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Name in the record

LAKSHMANAN R

Also on ballots as LAKSHMANAN. R, LAKSHMANAN R.

DMK·IND

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “LAKSHMANAN R” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 42-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
1984–2026
Wins
2
Parties
2
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 Nadu7 contests · 1984–2026 · 2 won
Tamil Nadu 202674. ViluppuramDMK72,98233.9%Won
Tamil Nadu 202674. ViluppuramIND2430.1%Lost · 10th
Tamil Nadu 202674. ViluppuramIND1750.1%Lost · 12th
Tamil Nadu 2026184. KaraikudiIND2580.1%Lost · 19th
Tamil Nadu 202174. VillupuramDMK1,02,27149.9%Won
Tamil Nadu 1991151. AravakurichiIND30.0%Lost · 236th
Tamil Nadu 1984158. MusiriIND2310.2%Lost · 9th
Lok Sabha3 contests · 2004–2009 · 0 won
Lok Sabha 2009388. ViluppuramIND8250.1%Lost · 18th
Lok Sabha 2009412. TenkasiIND6,6330.9%Lost · 6th
Lok Sabha 2004412. TenkasiIND5,5990.8%Lost · 5th