Name in the record
R. SHANMUGAM
Also on ballots as R. Shanmugam
IND·IJK·INC
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “R. SHANMUGAM” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs, a 55-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
1971–2026
Wins
0
Parties
3
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.
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puducherry3 contests · 2016–2026 · 0 won | |||||
| Puducherry 2026 | 17. Nellithope | IND | 88 | 0.4% | Lost · 7th |
| Puducherry 2021 | 9. Thattanchavady | IJK | 42 | 0.2% | Lost · 11th |
| Puducherry 2016 | 8. Indira Nagar | IJK | 14 | 0.0% | Lost · 11th |
| Tamil Nadu2 contests · 1971–1977 · 0 won | |||||
| Tamil Nadu 1977 | 49. Arani | INC | 2,831 | 3.5% | Lost · 4th |
| Tamil Nadu 1971 | 39. Kaniyambadi | IND | 3,084 | 4.8% | Lost · 3rd |
| Lok Sabha1 contest · 1971–1971 · 0 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1971 | 278. Bangalore | IND | 1,321 | 0.5% | Lost · 8th |