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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Salem

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

WON 1 OF 5 contested

DMK runner-up 4 times
Strike rate
20%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 5 published candidatures
Best vote share48.30%in 2019
Worst vote share23.40%in 1991
Average vote share30.52% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1984
Last contested2019
Votes polled here13.8 Lacross all 5 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Salem, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 50 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%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, 1980, 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 Parthiban.S.R 6,06,302 48.30% 1 Won
2014 Umarani. S 2,88,936 25.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 Suhenya I. (W) 1,49,415 23.40% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Mayavan, R. 1,69,699 26.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Duraisami P. 1,65,870 29.30% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National CongressAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National Congress (I)Pattali Makkal KatchiIndian National Congress (ORGANISATION)IndependentDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamJanata Dal (United)Makkal Needhi MaiamMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNaam Tamilar KatchiBharatiya Janta PartyIndian National Congress (U)Lok Dal (BAHUGUNA)Puthiya TamilagamBahujan Samaj PartyRepublican Party Of IndiaTharasu Makkal MandaramAam Aadmi PartyAmbedkar Makkal IyakkamJharkhand PartyTamil Nadu Ilangyar KatchiKongu Nadu Munnetra KazhagamRashtriya Janata DalAkila India Vallalar PeravaiMakkal Manadu KatchiPyramid Party Of IndiaAravor Munnetra KazhagamAmbedkarite Party Of IndiaDhesiya Makkal KazhagamSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Ulzaipali Makkal KatchyRepublican Party Of India (A)All India Trinamool CongressThrinamool Tamil Nadu Congress

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

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