Name in the record
R. GOPINATHAN
INC·IND
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “R. GOPINATHAN” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs — 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
3
1985–1989
Wins
1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh2 contests · 1985–1989 · 1 won | |||||
| Andhra Pradesh 1989 | 140. Chittoor | INC | 25,991 | 26.1% | Lost · 3rd |
| Andhra Pradesh 1985 | 140. Chittoor | INC | 45,081 | 54.5% | Won |
| Kerala1 contest · 1987–1987 · 0 won | |||||
| Kerala 1987 | 29. Kalpetta | IND | 363 | 0.4% | Lost · 4th |