GEN · Tamil Nadu
Chidambaram
Ponnuswamy, E. (PMK) won by 87,651 votes (11.8%).
- Electors
- 11,25,487
- Votes polled
- 7,41,925
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 65.9%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 2004 national median: 11.8% (median 9.9%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 2004 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 8.9%(+8.7%)
- Turnout
- 76.8%(-2.2%)
- NOTA
- 0.8%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 78.3%
Winning margin over time · Chidambaram
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ponnuswamy, E.Winner | PMK | 3,43,424 | 46.2% |
| 2 | Thirumaavalavan Thol | JD(U) | 2,55,773 | 34.4% |
| 3 | Periasamy. D | BJP | 1,13,974 | 15.3% |
| 4 | Ramalingam. D | IND | 6,051 | 0.8% |
| 5 | Jawaharlal Nehru. P | JP | 5,526 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Kumar. K | BSP | 5,092 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Ponnusamy. V E | IND | 3,159 | 0.4% |
| 8 | Periyasamy. S A | IND | 2,828 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Ramamoorthy. | IND | 2,003 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Kanagasabai. R | IND | 1,758 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Archunan. T | IND | 1,486 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Purushothman. K | IND | 1,274 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Thiravidamani. S | IND | 1,062 | 0.1% |
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