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Name in the record

GANESAN V

Also on ballots as GANESAN V., GANESAN, V., GANESAN. V, GANESAN.V.

IND·PMTDK·DMK·ABHM·JDU

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “GANESAN V” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 42-year span across 13 contests, 5 different parties — patterns a single career can’t produce. Read each block below as its own thread, and treat the totals as counts for the name, not for a person.

Ballot lines
13
1984–2026
Wins
3
Parties
5
States / UT
2
incl. Lok Sabha

Every contest

Grouped by state and by Lok Sabha — spelling variants are merged, and, without a candidate id, so are different people who share this name.

ElectionConstituencyPartyVotesShareResult
Tamil Nadu10 contests · 1984–2026 · 2 won
Tamil Nadu 2026205. SivakasiIND800.0%Lost · 15th
Tamil Nadu 2026207. AruppukkottaiPMTDK1940.1%Lost · 12th
Tamil Nadu 2016151. TittakudiDMK65,13940.7%Won
Tamil Nadu 2011132. DindigulABHM2,0141.4%Lost · 4th
Tamil Nadu 200670. MangalurDMK55,30338.9%Lost · 2nd
Tamil Nadu 199688. Salem-IIND590.1%Lost · 19th
Tamil Nadu 1996116. TiruppurIND800.0%Lost · 33th
Tamil Nadu 199170. MangalurDMK26,54923.7%Lost · 2nd
Tamil Nadu 198970. MangalurDMK39,83142.7%Won
Tamil Nadu 198498. TiruchengoduIND6180.4%Lost · 3rd
Lok Sabha3 contests · 1996–2004 · 1 won
Lok Sabha 2004403. PerambalurJDU47,0416.7%Lost · 3rd
Lok Sabha 1998387. ChidambaramDMK2,97,41744.6%Lost · 2nd
Lok Sabha 1996387. ChidambaramDMK3,36,16448.7%Won