Election history
All the elections where a candidate by the name L. Santhanam contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
WON against A.M. Paramasivan
with 49% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| L. Santhanam | DMK | 52,151 |
| A.M. Paramasivan | ADMK | 33,343 |
| P.S. Manian | MDMK | 13,588 |
| V. Sundaram | JP | 2,535 |
| M.M. Muthunayagam | IND | 1,799 |
| C. Thirupathi | IND | 650 |
| M. Palaniselvan | ATMK | 464 |
| S. Karuppiah | IND | 450 |
| C. Marimuthu | IND | 196 |
| K. Ramachandran | IND | 131 |
| P. Sathiarajan | IND | 97 |
| R. Gnanasekarapandian | IND | 93 |
| T.K.Karuthapandian | IND | 68 |
| A.U. Dhandapani | IND | 66 |
| A. Murugan | IND | 66 |
| K. Veerapathran | IND | 61 |
| P. Thiagarajan | IND | 38 |