Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION) on Chidambaram

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 0 OF 1 contested

INCO runner-up 1 time

Strike rate

0%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 1 published candidature

Best vote share40.80%in 1977

Worst vote share40.80%in 1977

Average vote share40.80% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1977

Last contested1977

Votes polled here2 Lacross all 1 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION) 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, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 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

1 candidature · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
1977	Y. Venkateswara Dikshidar	2,00,345	40.80%	2	Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

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