Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Chennai South

Rajendran C (ADMK) won by 32,935 votes (4.5%).

Electors
11,62,062
Votes polled
7,28,118
Valid votes
7,28,097
Turnout
62.7%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 4.5% (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
20.9%(-2.8%)
Turnout
54.3%(-4.4%)
NOTA
1.4%
Top-2 squeeze
74.5%

Winning margin over time · Chennai South

200920142019202424%

Candidates

Candidates · Chennai South 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rajendran CWinnerADMK3,08,56742.4%
2Bharathy R.S.DMK2,75,63237.9%
3Gopinath VDMDK67,2919.2%
4Ganesan LaBJP42,9255.9%
5Sarath Babu EIND15,8852.2%
6Venkataraman N.S.DPK2,1540.3%
7Mathikkarasu PIND1,7800.2%
8Ramaswamy @ Traffic RamaswamyIND1,6930.2%
9Girirajan MIND1,1970.2%
10Christhudass NIND8030.1%
11Palani S.P.IND6280.1%
12Bala Krishnan MIND5970.1%
13Venkatesan DIND5880.1%
14Shanmuga Sundaram P.TIND5310.1%
15Sathiyaseelan MLJP5200.1%
16Jayaraman SSHS4910.1%
17Elangovan KIND4360.1%
18Chandran KIND4120.1%
19Ziaudden NIND3650.1%
20Sampath Kumar SIND3540.0%
21TanmayIND2990.0%
22Balasubramanian VIND2930.0%
23Mohanraj JJJ2780.0%
24Balan BIND2700.0%
25Ravindra Dass RKDC2680.0%
26Rajendran VIND2630.0%
27Chandra Sekaran RIND2580.0%
28Devadoss Kuppal GIND2580.0%
29Karthikeyan GIND2560.0%
30Kumar V.AIND2550.0%
31Rajamanithar S.J.PKMK2520.0%
32Sundar JIND2430.0%
33Jyothi G.M.PPOI2350.0%
34Shanmugaraj VIND2240.0%
35Irudayadass AIND2180.0%
36Srinivasan V.RIND2110.0%
37Veeramani SIND2090.0%
38Aswathaman KIND1950.0%
39Tamil Selvan MIND1840.0%
40Suresh Kumar MIND1830.0%
41Manivannan CIND1510.0%
42Mahalingam J.S.IND1430.0%
43Raja L.DIND1180.0%

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