Chidambaram Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

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Reserved for the SC category, the Lok Sabha constituency of Chidambaram is one of Tamil Nadu’s 39 parliamentary constituencies. 1,126,828 is the total electorate count in the Chidambaram Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 27). Out of these 566,700 number of electorates are males and the remaining 560,128 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest. It came into existence in 1957, comprises of six segments and has 1,126,828 voters. Chidambaram is a town of the Cuddalore District, under the Chidambaram Taluk. Covering a total area of 5 sq km, it has an altitude of 3 m. It is 150 km away from Chennai and lies close to Bay of Bengal.

According to census data of 2011, the town has a population of about 58,000 with 51% female majority and 49% males. Over 6,100 are under the age of six and the sex ratio is 1,030 females for every 1000 males. SCs and STs comprise of 8% and 0.83% of the population respectively. Almost 10% of the population is below the national poverty line. The average literacy rate is 89% and almost 30% of the population resides in slums. Tourism is an important industry here and the city has several prominent temples. Cottage industries, agriculture, small scale industries and retail are the economic activities associated with the people here. The infamous Annamalai University is also located here. The city has a large road network connected to the National Highway NH-45A.

Chidambaram Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo — has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Chidambaram Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Chidambaram parliamentary constituency of all the years fromthe starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Chidambaram constituency is Chandrakasi, M of AIADMK.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	winner/current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	27	Chidambaram	(SC)	Chandrakasi, M	M	AIADMK	429536	Thirumaavalavan, Thol	M	VCK	301041
2009	27	Chidambaram	(SC)	Thol,Shri Thirumaa Valavan	M	VCK	428804	Ponnuswamy,E	M	PMK	329721
2004	12	Chidambaram	(SC)	Ponnuswamy, E.	M	PMK	343424	Thirumaavalavan Thol	M	JD(U)	255773
1999	12	Chidambaram	(SC)	Ponnuswamy, E.	M	PMK	345331	Thirumavalavan, R.	M	TMC(M)	225768
1998	12	Chidambaram	(SC)	Elumalai Alias Ezhilmalai R.	M	PMK	305372	Ganesan V.	M	DMK	297417
1996	12	Chidambaram	(SC)	Ganesan V	M	DMK	336164	Elumalai.R	M	PMK	159898
1991	12	Chidambaram	(SC)	Vallalperuman P.	M	INC	306121	Sulochana Ayyasamy (W)	F	DMK	169231
1989	12	Chidambaram	(SC)	Vallalperuman, P.	M	INC	205229	Ayyasamy, A.	M	DMK	176946
1984	12	Chidambaram	(SC)	Vallalperuman P.	M	INC	329892	Kannapiran S.	M	DMK	209001
1980	12	Chidambaram	(SC)	Kulandaivelu V.	M	DMK	302523	Mahalingam S.	M	CPM	163798
1977	12	Chidambaram	(SC)	Murugesan A.	M	ADK	278406	Rajangam N.	M	DMK	169172
1971	11	Chidambaram	(SC)	V. Mayavan	M	DMK	203059	L. Elayaperumal	M	NCO	180661

*PC = Parliamentary Constituency

List of Assembly Constituencies in Chidambaram Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Chidambaram parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Kunnam	Ariyalur	Jayankondam
Bhuvanagiri	Chidambaram	Kattumannarkoil (SC)