Lok Sabha · Parliamentary constituency 4 of Tamil Nadu

Chennai Central

GeneralTamil NaduPC 4
13.5LElectors · 2024
7.19LVotes to candidates
54.1%Turnout
6Assembly segments
Elected in the 2024 Lok Sabha election

Dayanidhi Maran

DMK · Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
4.14L
Votes
56.6%
Vote share
2.45L
Margin
Election history · 2009 → 2024

Lok Sabha results since delimitation

Contests since the 2008 delimitation. Earlier elections used different boundaries and are not compared.

Year
Winner & runner-up
Vote %
Margin
2024
Dayanidhi Maran DMK
def. Vinoj (BJP)
56.6%
2.45L
2019
Dayanidhi Maran DMK
def. Sam Paul. S.R. (PMK)
57.1%
3.02L
2014
S.R. Vijayakumar AIADMK
def. Dayanidhi Maran (DMK)
40.9%
45,841
2009
Dayanidhi Maran DMK
def. Mogamed Ali Jinnah S.M.K. (AIADMK)
46.8%
33,454

2024 vote share

DMK Dayanidhi Maran56.6%
BJP Vinoj23.2%
DMDK B. Parthasarathy9.9%
Others (28 candidates)8.8%

Source: Election Commission of India, Lok Sabha 2024 results (via OpenCity). NOTA excluded.

Source: Election Commission of India, Lok Sabha 2024 results (via OpenCity); TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University.

31 candidates

Every candidate, 2024

#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1Dayanidhi MaranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,13,84856.65%
2VinojBharatiya Janata Party1,69,15923.16%
3B. ParthasarathyDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam72,0169.86%
4Dr.R.KarthikeyanNaam Tamilar Katchi46,0316.30%
5Anbazhagan.GIndependent3,1860.44%
6Dilavar AliTipu Sultan Party2,5460.35%
7SamaranBahujan Samaj Party2,1470.29%
8L.KasinathanIndependent1,0600.15%
9Agni AalvarIndependent7870.11%
10C.S.KarnanAnti Corruption Dynamic Party7610.10%
11M.L.RaviDesiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi6960.10%
12S.KandasamyIndependent5960.08%
13Dhayanidhi SureshIndependent5670.08%
14S.Sathish KumarIndependent5270.07%
15P.ArjunanIndependent5090.07%
16S.Sathish KumarIndependent5010.07%
17G.OmprakashIndependent4880.07%
18V.V.TamilarasanIndependent3890.05%
19Udaya Kumar.VIndependent3820.05%
20B.ParthasarathyIndependent3800.05%
21K.ChandrasekarNaadaalum Makkal Katchi3730.05%
22N.RamanTamilnadu Makkal Nalvazhvu Periyakkam3140.04%
23R.Minnal RajIndependent3100.04%
24A.Selva KumarThakkam Katchi2700.04%
25R.VijayIndependent2680.04%
26M.NagarajIndependent2540.03%
27J.NagarajIndependent2410.03%
28SenthilkumarChennai Youth Party2230.03%
29Ranjithkumar.SIndependent2150.03%
30Ravi BalaramanIndependent1830.03%
31Manjunatha.RIndependent1590.02%

Source: Election Commission of India, Lok Sabha 2024 results (via OpenCity). NOTA votes are not listed.

About this data

Villages & boundaries

We place 0 villages in Chennai Central — by their own map location where we have it, otherwise from where most mapped villages of the same mandal fall. Villages with too little evidence are left out rather than guessed. Open any assembly segment above to see its villages.

Boundaries: Lok Sabha boundaries, 2024 (Arun Ganesh / planemad).