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Name in the record

SHANMUGAM A.

Also on ballots as SHANMUGAM, A., SHANMUGAM.A, SHANMUGAM A, SHANMUGAM. A

DMK·TPMK·IND·AIADMK·SHS·BJP·ICJ

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “SHANMUGAM A.” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 49-year span across 13 contests, 7 different parties — 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
13
1977–2026
Wins
1
Parties
7
States / UT
2
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
Tamil Nadu12 contests · 1984–2026 · 1 won
Tamil Nadu 202661. HarurDMK72,19432.8%Lost · 2nd
Tamil Nadu 202664. KilpennathurTPMK1650.1%Lost · 13th
Tamil Nadu 202174. VillupuramIND4910.2%Lost · 7th
Tamil Nadu 201674. VillupuramIND1120.1%Lost · 25th
Tamil Nadu 2016122. KinathukadavuAIADMK89,04242.8%Won
Tamil Nadu 2006149. AthoorIND2270.2%Lost · 10th
Tamil Nadu 1996144. Madurai EastSHS1080.1%Lost · 9th
Tamil Nadu 1991126. CoonoorBJP4,3524.8%Lost · 3rd
Tamil Nadu 1991133. BodinayakkanurIND640.1%Lost · 7th
Tamil Nadu 1989120. ErodeIND380.0%Lost · 38th
Tamil Nadu 198423. MaduranthakamICJ3980.5%Lost · 5th
Tamil Nadu 198494. RasipuramIND9401.0%Lost · 4th
Lok Sabha1 contest · 1977–1977 · 0 won
Lok Sabha 1977388. KrishnagiriIND4,9491.5%Lost · 3rd