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DMDravida Munnetra KazhagamState partyDMK

Contested 16 general elections between 1962 and 2024, winning 190 Lok Sabha seats from 367 candidacies. 1,324 assembly seats won in 7 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1962
16
Elections contested
190
Seats won, all time
25
Best result (1967)
2.2%
Avg. vote share
367 candidacies fielded in total
OverviewElection HistoryState-wise Performance
Latest (2024)
22
22 contested · 1.82% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
51.8%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

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Results Overview

367CONTESTS
  • Won190 (52%)
  • Lost177 (48%)

National vote share

Share of all valid votes cast in India, not of seats contested

0%1%2%3%4%1962196719711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024DMK vote share

A regional party fighting 40 seats out of 543 is capped at a low national share however well it does. Read this line against the seats chart above, not on its own.

Key highlights

  • Best-ever result was 25 seats in 1967, on 3.79% of the national vote.
  • At the 2024 election it contested 22 seats and won 22, a 100% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is MADRAS NORTH, Tamil Nadu, won 7 times, most recently in 2004.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 7 states, with 1,324 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 16 general elections the party has polled 10.9 cr votes and lost 5 deposits. It has won 1,324 assembly seats across 34 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/dmk.