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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Virudhunagar

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

WON 2 OF 8 contested

DMK runner-up 5 times
Strike rate
25%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 8 published candidatures
Best vote share55.60%in 1980
Worst vote share23.90%in 2014
Average vote share36.38% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2014
Votes polled here18.03 Lacross all 8 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Virudhunagar, 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: 1996, 1998, 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

8 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2014 Rethinavelu S 2,41,505 23.90% 3 Lost · 3rd
2004 Bhavani Rajenthiran. M. S. K. 3,35,287 49.90% 1 Won
1999 Bhavani Rajenthiran.M.S.K. (Tmt.) 2,58,607 40.30% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 Kather Batcha Alias Vellaichamy S. 1,76,889 28.80% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Thangavelan, S.P 2,18,601 34.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 M.S.K. Sathiyendren 1,74,778 30.70% 2 Lost · 2nd
1980 Sathiyendran M.S.K. 2,75,049 55.60% 1 Won
1977 Sathiyandran M.S.K. 1,22,482 27.30% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National CongressAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Desiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndependentBharatiya Janta PartyPuthiya TamilagamJanata Dal (United)Muslim LeageNaam Tamilar KatchiTharasu Makkal MandaramMakkal Needhi MaiamBahujan Samaj PartySamajwadi PartyAll India Forward BlocCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)Bharatiya Praja Aikyata PartyAnaithinthiya Thamizhaga Munnetra KazhagHindu Samaj PartyTamil Nadu Makkal CongressIndian Congress (J)Janta Party (SECULAR)Pattali Makkal KatchiCommunist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red StarAll India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra KazhagamJebamani JanataBahujan Dravida PartyDesiya Forward BlocEzhuchi Tamilargal Munnetra KazhagamAhila India Dhayaga Makkal Munnetra KatchiTamil Nadu Ilangyar KatchiTamilaga Makkal Nala KatchiAll India People Development PartyLok Satta Party

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Virudhunagar
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-12
Computed
2026-09-12 23:33 UTC

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