R. Krishnan : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name R. Krishnan 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 Kavundampalayam

LOST against Arukutty V C

with 38% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Arukutty V C	ADMK	110,870
Payya Gounder @ Krishnan R	DMK	102,845
Nandakumar R	BJP	22,444
Ramamurthy V	CPM	16,874
None Of The Above	NOTA	5,274
Kousalya P	NTK	3,735
Thangavelu A	PMK	2,533
Kulandaivelu K S	KMDK	2,521
Aruna D	IND	1,045
Velmurugan M S	CPI(ML)(L)	1,004
Mari V	IND	576
Thirumalairajan S	GMI	446
Kala M	BSP	391
Mahendra Bharathi P	WPOI	320
Veerabathiran K	AIFB	305
Krishnan M	IND	197
Balakumar R	VBMP	191
Veluswamy V	IND	189
Rajesh Kumar B	NCP	182
Shanmugam K	UMK	165
Maheshwaran G	PPIS	149
Seval S	IND	144

2006 for Vidhan Sabha from Thottiyam

LOST against Rajasekharan M.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rajasekharan M.	INC	43,080
Natarajan R.	MDMK	43,027
Kannaiyan K	IND	17,166
Manoharan P.	DMDK	12,445
Baskar V.P.	IND	1,790
Natesan N.	BJP	1,709
Saraswathi G	BSP	1,635
Senthilkumar P.	IND	1,425
Usha C	IND	719
Krishnan R	IND	646

1998 for Lok Sabha from Coimbatore

LOST against Radhakrishnan C.P.

with 5% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Radhakrishnan C.P.	BJP	449,269
Subbian K.R.	DMK	304,593
Krishnan R.	INC	40,739
Kalyanasundaram S.T.	BSP	4,596
Rangasamy R.	IND	1,431
Krishnaswamy R.	IND	1,181
Santhi C.	IND	1,091
Saminathan M.	IND	666
Ramaswamy.O.	SAP	405
Lakshmana Narayanan R.	IND	220
Elangkumaran R.	IND	161
Raghavendra K.S.	IND	133

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Vasudevanallur

LOST against Eswaran R.

with 20% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Eswaran R.	TMC(M)	32,693
Suresh Babu P.	INC	32,077
Krishnan R.	CPM	20,302
Gopalakrishnan V.	IND	8,950
Singarayan A.	BJP	2,843
Murugan S.	PMK	1,705
Muniasamy A.	IND	502
Karuppasamy R.	IND	341
Karuppasamy M.	IND	308
Karadi Radasamy V.	IND	249
Chandrasekaran A.	IND	205
Muthupandian S.	IND	112
Soundarapandian K.	IND	102
Manikkam A.	IND	94
Manipandian M.	IND	61
Vellai Pandi R.	IND	53

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Peranamallur

LOST against N. Pandurangan

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
N. Pandurangan	DMK	57,907
C. Srinivasan	ADMK	30,114
M. Durai	PMK	20,143
G. Ramanujalu	IND	1,379
S. Aruldoss	IND	467
S.S. Rajamanickam	IND	320
R. Krishnan	IND	282
A. Anbudoss	IND	230
M. Annamalai	IND	163

1991 for Lok Sabha from Coimbatore

LOST against Kuppuswamy C.K.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kuppuswamy C.K.	INC	408,891
Ramani K.	CPM	222,827
Narayanan V.	BJP	47,267
Abeeb Rahman A.	MUL	3,381
Krishnaswamy N.	IND	2,067
Subramanian R.	IND	1,490
Muthu Krishnan D.	IND	1,183
Usman M.	IND	1,080
Hackeem K.	TMM	1,009
Arunachalam K.	IND	934
Ramachandran C.	IND	873
Balan K.B.	IND	793
Thangavelu R.	IND	701
Bala Krishnan R.	IND	675
Manian K.	IND	648
Mugilan M.	IND	647
Mantharasalam K.	IND	642
Natrajan S.	IND	616
Arunan Ki	IND	470
Chelladuri P.	IND	395
Rathanaswamy M.G.B.	IND	353

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Vasudevanallur

LOST against Eswaran R.

with 37% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Eswaran R.	INC	54,688
Krishnan R.	CPM	34,374
Paulraj K.	MUL	3,567
Madasamy S.	TMM	572
Karadi Madasamy V.	IND	420
Manikkam A.	IND	214

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Vasudevanallur

LOST against Eswaran R.

with 32% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Eswaran R.	INC	30,805
Krishnan R.	CPM	30,394
Kanagasabai S.	CPI	17,325
Rengasay T.	ADK(JR)	17,043
Sabapathy K.S.	IND	249

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Thousand Lights

LOST against Stalin M.K.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Stalin M.K.	DMK	50,818
Thambidurai S.S.R.	ADK(JL)	30,184
Mohamed Ehiya	MUL	10,349
Syed Fasiuddin G.M.	ADK(JR)	6,616
Ali Fithrath	IND	478
News Anudan.	IND	471
Devarajan G.	IND	355
Krishnan R.	IND	181
Veerarahghavanp.	IND	146
Parthasarathy	IND	134
Lingesan	IND	122
Kirubakaran I.	IND	114
Elangovan A	IND	104
Mohamed Ismail	IND	99
Venigopale B.	IND	87
Dharamaraj S.	IND	78
Manoharan K.S.	IND	56
Mantiramurthy	IND	56

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Saidapet

LOST against R.S. Sridhar

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R.S. Sridhar	DMK	57,767
Saidai S. Durasmay	ADK(JR)	25,178
S.M. Krishnan	INC	18,551
V.J.M. Charles	ADK(JL)	16,912
K. Panchatcharam	IND	947
Sadai V. Muthu	IND	919
K. Ramachandran (Madhavai)	IND	577
C. Umapathi	IND	233
V. Pachaiappa Naiker	IND	231
M.S. Arumani	IND	148
Ekkai A. Munusamy	IND	136
B Madhavan	IND	128
P. Arumugham	IND	114
R.S. Pandian (Sendur Pandian)	IND	88
G.S. Baskaran	IND	80
Mahaveerchand Bora	IND	78
E. Munusamy	IND	75
Saidai E. Manickam	IND	75
K. Veeramani	IND	69
S. Jagadeesan	IND	68
K. Damodaran (Mambalam)	IND	63
N.P. Sadagopan	IND	56
A.V. Gopal	IND	53
Vimala Krishnamoorthy	IND	51
J. Boominathan	IND	47
E. Karunanidhi	IND	45
R. Muthu Krishnan	IND	34
V.P.R. Ramesh	IND	32
M. Gnanapandithan	IND	29

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Tiruppur

LOST against Govindasamy C.

with 20% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Govindasamy C.	CPM	55,481
Subbarayan K.	CPI	38,102
Krishnan R.	INC	31,786
Palanisamy M.N.	ADK(JR)	27,251
Govindasamy K.P.	TNC(K)	5,826
Mani Govindasamy	IND	1,124
Shanmugam K.	IND	309
Dharuman S.	IND	229
Balakrishnan A.	IND	197
Subramaniam A.	IND	162
Sampath R.	IND	160
Narayanasamy R.	IND	135
Rathinasamy M.G.B.	IND	75
Arunachalam A.	IND	68
Ganesan A.	IND	68
Dhandapani N.	IND	61
Venkatachalam S.	IND	60
Selvaraj K.	IND	57
John Joseph J.	IND	42
Thangavelu V.	IND	31
Thangavel G.	IND	23

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Tuticorin

LOST against N. Periasamy

with 17% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
N. Periasamy	DMK	39,688
V. Shunmugam	INC	39,141
V. Jabaraj	ADK(JL)	22,181
R. Krishnan	ADK(JR)	21,351
W. Megton	IND	791
P. Ragu	IND	367
K. Kothandaraman	IND	271
I. Thangapalam	IND	134
V. Arunachalam	IND	111
S. Rajiah	IND	110
P.S. Narayanamooppanar	IND	84
N.S.S. Ramakrishnan	IND	78
V. Sudalaimani	IND	73
S. Selvaraj	IND	43

1984 for Vidhan Sabha from Karur

LOST against K. Vadivel

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
K. Vadivel	ADMK	65,363
K. V. Ramasamy	DMK	53,160
K. R. Krishnan	IND	597
P. Nallasamy	IND	292
P. Duraisamy	IND	283
R. Natesan	IND	226
S. Karthikeyan	IND	182
M. Santhanam	IND	155

1984 for Lok Sabha from Tenkasi

LOST against M. Arunachalam

with 32% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. Arunachalam	INC	360,517
R. Krishnan	CPM	168,950

1984 for Lok Sabha from Karur

LOST against Murugaiah A. R.

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Murugaiah A. R.	INC	413,533
Kandaswamy M.	DMK	177,970
Krishnan R.	IND	13,426

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Vasudevanallur

WON against Eswaran R.

with 51% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Krishnan R.	CPM	33,107
Eswaran R.	INC	29,921
Ayyadurai Alias Anantharaj	JNP	2,513

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Tuticorin

LOST against Rajendran S. N.

with 42% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rajendran S. N.	ADMK	54,171
Krishnan R.	DMK	39,365
Arunachalam V.	IND	496

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Vasudevanallur

WON against I. Muthuraj

with 33% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R. Krishnan	CPM	20,092
I. Muthuraj	CPI	16,048
Ayyadurai Alias Anantharaj	JNP	10,826
M. Duraisamy	DMK	10,330
S. Kattapan	IND	2,472
K. Maruthan	IND	650

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Tuticorin

LOST against N. Dhanasekaran

with 22% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
N. Dhanasekaran	ADMK	23,598
R. Naoroji	INC	22,379
R. Krishnan	DMK	17,606
M. Chockalingam	JNP	16,656
M. Arokiasamy	IND	326

1971 for Vidhan Sabha from Gudiyattam

LOST against Duraisami F. K.

with 4% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Duraisami F. K.	DMK	34,954
Adimoolam D. A.	NCO	18,580
V. K. Kothandarman	CPM	5,721
R. Krishnan	IND	2,745

1971 for Vidhan Sabha from Uthangarai

WON against M. Raman

with 57% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
K. R. Krishnan	DMK	36,256
M. Raman	NCO	24,392
Kathirvel	IND	2,626

1971 for Lok Sabha from Salem

WON against M. P. Subramanyam

with 56% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
E. R. Krishnan	DMK	230,736
M. P. Subramanyam	NCO	175,940
K. N. Lakshmanan	BJS	3,944
T. V. Anganna Chettiar	IND	2,339

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Salem-Ii

WON against A. R. Gounder

with 58% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
E. R. Krishnan	DMK	38,781
A. R. Gounder	INC	27,285
S. S. R. Rao	BJS	799

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Uthangarai

LOST against T. T. Gounder

with 46% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
T. T. Gounder	INC	31,791
K. R. Krishnan	DMK	29,751
T. Naidu	IND	3,256