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Name in the record

VENUGOPAL M

Also on ballots as VENUGOPAL, M., VENUGOPAL.M, VENUGOPAL M., VENUGOPAL, M.,

IND·BJP·MDMK·PF

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “VENUGOPAL M” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs, a 47-year span across 7 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
7
1964–2011
Wins
0
Parties
4
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
Tamil Nadu4 contests · 19962011 · 0 won
Tamil Nadu 201113. KolathurIND560.0%Lost · 18th
Tamil Nadu 201172. TindivanamBJP1,0100.7%Lost · 5th
Tamil Nadu 199618. VillivakkamMDMK17,4636.3%Lost · 3rd
Tamil Nadu 199656. VanurIND2250.2%Lost · 10th
Lok Sabha2 contests · 19961996 · 0 won
Lok Sabha 199632. SecunderabadIND3800.0%Lost · 35th
Lok Sabha 1996385. TindivanamIND1,0320.1%Lost · 15th
Puducherry1 contest · 19641964 · 0 won
Puducherry 196414. MannadipetPF1,34720.5%Lost · 2nd