Name in the record
M. V. RAGHAVAN
Also on ballots as M.V.RAGHAVAN, M.V. RAGHAVAN
CMPKSC·CPMK·IND·CPM
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “M. V. RAGHAVAN” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 41-year span across 8 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
8
1970–2011
Wins
5
Parties
4
States / UT
1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala 2011 | 59. Nenmara | CMPKSC | 55,475 | 41.4% | Lost · 2nd |
| Kerala 2006 | 115. Punaloor | CMPKSC | 50,970 | 44.9% | Lost · 2nd |
| Kerala 1996 | 107. Aranmula | CMPKSC | 31,970 | 42.0% | Lost · 2nd |
| Kerala 1991 | 133. Kazhakuttam | CPMK | 51,243 | 48.4% | Won |
| Kerala 1987 | 9. Azhicode | IND | 41,629 | 48.6% | Won |
| Kerala 1982 | 7. Payyannur | CPM | 44,271 | 57.7% | Won |
| Kerala 1977 | 8. Taliparamba | CPM | 36,829 | 49.9% | Won |
| Kerala 1970 | 7. Madayi | CPM | 31,932 | 51.4% | Won |