R. Gandhi : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name R. Gandhi contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
          

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Nagercoil

LOST against Suresh Rajan N

with 27% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Suresh Rajan N	DMK	67,369
Gandhi M R	BJP	46,413
Nanjil Murugesan A	ADMK	45,824
Christin Rani S	MDMK	5,803
Dhanam P M	NTK	1,855
None Of The Above	NOTA	1,802
Jackson M S	DCLF	1,411
Rajesh S M	IND	649
George M	PMK	527
Andruz A	BSP	216
Kannan M	CPIM	216
Murugesan T	IND	202
Sathesh S	IND	174
Kathiresan R	GMI	154
Subi	FIP	147
Esakkimuthu	IND	131
Suresh S	TAVK	130
Anitha Sweety G	IND	125
Gandhi L	IND	109
Nagoor Meeran Peer Mohamed U	IND	67

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Tiruvadanai

LOST against Karunaas

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Karunaas	ADMK	76,786
Thivakaran S P	DMK	68,090
Dhevanathan Yadav T	BJP	11,842
John Pandian B	TMMK	9,597
Manimaran V	DMDK	4,913
Mohamed Shariff Sate	SDPI	4,728
Rajiv Gandhi R	NTK	3,739
None Of The Above	NOTA	939
Anbu Bagurudeen N	NCP	785
Nagendran K	IND	690
B Sikkandhar	IND	628
Ravichandran S	IND	576
Pappa A	IND	552
Pandi V	PMK	522
Suresh S	IND	477
Sekar V	IND	422
Theivachilai	IND	295
Santhosh Kumar K	IND	265
Mahalingam M	SMK	243
Kannadasan M	IND	233
Rajaiah Wingate K	IND	182
Ramakrishnan	BSP	145

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Manamadurai

LOST against Mariappankennady S

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mariappankennady S	ADMK	89,893
Chitraselvi S	DMK	75,004
Deepa Anbalagan	VCK	7,493
Rajendran M	BJP	3,493
Sathya S	NTK	2,997
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,193
Kasinathadurai A	SDPI	1,515
Sivanandam N	BSP	886
Malaisamy R	PMK	647
Gandhi R	IND	504
Sankar P	IND	373
Raghunathan V	MMKA	291
Karthick R	VTIP	233

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Ranipet

WON against Elumalai C

with 43% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gandhi R	DMK	81,724
Elumalai C	ADMK	73,828
Murali M K	PMK	23,850
Nithiyanandham S	DMDK	5,906
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,121
Nagaraj V	BJP	1,342
Navaskhan A	NTK	800
Velu D	IND	313
Yuvaraj A	BSP	283
Gandhi R	IND	214
Manavalan Yadev K	LJP	135
Thangavelu R	IND	88
Subramani V	IND	77
Sakthivelnathan K	IND	61

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Ranipet

LOST against Gandhi R

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gandhi R	DMK	81,724
Elumalai C	ADMK	73,828
Murali M K	PMK	23,850
Nithiyanandham S	DMDK	5,906
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,121
Nagaraj V	BJP	1,342
Navaskhan A	NTK	800
Velu D	IND	313
Yuvaraj A	BSP	283
Gandhi R	IND	214
Manavalan Yadev K	LJP	135
Thangavelu R	IND	88
Subramani V	IND	77
Sakthivelnathan K	IND	61

2011 for Vidhan Sabha from Tiruchirappalli (East)

LOST against Manoharan R

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Manoharan R	ADMK	83,046
Anbil Periyasamy	DMK	62,420
Parthiban P	BJP	3,170
Manoj Kumar S	IND	631
Elango N M	RJD	539
Thangaraj V K	ABHM	311
Sureshkumar D	BSP	287
Babu K	IND	211
Periyasamy P	IND	202
Manohar P	IND	174
Manohar G	IND	132
Balraj O	IND	130
Gandhi R	IND	95
Kamatchi K	IND	91

2001 for Vidhan Sabha from Ranipet

LOST against Chandrasekaran M.S.

with 39% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chandrasekaran M.S.	ADMK	83,250
Gandhi. R.	DMK	58,287
Manavalan. A.Ka.	IND	1,951
Damodaran J	MDMK	1,939
Prabakaran M	IND	987
Sekar P.A. Puliyangannu	IND	263
Pitchaimuthu P	IND	236
Hafiz Sharieff	IND	223
Maniezhilan A. Pulavar.	RLD	191
Robert Kennedy. F	IND	143
Narayanamoorthy V	IND	116
Atham M.A.	IND	100

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Ranipet

WON against Masilamani M.

with 51% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gandhi R.	DMK	71,346
Masilamani M.	ADMK	37,219
Elavazagan K.L.	PMK	21,987
Hassain J.	MDMK	8,293
Sathyaseelan K.G.	IND	194
Raman M.	IND	175
Iqbal Ahmed K.	IND	168
Kumar K.	IND	149
Devendiran P.	IND	119
Mani Chakkarvarthy K.L.	IND	115
Murugesan M.	IND	101
Nagarajan E.	IND	92
Panchunathan V.	IND	85
Muthu Raffeeque Ahmed	IND	83
Abdul Syed Kadar H.	IND	73
Visvanathan R.	IND	71
Sukumar K.	IND	67
Thiyagarajan P.V.	IND	35
Arumugam V.P.	IND	31
Saravanan K.	IND	31

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Cheyyar

LOST against V. Anbalagan

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
V. Anbalagan	DMK	71,416
P. Chandran	ADMK	33,930
S. Sundararajan	IND	4,858
R. Ramalingam	MDMK	3,896
K. Raju	IND	351
K.R. Thiagarajan	IND	328
M. Seethapathi	IND	253
S. Ekambaram	IND	212
V. Suriyakumar	IND	202
T.M. Nalachakravarthy	IND	186
K. Panchatcharam	IND	156
C.B. Ravisankar	IND	132
K. Chinnakkannu	SAP	132
G. Muthusamy	IND	124
P. Asokan	IND	104
R. Gandhi	IND	97
S. Vasu	IND	85
K. Narayanasamy	IND	82
K.V. Pachaiyappan	IND	46
G. Gnanasambandan	IND	30

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Pudukkottai

LOST against Periannan A.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Periannan A.	DMK	79,205
Swaminathan S.C.	INC	36,422
Mani V.N.	MDMK	14,165
Shariff K.	PMK	2,244
Subbiah K.R.	IND	2,234
Ravi P.	BJP	1,348
Balakrishnan P.	IND	978
Raja M.	IND	480
Sreenivasan S.	IND	449
Rajendran A.	IND	313
Saminathan S.	IND	255
Gopalakrishnan N.	IND	247
Gandhi R.	IND	200
Thilagavathi S.	IND	168
Kandan M.	IND	164
Maruthamuthu R.	IND	151
Shanmuganathan V.	IND	149
Ramesh S.	IND	143
Paramasivam R.	IND	137
Ganesh Ram A.	IND	129
Ibrahim U.	IND	123
Periyasamy A.	IND	90

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Manamadurai

LOST against Duraipandi P.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Duraipandi P.	DMK	35,809
Subramanian V.M.	ADK(JL)	32,357
Paramalai K.	INC	23,761
Narayanan C.	IND	5,768
Soliamalai C.	IND	456
Gandhi R.	IND	257
Sokku T.	IND	177
Malaichamy M.	IND	173
Thavamani M.	IND	158
Shanmugam P.	IND	155
Marudupandi P.	IND	116
Kalimuthu V.	IND	66

1984 for Vidhan Sabha from Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar

LOST against Venugopal S.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Venugopal S.	INC	54,334
Sargunam S. P.	DMK	50,483
Ramakannan V. M. G.	IND	529
Abdul Khader P. M.	IND	509
Gandhi R.	IND	291
Sundaram E. K.	IND	220
Keshavaperumal K.	IND	215
Asokan N.	IND	166
Shanmuga Achari P.	IND	163
Rajendran C. M.	IND	161
Chandran D. B.	IND	76

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Nagercoil

LOST against Vincent M.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vincent M.	ADMK	39,328
Thiraviam A.	DMK	30,045
Kuruzmichcal A.	JNP	1,512
Gandhi M. R.	BJP	693
Ramachandran R.	IND	131
Suganantham M.	IND	115