Name in the record
SHANMUGAM, R.
Also on ballots as SHANMUGAM R, Shanmugam, R., SHANMUGAM, R
IND·AIADMK
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “SHANMUGAM, R.” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 46-year span across 13 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
13
1980–2026
Wins
2
Parties
2
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.
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu12 contests · 1980–2026 · 2 won | |||||
| Tamil Nadu 2026 | 75. Vikravandi | IND | 158 | 0.1% | Lost · 15th |
| Tamil Nadu 2021 | 55. Hosur | IND | 125 | 0.1% | Lost · 15th |
| Tamil Nadu 2021 | 116. Sulur | IND | 116 | 0.0% | Lost · 14th |
| Tamil Nadu 2011 | 58. Pennagaram | IND | 1,546 | 1.0% | Lost · 5th |
| Tamil Nadu 1996 | 115. Palladam | IND | 220 | 0.2% | Lost · 10th |
| Tamil Nadu 1996 | 118. Modakkurichi | IND | 3 | 0.0% | Lost · 574th |
| Tamil Nadu 1996 | 118. Modakkurichi | IND | 2 | 0.0% | Lost · 784th |
| Tamil Nadu 1996 | 118. Modakkurichi | IND | 1 | 0.0% | Lost · 910th |
| Tamil Nadu 1996 | 118. Modakkurichi | IND | 1 | 0.0% | Lost · 932th |
| Tamil Nadu 1989 | 49. Arani | IND | 501 | 0.5% | Lost · 5th |
| Tamil Nadu 1984 | 30. Tiruttani | AIADMK | 41,669 | 50.5% | Won |
| Tamil Nadu 1980 | 30. Tiruttani | AIADMK | 35,845 | 49.6% | Won |
| Lok Sabha1 contest · 1999–1999 · 0 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1999 | 393. Nilgiris | IND | 302 | 0.0% | Lost · 8th |