R. Sundaram : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name R. Sundaram 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 Mettuppalayam

LOST against Chinnaraj O K

with 6% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chinnaraj O K	ADMK	93,595
Surendran S	DMK	77,481
Shanmuga Sundaram T R	TMC(M)	13,324
Jaganathan P	BJP	11,036
None Of The Above	NOTA	3,408
Mohammed Rafi S	SDPI	2,209
Moorthi K	PMK	1,870
Vellingiri K	KMDK	1,604
Abdul Vahab A	NTK	1,509
Venkatesh K	IND	1,264
Poongundran M K	IND	1,145
Natarajan P	CPI(ML)(L)	622
Bhaskaran K	BSP	563
Baladhandayutham R	IND	406
Shanmugasundram P S	IND	248
Dharmaraj M	IND	208
Arumugam P	IND	153
Ganeshkumar E	IND	116

2006 for Vidhan Sabha from Attur

WON against Murugesan A K

with 45% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sundaram M R	INC	53,617
Murugesan A K	ADMK	43,185
Elangovan A R	DMDK	15,654
Kumaravel A	BJP	1,510
Laxmanan N	IND	1,150
Mariyappan M P	BSP	1,130
Sundaram K	IND	854
Anto David S	IND	756
Sivasubramaniam S	IND	514

1996 for Lok Sabha from Tiruchendur

LOST against Dhanuskodi Athithan R.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dhanuskodi Athithan R.	TMC(M)	317,943
Justin S.	INC	114,232
Chandra Bosen.S.	BJP	79,051
Anton Gomez	JD	48,066
Sundaram R.	IND	3,274
Arulappa Nadar S	IND	2,995
Nagarajan V.	IND	1,406
Karthikeyan J.	IND	1,113
Kumarasamy V.	IND	991
Rajagopalan N.	IND	763
Murugendran S.	IND	655
Maria Joseph Alias Manuel Raj	IND	451
Muthuperumal P.	IND	382
Balasubramanian A.	IND	308
Senthurpandi V.	IND	306
Sivaramasubramaniam R.	IND	187

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Thiruvottiyur

LOST against Vijayan T.C.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vijayan T.C.	DMK	115,939
Balraj B.	ADMK	40,917
Soundararajan A.	CPM	16,329
Velmurugan T.	PMK	4,559
Nallasivam S.	BJP	1,511
Mahendramani D.	ICS	378
Shanmuga Sundaram R.	IND	179
Pariyasamy S.	SHS	150
Aslambasha K.	IND	130
Veeran N.	IND	128
Sivaraj A.	IND	94
Vadamalai D.	IND	88
Gunaseelan B.	IND	86
Rajendrakumar L.	IND	72
Venkateswaran V.	MMS	64

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Vellore

LOST against C. Gnanasekaran

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
C. Gnanasekaran	TMC(M)	82,339
S.B. Bhaskaran	INC	21,451
N. Subramani	MDMK	6,359
D. Chidambaram	AIIC(T)	3,009
K. Sekar	BJP	1,447
M. Ilamathi	IND	276
D. Gnanaprakasam	IND	180
V.N. Panneer	IND	148
R. Sundaram	IND	121
S. Rajapathi	IND	110
V.N. Narayanan	IND	108
G. Srinivasan	IND	76
G.R. Pichandi	IND	75
V. Durairaj	IND	74
Syed Kaleem Ahamed	IND	72
P. Kothandan	IND	68
V.S. Ganesh	IND	67
S. Parasuraman	IND	60
R. Loganathan	IND	50
S.K. Pichaimuthu	IND	49
V. Rajaboss	IND	31
P. Chakkaravarthy	IND	23

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Madurai Central

LOST against A. Deivanayagam

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
A. Deivanayagam	INC	47,325
M. Tamilkudimagan	DMK	26,717
K.A. Ingarasaal	JP	486
S. P. Balu	IND	378
P. Selvan	PMK	344
N. Madhavagovindam	ICS(SCS)	150
U. Sabeer	IND	127
K. Muthuachary	IND	106
M. Swarnalathsa (Latha)	IND	100
M .L. Palanichamy	IND	86
R. Sundaram	IND	74
D. Pandian	TMM	61
M. S. K. Gobinath	IND	40

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Aruppukkottai

LOST against Manimeghalai V. G.

with 38% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Manimeghalai V. G.	ADMK	56,985
Shanmuga Sundaram R. M.	DMK	37,066
Karuppiah C.	PMK	1,350
Karuppanan C.	IND	289
Sathasivam M.	IND	216
Balasubramani R.	IND	162
Pandiperumal E.	ICS(SCS)	160
Balamurugan K.	IND	125
Kanakkan M.	IND	96
Periyasamy S.	IND	71
Thanikkodi E.	IND	67
Palani K.	IND	53
Tamil Murugan A.	IND	52
Veerasamy Agamudaiyar R.	IND	38

1984 for Vidhan Sabha from Gudiyattam

LOST against R. Govindasamy

with 26% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R. Govindasamy	INC	32,077
A. K. Sundararajan	IND	25,630
K. R. Sundaram	CPM	20,930
O. C. Subramaniyam	IND	981
S. B. Akbar	IND	743
P. S. Ganesan	IND	495
M. V. Palani	IND	300
Mohammed Jinna B. S.	IND	289
S. Rangasamy	IND	224
S. R. Duraisamy	IND	136
D. Murugan Alias Durai Murugesan	IND	123

1984 for Vidhan Sabha from Singanallur

LOST against Sengalippan R.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sengalippan R.	JNP	54,787
Subramaniam A.	INC	49,856
Natarajan K.S	BJP	2,103
Three Star Natarajan	IND	1,375
Kalamani V.C	IND	1,119
Karthikeyan A.	IND	403
Rajendran C.P.	IND	315
Seeman Sundaram R.	IND	302
Srinivasan K.	IND	280
Devaraj S.R.	IND	238
Karuppiaya Achary N.C.	IND	203