A look into the electoral results reveal that both the CPM and CPI have had a poor success rate whenever they contested elections without allying with either of the Dravidian majors. The parties’ vote share which swung between five to six per cent since 1967, dwindled to merely one per cent in 2014. They were forced to leave the AIADMK alliance during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections after they were offered only one seat each. The CPM and CPI contested in nine and eight constituencies, respectively, and together polled in nearly 4.39 lakh votes (one per cent).
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