Chepauk Assembly constituency

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.^[1]

Chepauk
Former constituency for the Tamil 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

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]

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)