title: S. R. Raja
text: # 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. He lost the Tambaram constituency to T. K. M. Chinnayya in the 2011 election.
  
  ## Electoral performance
  
  2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tambaram :
  
  | Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 36,824 | 14.79% | 8.65% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 248,968 | 59.92% | -1.79% |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 465 | 0.19% | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 415,487 | | |
  | | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 3.66% | |
  
  2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tambaram :
  
  | Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,445 | 6.14% | -1.71% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 235,355 | 61.71% | -8.17% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 381,359 | | |
  | | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -8.18% | |
  
  2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tambaram :
  
  | Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,984 | 7.85% | -0.83% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 178,230 | 69.89% | 5.51% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 255,030 | | |
  | | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 3.45% | |
  
  2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tambaram :
  
  | Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 48,752 | 8.68% | 6.99% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 561,888 | 64.37% | 22.86% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 872,877 | | |
  | | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 1.14% | |
  