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Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Puducherry

State 34 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat
Record on this seat

WON 1 OF 6 contested

DMK runner-up 4 times
Strike rate
16.7%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 6 published candidatures
Best vote share41.00%in 1989
Worst vote share8.20%in 2014
Average vote share33.03% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1984
Last contested2014
Votes polled here8.08 Lacross all 6 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam vote share in Puducherry, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 50 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%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, 1980, 1999, 2004, 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

6 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2014 A.M.H. Nazeem 60,580 8.20% 4 Lost · 4th
1998 S. Arumugham 1,68,122 40.20% 1 Won
1996 S. Arumugham 1,83,702 38.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 P.K. Lognathan 1,40,313 34.90% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 N. Manimaran 1,57,250 41.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 C.P.Thirunavukkarasu 97,672 35.40% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National CongressPattali Makkal KatchiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAll India N.R. CongressIndian National Congress (I)Bharatiya Janta PartyIndian National Congress (ORGANISATION)Janta PartyIndependentJanata Dal (United)Naam Tamilar KatchiDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamJanta Party (SECULAR)Makkal Needhi MaiamTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Bahujan Samaj PartyLok Dal (BAHUGUNA)Indian Congress (SOCIALIST)Rashtriya Janata DalSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Tharasu Makkal MandaramMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamJharkhand PartyCommunist Party Of IndiaAam Aadmi PartyAjeya Bharat PartyAgila India Makkal KazhagamDoordarshi PartyPondicherry Mannila Makkal MunnaniPuducherry Development PartyBhatiya Krishi Udyog SanghUnited Republican Party Of IndiaCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION)Anti Corruption Dynamic PartyLok Jan Shakti PartyPyramid Party Of IndiaKamarajar Deseeya CongressJharkhand Mukti MorchaSamata Party

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

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