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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Sivaganga

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

WON 4 OF 9 contested

DMK runner-up 5 times
Strike rate
44.4%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 9 published candidatures
Best vote share56.70%in 2004
Worst vote share24.00%in 2014
Average vote share42.56% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2014
Votes polled here25.6 Lacross all 9 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Sivaganga, 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

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, 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

9 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2014 Dhurai Raaj Subha 2,46,608 24.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
2004 Palanimanickam. S. S. 4,00,986 56.70% 1 Won
1999 Palanimanickam.S.S. 2,95,191 44.60% 1 Won
1998 Palanimanickam, S.S. 3,24,344 50.20% 1 Won
1996 Palanimanickam S.S 3,90,010 55.60% 1 Won
1991 Palanimanickam S. 2,19,862 34.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Palanimanickam, S. 2,74,820 41.20% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Palanimanickam S. 2,17,030 37.60% 2 Lost · 2nd
1977 Ganesan L. 1,91,316 39.00% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National CongressAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National Congress (I)Bharatiya Janta PartyMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndependentPattali Makkal KatchiDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamIndian Congress (J)Janata DalTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Naam Tamilar KatchiTharasu Makkal MandaramIndian National Congress (U)Bahujan Samaj PartyAll India Forward BlocCommunist Party Of IndiaJharkhand PartyMakkal Needhi MaiamDesiya Forward BlocEzhuchi Tamilargal Munnetra KazhagamMakkal Manadu KatchiLok DalTamil Nadu Makkal CongressAam Aadmi PartyPuthiya TamilagamVidiyalai Thedum Indhiyargal PartyAgila India Makkal KazhagamTamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi

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

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