Chennai South, Tamil Nadu — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Chennai South (Tamil Nadu) was won by T.Sumathy (A) Thamizhachi Thangapandian (DMK) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 262,223 votes over Dr.J.Jayavardhan. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Chennai South, Tamil Nadu, from 1971 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1971–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1971
Murasoli Naran
DMK
253,626
52.1%
Nara Simhan (Swatantra Party)
20,341 (4.2 pts)
1977
Venkataraman R.
Indian National Congress
241,033
50.8%
Murasoli Maran (DMK)
14,829 (3.1 pts)
1980
Venkataraman R.
Congress (I)
328,836
60.3%
Sulochana Sampath E.V.K. (AIADMK)
120,362 (22.1 pts)
1984
Vyjayanthimala
Indian National Congress
336,353
51.9%
Era Sezhiyan (Janata Party)
48,017 (7.4 pts)
1989
Vyjayantimala Bali
Indian National Congress
445,864
53.9%
Arunachalam Alias Aladi Aruna (DMK)
125,844 (15.2 pts)
1991
R. Sridharan
AIADMK
418,493
56.7%
T.R. Balu (DMK)
162,528 (22.0 pts)
1996
Baalu T.R
DMK
538,697
62.0%
Ganesham.H (AIADMK)
339,181 (39.0 pts)
1998
Baalu T.R.
DMK
432,913
48.2%
Jana Krishnamurthi, K (Bharatiya Janata Party)
20,014 (2.2 pts)
1999
Baalu, T.R.
DMK
562,221
60.0%
Dhandayudhapani, V. (Indian National Congress)
240,184 (25.7 pts)
2004
Baalu, T. R.
DMK
564,578
60.4%
Bader Sayeed ( Tmt) (AIADMK)
220,740 (23.6 pts)
2009
Rajendran C
AIADMK
308,567
42.4%
Bharathy R.S. (DMK)
32,935 (4.5 pts)
2014
Dr. J. Jayavardhan
AIADMK
438,404
40.5%
T.K.S.Elangovan (DMK)
136,625 (12.6 pts)
2019
T.Sumathy (A) Thamizhachi Thangapandian
DMK
564,872
50.9%
Dr.J.Jayavardhan (AIADMK)
262,223 (23.6 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Murasoli Naran
DMK
253,626
52.1%
Nara Simhan
Swatantra Party
233,285
47.9%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Venkataraman R.
Indian National Congress
241,033
50.8%
Murasoli Maran
DMK
226,204
47.7%
Srinivasan S.
Independent
2,676
0.6%
Natarajan K.
Independent
1,349
0.3%
Raghavan D.
Independent
1,323
0.3%
Mohammed Ehiya
Independent
847
0.2%
Rao I.S.
Independent
757
0.2%
Thirunagar Rathnam
Independent
388
0.1%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Venkataraman R.
Congress (I)
328,836
60.3%
Sulochana Sampath E.V.K.
AIADMK
208,474
38.3%
Sadagopan A.
Independent
1,930
0.4%
Thalapathi C.V. Seman
Independent
1,510
0.3%
Mohan Nair G.
Independent
1,344
0.2%
Valliappan V.
Independent
1,188
0.2%
Jagannathan E.
Independent
1,032
0.2%
Raghavan
Independent
666
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Vyjayanthimala
Indian National Congress
336,353
51.9%
Era Sezhiyan
Janata Party
288,336
44.5%
V.Kulothungacholan
Independent
3,173
0.5%
M. Madhavan
Independent
2,999
0.5%
Era Kulasekaran
Independent
2,908
0.4%
B.S.R. Krishna
Independent
2,781
0.4%
A.P. Thamilarasu
Independent
2,220
0.3%
Kannuthal
Independent
2,074
0.3%
V.V.S.Manian
Independent
1,718
0.3%
B.Ramesh
Independent
1,674
0.3%
Saroja
Independent
1,231
0.2%
Nangai Khadher
Independent
851
0.1%
G.Sethuraman
Independent
805
0.1%
Manak Chand Nahar
Independent
728
0.1%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Vyjayantimala Bali
Indian National Congress
445,864
53.9%
Arunachalam Alias Aladi Aruna
DMK
320,020
38.7%
Ayilam Panchapakesa Venkateswaran
Independent
24,967
3.0%
V. Sivaraman Alias Saidai K. V. Siva
Pattali Makkal Katchi
22,234
2.7%
K. Radhakrishnan
Independent
3,029
0.4%
K. Gurumurthy
JNP (JP)
1,507
0.2%
M. Bagavandass
TMM
964
0.1%
C. V. Seshadri
Independent
822
0.1%
C. Thirumani
Independent
699
0.1%
M. S. Arulmani
Independent
696
0.1%
B. Ramesh
Independent
676
0.1%
S. Sundara Ramanan
Independent
653
0.1%
K. Harichandra Prasad
Independent
520
0.1%
Kil Namakkarar Gridathi Anandar
Independent
427
0.1%
S. Vallivevelen
Independent
360
0.0%
R. S. Pandian
Independent
350
0.0%
M. Krishnan
Independent
334
0.0%
A. Periyasamy
Independent
323
0.0%
D. S. Kumar
Independent
321
0.0%
A. R. Emparumal
Independent
303
0.0%
S. D. Panneerselvam
Independent
300
0.0%
S. Leenas
Independent
291
0.0%
M. Sushila
Independent
287
0.0%
S. V. S. Subramaniam
Independent
284
0.0%
P. Paul Nadar
Independent
273
0.0%
A. V. Srinivasan
Independent
265
0.0%
A. Chockalingam
Independent
245
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
R. Sridharan
AIADMK
418,493
56.7%
T.R. Balu
DMK
255,965
34.7%
R.S. Narayanaswami
Bharatiya Janata Party
29,480
4.0%
Sivaraman Alias Saidai K.V. Siva
Pattali Makkal Katchi
19,840
2.7%
H.V. Hande
Janata Party
7,662
1.0%
C. Siva
DDP
919
0.1%
M. Bagavandoss
TMM
650
0.1%
G. Ayyavoo
Independent
498
0.1%
J. Kumari (W)
Independent
427
0.1%
T.V. Keerthivasan
Independent
408
0.1%
P. Balaraman
Independent
387
0.1%
V.T.C. Selvaraj
Independent
374
0.1%
G. Purushothaman
Independent
354
0.0%
A. Natarajan
Independent
313
0.0%
Sampath S. Saidai
Independent
291
0.0%
P. John
Independent
265
0.0%
R. Rajina (W)
Independent
245
0.0%
Kilanamakkarar Gridathi Anandar
Independent
241
0.0%
Swami Nathan
Independent
239
0.0%
S.P. Kannuthal
Independent
203
0.0%
S.M. Subramaniam
Independent
190
0.0%
C. Thirumeni
Independent
182
0.0%
G. Rajaraman
Independent
176
0.0%
S. Vallivelan
Independent
176
0.0%
A.R. Emperumal
Independent
173
0.0%
O.A. Varada Desigan
Independent
138
0.0%
I. Denan
Independent
138
0.0%
Kanchee Baskar
Independent
131
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Baalu T.R
DMK
538,697
62.0%
Ganesham.H
AIADMK
199,516
23.0%
Asha Menon @ Revathi
Independent
42,906
4.9%
Maitreyan.V.
Bharatiya Janata Party
34,356
4.0%
Senguttuvan R
MDMK
29,838
3.4%
Sivaraman @ Saidai Siva K.V.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
13,540
1.6%
Arun @ Kannan M.K.
Independent
890
0.1%
Venukumar Mahadevan
Independent
753
0.1%
Deenan.I
Independent
563
0.1%
Jayaseelan.G
MELPHC
492
0.1%
Ramalingam.V
Independent
474
0.1%
Ramesh.B
Independent
460
0.1%
Pachaiappan.K
Independent
401
0.0%
Jayalakshmi V.K.
PHK
361
0.0%
Kumari J
Independent
357
0.0%
Perusirian M.P
Independent
344
0.0%
Mohan Bala Subramaniyan.R.
SAP
335
0.0%
Raghupathi.K
Independent
329
0.0%
Kalaiyarasan.M
Independent
319
0.0%
Kilnanakkarar Gridathi Anandar
Independent
313
0.0%
Ganesan
Independent
299
0.0%
Nallathambi S
Independent
272
0.0%
Alexander J
Independent
264
0.0%
Ekambaram.G
Independent
252
0.0%
Joseph
Independent
250
0.0%
Kiruthivasan T.V
Independent
249
0.0%
Natarajan K
Independent
238
0.0%
Marichami Kurumans.S.S
Independent
235
0.0%
Natarajan A.
Independent
233
0.0%
Navaneethan
Independent
221
0.0%
Rajendran.B
Independent
209
0.0%
Hariharan P.P.R
AIDPF
195
0.0%
Ilayapandia Alagu Thevan.P
Independent
194
0.0%
Elumalai J
Independent
191
0.0%
Lakshmi V
Independent
190
0.0%
Rajendran @ Rajan.B
Independent
178
0.0%
Kanagasaibai @ Moses Saibai.S
Independent
163
0.0%
Kalaivan Er.
Independent
131
0.0%
Pachaiappan Eagai.V
Independent
126
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Baalu T.R.
DMK
432,913
48.2%
Jana Krishnamurthi, K
Bharatiya Janata Party
412,899
45.9%
Subramanyam, M.P
Indian National Congress
44,549
5.0%
Nagappan, M
Independent
3,294
0.4%
Kanakasabai, N
Independent
2,012
0.2%
Mohanraj, J
TLJ
1,276
0.1%
Vivekananda, S
Independent
744
0.1%
Srinivasan, S
Independent
574
0.1%
Ganesan P.S.
Independent
537
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Baalu, T.R.
DMK
562,221
60.0%
Dhandayudhapani, V.
Indian National Congress
322,037
34.4%
Muktha V. Srinivasan
Trinamool Congress
38,700
4.1%
Raja, M.
Independent
4,309
0.5%
Mohanraj, J.
Independent
2,166
0.2%
Dhandapani, V.M.
Independent
2,117
0.2%
Dhanasekar, T.
NOC
1,566
0.2%
Babu, P.
Independent
1,084
0.1%
Suresh, P.
Independent
784
0.1%
Elango, S.
Independent
770
0.1%
Jayaveera Pandian, A.
LJSPI
768
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Baalu, T. R.
DMK
564,578
60.4%
Bader Sayeed ( Tmt)
AIADMK
343,838
36.8%
Vasudevan
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,006
0.4%
Babu. T
Independent
2,371
0.3%
Thiyagarajan. P
Independent
2,203
0.2%
Navamani, T
Janata Party
2,194
0.2%
Devadoss Kuppal G
Independent
1,782
0.2%
Rajendran. A
Independent
1,233
0.1%
Salvam. S
Independent
771
0.1%
Mohan Raj, J
JJ
734
0.1%
Rajan. P
Independent
635
0.1%
Vivekananda, S
Independent
612
0.1%
Suryanarayanan, R
Independent
583
0.1%
Mazhai Meni Pandiyan. S
Independent
570
0.1%
Anand. S
Independent
565
0.1%
Baskaran. S
Independent
555
0.1%
Purushothaman. S
Independent
553
0.1%
Rajalaxmi. ( Tmt) P
Independent
484
0.1%
Jayaraj. S
Independent
445
0.0%
Pugazhenthi, G.
Independent
440
0.0%
Srinivasan, V R. Alias Love Srini
Independent
431
0.0%
Prakash, P
Independent
419
0.0%
Gopi. M
Independent
417
0.0%
Mohd Farook
Independent
397
0.0%
Janakiraman. A
Independent
395
0.0%
Shanmugam. G
Independent
388
0.0%
Shanmugam, P T (Alias) Shanmuga Sundaram, P T
Independent
374
0.0%
Kumar. D S
Independent
370
0.0%
Prasad. V B D
Independent
362
0.0%
Murugan. V G
Independent
354
0.0%
Bommi. ( Tmt) R
Independent
337
0.0%
Sivakumar. Pon
Independent
307
0.0%
Chinnatambi, K
Independent
298
0.0%
Murugan, D
Independent
295
0.0%
Rajadurai. M
Independent
252
0.0%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rajendran C
AIADMK
308,567
42.4%
Bharathy R.S.
DMK
275,632
37.9%
Gopinath V
DMDK
67,291
9.2%
Ganesan La
Bharatiya Janata Party
42,925
5.9%
Sarath Babu E
Independent
15,885
2.2%
Venkataraman N.S.
DPK
2,154
0.3%
Mathikkarasu P
Independent
1,780
0.2%
Ramaswamy @ Traffic Ramaswamy
Independent
1,693
0.2%
Girirajan M
Independent
1,197
0.2%
Christhudass N
Independent
803
0.1%
Palani S.P.
Independent
628
0.1%
Bala Krishnan M
Independent
597
0.1%
Venkatesan D
Independent
588
0.1%
Shanmuga Sundaram P.T
Independent
531
0.1%
Sathiyaseelan M
LJP
520
0.1%
Jayaraman S
Shiv Sena
491
0.1%
Elangovan K
Independent
436
0.1%
Chandran K
Independent
412
0.1%
Ziaudden N
Independent
365
0.1%
Sampath Kumar S
Independent
354
0.0%
Tanmay
Independent
299
0.0%
Balasubramanian V
Independent
293
0.0%
Mohanraj J
JJ
278
0.0%
Balan B
Independent
270
0.0%
Ravindra Dass R
KDC
268
0.0%
Rajendran V
Independent
263
0.0%
Chandra Sekaran R
Independent
258
0.0%
Devadoss Kuppal G
Independent
258
0.0%
Karthikeyan G
Independent
256
0.0%
Kumar V.A
Independent
255
0.0%
Rajamanithar S.J.
PKMK
252
0.0%
Sundar J
Independent
243
0.0%
Jyothi G.M.
PPOI
235
0.0%
Shanmugaraj V
Independent
224
0.0%
Irudayadass A
Independent
218
0.0%
Srinivasan V.R
Independent
211
0.0%
Veeramani S
Independent
209
0.0%
Aswathaman K
Independent
195
0.0%
Tamil Selvan M
Independent
184
0.0%
Suresh Kumar M
Independent
183
0.0%
Manivannan C
Independent
151
0.0%
Mahalingam J.S.
Independent
143
0.0%
Raja L.D
Independent
118
0.0%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dr. J. Jayavardhan
AIADMK
438,404
40.5%
T.K.S.Elangovan
DMK
301,779
27.9%
La.Ganesan
Bharatiya Janata Party
256,786
23.8%
S.V. Ramani
Indian National Congress
24,420
2.3%
None Of The Above
Independent
20,402
1.9%
Jahir Hussain. M
Aam Aadmi Party
17,312
1.6%
A. Jaiganesh
LSP
4,501
0.4%
Ganesan S
SUCI(C)
1,730
0.2%
K.R.Ramaswamy@Traffic Ramaswamy
Independent
1,670
0.2%
V. Balaji
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,540
0.1%
S. Seethalakshmi
TNMC
1,303
0.1%
T.K. Ramajayam
Independent
1,194
0.1%
A. Irudayadass
Independent
963
0.1%
Kanthavel D
Independent
878
0.1%
S. Pragasam
Independent
648
0.1%
T. Ponnusamy
Independent
539
0.0%
(Kuppal)G.Devadoss
Independent
514
0.0%
K. Shankar
Independent
504
0.0%
Colonel Kadar Basha
Independent
434
0.0%
S. Balamurali
Independent
420
0.0%
S.S.Radhakrishnan
Independent
376
0.0%
R. Kandasamy@Babu
APM
374
0.0%
T. Dhanasekar
NOC
332
0.0%
K. Mani
Janata Dal (United)
275
0.0%
Pon. Siva Kumar
Independent
274
0.0%
J.S. Mahalingam
Independent
269
0.0%
S. Balu
Independent
264
0.0%
S. Charumathi
Independent
261
0.0%
Bhavani Janakiram
Independent
247
0.0%
Joseph Gunasekar
Independent
245
0.0%
B. Kumar Sri Sri
Independent
236
0.0%
S. Devadoss
Independent
235
0.0%
M. Arumugam
Independent
219
0.0%
R. Ravichandran
Independent
216
0.0%
S. Sesu Raj
Independent
201
0.0%
M. Jayaraman
Independent
194
0.0%
Thangaraj
Independent
189
0.0%
S. Parthiban
Independent
175
0.0%
S. Rajeshwari
Independent
155
0.0%
Rajini Nivetha
Independent
142
0.0%
A. Magesh
Independent
121
0.0%
Loganathan
Independent
117
0.0%
S. Veeramani
Independent
105
0.0%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
T.Sumathy (A) Thamizhachi Thangapandian
DMK
564,872
50.9%
Dr.J.Jayavardhan
AIADMK
302,649
27.3%
R.Rangarajan
MNM
135,465
12.2%
A.J.Sherine
NTK
50,222
4.5%
Dr.E.Subaya (A) Esakki Subaya
Independent
29,522
2.7%
Kottur R.Kumar
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,399
0.2%
K.Saravana Perumal
Independent
1,645
0.1%
Saikumar.S
SUCI(C)
1,491
0.1%
Agni Sriramachandran
Independent
1,444
0.1%
Murthy.M
Independent
1,429
0.1%
Dr.A.Naresh
TNIK
1,381
0.1%
D.Karthick
Independent
1,203
0.1%
M.Radha
Independent
1,042
0.1%
Farmer K.Jayaraman
Independent
968
0.1%
S.Elankumaran
Independent
959
0.1%
K.Murali Krishnan
PPI
860
0.1%
M.Rajeswari Priya
Independent
772
0.1%
I.Chidambara Anantha Raja (A) Icarr Weeoui
Independent
743
0.1%
R.Ganesan
Independent
673
0.1%
S.Srinivasan (A) Power Star
RPI
670
0.1%
Sibi Chakkaravarthy
Independent
647
0.1%
M.A.Jayakumar
DMSK
639
0.1%
K.Kannan
Independent
635
0.1%
P.Azhagiri
Independent
553
0.0%
B.Karthikeyan
Independent
533
0.0%
R.Johnson
ICF
512
0.0%
C.Rosi
Independent
498
0.0%
G.Devasahayam
Independent
462
0.0%
G.Dhanasekaran
Independent
437
0.0%
V.Thirunavukarasu
MK
436
0.0%
N.Subramani
Independent
432
0.0%
A.Ravichandran
Independent
427
0.0%
J.Janci Rani
Independent
379
0.0%
E.Dhanasekaran
Independent
350
0.0%
S.Ashok
Independent
348
0.0%
Kuppal.G.Devadoss
Independent
313
0.0%
S.Manova
Independent
293
0.0%
K.Sudhagar
Independent
224
0.0%
B.Raji
Independent
220
0.0%
D.Hari Haran
Independent
219
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 South 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, Congress (I), AIADMK.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Chennai South in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
T.Sumathy (A) Thamizhachi Thangapandian (DMK) won Chennai South, Tamil Nadu, in 2019 with 564,872 votes (50.9%), a margin of 262,223 votes over Dr.J.Jayavardhan.
Which parties have won Chennai South since 1971?
Since 1971, Chennai South has been won by: AIADMK, Congress (I), DMK, Indian National Congress.
What was the closest result in Chennai South?
The closest result on record for Chennai South was 1998, when DMK beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 20,014 votes (2.2 percentage points).