C. V. Ganesan: the career, year by year
- Assembly win
- Office held
- 1989
Won Mangalore for the DMK, by 20,759 votes over the AIADMK.
- 1991
Lost Mangalore as the DMK's candidate, to the Congress.
- 1996
Elected to the Lok Sabha from Chidambaram for the DMK, by 1,76,266 votes over the PMK.
- 2004
Won the Mangalore by-election for the DMK and returned to the Assembly, serving until 2006.
- May 2006
Lost Mangalore as the DMK's candidate, by 6,914 votes to the VCK.
- 19 May 2016
Won Tittakudi for the DMK, by 2,212 votes over the AIADMK.
- 2 May 2021
Won Tittakudi for the DMK, by 21,563 votes over the BJP.
- 7 May 2021
Sworn in as Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development in M.K. Stalin's cabinet, his first ministerial post.
- 4 May 2026
Won Tittakudi for the DMK (polling was on 23 April).
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