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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Erode

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

WON 4 OF 10 contested

DMK runner-up 5 times
Strike rate
40%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 10 published candidatures
Best vote share58.20%in 2004
Worst vote share21.50%in 2014
Average vote share40.30% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2019
Votes polled here32.29 Lacross all 10 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Erode, 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: 1999, 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

10 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2019 Ganeshamurthi A 5,63,591 52.80% 1 Won
2014 Pavithravalli H 2,17,260 21.50% 3 Lost · 3rd
2004 Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan 5,01,569 58.20% 1 Won
1998 Ramalingam K.P. Dr. 3,10,183 39.70% 2 Lost · 2nd
1996 K.P.Ramalingam 4,71,533 55.00% 1 Won
1991 Ramalingam K.P. 2,07,099 25.90% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Poongothi Thirumathi C. 2,37,576 29.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Kandaswamy M. 2,68,582 36.90% 2 Lost · 2nd
1980 Kandaswamy M. 2,76,015 50.40% 1 Won
1977 Muthusamy M. 1,75,558 33.60% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National CongressIndependentNaam Tamilar KatchiPattali Makkal KatchiPuthiya TamilagamKongu Nadu Munnetra KazhagamMakkal Needhi MaiamBahujan Samaj PartyTharasu Makkal MandaramAll India Indira Congress (TIWARI)Desiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamTamil Desiyak KatchiTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Bharatiya Janta PartyTharasu Makkal MandramJharkhand PartyUlzaipali Makkal KatchyAam Aadmi PartyCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION)Ganasangam Party Of IndiaUnited Communist Party Of IndiaCommunist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red StarLok Jan Shakti PartyNaadaalum Makkal KatchiSamaniya Makkal Nala KatchiAnti Corruption Dynamic PartyVeerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal KatchiAnna Puratchi Thalaivar Amma Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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

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