Chepauk (State Assembly Constituency)
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).
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
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
2006
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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) |