Name in the record
V. GOVINDAN
DMDK·DMK
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “V. GOVINDAN” 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
4
1977–2006
Wins
1
Parties
2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puducherry1 contest · 2006–2006 · 0 won | |||||
| Puducherry 2006 | 2. Cassicade | DMDK | 169 | 1.7% | Lost · 4th |
| Tamil Nadu3 contests · 1977–1996 · 1 won | |||||
| Tamil Nadu 1996 | 38. Pernambattu | DMK | 63,655 | 58.4% | Won |
| Tamil Nadu 1984 | 38. Pernambattu | DMK | 36,420 | 42.8% | Lost · 2nd |
| Tamil Nadu 1977 | 38. Pernambattu | DMK | 15,862 | 24.1% | Lost · 3rd |