Election history
All the elections where a candidate by the name M. Backthavachalam contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
LOST against Ramakka .Y
with 25% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Ramakka .Y | BJP | 55,014 |
| M. Backthavachalam | JD(S) | 28,992 |
| V. Shankar | INC | 10,218 |
| S. Rajendiran | RPI | 9,760 |
| V. Kalavathy | HJP | 2,501 |
| P. Thangaraj | CPM | 2,199 |
| M. Anbu | ADMK | 2,052 |
| Ramakka | IND | 951 |
| M. Venkataswamy | RPI(A) | 832 |
| G. Lalitha | IND | 795 |
| R. Bhaskaran | KJP | 606 |
| V. Rajappa | BSRCP | 505 |
| K.R. Devaraja | BSP | 445 |
| L.Ranganath | BRPP | 430 |
| A.Kantharubhan | IND | 382 |
| A. Sampangi | IND | 374 |
| J. Sharma | IND | 365 |
| S. Murali | IND | 269 |
| Ramachandrappa | SAJP | 251 |
| Shivakumar .M | SP | 183 |
| Anbelagan | IND | 128 |
| Ravi. Y | IND | 122 |
WON against K. Thinagaran
with 37% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| M. Backthavachalam | ADMK | 22,255 |
| K. Thinagaran | BJP | 18,508 |
| S Rajendiran | RPI | 15,461 |
| T S Mani | CPM | 2,703 |
| E Ravichandran | IND | 771 |
| D Nirmala | IND | 446 |
| Jaya Kumar V | BSP | 153 |
| T Karunanidhi | IND | 101 |
| S Albert Anand | IND | 77 |
| M Venkatesh | IND | 74 |
LOST against T. S. Mani
with 23% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| T. S. Mani | CPM | 28,325 |
| M. Backthavachalam | IND | 12,545 |
| C. M. Arumugham | IND | 9,421 |
| S. Rajagopal | INC | 3,977 |
| K. Nadarajan | BJP | 830 |
| S. Dinakaran | IND | 153 |
| B. Deenadhayal | IND | 87 |
| K. Moorthy | IND | 84 |
| N. Kumar | IND | 55 |
| Chandragandhi M. | IND | 36 |