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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Cuddalore

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

WON 2 OF 7 contested

DMK runner-up 5 times
Strike rate
28.6%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 7 published candidatures
Best vote share60.60%in 2004
Worst vote share28.20%in 1984
Average vote share39.17% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1984
Last contested2019
Votes polled here22.12 Lacross all 7 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Cuddalore, 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, 1980, 1996, 1998, 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

7 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2019 T. R. V .S. Ramesh 5,22,160 50.10% 1 Won
2014 Nandagopalakrishnan.K. 2,78,304 28.30% 2 Lost · 2nd
2004 Palanisamy, K. C. 4,50,407 60.60% 1 Won
1999 Palanisamy, K.C. 3,31,560 45.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 Thirunavukkarasu D. 2,05,602 29.20% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Palanisamy. K.C. 2,45,741 32.80% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Kandaswamy, M. 1,77,970 28.20% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National CongressTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Indian National Congress (I)Pattali Makkal KatchiDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamIndian National Congress (ORGANISATION)IndependentJanta Party (SECULAR)Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNaam Tamilar KatchiTharasu Makkal MandaramBharatiya Janta PartyJharkhand PartyPuthiya TamilagamBahujan Samaj PartyAnti Corruption Dynamic PartyCommunist Party Of IndiaMakkal Needhi MaiamLok Jan Shakti PartyAam Aadmi PartyRashtriya Janata DalVeerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal KatchiTamil Nadu Ilangyar KatchiUnion Party Of IndiaDesiya Makkal Sakthi KatchiIlantamilar Munnani KazhagamPurvanchal Janta Party (Secular)Agila India Makkal Kazhagam

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

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