18 April 2019 (38 Seats) 5 August 2019 (1 Seat) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 39 seats of Lok Sabha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 72.44%( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Indian general election for Tamil Nadu's 39 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha were held on 18 April, in the second phase of the 2019 Indian general elections. The alliance led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, won a landslide victory, taking 38 of the 39 seats.
ECI has announced that the by-election (2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections) for 18 assembly constituencies together with the general elections (18 constituencies polling date – 18 April 2019 and 4 Constituencies – 19 May 2019). The counting of votes was held on 23 May and results were published on the same day.
There are 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu, with an average of 1.51 million voters in each one.
| Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Date for Nominations | 19 March 2019 | |
| Last date for filing Nominations | 26 March 2019 | |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | 27 March 2019 | |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | 29 March 2019 | |
| Date of poll | 18 April 2019 | 5 August 2019 |
| Counting of votes | 23 May 2019 | 9 August 2019 |
| No of constituencies to be held on the date | 38 | 1 |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | | | 20 | 22 | ||
| Puthiya Needhi Katchi | | A. C. Shanmugam | 1 | |||
| Puthiya Tamilagam | | K. Krishnasamy | 1 | |||
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | | | S. Ramadoss | 7 | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | | | Tamilisai Soundararajan | 5 | ||
| Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | | | Vijayakanth | 4 | ||
| Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | | G. K. Vasan | 1 | |||
| Total | 39 | |||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | | T. T. V. Dhinakaran | 38 | ||
| Social Democratic Party of India | | Teqhlan Bhagavi | 1 | ||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naam Tamilar Katchi | NTK | | Seeman | 39 | ||
| Makkal Needhi Maiam | MNM | | | Kamal Haasan | 36 | |
| Date published | Polling agency | Others | Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | NDA | ||||
| April 2019 | Times Now-VMR | 53.12% | 39.61% | 7.27% | 13.51% |
| Date published | Polling agency | AMMK | Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | NDA | ||||
| October 2018 | Spick Media | 25 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| March 2019 | Times Now-VMR | 34 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
| March 2019 | News Nation | 24 | 15 | NA | 9 |
| March 2019 | India TV-CNX | 22 | 15 | 2 | 7 |
| April 2019 | People studies-Loyola College | 33 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 28 |
| April 2019 | Thanthi TV | 23–31 | 9–17 | 0 | 14 |
| April 2019 | Republic TV | 18–19 | 20–21 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 April 2019 | IndiaTV-CNX | 21 | 13 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 April 2019 | Times Now-VMR | 33 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 April 2019 | PuthiyaThalaimurai TV | 31–33 | 6–8 | 0 | 27 |
| Polling Agency | SPA | NDA | AMMK | MNM | NTK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanthi TV | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India Today | 34–38 | 0–4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Times Now | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| People Political Predictions | 25 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State/UT | No. of. Seats | Turnout (%) [1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2019 | Tamil Nadu | 39 | 72.44 |
Highest turnout in Dharmapuri constituency of 82.41% and the lowest is in Chennai South constituency of 57.07%. [1]
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| SPA | DMK | 1,43,63,332 | 33.10 | 24 | 24 | ||||
| INC | 54,05,674 | 12.46 | 9 | 8 | |||||
| CPI | 10,31,617 | 2.38 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| CPI(M) | 10,18,225 | 2.35 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| VCK | 5,00,229 | 1.15 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| IUML | 4,69,943 | 1.08 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 2,27,89,020 | 52.52 | 39 | 38 | |||||
| NDA | AIADMK | 86,74,647 | 19.99 | 22 | 1 | ||||
| PMK | 22,97,431 | 5.29 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| BJP | 15,51,924 | 3.58 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| DMDK | 9,29,590 | 2.14 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| TMC(M) | 2,20,849 | 0.51 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 1,33,07,139 | 30.67 | 39 | 1 | |||||
| NTK | 16,72,217 | 3.85 | 38 | 0 | |||||
| MNM | 15,75,640 | 3.63 | 36 | 0 | |||||
| Others | 3,84,559 | 0.89 | 135 | 0 | |||||
| IND | 31,12,954 | 7.17 | 562 | 0 | |||||
| NOTA | 5,50,577 | 1.27 | 39 | ||||||
| Total | 4,33,92,884 | 100% | - | 850 | 39 | - | |||
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | Thiruvallur | K. Jeyakumar | INC | 7,67,292 | 54.68 | P. Venugopal | AIADMK | 4,10,337 | 29.24 | 3,56,955 | 25.44 | ||
| 2 | Chennai North | Kalanidhi Veeraswamy | DMK | 5,90,986 | 62.03 | R. Mohan Raj | DMDK | 1,29,468 | 13.59 | 4,61,518 | 48.44 | ||
| 3 | Chennai South | Thamizhachi Thangapandian | DMK | 5,64,872 | 50.15 | J. Jayavardhan | AIADMK | 3,02,649 | 26.87 | 2,62,223 | 23.28 | ||
| 4 | Chennai Central | Dayanidhi Maran | DMK | 4,48,911 | 57.13 | S. R. Sam Paul | PMK | 1,47,391 | 18.76 | 3,01,520 | 38.37 | ||
| 5 | Sriperumbudur | T. R. Baalu | DMK | 7,93,281 | 56.37 | A. Vaithilingam | PMK | 2,85,326 | 20.28 | 5,07,955 | 36.09 | ||
| 6 | Kancheepuram | G. Selvam | DMK | 6,84,004 | 55.24 | K. Maragatham | AIADMK | 3,97,372 | 32.09 | 2,86,632 | 23.15 | ||
| 7 | Arakkonam | S. Jagathrakshakan | DMK | 6,72,190 | 56.98 | A. K. Moorthy | PMK | 3,43,234 | 29.09 | 3,28,956 | 27.89 | ||
| 8 | Vellore [a] | D. M. Kathir Anand | DMK | 4,85,340 | 47.21 | A. C. Shanmugam | AIADMK | 4,77,199 | 46.42 | 8,141 | 0.79 | ||
| 9 | Krishnagiri | Dr. A. Chellakumar | INC | 6,11,298 | 52.60 | K. P. Munusamy | AIADMK | 4,54,533 | 39.11 | 1,56,765 | 13.49 | ||
| 10 | Dharmapuri | S. Dnv Senthilkumar | DMK | 5,74,988 | 46.96 | Anbumani Ramadoss | PMK | 5,04,235 | 41.18 | 70,753 | 5.78 | ||
| 11 | Tiruvannamalai | C. N. Annadurai | DMK | 6,66,272 | 57.85 | S. S. Agri Krishnamurthy | AIADMK | 3,62,085 | 31.44 | 3,04,187 | 26.41 | ||
| 12 | Arani | M. K. Vishnu Prasad | INC | 6,17,760 | 53.96 | V. Elumalai | AIADMK | 3,86,954 | 33.80 | 2,30,806 | 20.16 | ||
| 13 | Viluppuram | D. Ravikumar | DMK | 5,59,585 | 49.25 | S. Vadivel Ravanan | PMK | 4,31,517 | 37.98 | 1,28,068 | 11.27 | ||
| 14 | Kallakurichi | Pon. Gautham Sigamani | DMK | 7,21,713 | 59.90 | L. K. Sudhish | DMDK | 3,21,794 | 26.71 | 3,99,919 | 33.19 | ||
| 15 | Salem | S. R. Parthiban | DMK | 6,06,302 | 48.26 | K. R. S. Saravanan | AIADMK | 4,59,376 | 36.56 | 1,46,926 | 11.70 | ||
| 16 | Namakkal | A. K. P. Chinraj | DMK | 6,26,293 | 55.23 | P. Kaliappan | AIADMK | 3,61,142 | 31.85 | 2,65,151 | 23.38 | ||
| 17 | Erode | A. Ganeshamurthi | DMK | 5,63,591 | 52.72 | G. Manimaran | AIADMK | 3,52,973 | 33.02 | 2,10,618 | 19.70 | ||
| 18 | Tiruppur | K. Subbarayan | CPI | 5,08,725 | 45.42 | M. S. M. Anandan | AIADMK | 4,15,357 | 37.08 | 93,368 | 8.34 | ||
| 19 | Nilgiris | A. Raja | DMK | 5,47,832 | 54.18 | M. Thiyagarajan | AIADMK | 3,42,009 | 33.83 | 2,05,823 | 20.35 | ||
| 20 | Coimbatore | P. R. Natarajan | CPI(M) | 5,71,150 | 45.66 | C. P. Radhakrishnan | BJP | 3,92,007 | 31.34 | 1,79,143 | 14.32 | ||
| 21 | Pollachi | K. Shanmuga Sundaram | DMK | 5,54,230 | 51.23 | C. Mahendran | AIADMK | 3,78,347 | 34.97 | 1,75,883 | 16.26 | ||
| 22 | Dindigul | P. Velusamy | DMK | 7,46,523 | 64.30 | K. Jothimuthu | PMK | 2,07,551 | 17.88 | 5,38,972 | 46.42 | ||
| 23 | Karur | S. Jothimani | INC | 6,95,697 | 63.04 | M. Thambidurai | AIADMK | 2,75,151 | 24.93 | 4,20,546 | 38.11 | ||
| 24 | Tiruchirappalli | Su. Thirunavukkarasar | INC | 6,21,285 | 59.24 | Dr. V. Elangovan | DMDK | 1,61,999 | 15.45 | 4,59,286 | 43.79 | ||
| 25 | Perambalur | Dr. T. R. Paarivendhar | DMK | 6,83,697 | 61.98 | N. R. Sivapathy | AIADMK | 2,80,179 | 25.40 | 4,03,518 | 36.58 | ||
| 26 | Cuddalore | T. R. V. S. Ramesh | DMK | 5,22,160 | 50.05 | Dr. R. Govindasamy | PMK | 3,78,177 | 36.25 | 1,43,983 | 13.80 | ||
| 27 | Chidambaram | Thol. Thirumaavalavan | VCK | 5,00,229 | 43.34 | P. Chandrasekar | AIADMK | 4,97,010 | 43.06 | 3,219 | 0.28 | ||
| 28 | Mayiladuthurai | S. Ramalingam | DMK | 5,99,292 | 54.59 | S. Asaimani | AIADMK | 3,37,978 | 30.79 | 2,61,314 | 23.80 | ||
| 29 | Nagapattinam | M. Selvaraj | CPI | 5,22,892 | 40.11 | M. Saravanan | AIADMK | 3,11,539 | 23.90 | 2,11,353 | 16.21 | ||
| 30 | Thanjavur | S. S. Palanimanickam | DMK | 5,88,978 | 40.31 | N. R. Natarajan | TMC(M) | 2,20,849 | 15.12 | 3,68,129 | 25.19 | ||
| 31 | Sivaganga | Karti P. Chidambaram | INC | 5,66,104 | 36.48 | H. Raja | BJP | 2,33,860 | 15.07 | 3,32,244 | 21.41 | ||
| 32 | Madurai | S. Venkatesan | CPI(M) | 4,47,075 | 29.05 | V. V. R. Raj Satyen | AIADMK | 3,07,680 | 19.99 | 1,39,395 | 9.06 | ||
| 33 | Theni | P. Raveendranath Kumar | AIADMK | 5,04,813 | 32.34 | E. V. K. S. Elangovan | INC | 4,28,120 | 27.43 | 76,693 | 4.91 | ||
| 34 | Virudhunagar | B. Manickam Tagore | INC | 4,70,883 | 31.73 | R. Alagarsamy | DMDK | 3,16,329 | 21.31 | 1,54,554 | 10.42 | ||
| 35 | Ramanathapuram | K. Navaskani | IUML | 4,69,943 | 30.13 | Nainar Nagenthran | BJP | 3,42,821 | 21.98 | 1,27,122 | 8.15 | ||
| 36 | Thoothukkudi | Kanimozhi Karunanidhi | DMK | 5,63,143 | 39.44 | Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan | BJP | 2,15,934 | 15.12 | 3,47,209 | 24.32 | ||
| 37 | Tenkasi | Dhanush M. Kumar | DMK | 4,76,156 | 31.91 | Dr. K. Krishnasamy | AIADMK | 3,55,389 | 23.81 | 1,20,767 | 8.10 | ||
| 38 | Tirunelveli | S. Gnanathiraviam | DMK | 5,22,993 | 33.79 | Paul Manoj Pandian | AIADMK | 3,37,273 | 21.79 | 1,85,720 | 12.00 | ||
| 39 | Kanniyakumari | H. Vasanthakumar | INC | 6,27,235 | 41.78 | P. Radhakrishnan | BJP | 3,67,302 | 24.47 | 2,59,933 | 17.31 | ||
| Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Date | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
| 39 | Kanniyakumari | 30 October 2021 | Vijay Vasanth | INC | 576,037 | 52.50 | Pon. Radhakrishnan | BJP | 438,087 | 39.92 | 137,950 | ||
| The Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP, H. Vasanthakumar. | |||||||||||||
| Party | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2021 election) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 138 | 133 | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 12 | 66 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 4 | |
| Indian National Congress | 49 | 18 | |
| Communist Party of India | 12 | 2 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 12 | 2 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 5 | 0 | |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 3 | 5 | |
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 2 | 4 | |
| Total | 234 | ||