Live : Chennai South Assembly Election 2021

Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency is among the 38 parliamentary seats in Tamil Nadu to go to polls on April 18, in the second phase of general election. A total of 19,73,315 voters, as per the data shared by the Election Commission of India, will exercise their franchise on the same day. The seven phase Lok Sabha election will conclude on May 19 and the results will be announced on May 23.

DMK bastion, South Chennai seat has also witnessed Congress victory five times -- for four consecutive terms and a single term. From the last two elections, the AIADMK has been defeating the DMK party.

The 8th President of India R. Venkataraman was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1977 and 1980 from the South Chennai seat. Legendary film actress Vyjayanthimala Bali, also revered as one of the female superstars of Indian Cinema, was elected to Lok Sabha in 1984 and 1989 general elections.

AIADMK candidate Dr. Jayakumar Jayavardhan who won the Chennai South seat, in 2014, has been nominated again for the 17th Lok Sabha election. Dr. Jayakumar Jayavardhan defeated his nearest rival DMK candidate T. K. S. Elangovan by a margin of more than 1 lakh votes. Dr. Jayavardhan, 31, holds a medical degree from Sri Ramachandra Medical College.

This time DMK has fielded Sumathy alias Thamizhachi Thangapandian as its MP candidate from South Chennai.

BSP candidate R Kumar will also contest from this seat.

A total of 40 candidates are aiming for the South Chennai seat; among which 28 have filed their nomination as independents.

In 2014, 1.86% of the total votes in this constituency were filed under NOTA option.