Lok Sabha · Parliamentary constituency 2 of Tamil Nadu

Chennai North

GeneralTamil NaduPC 2
14.96LElectors · 2024
8.89LVotes to candidates
60.3%Turnout
6Assembly segments
Elected in the 2024 Lok Sabha election

Dr.Kalanidhi Veeraswamy

DMK · Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
4.97L
Votes
55.1%
Vote share
3.39L
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
Dr.Kalanidhi Veeraswamy DMK
def. R. Manohar (AIADMK)
55.1%
3.39L
2019
Dr. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY DMK
def. Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj (DMDK)
61.9%
4.62L
2014
Venkatesh Babu .T.G AIADMK
def. Girirajan .R (DMK)
44.7%
99,704
2009
Elangovan T.K.S DMK
def. Pandian. D (CPI)
42.6%
19,153

2024 vote share

DMK Dr.Kalanidhi Veeraswamy55.1%
AIADMK R. Manohar17.5%
BJP R.C. Paul Kanagaraj12.6%
Others (32 candidates)13.3%

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.

35 candidates

Every candidate, 2024

#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1Dr.Kalanidhi VeeraswamyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,97,33355.11%
2R. ManoharAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,58,11117.52%
3R.C. Paul KanagarajBharatiya Janata Party1,13,31812.56%
4AmudiniNaam Tamilar Katchi95,95410.63%
5Sarah FathimaIndependent5,9230.66%
6E. IqbalBahujan Samaj Party3,4860.39%
7Moorthy. VIndependent3,1370.35%
8SuriyamuthuIndependent9780.11%
9C. SenapathiIndependent8500.09%
10Dilli Ganesh. EIndependent7360.08%
11U. VenkateshIndependent7140.08%
12M. Zion RajIndependent6970.08%
13A. AjithkumarThakkam Katchi6730.07%
14J. SebastinSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)5880.07%
15AkshayNaadaalum Makkal Katchi5660.06%
16B. BalamuruganIndependent4880.05%
17K.PalaniappanIndependent4620.05%
18R. Senthil KumarIndependent4570.05%
19Mathankumar. GIndependent3900.04%
20P. JayaselanIndependent3860.04%
21M. KolanjiIndependent3620.04%
22B. Zakir HussainIndependent3550.04%
23P. UmadeviIndependent3460.04%
24K.C.JayaprakashIndependent3340.04%
25C. SridharIndependent3070.03%
26T. ManoharanIndependent2930.03%
27K. SampathIndependent2690.03%
28D. SrinivasanIndependent2610.03%
29S. RavikumarRepublican Party of India (Sivaraj)2590.03%
30T. KaviyarasuIndependent2520.03%
31Sathish. BIndependent2460.03%
32D. KabilanIndependent2090.02%
33R.VinayagamoorthyIndependent2060.02%
34P. MarimuthuIndependent1720.02%
35V.Madhan MohanIndependent1630.02%

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 North — 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).