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, 1998
SAROJA V.DR.
ADMK
Elections held
9
1977–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 5 of 9
Margin, 1998
54,377
9.40% of valid votes
Result, 1998
Runner-up
TMCMKANDASAMY K.
- Votes
- 2,48,424
- Vote share
- 42.95%
- Behind by
- 54,377
Electors
11,08,272
Total votes polled
5,78,384
Valid votes
5,78,384
NOTA votes
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Turnout
52.2%
Full result, 1998
11 candidates · 5,78,384 valid votes
SAROJA V.DR.ADMKwon
3,02,801
52.4%
KANDASAMY K.TMCM
2,48,424
43.0%
THENMOZHI. K.INC
18,178
3.1%
ARUL MANI V.PT
5,338
0.9%
SADASIVAM P.BSP
1,159
0.2%
PALANIAPPAN K.IND
928
0.2%
SUBRAMANI R.IND
510
0.1%
PRABAKARAN K.IND
360
0.1%
VEERA BABU V.RJD
323
0.1%
RAMASAMY R.IND
205
0.0%
DHARMARAJAN A.IND
158
0.0%
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
