R. Govindasamy

R. Govindasamy was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Virudhachalam constituency in the 2001 elections. He was a candidate of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) party.^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. R. V. S. Ramesh	522,160	50.27%	21.70%
	PMK	R. Govindasamy	378,177	36.41%
	Independent	K. Thangavel	44,892	4.32%
	NTK	R. Chithra	34,692	3.34%
	MNM	V. Annamalai	23,713	2.28%
	NOTA	None of the above	8,725	0.84%	−0.22%
	ACDP	Kuppusamy	7,540	0.73%
Margin of victory			1,43,983	13.86%	−6.99%
Turnout			10,38,741	76.49%	−1.91%
Registered electors			13,64,038		9.31%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.85%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	A. Vijayakanth	61,337	40.42%	*New*
	PMK	R. Govindasamy	47,560	31.34%	−18.79
	AIADMK	R. Kasinathan	35,876	23.64%	New
	BJP	V. Aravind	1,265	0.83%	New
	Independent	C. Vijayakanth	1,174	0.77%	New
	SP	K. Mangapillai	878	0.58%	New
	Independent	K. Vijayakanth	832	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			13,777	9.08%	3.89%
Turnout			151,731	76.98%	9.09%
Registered electors			197,117
	DMDK gain from PMK		Swing	-9.71%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Dr. R. Govindasamy	68,905	50.13%	+17.96
	DMK	Kuzhandai Tamizharasan	61,777	44.95%	+7.53
	MDMK	G. Vengadasalabthi	1,657	1.21%	−2.87
	Independent	G. Jayabalan	1,650	1.20%	New
	BSP	Pon. Nagappan	1,230	0.89%	New
	Independent	T. Senthilkumar	1,011	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			7,128	5.19%	−0.06%
Turnout			137,440	67.88%	−5.59%
Registered electors			202,466
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	12.71%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Kuzhandai Tamizharasan	49,103	37.42%	+16.75
	PMK	R. Govindasamy	42,218	32.18%	New
	AIADMK	C. Ramanathan	30,166	22.99%	−22.06
	MDMK	M. M. Srinivasan	5,349	4.08%	New
	Independent	A. Rajendran	2,202	1.68%	New
Margin of victory			6,885	5.25%	−7.16%
Turnout			131,213	73.47%	0.31%
Registered electors			185,683
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.63%

Electoral history