Phase 6 constituencies: 2009 results in Tamil Nadu

Bangalore, April 23:

is set to go to the Lok Sabha

on Thursday. The poll in the southernmost state will see an interesting battle between the strong regional parties like the AIADMK and DMK and the BJP's alliance. The Congress looks a distant force this time but all eyes will be on the Shivaganga constituency from where Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karthi is contesting this time.

Here is a look at the 2009 results in Tamil Nadu, which has 39 Lok Sabha seats. The DMK had won 18 seats while the AIADMK managed to bag just 9 seats. The Congress had won 8 seats (the Congress was an alliance partner of the DMK then).

Arakkonam: In 2009 DMK's Jagathrakshakan defeated PMK's Velu R by 1,09,796 votes (difference in vote-share was 12.8%)

Arani: In 2009, Congress's Krishnasswamy M defeated AIADMK's Subramaniyan N by 1,06,830 votes (difference in vote-share was 12.7%)

Chennai Central: In 2009, DMK's Dayanidhi Maran defeated AIADMK's SMK Mogamed Ali Jinnah by 33,454 votes (difference in vote-share was 5.5%)

Chennai North: In 2009, DMK's TKS Elangovan defeated CPI's Pandian D by 19,153 votes (difference in vote-share was 2.9%)

Chennai South: In 2009, AIADMK's C Rajendran defeated DMK's RS Bharathy by 32,935 votes (difference in vote-share was 4.5%)

Chidambaram (SC): In 2009, VCK's Thol Thirumaavalavan defeated PMK's E Ponnuswamy by 99,083 votes (difference in vote-share was 11.4%)

Coimbatore: In 2009, CPI(M)'s PR Natarajan defeated Congress's R Prabhu by 38,664 votes (difference in vote-share was 4.7%)

Cuddalore: In 2009, Congress's S Alagiri defeated AIADMK's MC Sampath by 23,532 votes (difference in vote-share was 3.1%)

Dharmapuri: In 2009, DMK's R Thamaraiselvan defeated PMK's Dr R Senthil by 1,35,942 votes (difference in vote-share was 17.5%)

Dindigul: In 2009, Congress's NSV Chitthan defeated AIADMK's P Baalasubramani by 54,347 votes (difference in vote-share was 6.6%)

Erode: In 2009, MDMK's A Ganeshamurthi defeated by 49,336 votes (difference in vote-share was 6.4%)

Kallakurichi: In 2009, DMK's Sankar Adhi defeated PMK's K Dhanaraju K by 1,18,608 votes (difference in vote-share was 41.7%)

Kancheepuram (SC): In 2009, Congress's P Viswanathan defeated AIADMK's Dr E Ramakrishnan by 13,103 votes (difference in vote-share was 1.7%)

Kanniyakumari: In 2009, DMK's J Helen Davidson defeated BJP's P Radhakrishnan by 65,687 votes (difference in vote-share was 8.6%)

Karur: In 2009, AIADMK's M Thambidurai defeated DMK's KC Pallanishamy by 47,254 votes (difference in vote-share was 5.7%)

Krishnagiri: In 2009, DMK's EG Sugavanam defeated AIADMK's K Nanjegowdu by 76,598 votes (difference in vote-share was 10.2%)

Madurai: In 2009, DMK's MK Alagiri defeated CPI(M)'s P Mohan by 1,40,985 votes (difference in vote-share was 17.8%)

Mayiladuthurai: In 2009, Aiadmk'S OS Maniyan defeated Congress's Mani Shankar Aiyar by 36,854 votes (difference in vote-share was 4.6%)

Nagapattinam (SC): In 2009, DMK's AKS Vijayan defeated CPI(M)'s M Selvaraj by 47,962 votes (difference in vote-share was 6.3%)

Namakkal: In 2009, DMK's S Gandhiselvan defeated AIADMK's Vairam Tamilarasi by 1,02,431 votes (difference in vote-share was 12.1%)

Nilgiris (SC): DMK's A Raja defeated MDMK's C Krishnan by 86,021 votes (difference in vote-share was 12.1%)

Perambalur: In 2009, DMK's D Napoleon defeated KK Balasubramanian by AIADMK's 77,604 votes (difference in vote-share was 9.3%)

Pollachi: In 2009, AIADMK's K Sugumar defeated DMK's K Shanmugasundaram by 46,025 votes (difference in vote-share was 6%)

Ramanathapuram: In 2009, DMK's JK Ritheesh defeated AIADMK's V Sathiamoorthy by 69,915 votes (difference in vote-share was 9%)

Salem: In 2009, AIADMK's S Semmalai defeated Congress's K Thangkabalu by 46,491 votes (difference in vote-share was 5.2%)

Sivaganga: In 2009, Congress's P Chidambaram defeated AIADMK's Raja Kannappan by 3,354 votes (difference in vote-share was 0.4%)

Sriperumbudur: In 2009, DMK's TR Baalu defeated PMK's AK Moorthy by 25,036 votes (difference in vote-share was 3.2%)

Tenkasi (SC): In 2009, CPI's P Lingam defeated Congress's G Vellaipandi by 34,677 votes (difference in vote-share was 4.6%)

Thanjavur: In 2009, DMK's SS Palanimanickam defeated MDMK's Durai Balakrishnan by 1,01,787 votes (difference in vote-share was 12.6%)

Theni: In 2009, Congress's JM Aaron Rashid defeated AIADMK's Thanga Tamilselvan by 6,302 votes (difference in vote-share was 0.8%)

Thiruvallur (SC): In 2009, AIADMK's P Venugopal defeated DMK's S Gayathri by 31,673 votes (difference in vote-share was 3.7%)

Thoothukkudi: In 2009, DMK's SR Jeyadurai defeated AIADMK's Dr Cynthia Pandian by 76,649 votes (difference in vote-share was 11.7%)

Tiruchirappalli: In 2009, AIADMK's P Kumar defeated Congress's Sarubala R Thondaiman by 4,335 votes (difference in vote share was 0.6%)

Tirunelveli: In 2009, Congress's S Ramasubbu defeated AIADMK's K Annamalai by 21,303 votes (difference in vote-share was 3%)

Tiruppur: In 2009, AIADMK's C Sivasami defeated Congress's SK Kharventhan by 85,346 votes (difference in vote-share was 11.5%)

Tiruvannamalai: In 2009, DMK's D Venugopal defeated PMK's J Gurunathan by 1,48,300 votes (difference in vote-share was 17.6%)

Vellore: In 2009, DMK's Abdul Rahman defeated AIADMK's LKMB Vasu by 1,07,393 votes (difference in vote-share was 14.8%)

Viluppuram (SC): In 2009, AIADMK's Anandan M defeated VCK's K Swamidurai by 2,797 votes (difference of vote-share was 0.4%)

Virudhunagar: In 2009, Congress's Manicka Tagore defeated MDMK's Vaiko by 15,764 votes (difference in vote-share was 2.1%)

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(With inputs from www.indiavotes.com)