Hyderabad, May 23: Results for the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu has been declared by the Election Commission of India (ECI). TR Baalu of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party has won the seat. The counting of votes for the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha Constituency began at 8 AM on Thursday, May 23. This is one of the 39 Parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu which went to poll on April 18. The constituency number of the Sriperumbudur constituency is 5 and is not reserved for any category (General Category).

This constituency came into existence in the year 1967 and has six legislative segments. Sriperumbudur is where the former Prime Minister of our country, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated. It was previously known as Boondipoori. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Voting In 7 Phases From April 11 to May 19, Counting And Results On May 23; Check All Dates For General Elections.

A Vaithilingam of the PMK is the party’s candidate from the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency while DMK’s T.R. Baalu filed his nomination papers for Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency. Ballu has declared total assets worth Rs 20.87 crore, marginally higher than he had five years ago.

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule for Sriperumbudur Constituency:

Issue of Notification March 19
Last date for filing nomination March 26
Scrutiny of nomination March 27
Last date for withdrawal of candidature March 29
Date Of Poll April 18
Date of Result May 23

Watch: Details of Phase II of Lok Sabha Polls 2019

List of States And Constituencies That Will Vote On April 18 In Phase II

State (No. of seats voting in this phase) Constituencies
Assam (5) Karimganj, Silchar, autonomous district, Mangaldoi, Nawgong
Bihar (5) Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka
Chhattisgarh (3) Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker
Jammu And Kashmir (2) Srinagar, Udhampur
Karnataka (14) Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkballapur, Kolar
Maharashtra (10) Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur
Manipur (1) Inner Manipur
Odisha (5) Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Aska
Tamil Nadu (39) Thiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuturai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari
Tripura (1) Tripura East
Uttar Pradesh (8) Nagina, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri
West Bengal (3) Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Raiganj
Puducherry (1) Puducherry

With over 1,200,000 electors, the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the largest parliamentary constituencies of the state and represents the Kanchipuram District.  According to data by Election commission of India (ECI), the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha Constituency has 1,201,237 number of electorates in total. Of the total voters, 610,711 are males and 590,526 are females. Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Dates: Constituency-Wise Complete Schedule Of Voting And Results For General Elections.

All the 39 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu will go to polls on April 18 while the counting of votes will be done on May 23. Out of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, the BJP to contest 5 seats while the AIADMK is contesting on 27 seats.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Ramachandran, K.N. Thiru of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) had defeated Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate Jagathrakshakan, S. Thiru.  The AIADMK candidate won the majority with 545,820 votes.

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