Bharatiya Janta Party on Arani

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 0 OF 2 contested

BJP never finished second here

Strike rate

0%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 2 published candidatures

Best vote share15.40%in 2004

Worst vote share1.10%in 1996

Average vote share8.25% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1996

Last contested2004

Votes polled here1.22 Lacross all 2 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Bharatiya Janta Party 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: 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2014, 2019, 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

2 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2004	Periasamy. D	1,13,974	15.40%	3	Lost · 3rd
1996	Kirubanidhi S.P	7,954	1.10%	5	Lost · 5th

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

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