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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Madurai

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

WON 3 OF 8 contested

DMK runner-up 5 times
Strike rate
37.5%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 8 published candidatures
Best vote share57.10%in 2004
Worst vote share24.70%in 1984
Average vote share38.34% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1984
Last contested2014
Votes polled here24.6 Lacross all 8 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Madurai, 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: 1977, 1980, 1999, 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

8 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2014 V Velusamy 2,56,731 26.20% 2 Lost · 2nd
2009 Alagiri M.K 4,31,295 54.50% 1 Won
2004 Regupathy, S. 4,66,133 57.10% 1 Won
1998 Siva, P.N. 2,57,552 32.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
1996 Siva,n. 3,98,209 48.10% 1 Won
1991 Chandrasekaran K. 2,41,074 32.20% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Selvaraj, A. 2,47,626 31.40% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Veeriah K. 1,61,813 24.70% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National CongressCommunist Party Of India (Marxist)M.G.R.Anna D.M.KazhagamIndian National Congress (I)Bharatiya Janta PartyIndian National Congress (ORGANISATION)IndependentBahujan Samaj PartyDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamAll India Indira Congress (TIWARI)Indian Congress (J)Puthiya TamilagamNaam Tamilar KatchiMakkal Needhi MaiamMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamPattali Makkal KatchiBharatiya Praja Aikyata PartyJanta Party (SECULAR)Jharkhand PartyTharasu Makkal MandaramAam Aadmi PartyDesiya Makkal Sakthi KatchiJanata Dal (United)United Republican Party Of IndiaBahujan Dravida PartyDesiya Forward BlocSamata PartyTamil Nadu Ilangyar KatchiSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Madurai
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-12
Computed
2026-09-12 23:32 UTC

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