2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

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All 234 elected seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	74.81% ( 3.48%)
First party Second party   Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance Unallied UPA+DPA Leader since 1989 1969 Leader's seat Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar Thiruvarur Last election 203 seats (alliance) 31 seats (alliance) Seats won 136 98 Seat change 67 67 Popular vote 17,617,060 17,175,374 Percentage 40.88% 39.85% Swing 10.14% 0.35%
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.

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 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

Party/Alliance				Symbol	Leader	Contesting seats
	AIADMK-led Alliance		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		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 League		Sheik Dawood	1
	SPA		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam [26]		M. Karunanidhi	176
			Indian National Congress		E. V. K. S. Elangovan	41
			Indian Union Muslim League		K. M. Khader Mohideen	5
			Manithaneya Makkal Katchi		M. H. Jawahirullah	4
			Puthiya Tamilagam	Television	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	4
			Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi		N. R. Dhanapalan	1
			Tamil Nadu Peasants and Workers Party		Pon. Kumar	1
			Samuga Samathuva Padai		V. Sivakami	1
	People's Welfare Front		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam [27]		Vijayakanth	109
			Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Vaiko	29
			Communist Party of India		Mutharasan	25
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)		G. Ramakrishnan	20
			Tamil Maanila Congress		G. K. Vasan	26
			Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi		Thol. Thirumavalavan	25
	National Democratic Alliance		Bharatiya Janata Party		Tamilisai Soundararajan	165
			Akila Indhiya Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam			24
			Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi		T. R. Paarivendhar	45

Parties not in any coalition

Sl. No:	Name of the Party	Party Symbol	Party Leader
1	Pattali Makkal Katchi		Anbumani Ramadoss
2	Naam Tamilar Katchi		Seeman
3	Tamil Nadu Youth Party (TNYP)
4	Welfare Party of India		S. N. Sikkandar
5	Social Democratic Party of India		Thehlan Baqavi
6	Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam		Pachathanni Manickam I.P.S
7	Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi		Panruti T. Velmurugan.
8	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen		Asaduddin Owaisi
9	Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi		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

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%)

   DPA (39.85%)

   PWF (6.1%)

   PMK (5.36%)

   NDA (2.86%)

  Others (7.81%)

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	14
	DPA		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)	13,670,511	31.39%	178	89	66
			Indian National Congress	2,774,075	6.47%	41	8	3
			Indian Union Muslim League	313,808	0.73%	5	1	1
			Puthiya Tamilagam	219,830	0.51%	4	0	2
			Manithaneya Makkal Katchi	197,150	0.46%	4	0	2
		Total		17,175,374	39.85	234	98	66
	People's Welfare Front (PWF)		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	1,037,431	2.41%	105	0	29
			Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	373,713	0.87%	28	0
			Communist Party of India	340,290	0.79%	25	0	9
			Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	331,849	0.77%	25	0
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	307,303	0.72%	25	0	10
			Tamil Maanila Congress	230,711	0.54%	26	0
		Total		2,621,297	6.1	234	0	48
	Pattali Makkal Katchi			2,302,564	5.36%	234	0	3
	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	1
	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		AIADMK	89,332	41.68	C. H. Sekar		DMK	65,937	30.76	23,395
2	Ponneri	P. Balaraman		AIADMK	95,979	48.56	Dr. Parimalam. K		DMK	76,643	38.78	19,336
3	Tiruttani	P. M. Narasimhan		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	75,335	36.53	5,138
5	Poonamallee	T. A. Elumalai		AIADMK	103,952	43.32	Paranthamen. I		DMK	92,189	38.41	11,763
6	Avadi	K. Pandiarajan		AIADMK	108,064	39.92	S. M. Nasar		DMK	106,669	39.40	1,395
7	Maduravoyal	P. Benjamin		AIADMK	99,739	40.12	Rajesh R		INC	91,337	36.74	8,402
8	Ambattur	V. Alexander		AIADMK	94,375	41.10	Aassan Maulaana		INC	76,877	33.48	17,498
9	Madavaram	S. Sudharsanam		DMK	122,082	45.43	Dhakshnamoorthy D		AIADMK	106,829	39.76	15,253
10	Thiruvottiyur	K. P. P. Samy		DMK	82,205	43.25	Balraj. B		AIADMK	77,342	40.69	4,863
11	Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar	J. Jayalalithaa		AIADMK	97,218	55.87	Shimla Muthuchozhan		DMK	57,673	33.14	39,545
12	Perambur	P. Vetrivel		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	53,573	31.83	37,730
14	Villivakkam	B. Ranganathan		DMK	65,972	43.96	Thadi M.Raju		AIADMK	56,651	37.75	9,321
15	Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar	P. Sivakumar @ Thayagamkavi		DMK	61,744	45.25	Neelakandan. V		AIADMK	58,422	42.82	3,322
16	Egmore	K. S. Ravichandran		DMK	55,060	45.64	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi E		AIADMK	44,381	36.79	10,679
17	Royapuram	D. Jayakumar		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	37,235	35.72	4,836
19	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni	J. Anbazhagan		DMK	67,982	47.32	A. Noorjahan		AIADMK	53,818	37.46	14,164
20	Thousand Lights	K. K. Selvam		DMK	61,726	43.35	Valarmathi B		AIADMK	52,897	37.15	8,829
21	Anna Nagar	M. K. Mohan		DMK	70,812	41.59	S. Gokula Indira		AIADMK	69,726	40.95	1,086
22	Virugampakkam	V.N.Virugai Ravi		AIADMK	65,979	38.51	K Thanasekaran		DMK	63,646	37.15	2,333
23	Saidapet	M. Subramaniam		DMK	79,279	47.18	Ponnayan.C		AIADMK	63,024	37.51	16,255
24	Thiyagarayanagar	B. Sathyanarayanan		AIADMK	53,207	37.47	Dr. N. S. Kanimozhi		DMK	50,052	35.25	3,155
25	Mylapore	R Nataraj IPS (Rtd)		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	61,267	34.91	8,872
27	Shozhinganallur	S. Aravind Ramesh		DMK	147,014	42.53	Sundaram N		AIADMK	132,101	38.21	14,913
28	Alandur	Anbarasan. T.M.		DMK	96,877	44.64	Panruti S. Ramachandran		AIADMK	77,708	35.81	19,169
29	Sriperumbudur	Palani. K		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	90,726	36.12	22,165
31	Tambaram	S. R. Raja		DMK	101,835	43.27	Rajendran C		AIADMK	87,390	37.13	14,445
32	Chengalpattu	M. Varalakshmi		DMK	112,675	45.11	Kamalakkannan.R		AIADMK	86,383	34.58	26,292
33	Thiruporur	Kothandapani. M		AIADMK	70,215	34.91	Viswanathan. V		DMK	69,265	34.44	950
34	Cheyyur	Arasu R T		DMK	63,446	37.51	Munusamy A		AIADMK	63,142	37.33	304
35	Madurantakam	S.Pugazhenthi		DMK	73,693	41.43	C.K.Thamizharasan		AIADMK	70,736	39.77	2,957
36	Uthiramerur	K. Sundar		DMK	85,513	43.02	Ganesan.P		AIADMK	73,357	36.90	12,156
37	Kancheepuram	C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan		DMK	90,533	40.40	T.Mythili		AIADMK	82,985	37.03	7,548
38	Arakkonam	S. Ravi		AIADMK	68,176	41.21	Rajkumar N		DMK	64,015	38.69	4,161
39	Sholingur	N. G. Parthiban		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	66,588	37.44	23,946
41	Ranipet	Gandhi. R		DMK	81,724	42.85	Elumalai. C		AIADMK	73,828	38.71	7,896
42	Arcot	Eswarappan J L		DMK	84,182	41.39	Ramadoss.K.V		AIADMK	73,091	35.94	11,091
43	Vellore	Karthikeyan		DMK	88,264	51.53	Harun Rasheed		AIADMK	62,054	36.23	26,210
44	Anaikattu	Nandakumar. A.P		DMK	77,058	42.43	Kalaiarasu. M		AIADMK	68,290	37.60	8,768
45	Kilvaithinankuppam	Loganathan.G		AIADMK	75,612	45.76	Amalu V		DMK	65,866	39.86	9,746
46	Gudiyattam	Jayanthi Padmanabhan .C		AIADMK	94,689	48.56	Rajamarthandan. K.		DMK	83,219	42.68	11,470
47	Vaniyambadi	Nilofer		AIADMK	69,588	40.31	Syed Farooq		IUML	55,062	31.89	14,526
48	Ambur	Balasubramani.R.(E)		AIADMK	79,182	49.16	Nazeer Ahmed.V.R.		MMK	51,176	31.77	28,006
49	Jolarpet	Veeramani. K. C		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	73,144	41.13	7,647
51	Uthangarai	N.Manoranjitham		AIADMK	69,980	38.75	S.Malathy		DMK	67,367	37.30	2,613
52	Bargur	V.Rajendran		AIADMK	80,650	42.89	Govinddarasan.E.C		DMK	79,668	42.36	982
53	Krishnagiri	T.Senguttuvan		DMK	87,637	43.80	V.Govindaraj		AIADMK	82,746	41.35	4,891
54	Veppanahalli	Murugan P		DMK	88,952	46.01	Madhu A.V.M @ Hemnath M		AIADMK	83,724	43.31	5,228
55	Hosur	Balakrishna Reddy P		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	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.		AIADMK	61,380	29.58	9,676
60	Pappireddippatti	Palaniyappan. P		AIADMK	74,234	35.56	Sathiyamoorthy. A		PMK	61,521	29.47	12,713
61	Harur	R.Murugan		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	83,248	39.57	12,691
63	Tiruvannamalai	E. V. Velu		DMK	116,484	57.15	Rajan.K		AIADMK	66,136	32.45	50,348
64	Kilpennathur	Pitchandi K		DMK	99,070	50.22	Selvamani K		AIADMK	64,404	32.64	34,666
65	Kalasapakkam	Panneerselvam V		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	58,315	29.80	8,273
67	Arani	Ramachandran. S		AIADMK	94,074	44.89	Babu. S		DMK	86,747	41.40	7,327
68	Cheyyar	Mohan K		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	62,138	34.24	18,068
70	Gingee	K. S. Masthan		DMK	88,440	43.99	Govindasamy A		AIADMK	66,383	33.02	22,057
71	Mailam	Masilamani R		DMK	70,880	41.40	Annadurai K		AIADMK	58,574	34.21	12,306
72	Tindivanam	Seethapathy P		DMK	61,879	35.33	Rajendran S P		AIADMK	61,778	35.27	101
73	Vanur	Chakrapani M		AIADMK	64,167	36.79	Mydili R		DMK	53,944	30.93	10,223
74	Villupuram	C V Shanmugam		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	56,845	31.82	6,912
76	Tirukkoyilur	Ponmudy K		DMK	93,837	49.80	Gothandaraman G		AIADMK	52,780	28.01	41,057
77	Ulundurpettai	Kumaraguru. R.		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	72,104	36.66	20,503
79	Sankarapuram	Udhayasuriyan.T		DMK	90,920	44.72	Mohan P		AIADMK	76,392	37.58	14,528
80	Kallakurichi	Prabhu A		AIADMK	90,108	42.16	Kamaraj P		DMK	86,004	40.24	4,104
81	Gangavalli	Maruthamuthu.A		AIADMK	74,301	42.22	Rekha Priyadharshini.J		DMK	72,039	40.94	2,262
82	Attur	Chinnathambi R M		AIADMK	82,827	44.34	Arthanari S K		INC	65,493	35.06	17,334
83	Yercaud	Chitra.G		AIADMK	100,562	45.18	Tamilselvan.C		DMK	83,168	37.37	17,394
84	Omalur	Vetrivel.S		AIADMK	89,169	39.23	Ammasi.S		DMK	69,213	30.45	19,956
85	Mettur	Semmalai.S		AIADMK	72,751	35.05	Parthiban.S.R		DMK	66,469	32.02	6,282
86	Edappadi	Edappadi K. Palaniswami		AIADMK	98,703	43.74	Annadurai. N		PMK	56,681	25.12	42,022
87	Sankari	Raja.S		AIADMK	96,202	44.57	Rajeswaran.T.K		INC	58,828	27.25	37,374
88	Salem (West)	Venkatachalam.G		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	76,710	39.99	9,873
90	Salem (South)	Sakthivel A B		AIADMK	101,696	51.39	Gunasekaran M		DMK	71,243	36.00	30,453
91	Veerapandi	Manonmani.P		AIADMK	94,792	45.86	Rajendran. A		DMK	80,311	38.85	14,481
92	Rasipuram	Saroja V. Dr		AIADMK	86,901	46.50	Duraisamy V.P		DMK	77,270	41.35	9,631
93	Senthamangalam	Chandrasekaran C		AIADMK	91,339	48.09	Ponnusamy K		DMK	79,006	41.60	12,333
94	Namakkal	K. P. P. Baskar		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	73,600	41.98	818
96	Tiruchengodu	Saraswathi Pon		AIADMK	73,103	41.40	Elangoavan Bar		DMK	69,713	39.48	3,390
97	Kumarapalayam	Thangamani P		AIADMK	103,032	55.20	Yuvaraj P		DMK	55,703	29.84	47,329
98	Erode (East)	Thennarasu K S		AIADMK	64,879	43.83	Chandhirakumar V C		DMK	57,085	38.57	7,794
99	Erode (West)	Ramalingam K.V.		AIADMK	82,297	43.46	Muthusamy S		DMK	77,391	40.87	4,906
100	Modakkurichi	Sivasubramani . V.P.		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	73,521	40.19	10,017
102	Kangayam	Thaniyarasu U		AIADMK	83,325	45.18	Gopi P		INC	70,190	38.06	13,135
103	Perundurai	Venkatachalam.N.D		AIADMK	80,292	44.05	Samy.K.P (A) Mohanasundaram.P		DMK	67,521	37.05	12,771
104	Bhavani	Karuppanan K C		AIADMK	85,748	45.38	Sivakumar N		DMK	60,861	32.21	24,887
105	Anthiyur	E.M.R.Raja Alias Rajakrishnan.K.R		AIADMK	71,575	42.21	Venkatachalam A G		DMK	66,263	39.07	5,312
106	Gobichettipalayam	Sengottaiyan K.A		AIADMK	96,177	47.00	Saravanan S.V		INC	84,954	41.52	11,223
107	Bhavanisagar	Eswaran.S		AIADMK	83,006	42.23	Sathya.R		DMK	69,902	35.56	13,104
108	Udhagamandalam	Ganesh. R.		INC	67,747	48.34	Vinoth		AIADMK	57,329	40.90	10,418
109	Gudalur	Thiravidamani.M.		DMK	62,128	47.39	Kalaiselvan. S.		AIADMK	48,749	37.19	13,379
110	Coonoor	Ramu. A.		AIADMK	61,650	45.71	Mubarak. B. M.		DMK	57,940	42.96	3,710
111	Mettupalayam	Chinnaraj.O.K		AIADMK	93,595	44.41	Surendran. S.		DMK	77,481	36.76	16,114
112	Avanashi	Dhanapal P		AIADMK	93,366	48.11	Anandhan E		DMK	62,692	32.31	30,674
113	Tiruppur (North)	Vijayakumar Kn		AIADMK	106,717	48.56	Saminathan M P		DMK	68,943	31.37	37,774
114	Tiruppur (South)	Gunasekaran S		AIADMK	73,351	44.68	Selvaraj K		DMK	57,418	34.98	15,933
115	Palladam	Natarajan. A		AIADMK	111,866	47.01	Krishnamoorthy. S		DMK	79,692	33.49	32,174
116	Sulur	Kanagaraj. R.		AIADMK	100,977	47.38	Manoharan. V.M.C.		INC	64,346	30.19	36,631
117	Kavundampalayam	V. C. Arukutty		AIADMK	110,870	40.70	Payya Gounder @ Krishnan. R.		DMK	102,845	37.76	8,025
118	Coimbatore (North)	Arun Kumar. P.R.G.		AIADMK	77,540	41.05	S.Meenalogu		DMK	69,816	36.96	7,724
119	Thondamuthur	Velumani.S.P.		AIADMK	109,519	55.01	Kovai Syed @ Syed Mohammed.M.A.		MMK	45,478	22.84	64,041
120	Coimbatore (South)	Amman K. Arjunan		AIADMK	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.		AIADMK	70,279	37.28	5,180
122	Kinathukadavu	Shanmugam. A.		AIADMK	89,042	42.81	Kurichi Prabhakaran		DMK	87,710	42.17	1,332
123	Pollachi	Pollachi V Jayaraman		AIADMK	78,553	46.59	Tamilmani. R.		DMK	65,185	38.66	13,368
124	Valparai	Kasthuri Vasu. V.		AIADMK	69,980	48.68	Paulpandi. T.		DMK	61,736	42.95	8,244
125	Udumalaipettai	Radhakrishnan. K		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	74,952	43.69	1,667
127	Palani	Senthilkumar I P		DMK	100,045	50.66	Kumarasamy P		AIADMK	74,459	37.71	25,586
128	Oddanchatram	Sakkarapani R		DMK	121,715	64.26	Kittusamy K		AIADMK	55,988	29.56	65,727
129	Athoor	Periyasamy I		DMK	121,738	53.10	Viswanathan R Natham		AIADMK	94,591	41.26	27,147
130	Nilakottai	Thangathurai R		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	91,712	44.30	2,110
132	Dindigul	Sreenivasan C		AIADMK	91,413	49.30	Basheer Ahamed M		DMK	70,694	38.13	20,719
133	Vedasandur	V. P. B. Paramasivam		AIADMK	97,555	49.13	Sivasakthivel Gounder R		INC	77,617	39.09	19,938
134	Aravakurichi	V. Senthil Balaji		AIADMK	88,068	53.51	K. C. Palanisamy		DMK	64,407	39.13	23,661
135	Karur	Vijayabhaskar .M.R		AIADMK	81,936	43.86	Subramanian .Bank .K		INC	81,495	43.62	441
136	Krishnarayapuram	Geetha . M.		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	78,027	42.39	11,896
138	Manapaarai	Chandrasekar R		AIADMK	91,399	44.38	Mohamed Nizam M A		IUML	73,122	35.50	18,277
139	Srirangam	Valarmathi.S		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	63,634	35.47	28,415
141	Tiruchirappalli (East)	Natarajan .N.		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	69,255	37.85	16,695
143	Lalgudi	Soundarapandian A		DMK	77,946	46.80	Vijayamurthy M		AIADMK	74,109	44.50	3,837
144	Manachanallur	Parameswari. M		AIADMK	83,083	46.17	Ganesan. S		DMK	75,561	41.99	7,522
145	Musiri	Selvarasu M		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	73,376	43.33	8,068
147	Perambalur	R.Thamizhselvan		AIADMK	101,073	45.27	P.Sivakami		DMK	94,220	42.20	6,853
148	Kunnam	Ramachandran.R.T		AIADMK	78,218	38.15	Durairaj.T		DMK	59,422	28.98	18,796
149	Ariyalur	Rajendran. S		AIADMK	88,523	41.94	Sivasankar. S.S		DMK	86,480	40.97	2,043
150	Jayankondam	Ramajeyalingam.J.K.N		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	62,927	39.29	2,212
152	Vriddhachalam	Kalaiselvan V T		AIADMK	72,611	39.22	Govindasamy P		DMK	58,834	31.78	13,777
153	Neyveli	Saba. Rajendran		DMK	54,299	34.10	Rajsekar R		AIADMK	36,508	22.93	17,791
154	Panruti	Sathya.P		AIADMK	72,353	39.01	Ponkumar		DMK	69,225	37.33	3,128
155	Cuddalore	Sampath M C		AIADMK	70,922	41.07	Pugazhendi Ela		DMK	46,509	26.93	24,413
156	Kurinjipadi	Panneerselvam Mrk		DMK	82,864	44.03	Rajendran R		AIADMK	54,756	29.09	28,108
157	Bhuvanagiri	Saravanan. Durai K.		DMK	60,554	31.73	Selvi Ramajayam		AIADMK	55,066	28.85	5,488
158	Chidambaram	Pandian K A		AIADMK	58,543	34.31	Senthilkumar K R		DMK	57,037	33.43	1,506
159	Kattumannarkoil	Murugumaran.N		AIADMK	48,450	29.33	Thirumaavalavan.Thol		VCK	48,363	29.28	87
160	Sirkazhi	Bharathi.P.V		AIADMK	76,487	43.05	Killai Ravindran.S		DMK	67,484	37.98	9,003
161	Mayiladuthurai	Rathakrishnan.V		AIADMK	70,949	42.02	Anbazhagan.K		DMK	66,171	39.19	4,778
162	Poompuhar	Pavunraj.S		AIADMK	87,666	45.48	Shajahan.A.M		IUML	67,731	35.14	19,935
163	Nagapattinam	Thamimun Ansari.M		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	51,829	37.58	10,170
165	Vedaranyam	Manian.O.S		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	58,877	33.53	13,250
167	Mannargudi	Rajaa.T.R.B		DMK	91,137	48.71	Kamaraj. S		AIADMK	81,200	43.40	9,937
168	Thiruvarur	Karunanidhi .M		DMK	121,473	61.73	Pannerselvam .R		AIADMK	53,107	26.99	68,366
169	Nannilam	Kamaraj. R		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	77,006	41.64	532
171	Kumbakonam	G. Anbalagan		DMK	85,048	45.04	Rathna.S		AIADMK	76,591	40.56	8,457
172	Papanasam	Doraikkannu R		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	85,700	42.21	14,343
174	Thanjavur	M.Rengasamy		AIADMK	101,362	54.37	Anjugam Boopathy		DMK	74,488	39.95	26,874
175	Orathanadu	Ramchandran. M		DMK	84,378	46.87	Vaithilingam. R		AIADMK	80,733	44.85	3,645
176	Pattukkottai	Sekar. V		AIADMK	70,631	42.58	Mahendran. K		INC	58,273	35.13	12,358
177	Peravurani	Govindarasu M		AIADMK	73,908	45.65	Ashok Kumar N		DMK	72,913	45.04	995
178	Gandharvakottai	Arumugam.B		AIADMK	64,043	43.84	Anbarasan.K		DMK	60,996	41.75	3,047
179	Viralimalai	Vijaya Baskar C		AIADMK	84,701	49.69	Palaniappan M		DMK	76,254	44.74	8,447
180	Pudukkottai	Periyannan Arassu		DMK	66,739	39.19	Karthik Thondaiman		AIADMK	64,655	37.97	2,084
181	Thirumayam	Regupathy S		DMK	72,373	45.58	Vairamuthu Pk		AIADMK	71,607	45.10	766
182	Alangudi	Meyyanathan .Siva .V		DMK	72,992	46.17	Gnana Kalaiselvan		AIADMK	63,051	39.88	9,941
183	Aranthangi	Rathinasabhapathy E		AIADMK	69,905	45.22	Ramachandran T		INC	67,614	43.74	2,291
184	Karaikudi	Ramasamy Kr		INC	93,419	46.40	Karpagam Ilango		AIADMK	75,136	37.32	18,283
185	Tiruppattur (Sivaganga)	Periakaruppan Kr		DMK	110,719	55.72	Asokan Kr		AIADMK	68,715	34.58	42,004
186	Sivaganga	Baskaran.G		AIADMK	81,697	43.15	Sathianathan.M @ Meppal M.Sakthi		DMK	75,061	39.64	6,636
187	Manamadurai	Mariappankennady S		AIADMK	89,893	48.45	Chitraselvi S		DMK	75,004	40.43	14,889
188	Melur	Periyapullan @ Selvam P		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	75,797	35.34	32,772
190	Sholavandan	K. Manickam		AIADMK	87,044	52.33	Bhavani.C		DMK	62,187	37.39	24,857
191	Madurai North	V. V. Rajan Chellappa		AIADMK	70,460	45.64	Karthikeyan. V.		INC	51,621	33.44	18,839
192	Madurai South	Saravanan .S.S.		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	58,900	38.75	5,762
194	Madurai West	Sellur K. Raju		AIADMK	82,529	44.81	Thalapathi G		DMK	66,131	35.91	16,398
195	Thiruparankundram	S. M. Seenivel		AIADMK	93,453	47.32	Manimaran M		DMK	70,461	35.68	22,992
196	Tirumangalam	Udhayakumar.R.B		AIADMK	95,864	46.99	Jeyaram.R		INC	72,274	35.43	23,590
197	Usilampatti	Neethipathi P		AIADMK	106,349	52.88	Ilamakezhan.K		DMK	73,443	36.52	32,906
198	Andipatti	Thanga Tamil Selvam		AIADMK	103,129	51.93	Mookaiah.L		DMK	72,933	36.72	30,196
199	Periyakulam	K. Kathirkamu		AIADMK	90,599	46.94	Anbazhagan		DMK	76,249	39.51	14,350
200	Bodinayakanur	O. Panneerselvam		AIADMK	99,531	49.38	S. Lakshmanan		DMK	83,923	41.63	15,608
201	Cumbum	S.T.K.Jakkaiyan		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	69,985	41.00	4,802
203	Srivilliputhur	M. Chandra Prabha		AIADMK	88,103	49.32	Muthukumar.C		PTK	51,430	28.79	36,673
204	Sattur	S. G. Subramanian		AIADMK	71,513	40.65	Srinivasan.V.		DMK	67,086	38.13	4,427
205	Sivakasi	K. T. Rajenthrabhalaji		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	62,629	40.84	2,870
207	Aruppukkottai	Ramachandran K.K.S.S.R		DMK	81,485	49.41	Vaigaichelvan.Dr		AIADMK	63,431	38.46	18,054
208	Tiruchuli	Thangam Thenarasu		DMK	89,927	53.61	Dinesh Babu. K.		AIADMK	63,350	37.77	26,577
209	Paramakudi	Dr. S. Muthiah		AIADMK	79,254	46.89	Thisaiveeran.U		DMK	67,865	40.15	11,389
210	Tiruvadanai	Karunaas		AIADMK	76,786	41.14	Thivakaran. S.P		DMK	68,090	36.48	8,696
211	Ramanathapuram	Dr. M. Manikandan		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	81,598	40.14	13,348
213	Vilathikulam	Uma Maheswari		AIADMK	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.		AIADMK	67,137	35.43	20,908
215	Tiruchendur	Anitha R Radhakrishnan		DMK	88,357	52.97	R. Sarathkumar		AIADMK	62,356	37.38	26,001
216	Srivaikuntam	S. P. Shanmuganathan		AIADMK	65,198	41.96	Rani Venkatesan V		INC	61,667	39.69	3,531
217	Ottapidaram	R. Sundararaj		AIADMK	65,071	40.57	Dr.Krishnasamy.K		PTK	64,578	40.26	493
218	Kovilpatti	Kadambur Raju		AIADMK	64,514	38.96	A.Subramanian		DMK	64,086	38.70	428
219	Sankarankovil	V. M. Rajalakshmi		AIADMK	78,751	44.36	Anbumani G		DMK	64,262	36.20	14,489
220	Vasudevanallur	Manoharan A		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	69,569	36.86	1,194
222	Tenkasi	S. Selvamohandas Pandian		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	84,137	43.52	4,754
224	Tirunelveli	A. L. S. Lakshmanan		DMK	81,761	43.13	Nainar Nagenthran		AIADMK	81,160	42.81	601
225	Ambasamudram	R. Murugaiah Pandian		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	51,591	33.36	15,872
227	Nanguneri	H. Vasanthakumar		INC	74,932	43.45	Vijayakumar. M		AIADMK	57,617	33.41	17,315
228	Radhapuram	I. S. Inbadurai		AIADMK	69,590	40.62	M. Appavu		DMK	69,541	40.59	49
229	Kanniyakumari	S. Austin		DMK	89,023	42.41	Thalavai Sundaram. N		AIADMK	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		AIADMK	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

Detailed Analysis & Performance of political parties

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 ]}

Constituency	Contestant DMK	Contestant ADMK	Winning candidate	Winning party	Margin
Aravakurichi	K. C. Palanisamy	V. Senthil Balaji	V. Senthil Balaji	AIADMK	23,661
Thanjavur	Anjugam Boopathy	M. Rangaswamy	M. Rangaswamy	AIADMK	26,874
Thiruparankundram	Saravanan	A. K. Bose	A. K. Bose	AIADMK	42,670

22 by election results

Main article: 2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election

See also

• Elections in India
• 2016 elections in India

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External links

• Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu
• Election Commission of India