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17 . Royapuram

District Chennai Previous winner DMK

The Royapuram assembly constituency (AC #17) is part of the Chennai district in Tamil Nadu and is going to polls on 23 April 2026 as part of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election. Counting of votes will be on 2 May 2026.

28 candidates are in the fray this year, including 2 women candidates. The constituency has 1,56,931 registered electors (75,870 male · 81,004 female · 57 third gender).

Total Electors1,56,931
Male Electors75,870
Female Electors81,004
Third Gender57
Total Candidates28
Women Candidates2

Alliance Breakdown — Royapuram

Independents
Candidates20
PartiesIND
Other Parties
Candidates4
PartiesDMA, BSP, TAVK, NIP
NDA / ADMK+
Candidates1
PartiesAIADMK
NTK
Candidates1
PartiesNTK
SPA / DMK+
Candidates1
PartiesDMK
TVK
Candidates1
PartiesTVK

All 28 Candidates Contesting

# Candidate Party Alliance Gender Age
1 A. Subair Khan DMK SPA Male 49
2 D. Jayakumar AIADMK NDA Male 42
3 K.V. Vijay Damu TVK TVK Male 46
4 A. Babu Mailan NTK NTK Male 54
5 A. Sathik Kumar DMA OTH Male 37
6 M. Jayarajkumar BSP OTH Male 29
7 M. Rajkumar TAVK OTH Male 44
8 R. Vinothkumar NIP OTH Male 38
9 A. Jayakumar IND IND Male 42
10 A. Nizar Ahamed IND IND Male 57
11 A. Sasikumar IND IND Male 39
12 C. Sridhar IND IND Male 43
13 D. Jayakumar IND IND Male 42
14 G. Karthikeyan IND IND Male 31
15 I. Jayaprakash IND IND Male 39
16 J. Selvakumar IND IND Male 50
17 K. Prasath IND IND Male 44
18 K.J. Sivakumar IND IND Male 47
19 M. Dhinakaran IND IND Male 48
20 M. Mahalakshmi IND IND Female 61
21 M. Shanmugam IND IND Male 29
22 P. Sumathi IND IND Female 53
23 R. Kerthivarunnan IND IND Male 45
24 R. Rajkumar IND IND Male 29
25 S. Raju IND IND Male 26
26 T. Kaviyarasu IND IND Male 46
27 T. Rajesh IND IND Male 42
28 V. Bhagath Singh IND IND Male 37