Hyderabad, May 23: Results for the Thiruvallur Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu has been declared by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Dr K Jayakumar of the Congress party has won the seat. The counting of votes for the Thiruvallur 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. This constituency is a newly formed Lok Sabha constituency after the 2008 delimitation.

This constituency had previously existed for three elections from 1951 till 1962. The constituency number of the Thiruvallur constituency is 1 and is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC). The constituency was formed after merging the assembly segments of Gummidipoondi, Ponneri (SC), Tiruvallur, and Poonamallee (SC), which were earlier part of Sriperumbudur constituency and the newly formed Avadi. 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.

In Tamil Nadu, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has fielded Ponnusamy Venugopal from the Thiruvallur while the Congress has given its ticket to Dr. Jeyakumar from this seat.

M.Vetriselvi of Naam Tamilar Katchi, M.Sindhuja of Naam Tamilar Katchi, R.Anbuchezhian of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), R.Anbuchezhian of Bahujan Samaj Party, R.Anbuchezhian of Bahujan Samaj Party, D.Ravi Pariyanar of Republican Party Of India (A) And N.Vikraman of Desa Makkal Munnetrak Kazhgam are the official candidates from this constituency. Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Dates: Constituency-Wise Complete Schedule Of Voting And Results For General Elections.

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule for Thiruvallur 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

All parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu (39 seats) will go for polling in the second phase. Out of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, the BJP to contest five seats and the AIADMK is contesting on 27 seats. It must be noted that this is the first time the BJP is seeing an official pre-poll alliance with one of the two major Dravidian parties- the AIADMK and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) in the southern state.

In the 2014, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK) candidate Venugopal.P had won the seat with a thumping majority.

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