Royapuram
Winner — 1996
Royapuram is a safe seat — ERA, MATHIVANAN won by 22.4%.
All Candidates
18 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ERA, MATHIVANAN | DMK-led | 44,893 | 57.8% |
| 2 | D. JAYAKUMAR | 27,485 | 35.4% | |
| 3 | S. MOHAN | People's Democratic Front (MDMK-led, with CPI(M) and Janata Dal), Tamil Nadu 1996 | 2,793 | 3.6% |
| 4 | V. GNANAM | PMK-Tiwari Congress Front (PMK + AIIC(T)), Tamil Nadu 1996 | 1,201 | 1.6% |
| 5 | NANNURI VENKATESWARA RAO | BJP | 675 | 0.9% |
| 6 | K.JAGANATHAN | IND | 89 | 0.1% |
| 7 | C. SHOBANA RANI | IND | 82 | 0.1% |
| 8 | GOVINDAMMAL GANDHI | IND | 76 | 0.1% |
| 9 | A.SEKAR | IND | 58 | 0.1% |
| 10 | G.SIVAKUMAR | IND | 50 | 0.1% |
| 11 | K.J. GOPAL | IND | 49 | 0.1% |
| 12 | R. GNANASEKARAN | IND | 46 | 0.1% |
| 13 | K.S. RAJAN BABU | IND | 42 | 0.1% |
| 14 | R. VENKATESWARAN | IND | 42 | 0.1% |
| 15 | A. KANDHASAMY | IND | 32 | 0.0% |
| 16 | R. ANANTHARAJ | IND | 31 | 0.0% |
| 17 | A.SRI RAMAN | IND | 30 | 0.0% |
| 18 | P.SELVARAJ | IND | 28 | 0.0% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
High turnout (34th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
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7 locationsMegalithic cists and cairns with bounding stone circles.
Megalithic cists and cairns with bounding stone circles.
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