D. Rajarathinam

D. Rajarathinam was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Sriperumbudur Constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1967 and 1971 elections.^[1][2] He was elected from Poonamallee Constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1977 and 1980 elections.^[3][4]

D. Rajarathinam
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 1967 - 1972 1971 - 1976
Constituency	Sriperumbudur
In office 1977 - 1982 1980 - 1985
Constituency	Poonamallee
Personal details
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Electoral performance

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Sudarsanam	68,392	55.50%	+31.43
	DMK	D. Rajarathinam	44,240	35.90%	−12.2
	PMK	R. K. Kothandan	7,544	6.12%	New
	BJP	V. Sampath	1,866	1.51%	New
Margin of victory			24,152	19.60%	−4.43%
Turnout			123,225	59.46%	−7.81%
Registered electors			212,565
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	7.40%

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Anantha Krishna	55,129	55.97%	New
	DMK	D. Rajarathinam	40,562	41.18%	−7.65
	Independent	S. Subramani	1,150	1.17%	New
	Independent	M. Dilli	589	0.60%	New
	Independent	A. Samuel Patrick	502	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			14,567	14.79%	0.55%
Turnout			98,506	66.97%	10.24%
Registered electors			151,761
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	7.14%

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Rajarathinam	38,018	48.83%	+12.34
	GKC	Sambandan	26,930	34.59%	New
	Independent	Poovai P. Chinnasamy	8,547	10.98%	New
	Independent	M. Moorthy	2,246	2.88%	New
	BJP	G. Thiruven Gadam	1,605	2.06%	New
	Independent	T. Lakshmipathy Naidu	514	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			11,088	14.24%	7.52%
Turnout			77,860	56.73%	4.97%
Registered electors			139,060
	DMK hold		Swing	12.34%

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Rajarathinam	26,552	36.49%	New
	AIADMK	Era Kulasekaran	21,659	29.76%	New
	JP	J. Madan Raj	16,660	22.89%	New
	INC	A. Palapandvan	7,357	10.11%	New
Margin of victory			4,893	6.72%
Turnout			72,774	51.76%
Registered electors			143,250
	DMK win (new seat)

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Rajarathinam	46,617	59.15%	+5.01
	INC	Manali Ramakrishna Mudaliar	32,201	40.85%	−1.68
Margin of victory			14,416	18.29%	6.69%
Turnout			78,818	72.42%	−9.94%
Registered electors			1,11,779
	DMK hold		Swing	5.01%

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Rajarathinam	41,655	54.13%	+6.31
	INC	M. Bhaktavatsalam	32,729	42.53%	−7.1
	Independent	Guindirathinam	1,640	2.13%	New
	Independent	Subramanian	558	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			8,926	11.60%	9.78%
Turnout			76,949	82.37%	7.06%
Registered electors			96,287
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	4.50%