Chepauk
Chepauk
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Lok Sabha constituency Chennai Central Established 1977
Abolished 2008
Total electors 1,05,252
Reservation None
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 Election results Vote share of winning candidates 2006 50.96% 2001 51.91% 1996 77.05% 1991 50.62% 1989 50.21% 1984 56.26% 1980 55.64% 1977 38.40%
2006 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK M. Karunanidhi 34,188 50.96% −0.94% Independent Dawoon Miakhan 25,662 38.25% DMDK B. Narayanasamy 3,681 5.49% BJP R. N. Sivanesan 1,124 1.68% LKPT Elanthirumaran 669 1.00% Independent A. Mohamed Meera 349 0.52% Independent Mia Khan 272 0.41% Independent N. Subramani 238 0.35% Independent M. Karunanidhi 223 0.33% BSP T. D. K. Dalit Kudimahan Alias T. Daya Krishnamurthy 105 0.16% Independent Sai Ganesh 102 0.15% Margin of victory 8,526 12.71% 4.30% Turnout 67,082 63.73% 18.97% Registered electors 1,05,252 DMK hold Swing -0.94%
2001 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK M. Karunanidhi 29,836 51.91% −25.14% INC R. Damodharan 25,002 43.50% 26.26% MDMK Tamilmaravan 1,395 2.43% Independent Venugopal D 450 0.78% APMK S. J. Raja 247 0.43% Independent T. R. Selvaraj 164 0.29% Independent Syed Rahammedhullah 159 0.28% Independent M. Murthy 82 0.14% Independent G. Gururajan 72 0.13% Independent Sreenivasan M 70 0.12% Margin of victory 4,834 8.41% −51.40% Turnout 57,477 44.76% −16.54% Registered electors 1,28,399 DMK hold Swing -25.14%
1996 1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK M. Karunanidhi 46,097 77.05% 34.05% INC N. S. S. Nellai Kannan 10,313 17.24% −33.38% BJP Era. Meyappan 1,380 2.31% −2.07% JD S. K. Doraiswamy 925 1.55% PMK A. Akram Khan 354 0.59% Independent K. Raju Guruswamy @ K. Raju 243 0.41% Independent M. Balu 112 0.19% Independent A. Poompavai 51 0.09% Independent M. S. Chandra Mouli 39 0.07% SAP D. V. Saravanan 38 0.06% Independent K. Mohan 38 0.06% Margin of victory 35,784 59.81% 52.19% Turnout 59,827 61.31% 6.26% Registered electors 99,303 DMK gain from INC Swing 26.43%
1991 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC Zeenath Sheriffdeen 29,605 50.62% 28.25% DMK K. Anbazhagan 25,149 43.00% −7.21% BJP G. Karthikeyan 2,559 4.38% IUML S. K. Sham Shahabuddin 609 1.04% JP M. Mohamed Ali 134 0.23% Independent D. V. Saravanan 84 0.14% Independent T. Ravikumar 79 0.14% Independent P. N. Mani 64 0.11% Independent Abdul Khader 41 0.07% Independent S. Ranindran 37 0.06% Independent M. Devendran 34 0.06% Margin of victory 4,456 7.62% −20.22% Turnout 58,482 55.05% −12.84% Registered electors 1,07,928 INC gain from DMK Swing 0.41%
1989 1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK M. Abdul Lathief 33,104 50.21% −6.05% INC S. M. Hidayathulla 14,751 22.38% AIADMK A. V. Krishnamoorthy 12,665 19.21% −23.09% Independent K. Kondal Kesava Rao Alias Kondal Dassen 3,805 5.77% INC(J) T. R. Janasthnan 418 0.63% Independent T. G. Kasi Sah 138 0.21% Independent S. Venkarataman 130 0.20% Independent N. Mohamed Ismail 104 0.16% Independent R. Thirunavukkarasu 103 0.16% Independent A. Amiruddin 102 0.15% Independent K. Venkatasubramanian Alias Manian 100 0.15% Margin of victory 18,353 27.84% 13.88% Turnout 65,925 67.88% 2.53% Registered electors 98,546 DMK hold Swing -6.05%
1984 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK A. Rahman Khan 36,234 56.26% 0.62% AIADMK S. V. Marimuthu 27,246 42.31% 2.40% Independent D. Deenadayalan 258 0.40% Independent P. S. Raja 239 0.37% Independent U. Shantilal Katariya 229 0.36% Independent M. Radhakrishna 128 0.20% Independent A. Mohamed Jameel 69 0.11% Margin of victory 8,988 13.96% −1.78% Turnout 64,403 65.35% 6.54% Registered electors 1,00,943 DMK hold Swing 0.62%
1980 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK A. Rahman Khan 32,627 55.64% 17.24% AIADMK M. S. Abdul Khader 23,401 39.91% 11.93% JP S. V. Kandasamy 2,517 4.29% Independent K. N. Ranganathan 94 0.16% Margin of victory 9,226 15.73% 5.31% Turnout 58,639 58.81% 6.77% Registered electors 1,00,569 DMK hold Swing 17.24%
1977 1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK A. Rahman Khan 24,425 38.40% AIADMK V. Rajkumar 17,796 27.98% JP S. V. Kandasamy 13,849 21.77% INC N. M. Manivarma 7,532 11.84% Margin of victory 6,629 10.42% Turnout 63,602 52.04% Registered electors 1,23,253 DMK win (new seat)
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