Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Chennai Central

Dayanidhi Maran (DMK) won by 33,454 votes (5.5%).

Electors
10,00,705
Votes polled
6,10,372
Valid votes
6,10,288
Turnout
61.0%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 5.5% (median 7.0%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 2009 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Safe (20%+)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
34.0%(-5.0%)
Turnout
54.1%(-5.6%)
NOTA
1.5%
Top-2 squeeze
81.1%

Winning margin over time · Chennai Central

200920142019202439%

Candidates

Candidates · Chennai Central 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dayanidhi MaranWinnerDMK2,85,78346.8%
2Mogamed Ali Jinnah S.M.K.ADMK2,52,32941.3%
3Ramakrishnan.v.vDMDK38,9596.4%
4Hyder Ali.sMAMAK13,1602.2%
5Thomas.t.jacobYSP2,5820.4%
6Yunis Khan.ayBSP2,1080.3%
7Mani.gIND1,9140.3%
8Viswanathan.eMMKA1,2460.2%
9Mohammed Ali Zinna.aIND1,0610.2%
10Anees Hussain.hIND9400.2%
11VijayakumarPPOI9240.2%
12Girija Shanker.rIND8440.1%
13Arivudainambi.nIND8390.1%
14Ravikumar.tIND6720.1%
15Raaj RamchandSHS6130.1%
16Arasakumar.m.sIND5260.1%
17Ramana Reddy.k.vKDC5030.1%
18Vasu.sSP4680.1%
19Mohan.kIND4220.1%
20Mohamed AliIND4200.1%
21UdayakumarIND3830.1%
22Sridhar.sIND3800.1%
23Ranganathan.vABKMM3050.0%
24Gangadurai.gJJ2950.0%
25Krishnan.p.rIND2830.0%
26Sivakumar.sIND2590.0%
27Prabhu.vIND2480.0%
28Gunasekaran.mIND2320.0%
29Senthil.pIND2250.0%
30Rajakumar.sIND2110.0%
31Wilson Paul.sIND2080.0%
32Nahamani.jJMM2010.0%
33Dhamodaran.tIND1790.0%
34Marimuthu.eIND1700.0%
35Parimalam.vIND1690.0%
36Teackraj.dIND1650.0%
37Loganathan.vIND1260.0%

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