Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Rasipuram #15GEN
Won
Devarajan, B.
INC Indian National CongressMargin
2,51,975 39.4 pp
votes
over Mayavan, R. (DMK)
The contest
Electors10,09,869
Votes polled6,39,205
Turnout63.3%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.04 L49.9% of electorate
Female electors5.06 L50.1% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,003females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devarajan, B. | INC | 4,21,674 | 66.00% | |
| 2 | Mayavan, R. | DMK | 1,69,699 | 26.50% | |
| 3 | Jayabal, P. | PMK | 28,971 | 4.50% | |
| 4 | Manickam, T. K. | LDB | 2,273 | 0.40% | |
| 5 | Ponnithurai, T. M. | IND | 1,988 | 0.30% | |
| 6 | Ramasamy, P. | TMM | 1,830 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | Murugesan, P. | IND | 1,283 | 0.20% | |
| 8 | Ramasamy, P. | IND | 820 | 0.10% | |
| 9 | Chinnasamy, R. | IND | 710 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 9,957, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 629,248 · NOTA n/a · published 639,205 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1989
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12