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Name in the record

S.M. RAJU

Also on ballots as S. M. RAJU

IND·LKD·AIADMK

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “S.M. RAJU” 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
10
1977–2009
Wins
1
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.

ElectionConstituencyPartyVotesShareResult
Lok Sabha3 contests · 1991–2009 · 0 won
Lok Sabha 2009206. Bangalore NorthIND8190.1%Lost · 20th
Lok Sabha 1998183. Bangalore NorthIND4710.0%Lost · 11th
Lok Sabha 1991175. Bangalore NorthLKD8570.1%Lost · 8th
Karnataka6 contests · 1985–2008 · 0 won
Karnataka 2008159. PulakeshinagarIND2180.3%Lost · 8th
Karnataka 199488. YelahankaIND3280.2%Lost · 12th
Karnataka 199496. NelamangalaIND1020.1%Lost · 10th
Karnataka 198987. JayamahalIND1190.1%Lost · 17th
Karnataka 198988. YelahankaIND960.1%Lost · 16th
Karnataka 198588. YelahankaIND1,0721.2%Lost · 3rd
Tamil Nadu1 contest · 1977–1977 · 1 won
Tamil Nadu 197793. TalavasalAIADMK24,68136.3%Won