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
Election by election
Lok Sabha
| Election | Won | Contested | Strike rate | Votes | Vote share | Deposits lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 47.2% | 1,17,54,710 | 1.82% | 0 |
| 2019 | 24 | 24 | 54.1% | 1,43,63,332 | 2.34% | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 35 | 26.8% | 96,31,246 | 1.74% | 3 |
| 2009 | 18 | 22 | 44.9% | 76,25,397 | 1.83% | 0 |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | 58.2% | 70,64,393 | 1.81% | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 19 | 47.6% | 62,98,832 | 1.73% | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 18 | 43.6% | 53,08,388 | 1.44% | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 18 | 56.2% | 71,51,381 | 2.14% | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 30 | 30.3% | 57,41,910 | 2.06% | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 32 | 33.4% | 71,96,099 | 2.39% | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 28 | 37.4% | 56,95,179 | 2.28% | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 16 | 55.2% | 42,36,537 | 2.14% | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 19 | 38.6% | 33,23,320 | 1.76% | 0 |
| 1971 | 23 | 24 | 55.9% | 56,22,758 | 3.83% | 0 |
| 1967 | 25 | 26 | 55.5% | 55,29,405 | 3.79% | 1 |
| 1962 | 7 | 18 | 41.7% | 23,15,610 | 2.01% | 1 |