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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Arani

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

WON 2 OF 8 contested

DMK runner-up 6 times
Strike rate
25%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 8 published candidatures
Best vote share62.10%in 1980
Worst vote share23.60%in 2014
Average vote share37.71% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2014
Votes polled here19.19 Lacross all 8 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Arani, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 70 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%70%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: 1999, 2004, 2009, 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

8 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2014 R.Sivanandam 2,58,877 23.60% 2 Lost · 2nd
1998 Ganesan V. 2,97,417 43.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
1996 Ganesan V 3,36,164 46.30% 1 Won
1991 Sulochana Ayyasamy (W) 1,69,231 26.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Ayyasamy, A. 1,76,946 26.40% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Kannapiran S. 2,09,001 36.90% 2 Lost · 2nd
1980 Kulandaivelu V. 3,02,523 62.10% 1 Won
1977 Rajangam N. 1,69,172 36.80% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National CongressPattali Makkal KatchiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra KazhagamCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)Janata Dal (United)Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)IndependentBharatiya Janta PartyDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamBahujan Samaj PartyNaam Tamilar KatchiTharasu Makkal MandaramHumnist Party Of IndiaJharkhand PartyMakkal Needhi MaiamPuthiya Needhi KatchiSamajwadi PartyTamil Nadu Ilangyar KatchiAnaithindia Dravidar Samudaya Munnetra KazhagamAnti Corruption Dynamic PartyThakkam KatchiVeerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal KatchiViro Ke Vir Indian PartyUnited Republican Party Of IndiaAnna Mgr Dravida Makkal Kalgam

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

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