VANDAVASI
Constituency no. 9 in Tamil Nadu · Lok Sabha seat contested 8 times since 1980.
Tamil Nadu also has an assembly constituency called VANDAVASI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 11 results.
Winner, 2004
RAMACHANDRAN GINGEE, N.
MDMK
Elections held
8
1980–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 3 of 8
Margin, 2004
1,51,433
21.53% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
ADMKRAJALAKSHMI. R
- Votes
- 2,43,470
- Vote share
- 34.62%
- Behind by
- 1,51,433
Electors
11,28,624
Total votes polled
7,03,269
Valid votes
7,03,269
NOTA votes
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Turnout
62.3%
Full result, 2004
15 candidates · 7,03,269 valid votes
RAMACHANDRAN GINGEE, N.MDMKwon
3,94,903
56.1%
RAJALAKSHMI. RADMK
2,43,470
34.6%
PUNNIYAKOTTI. PJD(U)
23,609
3.4%
VINAYAGAM. SIND
14,473
2.1%
SUBRAMANIAN. A VBSP
5,451
0.8%
MANICKAM. CJP
5,136
0.7%
RANJITH KUMAR. MIND
3,705
0.5%
RAJALAKSHMI.IND
3,561
0.5%
MUNUSAMY. MIND
1,951
0.3%
BABU. MIND
1,514
0.2%
NAGARAJAN. DIND
1,380
0.2%
EZHILMARAN. MIND
1,194
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 15. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 8 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | RAMACHANDRAN GINGEE, N. | MDMK | 3,94,903 | 56.15% | RAJALAKSHMI. R | 1,51,433 |
| 1999 | Durai, M. | PMK | 3,45,539 | 51.67% | Krishnasswamy, M. | 59,197 |
| 1998 | DURAI M. | PMK | 3,27,010 | 50.66% | BALARAMAN L. | 65,075 |
| 1996 | BALARAMAN.L | TMCM | 3,42,184 | 50.34% | KRISHNASWAMY.M | 1,73,304 |
| 1991 | KRISHNASWAMY M. | INC | 3,54,451 | 55.55% | VENUGOPAL D. | 1,77,095 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
