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Thanjavur #31GEN
Won
Thulasiah Vandayar K.
INC Indian National CongressMargin
1,62,070 25.1 pp
votes
over Palanimanickam S. (DMK)
The contest
Electors9,19,274
Votes polled6,44,583
Turnout70.1%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors4.65 L50.6% of electorate
Female electors4.54 L49.4% of electorate
Sex ratio
977females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thulasiah Vandayar K. | INC | 3,81,932 | 59.30% | |
| 2 | Palanimanickam S. | DMK | 2,19,862 | 34.10% | |
| 3 | Shahul Hameed H. | PMK | 9,454 | 1.50% | |
| 4 | Soundararajan P. | TMM | 3,403 | 0.50% | |
| 5 | Lakshmanan T.S. | IND | 2,799 | 0.40% | |
| 6 | Sozhamannar Kanaka Raja K. | IND | 1,680 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | Singaravel A. | IND | 1,623 | 0.30% | |
| 8 | Jawahar P.D. | LD | 1,193 | 0.20% | |
| 9 | Munusamy M. | IND | 1,165 | 0.20% | |
| 10 | Joseph Jesudoss R.P. | IND | 663 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 20,809, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 623,774 · NOTA n/a · published 644,583 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1991
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- 2026-09-12