2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Last updated October 04, 2025 Election to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Turnout 70.56% ( Partywise results by constituency Alliance wise results by constituency
The thirteenth legislative assembly election , of Tamil Nadu was held on 8 May 2006. It was held for all 234 constituencies to elect the government in the state for the following five years. The votes were counted three days later on 11 May 2006 and all the results were out by the end of the day. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam -led (DMK) front won the elections, with the DMK emerging as the single-largest party with 96 seats, and its leader, M Karunanidhi was sworn in as Chief Minister for a fifth and final term. This election marked the first time the state saw a hung assembly with no party gaining a majority of its own. As a result, DMK formed a minority government with its allies, which is the first in the state since the 1952 election. 13th Assembly was instituted due to this election.
The election marked the electoral debut of the actor Vijayakanth and his political outfit, the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK). Though the party could only gain a single seat, it cut into the vote share of both DMK and AIADMK and emerged as a third alternative to the existing two Dravidian parties.
Schedule Event Date Date for Nominations 13 April 2006 Last Date for filing Nominations 20 April 2006 Date for scrutiny of nominations 21 April 2006 Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 24 April 2006 Date of poll 8 May 2006 Date of counting 11 May 2006
Polling 48848 polling stations were set up for electorate, that sized up to 46,607 eligible voters.
Political parties and the alliances Tamil Nadu has a remarkable history of being dominated by the local parties, DMK or AIADMK, while the national parties have a strong presence in other states. The parties have resorted to forming alliances in the last few elections to take on each sides for power.
Striking changes in the alliances included the swap of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) from DMK led Democratic Progressive Alliance to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) led Democratic People Alliance. While Dalit Panthers of India joined the AIADMK alliance, all other major parties in the fray such as Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Indian National Congress , CPM and Communist Party of India (CPI), aligned themselves with the DMK party.
There were two notable new parties — Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) formed in September 2005 by actor -turned-politician Vijaykanth , and Lok Paritran formed by Indian Institutes of Technology graduates in February 2006. Both contested alone in this elections.
The contest was between two major alliances in a seat-sharing agreement, the AIADMK alliance and the DMK alliance. These archrivals had a face-off in 106 seats.
Exit Polls [ 1] predicted a 157-167 seats in favour of the DMK alliance, while the AIADMK alliance was expected to get 64-74 seats in the assembly.
Before the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections , the Pattali Makkal Katchi left the DMK, citing differences with its leader M. Karunanidhi , and joined the AIADMK, and the Third Front .
Seat allotments Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Source: Junior Vikatan
The two seats that DMDK contested in Ring symbol instead of nagara .
Bharatiya Janata Party Source: Junior Vikatan
List of Candidates Constituency DMK+ AIADMK+ DMDK NDA 1 Royapuram DMK Sarkunapandian, S P. AIADMK D. Jayakumar DMDK Royapuram V Babu BJP Vasanthakumar, A. 2 Harbour DMK K. Anbazhagan MDMK Seema Basheer, H. DMDK Chandra Prakasam, C. BJP Kantilal, C. 3 Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar INC Manohar, R. AIADMK P. K. Sekar Babu DMDK Mohamed Jan, P. BJP Panneer Selvam, V. 4 Park Town DMK Rahmankhan, A. AIADMK Srinivasan, K. DMDK Balasubramanian, K. BJP Velusamy, V. 5 Perambur (SC) CPI(M) Mahendran, K. MDMK Manimaran, P. DMDK Lingam, J. BJP Thirumurthy, P.M. 6 Purasawalkam DMK Babu, V.S. AIADMK Venkateshbabu DMDK Jacquelene Gomez BJP Rajkumar, J. 7 Egmore (SC) DMK Parithi Ellamvazhuthi MDMK Sathya, C.E. DMDK Ethiraj, V. BJP Anandan, K. 8 Anna Nagar DMK Arcot Veerasamy MDMK Vijaya Thayanban DMDK Senthamarai Kannan, K. BJP Natesan, N. 9 Theagaraya Nagar DMK Anbazhagan, J. AIADMK Kalairajan, V.P. DMDK Pandian, T. BJP Mahendran, T. 10 Thousand Lights DMK Stalin, M.K. AIADMK Adhirajaram DMDK Thalapathy, M. BJP Thiyagarajan, S. 11 Chepauk DMK Karunanidhi, M. Ind. Dawoon Miakhan DMDK Narayanasamy, B. BJP Rajasekaran, M. 12 Triplicane DMK Naganathan, M. AIADMK Bader Sayeed DMDK Shivakumar, K. BJP Thiyagarajan, D. 13 Mylapore DMK Napoleon, D. AIADMK Shekher, S.Ve. DMDK Rajan, V.N. 14 Saidapet PMK Baskaran, C.R. AIADMK Senthamizhan, G. DMDK Venugopal, R. BJP Muthusamy, P. 15 Gummidipundi PMK Durai, Jeyavelu AIADMK Vijayakumar, K.S. DMDK Sekar, C.H. BJP Murugesan, R. 16 Ponneri (SC) DMK Anbuvanan, V. AIADMK Balaramanan, P. DMDK Angamuthu, S. BJP Jeevanandham, R. 17 Thiruvottiyur DMK Samy, K.P.P. AIADMK Moorthy, V. DMDK Murugan, S. BJP Mohan, P.K. 18 Villivakkam DMK Ranganathan, B. AIADMK Kalan, G. DMDK Velmurugan, G. BJP Aravind, V. 19 Alandur DMK Anbarasan, T.M. AIADMK Valarmathi, B. DMDK Vijayakumar, R. BJP Thillaikkarasi Ponnusamy, S. 20 Tambaram DMK Raja, S.R. MDMK Somu, K. DMDK Dharma, K. BJP Shanmugam, K.M. 21 Tirupporur (SC) PMK Moorthy, D. AIADMK Dhanapal, M. DMDK Kannappan, K. BJP Shanmugam, K. 22 Chengalpattu PMK Arumugam, K. AIADMK Arumugam, S. DMDK Manjula, S. BJP Kumaran, B. 23 Maduranthakam INC Ghayathri Devi, K. AIADMK Appadurai, K. DMDK Gajendran, D. BJP Dharuman, M.R. 24 Acharapakkam (SC) DMK Sankara Valli @ Sankari Narayanan AIADMK Saraswathi, M. DMDK Kanthagurunathan, S. BJP Ramamurthy, K.P. 25 Uthiramerur DMK Sundar, K. AIADMK Somasundaram, V. DMDK Murugesan, D. BJP Raju, N.C. 26 Kancheepuram PMK Kamalambal, P. AIADMK Mythili, T. DMDK Eagambaram, S. BJP Kuppusamy, V. 27 Sriperumbudur (SC) INC Yasodha, D VCK Balakrishnan, K DMDK Palani, C BJP Mohanasundaram.T 28 Poonamallee INC Sudarsanam.D MDMK Senguttuvan.R DMDK Chandrasekar. G BJP Srirangan Alias Srirangan Prakash 29 Tiruvallur DMK Shivaji. E.A.P AIADMK Ramana.B DMDK Parathasarathi.B BJP Ramalingam.M.S 30 Tiruttani PMK Eraviraj.G AIADMK Hari.G DMDK Sekar.R BJP Logandurai P 31 Pallipet INC Raman. E.S.S AIADMK Narasimhan.P.M DMDK Nethaji. V BJP Mathiarasan M. 32 Arkonam (SC) DMK Jaganmoorthy.M AIADMK Ravi.S DMDK Usha Rani.R BJP Selvakumar.R M 33 Sholinghur INC Arul Anbarasu,D AIADMK Gopal,C DMDK Prabakaran, C.D BJP Kathamuthu, Kl 34 Ranipet DMK Gandhi,R AIADMK Thamizharasan.R DMDK Paari, N BJP Parvathi N. 35 Arcot PMK Elavazhagan.K.L AIADMK Chandran.V.R DMDK Velu.V.B BJP Madappan K 36 Katpadi DMK Duraimurugan AIADMK Narayanan.B DMDK Radhakrishanan.S BJP Sudalai Madan.R. 37 Gudiyatham CPI(M) Latha.G AIADMK Palani.J.K.N DMDK Sudhish.L.K BJP Chandra Kumar.T 38 Pernambut (SC) DMK Chinnasamy.A AIADMK Chandra Settu.S DMDK Kandappan.H BJP Jeganathan.P. 39 Vaniyambadi DMK Abdul Basith.H AIADMK Mohamed Ali.K DMDK Anwar - Ul - Haquy.K BJP Swaminaathan.S.R 40 Natrampalli DMK Sooriyakumar.N.K.R AIADMK Subramani.K.G DMDK Fayas Basha.A BJP Pushparaj.P 41 Tiruppattur PMK Raja.T.K MDMK Azhagiri.K.C DMDK Senthilkumar.B.S BJP Sekar.K 42 Chengam (SC) INC Polur Varadhan M VCK Sakthivel P DMDK Suresh T BJP Siranjeevulu.P 43 Thandirambattu DMK Velu E.V AIADMK Ramachandran S DMDK Mohammad M BJP Karunanidhi.Pon 44 Tiruvannamalai DMK Pitchandi K AIADMK Pavan Kumar V DMDK Kumaran S BJP Karthikeyan.M.K. 45 Kalasapakkam PMK Kalodoss R AIADMK Krishnamurthy-Agri S.S DMDK Sankar L BJP Annadurai .N 46 Polur INC Vijayakumar P.S AIADMK Vediyappan T DMDK Purushothaman S C BJP Deivendran.M 47 Anaicut PMK Varalakshmi. M AIADMK Pandurangan. K DMDK Venkatsan. M BJP Muthukumaran M 48 Vellore INC Gnanasekaran.C MDMK Subramani.N DMDK Rajenderan.A BJP Sivakumar.K.M 49 Arni DMK Sivanandam. R AIADMK Santhanan. A DMDK Ramesh. D. BJP Sivakumar, G 50 Cheyyar INC Vishnupresad M K AIADMK Pavai R DMDK Subamangalam D BJP Arumuganainar.P. 51 Vandavasi (SC) DMK Jayaraman S P AIADMK Chakkrapani.M DMDK Shivashanmugam N BJP Vasudevan.R 52 Peranamallur PMK Edirolimanian G AIADMK Anbalagan A K S DMDK Gopinathan A BJP Ramalingam. V 53 Melmalayanur PMK Senthamizhselvan.P AIADMK Tamilmozhi Rajadathan.(Tmt).R DMDK Chandira Dass.C BJP Kumar, V.C. 54 Gingee DMK Kannan.V MDMK Masilamani. Dr.R DMDK Rajendran.D BJP Thamizhisai 55 Tindivanam PMK Karunanithi. M AIADMK Shanmugam. C.Ve. DMDK Lakshmanan. K BJP Suriyamoorthi.S 56 Vanur (SC) PMK Soundararajan.N. AIADMK Ganapathy.N. DMDK Raja.K. BJP Chella Durai Pandian.E 57 Kandamangalam (SC) DMK Pushparaj. S AIADMK Subramaniyan. V DMDK Rajachandra Sekar.P. BJP Vetrivel.R. 58 Villupuram DMK Ponmudy.K AIADMK Pasupathy.R DMDK Duraisamy.D BJP Vijayan.C 59 Mugaiyur PMK Kaliyavarathan.V.A.T VCK Sinthanaiselvan DMDK Vengatesan.L BJP Rameshkumar.D 60 Thirunavalur DMK Veerapandian.V.S. AIADMK Kumaraguru. R DMDK Udhayakumar. M.S. BJP Sekar Nayakar. I.M 61 Ulundurpet (SC) DMK Thirunavukarasu.K VCK Vijayaraghavan. E DMDK Shanmugam. C BJP Ravichandiran.M 62 Nellikuppam DMK Rajendran.Saba. MDMK Sabapathi Mohan.R.T DMDK Sivakolunthu.P BJP Raman . NK 63 Cuddalore DMK Iyappan.G. AIADMK Kumar.G. DMDK Jayakumar.G.V. BJP Chellammal P 64 Panruti PMK Velmurugan.T. AIADMK Rajendiran.R. DMDK Ramachandran.S BJP Velayutham.C 65 Kurinjipadi DMK Panneerselvam.M.R.K. MDMK Ramalingam.N. DMDK Sundaramoorthy.R. BJP Ponvaratharajan, M 66 Bhuvanagiri PMK Devadass.K. AIADMK Selvi Ramajayam DMDK Shafiuddin.S. BJP Vasudevan.P 67 Kattumannarkoil (SC) INC Vallalperuman.P. VCK Ravikumar.D. DMDK Umanath.R. BJP Jayakumar.K.P.J. 68 Chidambaram CPI(M) Balakrishnan.K. AIADMK Arunmozhidevan.A. DMDK Rajamannan.P BJP Santhanakumar.A 69 Vridhachalam PMK Govindasamy.R. AIADMK Kasinathan.R. DMDK Vijayakanth.A. BJP Raju.L 70 Mangalore (SC) DMK Ganesan.V. VCK Selvam.K DMDK Mahadevan.D BJP Palanisamy.V 71 Rishivandiam INC Sivaraj. S AIADMK Athinarayanan. L DMDK Govindan. T.K. BJP Sugumaran.J 72 Chinnasalem DMK Udhayasooriya. T AIADMK Mohan. P DMDK Subbarayalu. R BJP Sollalagan.R .Nellai 73 Sankarapuram DMK Angaiyarkanni. A (Selvi) AIADMK Sanniyasi. P DMDK Chezhiyan. R BJP Hande, H.V. 74 Hosur INC Gopinath.K AIADMK Sampangiramaiah.V DMDK Chandiran.V BJP Vaithialingam, V. 75 Thalli CPI Nagaraja Reddy P JD(S) Gowda N.S.M. DMDK Hari V BJP Narentheran.R. 76 Kaveripattinam PMK Meganathan T A AIADMK Munusamy K P DMDK Chinnaraj K R BJP Shivalingam, M. 77 Krishnagiri DMK Senguttuvan T AIADMK Govindaraj V DMDK Govindaraj R BJP Saravanasundaram.D. 78 Bargur DMK Vetriselvan V AIADMK Thambidurai M DMDK Govindaraj K.V. BJP Sivakumar.P. 79 Harur (SC) CPI(M) Dillibabu.P VCK Govindasamy. K DMDK Arjunan.P BJP Gnanapandithan.P 80 Morappur DMK Mullaivendhan.V AIADMK Singaram.K DMDK Saravanan.S 81 Palacode PMK Mannan. K AIADMK Anbalagan K.P DMDK Vijayashankar. P BJP Palanisamy K.A.P 82 Dharmapuri PMK Velusamy. L MDMK Sampath V.S DMDK Bhaskar. A BJP Sujith Kumar.G 83 Pennagaram DMK Periannan.P.N AIADMK Vetrivel.S.R DMDK Dhandapani.P BJP Raja, H 84 Mettur PMK Mani G K AIADMK Kandasamy K DMDK Dhandapany S BJP Sivaraman ,V.R 85 Taramangalam PMK Kannan P MDMK Thamarai Kannan K.S.V DMDK Suresh C J BJP Raghavan, K.T 86 Omalur PMK Tamizharasu.A AIADMK Krishnan.C DMDK Kamalakkannan.S BJP Dhanagopal.P.T 87 Yercaud (St) DMK Tamilselvan C AIADMK Alamelu J DMDK Ramakrishnan V BJP Prem Ananth, K.P. 88 Salem-I INC Suresh. M.R. AIADMK Ravichandran. L. DMDK Dhanasekar. S.J. BJP Ravisundaram.S 89 Salem-II DMK Arumugam S AIADMK Sureshkumar R DMDK Gnanasekaran K V BJP Sukumar.V 90 Veerapandi DMK Rajendran A AIADMK Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy P DMDK Salem Govindaraj S BJP Raja Sundaram. B 91 Panamarthupatty DMK Rajendran R AIADMK Elangovan R DMDK Suresh Babu K BJP Sriram, N 92 Attur INC Sundaram M R AIADMK Murugesan A K DMDK Elangovan A R BJP Panneerselvam.R 93 Talavasal (SC) DMK Chinnadurai K AIADMK Elangovan P DMDK Geetha K BJP Rajenderan.M.S 94 Rasipuram DMK Ramaswamy.K.P AIADMK Sundaram.P.R. DMDK Rajagounder.R BJP Parathasarathy.G 95 Sendamangalam (St) DMK Ponnusamy.K AIADMK Chandran.P DMDK Santhi (Tmt).R BJP Chinnaraj.M. 96 Namakkal (SC) INC Jayakumar.K AIADMK Saradha(Tmt).R DMDK Amudha (Tmt).P BJP Shivashanmugam .P. 97 Kapilamalai PMK Nedunchezhian.K MDMK Guruswamy.T.N DMDK Selvi.K BJP Pitchaiammal.P 98 Tiruchengode DMK Gandhiselvan.S AIADMK Thanngamani.P DMDK Pongiyannan.S BJP Godhandaraman.R 99 Sankari (SC) DMK Duraisamy.V.P AIADMK Shanthamani.S DMDK Easwaran.R BJP Suresh.V.R 100 Edapadi PMK Kaveri V AIADMK Palaniswami K DMDK Rajendran AK BJP Pechimuthu @ Arunachalasamy 101 Mettupalayam DMK Arunkumar.B AIADMK Chinnaraj.O.K DMDK Saraswathi.V. BJP Thangavel.M. 102 Avanashi (SC) CPI Arumugam.M. AIADMK Prema.R. DMDK Anandharaj.M. BJP Kalayanaraman. K 103 Thondamuthur INC Balasubramoniyan.S.R. MDMK Kannappan.M. DMDK Dennis Kovil Pillai.E. BJP Sivanesan, R.N. 104 Singanallur CPI(M) Soundararajan.A AIADMK Chinnaswamy.R. DMDK Ponnusamy.M. BJP Velusamy, N. 105 Coimbatore West INC Maheswari.A.S. AIADMK Malaravan.T. DMDK Akbar.A.S. 106 Coimbatore East DMK Pongalur Palanisamy.N. AIADMK Gopalakrishnan.V. DMDK Mary.G. BJP Subramani E 107 Perur DMK Rukumani.N. AIADMK Velumani.S.P. DMDK Rajasekar.S. BJP Arulselvan.M 108 Kinathukkadavu DMK Kandasamy.K.V. AIADMK Damodaran.S. DMDK Latharani.C.B. BJP Uthrakumar.P. 109 Pollachi DMK Shanthi Devi D. AIADMK Pollachi Jayaraman .V. DMDK Meenakshi Sundaram.S. BJP Santhakumar.K 110 Valparai (SC) INC Kovaithangam.N. VCK Kalaiyarasan Susi.S. DMDK Murugaraj.S. BJP Sivasubramanian A 111 Udumalpet DMK Veluchamy.C. AIADMK Shanmugavelu.C. DMDK Gnanasambandham.G.R. BJP Devi.K. 112 Dharapuram (SC) DMK Prabavathi.P AIADMK Ranganayahi.M. DMDK Jyothipaandiyan.K.N.K BJP Rajamani.Velu 113 Vellakoil DMK Saminathan.M.P MDMK Ganeshamurthi.A DMDK Jaganathan.P BJP Subramanian B 114 Pongalur DMK Mani.S. AIADMK Damodaran.P.V DMDK Ramesh.C. BJP Manoharan.N 115 Palladam DMK Ponmudi.S.S AIADMK Velusamy.S.M. DMDK Subramaniam.G. BJP Paulraj.P.M 116 Tiruppur CPI(M) Govindasamy.C MDMK Duraisamy.S DMDK Palanisamy.K BJP Dr. Ganesan .A 117 Kangayam INC Sekar.S AIADMK Palaniswami.N.M.S DMDK Kumarasamy.P BJP Santhi.E. 118 Modakurichi INC Palanisami.R.M AIADMK Namachivayam.V.P DMDK Victoria.B 119 Perundurai CPI Periyasamy.N AIADMK Ponnudurai.C DMDK Ravichandran.M BJP Elangeswaran G 120 Erode DMK Raaja.Nkk.P AIADMK Sivakumar.E.R DMDK Chandhirakumar.V.C BJP Devadhas.L 121 Bhavani PMK K V Ramanathan AIADMK Karuppanan.K.C DMDK Gopal.P BJP Muthukumar, B 122 Andhiyur (SC) DMK Gurusamy.S AIADMK Subramaniam.M DMDK Jagadeeswaran.P BJP Munavaribegum S 123 Gobichettipalayam DMK V.Manimaran.G.V AIADMK Sengottaiyan.K.A DMDK Natarajan.G.S BJP Thirumalai R. 124 Bhavanisagar DMK Subramaniam.O AIADMK Sindu Ravichandaran DMDK Subramanian.K BJP Gandhi.M.R 125 Sathyamangalam DMK Dharmalingam.L.P MDMK Subramaniam.T.K DMDK Manoharan.D. BJP Karuppusamy.P 126 Coonoor (SC) DMK Soundarapandian,A AIADMK Selvaraj,M DMDK Chidambaram, V BJP Muktha V. Srinivasan 127 Ootacamund INC Gopalan.B AIADMK Dorai,K.N DMDK Benjamin Jacob.J BJP Karthikeyan.S 128 Gudalur DMK Ramachandhiran,K AIADMK Millar,A DMDK Krishnamurthy, L BJP Ragunathan .V.K. 129 Palani (SC) DMK Anbalakan.M AIADMK Prema.S DMDK Sundaram P.K BJP Narasaiah.L 130 Oddanchatram DMK Sakkarapani.R AIADMK Nallasamy.K.P DMDK Balasubramani.S BJP Ambethkar.P 131 Periyakulam DMK Mookaiah.L AIADMK Panneer Selvam.O DMDK Abdul Kather.M BJP Muralidharan K.V. 132 Theni INC Dr. Rajkumar, N.R.T AIADMK Ganesan Rd DMDK Murugesan P BJP Kumar T. @ Kumar.B.T 133 Bodinayakkanur DMK Lakshmanan S AIADMK Parthipan R DMDK Atchayakannan A BJP Somasundaram.G 134 Cumbum DMK Selvendran P MDMK Eramakrishnan N DMDK Jeganath.A BJP Annadurai A 135 Andipatti DMK Seeman M AIADMK Jayalalithaa J DMDK Chandran V S BJP Elumalai, V. 136 Sedapatti DMK Thalapathi.G AIADMK Durairaj.C DMDK Samundeeswari.A BJP Venkatsamy.B 137 Thirumangalam DMK Velusamy.V MDMK Elavarasan.Veera DMDK Dhanapandiyan.T BJP Ganesan.K 138 Usilampatti DMK Kathiravan.P.V AIADMK Mahendran.I DMDK Raja.A.K.T. BJP Shanmugaraj.K. 139 Nilakottai (SC) INC Senthilvel.K AIADMK Thenmozhi .S. DMDK Ravichandran.M BJP Kalaiselvi.K 140 Sholavandan DMK Moorthy.P AIADMK Santhanan.L DMDK Rajendran.P BJP Kannan.(Dr).C 141 Tirupparankundram CPI(M) Venkatesan.S AIADMK Bose.A.K DMDK Rajamanickam.G BJP Jayaraj.V.P 142 Madurai West INC Perumal N AIADMK Shanmugam S V DMDK Manimaran.Dr.S BJP Sivakumar.S.N.R 143 Madurai Central DMK Palanivelrajan.T AIADMK Jakkaiyan.S.T.K DMDK Sundarajan.R BJP Ranganathan, K. 144 Madurai East CPI(M) Nanmaran.N MDMK Boominathan.M DMDK Dhamodharan.A 145 Samayanallur (SC) DMK Tamilarasi.R AIADMK Lakshmi.P DMDK Baskaran.K BJP Thirumalai Balaji.T.A 146 Melur INC Ravichandran.K.V.V AIADMK Samy.R DMDK Rajaram.C.T BJP Ravi Arunan.K 147 Natham DMK Andiambalam. M.A AIADMK Viswanathan.R DMDK Ganeshan.V BJP Rajasekar K 148 Dindigul CPI(M) Balabarathi.K MDMK Selvaragavan.N. DMDK Karthikeyan.G BJP Muthuramalingam.V. 149 Athoor DMK Periasamy.I AIADMK Sreenivasan.C DMDK Rajesh Perumal. P BJP Udhaya Kumar.T 150 Vedasandur INC Dhandapani. M AIADMK Palanichamy.S DMDK Venkatachalam.S BJP R. Boopathi 151 Aravakurichi DMK Khaleelur Rahman.M.A. MDMK Monjanur Ramasamy.P. DMDK Basheer Mohamed.A. BJP Surendran.S 152 Karur DMK Vasuki Murugesan AIADMK Senthil Balaji V DMDK Ravi.A. BJP Thiruppathi V 153 Krishnarayapuram (SC) DMK Kamaraj. P AIADMK Sasikala.R DMDK Murugan, D BJP Manoharan.K. 154 Marungapuri DMK Rokkaiah.A AIADMK Chinnasamy.C DMDK Jamal Mohamed.M. BJP Jayakumar.S 155 Kulithalai DMK Manickam.R AIADMK Papasundaram.A DMDK Viswanathan.M BJP Periasamy.D 156 Thottiam INC Rajasekharan M. MDMK Natarajan R. DMDK Manoharan P. BJP Chinnappan @ Rajendran 157 Uppiliapuram (ST) DMK Rani R. AIADMK Muthusamy P. DMDK Mookan M BJP Muthuramalingam.D 158 Musiri DMK Selvaraj N AIADMK Poonachi T P DMDK Rajalingam M. BJP Chellapandi. M. 159 Lalgudi DMK Soundara Pandian A. AIADMK Rajaram T. DMDK Ramu S BJP Murugesan,D 160 Perambalur (SC) DMK Rajkumar.M AIADMK Sundaram.M DMDK Manimegalai.P BJP Anbarasan (Alias) Anbu,D 151 Aravakurichi DMK Khaleelur Rahman.M.A. MDMK Monjanur Ramasamy.P. DMDK Basheer Mohamed.A. BJP Surendran.S 152 Karur DMK Vasuki Murugesan AIADMK Senthil Balaji V DMDK Ravi.A. BJP Thiruppathi V 153 Krishnarayapuram (SC) DMK Kamaraj.P AIADMK Sasikala.R DMDK Murugan.D BJP Manoharan.K. 154 Marungapuri DMK Rokkaiah.A AIADMK Chinnasamy.C DMDK Jamal Mohamed.M. BJP Jayakumar.S 155 Kulithalai DMK Manickam.R AIADMK Papasundaram.A DMDK Viswanathan.M BJP Periasamy.D 156 Thottiam INC Rajasekharan M. MDMK Natarajan R. DMDK Manoharan P. BJP Chinnappan @ Rajendran 157 Uppiliapuram (ST) DMK Rani R. AIADMK Muthusamy P. DMDK Mookan M BJP Muthuramalingam.D 158 Musiri DMK Selvaraj N AIADMK Poonachi T.P DMDK Rajalingam M. BJP Chellapandi.M. 159 Lalgudi DMK Soundara Pandian A. AIADMK Rajaram T. DMDK Ramu S BJP Murugesan.D 160 Perambalur (SC) DMK Rajkumar.M AIADMK Sundaram.M DMDK Manimegalai.P BJP Anbarasan (Alias) Anbu.D 161 Varahur (SC) PMK Gopalakrishnan.K AIADMK Chanthirakasi.M DMDK Ganapathi.M BJP Narayana Gandhi @ Gandhi G 162 Ariyalur INC Amaramoorthy.D AIADMK Ravichandran.M DMDK Jayavel.Rama BJP Anandhan P.T 163 Andimadam DMK Sivasankar.S.S AIADMK Pannersevam.K DMDK Pannerseevam.M BJP Mookkaiyan.V 164 Jayankondam PMK Guru @ Gurunathan.J AIADMK Rajendran.K DMDK Johnson.M BJP Saravanan S 165 Srirangam INC Jerome Arokiaraj G. AIADMK Paranjothi M. DMDK Ramesh A BJP Sundaramoorthy.M 166 Tiruchirapalli-I DMK Anbil Periasamy MDMK Malarmannan A. DMDK Uma P. BJP Paramasivam.D. 167 Tiruchirapalli-II DMK Nehru K.N. AIADMK Mariyampitchai N. DMDK Sendhureswaran A.D. BJP Palanisamy.N 168 Thiruverambur DMK Sekaran K.N. AIADMK Sridhar Vandayar DMDK Thangamani K. BJP Shivashanmukam.D 169 Sirkali (SC) DMK Pannersevam.M VCK Durairajan.P DMDK Balakrishnan.Pon BJP Kumaravelu.K.S 170 Poompuhar PMK Periyasamy.K AIADMK Pounraj.S DMDK Prabakaran.V.R BJP Sivaraman.S 171 Mayuram INC Rajakumar.S MDMK Mahalingam.M DMDK Thavamani.P BJP Ramakrishnan V 172 Kuttalam DMK Anbazhagan.K Kuttalam AIADMK Rajendran.S DMDK Sarangambani.K BJP Karumuthuthiagarajan.M. 173 Nannilam (SC) CPI Padmavathy.P AIADMK Arivanandam.K DMDK Rajendran.R BJP Anburaj Subramanian S.V 174 Tiruvarur (SC) DMK Mathivanan.U AIADMK Thangamani.A DMDK Mohankumar.N BJP Palaniveluswamy.S 175 Nagapattinam CPI(M) Marimuthu.V AIADMK Jayapal.K.A DMDK Mathiyalagan.Peru BJP Sakthivel A 176 Vedaranyam DMK Vedarathinam.S.K AIADMK Maniyan.O.S DMDK Veeravinayagam.B BJP Elumalai.S. 177 Tiruthuraipundi (SC) CPI Ulaganathan.K AIADMK Umadevi.A DMDK Mohankumar.K 178 Mannargudi CPI Sivapunniyam.V AIADMK Kamaraj R DMDK Muthiya.N BJP Nagalingam C. 179 Pattukkottai INC Rengarajan.N.R MDMK Viswanathan.S DMDK Senthilkumar.N BJP Parthiban P. 180 Peravurani INC Thirugnanasambandam.S.V AIADMK Veerakapilan.M.V.R DMDK Palanivel.V.S.K BJP Udayakumar.M 181 Orathanad DMK Rajamanickam.P AIADMK Vaithilingam.R DMDK Ramesh.R BJP Radhakrishnan.R 182 Thiruvonam DMK Mahesh Krishnasamy.T AIADMK Thangamuthu.K DMDK Sivakumar.M BJP Erulaiya.S 183 Thanjavur DMK Ubayadullah.S.N.M AIADMK Rengasamy.M DMDK Sivanesan.P BJP Sathiah.A. 184 Tiruvaiyaru DMK Chandrasekaran.Durai AIADMK Govindarajan.Durai DMDK Mahendran.N BJP Velliangiri.R 185 Papanasam INC Ramkumar.M AIADMK Doraikkannu.R DMDK Maruthaiyan.N BJP Rajapandiyan.P 186 Valangiman (SC) DMK Senthamil Chelvan.S AIADMK Ilamathi Subramanian DMDK Sooriyamurthi.R BJP Eswaran.M 187 Kumbakonam DMK Mani.Ko.Si AIADMK Eramanathan.Rama DMDK Devadoss (Kuppal).G BJP Sathish Kumar.S 188 Thiruvidamarudur PMK Alayamani.G AIADMK Bharathimohan.R.K DMDK Sankar.G BJP Kumaravel A 189 Thirumayam INC Subburam.Rm AIADMK Radhakrishnan.M DMDK Murugesan.R BJP Sivakumar M 190 Kolathur (SC) DMK Paranjothi.C AIADMK Subramanian.N DMDK Udayakumar.M BJP Bhaskaran.B 191 Pudukkottai DMK Jaffarali M. AIADMK Nedunchezhiyan. R DMDK Javaheer S. BJP Durai Dhiviyanathan 192 Alangudi CPI Rajasekaran S. AIADMK Venkatachalam. A DMDK Selvinraj, K BJP Jeevanandham, R 193 Aranthangi CPI Chinnaiya.S AIADMK Maruthamuthu.A DMDK Venkateshwaran.S BJP Elangovan.R 194 Tiruppathur INC Sudarsanam.S AIADMK Radhakrishnan.S DMDK Udayakumar.M BJP Ganeshkumar C 195 Karaikudi DMK Kannaiyan.S AIADMK Duraikannu.M DMDK Murugan.K BJP Elangovan S 196 Tiruvadanai DMK Manicakkarai.R AIADMK Subramanian A DMDK Mariappan.R BJP Sundarrajan P 197 Ilayangudi INC Chelliah A AIADMK Rajasekar S DMDK Siva A BJP Manoharan R 198 Sivaganga DMK Periyasamy K AIADMK Shanmugasundaram R DMDK Chinnathambi K BJP Ravichandran T 199 Manamadurai INC Kumaravelu S AIADMK Senthilkumar R DMDK Karuppasamy N BJP Mohanraj K 200 Paramakudi DMK Kandasamy R AIADMK Venkatachalam S DMDK Rajendran V BJP Subramaniyan R 201 Ramanathapuram DMK Anbalagan K AIADMK Chinnadurai M DMDK Palanisamy N BJP Saravanan R 202 Kadaladi INC Rajasekaran M AIADMK Balasubramanian R DMDK Kandasamy A BJP Venkatesh B 203 Mudukulathur DMK Mani K AIADMK Subramanian C DMDK Muthukumar S BJP Arjunan P 204 Aruppukottai INC Ramasamy A AIADMK Ganesan P DMDK Shanmugam K BJP Sekar T 205 Sattur CPI Palanivel R AIADMK Rajendran S DMDK Kumarasamy P BJP Muthukrishnan V 206 Virudhunagar DMK Subramanian N AIADMK Ramasamy S DMDK Murugan V BJP Kumaravel R 207 Sivakasi INC Rajendran P AIADMK Subramanian M DMDK Ramamoorthy N BJP Suresh B 208 Srivilliputhur DMK Muthusamy K AIADMK Jayalalithaa J DMDK Murugan S BJP Ravi R 209 Rajapalayam INC Ramasamy K AIADMK Subburaj P DMDK Perumal A BJP Natarajan S 210 Vilathikulam DMK Karthikeyan P AIADMK Rengasamy N DMDK Mani V BJP Kumarasamy R 211 Ottapidaram DMK Sekar R AIADMK Rajendran P DMDK Kumar V BJP Suresh A 212 Kovilpatti INC Manoharan S AIADMK Subramaniam R DMDK Shanmugam P BJP Murali K 213 Sankarankovil DMK Selvaraj P AIADMK Kandasamy A DMDK Periyasamy M BJP Gopalakrishnan S 214 Vasudevanallur INC Ramaraj N AIADMK Srinivasan K DMDK Ramalingam V BJP Kumar P 215 Kadayanallur DMK Kannan S AIADMK Rajendran A DMDK Durairaj T BJP Muthukrishnan R 216 Tenkasi INC Rajasekaran P AIADMK Kumaravel R DMDK Arjunan S BJP Baskar M 217 Alangulam DMK Ramamurthy V AIADMK Rajendran S DMDK Ganesan K BJP Subramanian N 218 Tirunelveli INC Rajendran R AIADMK Murugan P DMDK Karuppiah S BJP Elumalai A 219 Palayamkottai DMK Natarajan K AIADMK Palanisamy M DMDK Krishnan R BJP Mohan S 220 Cheranmadevi INC Kumar S AIADMK Ramalingam P DMDK Selvaraj A BJP Baskar R 221 Ambasamudram DMK Pandian M AIADMK Venkatesh R DMDK Raja P BJP Elangovan K 222 Nanguneri INC Arumugam S AIADMK Rajasekar K DMDK Gopal R BJP Subramani P 223 Radhapuram DMK Selvam R AIADMK Kumar A DMDK Srinivasan T BJP Ramesh V 224 Sathankulam INC Baskar K AIADMK Manoharan S DMDK Kumaravel A BJP Rajan R 225 Tiruchendur DMK Subramanian R AIADMK Murugan S DMDK Venkatesan P BJP Elumalai K 226 Srivaikuntam INC Rajkumar S AIADMK Ramasamy T DMDK Sundaram A BJP Govindaraj M 227 Tuticorin DMK Kumaravel R AIADMK Kannan S DMDK Perumal N BJP Nagarajan T 228 Kanniyakumari INC Murali K AIADMK Srinivasan P DMDK Ramesh K BJP Sekar V 229 Nagercoil DMK Baskar M AIADMK Arumugam S DMDK Kumar S BJP Dhandapani R 230 Colachel INC Rajendran T AIADMK Babu R DMDK Shankar S BJP Mani K 231 Padmanabhapuram DMK Arulraj P AIADMK Venkatesh S DMDK Sekar M BJP Gopal R 232 Thiruvattar INC Manoharan K AIADMK Kumarasamy A DMDK Subramanian P BJP Elumalai S 233 Vilavancode DMK Murugan R AIADMK Rajendran P DMDK Baskar K BJP Shanmugam N 234 Killiyoor INC Rajasekar V AIADMK Mani S DMDK Ramalingam T BJP Krishnan R
Opinion polling Pre-poll surveys Agency Dates Results Goodwill Communications 25 April 2006 (Reported) DMK+: 149 (49% of the vote) [ 2] CNN-IBN - The Hindu 14 March 2006 AIADMK+: Too close to call (46% of the vote) [ 3]
Exit polls Agency Dates Results CNN-IBN - The Hindu 11 May 2006 (Reported) DMK+: 157-167 (45% of the vote) [ 4] Vikatan 10 May 2006 DMK+ 207 ADMK+ 26
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Hindu-CNN-IBN Exit Poll Voting Pattern in Tamil Nadu [ 5] Region DPA (DMK+) AIADMK+ DMDK Vanniyars : PMK could not swing the community towards DMK alliance, especially in the North Central Region Upper North 40% 45% 11% North Central 53% 32% 9% Cauvery Delta 55% 28% 10% West 53% 28% 11% Thevars : No longer with AIADMK in Cauvery Delta and the West Cauvery Delta 51% 38% 7% West 43% 39% 11% South 39% 44% 8% Deep South 13% 52% 2% Muslims in favor of DMK alliance, especially in Deep South Upper North 43% 30% 18% North Central 36% 39% 18% Cauvery Delta 53% 37% 5% West 50% 31% 10% South 50% 38% 7% Deep South 73% 9% 5% Christians stayed with DMK alliance, especially in the South Upper North 49% 29% 13% North Central 47% 36% 12% Cauvery Delta 46% 39% 9% West 48% 29% 10% South 60% 33% 4% Deep South 64% 16% 7%
Voting and results The Chief Election Commissioner of India, B.B. Tandon , holding a press conference in New Delhi on March 1, 2006, to announce the schedule for Legislative Assembly election of Tamil Nadu along with those of Assam , Kerala , West Bengal , and Puducherry . The 2006 Tamil Nadu State Elections saw a record voter turnout of 70.70% an 11% increase compared to the last 2001 elections and the highest since the 1991 elections which saw an 85% voter turnout. The ruling party AIADMK was voted out of power with the DMK alliance regaining power after losing out in the previous elections with a paltry 37 seats. This time however, no party reached the simple majority of 117 of the 234 seats. DMK grabbed the highest number of seats (96) for any contesting party, while AIADMK followed with 61 seats. The Congress won 34 seats while the other national party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), drew blank after contesting alone in this elections. PMK managed to win 18 seats followed by the Communists (15 seats). MDMK, the party that jumped alliance won 6 seats and the DPI won 2 seats. DMDK, even while contesting in 232 seats managed to score just one seat, with the party leader actor vijayakant winning the seat he contested in Vridhachalam Constituency. There was 1 independent winner. [ 6] [ 7]
The split results paved way for the formation of the new coalition government led by DMK chief, the 82-year-old veteran politician Dr.M Karunanidhi , becoming the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the fifth time, with the Congress unconditionally supporting his claim for Chief Ministership and government formation.
Due to the loss of key allies after the previous election, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), ended up losing both the 2004 Lok Sabha Election and the 2006 State Assembly Elections, to DMK led coalition that consisted of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and former allies of AIADMK, Indian National Congress , left parties (Communist Party of India , Communist Party of India (Marxist) ) and Pattali Makkal Katchi .
Results by pre-poll alliance Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left Election map based on % seats won by district Summary of the 2006 May Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results Alliance/Party Seats won Change† Popular Vote Vote % Adj. %‡ DMK+ alliance 163 +71 14,762,647 44.8% DMK 96 +65 8,728,716 26.5% 46.0% INC 34 +4 2,765,768 8.4% 43.5% PMK 18 -2 1,863,749 5.7% 43.4% CPI(M) 9 +3 872,674 2.7% 42.7% CPI 6 +1 531,740 1.6% 40.4% AIADMK+ alliance 69 -64 13,166,445 39.9% AIADMK 61 -71 10,768,559 32.6% 40.8% MDMK 6 +6 1,971,565 6.0% 37.7% VCK 2 +2 426,321 1.3% 36.1% Others 2 -7 5,062,463 15.3% DMDK 1 +1 2,764,223 8.4% 8.5% BJP 0 -6 666,823 2.0% 2.1% IND 1 -2 995,345 3.0% 3.1% Total 234 – 32,991,555 100% –
Sources: Election Commission of India [ 8]
† : Seat changes reflect the following mergers in parties from previous election. MADMK merged with Bharatiya Janata Party in 2002. [ 9] TMC merged with the national party INC in 2002. [ 10] Usilampatti FBL MLA L. Santhanam, joined AIADMK and contested in Sholavandan , after being expelled from his party by newly elected actor-turned party leader Karthik . [ 11] ‡ : Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
The following table lists the winners and margin of victory in all constituencies. [ 8]
* Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
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