167
11.0%
Kaliyammal.P
NTK
60,515
6.4%
P.Santhana Krishnan
Independent
33,277
3.5%
S.Robert Gnana Sekar
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,420
0.5%
Kamesh
TNIK
2,669
0.3%
S.Selvaraj
Independent
2,459
0.3%
G.Srinivasan
Independent
1,677
0.2%
S.Ganesh
Independent
1,461
0.2%
C.Dhanraj
Independent
1,116
0.1%
V.Saravanan
Independent
1,070
0.1%
M.L.Ravi
DMSK
945
0.1%
J. Sebastin
SUCI(C)
900
0.1%
N.Satheesh Kannan
Independent
847
0.1%
L.Praveen Kumar
PPI()
768
0.1%
A.G.Damodharan
Independent
763
0.1%
K.Prabhakaran
MK
679
0.1%
R.Arulmurugan
Independent
615
0.1%
P.Marimuthu
Independent
566
0.1%
S.Prithviraj
Independent
555
0.1%
L.Raj
Independent
533
0.1%
J.Dharanidharan
Independent
402
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 North has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1971. Parties that have won this seat over that span: DMK, Indian National Congress, AIADMK.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Chennai North in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy (DMK) won Chennai North, Tamil Nadu, in 2019 with 590,986 votes (62.9%), a margin of 461,518 votes over Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj.
Which parties have won Chennai North since 1971?
Since 1971, Chennai North has been won by: AIADMK, DMK, Indian National Congress.
What was the closest result in Chennai North?
The closest result on record for Chennai North was 2009, when DMK beat Communist Party of India by just 19,153 votes (2.9 percentage points).