2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Last updated September 16, 2025 Election to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Turnout 74.81% (pp ) Party wise results Alliance wise results
The Fifteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India . The AIADMK under J. Jayalalithaa won the elections and became the first ruling party to be re-elected in Tamil Nadu since 1984, though with a simple majority. [ 1] The DMK won half of the seats it contested but its allies performed poorly; notably, the Indian National Congress won 16% of the seats they contested, and the alliance lost due to its poor performance. [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] The votes were counted on 19 May 2016. [ 6] In the previous election in 2011 , AIADMK, under the leadership of Jayalalithaa, won a thumping majority and formed the government, while DMDK chief Vijayakanth served as the Leader of Opposition until January 2016. This was the last election that J. Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi contested, as they both died later that year and 2018 respectively.
Background By the requirement, state assembly election must be held at an interval of five years or whenever it is dissolved by the president . The previous election , to the 14th legislative assembly, was conducted 13 April 2011 and its term would have naturally expired on 22 May 2016. The election to the 15th legislative assembly was organised and conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and was held in a single phase on 16 May 2016. There were over 5.79 crore voters in the electoral rolls and 65,616 polling stations in Tamil Nadu. [ 7]
A special purification drive of electoral rolls between 15 and 29 February 2016 in all poll-bound States including Tamil Nadu was held, in which door-to-door verification was undertaken involving booth-level agents. On 12 February 2016, Election Commission of India announced that 17 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu will have Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines attached along with EVMs . [ 8] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be in place in 4,000 booths. [ 9]
Demographics At the 2011 India census, Tamil Nadu had a population of 7,21,47,030. A total of 1,44,38,445 people constituting 20.01% of the total population belonged to Scheduled Castes (SC) and 7,94,697 people constituting 1.10% of the population belonged to Scheduled tribes (ST). [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] Other Backward Classes (OBCs) form 68% of the population. [ 15] As per the religious census of 2011, Tamil Nadu had 87.6% Hindus , 5.9% Muslims , 6.1% Christians , 0.1% Jains and 0.3% following other religions or no religion. [ 16]
Schedule The Chief Election Commissioner of India, Nasim Zaidi holding a press conference in New Delhi on March 4, 2016, to announce the schedule for Legislative Assembly election of Tamil Nadu along with those of Assam , Kerala , West Bengal , and Puducherry . The elections were held on 16 May 2016, [ 17] with vote counting taking place on 19 May. [ 18] The elections in Kerala and Puducherry also took place on 16 May [ 19] but polling in two of the Tamil Nadu constituencies was postponed due to reports of voters being bribed. [ 20]
Event Date Date for Nominations 22 April 2016 Last Date for filing Nominations 29 April 2016 Date for scrutiny of nominations 30 April 2016 Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 2 May 2016 Date of poll 16 May 2016 Date of counting 19 May 2016 Date before which the election shall be completed 21 May 2016
Campaign to vote To ensure that the electorate exercise their right to vote, the Election Commission of India (ECI) launched their own campaign in Tamil Nadu. The Chief Electoral Officer for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, Rajesh Lakhoni , utilised social media platforms by creating memes and tweets themed around films, which have a huge reach in Tamil Nadu. Additionally, the Election Commission also recruited media personalities Suriya , Ashwin and Karthik , whose campaigning videos were filmed and shared on social media. [ 21] The Election Commission also partnered with Twitter, for the first time in India, to boost its #TN100Percent hashtag campaign. Twitter users who have made use of the hashtag will be reminded to vote on the day of voting. [ 22] Twitter and Facebook collaborated with ECI in its awareness campaign on striving for 100 per cent voting in the polls. [ 23] [ 24]
Parties and Alliances Parties not in any coalition Candidates On 4 April, AIADMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu. [ 28] On 14 April, DMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu. [ 29]
Gopi Shankar Madurai , a 25 years old gender activist made a bid to contest as one of the youngest candidates in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election and also the first openly Intersex & Genderqueer person to do so. Gopi contested on the ticket of newly launched outfit Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam for Madurai North. He secured 14th place out of 21 candidates. [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33]
Voter Turnout Voter turnout for the 232 constituencies on 16 May was 74.81%. [ 43] Parts of Tamil Nadu received heavy rain on the polling day, but it did not deter voters from turning out to cast their votes. While the highest voter turn out was in Dharmapuri constituency recording 85% while the lowest voter turnout was in the capital of Tamil Nadu, Chennai recording 55%. Male voter turnout was 74.15% and female voter turnout was 74.33%. [ 44] [ 45]
Exit polls Agency AIADMK DMK+ BJP PWF-DMDK/Others Ref. India Today-Axis 89–101 124–140 0–3 NA/4-8 [ 46] News Nation 95–99 120-118 0–1 12-16/5-9 [ 47] C Voter 139 78 0 15/2 [ 48] NewsX 90 140 0 NA/4 [ 49] ABP Nielsen 95 132 1 NA/6 [ 49] NDTV Poll of Polls 103 120 0 NA/11 [ 49] Spick News 142 87 0 2 [ 50] Thanthi TV 111 99 1 3/2 [ 51]
Results The ruling AIADMK, beating most of the exit polls, [ 52] [ 53] was able to retain power with a comfortable majority and became the first party to win consecutive elections since 1984 , a feat achieved by M. G. Ramachandran . Jayalalithaa bucked Anti-incumbency trend and cyclic change of governments in the state that hadn't voted back a government in last three decades. [ 54] [ 55] [ 56]
Vote share Vote share by party/alliance
AIADMK 40.88 (39.7%) DPA 39.85 (38.7%) PWF 6.1 (5.93%) PMK 5.36 (5.21%) NDA 2.86 (2.78%) Others 7.81 (7.59%) Summary of the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative election [ 57] Party/Alliance Votes % Seats Contested Won +/- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) 17,806,490 40.88% 234 136 DPA Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) 13,670,511 31.39% 178 89 Indian National Congress 2,774,075 6.47% 41 8 Indian Union Muslim League 313,808 0.73% 5 1 Puthiya Tamilagam 219,830 0.51% 4 0 Manithaneya Makkal Katchi 197,150 0.46% 4 0 Total 17,175,374 39.40 234 98 People's Welfare Front Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 1,037,431 2.41% 105 0 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 373,713 0.87% 28 0 Communist Party of India 340,290 0.79% 25 0 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 331,849 0.77% 25 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 307,303 0.72% 25 0 Tamil Maanila Congress 230,711 0.54% 26 0 Total 2,621,297 6.1 234 0 Pattali Makkal Katchi 2,302,564 5.36% 234 0 Bharatiya Janata Party 1,235,660 2.86% 234 0 Naam Tamilar Katchi 460,089 1.07% 234 0 All India Forward Bloc 44,546 0.10% 33 0 Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi 167,560 0.39% 72 0 Bahujan Samaj Party 97,823 0.23% n/a 0 Social Democratic Party of India 65,978 0.15% n/a 0 Independents 617,907 1.44% 234 0 None of the above 5,65,077 1.31% 234 – – Total 4,35,56,184 100.00 - 234 - Valid votes 4,35,56,184 99.93 Invalid votes 29,507 0.07 Votes cast / turnout 4,35,85,691 74.81 Abstentions 1,46,74,574 25.19 Registered voters 5,82,60,506
Election to two assembly constituencies were cancelled by the Election Commission on confirmed reports of bribing voters in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur . Elections were held later there on 26 October 2016 [ 58] [ 59]
Results by constituency Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency [ 60] Assembly Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Gummidipoondi K. S. Vijayakumar ADMK 89,332 41.68 C. H. Sekar DMK 65,937 30.76 23,395 2 Ponneri P. Balaraman ADMK 95,979 48.56 Dr. Parimalam. K DMK 76,643 38.78 19,336 3 Tiruttani P. M. Narasimhan ADMK 93,045 41.84 Chidambaram. A. G INC 69,904 31.43 23,141 4 Thiruvallur V. G. Raajendran DMK 80,473 39.02 Baskaran. A ADMK 75,335 36.53 5,138 5 Poonamallee T. A. Elumalai ADMK 103,952 43.32 Paranthamen. I DMK 92,189 38.41 11,763 6 Avadi K. Pandiarajan ADMK 108,064 39.92 S. M. Nasar DMK 106,669 39.40 1,395 7 Maduravoyal P. Benjamin ADMK 99,739 40.12 Rajesh R INC 91,337 36.74 8,402 8 Ambattur V. Alexander ADMK 94,375 41.10 Aassan Maulaana INC 76,877 33.48 17,498 9 Madavaram S. Sudharsanam DMK 122,082 45.43 Dhakshnamoorthy D ADMK 106,829 39.76 15,253 10 Thiruvottiyur K. P. P. Samy DMK 82,205 43.25 Balraj. B ADMK 77,342 40.69 4,863 11 Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar J. Jayalalithaa ADMK 97,218 55.87 Shimla Muthuchozhan DMK 57,673 33.14 39,545 12 Perambur P. Vetrivel ADMK 79,974 42.39 N. R. Dhanapalan DMK 79,455 42.11 519 13 Kolathur M. K. Stalin DMK 91,303 54.25 Prabhakar. J. C. D ADMK 53,573 31.83 37,730 14 Villivakkam B. Ranganathan DMK 65,972 43.96 Thadi M.Raju ADMK 56,651 37.75 9,321 15 Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar P. Sivakumar @ Thayagamkavi DMK 61,744 45.25 Neelakandan. V ADMK 58,422 42.82 3,322 16 Egmore K. S. Ravichandran DMK 55,060 45.64 Parithi Ellamvazhuthi E ADMK 44,381 36.79 10,679 17 Royapuram D. Jayakumar ADMK 55,205 45.21 Manohar R INC 47,174 38.63 8,031 18 Harbour P. K. Sekar Babu DMK 42,071 40.36 Sreenivasan K S ADMK 37,235 35.72 4,836 19 Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni J. Anbazhagan DMK 67,982 47.32 A. Noorjahan ADMK 53,818 37.46 14,164 20 Thousand Lights K. K. Selvam DMK 61,726 43.35 Valarmathi B ADMK 52,897 37.15 8,829 21 Anna Nagar M. K. Mohan DMK 70,812 41.59 S. Gokula Indira ADMK 69,726 40.95 1,086 22 Virugampakkam V.N.Virugai Ravi ADMK 65,979 38.51 K Thanasekaran DMK 63,646 37.15 2,333 23 Saidapet M. Subramaniam DMK 79,279 47.18 Ponnayan.C ADMK 63,024 37.51 16,255 24 Thiyagarayanagar B. Sathyanarayanan ADMK 53,207 37.47 Dr. N. S. Kanimozhi DMK 50,052 35.25 3,155 25 Mylapore R Nataraj IPS (Rtd) ADMK 68,176 43.67 Karate Thiagarajan.R INC 53,448 34.23 14,728 26 Velachery Vagai Chanderasekar DMK 70,139 39.96 C Munusamy ADMK 61,267 34.91 8,872 27 Shozhinganallur S. Aravind Ramesh DMK 147,014 42.53 Sundaram N ADMK 132,101 38.21 14,913 28 Alandur Anbarasan. T.M. DMK 96,877 44.64 Panruti S. Ramachandran ADMK 77,708 35.81 19,169 29 Sriperumbudur Palani. K ADMK 101,001 42.77 K. Selvaperunthagai INC 90,285 38.23 10,716 30 Pallavaram Karunanithi. I DMK 112,891 44.94 C. R. Saraswathi ADMK 90,726 36.12 22,165 31 Tambaram S. R. Raja DMK 101,835 43.27 Rajendran C ADMK 87,390 37.13 14,445 32 Chengalpattu M. Varalakshmi DMK 112,675 45.11 Kamalakkannan.R ADMK 86,383 34.58 26,292 33 Thiruporur Kothandapani. M ADMK 70,215 34.91 Viswanathan. V DMK 69,265 34.44 950 34 Cheyyur Arasu R T DMK 63,446 37.51 Munusamy A ADMK 63,142 37.33 304 35 Madurantakam S.Pugazhenthi DMK 73,693 41.43 C.K.Thamizharasan ADMK 70,736 39.77 2,957 36 Uthiramerur K. Sundar DMK 85,513 43.02 Ganesan.P ADMK 73,357 36.90 12,156 37 Kancheepuram C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan DMK 90,533 40.40 T.Mythili ADMK 82,985 37.03 7,548 38 Arakkonam S. Ravi ADMK 68,176 41.21 Rajkumar N DMK 64,015 38.69 4,161 39 Sholingur N. G. Parthiban ADMK 77,651 36.79 A. M. Munirathinam INC 67,919 32.18 9,732 40 Katpadi Durai Murugan DMK 90,534 50.90 Appu S.R.K ADMK 66,588 37.44 23,946 41 Ranipet Gandhi. R DMK 81,724 42.85 Elumalai. C ADMK 73,828 38.71 7,896 42 Arcot Eswarappan J L DMK 84,182 41.39 Ramadoss.K.V ADMK 73,091 35.94 11,091 43 Vellore Karthikeyan DMK 88,264 51.53 Harun Rasheed ADMK 62,054 36.23 26,210 44 Anaikattu Nandakumar. A.P DMK 77,058 42.43 Kalaiarasu. M ADMK 68,290 37.60 8,768 45 Kilvaithinankuppam Loganathan.G ADMK 75,612 45.76 Amalu V DMK 65,866 39.86 9,746 46 Gudiyattam Jayanthi Padmanabhan .C ADMK 94,689 48.56 Rajamarthandan. K. DMK 83,219 42.68 11,470 47 Vaniyambadi Nilofer ADMK 69,588 40.31 Syed Farooq IUML 55,062 31.89 14,526 48 Ambur Balasubramani R. ADMK 79,182 49.16 Nazeer Ahmed.V.R. MMK 51,176 31.77 28,006 49 Jolarpet Veeramani. K. C ADMK 82,525 45.57 Kavitha.C DMK 71,534 39.50 10,991 50 Tirupattur (Vellore) Nallathambi. A DMK 80,791 45.43 Kumar.T.T ADMK 73,144 41.13 7,647 51 Uthangarai N.Manoranjitham ADMK 69,980 38.75 S.Malathy DMK 67,367 37.30 2,613 52 Bargur V.Rajendran ADMK 80,650 42.89 Govinddarasan.E.C DMK 79,668 42.36 982 53 Krishnagiri T.Senguttuvan DMK 87,637 43.80 V.Govindaraj ADMK 82,746 41.35 4,891 54 Veppanahalli Murugan P DMK 88,952 46.01 Madhu A.V.M @ Hemnath M ADMK 83,724 43.31 5,228 55 Hosur Balakrishna Reddy P ADMK 89,510 41.59 Gopinath K INC 66,546 30.92 22,964 56 Thalli Prakaash.Y. DMK 74,429 39.31 Ramachandran.T. CPI 68,184 36.01 6,245 57 Palacode K. P. Anbalagan ADMK 76,143 40.34 Murugan. P.K. DMK 70,160 37.17 5,983 58 Pennagaram Inbasekaran. P.N.P. DMK 76,848 38.49 Anbumani Ramadoss PMK 58,402 29.25 18,446 59 Dharmapuri Subramani. P. DMK 71,056 34.25 Elangovan. P.D. ADMK 61,380 29.58 9,676 60 Pappireddippatti Palaniyappan. P ADMK 74,234 35.56 Sathiyamoorthy. A PMK 61,521 29.47 12,713 61 Harur R.Murugan ADMK 64,568 33.96 S.Rajendran DMK 53,147 27.95 11,421 62 Chengam Giri .M.P DMK 95,939 45.60 Dinagaran. M ADMK 83,248 39.57 12,691 63 Tiruvannamalai E. V. Velu DMK 116,484 57.15 Rajan.K ADMK 66,136 32.45 50,348 64 Kilpennathur Pitchandi K DMK 99,070 50.22 Selvamani K ADMK 64,404 32.64 34,666 65 Kalasapakkam Panneerselvam V ADMK 84,394 45.41 Kumar G INC 57,980 31.20 26,414 66 Polur Sekaran.K.V DMK 66,588 34.02 Murugan.M ADMK 58,315 29.80 8,273 67 Arani Ramachandran. S ADMK 94,074 44.89 Babu. S DMK 86,747 41.40 7,327 68 Cheyyar Mohan K ADMK 77,766 37.78 Dr. Vishnuprasad M K INC 69,239 33.64 8,527 69 Vandavasi Ambethkumar. S DMK 80,206 44.20 Meganathan. V ADMK 62,138 34.24 18,068 70 Gingee K. S. Masthan DMK 88,440 43.99 Govindasamy A ADMK 66,383 33.02 22,057 71 Mailam Masilamani R DMK 70,880 41.40 Annadurai K ADMK 58,574 34.21 12,306 72 Tindivanam Seethapathy P DMK 61,879 35.33 Rajendran S P ADMK 61,778 35.27 101 73 Vanur Chakrapani M ADMK 64,167 36.79 Mydili R DMK 53,944 30.93 10,223 74 Villupuram C V Shanmugam ADMK 69,421 36.74 Ameer Abbas S M IUML 47,130 24.94 22,291 75 Vikravandi Rathamani.K DMK 63,757 35.69 Velu R ADMK 56,845 31.82 6,912 76 Tirukkoyilur Ponmudy K DMK 93,837 49.80 Gothandaraman G ADMK 52,780 28.01 41,057 77 Ulundurpettai Kumaraguru. R. ADMK 81,973 36.04 Vasanthavel. G.R. DMK 77,809 34.21 4,164 78 Rishivandiyam Karthikeyan.K DMK 92,607 47.08 Dhandapani.K ADMK 72,104 36.66 20,503 79 Sankarapuram Udhayasuriyan.T DMK 90,920 44.72 Mohan P ADMK 76,392 37.58 14,528 80 Kallakurichi Prabhu A ADMK 90,108 42.16 Kamaraj P DMK 86,004 40.24 4,104 81 Gangavalli Maruthamuthu.A ADMK 74,301 42.22 Rekha Priyadharshini.J DMK 72,039 40.94 2,262 82 Attur Chinnathambi R M ADMK 82,827 44.34 Arthanari S K INC 65,493 35.06 17,334 83 Yercaud Chitra.G ADMK 100,562 45.18 Tamilselvan.C DMK 83,168 37.37 17,394 84 Omalur Vetrivel.S ADMK 89,169 39.23 Ammasi.S DMK 69,213 30.45 19,956 85 Mettur Semmalai.S ADMK 72,751 35.05 Parthiban.S.R DMK 66,469 32.02 6,282 86 Edappadi Edappadi K. Palaniswami ADMK 98,703 43.74 Annadurai. N PMK 56,681 25.12 42,022 87 Sankari Raja.S ADMK 96,202 44.57 Rajeswaran.T.K INC 58,828 27.25 37,374 88 Salem (West) Venkatachalam.G ADMK 80,755 39.88 Panneer Selvam.C. DMK 73,508 36.30 7,247 89 Salem (North) Rajendran.R DMK 86,583 45.14 Saravanan.K.R.S ADMK 76,710 39.99 9,873 90 Salem (South) Sakthivel A B ADMK 101,696 51.39 Gunasekaran M DMK 71,243 36.00 30,453 91 Veerapandi Manonmani.P ADMK 94,792 45.86 Rajendran. A DMK 80,311 38.85 14,481 92 Rasipuram Saroja V. Dr ADMK 86,901 46.50 Duraisamy V.P DMK 77,270 41.35 9,631 93 Senthamangalam Chandrasekaran C ADMK 91,339 48.09 Ponnusamy K DMK 79,006 41.60 12,333 94 Namakkal K. P. P. Baskar ADMK 89,076 45.81 Chezhian. R INC 75,542 38.85 13,534 95 Paramathi Velur Moorthiy K S DMK 74,418 42.45 Rajendhiran R ADMK 73,600 41.98 818 96 Tiruchengodu Saraswathi Pon ADMK 73,103 41.40 Elangoavan Bar DMK 69,713 39.48 3,390 97 Kumarapalayam Thangamani P ADMK 103,032 55.20 Yuvaraj P DMK 55,703 29.84 47,329 98 Erode (East) Thennarasu K S ADMK 64,879 43.83 V. C. Chandhirakumar DMK 57,085 38.57 7,794 99 Erode (West) Ramalingam K.V. ADMK 82,297 43.46 Muthusamy S DMK 77,391 40.87 4,906 100 Modakkurichi Sivasubramani . V.P. ADMK 77,067 43.62 Sachidanandam. P. DMK 74,845 42.36 2,222 101 Dharapuram Kalimuthu. V.S INC 83,538 45.67 Ponnusamy. K ADMK 73,521 40.19 10,017 102 Kangayam Thaniyarasu U ADMK 83,325 45.18 Gopi P INC 70,190 38.06 13,135 103 Perundurai Venkatachalam.N.D ADMK 80,292 44.05 Mohanasundaram P. DMK 67,521 37.05 12,771 104 Bhavani Karuppanan K C ADMK 85,748 45.38 Sivakumar N DMK 60,861 32.21 24,887 105 Anthiyur E. M. R. Raja ADMK 71,575 42.21 Venkatachalam A G DMK 66,263 39.07 5,312 106 Gobichettipalayam Sengottaiyan K.A ADMK 96,177 47.00 Saravanan S.V INC 84,954 41.52 11,223 107 Bhavanisagar Eswaran.S ADMK 83,006 42.23 Sathya.R DMK 69,902 35.56 13,104 108 Udhagamandalam Ganesh. R. INC 67,747 48.34 Vinoth ADMK 57,329 40.90 10,418 109 Gudalur Thiravidamani.M. DMK 62,128 47.39 Kalaiselvan. S. ADMK 48,749 37.19 13,379 110 Coonoor Ramu. A. ADMK 61,650 45.71 Mubarak. B. M. DMK 57,940 42.96 3,710 111 Mettupalayam Chinnaraj.O.K ADMK 93,595 44.41 Surendran. S. DMK 77,481 36.76 16,114 112 Avanashi Dhanapal P ADMK 93,366 48.11 Anandhan E DMK 62,692 32.31 30,674 113 Tiruppur (North) Vijayakumar Kn ADMK 106,717 48.56 Saminathan M P DMK 68,943 31.37 37,774 114 Tiruppur (South) Gunasekaran S ADMK 73,351 44.68 Selvaraj K DMK 57,418 34.98 15,933 115 Palladam Natarajan. A ADMK 111,866 47.01 Krishnamoorthy. S DMK 79,692 33.49 32,174 116 Sulur Kanagaraj. R. ADMK 100,977 47.38 Manoharan. V.M.C. INC 64,346 30.19 36,631 117 Kavundampalayam V. C. Arukutty ADMK 110,870 40.70 Payya Gounder @ Krishnan. R. DMK 102,845 37.76 8,025 118 Coimbatore (North) Arun Kumar. P.R.G. ADMK 77,540 41.05 S.Meenalogu DMK 69,816 36.96 7,724 119 Thondamuthur Velumani.S.P. ADMK 109,519 55.01 Kovai Syed MMK 45,478 22.84 64,041 120 Coimbatore (South) Amman K. Arjunan ADMK 59,788 38.94 Mayura Jayakumar.S. INC 42,369 27.60 17,419 121 Singanallur Karthik. N. DMK 75,459 40.02 Singai Muthu. N. ADMK 70,279 37.28 5,180 122 Kinathukadavu Shanmugam. A. ADMK 89,042 42.81 Kurichi Prabhakaran DMK 87,710 42.17 1,332 123 Pollachi Pollachi V Jayaraman ADMK 78,553 46.59 Tamilmani. R. DMK 65,185 38.66 13,368 124 Valparai Kasthuri Vasu. V. ADMK 69,980 48.68 Paulpandi. T. DMK 61,736 42.95 8,244 125 Udumalaipettai Radhakrishnan. K ADMK 81,817 44.73 Muthu. Mu. Ka DMK 76,130 41.62 5,687 126 Madathukulam Jayaramakrishnan R DMK 76,619 44.66 Manoharan K ADMK 74,952 43.69 1,667 127 Palani Senthilkumar I P DMK 100,045 50.66 Kumarasamy P ADMK 74,459 37.71 25,586 128 Oddanchatram Sakkarapani R DMK 121,715 64.26 Kittusamy K ADMK 55,988 29.56 65,727 129 Athoor Periyasamy I DMK 121,738 53.10 Viswanathan R Natham ADMK 94,591 41.26 27,147 130 Nilakottai Thangathurai R ADMK 85,507 48.99 Anbazhagan M DMK 70,731 40.52 14,776 131 Natham Andi Ambalam M.A DMK 93,822 45.32 Shajahan S ADMK 91,712 44.30 2,110 132 Dindigul Sreenivasan C ADMK 91,413 49.30 Basheer Ahamed M DMK 70,694 38.13 20,719 133 Vedasandur V. P. B. Paramasivam ADMK 97,555 49.13 Sivasakthivel Gounder R INC 77,617 39.09 19,938 134 Aravakurichi V. Senthil Balaji ADMK 88,068 53.51 K. C. Palanisamy DMK 64,407 39.13 23,661 135 Karur Vijayabhaskar .M.R ADMK 81,936 43.86 Subramanian .Bank .K INC 81,495 43.62 441 136 Krishnarayapuram Geetha . M. ADMK 83,977 49.82 Aiyyar . V. K. PTK 48,676 28.88 35,301 137 Kulithalai Ramar .E DMK 89,923 48.85 Chandrasekaran .R ADMK 78,027 42.39 11,896 138 Manapaarai Chandrasekar R ADMK 91,399 44.38 Mohamed Nizam M A IUML 73,122 35.50 18,277 139 Srirangam Valarmathi.S ADMK 108,400 48.09 Palaniyandi.M DMK 93,991 41.70 14,409 140 Tiruchirappalli (West) Nehru.K.N DMK 92,049 51.30 Manoharan.R ADMK 63,634 35.47 28,415 141 Tiruchirappalli (East) Natarajan .N. ADMK 79,938 47.87 Jerome Arockiaraj .G. INC 58,044 34.76 21,894 142 Thiruverumbur Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi DMK 85,950 46.98 Kalaichelvan.D ADMK 69,255 37.85 16,695 143 Lalgudi Soundarapandian A DMK 77,946 46.80 Vijayamurthy M ADMK 74,109 44.50 3,837 144 Manachanallur Parameswari. M ADMK 83,083 46.17 Ganesan. S DMK 75,561 41.99 7,522 145 Musiri Selvarasu M ADMK 89,398 52.31 Vijaya Babu S INC 57,311 33.53 32,087 146 Thuraiyur Stalinkumar .S DMK 81,444 48.10 Maivizhi .A ADMK 73,376 43.33 8,068 147 Perambalur R.Thamizhselvan ADMK 101,073 45.27 P.Sivakami DMK 94,220 42.20 6,853 148 Kunnam Ramachandran.R.T ADMK 78,218 38.15 Durairaj.T DMK 59,422 28.98 18,796 149 Ariyalur Rajendran. S ADMK 88,523 41.94 Sivasankar. S.S DMK 86,480 40.97 2,043 150 Jayankondam Ramajeyalingam.J.K.N ADMK 75,672 37.09 Guru @ Gurunathan.J PMK 52,738 25.85 22,934 151 Tittakudi Ganesan V DMK 65,139 40.67 Ayyasamy P ADMK 62,927 39.29 2,212 152 Vriddhachalam Kalaiselvan V T ADMK 72,611 39.22 Govindasamy P DMK 58,834 31.78 13,777 153 Neyveli Saba. Rajendran DMK 54,299 34.10 Rajsekar R ADMK 36,508 22.93 17,791 154 Panruti Sathya.P ADMK 72,353 39.01 Ponkumar DMK 69,225 37.33 3,128 155 Cuddalore Sampath M C ADMK 70,922 41.07 Pugazhendi Ela DMK 46,509 26.93 24,413 156 Kurinjipadi Panneerselvam Mrk DMK 82,864 44.03 Rajendran R ADMK 54,756 29.09 28,108 157 Bhuvanagiri Saravanan. Durai K. DMK 60,554 31.73 Selvi Ramajayam ADMK 55,066 28.85 5,488 158 Chidambaram Pandian K A ADMK 58,543 34.31 Senthilkumar K R DMK 57,037 33.43 1,506 159 Kattumannarkoil Murugumaran.N ADMK 48,450 29.33 Thirumaavalavan.Thol VCK 48,363 29.28 87 160 Sirkazhi Bharathi.P.V ADMK 76,487 43.05 Killai Ravindran.S DMK 67,484 37.98 9,003 161 Mayiladuthurai Rathakrishnan.V ADMK 70,949 42.02 Anbazhagan.K DMK 66,171 39.19 4,778 162 Poompuhar Pavunraj.S ADMK 87,666 45.48 Shajahan.A.M IUML 67,731 35.14 19,935 163 Nagapattinam Thamimun Ansari.M ADMK 64,903 48.28 Mohamed Jafarullah.A MMK 44,353 32.99 20,550 164 Kilvelur Mathivanan.U DMK 61,999 44.95 Meena.N ADMK 51,829 37.58 10,170 165 Vedaranyam Manian.O.S ADMK 60,836 41.44 Rajendiran.P.V INC 37,838 25.77 22,998 166 Thiruthuraipoondi Adalarasan. P DMK 72,127 41.07 Umamaheswari. K ADMK 58,877 33.53 13,250 167 Mannargudi T. R. B. Rajaa DMK 91,137 48.71 Kamaraj. S ADMK 81,200 43.40 9,937 168 Thiruvarur Kalaignar M Karunanidhi DMK 121,473 61.73 Pannerselvam .R ADMK 53,107 26.99 68,366 169 Nannilam Kamaraj. R ADMK 100,918 49.43 Duraivelan. S.M.B INC 79,642 39.01 21,276 170 Thiruvidaimarudur Chezhiaan.Govi DMK 77,538 41.93 Settu.U ADMK 77,006 41.64 532 171 Kumbakonam G. Anbalagan DMK 85,048 45.04 Rathna.S ADMK 76,591 40.56 8,457 172 Papanasam Doraikkannu R ADMK 82,614 45.26 Loganathan T R INC 58,249 31.91 24,365 173 Thiruvaiyaru Durai.Chandrasekaran DMK 100,043 49.27 M.G.M.Subramanian ADMK 85,700 42.21 14,343 174 Thanjavur M.Rengasamy ADMK 101,362 54.37 Anjugam Boopathy DMK 74,488 39.95 26,874 175 Orathanadu Ramchandran. M DMK 84,378 46.87 Vaithilingam. R ADMK 80,733 44.85 3,645 176 Pattukkottai Sekar. V ADMK 70,631 42.58 Mahendran. K INC 58,273 35.13 12,358 177 Peravurani Govindarasu M ADMK 73,908 45.65 Ashok Kumar N DMK 72,913 45.04 995 178 Gandharvakottai Arumugam.B ADMK 64,043 43.84 Anbarasan.K DMK 60,996 41.75 3,047 179 Viralimalai Vijaya Baskar C ADMK 84,701 49.69 Palaniappan M DMK 76,254 44.74 8,447 180 Pudukkottai Periyannan Arassu DMK 66,739 39.19 Karthik Thondaiman ADMK 64,655 37.97 2,084 181 Thirumayam Regupathy S DMK 72,373 45.58 Vairamuthu Pk ADMK 71,607 45.10 766 182 Alangudi Meyyanathan .Siva .V DMK 72,992 46.17 Gnana Kalaiselvan ADMK 63,051 39.88 9,941 183 Aranthangi Rathinasabhapathy E ADMK 69,905 45.22 Ramachandran T INC 67,614 43.74 2,291 184 Karaikudi Ramasamy Kr INC 93,419 46.40 Karpagam Ilango ADMK 75,136 37.32 18,283 185 Tiruppattur (Sivaganga) Periakaruppan Kr DMK 110,719 55.72 Asokan Kr ADMK 68,715 34.58 42,004 186 Sivaganga Baskaran.G ADMK 81,697 43.15 Sathianathan.M @ Meppal M.Sakthi DMK 75,061 39.64 6,636 187 Manamadurai Mariappankennady S ADMK 89,893 48.45 Chitraselvi S DMK 75,004 40.43 14,889 188 Melur Periyapullan @ Selvam P ADMK 88,909 51.54 Ragupthy A.P DMK 69,186 40.11 19,723 189 Madurai East P. Moorthy DMK 108,569 50.62 P Pandi ADMK 75,797 35.34 32,772 190 Sholavandan K. Manickam ADMK 87,044 52.33 Bhavani.C DMK 62,187 37.39 24,857 191 Madurai North V. V. Rajan Chellappa ADMK 70,460 45.64 Karthikeyan. V. INC 51,621 33.44 18,839 192 Madurai South Saravanan .S.S. ADMK 62,683 42.75 Balachandran .M DMK 38,920 26.55 23,763 193 Madurai Central Palanivel Thiagarajan DMK 64,662 42.55 Jeyabal M ADMK 58,900 38.75 5,762 194 Madurai West Sellur K. Raju ADMK 82,529 44.81 Thalapathi G DMK 66,131 35.91 16,398 195 Thiruparankundram S. M. Seenivel ADMK 93,453 47.32 Manimaran M DMK 70,461 35.68 22,992 196 Tirumangalam Udhayakumar.R.B ADMK 95,864 46.99 Jeyaram.R INC 72,274 35.43 23,590 197 Usilampatti Neethipathi P ADMK 106,349 52.88 Ilamakezhan.K DMK 73,443 36.52 32,906 198 Andipatti Thanga Tamil Selvam ADMK 103,129 51.93 Mookaiah.L DMK 72,933 36.72 30,196 199 Periyakulam K. Kathirkamu ADMK 90,599 46.94 Anbazhagan DMK 76,249 39.51 14,350 200 Bodinayakanur O. Panneerselvam ADMK 99,531 49.38 S. Lakshmanan DMK 83,923 41.63 15,608 201 Cumbum S.T.K.Jakkaiyan ADMK 91,099 46.94 Cumbum N. Ramakrishnan DMK 79,878 41.16 11,221 202 Rajapalayam S. Thangappandian DMK 74,787 43.82 A. A. S. Shyam ADMK 69,985 41.00 4,802 203 Srivilliputhur M. Chandra Prabha ADMK 88,103 49.32 Muthukumar.C PTK 51,430 28.79 36,673 204 Sattur S. G. Subramanian ADMK 71,513 40.65 Srinivasan.V. DMK 67,086 38.13 4,427 205 Sivakasi K. T. Rajenthrabhalaji ADMK 76,734 43.67 Sreeraja. C. INC 61,986 35.28 14,748 206 Virudhunagar A. R. R. Seenivasan DMK 65,499 42.71 Kalanithi.K ADMK 62,629 40.84 2,870 207 Aruppukkottai Ramachandran K.K.S.S.R DMK 81,485 49.41 Vaigaichelvan.Dr ADMK 63,431 38.46 18,054 208 Tiruchuli Thangam Thenarasu DMK 89,927 53.61 Dinesh Babu. K. ADMK 63,350 37.77 26,577 209 Paramakudi Dr. S. Muthiah ADMK 79,254 46.89 Thisaiveeran.U DMK 67,865 40.15 11,389 210 Tiruvadanai Karunaas ADMK 76,786 41.14 Thivakaran. S.P DMK 68,090 36.48 8,696 211 Ramanathapuram Dr. M. Manikandan ADMK 89,365 46.30 M. H. Jawahirullah MMK 56,143 29.09 33,222 212 Mudhukulathur S. Pandi INC 94,946 46.71 M.Keerthika ADMK 81,598 40.14 13,348 213 Vilathikulam Uma Maheswari ADMK 71,496 46.79 Beemaraj S DMK 52,778 34.54 18,718 214 Thoothukkudi Geetha Jeevan. P DMK 88,045 46.46 Chellapandian.S.T. ADMK 67,137 35.43 20,908 215 Tiruchendur Anitha R Radhakrishnan DMK 88,357 52.97 R. Sarathkumar ADMK 62,356 37.38 26,001 216 Srivaikuntam S. P. Shanmuganathan ADMK 65,198 41.96 Rani Venkatesan V INC 61,667 39.69 3,531 217 Ottapidaram R. Sundararaj ADMK 65,071 40.57 Dr. Krishnasamy.K PTK 64,578 40.26 493 218 Kovilpatti Kadambur Raju ADMK 64,514 38.96 A.Subramanian DMK 64,086 38.70 428 219 Sankarankovil V. M. Rajalakshmi ADMK 78,751 44.36 Anbumani G DMK 64,262 36.20 14,489 220 Vasudevanallur Manoharan A. ADMK 73,904 45.06 Anbalagan S PTK 55,146 33.62 18,758 221 Kadayanallur K. A. M. Muhammed Abubacker IUML 70,763 37.49 Sheik Dawood. S ADMK 69,569 36.86 1,194 222 Tenkasi S. Selvamohandas Pandian ADMK 86,339 42.58 Palani Nadar S INC 85,877 42.35 462 223 Alangulam Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna DMK 88,891 45.98 Hepzi Karthikeyan ADMK 84,137 43.52 4,754 224 Tirunelveli A. L. S. Lakshmanan DMK 81,761 43.13 Nainar Nagenthran ADMK 81,160 42.81 601 225 Ambasamudram R. Murugaiah Pandian ADMK 78,555 45.80 Avudaiappan. R DMK 65,389 38.12 13,166 226 Palayamkottai T. P. M. Mohideen Khan DMK 67,463 43.62 Hyder Ali S.K.A ADMK 51,591 33.36 15,872 227 Nanguneri H. Vasanthakumar INC 74,932 43.45 Vijayakumar. M ADMK 57,617 33.41 17,315 228 Radhapuram I. S. Inbadurai ADMK 69,590 40.62 M. Appavu DMK 69,541 40.59 49 229 Kanniyakumari S. Austin DMK 89,023 42.41 Thalavai Sundaram. N ADMK 83,111 39.59 5,912 230 Nagercoil N. Suresh Rajan DMK 67,369 38.87 Gandhi M.R BJP 46,413 26.78 20,956 231 Colachel J. G. Prince INC 67,195 40.19 Ramesh P BJP 41,167 24.62 26,028 232 Padmanabhapuram Mano Thangaraj DMK 76,249 47.20 Rajendra Prasad K P ADMK 35,344 21.88 40,905 233 Vilavancode S. Vijayadharani INC 68,789 42.43 Dharmaraj C BJP 35,646 21.98 33,143 234 Killiyoor S. Rajesh Kumar INC 77,356 50.47 Pon. Vijayaragavan BJP 31,061 20.27 46,295
Party Contested Won FD Votes Seats Shate in Valid Vote % Polled in State in Seats % Contest State Parties AIADMK 232 135 2 17,616,266 40.77% 41.06 DMDK 104 0 103 1,034,384 2.39% 5.42 DMK 180 88 0 13,669,116 31.64% 41.35 PMK 232 0 212 2,300,558 5.32% 5.41 State Parties - Other States AIFB 33 0 33 44,546 0.10% 0.74 AIMIM 2 0 2 10,289 0.02% 2.78 IUML 5 1 0 313,808 0.73% 33.28 JD(S) 2 0 2 711 0.00% 0.20 JD(U) 6 0 6 2,082 0.00% 0.18 JKNPP 2 0 2 297 0.00% 0.08 LJP 23 0 23 4,146 0.01% 0.10 RJD 1 0 1 9 0 0.00% 0.05 SHS/SS 36 0 36 13,640 0.03% 0.21 SP 26 0 26 4,464 0.01% 0.09 National Parties BJP 188 0 180 1,228,704 2.84% 3.57 BSP 158 0 156 97,823 0.23% 0.34 CPI 25 0 23 340,290 0.79% 7.25 CPI(M) 25 0 25 307,303 0.71% 6.80 INC 41 8 0 2,774,075 6.42% 36.74 NCP 20 0 20 11,842 0.03% 0.30 Registered (Unrecognised) Parties ABHM 1 0 1 211 0.00% 0.13 AIFB(S) 2 0 2 5,950 0.01% 1.52 AIJMK 3 0 3 953 0.00% 0.15 AIPMK 2 0 2 1,321 0.00% 0.38 AIWUP 1 0 1 72 0.00% 0.04 AMMK 4 0 4 698 0.00% 0.09 APNP 3 0 3 428 0.00% 0.08 AUK 2 0 2 147 0.00% 0.04 CDF 1 0 1 170 0.00% 0.10 CPI(ML)(L) 10 0 10 4,972 0.01% 0.23 CPIM 2 0 2 378 0.00% 0.12 DCLF 1 0 1 1,411 0.00% 0.82 DMMK 1 0 1 121 0.00% 0.08 DMSK 2 0 2 199 0.00% 0.06 EDP 3 0 3 993 0.00% 0.19 ETMK 6 0 6 5,257 0.01% 0.45 FDLP 1 0 1 1,373 0.00% 0.71 FIP 4 0 4 1,359 0.00% 0.14 GAPP 3 0 3 710 0.00% 0.14 GMI 40 0 40 11,683 0.03% 0.16 GokMK 9 0 8 3,357 0.01% 0.21 GPI 6 0 6 1840 0.00% 0.16
Controversies On 3 May, News 7 and Dinamalar released an opinion poll giving an edge for DMK over AIADMK. But some editions of Dinamalar carried a statement on the first page distancing itself from the surveys. [ 61] In an instance VVPAT was helpful in resolving an issue pertaining to a tally of votes in Kancheepuram Assembly constituency as the number of votes entered in the Form 17C of a polling booth and the total number of votes recorded in the EVM control unit of that booth did not tally. [ 62]
Cash for votes Wide spread allegations of parties bribing voters with cash were raised and the Election commission responded by increasing the number of flying squads to conduct raids and prevent distribution of cash for votes. [ 63] [ 64] [ 65] First time in the Indian history Rs 570 crores of three containers captured in Tirupur, no one claimed for that money at the first day. Later SBI claimed that money. Many parties like CPI(M), CPI, VCK, MDMK, PMK, wanted clear information about that money.[ citation needed ]
Postponement of polls The Election Commission postponed the polls in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies due to reports of distribution of huge sums of money and alcohol to voters. The polling was initially postponed to 13 June, despite the Governor of Tamil Nadu requesting that it should happen before 1 June. The date was subsequently amended to November.[ citation needed ]
Adjuned and By-Election On 26 October 2016, the Election Commission announced that the election for Thiruparankundram , Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies would be held on 19 November 2016. [ 66] The outcome was:[ citation needed ]
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