Communist Party Of India (Marxist) on Madurai

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 2 OF 4 contested

CPIM runner-up 1 time

Strike rate

50%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 4 published candidatures

Best vote share44.00%in 2019

Worst vote share3.10%in 2014

Average vote share31.85% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested2009

Last contested2024

Votes polled here11.98 Lacross all 4 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Communist Party Of India (Marxist) 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, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004 — 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

4 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2024	Venkatesan S	4,30,323	43.60%	1	Won
2019	Venkatesan S	4,47,075	44.00%	1	Won
2014	B.Vikraman	30,108	3.10%	5	Lost · 5th
2009	Mohan P	2,90,310	36.70%	2	Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Dravida Munetra Kazhagam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian National Congress M.G.R.Anna D.M.Kazhagam Indian National Congress (I)Bharatiya Janta Party Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION)Independent Bahujan Samaj Party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam All India Indira Congress (TIWARI)Indian Congress (J)Puthiya Tamilagam Naam Tamilar Katchi Makkal Needhi Maiam Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Pattali Makkal Katchi Bharatiya Praja Aikyata Party Janta Party (SECULAR)Jharkhand Party Tharasu Makkal Mandaram Aam Aadmi Party Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi Janata Dal (United)United Republican Party Of India Bahujan Dravida Party Desiya Forward Bloc Samata Party Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)