Radhakrishnan Nagar (state assembly constituency)

Radhakrishnan Nagar
Radhakrishnan Nagar
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
LS constituency	Chennai North
Total electors	262,980
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	J. J. Ebenezer
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Radhakrishnan Nagar is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is part of Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly[]

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Sixth	1977–80	Isari Velan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	1980–84		Indian National Congress (I)
Eighth	1984–89		Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989–91	S. P. Sarkunam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991–96	E. Madhusudhnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	S. P. Sarkunam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001–06	P. K. Sekar Babu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006–11	P. K. Sekar Babu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011–15	P. Vetrivel	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2015–16	J. Jayalalithaa (Chief Man ister)	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2016	J. Jayalalithaa (Chief Minister)^[2]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2017–2021	T. T. V. Dhinakaran	Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam
Sixteenth	2021–present		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			51.67%
2017 By-election			50.32%
2016			55.87%
2015 By-election			88.43%
2011			59.04%
2006			50.36%
2001			58.43%
1996			62.12%
1991			60.30%
1989			45.31%
1984			50.71%
1980			48.62%
1977			35.57%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK		95,763	51.2	+37.26
	AIADMK	R. S. Raajesh	53,284	28.49	+1.18
	NTK	K. Gowrishankar	20,437	10.93	+8.78
	MNM	Fazil. A	11,198	5.99	+5.99
	AMMK	Dr. P. Kalidas	1,852	0.99	-49.33
Margin of victory			42,479	22.92%	0.20%
Turnout			185,323	70.47%	2.11%
Rejected ballots			291	0.16%
Registered electors			262,980
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-4.19%

2017 By-election[]

2017 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly By-election: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. T. V. Dhinakaran	89,013	50.32	N/A
	AIADMK	E. Madhusudhnan	48,306	27.31	-28.56
	DMK	N. Marudhu Ganesh	24,651	13.94	-19.2
	NTK	Kalaikottuthayam	3,802	2.15	N/A
	None of the Above	NOTA	2,373	1.34	-0.31
Margin of victory			40,707	23.01	+0.28
Turnout			1,76,890	77.68	+9.32
	Independent gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	97,218	55.87	-32.56
	DMK	Shimla Muthuchozhan	57,673	33.14	+33.14
	VCK	V. Vasanthi Devi	4,195	2.41	+2.41
	PMK	F. Agnes	3,011	1.73	+1.73
	BJP	M. N. Raja	2,928	1.68	+1.68
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,873	1.65	+0.35
Margin of victory			39,545	22.73	-60.36
Turnout			1,74,015	68.36	-6.22
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-32.57

2015 By-election[]

2015 By-election: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	1,60,432	88.43	+29.41
	CPI	C. Mahendran	9,710	5.35	+5.35
	Independent	K. R. Ramaswamy	4,590	2.53	+2.53
		R. Rajamohan Abraham	746	0.41	+0.41
	Independent	P. Ponraj	537	0.29	+0.29
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,376	1.30	+1.30
Margin of victory			1,50,722	83.08	+61.06
Turnout			1,81,420	74.58	-2.10
	AIADMK hold		Swing	+29.41

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	P. Vetrivel	83,777	59.04
	DMK	P. K. Sekar Babu	52,522	37.01
	BJP	K R Vinayagam	1,300	0.92
Margin of victory			31,255	22.03
Turnout			1,41,904	72.70
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhakrishnan Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. K. Sekar Babu	84,462	50.36%
	INC	Manohar. R.	66,399	39.59%
	DMDK	Mohamed Jan. P.	11,716	6.99%
	BJP	Prem Ananth. K.P.	1,858	1.11%
	Independent	Rajendran. K.	1,030	0.61%
	Independent	Sasikumar. S.	574	0.34%
Margin of victory			18,063	10.77%	-10.55%
Turnout			167,730	70.08%	-46.31%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-8.07%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhakrishnan Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. K. Sekar Babu	74,888	58.43%
	DMK	S. P. Sarguna Pandian	47,556	37.10%
	MDMK	Manogaran.N	3,621	2.83%
	Independent	K. Manikandan	669	0.52%
	NCP	R. Yovel Selvaraj	440	0.34%
	Independent	S. Elumalai	335	0.26%
Margin of victory			27,332	21.32%	-14.30%
Turnout			128,175	47.01%	-9.44%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-3.70%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhakrishnan Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. P. Sarguna Pandian	75,125	62.12%
	AIADMK	Raveendran. R.M.D.	32,044	26.50%
	BJP	Siva. G.V.	9,788	8.09%
	MDMK	Panneerselvam. M.	1,369	1.13%
	BJP	Parthiban. T.A.G.	1,149	0.95%
	Independent	Selvi. U.	150	0.12%
Margin of victory			43,081	35.63%	13.07%
Turnout			120,928	56.45%	-0.41%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.83%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhakrishnan Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	E. Madhusudhanan	66,710	60.30%
	JD	Rajasekaran V.	41,758	37.74%
	IUML	Gulam Huseien A.M.	941	0.85%
	BJP	Jaganathan V.R.	636	0.57%
	TMM	Diwan Ahmed A.	111	0.10%
	Independent	Ganesh M.	104	0.09%
Margin of victory			24,952	22.55%	2.28%
Turnout			110,639	56.86%	-10.73%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	14.99%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhakrishnan Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. P. Sarguna Pandian	54,216	45.31%
	ADK(JL)	E. Madhusudhanan	29,960	25.04%
	Independent	Rajasekaran. V.	20,731	17.32%
	INC	Venugopal	12,863	10.75%
	Independent	Gunasekaran. G.	354	0.30%
	Independent	Saiquath Ali. A. S. A.	336	0.28%
Margin of victory			24,256	20.27%	16.68%
Turnout			119,660	67.59%	0.58%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-5.40%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhakrishnan Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Venugopal S.	54,334	50.71%
	DMK	S. P. Sarguna Pandian	50,483	47.12%
	Independent	Ramakannan. V. M. G.	529	0.49%
	Independent	Abdul Khader. P. M.	509	0.48%
	Independent	Gandhi. R.	291	0.27%
	Independent	Sundaram. E. K.	220	0.21%
Margin of victory			3,851	3.59%	-4.34%
Turnout			107,147	67.01%	4.65%
	INC hold		Swing	2.09%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhakrishnan Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajasekaran.V	44,076	48.62%
	AIADMK	Isari Velan	36,888	40.69%
	JP	Arumugasamy.K	8,685	9.58%
	Independent	Baskarapandian.A	196	0.22%
	Independent	Lakshmipathy.K.V	195	0.22%
	Independent	Rajagopal.R.	143	0.16%
	Independent	M. Amsa	117	0.13%
Margin of victory			7,188	7.93%	6.07%
Turnout			90,648	62.36%	17.19%
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	13.05%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhakrishnan Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Isari Velan	28,416	35.57%
	DMK	R.D. Seethapathy	26,928	33.71%
	JP	K. Arumugaswamy	14,449	18.09%
	INC	T.N. Anandanayaki	9,876	12.36%
	Independent	M.P. Rajendran	123	0.15%
	Independent	Munusami Naicker	89	0.11%
Margin of victory			1,488	1.86%	-7.54%
Turnout			79,881	45.17%	-23.00%
	AIADMK gain from		Swing	-19.13%

References[]

^[4] Dhinakaran wins RK Nagar bypoll, creates history in Tamil Nadu

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 11. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ "RK Nagar election result: TTV Dinakaran wins RK Nagar election, creates history in Tamil Nadu | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India.

"EC announces by-election to Jayalalithaa's RK Nagar constituency, voting on April 12". Indian Express. 9 March 2017.
"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
"R.K. Nagar bypoll | Live updates: Dhinakaran wins R.K. Nagar bypoll". The Hindu. 24 December 2017.

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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

[2] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 11. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[3] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[4] "RK Nagar election result: TTV Dinakaran wins RK Nagar election, creates history in Tamil Nadu | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India.

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