Election history
All the elections where a candidate by the name R. Sainathan contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
LOST against Ganesamoorthy A.
with 8% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Ganesamoorthy A. | DMK | 58,058 |
| Balakrishnan S. | ADK(JL) | 42,051 |
| Chinnusamy | ADK(JR) | 16,811 |
| Sainathan R. | INC | 10,047 |
| Palanisamy K. | IND | 1,225 |
| Gandhi A. | IND | 884 |
| Palaniappa Gounder S. | IND | 427 |
| Shanmugasundaram P. | IND | 367 |
| Munian | IND | 299 |
| Rajendran K.N. | IND | 277 |
| Palanisamy M. | IND | 222 |
| Murugesan V.S. | IND | 182 |
| Balasubramaniam C. | IND | 181 |
| Arunachalam P.M. | IND | 72 |
| Velusamy A. | IND | 51 |
LOST against Muthusamy S.
with 40% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Muthusamy S. | ADMK | 62,342 |
| Sainathan R. | INC | 43,839 |
| Varadharasan K. V. V. | JNP | 2,423 |
| Karuppanan M. S. | IND | 451 |
| Balakrishnan N. | IND | 268 |
| Karunakaran C. | IND | 257 |
| Ayyavoo K. | IND | 179 |
| Subramaniam G. S. | IND | 159 |
| Chakharapani R. | IND | 113 |
| Shanmugasundaram A. | IND | 73 |
LOST against Subbalakshmi
with 13% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Subbalakshmi | ADMK | 38,072 |
| A. Ganeshamurthy | DMK | 15,200 |
| M. Arumugam | JNP | 12,955 |
| R. Sainathan | INC | 11,462 |
| S. Shanmugasundaram | IND | 3,538 |
| M. Raman | IND | 2,284 |
| S. Rangasamy | IND | 516 |
| M. Murugesan | IND | 473 |
| M. Bharathi | IND | 424 |
| V. Ponnan | IND | 159 |