Who is going to take over Jaylalitha’s Radhakrishnan Nagar this year? Find out
Jaylalitha was one of the most prominent faces of Tamil Nadu politics.Before her demise in 2016 Radhakrishnan nagar was her constituency. This was the time when this constituency drew attention and started playing a major role in Tamil Nadu Political landscape. It is among one of 234 constituencies and is an urban electoral seat.
The geographic area consists of coastal roads, narrow streets, over crowded residential clusters and port adjacent industrial zones.
Its population mostly consists of the working class which includes vendors, fishers, logistic laborers and dock workers etc.
Demographic
This year, the total number of registered voters was 1,95,856. Among them 93,976 were male while 1,02,201 were female voters. The number of female voters is a bit higher than the male electors. And 79 were third gender voters. If we talk about the previous years then there were 262980 voters and in 2016 there were 2,54,558 registered voters. If we look at the previous election data it reflects that the number of registered voters is less in this election.
Poll Schedule
The constituency voted on April 23 during the first phase of elections. Exit polls and results would be out after the second phase is done. The results will be declared on 4 May.
Voter turnout
The voter turnout of this year is yet not revealed. The previous election, which was in 2021, voter turnout was 70.98%, in 2016 it was 68.38% and it was 72.71% in 2011. The voter turnout would be a thing to look at as the percentage has been a bit up and down in the previous years.
Candidate detail
J. John Ebenezer is the current MLA of this constituency. He belongs from the DMK party and has won the previous elections by 95,763 votes.
The prominent candidates of this constituency this year are:
Rajesh R.S- ADMK
Fazil A- MNM
Gowrishankar K- NTK
Dr. Kalidas P- AMMKMNKZ
Radha Krishnagar is of a significant role in Tamil Nadu elections especially after the demise of the former Chief Minister Jaylalitha. During her last years she contested from this constituency to make a comeback in politics and later she became Chief MiIt was her constituency once and it would be interesting to watch who the public chooses as their representative this time.
The geographic area consists of coastal roads, narrow streets, over crowded residential clusters and port adjacent industrial zones.
Its population mostly consists of the working class which includes vendors, fishers, logistic laborers and dock workers etc.
Demographic
This year, the total number of registered voters was 1,95,856. Among them 93,976 were male while 1,02,201 were female voters. The number of female voters is a bit higher than the male electors. And 79 were third gender voters. If we talk about the previous years then there were 262980 voters and in 2016 there were 2,54,558 registered voters. If we look at the previous election data it reflects that the number of registered voters is less in this election.
Poll Schedule
The constituency voted on April 23 during the first phase of elections. Exit polls and results would be out after the second phase is done. The results will be declared on 4 May.
Voter turnout
The voter turnout of this year is yet not revealed. The previous election, which was in 2021, voter turnout was 70.98%, in 2016 it was 68.38% and it was 72.71% in 2011. The voter turnout would be a thing to look at as the percentage has been a bit up and down in the previous years.
Candidate detail
J. John Ebenezer is the current MLA of this constituency. He belongs from the DMK party and has won the previous elections by 95,763 votes.
The prominent candidates of this constituency this year are:
Rajesh R.S- ADMK
Fazil A- MNM
Gowrishankar K- NTK
Dr. Kalidas P- AMMKMNKZ
Radha Krishnagar is of a significant role in Tamil Nadu elections especially after the demise of the former Chief Minister Jaylalitha. During her last years she contested from this constituency to make a comeback in politics and later she became Chief MiIt was her constituency once and it would be interesting to watch who the public chooses as their representative this time.
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