# Kancheepuram Lok Sabha constituency

12°49′N 79°43′E﻿ / ﻿12.82°N 79.71°E﻿ / 12.82; 79.71
Kancheepuram is a newly formed Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency after the 2008 delimitation. 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 | Chengalpattu | VCK |
| 34 | Cheyyur | SC | Chengalpattu | VCK |
| 35 | Madurantakam | SC | Chengalpattu | ADMK |
| 36 | Uthiramerur | None | Kancheepuram | DMK |
| 37 | Kancheepuram | None | Kancheepuram | 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 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | K. Maragatham | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2024 | G. Selvam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | E. Rajashekar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

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

### General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Kancheepuram :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 221,473 | 17.83 | 5.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,259,578 | 71.68 | 3.28 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | | |

### General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Kancheepuram :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,86,632 | 23.26% | 10.03% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,32,417 | 74.96% | −0.07% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,43,992 | | 11.07% |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 10.54% | |

### General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Kancheepuram :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,46,866 | 13.22% | 11.56% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,10,663 | 75.04% | 0.86% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,80,123 | | 39.61% |
| | AIADMK gain from INC | AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | 2.97% | |

### General Elections 2009

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 7,86,450 #VALUE!
2009 Indian general election: Kancheepuram :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,103 | 1.67% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,60,188 | 74.18% | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 193 | 0.02% | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |

### General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Kancheepuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Commonweal Party | A. Krishnaswami | 111,233 | 55.63% | |
| | INC | T. Chengalvarayan | 88,724 | 44.37% | 44.37% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,509 | 11.26% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,99,957 | 60.08% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,32,827 | | 0.00% |
| | Commonweal Party win (new seat) | Commonweal Party win (new seat) | Commonweal Party win (new seat) | Commonweal Party win (new seat) | Commonweal Party win (new seat) |