Radhakrishnan Nagar

Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is part of Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party	Notes
Sixth	1977–80	Isari Velan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980–84	V. Rajasekaran	Indian National Congress (Indira)
Eighth	1984–89	S. Venugopal	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989–91	S. P. Sarkunam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991–96	E. Madhusudhnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	S. P. Sarkunam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001–06	P. K. Sekar Babu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006–11	P. K. Sekar Babu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011–15	P. Vetrivel	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	2015–16	J. Jayalalithaa	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2016	J. Jayalalithaa[1]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	2017–present	T. T. V. Dhinakaran	Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam

Election results

Bye-election, 2017: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AMMK	T. T. V. Dhinakaran	89,013	50.32	N/A
	AIADMK	E. Madhusudhnan	48,306	27.31	-28.56
	DMK	N. Marudhu Ganesh	24,651	13.94	-19.2
	NTK	Kalaikottuthayam	3,802	2.15	N/A
	NOTA	N/A	2,373	1.34	-0.31
	BJP	K. Nagarajan	1,368	0.77	-0.88
Margin of victory			40,707	23.01	+0.28
Turnout			1,76,890	77.68	+9.32
	AMMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

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2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	97,218	55.87	-32.56
	DMK	Shimla Muthuchozhan	57,673	33.14	+33.14
	VCK	V. Vasanthi Devi	4,195	2.41	+2.41
	PMK	F. Agnes	3,011	1.73	+1.73
	BJP	M. N. Raja	2,928	1.68	+1.68
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,873	1.65	+0.35
Margin of victory			39,545	22.73	-60.36
Turnout			1,74,015	68.36	-6.22
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-32.57

Bye-election, 2015: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	1,60,432	88.43	+29.41
	CPI	C. Mahendran	9,710	5.35	+5.35
	Independent	K. R. Ramaswamy	4,590	2.53	+2.53
	PPI(S)	R. Rajamohan Abraham	746	0.41	+0.41
	Independent	P. Ponraj	537	0.29	+0.29
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,376	1.30	+1.30
Margin of victory			1,50,722	83.08	+61.06
Turnout			1,81,420	74.58	-2.10
	AIADMK hold		Swing	+29.41

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK
	DMK
	BJP
Margin of victory
Turnout
	AIADMK hold		Swing

References

Dhinakaran wins RK Nagar bypoll, creates history in Tamil Nadu

1. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 11. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

• "EC announces by-election to Jayalalithaa's RK Nagar constituency, voting on April 12". Indian Express. 9 March 2017.
• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
• "R.K. Nagar bypoll | Live updates: Dhinakaran wins R.K. Nagar bypoll". The Hindu. 24 December 2017.