2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

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2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
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  2011 16 May 2016 (2016-05-16) (232 Seats)
19 November 2016 (2 Seats)
2021  

All 234 elected seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.81% (Decrease2.svg 3.48 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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M. Karunanidhi .jpg
Vijaykanth at the Sagaptham Audio Launch.jpg
Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Vijayakanth
Party AIADMK DMK DMDK
Alliance Unallied UPA+DPA PWF
Leader since198919692005
Leader's seat Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar Thiruvarur Ulundurpet
(lost)
Last election203 seats
(alliance)
31 seats
(alliance)
48 seats
(alliance)
Seats won136980
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 67Increase2.svg 67Decrease2.svg 48
Popular vote17,617,06017,175,3742,621,297
Percentage40.88%39.85%6.10%
SwingDecrease2.svg 10.14 pp Increase2.svg 0.35 pp Decrease2.svg 5.49 pp

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election map.svg

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2016 Alliance wise Result in Tamil Nadu.svg

Chief Minister before election

J. Jayalalithaa
AIADMK

Elected Chief Minister

J. Jayalalithaa
AIADMK

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.

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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]

Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu having VVPAT facility with EVMs [10] [11]
Anna Nagar Vellore Krishnagiri
Salem North Erode West Tirupur (North)
Coimbatore North Dindigul Tiruchirappalli West
Cuddalore Thanjavur Kancheepuram
Villupuram Madurai East Thoothukudi
Tirunelveli Kanyakumari

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 Chief Election Commissioner, Dr. Nasim Zaidi along with the Election Commissioners, Shri A.K. Joti and Shri O.P. Rawat addressing a press conference, in New Delhi on March 04, 2016.jpg
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]

EventDate
Date for Nominations22 April 2016
Last Date for filing Nominations29 April 2016
Date for scrutiny of nominations30 April 2016
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures2 May 2016
Date of poll16 May 2016
Date of counting19 May 2016
Date before which the election shall be completed21 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

Party/AllianceSymbolLeaderContesting seats
AIADMK-led Alliance All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian election symbol two leaves.svg J. Jayalalithaa 227
Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi Thamimum Ansari 2 [25]
Republican Party of India C. K. Thamizharasan 1
All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi R. Sarathkumar 1
Tamil Nadu Kongu Ilaingar Peravai U. Thaniyarasu 1
Mukkulathor Pulipadai Karunas 1
Tamil Maanila Muslim LeagueSheik Dawood1
SPA Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam [26] Indian election symbol rising sun.svg M. Karunanidhi 176
Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg E. V. K. S. Elangovan 41
Indian Union Muslim League Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg K. M. Khader Mohideen 5
Manithaneya Makkal Katchi Indian Election Cup and Saucer.png M. H. Jawahirullah 4
Puthiya Tamilagam Indian Election Symbol Television.png Dr. K. Krishnasamy 4
Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi Indian election symbol rising sun.svg N. R. Dhanapalan1
Tamil Nadu Peasants and Workers PartyPon. Kumar1
Samuga Samathuva PadaiV. Sivakami1
People's Welfare Front Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam [27] Indian Election Symbol Nagara.svg Vijayakanth 105
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian Election Symbol Top.png Vaiko 28
Tamil Maanila Congress G. K. Vasan 26
Communist Party of India CPI symbol.svg Mutharasan25
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg G. Ramakrishnan 25
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Ring Symbol.png Thol. Thirumavalavan 25
National Democratic Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party Lotus flower symbol.svg Tamilisai Soundararajan 165
Akila Indhiya Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam24
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi IMG-20190704-WA0003.jpg T. R. Paarivendhar 45

Parties not in any coalition

Sl. No:Name of the PartyParty SymbolParty Leader
1 Pattali Makkal Katchi Indian Election Symbol Mango SVG.svg Anbumani Ramadoss
2 Naam Tamilar Katchi Candle - Election Symbol.png Seeman
3Tamil Nadu Youth Party (TNYP)
4 Welfare Party of India S. N. Sikkandar
5 Social Democratic Party of India Gas Cylinder.jpg Thehlan Baqavi
6Anaithu Makkal Munnetra KazhagamPachathanni Manickam I.P.S
7 Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi Indian Election Symbol Jackfruit.png Panruti T. Velmurugan.
8 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Indian Election Symbol Kite.svg Asaduddin Owaisi
9 Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi Indian Election Symbol Hat.png E.R. Eswaran

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 (AMMK) for Madurai North. He secured 14th place out of 21 candidates. [30] [31] [32] [33]

Manifestos

DMK released its election manifesto on 10 April 2016. [34] [35] Bharatiya Janata Party released its election manifesto on 21 April 2016. [36] On 23 March 2016, Naam Tamilar Katchi published its 316-page election manifesto 2016, a complete plan to develop Tamil Nadu. [37] [38] Tamil Nadu Congress Committee released its election manifesto on 27 April 2016. [39] Pattali Makkal Katchi released its draft election manifesto on 15 September 2015 and final election manifesto on 15 April 2016. [40] AIADMK released its election manifesto on 5 May 2016. [41] [42]

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

AgencyAIADMKDMK+BJPPWF-DMDK/OthersRef.
India Today-Axis89–101124–1400–3NA/4-8 [46]
News Nation95–99120-1180–112-16/5-9 [47]
C Voter13978015/2 [48]
NewsX901400NA/4 [49]
ABP Nielsen951321NA/6 [49]
NDTV Poll of Polls1031200NA/11 [49]
Spick News1428702 [50]
Thanthi TV1119913/2 [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
  1. AIADMK 40.88 (39.7%)
  2. DPA 39.85 (38.7%)
  3. PWF 6.1 (5.93%)
  4. PMK 5.36 (5.21%)
  5. NDA 2.86 (2.78%)
  6. Others 7.81 (7.59%)

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency [60]
Assembly ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
#NameCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Gummidipoondi K. S. Vijayakumar ADMK 89,33241.68 C. H. Sekar DMK 65,93730.7623,395
2 Ponneri P. Balaraman ADMK 95,97948.56Dr. Parimalam. K DMK 76,64338.7819,336
3 Tiruttani P. M. Narasimhan ADMK 93,04541.84Chidambaram. A. G INC 69,90431.4323,141
4 Thiruvallur V. G. Raajendran DMK 80,47339.02Baskaran. A ADMK 75,33536.535,138
5 Poonamallee T. A. Elumalai ADMK 103,95243.32Paranthamen. I DMK 92,18938.4111,763
6 Avadi K. Pandiarajan ADMK 108,06439.92S. M. Nasar DMK 106,66939.401,395
7 Maduravoyal P. Benjamin ADMK 99,73940.12Rajesh R INC 91,33736.748,402
8 Ambattur V. Alexander ADMK 94,37541.10Aassan Maulaana INC 76,87733.4817,498
9 Madavaram S. Sudharsanam DMK 122,08245.43Dhakshnamoorthy D ADMK 106,82939.7615,253
10 Thiruvottiyur K. P. P. Samy DMK 82,20543.25Balraj. B ADMK 77,34240.694,863
11 Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar J. Jayalalithaa ADMK 97,21855.87Shimla Muthuchozhan DMK 57,67333.1439,545
12 Perambur P. Vetrivel ADMK 79,97442.39N. R. Dhanapalan DMK 79,45542.11519
13 Kolathur M. K. Stalin DMK 91,30354.25Prabhakar. J. C. D ADMK 53,57331.8337,730
14 Villivakkam B. Ranganathan DMK 65,97243.96Thadi M.Raju ADMK 56,65137.759,321
15 Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar P. Sivakumar @ Thayagamkavi DMK 61,74445.25Neelakandan. V ADMK 58,42242.823,322
16 Egmore K. S. Ravichandran DMK 55,06045.64 Parithi Ellamvazhuthi E ADMK 44,38136.7910,679
17 Royapuram D. Jayakumar ADMK 55,20545.21Manohar R INC 47,17438.638,031
18 Harbour P. K. Sekar Babu DMK 42,07140.36Sreenivasan K S ADMK 37,23535.724,836
19 Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni J. Anbazhagan DMK 67,98247.32A. Noorjahan ADMK 53,81837.4614,164
20 Thousand Lights K. K. Selvam DMK 61,72643.35 Valarmathi B ADMK 52,89737.158,829
21 Anna Nagar M. K. Mohan DMK 70,81241.59 S. Gokula Indira ADMK 69,72640.951,086
22 Virugampakkam V.N.Virugai Ravi ADMK 65,97938.51K Thanasekaran DMK 63,64637.152,333
23 Saidapet M. Subramaniam DMK 79,27947.18Ponnayan.C ADMK 63,02437.5116,255
24 Thiyagarayanagar B. Sathyanarayanan ADMK 53,20737.47Dr. N. S. Kanimozhi DMK 50,05235.253,155
25 Mylapore R Nataraj IPS (Rtd) ADMK 68,17643.67 Karate Thiagarajan.R INC 53,44834.2314,728
26 Velachery Vagai Chanderasekar DMK 70,13939.96C Munusamy ADMK 61,26734.918,872
27 Shozhinganallur S. Aravind Ramesh DMK 147,01442.53Sundaram N ADMK 132,10138.2114,913
28 Alandur Anbarasan. T.M. DMK 96,87744.64 Panruti S. Ramachandran ADMK 77,70835.8119,169
29 Sriperumbudur Palani. K ADMK 101,00142.77 K. Selvaperunthagai INC 90,28538.2310,716
30 Pallavaram Karunanithi. I DMK 112,89144.94 C. R. Saraswathi ADMK 90,72636.1222,165
31 Tambaram S. R. Raja DMK 101,83543.27Rajendran C ADMK 87,39037.1314,445
32 Chengalpattu M. Varalakshmi DMK 112,67545.11Kamalakkannan.R ADMK 86,38334.5826,292
33 Thiruporur Kothandapani. M ADMK 70,21534.91Viswanathan. V DMK 69,26534.44950
34 Cheyyur Arasu R T DMK 63,44637.51Munusamy A ADMK 63,14237.33304
35 Madurantakam S.Pugazhenthi DMK 73,69341.43 C.K.Thamizharasan ADMK 70,73639.772,957
36 Uthiramerur K. Sundar DMK 85,51343.02Ganesan.P ADMK 73,35736.9012,156
37 Kancheepuram C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan DMK 90,53340.40T.Mythili ADMK 82,98537.037,548
38 Arakkonam S. Ravi ADMK 68,17641.21Rajkumar N DMK 64,01538.694,161
39 Sholingur N. G. Parthiban ADMK 77,65136.79 A. M. Munirathinam INC 67,91932.189,732
40 Katpadi Durai Murugan DMK 90,53450.90Appu S.R.K ADMK 66,58837.4423,946
41 Ranipet Gandhi. R DMK 81,72442.85Elumalai. C ADMK 73,82838.717,896
42 Arcot Eswarappan J L DMK 84,18241.39Ramadoss.K.V ADMK 73,09135.9411,091
43 Vellore Karthikeyan DMK 88,26451.53Harun Rasheed ADMK 62,05436.2326,210
44 Anaikattu Nandakumar. A.P DMK 77,05842.43Kalaiarasu. M ADMK 68,29037.608,768
45 Kilvaithinankuppam Loganathan.G ADMK 75,61245.76Amalu V DMK 65,86639.869,746
46 Gudiyattam Jayanthi Padmanabhan .C ADMK 94,68948.56Rajamarthandan. K. DMK 83,21942.6811,470
47 Vaniyambadi Nilofer ADMK 69,58840.31Syed Farooq IUML 55,06231.8914,526
48 Ambur Balasubramani R. ADMK 79,18249.16Nazeer Ahmed.V.R. MMK 51,17631.7728,006
49 Jolarpet Veeramani. K. C ADMK 82,52545.57Kavitha.C DMK 71,53439.5010,991
50 Tirupattur (Vellore) Nallathambi. A DMK 80,79145.43Kumar.T.T ADMK 73,14441.137,647
51 Uthangarai N.Manoranjitham ADMK 69,98038.75S.Malathy DMK 67,36737.302,613
52 Bargur V.Rajendran ADMK 80,65042.89Govinddarasan.E.C DMK 79,66842.36982
53 Krishnagiri T.Senguttuvan DMK 87,63743.80V.Govindaraj ADMK 82,74641.354,891
54 Veppanahalli Murugan P DMK 88,95246.01Madhu A.V.M @ Hemnath M ADMK 83,72443.315,228
55 Hosur Balakrishna Reddy P ADMK 89,51041.59Gopinath K INC 66,54630.9222,964
56 Thalli Prakaash.Y. DMK 74,42939.31Ramachandran.T. CPI 68,18436.016,245
57 Palacode K. P. Anbalagan ADMK 76,14340.34Murugan. P.K. DMK 70,16037.175,983
58 Pennagaram Inbasekaran. P.N.P. DMK 76,84838.49Anbumani Ramadoss PMK 58,40229.2518,446
59 Dharmapuri Subramani. P. DMK 71,05634.25Elangovan. P.D. ADMK 61,38029.589,676
60 Pappireddippatti Palaniyappan. P ADMK 74,23435.56Sathiyamoorthy. A PMK 61,52129.4712,713
61 Harur R.Murugan ADMK 64,56833.96S.Rajendran DMK 53,14727.9511,421
62 Chengam Giri .M.P DMK 95,93945.60Dinagaran. M ADMK 83,24839.5712,691
63 Tiruvannamalai E. V. Velu DMK 116,48457.15Rajan.K ADMK 66,13632.4550,348
64 Kilpennathur Pitchandi K DMK 99,07050.22Selvamani K ADMK 64,40432.6434,666
65 Kalasapakkam Panneerselvam V ADMK 84,39445.41Kumar G INC 57,98031.2026,414
66 Polur Sekaran.K.V DMK 66,58834.02Murugan.M ADMK 58,31529.808,273
67 Arani Ramachandran. S ADMK 94,07444.89Babu. S DMK 86,74741.407,327
68 Cheyyar Mohan K ADMK 77,76637.78Dr. Vishnuprasad M K INC 69,23933.648,527
69 Vandavasi Ambethkumar. S DMK 80,20644.20Meganathan. V ADMK 62,13834.2418,068
70 Gingee K. S. Masthan DMK 88,44043.99Govindasamy A ADMK 66,38333.0222,057
71 Mailam Masilamani R DMK 70,88041.40Annadurai K ADMK 58,57434.2112,306
72 Tindivanam Seethapathy P DMK 61,87935.33Rajendran S P ADMK 61,77835.27101
73 Vanur Chakrapani M ADMK 64,16736.79Mydili R DMK 53,94430.9310,223
74 Villupuram C V Shanmugam ADMK 69,42136.74Ameer Abbas S M IUML 47,13024.9422,291
75 Vikravandi Rathamani.K DMK 63,75735.69Velu R ADMK 56,84531.826,912
76 Tirukkoyilur Ponmudy K DMK 93,83749.80Gothandaraman G ADMK 52,78028.0141,057
77 Ulundurpettai Kumaraguru. R. ADMK 81,97336.04Vasanthavel. G.R. DMK 77,80934.214,164
78 Rishivandiyam Karthikeyan.K DMK 92,60747.08Dhandapani.K ADMK 72,10436.6620,503
79 Sankarapuram Udhayasuriyan.T DMK 90,92044.72Mohan P ADMK 76,39237.5814,528
80 Kallakurichi Prabhu A ADMK 90,10842.16Kamaraj P DMK 86,00440.244,104
81 Gangavalli Maruthamuthu.A ADMK 74,30142.22Rekha Priyadharshini.J DMK 72,03940.942,262
82 Attur Chinnathambi R M ADMK 82,82744.34Arthanari S K INC 65,49335.0617,334
83 Yercaud Chitra.G ADMK 100,56245.18Tamilselvan.C DMK 83,16837.3717,394
84 Omalur Vetrivel.S ADMK 89,16939.23Ammasi.S DMK 69,21330.4519,956
85 Mettur Semmalai.S ADMK 72,75135.05Parthiban.S.R DMK 66,46932.026,282
86 Edappadi Edappadi K. Palaniswami ADMK 98,70343.74Annadurai. N PMK 56,68125.1242,022
87 Sankari Raja.S ADMK 96,20244.57Rajeswaran.T.K INC 58,82827.2537,374
88 Salem (West) Venkatachalam.G ADMK 80,75539.88Panneer Selvam.C. DMK 73,50836.307,247
89 Salem (North) Rajendran.R DMK 86,58345.14Saravanan.K.R.S ADMK 76,71039.999,873
90 Salem (South) Sakthivel A B ADMK 101,69651.39Gunasekaran M DMK 71,24336.0030,453
91 Veerapandi Manonmani.P ADMK 94,79245.86Rajendran. A DMK 80,31138.8514,481
92 Rasipuram Saroja V. Dr ADMK 86,90146.50Duraisamy V.P DMK 77,27041.359,631
93 Senthamangalam Chandrasekaran C ADMK 91,33948.09Ponnusamy K DMK 79,00641.6012,333
94 Namakkal K. P. P. Baskar ADMK 89,07645.81Chezhian. R INC 75,54238.8513,534
95 Paramathi Velur Moorthiy K S DMK 74,41842.45Rajendhiran R ADMK 73,60041.98818
96 Tiruchengodu Saraswathi Pon ADMK 73,10341.40Elangoavan Bar DMK 69,71339.483,390
97 Kumarapalayam Thangamani P ADMK 103,03255.20Yuvaraj P DMK 55,70329.8447,329
98 Erode (East) Thennarasu K S ADMK 64,87943.83 V. C. Chandhirakumar DMK 57,08538.577,794
99 Erode (West) Ramalingam K.V. ADMK 82,29743.46Muthusamy S DMK 77,39140.874,906
100 Modakkurichi Sivasubramani . V.P. ADMK 77,06743.62Sachidanandam. P. DMK 74,84542.362,222
101 Dharapuram Kalimuthu. V.S INC 83,53845.67Ponnusamy. K ADMK 73,52140.1910,017
102 Kangayam Thaniyarasu U ADMK 83,32545.18Gopi P INC 70,19038.0613,135
103 Perundurai Venkatachalam.N.D ADMK 80,29244.05Mohanasundaram P. DMK 67,52137.0512,771
104 Bhavani Karuppanan K C ADMK 85,74845.38Sivakumar N DMK 60,86132.2124,887
105 Anthiyur E. M. R. Raja ADMK 71,57542.21Venkatachalam A G DMK 66,26339.075,312
106 Gobichettipalayam Sengottaiyan K.A ADMK 96,17747.00Saravanan S.V INC 84,95441.5211,223
107 Bhavanisagar Eswaran.S ADMK 83,00642.23Sathya.R DMK 69,90235.5613,104
108 Udhagamandalam Ganesh. R. INC 67,74748.34Vinoth ADMK 57,32940.9010,418
109 Gudalur Thiravidamani.M. DMK 62,12847.39Kalaiselvan. S. ADMK 48,74937.1913,379
110 Coonoor Ramu. A. ADMK 61,65045.71Mubarak. B. M. DMK 57,94042.963,710
111 Mettupalayam Chinnaraj.O.K ADMK 93,59544.41Surendran. S. DMK 77,48136.7616,114
112 Avanashi Dhanapal P ADMK 93,36648.11Anandhan E DMK 62,69232.3130,674
113 Tiruppur (North) Vijayakumar Kn ADMK 106,71748.56Saminathan M P DMK 68,94331.3737,774
114 Tiruppur (South) Gunasekaran S ADMK 73,35144.68Selvaraj K DMK 57,41834.9815,933
115 Palladam Natarajan. A ADMK 111,86647.01Krishnamoorthy. S DMK 79,69233.4932,174
116 Sulur Kanagaraj. R. ADMK 100,97747.38Manoharan. V.M.C. INC 64,34630.1936,631
117 Kavundampalayam V. C. Arukutty ADMK 110,87040.70Payya Gounder @ Krishnan. R. DMK 102,84537.768,025
118 Coimbatore (North) Arun Kumar. P.R.G. ADMK 77,54041.05S.Meenalogu DMK 69,81636.967,724
119 Thondamuthur Velumani.S.P. ADMK 109,51955.01Kovai Syed MMK 45,47822.8464,041
120 Coimbatore (South) Amman K. Arjunan ADMK 59,78838.94Mayura Jayakumar.S. INC 42,36927.6017,419
121 Singanallur Karthik. N. DMK 75,45940.02Singai Muthu. N. ADMK 70,27937.285,180
122 Kinathukadavu Shanmugam. A. ADMK 89,04242.81Kurichi Prabhakaran DMK 87,71042.171,332
123 Pollachi Pollachi V Jayaraman ADMK 78,55346.59Tamilmani. R. DMK 65,18538.6613,368
124 Valparai Kasthuri Vasu. V. ADMK 69,98048.68Paulpandi. T. DMK 61,73642.958,244
125 Udumalaipettai Radhakrishnan. K ADMK 81,81744.73Muthu. Mu. Ka DMK 76,13041.625,687
126 Madathukulam Jayaramakrishnan R DMK 76,61944.66Manoharan K ADMK 74,95243.691,667
127 Palani Senthilkumar I P DMK 100,04550.66Kumarasamy P ADMK 74,45937.7125,586
128 Oddanchatram Sakkarapani R DMK 121,71564.26Kittusamy K ADMK 55,98829.5665,727
129 Athoor Periyasamy I DMK 121,73853.10Viswanathan R Natham ADMK 94,59141.2627,147
130 Nilakottai Thangathurai R ADMK 85,50748.99Anbazhagan M DMK 70,73140.5214,776
131 Natham Andi Ambalam M.A DMK 93,82245.32Shajahan S ADMK 91,71244.302,110
132 Dindigul Sreenivasan C ADMK 91,41349.30Basheer Ahamed M DMK 70,69438.1320,719
133 Vedasandur V. P. B. Paramasivam ADMK 97,55549.13Sivasakthivel Gounder R INC 77,61739.0919,938
134 Aravakurichi V. Senthil Balaji ADMK 88,06853.51K. C. Palanisamy DMK 64,40739.1323,661
135 Karur Vijayabhaskar .M.R ADMK 81,93643.86Subramanian .Bank .K INC 81,49543.62441
136 Krishnarayapuram Geetha . M. ADMK 83,97749.82Aiyyar . V. K. PTK 48,67628.8835,301
137 Kulithalai Ramar .E DMK 89,92348.85Chandrasekaran .R ADMK 78,02742.3911,896
138 Manapaarai Chandrasekar R ADMK 91,39944.38Mohamed Nizam M A IUML 73,12235.5018,277
139 Srirangam Valarmathi.S ADMK 108,40048.09Palaniyandi.M DMK 93,99141.7014,409
140 Tiruchirappalli (West) Nehru.K.N DMK 92,04951.30Manoharan.R ADMK 63,63435.4728,415
141 Tiruchirappalli (East) Natarajan .N. ADMK 79,93847.87Jerome Arockiaraj .G. INC 58,04434.7621,894
142 Thiruverumbur Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi DMK 85,95046.98Kalaichelvan.D ADMK 69,25537.8516,695
143 Lalgudi Soundarapandian A DMK 77,94646.80Vijayamurthy M ADMK 74,10944.503,837
144 Manachanallur Parameswari. M ADMK 83,08346.17Ganesan. S DMK 75,56141.997,522
145 Musiri Selvarasu M ADMK 89,39852.31Vijaya Babu S INC 57,31133.5332,087
146 Thuraiyur Stalinkumar .S DMK 81,44448.10Maivizhi .A ADMK 73,37643.338,068
147 Perambalur R.Thamizhselvan ADMK 101,07345.27P.Sivakami DMK 94,22042.206,853
148 Kunnam Ramachandran.R.T ADMK 78,21838.15Durairaj.T DMK 59,42228.9818,796
149 Ariyalur Rajendran. S ADMK 88,52341.94Sivasankar. S.S DMK 86,48040.972,043
150 Jayankondam Ramajeyalingam.J.K.N ADMK 75,67237.09Guru @ Gurunathan.J PMK 52,73825.8522,934
151 Tittakudi Ganesan V DMK 65,13940.67Ayyasamy P ADMK 62,92739.292,212
152 Vriddhachalam Kalaiselvan V T ADMK 72,61139.22Govindasamy P DMK 58,83431.7813,777
153 Neyveli Saba. Rajendran DMK 54,29934.10Rajsekar R ADMK 36,50822.9317,791
154 Panruti Sathya.P ADMK 72,35339.01Ponkumar DMK 69,22537.333,128
155 Cuddalore Sampath M C ADMK 70,92241.07Pugazhendi Ela DMK 46,50926.9324,413
156 Kurinjipadi Panneerselvam Mrk DMK 82,86444.03Rajendran R ADMK 54,75629.0928,108
157 Bhuvanagiri Saravanan. Durai K. DMK 60,55431.73Selvi Ramajayam ADMK 55,06628.855,488
158 Chidambaram Pandian K A ADMK 58,54334.31Senthilkumar K R DMK 57,03733.431,506
159 Kattumannarkoil Murugumaran.N ADMK 48,45029.33Thirumaavalavan.Thol VCK 48,36329.2887
160 Sirkazhi Bharathi.P.V ADMK 76,48743.05Killai Ravindran.S DMK 67,48437.989,003
161 Mayiladuthurai Rathakrishnan.V ADMK 70,94942.02Anbazhagan.K DMK 66,17139.194,778
162 Poompuhar Pavunraj.S ADMK 87,66645.48Shajahan.A.M IUML 67,73135.1419,935
163 Nagapattinam Thamimun Ansari.M ADMK 64,90348.28Mohamed Jafarullah.A MMK 44,35332.9920,550
164 Kilvelur Mathivanan.U DMK 61,99944.95Meena.N ADMK 51,82937.5810,170
165 Vedaranyam Manian.O.S ADMK 60,83641.44Rajendiran.P.V INC 37,83825.7722,998
166 Thiruthuraipoondi Adalarasan. P DMK 72,12741.07Umamaheswari. K ADMK 58,87733.5313,250
167 Mannargudi T. R. B. Rajaa DMK 91,13748.71Kamaraj. S ADMK 81,20043.409,937
168 Thiruvarur Kalaignar M Karunanidhi DMK 121,47361.73Pannerselvam .R ADMK 53,10726.9968,366
169 Nannilam Kamaraj. R ADMK 100,91849.43Duraivelan. S.M.B INC 79,64239.0121,276
170 Thiruvidaimarudur Chezhiaan.Govi DMK 77,53841.93Settu.U ADMK 77,00641.64532
171 Kumbakonam G. Anbalagan DMK 85,04845.04Rathna.S ADMK 76,59140.568,457
172 Papanasam Doraikkannu R ADMK 82,61445.26Loganathan T R INC 58,24931.9124,365
173 Thiruvaiyaru Durai.Chandrasekaran DMK 100,04349.27M.G.M.Subramanian ADMK 85,70042.2114,343
174 Thanjavur M.Rengasamy ADMK 101,36254.37Anjugam Boopathy DMK 74,48839.9526,874
175 Orathanadu Ramchandran. M DMK 84,37846.87Vaithilingam. R ADMK 80,73344.853,645
176 Pattukkottai Sekar. V ADMK 70,63142.58Mahendran. K INC 58,27335.1312,358
177 Peravurani Govindarasu M ADMK 73,90845.65Ashok Kumar N DMK 72,91345.04995
178 Gandharvakottai Arumugam.B ADMK 64,04343.84Anbarasan.K DMK 60,99641.753,047
179 Viralimalai Vijaya Baskar C ADMK 84,70149.69Palaniappan M DMK 76,25444.748,447
180 Pudukkottai Periyannan Arassu DMK 66,73939.19Karthik Thondaiman ADMK 64,65537.972,084
181 Thirumayam Regupathy S DMK 72,37345.58Vairamuthu Pk ADMK 71,60745.10766
182 Alangudi Meyyanathan .Siva .V DMK 72,99246.17Gnana Kalaiselvan ADMK 63,05139.889,941
183 Aranthangi Rathinasabhapathy E ADMK 69,90545.22Ramachandran T INC 67,61443.742,291
184 Karaikudi Ramasamy Kr INC 93,41946.40Karpagam Ilango ADMK 75,13637.3218,283
185 Tiruppattur (Sivaganga) Periakaruppan Kr DMK 110,71955.72Asokan Kr ADMK 68,71534.5842,004
186 Sivaganga Baskaran.G ADMK 81,69743.15Sathianathan.M @ Meppal M.Sakthi DMK 75,06139.646,636
187 Manamadurai Mariappankennady S ADMK 89,89348.45Chitraselvi S DMK 75,00440.4314,889
188 Melur Periyapullan @ Selvam P ADMK 88,90951.54Ragupthy A.P DMK 69,18640.1119,723
189 Madurai East P. Moorthy DMK 108,56950.62P Pandi ADMK 75,79735.3432,772
190 Sholavandan K. Manickam ADMK 87,04452.33Bhavani.C DMK 62,18737.3924,857
191 Madurai North V. V. Rajan Chellappa ADMK 70,46045.64Karthikeyan. V. INC 51,62133.4418,839
192 Madurai South Saravanan .S.S. ADMK 62,68342.75Balachandran .M DMK 38,92026.5523,763
193 Madurai Central Palanivel Thiagarajan DMK 64,66242.55Jeyabal M ADMK 58,90038.755,762
194 Madurai West Sellur K. Raju ADMK 82,52944.81Thalapathi G DMK 66,13135.9116,398
195 Thiruparankundram S. M. Seenivel ADMK 93,45347.32Manimaran M DMK 70,46135.6822,992
196 Tirumangalam Udhayakumar.R.B ADMK 95,86446.99Jeyaram.R INC 72,27435.4323,590
197 Usilampatti Neethipathi P ADMK 106,34952.88Ilamakezhan.K DMK 73,44336.5232,906
198 Andipatti Thanga Tamil Selvam ADMK 103,12951.93Mookaiah.L DMK 72,93336.7230,196
199 Periyakulam K. Kathirkamu ADMK 90,59946.94Anbazhagan DMK 76,24939.5114,350
200 Bodinayakanur O. Panneerselvam ADMK 99,53149.38S. Lakshmanan DMK 83,92341.6315,608
201 Cumbum S.T.K.Jakkaiyan ADMK 91,09946.94Cumbum N. Ramakrishnan DMK 79,87841.1611,221
202 Rajapalayam S. Thangappandian DMK 74,78743.82A. A. S. Shyam ADMK 69,98541.004,802
203 Srivilliputhur M. Chandra Prabha ADMK 88,10349.32Muthukumar.C PTK 51,43028.7936,673
204 Sattur S. G. Subramanian ADMK 71,51340.65Srinivasan.V. DMK 67,08638.134,427
205 Sivakasi K. T. Rajenthrabhalaji ADMK 76,73443.67Sreeraja. C. INC 61,98635.2814,748
206 Virudhunagar A. R. R. Seenivasan DMK 65,49942.71Kalanithi.K ADMK 62,62940.842,870
207 Aruppukkottai Ramachandran K.K.S.S.R DMK 81,48549.41Vaigaichelvan.Dr ADMK 63,43138.4618,054
208 Tiruchuli Thangam Thenarasu DMK 89,92753.61Dinesh Babu. K. ADMK 63,35037.7726,577
209 Paramakudi Dr. S. Muthiah ADMK 79,25446.89Thisaiveeran.U DMK 67,86540.1511,389
210 Tiruvadanai Karunaas ADMK 76,78641.14Thivakaran. S.P DMK 68,09036.488,696
211 Ramanathapuram Dr. M. Manikandan ADMK 89,36546.30 M. H. Jawahirullah MMK 56,14329.0933,222
212 Mudhukulathur S. Pandi INC 94,94646.71M.Keerthika ADMK 81,59840.1413,348
213 Vilathikulam Uma Maheswari ADMK 71,49646.79Beemaraj S DMK 52,77834.5418,718
214 Thoothukkudi Geetha Jeevan. P DMK 88,04546.46Chellapandian.S.T. ADMK 67,13735.4320,908
215 Tiruchendur Anitha R Radhakrishnan DMK 88,35752.97 R. Sarathkumar ADMK 62,35637.3826,001
216 Srivaikuntam S. P. Shanmuganathan ADMK 65,19841.96Rani Venkatesan V INC 61,66739.693,531
217 Ottapidaram R. Sundararaj ADMK 65,07140.57Dr. Krishnasamy.K PTK 64,57840.26493
218 Kovilpatti Kadambur Raju ADMK 64,51438.96A.Subramanian DMK 64,08638.70428
219 Sankarankovil V. M. Rajalakshmi ADMK 78,75144.36Anbumani G DMK 64,26236.2014,489
220 Vasudevanallur Manoharan A. ADMK 73,90445.06Anbalagan S PTK 55,14633.6218,758
221 Kadayanallur K. A. M. Muhammed Abubacker IUML 70,76337.49Sheik Dawood. S ADMK 69,56936.861,194
222 Tenkasi S. Selvamohandas Pandian ADMK 86,33942.58Palani Nadar S INC 85,87742.35462
223 Alangulam Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna DMK 88,89145.98Hepzi Karthikeyan ADMK 84,13743.524,754
224 Tirunelveli A. L. S. Lakshmanan DMK 81,76143.13 Nainar Nagenthran ADMK 81,16042.81601
225 Ambasamudram R. Murugaiah Pandian ADMK 78,55545.80Avudaiappan. R DMK 65,38938.1213,166
226 Palayamkottai T. P. M. Mohideen Khan DMK 67,46343.62Hyder Ali S.K.A ADMK 51,59133.3615,872
227 Nanguneri H. Vasanthakumar INC 74,93243.45Vijayakumar. M ADMK 57,61733.4117,315
228 Radhapuram I. S. Inbadurai ADMK 69,59040.62 M. Appavu DMK 69,54140.5949
229 Kanniyakumari S. Austin DMK 89,02342.41 Thalavai Sundaram. N ADMK 83,11139.595,912
230 Nagercoil N. Suresh Rajan DMK 67,36938.87Gandhi M.R BJP 46,41326.7820,956
231 Colachel J. G. Prince INC 67,19540.19Ramesh P BJP 41,16724.6226,028
232 Padmanabhapuram Mano Thangaraj DMK 76,24947.20Rajendra Prasad K P ADMK 35,34421.8840,905
233 Vilavancode S. Vijayadharani INC 68,78942.43Dharmaraj C BJP 35,64621.9833,143
234 Killiyoor S. Rajesh Kumar INC 77,35650.47 Pon. Vijayaragavan BJP 31,06120.2746,295

By Region

Alliance-wise Results
RegionTotal Seats AIADMK-led Alliance Secular Progressive Alliance
Northern Tamil Nadu69
0 / 69(0%)
0 / 69(0%)
Western Tamil Nadu68
0 / 68(0%)
0 / 68(0%)
Southern TamilNadu51
0 / 51(0%)
0 / 51(0%)
Central TamilNadu46
0 / 46(0%)
0 / 46(0%)

Detailed Analysis & Performance of political parties

PartyContestedWonFDVotesSeats Shate in Valid Vote %Polled in State in Seats % Contest
State Parties
AIADMK 232135217,616,26640.77%41.06
DMDK 10401031,034,3842.39%5.42
DMK 18088013,669,11631.64%41.35
PMK 23202122,300,5585.32%5.41
State Parties - Other States
AIFB 3303344,5460.10%0.74
AIMIM 20210,2890.02%2.78
IUML 510313,8080.73%33.28
JD(S) 2027110.00%0.20
JD(U) 6062,0820.00%0.18
JKNPP 2022970.00%0.08
LJP 230234,1460.01%0.10
RJD 10190 0.00%0.05
SHS/SS 3603613,6400.03%0.21
SP 260264,4640.01%0.09
National Parties
BJP 18801801,228,7042.84%3.57
BSP 158015697,8230.23%0.34
CPI 25023340,2900.79%7.25
CPI(M) 25025307,3030.71%6.80
INC 41802,774,0756.42%36.74
NCP 2002011,8420.03%0.30
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
ABHM1012110.00%0.13
AIFB(S)2025,9500.01%1.52
AIJMK3039530.00%0.15
AIPMK2021,3210.00%0.38
AIWUP101720.00%0.04
AMMK4046980.00%0.09
APNP3034280.00%0.08
AUK2021470.00%0.04
CDF1011700.00%0.10
CPI(ML)(L) 100104,9720.01%0.23
CPIM2023780.00%0.12
DCLF1011,4110.00%0.82
DMMK1011210.00%0.08
DMSK2021990.00%0.06
EDP3039930.00%0.19
ETMK6065,2570.01%0.45
FDLP1011,3730.00%0.71
FIP4041,3590.00%0.14
GAPP3037100.00%0.14
GMI4004011,6830.03%0.16
GokMK9083,3570.01%0.21
GPI60618400.00%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 ]

ConstituencyContestant DMKContestant ADMKWinning candidateWinning partyMargin
Aravakurichi K. C. Palanisamy V. Senthil Balaji V. Senthil Balaji AIADMK23,661
Thanjavur Anjugam Boopathy M. Rangaswamy M. Rangaswamy AIADMK26,874
Thiruparankundram Saravanan A. K. Bose A. K. Bose AIADMK42,670

24 by election results

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
118 April 2019 Thiruvarur M. Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Poondi Kalaivanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2Ambur R. Balasubramani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. C. Vilwanathan
3 Andipatti Thanga Tamil Selvan A. Maharajan
4 Gudiyattam C. Jayanthi Padmanabhan S. Kathavarayan
5 Hosur P. Balakrishna Reddy S. A. Sathya
6 Perambur P. Vetrivel R. D. Sekar
7 Periyakulam K. Kathirkamu S. Saravana Kumar
8 Poonamallee T. A. Elumalai A. Krishnaswamy
9 Thanjavur M. Rangaswamy T. K. G. Neelamegam
10 Thiruporur M. Kothandapani L. Idhayavarman
11 Harur R. Murugan V. Sampathkumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
12 Manamadurai S. Mariappankennady S. Nagarajan
13 Nilakottai R. Thangathurai S. Thenmozhi
14 Pappireddyppatti P. Palaniappan A. Govindasamy
15 Paramakudi S. Muthiah N. Sadhan Prabhakar
16 Sattur S. G. Subramanian M. S. R. Rajavarman
17 Sholinghur N. G. Parthiban G. Sampathu
18 Vilathikulam K. Uma Maheswari Reddiar P. Chinnappa Reddiar
1919 May 2019 Sulur R. Kanagaraj P. Kandasamy
20 Aravakurichi V. Senthil Balaji V. Senthil Balaji Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
21 Ottapidaram R. Sundararaj C. Shunmugaiah
22 Tirupparankundram A. K. Bose P. Saravanan
2321 October 2019 Vikravandi K. Rathamani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Muthamilselvan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
24 Nanguneri H. Vasanthakumar Indian National Congress V. Narayanan

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