Name in the record
VISWANATHAN.R.
Also on ballots as Viswanathan R, VISWANATHAN R, VISWANATHAN.R, VISWANATHAN, R. …
MMK·IND·AIADMK
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “VISWANATHAN.R.” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 41-year span across 8 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
8
1980–2021
Wins
3
Parties
3
States / UT
1
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 Nadu 2021 | 6. Avadi | MMK | 108 | 0.0% | Lost · 17th |
| Tamil Nadu 2016 | 8. Ambattur | IND | 166 | 0.1% | Lost · 17th |
| Tamil Nadu 2011 | 131. Natham | AIADMK | 94,947 | 53.9% | Won |
| Tamil Nadu 2006 | 147. Natham | AIADMK | 62,292 | 46.6% | Won |
| Tamil Nadu 2001 | 147. Natham | AIADMK | 55,604 | 49.4% | Won |
| Tamil Nadu 1996 | 118. Modakkurichi | IND | 2 | 0.0% | Lost · 646th |
| Tamil Nadu 1991 | 26. Kancheepuram | IND | 46 | 0.0% | Lost · 14th |
| Tamil Nadu 1980 | 63. Cuddalore | IND | 161 | 0.2% | Lost · 6th |