Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Ramanathapuram #34GEN
Won
Udayappan, S.P.
TMCM Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Margin
1,95,304 29.4 pp
votes
over Rajeshwaran V (INC)
The contest
Electors10,44,597
Votes polled6,64,914
Turnout63.7%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.19 L49.7% of electorate
Female electors5.26 L50.3% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,014females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Udayappan, S.P. | TMCM | 3,31,249 | 49.80% | |
| 2 | Rajeshwaran V | INC | 1,35,945 | 20.40% | |
| 3 | Baluchamy R | MDMK | 61,622 | 9.30% | |
| 4 | Sundararajan P. | IND | 21,980 | 3.30% | |
| 5 | Kalanjiam R. | IND | 21,307 | 3.20% | |
| 6 | Nagarajan Sp. | BJP | 16,709 | 2.50% | |
| 7 | Chellachami C | ATMK | 12,113 | 1.80% | |
| 8 | N. Gopal Nilayambadi | IND | 11,926 | 1.80% | |
| 9 | Vacha Mohaideen J. | PMK | 3,768 | 0.60% | |
| 10 | Gopal Yadav A. | IND | 2,335 | 0.40% | |
| 11 | Ganesapandian C | IND | 1,195 | 0.20% | |
| 12 | Ramasamy Thevar V.K. | IND | 1,006 | 0.20% | |
| 13 | V. Govindan Alias Viboothi Samiyar | IND | 890 | 0.10% | |
| 14 | Abila Begum.M.N.S. | IND | 732 | 0.10% | |
| 15 | Shahul Hameed, R.M. | IND | 674 | 0.10% | |
| 16 | Shahul Hameed, A. | IND | 650 | 0.10% | |
| 17 | Ramachandran, M.R.V. | IND | 611 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 40,202, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 624,712 · NOTA n/a · published 664,914 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996
- Publisher
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- 2026-09-12