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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Chennai North

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

WON 8 OF 11 contested

DMK runner-up 3 times
Strike rate
72.7%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 11 published candidatures
Best vote share67.50%in 1996
Worst vote share33.70%in 2014
Average vote share51.96% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1980
Last contested2019
Votes polled here36.41 Lacross all 11 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Chennai North, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 70 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%70%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, 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

11 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2019 Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy 5,90,986 61.80% 1 Won
2014 Girirajan .R 3,07,000 33.70% 2 Lost · 2nd
2009 Elangovan T.K.S 2,81,055 42.60% 1 Won
2004 Dayanidhi Maran 3,16,329 61.70% 1 Won
1999 Murasoli Maran 3,64,565 59.00% 1 Won
1998 Murasoli Maran 3,00,774 50.40% 1 Won
1996 Murasoli Maran 4,03,867 67.50% 1 Won
1991 Somu N.V.N. 2,09,031 37.20% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Kalinidhi A. 2,63,333 42.20% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Kalanidhi A. 3,13,848 56.70% 1 Won
1980 Kalanidhi A. 2,90,199 58.80% 1 Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National CongressDravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National Congress (ORGANISATION)Desiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamCommunist Party Of IndiaGandhi Kamraj National CongressJanta PartyIndependentBharatiya Janta PartyJharkhand PartyPuthiya TamilagamIndian National Congress (U)Makkal Needhi MaiamMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamBahujan Samaj PartyPattali Makkal KatchiNaam Tamilar KatchiCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)Deccan CongressMahabharat Peples PartyDoordarshi PartySocial Democratic Party Of IndiaAam Aadmi PartySirpanch Samaj PartyTamil Nadu Ilangyar KatchiJanata Pary (JP)Nationalist Congress PartyRashtriya Janata DalLok DalRepublican Party Of India (A)Tharasu Makkal MandaramAjeya Bharat PartyLok Jan Shakti PartyTamil Nadu Makkal CongressDesiya Makkal Sakthi KatchiDhiravida Thelgar Munnetra KalagamThakkam KatchiSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Makkal Manadu KatchiM.G.R. Munnetra KazhagamMarxist Engelist Leninist Proletariat Health CommuneNaadaalum Makkal KatchiPachai Kudi Makkal KatchiPeople's Party Of India(secular)Lok Satta PartyMakkalatchi KatchiLok Dal (BAHUGUNA)Republican Party Of India (SIVARAJ)Republican Party Of India

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Chennai North
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-13
Computed
2026-09-13 02:10 UTC

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