Chepauk
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
LS constituencyChennai Central
Established1977
Abolished2011
Total electors1,05,252
ReservationNone

Chepauk is the legislative assembly, that includes the city, Chepauk. Chepauk assembly constituency was part of Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency). Post constituency delimitation of 2008, this constituency is merged into the newly formed Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni (State Assembly Constituency).[1]

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 this Chepauk Assembly Constituency [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Duration Member Party
Sixth 1977-80 A. Rahman Khan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980-84
Eighth 1984-89
Ninth 1989-91 M. Abdul Lathief
Tenth 1991-96 Zeenath Sheriffdeen Indian National Congress
Eleventh 1996-01 M. Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth 2001-06
Thirteenth 2006-11

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[3]
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[4]
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[5]
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[6]
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[7]
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[8]
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[9]
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[10]
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)

References

  1. ↑ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  2. ↑ "Karunanidhi, the Kalaignar who never lost an election in 61 years". IndiaToday.
  3. ↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  5. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  6. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  8. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  9. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  10. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

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