Election
Name in the record

P. SHANMUGAM

Also on ballots as P SHANMUGAM

IND·INC·CPM·INCI

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “P. SHANMUGAM” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs, a 55-year span across 10 contests — patterns a single career can’t produce. Read each block below as its own thread, and treat the totals as counts for the name, not for a person.

Also recorded as

Other spellings of what is very likely the same person — names are stored as free text, so word order, initials and joined words split a career across pages.

Ballot lines
10
1969–2024
Wins
3
Parties
4
States / UT
3
incl. Lok Sabha

Every contest

Grouped by state and by Lok Sabha — spelling variants are merged, and, without a candidate id, so are different people who share this name.

ElectionConstituencyPartyVotesShareResult
Lok Sabha4 contests · 1980–2024 · 2 won
Lok Sabha 2024366. VelloreIND2,0390.2%Lost · 10th
Lok Sabha 1998336. PondicherryINC1,31,34832.1%Lost · 2nd
Lok Sabha 1989322. PondicherryINC1,90,56250.5%Won
Lok Sabha 1980322. PondicherryINCI1,64,58966.5%Won
Puducherry5 contests · 1969–2006 · 1 won
Puducherry 200618. OzhukaraiIND90.0%Lost · 12th
Puducherry 199023. KaraikalIND110.1%Lost · 10th
Puducherry 197726. TirunallarINC1,81123.2%Lost · 3rd
Puducherry 197423. KaraikalINC3,66638.1%Lost · 2nd
Puducherry 196927. NedouncadouINC3,10350.2%Won
Tamil Nadu1 contest · 1996–1996 · 0 won
Tamil Nadu 199679. HarurCPM6,1364.8%Lost · 4th