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Also written: Madras, Greater Chennai.

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Assembly constituencies, 2026

Constituencies are placed in the district that holds most of their area (from the boundary maps); a constituency that crosses a district line appears once.

Whole state

Assembly constituency 8

Ambattur

Winner
Balamurugan. G
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 1,33,339 votes
Margin
58,781 (22.61%)
Runner-up
Dr A. P. Poornima
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 74,558
On the state mapIn the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 10

Thiruvottiyur

Winner
Senthil Kumar. N
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 1,10,067 votes
Margin
53,564 (25.87%)
Runner-up
Sundararaj. L
Communist Party of India (Marxist), 56,503
On the state mapIn the Chennai North Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 11

Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar

Winner
N. Marie Wilson
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 97,800 votes
Margin
49,668 (27.41%)
Runner-up
J. John Ebenezer
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 48,132
On the state mapIn the Chennai North Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 12

Perambur

Winner
C. Joseph Vijay
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 1,20,365 votes
Margin
53,715 (26.28%)
Runner-up
R. D. Shekar
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 66,650
On the state mapIn the Chennai North Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 13

Kolathur

Winner
V. S. Babu
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 82,997 votes
Margin
8,795 (4.78%)
Runner-up
M. K. Stalin
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 74,202
On the state mapIn the Chennai North Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 14

Villivakkam

Winner
Aadhav Arjuna
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 66,445 votes
Margin
17,302 (12.23%)
Runner-up
Karthik Mohan
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 49,143
On the state mapIn the Chennai Central Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 15

Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar

Winner
M. R. Pallavi
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 69,125 votes
Margin
22,333 (15.52%)
Runner-up
K. S. Ravichandran
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 46,792
On the state mapIn the Chennai North Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 16

Egmore

Winner
Rajmohan
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 53,901 votes
Margin
10,804 (9.02%)
Runner-up
Tamilan Prasanna
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 43,097
On the state mapIn the Chennai Central Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 17

Royapuram

Winner
K. V. Vijay Damu
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 59,091 votes
Margin
14,249 (11.19%)
Runner-up
Dr. A. Subair Khan
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 44,842
On the state mapIn the Chennai North Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 18

Harbour

Winner
P K Sekarbabu
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 45,254 votes
Margin
11,750 (11.79%)
Runner-up
Sinora P S Ashok
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 33,504
On the state mapIn the Chennai Central Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 19

Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni

Winner
Udhayanidhi Stalin
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 62,992 votes
Margin
7,140 (5.07%)
Runner-up
Selvam. D
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 55,852
On the state mapIn the Chennai Central Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 20

Thousand Lights

Winner
Prabhakar. J. C. D
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 58,965 votes
Margin
15,141 (11.49%)
Runner-up
Ezhilan Naganathan
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 43,824
On the state mapIn the Chennai Central Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 21

Anna Nagar

Winner
V. K. Ramkumar
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 71,375 votes
Margin
21,363 (13.08%)
Runner-up
N. Chitrarasu
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 50,012
On the state mapIn the Chennai Central Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 22

Virugampakkam

Winner
Sabarinathan. R
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 76,092 votes
Margin
27,086 (15.67%)
Runner-up
Prabhakara Raja. A. M. V
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 49,006
On the state mapIn the Chennai South Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 23

Saidapet

Winner
Arul Prakasam. M
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 81,205 votes
Margin
28,514 (17.78%)
Runner-up
Subramanian. Ma
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 52,691
On the state mapIn the Chennai South Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 24

Thiyagarayanagar

Winner
Anand N
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 51,632 votes
Margin
13,027 (9.73%)
Runner-up
Sathiyanarayanan B
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 38,605
On the state mapIn the Chennai South Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 25

Mylapore

Winner
Venkataramanan. P
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 70,070 votes
Margin
28,972 (19.24%)
Runner-up
Velu. Dha
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 41,098
On the state mapIn the Chennai South Lok Sabha seat

Assembly constituency 26

Velachery

Winner
Kumar. R
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, 80,430 votes
Margin
33,305 (18.02%)
Runner-up
Ashok. M. K
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 47,125
On the state mapIn the Chennai South Lok Sabha seat

Source: Election Commission of India, retrieved 31 Oct 2026.

Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha seats that cover a large part of this district.

  • Chennai NorthDr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), won in 2024
  • Chennai SouthT. Sumathy (alias) Thamizhachi Thangapandian (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), won in 2024
  • Chennai CentralDayanidhi Maran (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), won in 2024
  • TiruvallurSasikanth Senthil (Indian National Congress), won in 2024
  • SriperumbudurT R Baalu (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), won in 2024

Winner of the June 2024 general election. By-elections, resignations and disqualifications since then are not shown unless an editor has added the current member from an official source.

Nearby districts

Boundaries: Survey of India (via OpenCity). LGD code 568. Census 2011 code 603.