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ADAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamState partyADMK

Contested 8 general elections between 1996 and 2024, winning 75 Lok Sabha seats from 216 candidacies. 616 assembly seats won in 6 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1996
8
Elections contested
75
Seats won, all time
37
Best result (2014)
1.8%
Avg. vote share
216 candidacies fielded in total

Strongest constituencies, all time

Lok Sabha seats won most often by this party

ConstituencyStateWinsContestedLast won
THENITamil Nadu242019
KARURTamil Nadu242014
MAYILADUTHURAITamil Nadu242014
SALEMTamil Nadu242014
CHENNAI SOUTHTamil Nadu242014
POLLACHITamil Nadu242014
TIRUPPURTamil Nadu242014
GOBICHETTIPALAYAMTamil Nadu241999

In the state assemblies

616 seats across 29 assembly elections in 6 states

State / UTElectionsSeats wonBestLatestSeatsVote share
Tamil Nadu7594150in 2011202647/ 23421.21%
Puducherry7195in 201120261/ 301.08%
Karnataka731in 199920180/ 2240.00%
Kerala400in 202120210/ 1400.05%
Andhra Pradesh200in 199919990/ 2940.02%
Maharashtra200in 200920090/ 2880.01%

Assembly vote share is the share of valid votes cast in that state at that election, not a national figure — the two are not comparable and are never added together. Rows are ordered by total seats won, so a long run of modest results can outrank a single landslide.

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