For the first time after the 1991 Lok Sabha elections, the DMK will not have its representatives in the Lower House and similarly Congress will have no nominees from Tamil Nadu after 1998.
The DMK has been part of almost all the regimes at the Centre starting from Deve Gowda's Ministry of 1996 barring a brief hiatus during 1998-99 when the AIADMK was part of the BJP-led NDA.
The party suffered worst defeats in 1989 and 1991 Lok Sabha elections and could not manage to win even a single seat. From 1962 to 1984, the DMK has always had representatives in the Lok Sabha though the number varied.
If it won 25 seats in the 1967 polls heading a front of several parties including Rajaji's Swatanthra Party, it had its low in 1984 when it could win only two seats. Now, after 1991, the DMK has failed to win even a single seat.
Ironically, dismissing both "Modi and Lady (referring to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa) wave," DMK leader Statlin had said it was his "daddy's wave," during electioneering in TN.
Similarly, the Congress, which managed to win three seats even during a wave against it in 1967, could not win a single seat in 2014 polls like the 1996 and 1998 Parliamentary elections.
Also, the CPI and CPI (M) will have no representative from Tamil Nadu after a long time. In 1999, CPI did not win a seat and CPI (M) could not win any seat in 1996. In 1991, both the Left parties could not win any seat. In 1998, while CPI managed to win a seat, CPI-M drew a blank.
