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Name in the record

KANNAN, P.

Also on ballots as KANNAN.P, KANNAN. P, KANNAN P, KANNAN P. …

VTVTK·IND·PMK·TMMK·LJP·AIADMK·SHS·ADKJL·ADK

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “KANNAN, P.” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 49-year span across 15 contests, 9 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
15
1977–2026
Wins
3
Parties
9
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 · 1989–2026 · 1 won
Tamil Nadu 202663. TiruvannamalaiVTVTK2560.1%Lost · 13th
Tamil Nadu 2021188. MelurIND2580.1%Lost · 13th
Tamil Nadu 201687. SankariPMK37,92717.6%Lost · 3rd
Tamil Nadu 2016133. VedasandurIND2000.1%Lost · 16th
Tamil Nadu 2016226. PalayamcottaiTMMK5170.3%Lost · 9th
Tamil Nadu 200685. TaramangalamPMK49,04534.6%Won
Tamil Nadu 200696. NamakkalLJP4080.3%Lost · 9th
Tamil Nadu 199614. SaidapetSHS920.1%Lost · 6th
Tamil Nadu 198960. ThirunavalurADKJL21,64023.0%Lost · 2nd
Tamil Nadu 198998. TiruchengoduIND5,4093.5%Lost · 5th
Lok Sabha5 contests · 1977–2014 · 2 won
Lok Sabha 2014398. KarurIND1,4360.1%Lost · 13th
Lok Sabha 2004410. SivakasiAIADMK3,04,55536.7%Lost · 2nd
Lok Sabha 1998401. KarurIND4840.1%Lost · 6th
Lok Sabha 1984363. TiruchengodeADK4,26,64860.9%Won
Lok Sabha 1977390. SalemADK2,54,13858.7%Won