Name in the record
R. NARAYANAN
Also on ballots as R.NARAYANAN
IND·INC·DMK
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “R. NARAYANAN” 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
1967–1989
Wins
2
Parties
3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnataka1 contest · 1989–1989 · 0 won | |||||
| Karnataka 1989 | 71. Kolar Gold Fields | IND | 3,050 | 4.7% | Lost · 5th |
| Tamil Nadu2 contests · 1967–1977 · 2 won | |||||
| Tamil Nadu 1977 | 85. Taramangalam | INC | 23,882 | 34.6% | Won |
| Tamil Nadu 1967 | 153. Varahur | DMK | 32,846 | 49.6% | Won |