2. Chennai North is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Chennai region of Tamil Nadu in South India. This urban general constituency has an estimated Scheduled Caste population of 19.49% and a Scheduled Tribe population of 0.2%. The estimated literacy level of Chennai North is 87.95%. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there were a total of eligible electors and the voter turnout was calculated at %. The seat went to the polls on Phase 2 on Thursday, April 18, 2019.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Venkatesh Babu T G of AIADMK won in this seat by defeating the DMK candidate by a margin of 99,704 votes which was 211.74% of the total votes polled in the constituency. AIADMK had a vote share of 42.16% in 2014 in the seat. There were a total of 40 contestants in 2014.
In 2009, Elangovan T K S of DMK emerged victorious in this seat by defeating the CPI candidate by a margin of 19,153 votes which was 2.90% of the total votes polled. DMK had a vote share of 42.59% in 2019, in the constituency. There were 29 contestants in 2009.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Parliamentary polls in the seat was 64.01% and in 2009, the constituency registered 64.91% turnout during polling.
As of December 2018, the Member of Parliament from Chennai North was: T G Venkatesh Babu (AIADMK) . The 2019 Lok Sabha election results are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
According to the 2014 electoral rolls, the electorate included 7,07,700 men, 7,14,428 women and 264 voters of the third gender.
Refer to the live updating results tables for the latest Chennai North Lok Sabha results.
The geographic coordinates of Chennai North is: 13.0802 80.2838
Constituency and state name in other Indian languages: चेन्नई उत्तर, तमिलनाडु (Hindi); চেন্নাই উত্তর, তামিলনাড়ু (Bengali); चेन्नई उत्तर, तामिळनाडू (Marathi); ચેન્નઇ ઉત્તર, તામિલનાડુ (Gujarati); சென்னை வடக்கு, தமிழ்நாடு (Tamil); చెన్నై ఉత్తర, తమిళనాడు (Telugu); ಚೆನ್ನೈ ಉತ್ತರ, ತಮಿಳು ನಾಡು (Kannada); ചെന്നൈ നോർത്ത്, തമിഴ് നാട് (Malayalam).
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