M. Selvam : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name M. Selvam 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 Sulur

LOST against Kandasamy V.P.

with 36% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kandasamy V.P.	ADMK	118,968
Premier Selvam (A)Kalichamy M	DMK	87,036
Elangovan. G	NTK	14,426
Ranganathan. A	MNM	12,658
Senthil Kumar. S.A.	AMMKMNKZ	4,111
Nota	NOTA	2,610
Prem Kumar P	IND	380
Nagaraj. K	GPI	241
Selva Kumar D	IND	213
Karthikeyan P	IND	209
Shankar Guru. M	IND	196
Selvan S	IND	177
Jagadheesh. S	MIDP	128
Shanmugam R	IND	116
Senthil Kumar. S.A.P.	IND	101
Kandasamy T	IND	83

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Manachanallur

LOST against Parameswari M

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Parameswari M	ADMK	83,083
Ganesan S	DMK	75,561
Babu M	DMDK	8,193
Aravind S	BJP	3,662
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,274
Manikandan R	NTK	1,704
Prince M	PMK	1,212
Ganesan P	BSP	899
Gnanamani S	IND	653
Vijayakumar K	IND	429
Karunakaran S	IND	380
Mahalingam S	UCPI	355
Zahir Hussain M	IND	306
Prabhu P	IND	231
Selvam M S	TMMK	207
Govindan R	GMI	195
Nagajothi G	RPI(A)	188
Parthiban V	NMK	166
Chandra C	YSP	151
Savarimuthu S	PPIS	119

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Thondamuthur

LOST against Velumanis P

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Velumanis P	ADMK	109,519
Kovai Syed @ Syed Mohammedm A	MAMAK	45,478
Karumuthu Thiyagarajanm	BJP	19,043
Thiyagarajank	DMDK	7,968
Anshar Sheriffa	SDPI	3,643
None Of The Above	NOTA	3,248
Vairavels R	KMDK	3,005
Anandharajr	NTK	2,408
Vidiyal Jaganathan	PMK	1,315
Syed Mohammeds I	IND	561
Balathandapanis	WPOI	501
Sathish Mallarn	TMMK	472
Sampathkumarv	IND	439
Ansari @ Mohammed Ansari	IND	431
Muthukumarm	SHS	409
Pirama Nayagam U	GMI	261
Ramasamyk	IND	227
Panneer Selvam(Dr) M	IND	172

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Sulur

LOST against Kanagaraj R

with 5% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kanagaraj R	ADMK	100,977
Manoharan V M C	INC	64,346
Mandharasalam S D	BJP	13,517
Thinakaran K	DMDK	13,106
Premier Selvam @ Kalichamy M	KMDK	9,672
None Of The Above	NOTA	3,688
Vijayaragavan M V	NTK	2,873
Ganesan P K	PMK	1,687
Abdul Hakkem P	BSP	978
Lakshmanan G	IND	813
Kavithakarthikeyan	IND	684
Singam Sethu	AIFB	511
Pon Manoharan	SP	269

2011 for Vidhan Sabha from Srirangam

LOST against J Jayalalithaa

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
J Jayalalithaa	ADMK	105,328
N Anand	DMK	63,480
Arivalagon K.A.S	BJP	2,017
Tamilarasi V	IJK	1,221
Natarajan S	BSP	928
Ravishankar Iyyar. N	ABHM	738
Ravi P	IND	684
Cholan. K	IND	566
Rengaraj.P	IND	461
Ramesh M	IND	436
S Settu	IND	364
R.R. Shanmugam	IND	359
Sriramachandran	IND	271
Selvam M	IND	236
Vetriselvam R	IND	225
Muthiyan. C	IND	212
Kalyanasundram K.A	IND	174
Radha @ Arunthathi	IND	166
Govindarajan J	IND	161
Rama. Rajendran	IND	156
K Kamaraj	IND	128
Ayyayoo.S	IND	128
Jayaraman. V	IND	108

2011 for Vidhan Sabha from Chengalpattu

LOST against D. Murugesan

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
D. Murugesan	DMDK	83,297
V. G. Rangasamy	PMK	83,006
M. Panneer Selvam	AIJMK	4,124
K. T. Raghavan	BJP	4,073
R. Murugan	IND	3,597
S. Muthamilselvan	IJK	3,265
L. Durairaj	BSP	1,167
K. Somasundaram	PB	1,040
R. Venkatesan	IND	902
K. Ayyanarappan	IND	641
M. Kuppan	IND	419
D. Mahadevan	IND	321
N. Gopalakrishnan	IND	283
S. Kanagaraj	IND	271
P. Chitti Babu	IND	271
C. Chandran	IND	190

2009 for Lok Sabha from Sivaganga

LOST against Chidambaram P

with 1% 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

2004 for Lok Sabha from Ramanathapuram

LOST against Bhavani Rajenthiran. M. S. K.

with 0% 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

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Madurai West

LOST against P.T.R. Palanivel Rajan

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
P.T.R. Palanivel Rajan	DMK	61,723
R. Muthusamy	INC	17,465
K. John Moses	JD	13,965
A.G. Karunakaran	JP	4,206
Era. Veerasamy	SHS	179
S.V. Muthupandian	IND	133
S. Shanmugavelu	IND	117
M. Mariammal	IND	114
S. Jayaraman	IND	111
C. Karthigaimalai	IND	86
B. Jeyaram	IND	78
R. Venkatesan	IND	77
R. Dhanamani	IND	76
V. Narayanan	IND	75
J. Purusothaman	IND	60
A. Swaminathan	IND	58
K. Thazamuthu Raja	IND	52
M. Ramadoss	IND	51
R. Thamilmaran	IND	49
S.V. Murugesan	IND	45
H. Geetha	IND	44
M. Selvam	IND	42
M. Maruthamuthu	IND	34
E. Balasubramanian	IND	25
G. Balamurugan	IND	25

1996 for Lok Sabha from Pudukkottai

LOST against Sivan.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sivan.	DMK	398,209
Swaminathan V.N.	INC	220,336
Pushparaj.T.	AIIC(T)	61,830
Karthikeyan R.	MDMK	60,405
Shanmuganathan.K.	BJP	16,147
Jahuber I.	IND	8,320
Nagarajan C.	IND	2,930
Sankaran K.	IND	2,860
Panneer Selvam .M	IND	2,692
Duraiarasan A.	IND	2,314
Ganapathys.	IND	2,119
Satheeswaran R	IND	1,356
Panneeer Selvam C.	IND	1,282
Shanmuganathan V.	IND	1,173
Kavignar Kumar	IND	1,123
Arokiasamy A.	IND	1,121
Thilagavathy.S.	IND	1,116
Abdul Salem M.	IND	974
Srinivasan S.	IND	914
Rajamanickam N.	IND	686
Ibrahim Gundabai U.	IND	651
Balakrishnan C.	IND	608

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Ilayangudi

LOST against Ma.Sa.Ma. Ramachandran

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ma.Sa.Ma. Ramachandran	ADMK	52,994
N. Nallasethupathi	DMK	28,864
N. H. Mohamed Cassim	MUL	2,784
S. Jeyarani	IND	346
M. Selvam	IND	325
A. Mani	IND	269

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Nellikuppam

LOST against Damotharan C.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Damotharan C.	ADMK	57,373
Govindarajan C.	CPM	22,265
Devanathan A.	PMK	15,610
Selvam M.	IND	540
Kathavarayan S.	IND	145
Seetharaman R.V.	IND	145
Bakthavatchala Nayagar N.	IND	116
Viruthagiri R.	IND	56

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Pudukkottai

LOST against Periyannan A.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Periyannan A.	DMK	45,534
Erama Veerappan	ADK(JR)	26,254
Chellathurai S.	ADK(JL)	25,703
Mohamed Gani J.	INC	24,536
Saminathan K.	IND	1,836
Lakshmanan Km	IND	227
Vairaperumal Durai	IND	216
Selvam M.	IND	212
Vyasar R.	IND	202
Veerappan V.T.R.	IND	193
Veerappan C.	IND	175
Ramasamy P.	IFT	161
Ibrahim U	IND	151
Shanmugam P.	IND	140
Mathuvappan S.	IND	73
Varadarajan Rm.	IND	48

1984 for Lok Sabha from Pudukkottai

LOST against Sundararaj N.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sundararaj N.	INC	426,717
Veeriah K.	DMK	161,813
Mustafakamal K.	ICJ	16,902
Singaravelu Chettiar R.M.M.	IND	6,676
Selvam M.	IND	5,168
Kaliaperumal P.	IND	3,862
Meeramaideen P.	IND	2,421

1971 for Lok Sabha from Thanjavur

LOST against S. D. Somasundaram

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
S. D. Somasundaram	DMK	268,980
R. Krishnasamy Gopalar	NCO	168,972
K. M. Veeramuthu	IND	25,425
M. Selvam Chettiar	IND	6,002