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Tenkasi #37SC
Won
Lingam P
CPI Communist Party Of IndiaMargin
34,677 4.6 pp
votes
over Vellaipandi G (INC)
The contest
Electors10,63,614
Votes polled7,48,010
Turnout70.3%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electorsnot recorded
Female electorsnot recorded
Sex ratio
not recorded
Poll date16 Apr 2009
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lingam P | CPI | 2,81,174 | 37.60% | |
| 2 | Vellaipandi G | INC | 2,46,497 | 33.00% | |
| 3 | Krishnasamy, Dr. K | PT | 1,16,685 | 15.60% | |
| 4 | Inbaraj K | DMDK | 75,741 | 10.10% | |
| 5 | Krishnan K | BSP | 6,948 | 0.90% | |
| 6 | Lakshmanan R | IND | 6,633 | 0.90% | |
| 7 | Ramachandran E | IND | 4,471 | 0.60% | |
| 8 | Jothiraj M | SP | 3,984 | 0.50% | |
| 9 | Balakrishnan S | IND | 3,912 | 0.50% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 1,965, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 746,045 · NOTA n/a · published 748,010 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 2009
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