Chennai: As many as 113 candidates are contesting in the Lok Sabha elections from Chennai North, Chennai Central, Chennai South and Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituencies.
The electors will cast their votes in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections tomorrow. The results will be declared 23 May.
CHENNAI SOUTH
Forty candidates are contesting in the Lok Sabha elections from Chennai South constituency. J Jayavardhan of the AIADMK, Thamizhachi Thangapandian of the DMK, E Subbiah of the AMMK, R Rangarajan of the Makkal Needhi Maiam and A J Sherin of the Naam Tamizhar Katchi are among the contestants.
The parliamentary constituency comprises six legislative Assembly segments – Virugambakkam, T Nagar, Saidapet, Mylapore, Velacheri and Sholinganallur.
There are 19,73,315 voters (9,934,46 men, 9,794,80 women and 389 others) and they will cast their votes in 1,882 booths spread across the six Assembly segments.
CHENNAI CENTRAL
There are 31 candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections from Chennai Central constituency. Dayanidhi Maran of the DMK, S R Sam Paul of the AIADMK, Sheik Mohamed K of SDPI (AMMK alliance), Kameela Nassar of the Makkal Needhi Maiam, former High Court judge C S Karnan of the Anti-Corruption Democratic Party, and Dr R Karthikeyan of Naam Tamizhar Katchi are among the contestants.
The Central Chennai Parliamentary constituency comprises six Assembly segments – Villivakkam, Egmore (SC), Harbour, Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni, Thousand Lights and Anna Nagar. There are 13,32,135 voters (6,60,447 male, 6,71,334 female and 354 others) and voting will take place in 1,882 booths spread across the six Assembly segments.
CHENNAI NORTH
As many as 23 contestants are in the fray for the Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency. DMDK’s Alagapuram R Mohanraj has been fielded on behalf of the AIADMK alliance. DMK has nominated Kalanidhi Veeraswamy, MNM has fielded A G Mouriya and AMMK has nominated P Santhanakrishnan.
The Chennai North parliamentary constituency comprises Royapuram, Kolathur, T V K Nagar, Perambur, Thiruvottiyur and Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly segments.
There are 14,68,523 voters in the constituency of which 7,20,133 are men, 7,47,943 are women and 447, transpersons.
SRIPERUMBUDUR
There are 19 candidates in the fray in Sriperumbudur. PMK’s A Vaithilingam on behalf of the AIADMK alliance, T R Baalu of the DMK, Tambaram Narayanan G of the AMMK, M Sridhar of the Makkal Needhi Maiam and H Mahendran of the Naam Tamizhar Katchi are among the prominent contestants.
The Sriprumbudur Parliamentary constituency comprises six legislative Assembly segments – Maduravoyal, Ambattur, Alandur, Sriperumbudur, Pallavaram and Tambaram.
There are 22,20,851 voters, of which 11,02,231 are men, 11,08,288 are women and 332, transpersons.