Thiruvallur Lok Sabha Constituency 2019: Thiruvallur parliamentary constituency will go to polls on April 18, which is the second phase of Lok Sabha election 2019. The polling in all the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu will be held in the second phase. The key contest here is going to be held between AIADMK’s Dr P Venugopal and Congress' Dr K Jayakumar.
The Congress is contesting election in alliance with MK Stalin's DMK, therefore, DMK has not fielded its candidate in the Thiruvallur constituency. Apart from Congess, the DMK has also entered into an aligned with CPI(M), CPI, MDMK, VCK, IUML, KMDK and IJK.
AIADMK's Dr P Venugoppal is the sitting MP in Thiruvallur who defeated VCK’s D Ravikumar by a margin of more than 5 lakh votes in 2014. P Venugopal, who won the seat in both 2014 and 2009, would be seeking a third term in the forthcoming election. AIADMK is contesting the upcoming election in alliance with BJP, PMK, DMDK, Tamil Maanila Congress, Puthia Tamizagam, Puthia Needhi Katchi and NR Congress.
Thirvallur has a average literacy rate of 83%.
Seven out of 39 parliamentary seats in Tamil Nadu have been reserved for SCs. These are Sriperumbudur, Chidambaram, Rasipuram, Pollachi, Perambalur, Tenkasi, and Nagapattinam. However, no seat here has been reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
Being the 70th most populated district in India, the Thiruvallur has an average literacy rate of 83% while more than 50% population in the region is urban.
Thiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates
AIADMK: Dr P Venugopal
Congress: Dr K Jayakumar
Makkal Needhi Maiam: M Logarangan
Naam Tamilar Katchi: M Vetriselvi
Anti Corruption Dynamic Party: C Kalanithi
Bahujan Samaj Party: R Anbuchezhian
Thiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency results in 2014 and 2009
2014: Dr P Venugopal (M) of the AIADMK secured 628499 votes and defeated D Ravikumar (M) of the VCK with a huge margin of more than 3 lakh votes. Ravikumar had secured 305069 votes.
2009: Dr P Venugopal Ponnusamy (M) of the AIADMK received 368294 votes. He defeated S Gayathri (M) of the DMK who secured 336621
votes.
List of all 39 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu
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.
