Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Madras Central #2GEN
Won
Anbarasu Era
INC Indian National CongressMargin
66,406 10.6 pp
votes
over Kalinidhi A. (DMK)
The contest
Electors10,26,829
Votes polled6,23,899
Turnout60.8%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.42 L52.8% of electorate
Female electors4.85 L47.2% of electorate
Sex ratio
893females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anbarasu Era | INC | 3,29,739 | 52.90% | |
| 2 | Kalinidhi A. | DMK | 2,63,333 | 42.20% | |
| 3 | Rajendra Kumar B | BJP | 12,215 | 2.00% | |
| 4 | Raghunathan K. | PMK | 4,454 | 0.70% | |
| 5 | Kalyanam N. P. | DC | 1,332 | 0.20% | |
| 6 | Swaminadhan K. R. | MPP | 694 | 0.10% | |
| 7 | Vedivel | IND | 692 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | Rajkumar, K. R. | JPJ | 594 | 0.10% | |
| 9 | Basmaran R. | IND | 533 | 0.10% | |
| 10 | Kasisah. P. K. | IND | 497 | 0.10% | |
| 11 | Ravikanna. R. | IND | 463 | 0.10% | |
| 12 | Prakash R. G. Alias Gananaprakasam | IND | 429 | 0.10% | |
| 13 | Habib M. | TMM | 376 | 0.10% | |
| 14 | Rangnathan K. N. | IND | 321 | 0.10% | |
| 15 | Dominicsavio, M. | IND | 270 | 0.00% | |
| 16 | Abdul Khader, A. | IND | 269 | 0.00% | |
| 17 | Raghavendra Rao, | IND | 262 | 0.00% | |
| 18 | Shunmugam. A. | IND | 253 | 0.00% | |
| 19 | Sunderesan, M. | IND | 236 | 0.00% | |
| 20 | Jaichandra Naikkr T. Alias Jayachanora | LDB | 203 | 0.00% | |
| 21 | Venkatesan, G. | IND | 188 | 0.00% | |
| 22 | John Wilson, M. | IND | 179 | 0.00% | |
| 23 | Vincent, K. | IND | 156 | 0.00% | |
| 24 | Subramani, P. | IND | 143 | 0.00% | |
| 25 | Nagarajan, M. | IND | 102 | 0.00% | |
| 26 | Bastimal Surana | IND | 96 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 5,870, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 618,029 · NOTA n/a · published 623,899 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1989
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- 2026-09-12