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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Chennai South

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

WON 5 OF 10 contested

DMK runner-up 5 times
Strike rate
50%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 10 published candidatures
Best vote share60.90%in 1996
Worst vote share27.90%in 2014
Average vote share46.39% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2019
Votes polled here40.43 Lacross all 10 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Chennai South, 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: 1980, 1984, 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

10 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2019 T.Sumathy (A) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN 5,64,872 50.20% 1 Won
2014 T.K.S.Elangovan 3,01,779 27.90% 2 Lost · 2nd
2009 Bharathy R.S. 2,75,632 37.90% 2 Lost · 2nd
2004 Baalu, T. R. 5,64,578 60.40% 1 Won
1999 Baalu, T.R. 5,62,221 60.00% 1 Won
1998 Baalu T.R. 4,32,913 47.20% 1 Won
1996 Baalu T.R 5,38,697 60.90% 1 Won
1991 T.R. Balu 2,55,965 34.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Arunachalam Alias Aladi Aruna 3,20,020 38.30% 2 Lost · 2nd
1977 Murasoli Maran 2,26,204 47.00% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National CongressDravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National Congress (I)Bharatiya Janta PartyJanta PartyIndependentBahujan Samaj PartyDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamMakkal Needhi MaiamTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Pattali Makkal KatchiNaam Tamilar KatchiJebamani JanataJharkhand PartyAam Aadmi PartyMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDesia Pathukappu KazhagamDoordarshi PartyJanata Pary (JP)Lok Satta PartyTamilaga JanataNational Organisation CongressSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Tharasu Makkal MandaramDesiya Makkal Sakthi KatchiMarxist Engelist Leninist Proletariat Health CommuneTamil Nadu Makkal CongressLabour And Job Seeker's Party Of IndiaMahathma Makkal Munnetra KazhakamTamil Nadu Ilangyar KatchiAravor Munnetra KazhagamPavitra Hindustan KaazhagamTamizhaga Murpokku Makkal KatchiLok Jan Shakti PartyVeerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal KatchiPyramid Party Of IndiaNaadaalum Makkal KatchiShiv SenaSamata PartyThakkam KatchiRepublican Party Of IndiaAmbedkar People's MovementJanata Dal (United)National Maha Sabha PartyViro Ke Vir Indian PartyKamarajar Deseeya CongressIndian Christian FrontMakkalatchi KatchiPachai Kudi Makkal KatchiAll India Democratic People Federation

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

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