DMDKDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
State-level report card across all 10 contests DMDK fielded in the Tamil Nadu 2026 Assembly Election — seats, margins, districts, and head-to-head against every rival party.
- Token survival, not revival — 1 win, 9 losses, no forfeited deposits, but average winning margin of just +1%.
- Competes only on alliance scaffolding — average loss of -15% against a 26% in-seat vote share signals dependence, not pull.
- Brand survives, standalone threat does not — lost to TVK in 5 of 10 contests.
Drafted 2026-05-13 · refreshed when the underlying metrics change.
Held a foothold — 1 of 10 contested, 1.20% of statewide vote, mostly in pockets where the party concentrates resources.
Margin distribution
margin as % of valid votes in AC · 10 contestsState pulse
extremes across every contested ACDistrict scorecard
present in 9 of 38 districts| District | W / C | Share | Best seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuddalore | 1 / 1 | 33.1% | VRIDDHACHALAM |
| Virudhunagar | 0 / 1 | 32.3% | VIRUDHUNAGAR |
| Tiruvannamalai | 0 / 1 | 32.0% | POLUR |
| Vellore | 0 / 1 | 31.8% | GUDIYATTAM |
| Chengalpattu | 0 / 1 | 27.8% | PALLAVARAM |
| District | W / C | Share | Best seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem | 0 / 2 | 17.5% | OMALUR |
| Thiruvallur | 0 / 1 | 23.0% | TIRUTTANI |
| Dharmapuri | 0 / 1 | 23.9% | DHARMAPURI |
| Villupuram | 0 / 1 | 24.4% | MAILAM |
| Chengalpattu | 0 / 1 | 27.8% | PALLAVARAM |
Head-to-head
who they fought across the stateBooth-level extremes
2,382 booths analysed →DMDK contested 10 of 234 seats in TN 2026 inside the SPA alliance — the state-level reflection of the INC-led UPA / INDIA bloc. Across 2,382 polling stations with 200+ valid votes, four numbers stand out.
466 of 506 voters chose DMDK at Booth 155 in Gudiyattam — the party’s tightest lock-in anywhere. Gudiyattam emerged as a DMDK-anchor constituency inside the SPA seat-share, with multiple booths above 85% share marking it as a near-fortress seat.
DMDK held this booth by a single vote with 33.2% share. Gudiyattam carries both DMDK’s deepest fortress and its tightest win — the constituency is the load-bearing seat in the party’s 10-seat footprint.
DMDK averages 31.9% across Gudiyattam, but at Booth 155 it took 92.1% — a 60-point local jump, the steepest surge in the DMDK profile. The Gudiyattam cluster repeats this pattern across multiple booths, indicating a near-organised base inside the seat.
DMDK produced 21 booths above 80% share inside its 10 contested seats. With zero wipeouts and 53 hot pockets, the SPA transfer landed cleanly — DMDK absorbed the alliance vote wherever it was the SPA candidate, and the result shows in concentrated booth-scale depth.
≥200 valid votes per booth · ECI Form 20
Every DMDK candidate (10)
filter · sort columns · click any row to drill into the AC| AC | Candidate | Votes | Margin ▼ | Status | Age | Net worth | Crim | Drill down |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC 152 VRIDDHACHALAM Cuddalore |  PREMALLATHA VIJAYAKANT rank #1 | 69,351 | +1.1%+2,387 | won | 60 | Rs 36.77 Cr | 9 | |
| AC 66 POLUR Tiruvannamalai |  SARAVANAN. P rank #2 | 67,734 | -0.1%227 | lost | 51 | Rs 1.79 Cr | 1 | |
| AC 46 GUDIYATTAM Vellore |  K.B.PRADAP rank #2 | 72,761 | -4.4%10,097 | lost | 46 | Rs 1.04 Cr | 2 | |
| AC 206 VIRUDHUNAGAR Virudhunagar |  VIJAYAPRABHAKAR rank #2 | 54,262 | -5.6%9,391 | lost | 35 | Rs -12.86 Cr | 0 | |
| AC 3 TIRUTTANI Thiruvallur |  D.KRISHNAMURTHY rank #3 | 54,863 | -14.4%34,306 | lost | 63 | Rs 2.91 Cr | 2 | |
| AC 59 DHARMAPURI Dharmapuri |  DR. ELANGOVAN. V. rank #3 | 56,905 | -15.4%36,808 | lost | 76 | Rs 3.95 Cr | 0 | |
| AC 71 MAILAM Villupuram |  VENKATESAN L rank #3 | 46,267 | -19.1%36,086 | lost | 58 | Rs 12.93 Cr | 0 | |
| AC 30 PALLAVARAM Chengalpattu |  D.MURUGESAN rank #2 | 78,918 | -19.3%54,693 | lost | 62 | Rs 1.19 Cr | 0 | |
| AC 84 OMALUR Salem |  ELANGOVAN. A.R rank #3 | 46,917 | -24.1%65,329 | lost | 59 | Rs 2.93 Cr | 0 | |
| AC 88 SALEM WEST Salem |  ALAGAAPURAM. R. MOHANRAJ rank #3 | 41,522 | -33.6%78,885 | lost | 72 | Rs 10.65 Cr | 1 |