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PMPattali Makkal KatchiState partyPMK

Contested 9 general elections between 1989 and 2019, winning 16 Lok Sabha seats from 123 candidacies. 58 assembly seats won in 2 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1989
9
Elections contested
16
Seats won, all time
6
Best result (2004)
0.4%
Avg. vote share
123 candidacies fielded in total
OverviewElection HistoryState-wise Performance
Latest (2019)
0
7 contested · 0.37% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
13.0%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

02357198919911996199819992004200920142019PMK

Results Overview

123CONTESTS
  • Won16 (13%)
  • Lost107 (87%)

National vote share

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

0%0%0%1%1%198919911996199819992004200920142019PMK 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 6 seats in 2004, on 0.56% of the national vote.
  • At the 2019 election it contested 7 seats and won 0, a 0% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is CHIDAMBARAM, Tamil Nadu, won 3 times, most recently in 2004.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 2 states, with 58 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 9 general elections the party has polled 1.56 cr votes and lost 76 deposits. It has won 58 assembly seats across 16 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/pmk.