The two major parties in Tamil Nadu — AIADMK and DMK — entered into an alliance with a number of parties in 2019 election.
Chidambaram Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Election in Chidambaram constituency was held on April 18 in the second phase of Lok Sabha election 2019. Polling in 39 out of 38 parliamentary constituencies was held in the second phase of general elections.
05:04 pm: VCK's Thirumaavalavan Thol with 257931 votes leading against P Chandrasekar of AIADMK who has secured 255361 votes so far.
AIADMK’s P Chandrasekhar, DMK's alliance partner VCK’s Thol Thirumavalavan, A Elavarasan of TTV Dhinakaran's AMMK, Kamal Haasan's MNM’s T Ravi and NTK’s M Siva Jothi were the key candidates in fray in Chidambaram constituency.
Chidambaram Lok Sabha Constituency profile
The two major parties in Tamil Nadu — AIADMK and DMK — entered into an alliance with a number of parties in 2019 election.
AIADMK contested the election in alliance with BJP, PMK, DMDK, Tamil Maanila Congress, Puthia Tamizagam, Puthia Needhi Katchi and NR Congress. While the DMK aligned with Congress, CPI(M), CPI, MDMK, VCK, IUML, KMDK and IJK.
Tamil Nadu has a total of 39 parliamentary constituencies where 7 of them including Sriperumbudur, Chidambaram, Rasipuram, Pollachi, Perambalur, Tenkasi, and Nagapattinam have been reserved for candidates representing scheduled caste community. However, no seat here has been reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
AIADMK's M Chandrakasi was the sitting MP in Chidambaram constituency. He defeated VCK's Thol Thirumavalavan with a margin of more than 1 lakh votes in 2014
Congress has been one of the most successful parties here whose candidates has won the seat 5 times but since the party is contesting the forthcoming election in alliance with DMK, it has not fielded its candidate this time and left the seat for another DMK alliance partner VCK.
Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates
AIADMK: P Chandrasekhar
VCK: Thol Thirumavalavan
AMMK: A Elavarasan
MNM: T Ravi
Chidambaram Lok Sabha results in 2014, 2009 and 2004
2014: M Chandrakasi of the AIADMK received 429536 votes and he defeated Thol Thirumavalavan of the VCK who received 301041 votes
2009: Thol Thirumavalavan of the VCK received 428804 votes and he defeated E Punnuswamy of the PMK who only got 329721 votes.
2004: E Punnuswamy of the PMK received 343424 votes. He defeated Thol Thirumavalavan of the JDU who secured 255773 votes.
The state of Tamil Nadu has 39 parliamentary constituencies out of which seven are reserved for SCs (Sriperumbudur, Chidambaram, Rasipuram, Pollachi, Perambalur, Tenkasi, and Nagapattinam). However, no seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the state.
In 2019, EC had cancelled the election in Vellore constituency after a large sum of cash was allegedly seized from a DMK candidate's office in Vellore, therefore, out of 39, polling took place in 38 Lok Sabha constituencies only.
List of all 39 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu
Tiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Viluppuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukkudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari.
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