All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Arani

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 2 OF 5 contested

AIADM runner-up 3 times

Strike rate

40%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 5 published candidatures

Best vote share60.50%in 1977

Worst vote share25.50%in 2024

Average vote share40.02% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1977

Last contested2024

Votes polled here17.49 Lacross all 5 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra 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, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004 — 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

5 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2024	Gajendran, G.V.	2,91,333	25.50%	2	Lost · 2nd
2019	Elumalai V	3,86,954	33.80%	2	Lost · 2nd
2014	V.Elumalai	5,02,721	45.90%	1	Won
2009	Subramaniyan N	2,89,898	34.40%	2	Lost · 2nd
1977	Murugesan A.	2,78,406	60.50%	1	Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress Dravida Munetra Kazhagam Pattali Makkal Katchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Janata Dal (United)Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Independent Bharatiya Janta Party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Bahujan Samaj Party Naam Tamilar Katchi Tharasu Makkal Mandaram Humnist Party Of India Jharkhand Party Makkal Needhi Maiam Puthiya Needhi Katchi Samajwadi Party Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi Anaithindia Dravidar Samudaya Munnetra Kazhagam Anti Corruption Dynamic Party Thakkam Katchi Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi Viro Ke Vir Indian Party United Republican Party Of India Anna Mgr Dravida Makkal Kalgam