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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Pollachi

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

WON 2 OF 7 contested

DMK runner-up 4 times
Strike rate
28.6%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 7 published candidatures
Best vote share51.20%in 2019
Worst vote share24.90%in 2014
Average vote share37.67% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2019
Votes polled here18.66 Lacross all 7 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Pollachi, 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: 1989, 1996, 1998, 1999, 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

7 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2019 Shanmuga Sundaram. K 5,54,230 51.20% 1 Won
2014 Pongalur Palanisamy.N 2,51,829 24.90% 3 Lost · 3rd
2009 Shanmugasundaram.K 2,59,910 33.60% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 Dhandapani C.T. 2,08,540 32.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Krishnaswamy K. 2,22,770 39.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1980 Dhandapani C.T. 2,33,261 50.20% 1 Won
1977 Dhandapani C.T. 1,35,194 32.70% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Dravida Munnetra KazhagamBharatiya Janta PartyCommunist Party Of IndiaIndependentIndian National CongressPattali Makkal KatchiTharasu Makkal MandaramJanata DalJanata Dal (Secular)Kongu Nadu Munnetra KazhagamMakkal Needhi MaiamNaam Tamilar KatchiPuthiya TamilagamDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamBahujan Samaj PartyManithaneya Makkal KatchiNew Generation People’s PartySamajwadi PartySamata PartyAkila India Vallalar Peravai

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

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