Dhinakaran : Political Career

Election history

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

2021 for Vidhan Sabha from Manachanallur

LOST against S. Kathiravan

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
S. Kathiravan	DMK	116,334
M. Paranjothi	ADMK	56,716
Krishnasamy. V	NTK	14,443
R. Samson	MNM	1,996
M. Rajasekharn	AMMKMNKZ	1,631
Nota	NOTA	1,067
V.M. Selvaraj	IND	577
P. Rajaram	IND	482
V. Indirani	BSP	451
C. Arulmani	AIVP	379
T. Rengaraj	TNLK	240
K.R.Elaiyaraja	IND	237
V. Raju	IND	231
V. Gopalakrishnan	IND	206
P. Neelamegam	IND	192
S. Pugazhenthi	IND	168
R. Sudha	IND	161
M. Dhinakaran	PT	158
R. Rajasehar	IND	137
P. Jagadeesan	MIDP	112
K. Rajinikanth	IND	110
P. Ramalingam	IND	109
K. Gurunathan	SMKNK	103
V. Muthusamy	IND	100
S. Rohini	MKLMNTRAPR	91
N. Mohan	IND	91
K. Manimaraboopathi	IND	61
S. Manoj Kumar	IND	55
A.C. Manoharan	IND	43
P. Machavallavan	IND	38

2021 for Vidhan Sabha from Melur

LOST against Periyapullan @ Selvam P.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Periyapullan @ Selvam P.	ADMK	83,344
Ravichandran T.	INC	48,182
Selvaraj A.	AMMKMNKZ	34,262
Karuppusamy P.	NTK	10,669
Kathiresan K.	MNM	2,176
Nota	NOTA	884
Pandi K.	IND	736
Balan T.	IND	630
Gobalakrishnan M.	IND	350
Mohanram C.	IND	342
Dhinakaran S.	IND	274
Senthilraj K.	MIDP	270
Kannan P.	IND	258
Nagendran N.	IND	200
Sivasamy R.	IND	110
Dharmar P.	IND	95

2021 for Vidhan Sabha from Kovilpatti

LOST against Kadambur Raju

with 31% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kadambur Raju	ADMK	68,556
Ttv Dhinakaran	AMMKMNKZ	56,153
K.Srinivasan	CPI(M)	37,380
M.Gomathi	NTK	9,213
K.Kathiravan	MNM	3,667
Nota	NOTA	1,124
Athikaran @ Athikumar	IND	643
Rameshkannan	IND	499
Subash	IND	448
Sivasubramanian	IND	417
P.Gunasekaran	IND	411
A.Kaliraj	IND	318
K.Shanmugasundaram	BHUDRP	246
M.G.R.Nambbi	AIMGRMMK	244
J.Ravisankar Jayachanthiran	IND	205
Ramachandiran.R	BSP	203
S.Udaiyar	NIDP	175
M.Marimuthu	IND	133
A.Patturani	IND	133
M.Ponnusamy	IND	121
Kannan	IND	121
Manthirasudamani	IND	104
Rajkumar Poliah	UBM	100
Renganayagalu	IND	90
K.Pandimuneeswari	IND	79
Raja	IND	79
P.Ramasamy	IND	66

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Chengam

LOST against Giri M P

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Giri M P	DMK	95,939
Dinagaran M	ADMK	83,248
Murugan C	PMK	15,114
Kalaiarasi A	DMDK	8,007
None Of The Above	NOTA	1,403
Dhinakaran S	IND	1,255
Dhinakaran H	IND	1,151
Baskaran M R	BSP	948
Karuppan V	BJP	884
Vennila S	NTK	666
Murugan R	IND	425
Sugumar S	IND	413
Pandu M	GMI	313
Kasi G	IND	235
Anbalagan S	VVIP	209
Krishnaveni P	SP	193

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Chengam

LOST against Giri M P

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Giri M P	DMK	95,939
Dinagaran M	ADMK	83,248
Murugan C	PMK	15,114
Kalaiarasi A	DMDK	8,007
None Of The Above	NOTA	1,403
Dhinakaran S	IND	1,255
Dhinakaran H	IND	1,151
Baskaran M R	BSP	948
Karuppan V	BJP	884
Vennila S	NTK	666
Murugan R	IND	425
Sugumar S	IND	413
Pandu M	GMI	313
Kasi G	IND	235
Anbalagan S	VVIP	209
Krishnaveni P	SP	193

2011 for Vidhan Sabha from Alandur

LOST against S. Ramachandran

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
S. Ramachandran	DMDK	76,537
K.Ghayathri Devi	INC	70,783
S. Sathya Narayanan	BJP	9,628
L. Ayodhi	IND	2,731
P. Thomas Barnabas	PB	1,817
A.Anand	IJK	1,265
P.T. Kannan	BSP	948
L. Balaji	JMM	835
A. Manssoor Ali Khan	MMKA	787
S. Meenakshi Sundaram	LSP	552
M. Ramakrishnan	IND	368
U. Thilakarajan	IND	306
K. Ravi	IND	277
A. Varadan	IND	277
K. Muthu Krishnan	AIPPMR	243
C. Krishnamurthy	IND	199
M. V. Rajendra Babu	IND	159
J. Dhinakaran	IND	145
M. Ezhil Arasu	IND	142
S. Muthalagan	PPIS	136

2011 for Vidhan Sabha from Sulur

LOST against Thinakaran K

with 4% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Thinakaran K	DMDK	88,680
Eswaran E R	KNMK	59,148
Dhinakaran K	IND	7,285
Senthilkumar K	BJP	4,353
Karthikeyan Pon	IND	3,053
Mariappan Dr M	IND	2,205
Jerold Amalajothi I	IND	1,315
Thangavelu C	IND	1,281
Abdul Hakkim P	BSP	1,064
Thangamuthu S	IND	765
Raja A C	IND	439

2004 for Lok Sabha from Periyakulam

LOST against Aaron Rashid J. M.

with 46% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Aaron Rashid J. M.	INC	346,851
Dhinakaran. T T V	ADMK	325,696
Veerajothimurugan. S	JP	4,852
Thangadurai. K	IND	4,089
Damodaran. M	IND	3,950
Thirukkannan. M	IND	2,596
Venugopal. S	IND	1,744
Suruliappan. P	IND	1,583
Abdul Jabar. K V	IND	1,052
Veerapandiyan. M	IND	737
Shahul. P M	IND	651
Uthayasuriyan. K	IND	550
Chandrasekhar Alias Chandran. E	IND	507
Kannan. K	IND	487
Ramakrishnan. Maha	IND	477
Anandakumar. K	IND	467
Palanichamy. K	IND	465
Eraniyan. R	IND	434
Govindarasu. S	IND	429
Guruvu. K	IND	387
Bommurasu. M	IND	387
Krishnasamy. S R	IND	366
Veeranan. A	IND	357
Periyasubbian. P	IND	303
Mohanraj Alias Gourmohandass. V S	IND	256
Ravi. M	IND	230
Balu. V	IND	227
Pethanan. K	IND	225
Prabakaran. S N	IND	179

1999 for Lok Sabha from Periyakulam

WON against Selvendran P.

with 46% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dhinakaran	ADMK	303,881
Selvendran P.	DMK	258,075
Manssoor Alikhan A.	PT	87,429
Jegannathanp. R.	DTMK	1,414
Sadayandi A.	IND	1,327
Rajagopal C.	IND	1,256
Elamurugan K.	IND	1,105
Segars. R.	IND	959
Selvam P.	FBL	928
Kalichamy V.	IND	670
Kandasamy K.	IND	486
Pandiammal K.(Tmt)	IND	275
Palanichamy K.	IND	209
Kasimayan V.	IND	206
Saravanapandian P.	IND	162
Pooviah S.	IND	149

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Dindigul

LOST against Manimaran R.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Manimaran R.	DMK	94,353
Marutharaj V.	ADMK	29,229
Rejendran R.S.	CPM	10,180
Visuvasam S.	PMK	4,120
Manickam S.T.	BJP	3,488
Rengan Maruthai M.	IND	252
Subramani S.R.	IND	243
Rajm.	IND	199
Kulanthai V.	CPI(ML)(L)	172
Desikachari R.	IND	149
Palanisamy K.	IND	140
Anbrose D.	AIVMK	127
Saleem A.	IND	98
Alphonesraj S.	IND	86
Pandian K.	IND	85
Raju K.	IND	84
Krishnamoorthy S.M.	IND	83
Chandramohan S.	IND	75
Boopathi P.	IND	75
Ponnusamy P.	IND	72
Sheik Dawood S.P.	IND	69
Dhinakaran N.S.	IND	67
Mustafa P.	IND	59
Chinnaraj S.	IND	54
Raja K.	IND	49
Shanmugam @ Jambu A.	IND	49
Velmuniraj G.	IND	44
Ramasubramanian R.	IND	39
Palanivel P.R.	IND	38
Murugan P.	IND	37
Nagoor Pitchai M.H.	IND	37
Kathoon Beevi M.	IND	36
Rajagopal R.	IND	33
Hareemsait K.	IND	30
Ganesan K.	IND	26
Venkatasubramani K.	IND	9

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Coonoor

LOST against Thangavel N.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Thangavel N.	DMK	63,919
Karuppusamy S.	ADMK	28,404
Eswaran T.	BJP	3,371
Selvaraj S.	MDMK	2,983
Anbalagan A.	ATMK	164
Navaneetham K.	IND	151
Dhinakaran K.	IND	151
Mani K.P.	IND	72
Velusamy M.	IND	71
Annadurai R.	IND	67
Karuppiah R.	IND	64
Gunasekaran P.	IND	42

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Kuttalam

LOST against R. Rajamanickam

with 23% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R. Rajamanickam	DMK	47,559
S. Dhinakaran	INC	22,609
N. Rethinam	ADK(JL)	15,843
M. Rajendran	ADK(JR)	12,451
M. Mailaiyan	IND	869
C. Saminatha Odayar	IND	245
K. Balu	IND	243
C. Ramalinga Shatriyar	IND	166