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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Viluppuram

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

WON 2 OF 5 contested

DMK runner-up 1 time
Strike rate
40%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 5 published candidatures
Best vote share54.50%in 1980
Worst vote share19.20%in 1991
Average vote share34.48% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1980
Last contested2019
Votes polled here13.38 Lacross all 5 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Viluppuram, 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: 1977, 1984, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009, 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

5 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2019 Ravikumar D 5,59,585 49.30% 1 Won
2014 Muthaiyan K Dr 2,89,337 27.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 Kandasamy M. 1,25,365 19.20% 3 Lost · 3rd
1989 Kandasamy, M. 1,54,220 22.30% 3 Lost · 3rd
1980 Arjunan K. 2,09,603 54.50% 1 Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Pattali Makkal KatchiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National CongressTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Viduthalai Chiruthaigal KatchiBharatiya Janta PartyCommunist Party Of IndiaIndian National Congress (ORGANISATION)Janta PartyIndependentDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamAll India Indira Congress (TIWARI)Janata Dal (United)Janta Party (SECULAR)Naam Tamilar KatchiTamil Desiyak KatchiTharasu Makkal MandaramMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamUnited Communist Party Of IndiaBahujan Samaj PartyCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)Makkal Needhi MaiamRashtriya Janata DalUnited Republican Party Of IndiaCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION)Tamil Nadu Ilangyar KatchiLok Jan Shakti PartyAgila India Makkal KazhagamJharkhand Mukti MorchaAkila India Vallalar Peravai

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

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