| Royapuram | |
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| Constituency for the State Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| 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 locality, Royapuram. Royapuram assembly constituency is part of Chennai North Parliamentary constituency.
| 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% | |
| Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi | James Martin. M | 557 | 0.46% | ||
| Independent | Suganthan. T | 205 | 0.17% | ||
| BSP | Kumar. S | 180 | 0.15% | -0.10% | |
| TPSTP | 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% | |||
| 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% | |||
| 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% | |||
| 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% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | D. Jayakumar | 44,465 | 56.76 | ||
| DMK | K. Sargunam | 30,753 | 39.26 | ||
| MDMK | M.M. Gopinathan | 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% | |||
| 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% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | D. Jayakumar | 46,218 | 59.04% | ||
| DMK | R. Mathivanan | 29,565 | 37.77% | ||
| PMK | T.S. Perumal | 1,278 | 1.63% | ||
| Turnout | 79,579 | 59.41% | n/a | ||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | n/a | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | R. Mathivanan | 37,742 | 45.95% | ||
| Independent | K. Arumugaswamy | 25,976 | 31.62% | ||
| INC | V. Ramani Bai | 8,681 | 10.57% | ||
| AIADMK | R. Somasundaram* | 6,532 | 7.95% | ||
| Turnout | 83,095 | 70.07% | n/a | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | n/a | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | P. Ponnurangam | 40,727 | 50.26% | ||
| INC | K. Rajan* | 39,432 | 48.66% | ||
| Turnout | 82,256 | 69.34% | n/a | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | n/a | |||
| 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% | |||
| 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) | |||||
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