Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Ramanathapuram #34GEN
Won
Rajeshwaran, V.
INC Indian National CongressMargin
1,79,544 28.3 pp
votes
over Thangavelan, S.P (DMK)
The contest
Electors10,35,028
Votes polled6,34,121
Turnout61.3%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.12 L49.5% of electorate
Female electors5.23 L50.5% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,020females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajeshwaran, V. | INC | 3,98,145 | 62.80% | |
| 2 | Thangavelan, S.P | DMK | 2,18,601 | 34.50% | |
| 3 | Sahul Hameed R.M. | IND | 1,756 | 0.30% | |
| 4 | Rajendran P. | TMM | 1,566 | 0.20% | |
| 5 | Mohammed Ali Jinna | IND | 1,530 | 0.20% | |
| 6 | Govindan, V. | IND | 1,333 | 0.20% | |
| 7 | Raman, I. | IND | 1,217 | 0.20% | |
| 8 | Devardasan, P.A.P. | IND | 1,047 | 0.20% | |
| 9 | Ramasadhiran, M.R.V. | IND | 677 | 0.10% | |
| 10 | Dhramarajan, Chottiar N. | IND | 408 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 7,841, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 626,280 · NOTA n/a · published 634,121 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1989
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