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Assembly Constituency No. 17

Royapuram

15 elections on record · DMK dominant · 15 total

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15 Elections
on Record
DMK Dominant Party
6 wins
75022 Biggest Margin
(1996)
2463 Smallest Margin
(1977)
★ 2026 — Current MLA
K. V. Vijay Damu
TVK
59091 votes · 46.40%
Margin: 14249
Runner-up
Subair Khan
DMK
🏆 Biggest Victory
75022 votes
T.C. Vijayan
DMK
1996 Election
⚡ Closest Contest
2463 votes
P. Sigamony
AIADMK
1977 Election
📈 Peak Votes Ever
158204 votes — K. P. P. Samy in 2006
Party Win History
DMK
6W
40%
ADMK
5W
33%
INC
2W
13%
GKC
1W
7%
TVK
1W
7%
DMK
6 wins
ADMK
5 wins
INC
2 wins
GKC
1 wins
TVK
1 wins
📍 Know About Royapuram

Royapuram is an Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It has participated in 15 elections from 1962 to 2026. DMK is the historically dominant party with 6 wins out of 15 elections.

AC No. 17 15 elections DMK 6x
Complete Election History
Royapuram — All Years 15 elections
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote %Runner-upPartyMargin
2026 K. V. Vijay Damu TVK 59091 46.40% Subair Khan DMK 14249
2021 Idream R. Murthy DMK 64424 53.16% D. Jayakumar ADMK 27779
2016 D. Jayakumar ADMK 55205 45.21% Manohar R INC 8031
2011 D. Jayakumar AIADMK 65099 57.89% Manohar R INC 21372
2006 K. P. P. Samy DMK 158204 46.34% V. Moorthy ADMK 3447
2001 T. Arumugam AIADMK 113808 54.94% Kumari Anandan IND 34041
1996 T.C. Vijayan DMK 115939 64.19% B. Balraj ADMK 75022
1991 K. Kuppan ADMK 85823 56.54% T. K. Pallanisamy DMK 27322
1989 T. K. Palanisamy DMK 67849 45.58% J. Rama Chandran ADK(J) 21072
1984 G. K. J. Baarathi INC 65194 54.26% T. K. Palaniswamy DMK 11510
1980 Kumari Ananthan GKC 48451 47.36% Loganathan. T INC 3458
1977 P. Sigamony AIADMK 26458 31.29% M. V. Narayanaswamy DMK 2463
1971 M Munu Adhi DMK 40187 57.0% T M Dhanapal INC 15237
1967 M. Adhi DMK 39047 60.03% N. M. Manivarama INC 16416
1962 B. Parameswaran INC 29743 51.67% P. S. Ellappan SWA 10319
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