title: R. Navaneetha Krishna Pandian
text: # R. Navaneetha Krishna Pandian
  
  R. Navaneetha Krishna Pandian was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Gandhi Kamaraj Congress Party candidate from Alangulam constituency in 1980 election.
  
  ## Electoral performance
  
  1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | GKC | R. Navaneetha Krishna Pandian | 41,271 | 53.88% | New |
  | | DMK | E. Dorai Singh | 34,587 | 45.15% | +28.82 |
  | | Independent | M. Rayappan Nadar | 504 | 0.66% | New |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,684 | 8.73% | 6.13% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,604 | 67.29% | 4.40% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 115,519 | | |
  | | GKC gain from AIADMK | GKC gain from AIADMK | Swing | 25.44% | |
  
  1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | AIADMK | V. Karuppasamy Pandian | 20,183 | 28.43% | New |
  | | JP | R. Navaneetha Krishna Pandian | 18,342 | 25.84% | New |
  | | INC | S. Ukkirama Pandian | 17,997 | 25.35% | -23.36 |
  | | DMK | P. Thambi Durai | 11,592 | 16.33% | -34.96 |
  | | Independent | S. Arulappan Nadar | 1,024 | 1.44% | New |
  | | AIFB | T. Thirumaran | 861 | 1.21% | New |
  | | Independent | S. Subbiah Thevar | 663 | 0.93% | New |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,841 | 2.59% | 0.01% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,987 | 62.89% | -15.40% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 114,602 | | |
  | | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -22.86% | |
  