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Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Ramanathapuram

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

WON 3 OF 4 contested

MDMK never finished second here
Strike rate
75%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 4 published candidatures
Best vote share56.60%in 2004
Worst vote share25.30%in 1996
Average vote share43.18% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1996
Last contested2004
Votes polled here13.87 Lacross all 4 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam vote share in Ramanathapuram, 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

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra 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, 1984, 1989, 1991, 2009, 2014, 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

4 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2004 Ravichandran, A 4,69,072 56.60% 1 Won
1999 Vaiko 3,25,829 41.20% 1 Won
1998 Vaiko 3,87,694 49.60% 1 Won
1996 Gopalsamy, Vai 2,04,339 25.30% 3 Lost · 3rd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamCommunist Party Of IndiaDravida Munetra KazhagamIndian National CongressIndian Union Muslim LeagueIndependentBharatiya Janta PartyIndian National Congress (I)Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION)Pattali Makkal KatchiJanata Dal (United)Puthiya TamilagamTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Naam Tamilar KatchiDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamJanata Pary (JP)Bahujan Samaj PartyIndian Congress (J)Makkal Needhi MaiamSocial Democratic Party Of IndiaAll India Forward BlocJharkhand PartyManithaneya Makkal KatchiDesiya Forward BlocIndian National Congress (U)Tharasu Makkal MandaramPuthiya Makkal Tamil Desam KatchiRashtriya Janata DalAll India Indira Congress (TIWARI)Jharkhand Mukti MorchaPurvanchal Janta Party (Secular)Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal KatchiPragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)Desiya Makkal Sakthi KatchiShiv SenaBahujan Dravida Party

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Ramanathapuram
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-13
Computed
2026-09-13 01:02 UTC

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