Royapuram Assembly constituency

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

1984 Election results

1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Royapuram

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

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

1989 Election results

1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Royapuram

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%
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	R. Somasundaram*	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).

1991 Election results

1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	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
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam gain from DMK		Swing	n/a

1996 Election results

1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Mathivanan	44,893	57.78%
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	D. Jayakumar	27,485	35.37%
	MDMK	S. Mohan	2,793	3.59%	n/a
Turnout			79,431	60.99%	n/a
	DMK gain from Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Swing	n/a

2001 Election results

2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	D. Jayakumar	44,465	56.76%
	DMK	K. Nargunan	30,753	39.26%
	MDMK	M.M. Gopinathan	1,772	2.26%	n/a
Turnout
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam gain from DMK		Swing	+21.39%

2006 Election results

• Babu Royapuram belongs to DMDK.

2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	D. Jayakumar	50,647	53.26%	-0.5%
	DMK	S.P. Sarkunapandian	37,144	39.06%	-0.2%
	Independent	Babu Royapuram*	5,033	5.29%	n/a
Turnout			95,090	n/a	n/a
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam hold		Swing	n/a

2016 Election results

2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Royapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	D. Jayakumar	55,205
	INC	R. Manohar	47,174
Turnout				n/a	n/a
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam hold		Swing	n/a

References

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