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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Vellore

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 12 contests on this seat
Record on this seat

WON 7 OF 10 contested

DMK runner-up 3 times
Strike rate
70%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 10 published candidatures
Best vote share61.70%in 1980
Worst vote share29.50%in 1991
Average vote share47.63% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2009
Votes polled here30.66 Lacross all 10 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Vellore, 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%197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142024

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: 2014, 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

10 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2009 Abdul Rahman 3,60,474 49.80% 1 Won
2004 Venugopal, D. 4,53,786 58.60% 1 Won
1999 Venugopal, D. 3,50,703 47.00% 1 Won
1998 Venugopal. D 3,22,990 46.10% 1 Won
1996 Venugopal.D 4,30,766 58.80% 1 Won
1991 Alagiri K.C. 1,97,188 29.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Alagiri, K. C. 2,41,900 35.30% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Abdul Latheef M. 1,76,372 31.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1980 Murugian S. 2,74,216 61.70% 1 Won
1977 Viswanathan C.N. 2,57,322 58.50% 1 Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National CongressDravida Munnetra KazhagamBharatiya Janta PartyIndependentPattali Makkal KatchiDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamIndian Union Muslim LeagueJanata Dal (United)Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Bahujan Samaj PartyMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNaam Tamilar KatchiBharatiya Praja Aikyata PartyJharkhand PartySamata PartyAam Aadmi PartyTharasu Makkal MandaramMakkal Manadu KatchiAll India Jutice PartyBharatha Makkal CongressSamajwadi PartyNamadhu Makkal KatchiUnited Republican Party Of IndiaKamaraj Desiya CongressGanasangam Party Of IndiaLok Jan Shakti PartyAnaithindia Dravidar Samudaya Munnetra KazhagamBharatiya Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Janta PartyAkila India Vallalar PeravaiTamil Manila Murpokku Dravida KazhagamTamil Nadu Makkal Congress

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

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