S. R. Raja

S. R. Raja s/o Raghunathan is an Indian politician of Tamil Nadu. He was elected as the Tamil Nadu Member of the legislative assembly from Tambaram constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election and 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[1][2] He lost the Tambaram constituency to T. K. M. Chinnayya in the 2011 election.^[2]

S. R. Raja
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for Tambaram
Incumbent
Assumed office 2016
Personal details
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	R. Nithiyakalyani

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Tambaram Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tambaram^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. R. Raja	116,840	46.93%	+3.66
	AIADMK	T. K. M. Chinnayya	80,016	32.14%	−4.99
	MNM	Elango Siva	22,530	9.05%	New
	NTK	T. Sureshkumar	19,494	7.83%	+5.6
	AMMK	M. Karikalan	4,207	1.69%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,284	0.92%	−1.21
	Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi	P. A. Abdulnazar	1,351	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			36,824	14.79%	8.65%
Turnout			248,968	59.92%	−1.79%
Rejected ballots			465	0.19%
Registered electors			415,487
	DMK hold		Swing	3.66%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tambaram^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. R. Raja	101,835	43.27%	−0.34
	AIADMK	C. Rajendran	87,390	37.13%	−14.32
	DMDK	M. Chezhiyan	14,559	6.19%	New
	BJP	A. Vedasubramaniam	10,327	4.39%	+2.67
	PMK	R. Suresh	7,631	3.24%	New
	NTK	B. Naganathan	5,237	2.23%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	5,007	2.13%	New
Margin of victory			14,445	6.14%	−1.71%
Turnout			235,355	61.71%	−8.17%
Registered electors			381,359
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.18%

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tambaram^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. K. M. Chinnayya	91,702	51.45%	New
	DMK	S. R. Raja	77,718	43.61%	−4.4
	BJP	A. Veda Subramaniam	3,061	1.72%	−0.7
	MGRTK	D. K. George	1,449	0.81%	New
	IJK	M. Raju	955	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			13,984	7.85%	−0.83%
Turnout			178,230	69.89%	5.51%
Registered electors			255,030
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.45%

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tambaram^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. R. Raja	269,717	48.00%	+1.14
	MDMK	K. Somu	220,965	39.33%	+33.88
	DMDK	K. Dharma	48,522	8.64%	New
	BJP	V. R. Sivaraman	13,598	2.42%	New
Margin of victory			48,752	8.68%	6.99%
Turnout			561,888	64.37%	22.86%
Registered electors			872,877
	DMK hold		Swing	1.14%

References

1. Manikandan, K. (7 April 2011). "Keen contest to capture gateway to Chennai". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
2. "Tambaram Elections and Results 2016, Candidate list, Current and Previous MLAs". Elections.in. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
3. "tambaram Election Result". Retrieved 18 June 2022.
4. "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
5. Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
6. Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.