2024
Rank 1 (archive winner): DAYANIDHI MARAN — 413,848 votes
Rank 2: VINOJ — 169,159 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 244,689
ELECTION HISTORY COMPARISON
Compare constituency results over time
Year-wise recorded votes of first- and second-ranked candidates. Vote levels across different years can be affected by turnout and boundary changes.
Chennai central — year-by-year comparison
TAMIL NADU · Lok Sabha · 4 archived elections. View complete seat history.
2019
Rank 1 (archive winner): DAYANIDHI MARAN — 448,911 votes
Rank 2: SAM PAUL. S.R. — 147,391 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 301,520
2014
Rank 1 (archive winner): S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR — 333,296 votes
Rank 2: DAYANIDHI MARAN — 287,455 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 45,841
2009
Rank 1 (archive winner): DAYANIDHI MARAN — 285,783 votes
Rank 2: MOGAMED ALI JINNAH S.M.K. — 252,329 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 33,454
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