candidates of Chennai South constituency for 2014

P.Sudar Ratnavelu

  The table below shows who are the contesting BJP, Congress, independent etc. candidates from the Chennai South Constituency in the Tamil Nadu General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2014.

Chennai South, Constituency No -(3)
Election Date	24/04/2014
Result Date	16/05/2014
Election Symbol	Political Party	Candidate Name
	BSP	V. Balaji
	AIADMK	Dr. J. Jayavardhan
	AAP	Jahir Hussain. M
	BJP	La.Ganesan
	INC	S.V. Ramani
	DMK	T.K.S.Elangovan
	JD(U)	K. Mani
	SUCI(C)	Ganesan S
	IND	K.R.Ramaswamy
	IND	G.Devadoss
	LSP	A. Jaiganesh
	IND	S. Balu
	IND	Colonel Kadar Basha
	National Organisation Congress	T. Dhanasekar
	IND	Rajini Nivetha
	IND	R. Ravichandran
	IND	S.S.Radhakrishnan
	IND	Thangaraj
	IND	S. Devadoss
	Tamil Nadu Makkal Congress	S. Seethalakshmi
	IND	S. Parthiban
	IND	Loganathan
	IND	A. Irudayadass
	IND	J.S. Mahalingam
	IND	M. Arumugam
	IND	Kanthavel D
	IND	S. Balamurali
	IND	S. Rajeshwari
	IND	S. Veeramani
	IND	B. Kumar Sri Sri
	IND	Bhavani Janakiram
	IND	S. Pragasam
	IND	T. Ponnusamy
	IND	A. Magesh
	IND	Pon. Siva Kumar
	IND	S. Charumathi
	IND	S. Sesu Raj
	IND	S. Shankar
	IND	Joseph Gunasekar
	APM	R. Kandasamy (Babu)
	IND	M. Jayaraman
	IND	T.K. Ramajayam

The area has a population density of 26,702 people per sq km and the sex ratio here is 981 females per 1000 males. Children comprise about 12% of the total population and Hindus have an 83.3% majority here. It is the world’s 31st largest urban settlement. Tamil and English are the widely spoken languages here. The average literacy rate is 90.35% with male literacy rate being 93.57% and female literacy rate being 87.08%. The National Highways of NH-4, NH-5, NH-45 and NH-205 pass through the metro.

    The leading candidates in the contest

The leading candidates in the fray: top row ; AIADMK’s Dr Jayavaradhan, Lok Satta Party’s Jai Ganesh and Congress’ S V Ramani; bottom row; AAP’s Jahir Hussain, BJP’s L Ganesan and DMK’s E K S Elangovan

Jayalalithaa to campaign in city from April 19

Chief minister J Jayalalithaa is expected to tour the city as part of the AIADMK party’s election campaign from April 19 onwards.

She is expected to address meetings at various places for her party’s candidates.

On April 21, she plans to campaign for the Chennai South candidate Dr Jeyavardan who resides in R. A. Puram. The meetings are to be in Perungudi, MGR Nagar and T. Nagar ( bus stand) that day.

But as of now, the schedule does not include any meetings in the Adyar/ Mylapore neighborhood.

Record 42 candidates

This is for the record. And is a record.

Chennai South has 42 candidates in Election 2014. This includes the candidates of all the leading political parties there are a big group of men and women who are standing as reps of many other political parties besides independents.Which means that the EVMs deployed in this constituency will feature a long, long list of names.

Vaiko, Stalin campaign

The campaign has slowly hotted up in the constituency as nominations closed on Saturday.

Earlier in the week, MDMK leader Vaiko turned up in Mylapore to support the BJP campaign here – party candidate L. Ganesan. The caravan moved through the inner streets of this neighborhood, for some close campaigning.

On Sunday morning, the AIADMK teams also did some close campaigning, even  distributing pamphlets to church goes in San Thome.

Later that evening, DMK leader drove into the city from the south side after a long tour of the districts, addressing meetings in the Vela-chery-Thoraipakkam, and then in Foreshore Estate and Kapali Thotam before heading for a public meet in T. Nagar.

CHENNAI: Electioneering in the Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency went offshore on Thursday with BJP candidate L Ganesan leading a 'NaMo Boat Rally' to seek votes at various coastal fishing hamlets.

At Nainakuppam, a tiny coastal village off the East Coast Road, a huge banner featuring life size images of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Ganesan holding fish, welcomed voters.

Ganesan, who is in his late sixties, posed for pictures and delivered a speech promising a better deal for fisherfolk if a new government headed by Modi came to power at the Centre. When he finished his speech, Ganesan donned a life jacket and cadres lifted him aboard a motor boat.

A few cadres of BJP alliance partners --he DMDK, the PMK and the MDMK -- cheered as the boat eased forward into the waves propelled by a motor and was pulled into the sea by receding waves. A few seconds later, the cadres with their multi-coloured flags were also seaborne on other boats.

However, due to the choppy sea conditions, half a dozen boats which had ventured into the waters, returned after 15 minutes. "Modi wave is too much for the rally," quipped a BJP cadre.

Returning ashore, Ganesan delivered another speech, this time promising to establish a supermarket for fisherwoman in his constituency.

He reminded fishermen that after the 2004 tsunami, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi sent a special train with relief materials to Chennai.

He said Modi as Prime Minister would initiate several measures for fisherfolk's welfare, including doubling the compensation for fishermen killed and injured in mishaps and enhancing the pension for retired fishermen.