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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Karur

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

WON 1 OF 6 contested

DMK runner-up 5 times
Strike rate
16.7%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 6 published candidatures
Best vote share50.80%in 1980
Worst vote share30.20%in 1991
Average vote share38.22% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1980
Last contested2014
Votes polled here15.92 Lacross all 6 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Karur, 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, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2019, 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

6 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2014 Chinnasamy, M. 3,45,475 33.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
2009 Pallanishamy. K.C. 3,33,288 40.40% 2 Lost · 2nd
1999 Chandrasekar, S. 2,74,451 40.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 K. Maya Thevar 1,92,235 30.20% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 K.Maya Thevar 2,02,253 34.90% 2 Lost · 2nd
1980 Maya Thevar K. 2,44,669 50.80% 1 Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National CongressTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)IndependentPattali Makkal KatchiDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamNaam Tamilar KatchiBharatiya Janta PartyM.G.R.Anna D.M.KazhagamMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAll India Forward BlocJanta Party (SECULAR)Jharkhand PartyKongu Nadu Munnetra KazhagamPuthiya TamilagamBahujan Samaj PartyAnaithinthiya Thamizhaga Munnetra KazhagJanata Dal (United)Makkal Needhi MaiamAam Aadmi PartySamaniya Makkal Nala KatchiRashtriya Samaj PakshaTamil Nadu Ilangyar KatchiLok Jan Shakti PartySamajwadi PartyDesiya Uzhavar Uzhaipalar KazhagamGanasangam Party Of IndiaCommunist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red StarIndian New Congress PartyAnti Corruption Dynamic PartySamata PartyUlzaipali Makkal KatchyAnaithu Makkal Puratchi KatchiDesiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Karur
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-12
Computed
2026-09-12 23:33 UTC

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