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Name in the record

M. SELVARAJ

IND·PFTROO·VCK·TMM·ADKJL·INC·DMK

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “M. SELVARAJ” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs, a 59-year span across 12 contests, 7 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
12
1967–2026
Wins
1
Parties
7
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.

ElectionConstituencyPartyVotesShareResult
Tamil Nadu10 contests · 1967–2026 · 1 won
Tamil Nadu 2026115. PalladamIND1230.0%Lost · 15th
Tamil Nadu 2026175. OrathanaduPFTROO5480.3%Lost · 6th
Tamil Nadu 1991158. MusiriIND620.1%Lost · 13th
Tamil Nadu 1991178. MannargudiIND1620.1%Lost · 6th
Tamil Nadu 1991190. KolathurTMM7410.6%Lost · 3rd
Tamil Nadu 198929. ThiruvallurADKJL22,85223.9%Lost · 2nd
Tamil Nadu 198952. PeranamallurIND2,2702.5%Lost · 5th
Tamil Nadu 1989157. UppiliapuramINC18,77417.3%Lost · 3rd
Tamil Nadu 197765. KurinjipadiDMK19,52328.8%Won
Tamil Nadu 196763. VridhachalamDMK33,36343.3%Lost · 2nd
Lok Sabha1 contest · 2019–2019 · 0 won
Lok Sabha 2019206. IdukkiVCK1,6280.2%Lost · 7th
Puducherry1 contest · 2006–2006 · 0 won
Puducherry 200625. Neravy-Grand AldeeIND2,93218.6%Lost · 4th