| Chepauk | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| 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 ofChennai Central Lok Sabha constituency. After the constituency delimitation of 2008, this constituency was merged into the newly formedChepauk-Thiruvallikeni 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 Chepauk Assembly Constituency.[2]
| 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 | |||
| 2006 | 50.96% | |||
| 2001 | 51.91% | |||
| 1996 | 77.05% | |||
| 1991 | 50.62% | |||
| 1989 | 50.21% | |||
| 1984 | 56.26% | |||
| 1980 | 55.64% | |||
| 1977 | 38.40% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKhold | Swing | -0.94% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKhold | Swing | -25.14% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKgain fromINC | Swing | 26.43% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| INCgain fromDMK | Swing | 0.41% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKhold | Swing | -6.05% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKhold | Swing | 0.62% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKhold | Swing | 17.24% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKwin (new seat) | |||||