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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Thoothukkudi

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

WON 4 OF 11 contested

DMK runner-up 7 times
Strike rate
36.4%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 11 published candidatures
Best vote share56.80%in 2019
Worst vote share26.40%in 2014
Average vote share39.89% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2019
Votes polled here28.66 Lacross all 11 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Thoothukkudi, 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: 2004, 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

11 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2019 Kanimozhi Karunanidhi 5,63,143 56.80% 1 Won
2014 Jegan. P 2,42,050 26.40% 2 Lost · 2nd
2009 Jeyadurai.S.R 3,11,017 47.40% 1 Won
1999 Geetha Jeevan, P. 2,23,481 36.60% 2 Lost · 2nd
1998 Sarath Kumar, R. 2,40,919 39.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
1996 Sivaprakasam D.S.A. 2,95,001 44.00% 1 Won
1991 Kandasamy K.P. 1,97,456 34.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 D.S.A. Sivaprakasam 2,03,309 33.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 D.S.A. Sivaprakasam 2,10,951 39.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
1980 Sivaprakasam D.S.A. 2,56,626 54.00% 1 Won
1977 Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan K.M. 1,21,869 27.40% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National CongressDravida Munnetra KazhagamBharatiya Janta PartyIndependentMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamPuthiya TamilagamDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamJanata Dal (United)Pattali Makkal KatchiTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Jharkhand PartyNaam Tamilar KatchiTharasu Makkal MandaramAll India Forward BlocM.G.R.Anna D.M.KazhagamBahujan Samaj PartyNaam Indiar PartyAam Aadmi PartyMakkal Needhi MaiamCommunist Party Of IndiaRashtriya Janata DalPragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)People's Party Of India(secular)Makkal Nalvaazhvuk KatchiTamil Telugu National PartyAanaithinthiya Jananayaka Pathukappu KazhagamPuthiya Makkal Tamil Desam KatchiUniversal Brotherhood MovementChristian Democratic Front

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

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