Local body polls in Teynampet, Zone 9: Wards, candidates and issues

A useful compiler for residents of Zone 9, comprised of areas such as Teynampet, Alwarpet and Nungambakkam, as they get set to vote on February 19th.

Zone Snapshot

Wards– 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126

Population– 767873 (2013)

Polling Stations– 624

To locate your polling station – https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/tn_election_urban2021/find_your_polling_station.php

To locate your ward and zone – https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/citizen-details/location-service/find_zone.jsp

Issues in the Zone

  • The zone was heavily hit during last year’s rains. Several roads in Alwarpet and Mandevalli were water-logged, with sewage and rainwater mixing in the process. Roads such as Habibullah Road and GN Chetty Road were among the worst affected. A common problem in the area during rains is that sewage lines get choked with excess rainwater. Dr. Besant Road in Triplicane experienced extreme water stagnation; Residents have been promised that a new storm water drain will be constructed along the road.
  • Another problem is that of frequent road cave ins. For example, last December parts of Bhrindavan Street in West Mambalam caved in twice within a week. These cave ins are often caused due to incomplete filling in of roads after pipeline repair work or leaks in underground connections. A portion of PS Sivaswamy Salai also caved in recently, due to a leak in the drinking water pipeline.
  • Residents have have been asking for a number of roads to be relaid and garbage from pavements to be removed. Roads such as Vinayagam street, Adams street, TSV Koil street and Mada street require relaying as per residents complaints.
  • The sewage connection from Jeth Road to St Mary’s Road collapsed a few months ago due to the weight of buses. As a result the Metro Water and Sewage Board have had to clean the sewage chambers before the connecting point every two weeks.
  • Residents of T Nagar have expressed displeasure with the Smart City projects in the area. The residents blamed the improper work done under the project as a reason for the flooding.

Read more: Flooding in T Nagar raises a lot of questions for the smart city mission


stormwater drain work at mandaveli
Residents closely monitored and audited the work done on stormwater drains in the zone. Pic: Ganga Sridhar

Ward 109

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: N. Arumugam

Reservation: Women (General)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
SukanyaINC
SangeethaADMK
SidhraMNM 
VasanthakumariAMMK
PrabhaNTK
MeenatchiIndependent Candidate

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 109, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 110

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: K.Chandrasekaran

Reservation: None

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
ChitarasuDMK
AbhishekADMK
NelsonrajMNM 
AnbarasuAMMK
RajasekharBJP
Mohammad HarunNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 110, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 111

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: U. Karpagam

Reservation: Scheduled Castes (Women)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
NandiniDMK
KokilaADMK
KavithaMNM 
KarumariAMMK
Malar KodiBJP
SudhaNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 111, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 112

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: S. Skathi

Reservation: Women (General)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
RevathiIndependent Candidate
JayadeviADMK
AshaMNM 
ShantiAMMK
Manju MuthurajBJP
Geetha LakshmiNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 112, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 113

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: P. Shanthi

Reservation: Women (General)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
Prema SureshDMK
SakanyaADMK
PremavathiIndependent Candidate
SuryavarshiniAMMK
Manju BarghaviBJP
YasodhaNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 113, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 114

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: Moohamud Ali Jinna

Reservation: None

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
MathanmohanDMK
Thamim AnsariADMK
Mukamadhu AlthapMNM 
ArputharajAMMK
Arun KumarIndependent Candidate
DhanasekharanNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 114, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 115

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: Vijayaramakrishnan

Reservation: Women (General)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
Ishwari VenkatesanDMK
TamilaraciADMK
RupadeviMNM 
VimalaAMMK
Vani SinivasanBJP
GayathriNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 115, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 116

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: P. Seenivasan

Reservation: None

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
Kamaraj A. DhanasekaranDMK
ShankarADMK
PrakashMNM 
SathyanarayananAMMK
SivajiBJP
YogarajNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 116, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 117

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: Arumugam (A) Chinnaian

Reservation: Scheduled Castes (General)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
ThirumalaiDMK
ArumugamADMK
SureshMNM 
BabuAMMK
VenkatesanBJP
RajkumarNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 117, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 118

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: Sivaraj

Reservation: Women (General)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
MalikaDMK
MariyammalADMK
SidhraMNM 
KeerthanaAMMK
SaraswathiBJP
JayalakshmiNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 118, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 119

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: D.Vasantha

Reservation: Women (General)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
Kamala ChezhianDMK
Vidya LathaADMK
FarithabhanuMNM 
BanumathiAMMK
KalaichelviBJP
DhanalakshmiNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 119, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 120

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: B. Mala

Reservation: Scheduled Castes (Women)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
MangaiDMK
RajeshwariADMK
KavithaMNM 
ThanamAMMK
AnnapoornaBJP
LavanyaNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 120, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 121

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: A. Noorjakaan

Reservation: None

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
MadhivananDMK
RajaramADMK
NirmalkumarMNM 
RagurajAMMK
Ramesh ShivaBJP
NareshkumarNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 121, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 122

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: P. Usha

Reservation: Women (General)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
SheebaDMK
DurgaADMK
Preethi MonikaMNM 
MurugammalAMMK
Shri KrishnanBJP
JayaNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 122, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 123

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: P. Jhoncyrani

Reservation: Women (General)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
SaraswathiCPI(Marxist)
YaminiADMK
MalaMNM 
VijayakumariAMMK
Swapna MaryBJP
SumalathaNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 123, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 124

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: J.P. Chandrika

Reservation: Women (General)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
VimalaDMK
NurjahanADMK
SasikalaMNM 
SusheelaAMMK
DurgaBJP
AnuradhaNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 124, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.


Read more: Chennai floods: How these Mandaveli streets averted waterlogging even as it poured


Ward 125

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: R. Pommi

Reservation: Women (General)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
LalithaDMK
ShakilaADMK
IndhraMNM 
VanithaAMMK
RamaBJP
MargaretNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 125, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

Ward 126

Ward boundaries: http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2018/408_Ex_VI_2.pdf

Name of Previous Councillor: T. Vijayalaxmi

Reservation: Women (General)

Candidates for Urban Local Body Election 2022:

CandidateParty
Amirtha VarshiniINC
MahalakshmiADMK
DivyaMNM 
JiliyatAMMK
Vijayalakshmi ShrikanthBJP
Kalai ChelviNTK

For a complete list of candidates for Ward 126, refer to the website of the State Election Commission here.

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