Royapuram Assembly constituency

Royapuram is a legislative assembly constituency, that includes the locality of Royapuram. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 17. Royapuram Assembly constituency is a part of Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Royapuram
Constituency No. 17 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai North
Established	1977
Total electors	192,617[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Idream R. Murthy
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1977	P. Ponnurangam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
1984
1989	R. Mathivanan
1991	D. Jayakumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	R. Mathivanan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	D. Jayakumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
2011
2016
2021	Idream R. Murthy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			53.56%
2016			45.21%
2011			57.89%
2006			53.26%
2001			56.76%
1996			57.78%
1991			59.04%
1989			45.95%
1984			50.26%
1980			50.31%
1977			33.54%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Royapuram^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Idreams Murthy	64,424	53.56%	New
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	36,645	30.46%	−14.74
	MNM	S. Gunasekaran	8,166	6.79%	New
	NTK	S. Kamali	7,953	6.61%	+4.66
	AMMK	C. Ramajayam	1,128	0.94%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	901	0.75%	−1.17
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^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	55,205	45.21%	−12.68
	INC	R. Manohar	47,174	38.63%	−0.25
	SDPI	H. Syed Rafi Basha	4,345	3.56%	New
	BJP	M. R. Jemelaa	3,562	2.92%	+1.42
	TMC(M)	Biju Chacko	3,191	2.61%	New
	NTK	B. Ananda Raj	2,387	1.95%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,348	1.92%	New
	PMK	T. S. Perumal	2,126	1.74%	New
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^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	65,099	57.89%	+4.62
	INC	R. Manohar	43,727	38.88%	New
	BJP	Chandar (Alias) D. Chandru	1,683	1.50%	+0.72
Margin of victory			21,372	19.00%	4.80%
Turnout			112,461	70.58%	1.56%
Registered electors			159,349
	AIADMK hold		Swing	4.62%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Royapuram^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	50,647	53.26%	−3.5
	DMK	S. P. Sarkunapandian	37,144	39.06%	−0.2
	DMDK	Royapuram V. Babu	5,033	5.29%	New
	BJP	V. C. Kumar	735	0.77%	New
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 Legislative Assembly election: Royapuram^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	44,465	56.76%	+21.39
	DMK	K. Nargunan	30,753	39.26%	−18.52
	MDMK	M. M. Gopinathan	1,772	2.26%	−1.33
	Independent	S. Dhanraj	430	0.55%	New
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^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Mathivanan	44,893	57.78%	+20.01
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	27,485	35.37%	−23.67
	MDMK	S. Mohan	2,793	3.59%	New
	PMK	V. Gnanam	1,201	1.55%	New
	BJP	Nannuri Venkateswara Rao	675	0.87%	−0.23
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 Legislative Assembly election: Royapuram^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	46,218	59.04%	+51.09
	DMK	R. Mathivanan	29,565	37.77%	−8.18
	PMK	T. S. Perumal	1,278	1.63%	New
	BJP	V. Narasimman	857	1.09%	New
Margin of victory			16,653	21.27%	6.95%
Turnout			78,278	59.41%	−10.66%
Registered electors			133,943
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	13.10%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Royapuram^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Mathivanan	37,742	45.95%	−4.31
	Independent	K. Arumugaswamy	25,976	31.62%	New
	INC	V. Ramani Bai	8,681	10.57%	New
	AIADMK	R. Somasundaram	6,532	7.95%	New
	Independent	A. Veerasamy	1,325	1.61%	New
	Independent	M. S. Madasamy	432	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			11,766	14.32%	12.73%
Turnout			82,142	70.07%	0.73%
Registered electors			118,588
	DMK hold		Swing	-4.31%

• 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 Legislative Assembly election: Royapuram^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Punnurangam	40,727	50.26%	−0.05
	GKC	K. Rajan	39,432	48.66%	New
Margin of victory			1,295	1.60%	0.34%
Turnout			81,031	69.34%	5.05%
Registered electors			118,621
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.05%

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

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Royapuram^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Ponnurangam	37,390	50.31%	+16.77
	CPI	D. Pandian	36,455	49.05%	New
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^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Ponnurangam	24,217	33.54%	New
	AIADMK	M. Raji	22,626	31.34%	New
	JP	V. Ramani Bai	17,456	24.18%	New
	INC	P. Thangarajan	6,742	9.34%	New
	Independent	K. Salappan	582	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			1,591	2.20%
Turnout			72,194	51.43%
Registered electors			141,692
	DMK win (new seat)