Radhakrishnan Nagar (Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar) or R. K. Nagar, is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 11. It is part of Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
By election 2017 Following the death of J. Jayalalithaa on 5 December 2016, a by-election to the Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K. Nagar) constituency was scheduled for April 2017. On 10 April 2017, the Election Commission of India cancelled the poll citing evidence of large-scale bribery. The Commission also referred to the alleged involvement of then Tamil Nadu Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar. The by-election was subsequently held on 21 December 2017, in which T. T. V. Dhinakaran, contesting as an independent candidate, was elected.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Election MemberParty 1977 Isari Velan 1980 V. Rajasekaran 1984 S. Venugopal 1989 S. P. Sarguna Pandian 1991 E. Madhusudhanan 1996 S. P. Sarguna Pandian 2001 P. K. Sekar Babu 2006 2011 P. Vetrivel 2015 By-election J. Jayalalithaa 2016 2017 By-election T. T. V. Dhinakaran 2021 J. John Ebenezer 2026 N. Marie Wilson
Election results
2026
2021
2017 by-election
2016
2015 by-election
2011
2006
2001
1996
1991
1989
1984
1980
1977
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