Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Vandavasi #9GEN
Won
Balaraman, L.
INC Indian National CongressMargin
1,00,172 14.8 pp
votes
over Venugopal, D. (DMK)
The contest
Electors9,78,457
Votes polled6,77,686
Turnout69.3%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors4.89 L50.0% of electorate
Female electors4.9 L50.0% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,001females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balaraman, L. | INC | 3,13,160 | 46.20% | |
| 2 | Venugopal, D. | DMK | 2,12,988 | 31.40% | |
| 3 | Kasilingam, D. | PMK | 1,28,318 | 18.90% | |
| 4 | Punithavathi K. | IND | 3,476 | 0.50% | |
| 5 | Manavalan, S. | TMM | 3,005 | 0.40% | |
| 6 | Krishnan, A. | IND | 1,397 | 0.20% | |
| 7 | Jayabalan, M. | IND | 971 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | Eniyadharyalan, G. | IND | 614 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 13,757, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 663,929 · NOTA n/a · published 677,686 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1989
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- 2026-09-12