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Bharatiya Janta Party on Chidambaram

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

WON 2 OF 5 contested

BJP never finished second here
Strike rate
40%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 5 published candidatures
Best vote share53.70%in 1999
Worst vote share2.10%in 1996
Average vote share23.88% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1991
Last contested2024
Votes polled here8.8 Lacross all 5 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Bharatiya Janta Party vote share in Chidambaram, 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

Bharatiya Janta Party 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, 1984, 1989, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 — 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
2024 Karthiyayini P 1,68,493 14.40% 3 Lost · 3rd
1999 Arangarajan Kumaramangalam 3,77,450 53.70% 1 Won
1998 Rangarajan Kumaramangalam 3,05,233 47.10% 1 Won
1996 Dhanabalan D 14,778 2.10% 4 Lost · 4th
1991 V. Parthasarathy 13,872 2.10% 3 Lost · 3rd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National CongressAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamViduthalai Chiruthaigal KatchiTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Dravida Munetra KazhagamCommunist Party Of IndiaMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)Pattali Makkal KatchiIndian National Congress (ORGANISATION)IndependentDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamJanata Pary (JP)Bahujan Samaj PartyJharkhand PartyNaam Tamilar KatchiPuthiya TamilagamMakkal Needhi MaiamTharasu Makkal MandaramAkhil Bharat Hindu MahasabhaAll India Indira Congress (TIWARI)Anaithu Makkal Puratchi KatchiRashtriya Janata DalDesiya Makkal Sakthi KatchiRashtriya Krantikari Samajwadi PartyGramma Munnetra KazhagamNaadaalum Makkal KatchiTamil Nadu Hindu Vellalar Youth Kazhagam

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Chidambaram
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-12
Computed
2026-09-12 17:35 UTC

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