Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Assembly constituency

Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni
Constituency No. 19 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
LS constituency	Chennai Central
Established	2011
Total electors	234,067[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Udhayanidhi Stalin
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni State Assembly constituency (Tamil: சேப்பாக்கம்-திருவல்லிக்கேணி சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதி) is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 19. It is also one of the 6 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 19 Chepauk-Thiruvalikeni Assembly constituency is composed of Ward 79,81-93,95 & 111 of Greater Chennai Corporation

List of members of legislative assembly

No.	Name	Term of office		Assembly (Election)	Political party
		Assumed office	Left office
1	J. Anbazhagan	23 May 2011	21 May 2016	14th (2011 election)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
		25 May 2016	10 June 2020	15th (2016 election)
2	Udhayanidhi Stalin	11 May 2021	Incumbent	16th (2021 election)

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			68.92%
2016			47.32%
2011			49.44%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Udhayanidhi Stalin	93,285	68.92	+21.60
	PMK	Kassali	23,930	17.68	New
	NTK	Jayasimmaraja S. M.	9,193	6.79	+5.53
	IJK	Mohammed Idris K.	4,096	3.03	New
	NOTA	None of the above	2,061	1.52	−0.91
Margin of victory			69,355	51.24	+41.38
Turnout			135,344	57.82	−4.47
	DMK hold		Swing	+21.60

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	J. Anbazhagan	67,982	47.32	−2.12
	AIADMK	A. Noorjahan	53,818	37.46
	BJP	Apn. Thamarai Gajendran	6,281	4.37	+0.23
	DMDK	V. Abdulla Sait	5,507	3.83
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,494	2.43
Margin of victory			14,164	9.86	+2.77
Turnout			1,43,665	62.30	−7.02
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.12

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	J. Anbazhagan	64,191	49.44
	MNMK	Thamimum Ansari	54,988	42.35
	BJP	Venkataraman S.	5,374	4.14
Margin of victory			9,203	7.09
Turnout			187,305	69.32
	DMK win (new seat)

References

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

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