Kancheepuram Lok Sabha constituency

12.82°N 79.71°E / 12.82; 79.71

Kancheepuram
Lok Sabha constituency
Kancheepuram constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Chengalpattu Thiruporur Cheyyur Madurantakam Uthiramerur Kancheepuram
Established	1951 2009
Total electors	18,12,565[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent G. Selvam
Party	DMK
Elected year	2024 Election

Kancheepuram is a newly formed Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency after the 2008 delimitation.^[2] Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 6 of 39.

The constituency originally existed for the 1951 election.

This constituency is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.

Assembly segments

The constituency in 2008 was formed of 6 assembly segments as follows:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
32	Chengalpattu	None	Chengalpattu	DMK
33	Thiruporur	None		VCK
34	Cheyyur	SC		VCK
35	Madurantakam	SC		ADMK
36	Uthiramerur	None	Kancheepuram	DMK
37	Kancheepuram	None		DMK

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party		Runner-up	Party
1951	A. Krishnaswamy		Commonweal Party	T. Chengalvarayan		Indian National Congress
2009	P. Viswanathan		Indian National Congress	E. Ramakrishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014	K. Maragatham		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	G. Selvam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	G. Selvam[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	K. Maragatham		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024	G. Selvam[4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	E. Rajashekar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			46.53%
2019			55.50%
2014			44.96%
2009			41.99%
1951			55.63%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Kancheepuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Selvam	586,044	46.53	8.97
	AIADMK	E. Rajasekhar	3,64,571	28.94	4.30
	PMK	V. Jothi	1,64,931	13.09
	NTK	V. Santhosh Kumar	1,10,272	8.75	3.66
	BSP	S. Ilayaraja	5,264	0.42
	Independent	S. Ramesh	1,318	0.1
	Independent	M. Elangovan	1,881	0.15
	Independent	A. Surya	1,702	0.14
	Independent	T. Selvam	1,312	0.1
	Independent	S. Naresh Bharathi	2,511	0.2
	Independent	K. Venkatesan	2,807	0.22
	NOTA	None of the above	16,965	1.35	0.41
Margin of victory			221,473	17.83	5.43
Turnout			1,259,578	71.68	3.28
Registered electors
	DMK hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Kancheepuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Selvam	684,004	55.50%	23.76%
	AIADMK	K. Maragatham	3,97,372	32.24%	−12.72%
	NTK	D. Sivaranjani	62,771	5.09%
	Independent	A. Munusamy	55,213	4.48%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	21,661	1.76%	0.16%
Margin of victory			2,86,632	23.26%	10.03%
Turnout			12,32,417	74.96%	−0.07%
Registered electors			16,43,992		11.07%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	10.54%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Kancheepuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Maragatham	499,395	44.96%	4.64%
	DMK	G. Selvam	3,52,529	31.74%
	MDMK	C. E. Sathya	2,07,080	18.64%
	INC	P. Viswanathan	33,313	3.00%	−38.99%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	17,736	1.60%
	BSP	V. S. Chandirakumar	6,807	0.61%	−0.11%
Margin of victory			1,46,866	13.22%	11.56%
Turnout			11,10,663	75.04%	0.86%
Registered electors			14,80,123		39.61%
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	2.97%

General Elections 2009

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2009 Indian general election: Kancheepuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Viswanathan	330,237	41.99%
	AIADMK	Dr. E. Ramakrishnan	3,17,134	40.32%
	DMDK	T. Tamilvendan	1,03,560	13.17%
	BSP	K. Uthrapathi	5,663	0.72%
	Independent	C. A. Balakrishnan	5,161	0.66%
Margin of victory			13,103	1.67%
Turnout			10,60,188	74.18%
Rejected ballots			193	0.02%
	INC win (new seat)

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Kancheepuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Commonweal Party	A. Krishnaswami	111,233	55.63%
	INC	T. Chengalvarayan	88,724	44.37%	44.37%
Margin of victory			22,509	11.26%
Turnout			1,99,957	60.08%
Registered electors			3,32,827		0.00%
	Commonweal Party win (new seat)

References

1. GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
2. Kancheepuram weavers disillusioned
3. "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
4. "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 6 - KANCHEEPURAM (Tamil Nadu)". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024.

• "Statistical reports of Lok Sabha elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

External links

• Kancheepuram lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule