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Indian National Congress on Chidambaram

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

WON 3 OF 7 contested

INC runner-up 2 times
Strike rate
42.9%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 7 published candidatures
Best vote share62.10%in 1991
Worst vote share2.70%in 2014
Average vote share35.57% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1984
Last contested2014
Votes polled here16.92 Lacross all 7 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Indian National Congress vote share in Chidambaram, 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

Indian National Congress 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, 2004, 2009, 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

7 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2014 Vallal Peruman, P 28,988 2.70% 4 Lost · 4th
1999 Adaikalaraj,l. 2,88,253 41.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1998 Subbha Somu 23,747 3.70% 3 Lost · 3rd
1996 Gopal K 1,69,441 23.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 L. Adaikala Raj 4,14,628 62.10% 1 Won
1989 L.Adaikalaraj 4,29,185 60.20% 1 Won
1984 Adaikalaraj 3,37,786 55.80% 1 Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Bharatiya Janta PartyAll 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
2026-09-13
Computed
2026-09-13 01:00 UTC

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