Name in the record
M. LAKSHMANAN
Also on ballots as M .LAKSHMANAN, M.LAKSHMANAN
IND·BJP
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “M. LAKSHMANAN” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs, a 42-year span across 6 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
6
1984–2026
Wins
0
Parties
2
States / UT
2
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 Nadu3 contests · 1984–2026 · 0 won | |||||
| Tamil Nadu 2026 | 178. Gandharvakottai | IND | 584 | 0.3% | Lost · 8th |
| Tamil Nadu 2026 | 217. Ottapidaram | IND | 201 | 0.1% | Lost · 13th |
| Tamil Nadu 1984 | 191. Pudukkottai | IND | 690 | 0.7% | Lost · 6th |
| Kerala3 contests · 1991–2011 · 0 won | |||||
| Kerala 2011 | 57. Tarur | BJP | 5,385 | 4.8% | Lost · 3rd |
| Kerala 1996 | 51. Kollengode | BJP | 4,254 | 4.2% | Lost · 3rd |
| Kerala 1991 | 52. Coyalmannam | BJP | 3,219 | 3.3% | Lost · 3rd |