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Won
Rangarajanm Kumaramangalam
INC Indian National CongressMargin
2,82,568 44.9 pp
votes
over Arthanarisamy K.P. (DMK)
The contest
Electors10,30,128
Votes polled6,29,493
Turnout61.1%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.22 L50.6% of electorate
Female electors5.08 L49.4% of electorate
Sex ratio
974females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rangarajanm Kumaramangalam | INC | 4,06,042 | 64.50% | |
| 2 | Arthanarisamy K.P. | DMK | 1,23,474 | 19.60% | |
| 3 | Arjunan K. | PMK | 56,775 | 9.00% | |
| 4 | Ramanathan K.S. | BJP | 7,867 | 1.20% | |
| 5 | Paramasivam V.S. | JP | 2,675 | 0.40% | |
| 6 | Anbalali Selvi V. (W) | IND | 1,719 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | Sekar S. | IND | 1,140 | 0.20% | |
| 8 | Bharathi Alias Bharathiraja A. | TMM | 1,037 | 0.20% | |
| 9 | Ramchandran T. | IND | 983 | 0.20% | |
| 10 | Selladurai S. | IND | 953 | 0.20% | |
| 11 | Kandasamy M. | IND | 574 | 0.10% | |
| 12 | Sivagnanam S.T. | IND | 474 | 0.10% | |
| 13 | Chakkarapani N. | IND | 458 | 0.10% | |
| 14 | Thiruganana - Sambantham K. | IND | 413 | 0.10% | |
| 15 | Velliangiri | IND | 365 | 0.10% | |
| 16 | Chandrasekar P.P. | IND | 311 | 0.00% | |
| 17 | Sivaprakasam P. | IND | 272 | 0.00% | |
| 18 | Siva Kumar D. | IND | 217 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 23,744, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 605,749 · NOTA n/a · published 629,493 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1991
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-12