Name in the record
GOVINDAN, V.
Also on ballots as GOVINDAN V., GOVINDAN V, GOVINDAN.V
BSP·DMK·IND
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “GOVINDAN, V.” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs, a 57-year span across 10 contests — 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
10
1964–2021
Wins
1
Parties
3
States / UT
3
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.
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu8 contests · 1971–2021 · 1 won | |||||
| Tamil Nadu 2021 | 209. Paramakudi | BSP | 425 | 0.2% | Lost · 8th |
| Tamil Nadu 2016 | 209. Paramakudi | BSP | 572 | 0.3% | Lost · 11th |
| Tamil Nadu 1991 | 38. Pernambattu | DMK | 24,900 | 25.0% | Lost · 2nd |
| Tamil Nadu 1989 | 38. Pernambattu | DMK | 42,264 | 42.9% | Won |
| Tamil Nadu 1989 | 200. Paramakudi | IND | 749 | 0.7% | Lost · 6th |
| Tamil Nadu 1984 | 200. Paramakudi | IND | 388 | 0.4% | Lost · 4th |
| Tamil Nadu 1980 | 200. Paramakudi | IND | 383 | 0.5% | Lost · 4th |
| Tamil Nadu 1971 | 199. Paramakudi | IND | 4,782 | 6.6% | Lost · 3rd |
| Lok Sabha1 contest · 1989–1989 · 0 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1989 | 395. Ramanathapuram | IND | 1,333 | 0.2% | Lost · 6th |
| Puducherry1 contest · 1964–1964 · 0 won | |||||
| Puducherry 1964 | 21. Couchery | IND | 117 | 1.9% | Lost · 3rd |