A. Rayappan : Political Career

Election history

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

2019 for Lok Sabha from Tirunelveli

LOST against Gnanathiraviam S

with 6% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gnanathiraviam S	DMK	522,993
Paul Manoj Pandian	ADMK	337,273
Michael Rayappan S	IND	62,235
Sathya B	NTK	49,935
Vennimalai M	MNM	23,120
Nota	NOTA	10,968
Maharajan V	IND	5,139
Maharajan A	IND	3,941
Essakkiammal E	BSP	3,470
Murugesan S	IND	3,431
Manoharan P	IND	2,095
Manikandan G	IND	1,959
Ramakrishnan N	NIDP	1,689
Paul Solomon Pandian	IND	1,407
Sivasankar S	JKNPP	1,251
Selvaganesan R	USIP	1,244
Manikandan P	IND	1,084
Rathinasigamani M	IND	935
Indurani S	IND	896
Bagavathikesan T	IND	880
Selva Prakash R	IND	779
Rajkumar A	IND	772
Mohanraj A	IND	630
Rajiv Victor	IND	628
Ramamoorthi B	IND	586
Ramaswamy S	IND	531
Kamala Kannan	IND	479

2011 for Vidhan Sabha from Radhapuram

WON against P.Veldurai

with 48% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
S.Michael Rayappan	DMDK	67,072
P.Veldurai	INC	45,597
N.Nallakannu	JMM	6,336
M.Vijaya Kumar	IND	6,154
R.Shanthi Ragavan	BJP	5,305
Jesupani Vazhan	IND	2,716
D.Iniyan John @ John	IND	1,020
S.Kingsly Isacc Jebaraj	IJK	733
Alrin	IND	689
M.Arumugam	IND	610
S.Duerack Raj Thilak	APM	583
R.Maragathavalli	IND	547
A.Elanchezhian	IND	509
S.Marthandan	IND	472
G.Balasubramanian	IND	351

2009 for Lok Sabha from Tirunelveli

LOST against Ramasubbu S

with 13% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramasubbu S	INC	274,932
Annamalai K	ADMK	253,629
Michael Rayappan S	DMDK	94,562
Nagarajan, Karu	BJP	39,997
Jeyabalan N	IND	6,079
Ramesh Pandian	BSP	4,305
Sudaroli Murugan S.	IND	4,028
Ramasubbu E	IND	3,804
Sankarapandian T	CPI(ML)(L)	3,339
Veiulumuthukumar	IND	2,231
Thiruvengatam A	IND	1,742
Selwin D	IND	1,736
Chandrasekaran Sakthi	IND	1,586
Balasubramanian S	IND	1,574
Syed Immam S	SP	1,504
Velmathi (Tmt) N	LJP	1,205
Anandaraj N	IND	1,197
Arunachalam M	IND	912
Thenkalam Raja M	IND	889
Ramalingam M	IND	834
Kubendran I	IND	703

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Sattur

LOST against Vijayakumar K.M.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vijayakumar K.M.	DMK	58,972
Ramachandran K.K.S.S.R.	ADMK	49,608
Gnanaprakasam M.	MDMK	16,732
Ramachandran C.	IND	5,686
Thangavel P.	AIIC(T)	1,227
Pitchaikani M.S.	IND	602
Sikkandar M.	IND	267
Sundaram S.	IND	260
Dinakaran A.	IND	207
Rajammal G.	IND	204
Amirttharaj D.	IND	167
Bopass G.P.R.	IND	165
Kannan M.	IND	154
Alumuthu M.	IND	148
Thirupathi V.	IND	137
Subbiah S.	IND	137
Davasianandam M.	IND	123
Ravisankar T.	IND	120
Ganapathy R.	IND	118
Rayappan A.	IND	117
Amburose @ Anandaram G.	IND	111
Sundaramahalingam A.P.	IND	99
Mariappan M.	IND	92
Subramanian A.	IND	76
Ayyappan M.	IND	74
Ravi M.K.	IND	69
Arumugam K.M.	IND	67
Gandhiapillai M.	IND	60
Balasubramaniam A.	IND	59
Jeyasankar A.	IND	58
Balakrishnan V.	IND	56
Pothiraj G.	IND	48
Karikalan S.	IND	46
Periyasamy D.	IND	42
Balasubramanian M.R.	IND	42
Sarojini G.	IND	40
Dakshnamoorthy S.	IND	39
Gurumanickam P.	IND	39
Subramanian K.	IND	38
Ayyanar K.	IND	35
Sundararajan G.	IND	35
Jeyaraj M.	IND	32
Sankarappan R.	IND	31
Murugan M.	IND	28
Perumal M.	IND	23
Sevenaiah Yadev	IND	12

1996 for Lok Sabha from Tirunelveli

LOST against Sivaprakasam D.S.A.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sivaprakasam D.S.A.	DMK	295,001
Rajaselvam A.R.	ADMK	176,721
Kutty Alias Shunmuga Chidambaram C.A.R.	MDMK	77,648
Krishnasamy K.	JP	61,567
Ponniah A.R.	BJP	25,545
Nagireddi O.	IND	2,497
Noordeen N.S.	IND	2,036
Appasu Deivendran	IND	1,461
Rayappan M.	IND	1,425
Muthia Devar	IND	1,062
Johny Selvaraj Alias Thiruselvam	IND	692
Ponraj P.	IND	647
Chandramohan A.	IND	550
Tamilselvi T.	IND	409
Devadoss R.	IND	395
Jeevarathinam S.	IND	335

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Alangulam

LOST against Aladi Aruna

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Aladi Aruna	DMK	53,374
Kamaraj M.S.	INC	29,038
Murugiah M.P.	MDMK	14,309
Ramasubbu S.S.	AIIC(T)	6,475
Anburaj S.V.	BJP	3,236
Poolpandian I.	IND	2,186
Murugiah @ Murugiah Pandian S.	IND	1,500
Shunmugaih Pandian S.	IND	864
Narayanan Y.	IND	512
Maruthasamy	IND	389
Ramaswamy K.	IND	331
Ganesan P.	ATMK	269
Soundrarajan M.G.	IND	261
Kottoursamy S.	SHS	259
Kombaiya Pandian S.A.	IND	253
Arjunan A.	IND	218
Nadar A.M.K.	IND	208
Mani Barathy S.	IND	192
Gopalakrishnan S.	IND	177
Ramasamy M.	IND	173
Rayappan M.	IND	170
Rajarathinam Aladi I.R.S.	IND	161
Cinnakkani K.	IND	146
Perumal I.B.	IND	142
Kuttalam Pallai	IND	142
Punnaivanam N.	IND	136
Ramanathan K.	IND	122
Antoney Sahayaraj G.	IND	106
Anitha Subbiah	IND	95
Selvaraj S.	IND	76
Akbar Ali S.	IND	73
Sangili Veerappa Pandian E.	IND	72
Urgavalan M.	IND	65
Duraisamy P.	IND	41

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Sattur

LOST against Ramachandaran K.K.S.S.R.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramachandaran K.K.S.S.R.	TMK	59,942
Sannasi Karuppasamy	ADMK	57,703
Gnanasekaran M.	PMK	1,673
Sounduramalingam P.	IND	375
Kanagavel S.	IND	365
Kanuthapandian T. K.	IND	301
Balasubramaniam M. G.	IND	260
Rajan A.	IND	242
Ramasamy P.	JP	200
Ramachandran K.S.A.	IND	189
Rathinavel K.	IND	181
Sangumuthu N.	IND	178
Subramaniam S.	IND	167
Paulraj K.	IND	110
Periasamy T.	IND	101
Balasubramanian G.	IND	99
Vijayakrishnan M.	IND	94
Ramachandran T.	IND	93
Ramachandaran S.S.	IND	91
Uthanumallaian T.	IND	85
Zakir Hussain S.	TMM	85
Pugalanthi C.	IND	79
Mallika R.	IND	76
Maduraiveeran M.	IND	67
Viduthalaichelvam G.	IND	66
Gurunathan V. A.	IND	60
Ramachandran R.S.	IND	59
Selvaraj R.	IND	56
Puliudayar M.	IND	55
Raman N.	IND	55
Rayappan A.	IND	40
Thulasiram R.	IND	39
Valayutham V.	IND	38
Ramanujam M.	IND	37

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Alangulam

LOST against Ramasubbu S.S.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramasubbu S.S.	INC	66,637
Gurunathan S.	DMK	35,487
Pavanasam C.	PMK	1,491
Palani Sankar M.	TMM	1,154
Samraj Edward Pandian R.	JP	491
Ramakrishnan M.	IND	275
Rayappan M.	IND	223
Vivekananthan T.	IND	203
Devaraj J.	IND	175
Karuppasamy R.	IND	152

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Alangulam

LOST against Ramasubbbu S.S.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramasubbbu S.S.	INC	31,314
Murugiah M.P.	DMK	30,832
Karuppasamy Pandian V.	ADK(JL)	23,964
Arunachalam Aladi Aruna V.	ADK(JR)	20,867
Rayappan M.	IND	414
Karaupasamy R.	IND	397
Ramiah (Thalapathy) M.	IND	335
Kanniah M.	IND	309
Nachiar M	IND	296
Subbiah Nadar M.	IND	238
Antony S.	IND	233
Sudalayandi Nadar P.P.	IND	184
Ramakrishan M.	IND	127
Kamaraj R.	IND	88

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Sattur

LOST against S.S. Karuppasamy

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
S.S. Karuppasamy	DMK	52,608
R. Kothanaraman	ADK(JL)	36,546
P. Subbiah	INC	17,375
V. Veerasubramanian	ADK(JR)	16,512
S Subbiah	IND	364
D. Periasamy	IND	297
Seenivasagan K.	IND	254
K Paulraj	IND	230
K. Periasamy Nadar	IND	148
A. Rayappan	IND	143
M. Ravindran	IND	142
S. Gurussamy	IND	129
S. Manoharan	IND	86
A. Rajan	IND	78
S. Dhatchinamoorthy	IND	77
T. Uthanumallayan	IND	70
S. Arumugam	IND	63
S. Devadoss	IND	40
Arunachalam K.	IND	39
N. Jenarthanan	IND	35

1984 for Vidhan Sabha from Alangulam

LOST against Shanmuchiah Pendian N.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shanmuchiah Pendian N.	ADMK	48,109
Thambi Thurai P.	DMK	27,076
Sekart.	IND	5,922
Emarajan S.P.	IND	3,866
Thangaraj Pandian N.	IND	2,448
Rayappan M.	IND	548
Kanniah M.	IND	325

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Alangulam

LOST against Navaneetha Krishna Pandian R.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Navaneetha Krishna Pandian R.	GKC	41,271
Dorai Singh E.	DMK	34,587
Rayappan Nadar M.	IND	504
Ramakrishnan M.	IND	242

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Athoor

LOST against A. Vellaisamy

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
A. Vellaisamy	ADMK	31,590
A.M.T. Nachiappan	DMK	13,938
R.S. Mani Bharathi	INC	12,200
S.N. Rajagopal	JNP	9,476
M.S. Rayappan	IND	2,382

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Perur

LOST against N. Marudachalam

with 37% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
N. Marudachalam	CPM	43,740
R. Rayappan	INC	26,548
V. Narayanasami	IND	842