RASIPURAM
Constituency no. 15 in Tamil Nadu · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 9 times since 1977.
Tamil Nadu also has an assembly constituency called RASIPURAM. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.
Winner, 1996
KANDASAMY K
TMCM
Elections held
9
1977–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 5 of 9
Margin, 1996
1,93,178
29.18% of valid votes
Result, 1996
Runner-up
INCJAYAKUMAR K
- Votes
- 2,15,613
- Vote share
- 32.57%
- Behind by
- 1,93,178
Electors
10,47,694
Total votes polled
6,61,937
Valid votes
6,61,937
NOTA votes
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Turnout
63.2%
Full result, 1996
15 candidates · 6,61,937 valid votes
KANDASAMY KTMCMwon
4,08,791
61.8%
JAYAKUMAR KINC
2,15,613
32.6%
CHAKRAVARTHI VMDMK
15,712
2.4%
DHEENADAYALAN RBJP
5,109
0.8%
KANGANI C NRPI
3,654
0.6%
VAIYAPURI KIND
2,247
0.3%
JEYAPAL PIND
2,201
0.3%
INDRAGANTHI RIND
1,919
0.3%
MARIYAPPAN PIND
1,183
0.2%
ANBALAHAN MIND
1,175
0.2%
DHARMARAJAN AIND
1,162
0.2%
RAMASAMY PIND
1,078
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 15. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 9 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | RANI. K | INC | 3,84,170 | 55.20% | ANBALAGAN. S | 1,34,533 |
| 1999 | Saroja, V. Dr. | ADMK | 3,04,843 | 48.46% | Uthayarasu, S. | 38,405 |
| 1998 | SAROJA V.DR. | ADMK | 3,02,801 | 52.35% | KANDASAMY K. | 54,377 |
| 1996 | KANDASAMY K | TMCM | 4,08,791 | 61.76% | JAYAKUMAR K | 1,93,178 |
| 1991 | DEVARAJAN B. | INC | 4,22,400 | 69.17% | SUHENYA I. (W) | 2,72,985 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above