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Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR) on Salem

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

WON 1 OF 3 contested

TMCM runner-up 1 time
Strike rate
33.3%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 3 published candidatures
Best vote share58.90%in 1996
Worst vote share7.20%in 1999
Average vote share35.70% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1996
Last contested1999
Votes polled here7.04 Lacross all 3 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR) vote share in Salem, 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

Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR) 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, 2004, 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

3 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
1999 Natesan, C. Dr. 46,564 7.20% 3 Lost · 3rd
1998 Kandasamy K. 2,48,424 41.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1996 Kandasamy K 4,08,791 58.90% 1 Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National CongressAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munetra KazhagamDravida 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 01:02 UTC

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