Name in the record
VENUGOPAL.D
Also on ballots as VENUGOPAL D., VENUGOPAL D, VENUGOPAL, D., Venugopal, D. …
SHS·IND·DMK
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “VENUGOPAL.D” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 41-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
1980–2021
Wins
6
Parties
3
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 Nadu5 contests · 1980–2021 · 1 won | |||||
| Tamil Nadu 2021 | 11. Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar | SHS | 34 | 0.0% | Lost · 29th |
| Tamil Nadu 2016 | 11. Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar | SHS | 162 | 0.1% | Lost · 14th |
| Tamil Nadu 2016 | 108. Udhagamandalam | IND | 340 | 0.2% | Lost · 11th |
| Tamil Nadu 2001 | 11. Chepauk | IND | 450 | 0.8% | Lost · 4th |
| Tamil Nadu 1980 | 43. Thandarambattu | DMK | 46,326 | 63.9% | Won |
| Lok Sabha8 contests · 1989–2009 · 5 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 2009 | 386. Tiruvannamalai | DMK | 4,36,866 | 52.0% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 2004 | 383. Tiruppattur | DMK | 4,53,786 | 58.5% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1999 | 383. Tiruppattur | DMK | 3,50,703 | 47.9% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1998 | 383. Tiruppattur | DMK | 3,22,990 | 47.9% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1996 | 383. Tiruppattur | DMK | 4,30,766 | 61.5% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1996 | 392. Tiruchengode | IND | 243 | 0.0% | Lost · 18th |
| Lok Sabha 1991 | 363. Vandavasi | DMK | 1,77,356 | 27.8% | Lost · 2nd |
| Lok Sabha 1989 | 370. Vandavasi | DMK | 2,12,988 | 32.1% | Lost · 2nd |