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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Nilgiris

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

WON 3 OF 8 contested

DMK runner-up 5 times
Strike rate
37.5%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 8 published candidatures
Best vote share54.20%in 2019
Worst vote share27.70%in 1989
Average vote share40.59% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1984
Last contested2019
Votes polled here24.14 Lacross all 8 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Nilgiris, 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, 1980, 1991, 2004, 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
2019 Raja, A. 5,47,832 54.20% 1 Won
2014 Raja, A. 3,58,760 38.40% 2 Lost · 2nd
2009 Raja A 3,16,802 44.60% 1 Won
1999 Arjun, K.G.S. 2,69,172 41.90% 2 Lost · 2nd
1998 Ramasamy N. 2,15,111 34.30% 2 Lost · 2nd
1996 Shanmugasundaram V.P 3,53,982 51.20% 1 Won
1989 Pariasamy, N.K.K. 1,74,975 27.70% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Saminathan P.A. 1,77,616 32.40% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National CongressDravida Munnetra KazhagamBharatiya Janta PartyMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National Congress (I)Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION)Janata DalIndependentPattali Makkal KatchiDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamMakkal Needhi MaiamTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Bahujan Samaj PartyTamil Desiyak KatchiAam Aadmi PartyKongu Nadu Munnetra KazhagamNaam Tamilar KatchiJharkhand PartyTharasu Makkal MandaramCommunist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red StarGanasangam Party Of IndiaMakkal Manadu KatchiRepublican Party Of India (A)Ambedkarite Party Of IndiaSamaniya Makkal Nala Katchi

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

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