Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu) was won by Dnv Senthilkumar. S. (DMK) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 70,753 votes over Anbumani Ramadoss. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, from 1977 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1977–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1977
Ramamurthy K.
Indian National Congress
239,908
60.3%
Ponnuswami P. (Congress (O))
105,686 (26.5 pts)
1980
Arjunan K.
DMK
209,603
55.5%
Bhuvarahan G. (Janata Party)
66,871 (17.7 pts)
1984
M. Thambi Duriai
AIADMK
333,427
63.3%
Parvathi Krishnan (Communist Party of India)
151,252 (28.7 pts)
1989
Sekhar, M. G.
AIADMK
315,921
46.5%
Elangovan, B. D. (Pattali Makkal Katchi)
113,020 (16.6 pts)
1991
Thangka Balu K.V.
Indian National Congress
322,138
51.2%
Elangovan P.D. (Pattali Makkal Katchi)
150,489 (23.9 pts)
1996
Theertharaman.P
Trinamool Congress
297,166
42.7%
Subramaniyam.M.P (Indian National Congress)
131,246 (18.8 pts)
1998
Pary Mohan K.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
341,917
55.0%
Theertharaman P. (Trinamool Congress)
99,427 (16.0 pts)
1999
Elangovan, P.D.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
340,162
47.5%
Munusamy, K.P. (AIADMK)
25,540 (3.6 pts)
2004
Senthil, Dr. R.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
397,540
56.0%
Elangovan. P. D. (Bharatiya Janata Party)
216,090 (30.4 pts)
2009
Thamaraiselvan. R
DMK
365,812
47.0%
Senthil. R. Dr. (Pattali Makkal Katchi)
135,942 (17.5 pts)
2014
Anbumani Ramadoss
Pattali Makkal Katchi
468,194
42.5%
Mohan.P.S (AIADMK)
77,146 (7.0 pts)
2019
Dnv Senthilkumar. S.
DMK
574,988
47.5%
Anbumani Ramadoss (Pattali Makkal Katchi)
70,753 (5.9 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramamurthy K.
Indian National Congress
239,908
60.3%
Ponnuswami P.
Congress (O)
134,222
33.7%
Kalianna Gounder P.
Independent
19,034
4.8%
Anganna Chettiar T.V.
Independent
4,999
1.3%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Arjunan K.
DMK
209,603
55.5%
Bhuvarahan G.
Janata Party
142,732
37.8%
Nallasamy K.
Janata Party (Secular)
13,794
3.7%
Ganesan C.
Independent
5,020
1.3%
Kandhan
Independent
2,525
0.7%
Thangaraj
Independent
2,188
0.6%
Sivaraj M.P.
Independent
1,468
0.4%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
M. Thambi Duriai
AIADMK
333,427
63.3%
Parvathi Krishnan
Communist Party of India
182,175
34.6%
P. V. Devakumarvarma
Independent
10,854
2.1%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sekhar, M. G.
AIADMK
315,921
46.5%
Elangovan, B. D.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
202,901
29.9%
Kandasamy, M.
DMK
154,220
22.7%
Nambirajan, K.
Independent
2,778
0.4%
Govindan, A.
Independent
1,672
0.2%
Padmarajan, K.
TMM
1,606
0.2%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thangka Balu K.V.
Indian National Congress
322,138
51.2%
Elangovan P.D.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
171,649
27.3%
Kandasamy M.
DMK
125,365
19.9%
Annamalai M.
TMM
3,055
0.5%
Subramani A.
Independent
2,750
0.4%
Kannappan G.
Independent
2,342
0.4%
Padmarajan K.
Independent
2,233
0.4%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Theertharaman.P
Trinamool Congress
297,166
42.7%
Subramaniyam.M.P
Indian National Congress
165,920
23.8%
Ramamurthy.K
AIIC(T)
163,484
23.5%
Krishnan.P
MDMK
28,633
4.1%
Chinnasamy.C
Independent
12,495
1.8%
Gopal. Inamurasu.A
Independent
8,283
1.2%
Arumugam P.S
Bharatiya Janata Party
6,060
0.9%
Padmarajan K
Independent
2,553
0.4%
Balasubramaniam.M
Independent
2,154
0.3%
Madavachari.D.N
Independent
2,053
0.3%
Ravi.N
Independent
2,010
0.3%
Rajendran, Kaspha
Independent
1,468
0.2%
Mathivanan.V
Independent
1,058
0.2%
Balakrishnan.P
Independent
944
0.1%
Gopalakrishnan.K.M
Independent
893
0.1%
Srirangan.N
Independent
574
0.1%
Alaguraman
Independent
570
0.1%
Selvam.A.C
Independent
378
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Pary Mohan K.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
341,917
55.0%
Theertharaman P.
Trinamool Congress
242,490
39.0%
Venkatesan P.
Independent
14,788
2.4%
Pattabiraman P.K.
UCPI
10,018
1.6%
Jayaseelan C.
Bahujan Samaj Party
5,693
0.9%
Gopal Inamurasu A.
Rashtriya Janata Dal
3,185
0.5%
Thiyagarajan N.R.
Independent
1,222
0.2%
Padmarajan Dr.K.
Independent
999
0.2%
Mahendiran D.
Independent
559
0.1%
Manickam K.
Independent
370
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elangovan, P.D.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
340,162
47.5%
Munusamy, K.P.
AIADMK
314,622
44.0%
Rajendran, M.C.
Trinamool Congress
26,681
3.7%
Appavu Chetty, V.
Independent
20,125
2.8%
Selvam, C.
TDK
12,215
1.7%
Mahendran, D.
Independent
640
0.1%
Elangovan, V.
Independent
590
0.1%
Padmarajan, Dr.K.
Independent
372
0.1%
Murugan, R.
Independent
364
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Senthil, Dr. R.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
397,540
56.0%
Elangovan. P. D.
Bharatiya Janata Party
181,450
25.6%
Munusamy (Alais) Thamilselvan. M
Janata Dal (United)
62,960
8.9%
Balasubramaniam. M
TDK
23,553
3.3%
Jaganathan. V. P
Independent
10,968
1.5%
Mahendran. D
Independent
10,370
1.5%
Kannan Kaliru
Bahujan Samaj Party
6,220
0.9%
Padmarajan. Dr. K
Independent
5,161
0.7%
Bayas Ahamed. A. J
Independent
3,085
0.4%
Murugan. R
Independent
2,844
0.4%
Ayyappan. R
Independent
2,178
0.3%
Senthil. K
Independent
1,911
0.3%
Subramani. P
Independent
1,751
0.2%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thamaraiselvan. R
DMK
365,812
47.0%
Senthil. R. Dr.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
229,870
29.5%
Elangovan. V
DMDK
103,494
13.3%
Asokan. G
KNMK
15,333
2.0%
Raja. A
Independent
10,561
1.4%
Mani. R
Independent
9,982
1.3%
Padmarajan. K. Dr.
Independent
5,571
0.7%
Purusothaman. V
Bahujan Samaj Party
5,445
0.7%
Anandkumar. K
Independent
4,589
0.6%
Murugan. G.
Independent
4,153
0.5%
Radhakrishnan. R
Independent
4,004
0.5%
Sampathkumar. R.
Independent
3,092
0.4%
Sriramachandran
Independent
2,652
0.3%
Annadurai. K
UMK
2,434
0.3%
Sivan. K
Independent
2,411
0.3%
Govindaraj. S.
Independent
1,944
0.2%
Gunasekaran. D
MMKA
1,726
0.2%
Saravanan. S.
Independent
1,553
0.2%
Karuppusamy. S
Independent
1,293
0.2%
Arivazhagan. P
Independent
1,285
0.2%
Velmurugan. P.
Independent
898
0.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Anbumani Ramadoss
Pattali Makkal Katchi
468,194
42.5%
Mohan.P.S
AIADMK
391,048
35.5%
Thamaraiselvan.R
DMK
180,297
16.4%
Rama Suganthan
Indian National Congress
15,455
1.4%
None Of The Above
Independent
12,693
1.2%
Rajinikanth.S
Bahujan Samaj Party
8,180
0.7%
Padmarajan.K.Dr
Independent
4,934
0.4%
Anguraj.P
Independent
3,905
0.4%
Savithiri.K
UMK
3,164
0.3%
Arivazhagan.P
Independent
2,802
0.3%
Kumaran.V
Independent
2,413
0.2%
Natarajan.R
Independent
2,199
0.2%
Anandkumar.K
Independent
1,978
0.2%
Arivudainambi.M
Independent
1,403
0.1%
Anbumani.G
Independent
1,370
0.1%
Sambath.M
Independent
1,310
0.1%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dnv Senthilkumar. S.
DMK
574,988
47.5%
Anbumani Ramadoss
Pattali Makkal Katchi
504,235
41.7%
Palaniappan. P.
Independent
53,655
4.4%
Rukmanidevi. R.
NTK
19,674
1.6%
Rajasekar. D.
MNM
15,614
1.3%
Dr. Elango. S.
Independent
10,830
0.9%
Annadhurai. K.
GPI
9,017
0.7%
Sivanandham. C.
Bahujan Samaj Party
6,012
0.5%
Manivasagam. C.
Independent
4,427
0.4%
Venkatachalam. C.
Independent
3,172
0.3%
Padmarajan. K. Dr.
Independent
2,862
0.2%
Sakthivel. V.
Independent
1,503
0.1%
Arivazhagan. P.
Independent
1,482
0.1%
Durai. S.
Independent
1,293
0.1%
Saravanan. S.
Independent
1,062
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Dharmapuri has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1977. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, DMK, AIADMK, Trinamool Congress, Pattali Makkal Katchi.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Dharmapuri in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Dnv Senthilkumar. S. (DMK) won Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, in 2019 with 574,988 votes (47.5%), a margin of 70,753 votes over Anbumani Ramadoss.
Which parties have won Dharmapuri since 1977?
Since 1977, Dharmapuri has been won by: AIADMK, DMK, Indian National Congress, Pattali Makkal Katchi, Trinamool Congress.
What was the closest result in Dharmapuri?
The closest result on record for Dharmapuri was 1999, when Pattali Makkal Katchi beat AIADMK by just 25,540 votes (3.6 percentage points).