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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Chennai Centra

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

WON 6 OF 11 contested

DMK runner-up 5 times
Strike rate
54.5%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 11 published candidatures
Best vote share61.50%in 2004
Worst vote share32.60%in 1991
Average vote share46.30% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1980
Last contested2019
Votes polled here35.9 Lacross all 11 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Chennai Centra, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 70 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%70%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, 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 Dayanidhi Maran 4,48,911 57.20% 1 Won
2014 Dayanidhi Maran 2,87,455 35.30% 2 Lost · 2nd
2009 Dayanidhi Maran 2,85,783 46.80% 1 Won
2004 Krishnaswamy. A 5,17,617 61.50% 1 Won
1999 Krishnaswamy, A. 3,85,558 51.80% 1 Won
1998 Nagarathinam, T 3,02,733 41.80% 2 Lost · 2nd
1996 Nagaratnam.T 4,31,919 55.40% 1 Won
1991 K. Sundaram 2,20,169 32.60% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Ganesan, K. 2,33,244 32.60% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Nagaratnam T. 2,22,994 38.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1980 Nagaratnam T. 2,53,912 56.30% 1 Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National CongressDravida Munnetra KazhagamBharatiya Janta PartyIndian National Congress (ORGANISATION)Pattali Makkal KatchiIndependentDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamMakkal Needhi MaiamTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Naam Tamilar KatchiCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION)Manithaneya Makkal KatchiMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamShoshit Samaj PartyRepublican Party Of India (A)Aam Aadmi PartyIndian National Congress (U)Jharkhand PartySocial Democratic Party Of IndiaYouth And Students PartyBahujan Samaj PartyAnti Corruption Dynamic PartyLok Dal (BAHUGUNA)Republican Party Of IndiaTipu Sultan PartyMakkal Manadu KatchiTamil Nadu Ilangyar KatchiDesiya Makkal Sakthi KatchiPyramid Party Of IndiaShiv SenaKamarajar Deseeya CongressAnaithu Makkal KatchiSamajwadi PartyAkila India Vallalar PeravaiNaadaalum Makkal KatchiTamilnadu Makkal Nalvazhvu PeriyakkamAkhil Bhartiya Kisan Mazdoor MorchaThakkam KatchiJebamani JanataChennai Youth PartyJharkhand Mukti Morcha

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Chennai Centra
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-13
Computed
2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

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