Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Dindigul

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 1 OF 5 contested

DMK runner-up 4 times

Strike rate

20%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 5 published candidatures

Best vote share64.40%in 2019

Worst vote share25.90%in 1977

Average vote share38.12% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1977

Last contested2019

Votes polled here16.81 Lacross all 5 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

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: 1980, 1984, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 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

5 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2019	Velusamy, P.	7,46,523	64.40%	1	Won
2014	Gandhirajan S	3,82,617	35.30%	2	Lost · 2nd
1991	Kumarsamy K.	1,85,755	27.70%	2	Lost · 2nd
1989	Rajkumar Mandradiar	2,36,025	37.30%	2	Lost · 2nd
1977	Saminathan K.N.	1,30,129	25.90%	2	Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Communist Party Of India (Marxist)Indian National Congress (I)Pattali Makkal Katchi Janta Party Tamil Nadu Congress (K)Independent Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Tharasu Makkal Mandaram Bahujan Samaj Party Naam Tamilar Katchi Bharatiya Janta Party Makkal Needhi Maiam Jharkhand Party Kongu Nadu Munnetra Kazhagam Tamil Desiyak Katchi All India Youth Development Party Janata Pary (JP)Aam Aadmi Party Indian National Green Party Shiv Sena Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy Rashtriya Krantikari Samajwadi Party Samajwadi Party Akhila India Jananayaka Makkal Katchi (Dr. Issac)