Thiruvallur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Thiruvallur [ edit ]
Thiruvallur constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Existence	1951 - 1962 2009 - present
Reservation	Scheduled Castes
Current MP	P. Venugopal
Party	AIADMK
Elected Year	2014
State	Tamil Nadu
Total Electors	1,702,833
Most Successful Party	INC (3 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Gummidipundi Ponneri Thiruvallur Poonamallee Avadi Madhavaram

Thiruvallur is a newly formed Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency after the 2008 delimitation. It was formed after merging the assembly segments of Gummidipoondi, Ponneri (SC), Tiruvallur and Poonamallee (SC), which were earlier part of Sriperumbudur constituency and the newly formed Avadi and Madhavaram assembly constituencies.^[1]

The constituency had previously existed for three elections from 1951 till 1962.

It is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC)

Members of Parliament

Year	Winning Candidate	Party	Runner-up	Party
1951	Maragatham Chandrasekhar	INC	P. Natesan	INC
1957	R. Govindarajulu Naidu	INC	A. Raghava Reddy	IND
1962	V. Govindaswamy Naidu	INC	M. Gopal	DMK
2009	P. Venugopal	ADMK	S. Gayathri	DMK
2014	P. Venugopal	ADMK	D. Ravikumar	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi

General elections 2014

General Election, 2014: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes

	DMDK	V Yuvaraj

Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

References

↑ "Congress demands reserved seat". Deccan Chronicle. 24 March 2009.

Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu

2009-present	Thiruvallur Chennai North Chennai South Chennai Central Sriperumbudur Kancheepuram Arakkonam Vellore Krishnagiri Dharmapuri Tiruvannamalai Arani Viluppuram Kallakurichi Salem Namakkal Erode Tiruppur Nilgiris Coimbatore Pollachi Dindigul Karur Tiruchirappalli Perambalur Cuddalore Chidambaram Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam Thanjavur Sivaganga Madurai Theni Virudhunagar Ramanathapuram Thoothukkudi Tenkasi Tirunelveli Kanniyakumari

1977-2004	Chennai North Chennai Central Chennai South Sriperumbudur Chengalpattu Arakkonam Vellore Tiruppattur Vandavasi Tindivanam Cuddalore Chidambaram Dharmapuri Krishnagiri Rasipuram Salem Tiruchengode Nilgiris Gobichettipalayam Coimbatore Pollachi Palani Dindigul Madurai Periyakalum Karur Tiruchirappalli Perambalur Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam Thanjavur Pudukkottai Sivaganga Ramanathapuram Sivakasi Tirunelveli Tenkasi Tiruchendur Nagercoil

1952-77	Kumbakonam

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