Kannappan : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name Kannappan 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 Pollachi

LOST against Pollachi V Jayaraman

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Pollachi V Jayaraman	ADMK	78,553
Tamilmani R	DMK	65,185
Nithyanandhan K	KMDK	7,722
Sivakumar R	BJP	5,363
Muthukumar S	DMDK	4,893
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,254
Umamaheswari K	NTK	1,369
Tamilmani K	IND	807
Kannappan V S	PMK	747
Manickavel R	IND	430
Kalaivanan V	BSP	308
Sellimuthu N	IND	236
Selvakumar N	IND	228
Muthukumar C	IND	216
Vivek S	TMMK	179
Srinivasan K	IND	126

2009 for Lok Sabha from Sivaganga

LOST against Chidambaram P

with 43% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chidambaram P	INC	334,348
Raja Kannappan R.S.	ADMK	330,994
Barwatha Regina Papa	DMDK	60,054
Thoothai Selvam M	IND	6,997
Devar M.G.	BSP	6,600
Malairaj P	IND	6,481
Rajagopal S	IND	4,680
Sakthivel K	MMKA	4,559
Gunasekaran P	IND	3,001
Chithambaram S	IND	2,497
Arimazham Thiyagi Subramanian Mutharaiyar M	IND	2,334
Rajiv R	IND	2,021
Samudram Kalaimani K	IND	1,965
Abupacker Sithik J	IND	1,874
Ramasamy R.A.	PT	1,864
Radhakrishnan A	IND	1,264
Karmegam K	IND	1,230
Alagappan Aru.	IND	1,028
Aanandan V.S.K.S.	IND	746
Alagappan Pl	IND	716

2006 for Vidhan Sabha from Tirupporur

LOST against Moorthy D

with 12% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Moorthy D	PMK	73,328
Dhanapal M	ADMK	63,164
Kannappan K	DMDK	19,227
Ponvaratharajan M	BJP	1,979
Srinivasan M	BSP	1,177
Eraniappan C	CPI(ML)(L)	955
Jagadeesan V	IND	926
Balu V	LJP	602
Parkunan S	IND	536
Sandhiyappan S	IND	448
Dhanapal K .S	IND	366

2004 for Lok Sabha from Ramanathapuram

LOST against Bhavani Rajenthiran. M. S. K.

with 12% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bhavani Rajenthiran. M. S. K.	DMK	335,287
Murugesan. C	ADMK	225,337
Kannappan. S	JD(U)	79,507
Veeraya. T	IND	6,858
Allapichai. E	BSP	5,223
Mohideen Abdul Kader. M	IND	3,314
Sabapathy. K	SP	2,768
Maripitchai. K	IND	2,457
Toothai Selvam. M	IND	2,209
Bose. G	IND	2,150
Karuppaiah. P	IND	1,750
Muthukkarungan. M	IND	1,558
Ankajsamy. A	IND	1,323
Dhanabalan. A	IND	1,040
Karuppiya. P	IND	965
Sengairaju. M	IND	941
Tamilarasan. M	IND	886
Saravanamurugan. M	IND	814

2001 for Vidhan Sabha from Ilayangudi

LOST against Nadarajan. V.D.

with 43% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nadarajan. V.D.	ADMK	45,342
Kannappan. S	MTD	40,660
Malaikannan. V	MDMK	4,080
Joseph Vincent Amalraj. A	IND	2,379
Maliraju. M	IND	844
Rasool Khan. P.M.K	IND	843
Jesu. A	IND	595

2001 for Vidhan Sabha from Theni

LOST against Ganesan D

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ganesan D	ADMK	60,115
Mookaiah L	DMK	46,254
Ramakrishnan Cumbum N	MDMK	12,188
Veeranan A	IND	1,181
Kannappan Doctor O	SAP	1,010
Pitchai Thevar S	IND	794
Sadaiyandi V	IND	515
Manoharan A	IND	471
Umarkatha S P M	IND	157
Durairaj R	IND	148
Paramasivam A	IND	140

1999 for Lok Sabha from Tiruchengode

WON against Palanisamy K.

with 49% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kannappan M.	MDMK	409,293
Palanisamy K.	ADMK	404,737
Kanagasabapathi T.M.	PT	11,535
Gowrisankar E.P.	TDK	3,317
Mathaiyan K.	THMM	2,570
Thandapani M.	IND	989
Karupannan C.	IND	918
Selvakumar P.	IND	401
Chokkalingam A.P.	IND	255

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Singanallur

LOST against Palaniswamy N.

with 13% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Palaniswamy N.	DMK	92,379
Duraisamy R.	ADMK	33,967
Kannappan M.	MDMK	19,951
Kalyanasundaram R.	BJP	3,741
Palanisamy	ICS	363
Loganathan K.	ATMK	302
Nandagopal P.	JP	298
Chandrasekaran V.	IND	191
Gajendran V.	IND	182
Rangasamy M.	IND	151
Bharathi	IND	141
Thangavelu A.	IND	133
Harikrishnan S.M.	IND	125
Selvaraju N.	IND	123
Natarajan S.K.	IND	112
Palanichamy R.	IND	104
Durairaj G.	IND	99
Sultan A.	IND	88
Damodharan V.K.	IND	88
Anndurai M.	IND	82
Saravanakumar K.	IND	79
Ranganathan	SAP	78
Shanmugam K.	IND	77
Balakrishnan C.S.	IND	76
Vijayakumar A.	IND	68
Nandagopal S.	IND	66
Rajendran S.	IND	65
Balasubramani	IND	57
Jegadeesan G.	IND	50
Venugopal K.P.	IND	50
Rajamani G.	IND	50
Matheswaran K.S.	IND	42
Prabakharan P.	IND	40
Selvaraj	IND	36
Ravi M.	IND	36
Selvarajan J.A.	IND	34
Ayyasamy R.	IND	32
Panjamirtham N.	IND	18

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Udumalpet

LOST against Selvaraj D.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Selvaraj D.	DMK	69,286
Shanmugavel C.	ADMK	44,966
Mariappan R.T.	MDMK	14,737
Saminathan S.	BJP	1,588
Vijayalakshmi I.	IND	208
Sarojini C.	IND	196
Kannappan S.	IND	117
Muthusamy T.	IND	108
Muthusamy V.	IND	106
Rathinam S.N.	IND	105
Umar Ali D.	IND	71
Ponraj K.	IND	71
Arumugam S.	IND	69
Narayanasamy P.R.	IND	65
Ponnusamy N.	IND	56
Natarasu P.	IND	49
Sheik Ali K.	IND	46
Manimurugan S.	IND	43
Ramasamy C.	IND	19

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Tiruppattur

LOST against Shanmugam G.

with 38% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shanmugam G.	DMK	66,207
R. Sivaraman	DMK	58,925
S. Kannappan	ADMK	39,648
Mani P.G.	ADMK	34,549
Alagiri K.C.	MDMK	13,490
Raju G.	AIIC(T)	8,070
S. Sevanthiappan	MDMK	4,488
Kumarasamy T.	IND	303
Nagamoorthy A.J.	IND	249
Paramasivam M.K.	IND	187
Viswanathan S.	IND	154
T.K. Karuthapandian	IND	129
G. Elangovan	SHS	119
Karunanandam D.	SAP	115
Govindaraj D.	IND	112
S. Kannan	IND	111
P. Sevugaperumal	IND	102
Sadiq Basha J.	IND	90
Thirupathi S.R.	IND	90
C. Sivasubramanian	IND	88
Abdul Majeeth M.	IND	86
Murali V.P.	IND	73
P. Gunasekaran	IND	72
Govindasamy A.N.	IND	61
Rasheeth J.S.	IND	61
U. Alagudoss	IND	55
A. Mani	IND	46
S.P. Chandran	IND	36

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Tiruppattur

WON against S. Kannappan

with 66% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sundarvel A.K.C.	ADMK	69,402
S. Kannappan	ADMK	63,297
Sundaram B	DMK	33,498
S. Seventhiappan	DMK	31,841
Nataraja S.	PMK	7,137
Anbu A.	BJP	945
P.R. Chinniah	IND	241
Raja T.V.	IND	237
M. Jothimani	TMM	220
P. Sethu	IND	212
Vaikuntha Rao K.	IND	153
Manokaran T.P.	IND	131

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Anna Nagar

LOST against A. Chellakumar

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
A. Chellakumar	INC	75,512
S. M. Ramachandran	DMK	48,214
S. P. Ramakrishnan Alias Ramki	BJP	4,031
G. Selvam Alias Tamil Selvam	PMK	2,498
S.A. Ramamurthy	ICS(SCS)	425
A. M. Paulraj Vanigaotrumai	JP	272
R. Nagarajan	MPP	123
M. Ragarajan	TMM	101
P. Jayaprakasam	IND	92
D. Kannappan	IND	79
S. Tathinakumar	IND	62
S. Ramachandran	IND	60
P. Chockalingam	IND	54
P. J. Selwyn	IND	52
K. Sadanandam	AMI	48
S. Subramani	IND	44
G. Purusothamam	IND	44
D. Anandan	IND	39
R. Lalithakumar	IND	39
T. Harikumar	IND	25

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Pallipet

LOST against Eakambara Reddy A.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Eakambara Reddy A.	INC	48,516
Annamalai L.S.	IND	17,776
Lokanathan T.	DMK	14,845
Thiyagarajank C.	PMK	9,384
Pandiyank V.M.	IND	293
Lesavan S.	IND	229
Raja K.K.	IND	208
Suryanarayanan R.	JP	190
Nagarathinam S.K.	IND	147
Gurunathan A.M.	IND	105
Krishnan G.K.	IND	93
Narasimhan P.S.	IND	83
Srinivasan V.G.	IND	83
Ulaganathan B.K.	IND	82
Prabhakaran G.S.	TMM	65
Dharamappan C.M.	IND	61
Ramaswamy B.C.	IND	60
Vivekanandan N.P.	IND	59
Karunanithi C.M.	IND	59
Raman V.	IND	58
Gopal V.S.	IND	57
Voorappan P.K.	IND	57
Annamalai V.G.	IND	56
Thulasimani M.V.	IND	55
Maganathan S.K.	IND	46
Sevapathy P.	IND	45
Raman E.	IND	45
Ganesan P.N.	IND	44
Kuppusamy V.G.	IND	43
Oosur S.A.	IND	42
Annamalai V.P.	IND	40
Ganesan P.E.	IND	39
Gandhi A.K.	IND	39
Shanmuga Muddali K.D.	IND	38
Ekambaram K.M.	IND	37
Subramani S.G.	IND	37
Anandan M.N.	IND	37
Udayan P.D.	IND	37
Govindasami P.S.	IND	36
Govindahsamy A.M.	IND	36
Ganesan A.	IND	35
Sathasivam K.G.	IND	35
Natarajan V.M.G.	IND	35
Kathirvel S.P.	IND	34
Rajenderan S.V.	IND	34
Kjarunachalam T.M.	IND	34
Krishnan S.J.	IND	34
Urappan P.	IND	33
Gunasekaran N.	IND	33
Ganesan P.E.	IND	33
Elumalai P.S.	IND	33
Ellappan V.V.	IND	31
Ksubramani A.M.	IND	31
Annamulai P.G.	IND	30
Subramanian S.D.	IND	30
Annamalai G.	IND	29
Arumugam P.V.	IND	29
Elumalai M.P.	IND	29
Murugesan M.S.	IND	29
Annamalai E.	IND	28
Shammugam A.	IND	28
Arunachalam S.A.	IND	27
Ponnusamy G.K.	IND	27
Elumalai M.G.	IND	27
Oosur Mudali S.M.	IND	26
Chandrasekaran K.G.	IND	26
Arumugam E.K.	IND	26
Gandhi S.A.	IND	26
Velaytham K.M.	IND	25
Devan A.P.	IND	25
Shanmugam V.K	IND	24
Moganavel M.S.	IND	24
Poongodai E.C.	IND	24
Elumalai K.	IND	24
Gangadharan O.G.	IND	24
Kuppusamy R.	IND	24
Desappan M.P.	IND	24
Subramanbi S.	IND	23
Natarajan C.D.	IND	23
Elumalai. V.M.	IND	23
Dharmalingam N.G.	IND	23
Ganesan M.S.	IND	23
Thanikachalam P.	IND	23
Chokkalingam C .K.	IND	23
Nagalingam P.	IND	22
Annamalai S.P.	IND	22
Kuppatha Mudali M.P.	IND	22
Delli K.E.	IND	22
Chandrasekaran S.J.	IND	21
Govindasamy A.M.	IND	21
Gopalakrishnan V.	IND	21
Kanniappan V.S.	IND	21
Chokkalingam G.A.	IND	21
Kannappan S.A.	IND	21
Sankaran K.M.	IND	21
Dasappan P.M.G.	IND	21
Dhandapani J.M.	IND	21
Chokkalingam M.R.	IND	21
Desappan M.	IND	20
Nacdesan M.A.	IND	20
Arumugam S.N.	IND	20
Ramasamy E.K.	IND	20
Kanniyappamudaliar V.M.	IND	20
Chakkarappan E.M.	IND	20
Subramaniam P.M.	IND	20
Thandavarayamudali V.M.	IND	20
Pandurangan A.G.	IND	19
Selvam N.	IND	19
Nagrathinam D.	IND	19
Anandan M.E.	IND	19
Narasimman N.K.	IND	18
Munusamy B.	IND	18
Arunagiri C.V.	IND	18
Subramani E.K.	IND	18
Punniyakotti M.S.	IND	18
Karthikeyan T.V.	IND	17
Lingamurthy T.M.	IND	17
Panchatcharam A.	IND	17
Thandapani P.N.	IND	17
Sangaivi K.	IND	17
Chakkarappan A.V.	IND	17
Gengadaram K.	IND	17
Krishnan N.M.	IND	17
Sambandam S.	IND	17
Chinnan A.V.	IND	16
Maliigarjunan K.	IND	16
Annamulai A.M.	IND	16
Lakshimikanthan G.G.	IND	16
Kmunusamy S.	IND	16
Chinmnappan P.	IND	16
Sadhasivam V.A.	IND	16
Govindasamy V.A.	IND	16
Lakshamanan O.M.	IND	16
Annamalai M.A.	IND	16
Ruthramurthy G.O.	IND	16
Sivinandam R.	IND	15
Gopal S.K.	IND	15
Vedavan K.	IND	15
Karunamoorthy S.M.	IND	15
Natarajan N.V.	IND	15
Nagabushanam K.M.	IND	15
Narasimhanb S.S.	IND	15
Shanmugam A.S.	IND	15
Subramanian P.A.	IND	15
Kerubanantham A.P.	IND	15
Elumalai K.	IND	15
Shanmugam S.P.	IND	15
Srinevasan V.V.	IND	14
Shanmugam A.P.	IND	14
Ponnabalam M.A.	IND	14
Punniyakotti P.V.	IND	14
Dhamodaran O.K.	IND	14
Subramaniam M.V.	IND	14
Kumar B.A.	IND	14
Sanjeevi M.	IND	14
Gopal P.K.	IND	14
Sivashanmugam N.N.	IND	14
Arunachalam S.P.	IND	13
Mathivana A.G.	IND	13
Vinayagam K.S.	IND	13
Somasundaram O.A.	IND	13
Selvan S.V.	IND	13
Elumalai P.	IND	12
Shakkarappan Pu.	IND	12
Pachiaiappan V.S.	IND	12
Maniyappan C.	IND	12
Mani N.T.	IND	12
Balasubramanian C.	IND	12
Murugesa Mudali M.S.	IND	12
Nagarathinam S.S.	IND	12
Thirunavukkarasu C.S.	IND	12
Damodaran K.S.	IND	12
Shanmugam A.M.	IND	12
Vinayagam T.M.	IND	12
Subbaaramani S.S.	IND	12
Murugesa Mundali P.S.	IND	12
Mani S.	IND	11
Krishnan V.R.	IND	11
Palani T.R.	IND	11
Nagalingam A.G.	IND	11
Dhandapani B.K.	IND	11
Subramani P.M.	IND	11
Shanmugam M.	IND	11
Govindasawamy A.	IND	11
Loaganathan S.D.	IND	11
Subramainyam T.M.	IND	10
Pandian V.A.	IND	10
Munusamy C.D.	IND	10
Munusamy V.S.	IND	10
Mani M.P.	IND	10
Mangaya Mudali	IND	10
Nagappan S.	IND	10
Selvi K.	IND	10
Sundaran E.S.	IND	10
Singaravelu V.S.	IND	10
Sab Abathy K.	IND	10
Devan T.A.	IND	10
Shanmugam D.K.	IND	9
Manickam P.N.	IND	9
Ponnappan C.R.	IND	9
Duraivel V.T.	IND	9
Subramani K.	IND	9
Sankaran P.K.V.	IND	9
Guvindasamy K.P.	IND	9
Arumugam P.D.	IND	9
Subramani P.	IND	9
Thiyagarajan E.	IND	9
Perumal P.	IND	9
Ponnambalam A.S.	IND	8
Yoganathan K.G.	IND	8
Palani K.S.	IND	8
Neelakandan P.E.	IND	8
Devaraj M.V.	IND	8
Subramaniareddy V.V.	IND	8
Vadove; V.	IND	7
Sundaramudali P.	IND	7
Mahadevan A.S.	IND	7
Maneickkam V.R.	IND	7
Ramalingam V.K.	IND	7
Sivalingam M.K.	IND	7
Narayanasamy V.	IND	6
Krubananthan K. L.	IND	6
Gurunathan G.G.	IND	6
Kothandan S.T.	IND	6
Devasiganami M.S.	IND	6
Natarajan C.	IND	6
Ramakrishnan S.M.	IND	6
Vinayagam K.E.	IND	5
Jayapal P.	IND	5
Velunathan P.K.	IND	5
Velukan K.K.	IND	5
Viswanathan K.O.	IND	5
Vasu S.	IND	5
Loganathan A.P.	IND	5
Loganathamudaliar K.	IND	5
Ramasamy E.M.	IND	5
Desappan E.G.	IND	5
Subramaniam K.O.	IND	5
Subramani K.	IND	5
Venkatesa Mudali S.K.	IND	5
Mohan K.	IND	4
Vasudevan S.N.	IND	4
Annamalai K.A.	IND	4
Neelagandan M.	IND	4
Kanniyappan S.P.	IND	4
Sekar J.	IND	3
Kesappa Mudaly G.	IND	3
Mani S.P.	IND	3
Jagannadhan N.S.	IND	3
Kothandan S.P.	IND	3
Jagannathan V.M.	IND	2
Ekkambaram P.V.	IND	2
Vedachalam A.M.	IND	2
Vellappan M.E.	IND	2
Janakiraman M.S.	IND	2
Janagiramam A.	IND	2
Jothi S.G.	IND	1
Jagannathan P.	IND	1
Vinayagam S.S.	IND	1
Venkatasan V.G.	IND	1
Gunasekar S.	IND	0
Jothi S.	IND	0
Jayaraman G.	IND	0
Jothi R.	IND	0

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Pollachi

LOST against Chandrasekar V.P.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chandrasekar V.P.	ADMK	72,736
Andu Alias Nachimuthu M.N.	DMK	40,195
Kannappan S.	PMK	429
Chandrasekaran P.N.	TMM	404
Sankaralingam R.	IND	245
Selvarasuk K.	IND	207
Venkatesan G.	IND	144
Nagaraj P.	IND	78
Kannaiyan P.	IND	73
Kuppysamy S.	IND	71
Surendran G.	IND	58
Ramanathan S.	IND	58
Varadarj A.R.	IND	48
Syed Ismail S.	IND	42
Valusamy M.	IND	41
Chockalilngam K.	IND	38

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Palladam

LOST against Duraimurugan K.S.

with 32% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Duraimurugan K.S.	ADMK	69,803
Kannappan M.	DMK	37,079
Baladhandapani A.	BJP	4,797
Murugan C.	PMK	684
Sivasubramanian K.	IND	444
Gopalkrishnan R.	IND	292
Palanisamy S.	IND	276
Sivamani S.	IND	227
Balan K.B.	IND	182
Kumarasamy C.	IND	169
Thangamuthu R.	IND	139
Manimaran P.	IND	135
Dharuman S.	IND	118
Ramasamy S.R.	IND	31

1991 for Lok Sabha from Dharmapuri

LOST against Thangka Balu K.V.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Thangka Balu K.V.	INC	322,138
Elangovan P.D.	PMK	171,649
Kandasamy M.	DMK	125,365
Annamalai M.	TMM	3,055
Subramani A.	IND	2,750
Kannappan G.	IND	2,342
Padmarajan K.	IND	2,233

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Tiruppattur

LOST against Sundaram B.

with 22% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sundaram B.	DMK	40,998
Thennarasu S.S.	DMK	33,639
Manavalan S.P.	INC	27,541
Arunagiri R.	INC	22,746
Kannappan S.	ADK(JL)	21,322
Mani P.G.	ADK(JR)	19,139
Madhavan S.	ADK(JR)	16,626
Ponnusamy G.	IND	13,462
Raji Gounder M.	IND	12,359
Balu Yaday U.	IND	1,929
Mugavai Ramachandran	IND	527
Vellasamy Pl. S.	IND	370
Moohhiah C.	IND	322
Govindaraj M.	IFT	228
Amir Batcha M.	IND	149
Haither Ali A.K.	IND	125
Abdul Wahab T.K.	IND	119
Bhoopathy	IND	111
Ramachari R.V.	IND	102
Balaraman N.	IND	89

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Vellakoil

LOST against Durai Ramasamy

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Durai Ramasamy	ADK(JL)	41,914
Ramasamy V.V.	DMK	36,534
Karvendan S.K.	INC	21,447
Appan M. Palanisamy	ADK(JR)	9,388
Palanisamy M.S.	IND	761
Kumarasamy	IND	357
Nallamuthu K.	IND	275
Kannappan R.	IND	249
Sukumauran N.	IND	222
Ponnusamy S.	IND	155
Themanaicker	IND	136
Alagiri Naicker	IND	123
Ramasamy	IND	84
Kumarasamy Gounder	IND	55

1984 for Vidhan Sabha from Kinathukkadavu

LOST against Kandaswamy K.V.

with 43% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kandaswamy K.V.	ADMK	50,375
Kannappan M	DMK	38,492

1984 for Vidhan Sabha from Triplicane

LOST against Abdul Samad

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abdul Samad	DMK	36,410
Haja Shareeff K. S. G.	INC	30,302
Kumarasamy Alias Kailal Mannan	IND	1,871
Srinivasan P. T.	IND	1,298
Selvamani B.	IND	814
Kannappan M. C.	IND	242
Ramakrishnan Sathyalaya P.	IND	195
Jagannathan P.	IND	180
Jayalakshmi V.	IND	175
Kalingamurthy T.	IND	143
Natarajan K. N.	IND	136
Pugazhenthi E. K.	IND	125
Deenan I.	IND	90
Kumar S. N.	IND	84

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Pollachi

LOST against Rathinam M. V.

with 43% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rathinam M. V.	ADMK	52,833
Kannappan M.	DMK	39,797
Kannaiyan P.	IND	704

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Kinathukkadavu

LOST against K.V. Kandasamy

with 29% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
K.V. Kandasamy	ADMK	25,909
M. Kannappan	DMK	20,589
S.T. Duraisamy	INC	18,085
K. Subbe Gounder	JNP	6,761

1971 for Vidhan Sabha from Kinathukkadavu

WON against S. T. Duraisamy

with 68% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. Kannappan	DMK	47,776
S. T. Duraisamy	IND	22,049

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Kinathukkadavu

WON against S. Gounder

with 65% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kannappan	DMK	40,645
S. Gounder	INC	20,691
A.C. Mylswamy	IND	1,249
Ramalingam	IND	302