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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Dharmapuri

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat
Record on this seat

WON 3 OF 8 contested

DMK runner-up 4 times
Strike rate
37.5%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 8 published candidatures
Best vote share50.70%in 1996
Worst vote share16.40%in 2014
Average vote share37.71% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2019
Votes polled here23.31 Lacross all 8 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Dharmapuri, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 60 per cent. Years the party did not contest are left blank rather than plotted at zero. Ringed points are years it won the seat.0%10%20%30%40%50%60%1977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024

Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share  ·  a ringed point is a year they won this seat  ·  a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1980, 1984, 1999, 2004, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

8 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2019 Dnv Senthilkumar. S. 5,74,988 47.00% 1 Won
2014 Thamaraiselvan.R 1,80,297 16.40% 3 Lost · 3rd
2009 Thamaraiselvan. R 3,65,812 47.00% 1 Won
1998 Venkatraman G. 2,88,688 42.80% 2 Lost · 2nd
1996 Venkatraman G 3,67,308 50.70% 1 Won
1991 Dhayanithi N. 1,71,822 26.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Dhayanithi, N. 1,98,469 30.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
1977 Krishnamoorthy V. 1,83,670 41.20% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National CongressPattali Makkal KatchiMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National Congress (I)All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamJanta PartyIndependentDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamJanata Dal (United)Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Bahujan Samaj PartyNaam Tamilar KatchiRashtriya Janata DalKongu Nadu Munnetra KazhagamTharasu Makkal MandaramAjeya Bharat PartyBharatiya Janta PartyDhesiya Makkal KazhagamMakkal Needhi MaiamLok Dal (BAHUGUNA)Ganasangam Party Of IndiaUlzaipali Makkal KatchyMakkal Manadu KatchiTamilar Makkal Katchi

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Dharmapuri
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-13
Computed
2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

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