R. S. Munirathinam

Ravilla S. Munirathinam is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Gummidipundi constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1977, 1980, and 1984 elections.^[1][2][3] He is the founder of the RMK Group of Educational Institutions,^[4] which constitutes the major engineering colleges RMK Engineering College, RMD Engineering College and RMK College of Engineering and Technology resided at Kavaraipettai.They also run a residential school affiliated to the CBSE and Sri durgadevi polytechnic college. They have also established a day school in the name of RMK School at Thiruverkadu near Chennai.He have one son named R.M.Kishore and a daughter R.M.Durga Devi

Electoral performance

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1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Venu	61,946	49.69	+24.44
	AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam	40,321	32.34	−22.43
	PMK	Jayavelu Durai	17,648	14.16	New
	MDMK	M. Natarajan	2,454	1.97	New
	BJP	M. Bhaskaran	788	0.63	−1.11
Margin of victory			21,625	17.35	−12.18
Turnout			1,24,675	71.26	1.75
Registered electors			1,83,842
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.09

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam	55,221	55.56	+6.56
	DMK	K. A. Vezhavendan	43,174	43.44	+3.6
	Independent	K. Palani	989	1.00	New
Margin of victory			12,047	12.12	2.96
Turnout			99,384	78.49	10.53
Registered electors			1,34,311
	AIADMK hold		Swing	6.56

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam	41,845	49.01	+6.75
	DMK	K. Venu	34,019	39.84	+23.97
	JP	M. Parandaman	9,523	11.15	New
Margin of victory			7,826	9.17	−5.57
Turnout			85,387	67.97	4.12
Registered electors			1,27,863
	AIADMK hold		Swing	6.75

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam	32,309	42.26	New
	JP	G. Kamalam Bujammal	21,042	27.52	New
	DMK	K. Venu	12,135	15.87	−42.53
	INC	K. Venkatasubbaraju	7,782	10.18	−31.42
	Independent	E. Vinayagam	1,436	1.88	New
	Independent	S. Elumalai	1,148	1.50	New
	Independent	T. Mohamad Alikhan	604	0.79	New
Margin of victory			11,267	14.74	−2.08
Turnout			76,456	63.84	−13.86
Registered electors			1,21,875
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-16.15