Chidambaram Lok Sabha Constituency
Chidambaram is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in the State of Tamil Nadu in India. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC).Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies and their areas after the delimitation order of 2008
148 Kunnam Vidhan Sabha Constituency, 149 Ariyalur Vidhan Sabha Constituency, 150 Jayankondam Vidhan Sabha Constituency, 157 Bhuvanagiri Vidhan Sabha Constituency, 158 Chidambaram Vidhan Sabha Constituency and 159 Kattumannarkoil Vidhan Sabha Constituency (SC).
Lok Sabha General Election 2019
TOTAL ELECTORS 1480222| CANDIDATE | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 Jagatheesan M | M | 45 | SC | IND | 2993 | 0.2 |
| 2 Sivajothi M | M | 35 | SC | NTK | 37471 | 2.53 |
| 3 Chandrasekar P | M | 46 | SC | ADMK | 497010 | 33.58 |
| 4 Parvathi S | F | 44 | SC | DMSK | 4100 | 0.28 |
| 5 Thirumaavalavan Thol | M | 56 | SC | VCK | 500229 | 33.79 |
| 6 Ravi T | M | 49 | SC | MNM | 15334 | 1.04 |
| 7 Kittu T | M | 53 | SC | IND | 1200 | 0.08 |
| 8 Krishnakumari A | F | 45 | SC | IND | 1706 | 0.12 |
| 9 Gurusamy P | M | 51 | SC | IND | 7012 | 0.47 |
| 10 Krishnaraj M | M | 29 | SC | AMPK | 4675 | 0.32 |
| 11 Elavarasan A | M | 55 | SC | IND | 62308 | 4.21 |
| 12 Periyasamy T | M | 29 | SC | IND | 1464 | 0.1 |
| 13 Kalaiyarasan R | M | 31 | SC | IND | 2155 | 0.15 |
| 14 Nota | NOTA | 15535 | 1.05 | |||
| TOTAL | 1153192 | 77.91 |
General Election 2014
Chandrakasi, M of ADMK won by a margin of 128495 ( 11.94 %) votes.TOTAL ELECTORS: 1366190 , TOTAL VOTES POLLED: 1088423 (79.67%)
Detailed Results
| Candidate | Sex | Age | Category | Party | Votes polled | % Votes polled |
| 1 RAJENDRAN, K | M | 49 | SC | BSP | 5179 | 0.48 |
| 2 CHANDRAKASI, M | M | 45 | SC | ADMK | 429536 | 39.45 |
| 3 VALLAL PERUMAN, P | M | 64 | SC | INC | 28988 | 2.66 |
| 4 EZHUMALAI, V | M | 51 | SC | ABHM | 6824 | 0.63 |
| 5 SUDHAMANIRATHINEM | F | 41 | SC | PMK | 279016 | 25.63 |
| 6 THIRUMAAVALAVAN, THOL | M | 51 | SC | VCK | 301041 | 27.65 |
| 7 ANANDAN ALIAS KAVIGNAR ANANTHAMAALAI, S | M | 36 | SC | IND | 8875 | 0.82 |
| 8 SANMUGAM, A | M | 61 | SC | IND | 1071 | 0.10 |
| 9 CHANDRAGASAN, N | M | 57 | SC | IND | 1182 | 0.11 |
| 10 SENTHAMIZHSELVI, K | F | 51 | SC | IND | 1469 | 0.13 |
| 11 THIRUSANGU, A | M | 43 | SC | IND | 3370 | 0.31 |
| 12 PAZHANIVEL, P | M | 43 | SC | IND | 1772 | 0.16 |
| 13 PARVATHI, S | F | 36 | SC | IND | 1543 | 0.14 |
| 14 PUSHPARAJ, S | M | 31 | SC | IND | 1523 | 0.14 |
| 15 RAJKUMAR, S | M | 38 | SC | IND | 4896 | 0.45 |
| 16 None of the Above | NOTA | NOTA | 12138 | 1.11 |
2009 general election results
| Candidate | Sex | Age | Category | Party | Votes polled | % Votes polled |
| 1 THIRUMAAVALAVAN, THOL | M | 46 | SC | VCK | 428804 | 49.3 |
| 2 PONNUSWAMY,E | M | 72 | SC | PMK | 329721 | 37.91 |
| 3 SASIKUMAR, S | M | 32 | SC | DMDK | 66283 | 7.62 |
| 4 MANIKANDAN, V | M | 32 | SC | IND | 9799 | 1.13 |
| 5 MARUDHAMUTHU, V | M | 61 | SC | IND | 8367 | 0.96 |
| 6 KAVIYARASAN, N | M | 28 | SC | IND | 6173 | 0.71 |
| 7 RAJENDIRAN, N.R | M | 52 | SC | BSP | 5718 | 0.66 |
| 8 SUSILA , L | F | 44 | SC | IND | 4178 | 0.48 |
| 9 SELVAKUMAR, C | M | 31 | SC | RKSP | 3140 | 0.36 |
| 10 DHARMALINGAM, C | M | 40 | SC | IND | 2678 | 0.31 |
| 11 SAKTHIVEL,P | M | 36 | SC | IND | 1950 | 0.22 |
| 12 SENTHAMIL SELVI , K | F | 46 | SC | IND | 1500 | 0.17 |
| 13 KANAGASABAI, R | M | 43 | SC | IND | 1398 | 0.16 |
Election held before the delimitation order of 2008
May 2004 general election results
1 . PONNUSWAMY, E. was PMK candidate. He polled 343424 votes.2 . THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOL was JD(U) candidate. He polled 255773 votes.
3. PERIASAMY. D was BJP candidate. He polled 113974 votes.
4 . RAMALINGAM. D was an independent candidate. He polled 6051 votes.
5 . JAWAHARLAL NEHRU. P was JP candidate. He polled 5526 votes.
6 . KUMAR. K was BSP candidate. He polled 5092 votes.
7 . PONNUSAMY. V E was an independent candidate. He polled 3159 votes.
8 . PERIYASAMY. S A was an independent candidate. He polled 2828 votes.
9 . RAMAMOORTHY. was an independent candidate. He polled 2003 votes.
10 . KANAGASABAI. R was an independent candidate. He polled 1758 votes.
11 . ARCHUNAN. T was an independent candidate. He polled 1486 votes.
12 . PURUSHOTHMAN. K was an independent candidate. He polled 1274 votes.
13 . THIRAVIDAMANI. S was an independent candidate. He polled 1062 votes.
TOTAL VALID VOTES POLLED: 743410
July 1999 general election results
| 1 Ponnuswamy, E. | M | PMK | 345331 | |||
| 2 Thirumavalavan, R. | M | TMC(M) | 225768 | |||
| 3 Sumathi Udayakumar, Thirumathi, T. | F | INC | 150794 | |||
| 4 Muruganantham, D. | M | IND | 1606 | |||
| 5 Kanagasabai, R. | M | IND | 422 | |||
| 6 Kamaraj, V. | M | IND | 384 | |||
March 1998 general election results
| 1 ELUMALAI ALIAS EZHILMALAI R. | M | PMK | 305372 | |||
| 2 GANESAN V. | M | DMK | 297417 | |||
| 3 VALLALPERUMAN DR. P. | M | INC | 43214 | |||
| 4 NAGAPPAN P. | M | BSP | 19922 | |||
| 5 JAYARAJ S. | M | IND | 351 | |||
| 6 JANAKIRAMAN V. | M | IND | 318 | |||