Ravilla S. Munirathinam is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Gummidipundi constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1977, 1980, and 1984 elections.[1][2][3] He is the founder of the RMK Group of Educational Institutions,[4] which constitutes the major engineering colleges RMK Engineering College, RMD Engineering College and RMK College of Engineering and Technology resided at Kavaraipettai.They also run a residential school affiliated to the CBSE and Sri durgadevi polytechnic college. They have also established a day school in the name of RMK School at Thiruverkadu near Chennai.He have one son named R.M.Kishore and a daughter R.M.Durga Devi

Electoral performance edit

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gummidipoondi[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Venu 61,946 49.69% +24.44
AIADMK R. S. Munirathinam 40,321 32.34% -22.43
PMK Jayavelu Durai 17,648 14.16% New
MDMK M. Natarajan 2,454 1.97% New
BJP M. Bhaskaran 788 0.63% -1.11
Margin of victory 21,625 17.35% -12.18%
Turnout 1,24,675 71.26% 1.75%
Registered electors 1,83,842
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -5.09%
1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gummidipoondi[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. S. Munirathinam 55,221 55.56% +6.56
DMK K. A. Vezhavendan 43,174 43.44% +3.6
Independent K. Palani 989 1.00% New
Margin of victory 12,047 12.12% 2.96%
Turnout 99,384 78.49% 10.53%
Registered electors 1,34,311
AIADMK hold Swing 6.56%
1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gummidipoondi[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. S. Munirathinam 41,845 49.01% +6.75
DMK K. Venu 34,019 39.84% +23.97
JP M. Parandaman 9,523 11.15% New
Margin of victory 7,826 9.17% -5.57%
Turnout 85,387 67.97% 4.12%
Registered electors 1,27,863
AIADMK hold Swing 6.75%
1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gummidipoondi[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. S. Munirathinam 32,309 42.26% New
JP G. Kamalam Bujammal 21,042 27.52% New
DMK K. Venu 12,135 15.87% -42.53
INC K. Venkatasubbaraju 7,782 10.18% -31.42
Independent E. Vinayagam 1,436 1.88% New
Independent S. Elumalai 1,148 1.50% New
Independent T. Mohamad Alikhan 604 0.79% New
Margin of victory 11,267 14.74% -2.08%
Turnout 76,456 63.84% -13.86%
Registered electors 1,21,875
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -16.15%

References edit

  1. ^ 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  2. ^ 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  3. ^ 1984 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  4. ^ RMD Engineering College
  5. ^ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  6. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  7. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  8. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.