Type: | LS |
Thiruvallur | |
Established: | 1951 |
Reservation: | SC |
Electors: | 21,04,020[1] |
Assembly Cons: | Gummidipoondi Ponneri Thiruvallur Poonamallee Avadi Madavaram |
Thiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency is a newly formed Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency after the 2008 delimitation. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 1 of 39. It was formed after merging the assembly segments of Gummidipoondi, Ponneri (SC), Tiruvallur, and Poonamallee (SC), Madhavaram, which were earlier parts of Sriperumbudur constituency and the newly formed Avadi.[2]
The constituency had previously existed for three elections from 1951 to 1962.
It is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC).