Chepauk was the legislative assembly constituency, that included the city, Chepauk. Chepauk Assembly constituency was part of Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency. After the constituency delimitation of 2008, this constituency was merged into the newly formed Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Assembly constituency.

The constituency is famous among people of Tamil Nadu as five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Kalaignar Karunanidhi contested thrice and won all three times from Chepauk Assembly Constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyDurationMemberParty
Sixth1977-80A. Rahman KhanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh1980-84
Eighth1984-89
Ninth1989-91M. Abdul Lathief
Tenth1991-96Zeenath SheriffdeenIndian National Congress
Eleventh1996-01M. KarunanidhiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth2001-06
Thirteenth2006-11

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
200650.96%
200151.91%
199677.05%
199150.62%
198950.21%
198456.26%
198055.64%
197738.40%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKM. Karunanidhi34,18850.96%−0.94%
IndependentDawoon Miakhan25,66238.25%
DMDKB. Narayanasamy3,6815.49%
BJPR. N. Sivanesan1,1241.68%
LKPTElanthirumaran6691.00%
IndependentA. Mohamed Meera3490.52%
IndependentMia Khan2720.41%
IndependentN. Subramani2380.35%
IndependentM. Karunanidhi2230.33%
BSPT. D. K. Dalit Kudimahan Alias T. Daya Krishnamurthy1050.16%
IndependentSai Ganesh1020.15%
Margin of victory8,52612.71%4.30%
Turnout67,08263.73%18.97%
Registered electors1,05,252
DMK holdSwing-0.94%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKM. Karunanidhi29,83651.91%−25.14%
INCR. Damodharan25,00243.50%26.26%
MDMKTamilmaravan1,3952.43%
IndependentVenugopal D4500.78%
APMKS. J. Raja2470.43%
IndependentT. R. Selvaraj1640.29%
IndependentSyed Rahammedhullah1590.28%
IndependentM. Murthy820.14%
IndependentG. Gururajan720.13%
IndependentSreenivasan M700.12%
Margin of victory4,8348.41%−51.40%
Turnout57,47744.76%−16.54%
Registered electors1,28,399
DMK holdSwing-25.14%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKM. Karunanidhi46,09777.05%34.05%
INCN. S. S. Nellai Kannan10,31317.24%−33.38%
BJPEra. Meyappan1,3802.31%−2.07%
JDS. K. Doraiswamy9251.55%
PMKA. Akram Khan3540.59%
IndependentK. Raju Guruswamy @ K. Raju2430.41%
IndependentM. Balu1120.19%
IndependentA. Poompavai510.09%
IndependentM. S. Chandra Mouli390.07%
SAPD. V. Saravanan380.06%
IndependentK. Mohan380.06%
Margin of victory35,78459.81%52.19%
Turnout59,82761.31%6.26%
Registered electors99,303
DMK gain from INCSwing26.43%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCZeenath Sheriffdeen29,60550.62%28.25%
DMKK. Anbazhagan25,14943.00%−7.21%
BJPG. Karthikeyan2,5594.38%
IUMLS. K. Sham Shahabuddin6091.04%
JPM. Mohamed Ali1340.23%
IndependentD. V. Saravanan840.14%
IndependentT. Ravikumar790.14%
IndependentP. N. Mani640.11%
IndependentAbdul Khader410.07%
IndependentS. Ranindran370.06%
IndependentM. Devendran340.06%
Margin of victory4,4567.62%−20.22%
Turnout58,48255.05%−12.84%
Registered electors1,07,928
INC gain from DMKSwing0.41%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKM. Abdul Lathief33,10450.21%−6.05%
INCS. M. Hidayathulla14,75122.38%
AIADMKA. V. Krishnamoorthy12,66519.21%−23.09%
IndependentK. Kondal Kesava Rao Alias Kondal Dassen3,8055.77%
INC(J)T. R. Janasthnan4180.63%
IndependentT. G. Kasi Sah1380.21%
IndependentS. Venkarataman1300.20%
IndependentN. Mohamed Ismail1040.16%
IndependentR. Thirunavukkarasu1030.16%
IndependentA. Amiruddin1020.15%
IndependentK. Venkatasubramanian Alias Manian1000.15%
Margin of victory18,35327.84%13.88%
Turnout65,92567.88%2.53%
Registered electors98,546
DMK holdSwing-6.05%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKA. Rahman Khan36,23456.26%0.62%
AIADMKS. V. Marimuthu27,24642.31%2.40%
IndependentD. Deenadayalan2580.40%
IndependentP. S. Raja2390.37%
IndependentU. Shantilal Katariya2290.36%
IndependentM. Radhakrishna1280.20%
IndependentA. Mohamed Jameel690.11%
Margin of victory8,98813.96%−1.78%
Turnout64,40365.35%6.54%
Registered electors1,00,943
DMK holdSwing0.62%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKA. Rahman Khan32,62755.64%17.24%
AIADMKM. S. Abdul Khader23,40139.91%11.93%
JPS. V. Kandasamy2,5174.29%
IndependentK. N. Ranganathan940.16%
Margin of victory9,22615.73%5.31%
Turnout58,63958.81%6.77%
Registered electors1,00,569
DMK holdSwing17.24%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKA. Rahman Khan24,42538.40%
AIADMKV. Rajkumar17,79627.98%
JPS. V. Kandasamy13,84921.77%
INCN. M. Manivarma7,53211.84%
Margin of victory6,62910.42%
Turnout63,60252.04%
Registered electors1,23,253
DMK win (new seat)

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