Royapuram (state assembly constituency)

Royapuram
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
LS constituency	Chennai North
Total electors	192,617[1]
Most successful party	DMK (6 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Murthy. R. Idream
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Royapuram is a legislative assembly constituency, that includes the , Royapuram. Royapuram assembly constituency is part of Chennai North Parliamentary constituency.

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Murthy R. Idream	64,424	53.16
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	36,645	30.24
	MNM	S. Gunasekaran	8,166	6.74
	NTK	S. Kamali	7,953	6.56
	AMMK	C. Ramajayam	1,128	0.93
	NOTA	Nota	901	0.75%	-1.17%
		James Martin. M	557	0.46%
	Independent	Suganthan. T	205	0.17%
	BSP	Kumar. S	180	0.15%	-0.10%
		Mohan. A	172	0.14%
	Independent	Selvakumar. J	133	0.11%
Margin of victory			27,779	23.09%	16.52%
Turnout			120,290	62.45%	-1.06%
Rejected ballots			326	0.27%
Registered electors			192,617
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	8.35%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Royapuram^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	55,205	45.21
	INC	R. Manohar	47,174	38.63
	SDPI	Syed Rafi Basha H	4,345	3.56
	BJP	Jemelaa M R	3,562	2.92
	TMC	Biju Chacko	3,191	2.61
	NTK	Ananda Raj B	2,387	1.95%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,348	1.92%
	PMK	Perumal T S	2,126	1.74%
	Independent	Selvan P	378	0.31%
	Independent	Vijayavelmurugan T	364	0.30%
	BSP	Rubalingam K	300	0.25%	0.04%
Margin of victory			8,031	6.58%	-12.43%
Turnout			122,117	63.51%	-7.07%
Registered electors			192,283
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-12.68%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	65,099	57.89
	INC	R. Manohar	43,727	38.88
	BJP	Chandar (alias) Chandru D	1,683	1.50
	IND	Jebaraj Immanuel S	520	0.46
	Independent	Ashok. J	340	0.30%
	Independent	Murugan. A	241	0.21%
	BSP	Doss. K	235	0.21%	-0.24%
	Independent	Mohan. S	201	0.18%
	Independent	Jaganathan. N	97	0.09%
	Independent	Subramaniyam. G	89	0.08%
	Independent	Gopinathan. M	87	0.08%
Margin of victory			21,372	19.00%	4.80%
Turnout			159,349	70.58%	1.56%
Registered electors			112,461
	AIADMK hold		Swing	4.62%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	50,647	53.26	-0.5
	DMK	S. P. Sarkunam	37,144	39.06	-0.2
	DMDK	Royapuram V Babu	5,033	5.29%
	BJP	Kumar. V. C.	735	0.77%
	BSP	Sreenivasulu. J.	425	0.45%
	LJP	Alexander. G.	332	0.35%
	Independent	Sornaraj. N.	266	0.28%
	Independent	Arivunithi. K.	187	0.20%
	Independent	Saravanan P. V.	116	0.12%
	Independent	Selvaraj. M.	91	0.10%
	Independent	Anbarasu. V.	70	0.07%
Margin of victory			13,503	14.20%	-3.30%
Turnout			95,090	69.02%	18.97%
Registered electors			137,772
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-3.50%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	44,465	56.76
	DMK		30,753	39.26
	MDMK		1,772	2.26	n/a
	Independent	Dhanraj. S	430	0.55%
	Independent	Sivakumar. S	315	0.40%
	Independent	Pugal Murugan. B	287	0.37%
	Independent	Theerthavalli. K	190	0.24%
	Independent	Nirmala. J	123	0.16%
Margin of victory			13,712	17.50%	-4.90%
Turnout			78,335	50.05%	-10.94%
Registered electors			156,528
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.01%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Era. Mathivanan	44,893	57.78%	20.01%
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	27,485	35.37%	-23.67%
	MDMK	S. Mohan	2,793	3.59%
	PMK	V. Gnanam	1,201	1.55%
	BJP	Nannuri Venkateswara Rao	675	0.87%	-0.23%
	Independent	K. Jaganathan	89	0.11%
	Independent	C. Shobana Rani	82	0.11%
	Independent	Govindammal Gandhi	76	0.10%
	Independent	A. Sekar	58	0.07%
	Independent	G. Sivakumar	50	0.06%
	Independent	K. J. Gopal	49	0.06%
Margin of victory			17,408	22.40%	1.13%
Turnout			77,702	60.99%	1.58%
Registered electors			130,238
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.27%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	46,218	59.04%
	DMK	R. Mathivanan	29,565	37.77%
	PMK		1,278	1.63%
Turnout			79,579	59.41%	n/a
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	n/a

1989 Election results[]

1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Mathivanan	37,742	45.95%
	Independent		25,976	31.62%
	INC		8,681	10.57%
	AIADMK	*	6,532	7.95%
Turnout			83,095	70.07%	n/a
	DMK hold		Swing	n/a

• Due to the split after MGR's death, R. Somasundaram, was part of ADK (Janaki), and not part of the other splinter group ADK (Jayalalitha).

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK		40,727	50.26%
	INC	K. Rajan*	39,432	48.66%
Turnout			82,256	69.34%	n/a
	DMK hold		Swing	n/a

• K. Rajan belonged to the Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress.

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Ponnurangam. P	37,390	50.31%	16.77%
	CPI	Pandian. D	36,455	49.05%
	Independent	Nagalingam. S	192	0.26%
	Independent	Ramiah. M	181	0.24%
	JP	Vivekanandan. K	101	0.14%
Margin of victory			935	1.26%	-0.95%
Turnout			74,319	64.30%	12.87%
Registered electors			116,630
	DMK hold		Swing	16.77%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Ponnurangam	24,217	33.54%
	AIADMK	M. Raji	22,626	31.34%
	JP	V. Ramani Bai	17,456	24.18%
	INC	P. Thangarajan	6,742	9.34%
	Independent	K. Salappan	582	0.81%
	Independent	G. Rajaratham Nayagar	248	0.34%
	Independent	R. Ramanthan	172	0.24%
	Independent	S. Chittibabu	151	0.21%
Margin of victory			1,591	2.20%
Turnout			72,194	51.43%
Registered electors			141,692
	DMK win (new seat)

References[]

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.