Mylapore
Mylapore — TVK takes Chennai's temple heart by 28,972 votes
TVK's P. Venkataramanan won Mylapore by 28,972 votes over DMK's Dha. Velu — flipping a seat the sitting MLA had taken in 2021 by 12,633 votes. Mylapore had been an AIADMK fortress before that: R. Nataraj won it in 2016 by 14,728, R. Rajalakshmi by 29,204 in 2011, and S. Ve. Shekher by a razor-thin 1,667 votes in 2006. BJP's K. N. Lakshmanan took the seat in 2001 by 6,047 votes — one of the BJP's rare assembly wins in Tamil Nadu. The constituency covers the Kapaleeshwarar temple precinct, San Thome basilica and the city's oldest Brahmin-dominated neighbourhoods.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VENKATARAMANAN. P | TVK | 70,070 | 46.91% |
| 2 | VELU. DHA | DMK | 41,098 | 27.51% |
| 3 | DR. TAMILISAI SOUNDARARAJAN | BJP | 32,328 | 21.64% |
| 4 | ARUN. R.L | NTK | 4,499 | 3.01% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 770 | 0.52% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. BJP DR. TAMILISAI SOUNDARARAJAN led postal ballots (484), but TVK VENKATARAMANAN. P won the seat overall (70,070).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DR. TAMILISAI SOUNDARARAJAN | BJP | 484 | 31,844 | 32,328 |
| 2 | VELU. DHA | DMK | 451 | 40,647 | 41,098 |
| 3 | VENKATARAMANAN. P | TVK | 322 | 69,748 | 70,070 |
| 4 | ARUN. R.L | NTK | 29 | 4,470 | 4,499 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 8 | 762 | 770 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
Mylapore is one of the few TN seats the BJP has won at the assembly level — K. N. Lakshmanan's 2001 victory came as part of the AIADMK-BJP alliance.
About Mylapore
Mylapore — AC 25 — is the cultural and religious heart of old Madras, predating the city itself by centuries. The constituency wraps around the Kapaleeshwarar temple — one of Tamil Nadu's most important Shaiva shrines, with the saint Tirugnana Sambandar's birth associated with its tank — and the San Thome basilica, built over the tomb of the apostle St. Thomas. Mada Streets, R. K. Mutt Road, the Mylapore tank festival, the Kabali temple ratha procession every March, and the dense Brahmin agraharam streets give the seat a character unlike any other in Chennai. Adyar river to the south, Marina to the east.
Mylapore — Kapaleeshwarar and San Thome
Mylapore is older than Madras — Kapaleeshwarar's gopuram has watched over the Mada Streets since the 16th-century rebuild, and San Thome basilica covers the apostle Thomas's traditional tomb. Walk the Mylapore tank, the R. K. Mutt road agraharam, the Luz Church corner, and end at a Mada Street tiffin shop for filter coffee and ven pongal.
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