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The 2024 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu was held on 19 April during the first phase to elect the 39 members of the upcoming 18th Lok Sabha. [1] The result of the election will be announced on 4 June 2024. [2] [3]
DMK is part of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, which was formed on 18 July 2023. On 25 September 2023, AIADMK withdrew from the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance to form and lead the new alliance, AIADMK+. [4] [5] [6]
On 19 January 2024, DMK constituted a seven-member committee to hold consultations with alliance partners for seat sharing. [7] On 22 January, AIADMK set up a 5-member committee to hold seat sharing talks with alliance partners. [8] [9] On 26 January, CPI(M) formed a four membered panel for seat sharing with DMK. Central committee members P. Sampath, P. Shanmugam and state committee members N. Gunasekaran and K. Kanagaraj were included in the panel. [10] On February 5, Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance held seat sharing talks with Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam. [11]
On 19 March 2024 the Bharatiya Janata Party finalised seat sharing a with the Pattali Makkal Katchi as part of the National Democratic Alliance, were the party will contest 10 seats in Tamil Nadu. [12]
On 20 March 2024, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami released the first list, comprising 16 candidates contesting the election. The Party finalised seat sharing and allotted one seat each to its allies SDPI, PT and five Seats to DMDK. [13] On March 21, Palaniswami released the second and final list, comprising 16 AIADMK candidates contesting the election. [14]
Poll event | Phase |
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I | |
Notification Date | 20 March |
Last Date for filing nomination | 27 March |
Scrutiny of nomination | 28 March |
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 30 March |
Date of poll | 19 April |
Date of counting of votes/Result | 4 June 2024 |
No. of constituencies | 39 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | ||
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. K. Stalin | 21 | 22 | |||
Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi | E. R. Eswaran | 1 | ||||
Indian National Congress | K. Selvaperunthagai | 9 | ||||
Communist Party of India | R. Mutharasan | 2 | ||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | K. Balakrishnan | 2 | ||||
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | Thol. Thirumavalavan | 2 | ||||
Indian Union Muslim League | K. M. Kader Mohideen | 1 | ||||
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Vaiko | 1 | ||||
Total | 39 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | ||
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | 32 | 34 | |||
Puthiya Tamilagam | K. Krishnasamy | 1 | ||||
Social Democratic Party of India | V. M. S. Mohamed Mubarak | 1 | ||||
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | Premallatha Vijayakant | 5 | ||||
Total | 39 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | ||
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Bharatiya Janata Party | K. Annamalai | 19 | 23 | |||
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi | T. R. Paarivendhar | 1 | ||||
Inthiya Makkal Kalvi Munnetra Kazhagam | T. Devanathan Yadav | 1 | ||||
Puthiya Needhi Katchi | A. C. Shanmugam | 1 | ||||
Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam | B. John Pandian | 1 | ||||
Pattali Makkal Katchi | Anbumani Ramadoss | 10 | ||||
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | G. K. Vasan | 3 | ||||
Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam | T. T. V. Dhinakaran | 2 | ||||
Independent | O. Panneerselvam | 1 | ||||
Total | 39 |
Party | Symbol | Seats contested | |
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Bahujan Samaj Party | 39 | ||
Naam Tamilar Katchi | 39 | ||
Naadaalum Makkal Katchi | 12 | ||
Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi | 9 | ||
Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi | 9 | ||
Ganasangam Party of India | 7 | ||
Bahujan Dravida Party | 6 | ||
Thakkam Katchi | 6 | ||
Viro Ke Vir Indian Party | 6 | ||
Anna MGR Dravida Makkal Kalgam | 5 | ||
Aravor Munnetra Kazhagam | 5 | ||
Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi | 5 | ||
Anti Corruption Dynamic Party | 4 | ||
Bharatiya Praja Aikyata Party | 4 | ||
Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi | 4 | ||
Puthiya Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi | 3 | ||
Tamizhaga Murpokku Makkal Katchi | 3 | ||
Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy | 3 | ||
United Republican Party of India | 3 | ||
Aanaithinthiya Jananayaka Pathukappu Kazhagam | 2 | ||
All India Jananayaka Makkal Kazhagam | 2 | ||
Ambedkarite Party of India | 2 | ||
Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Amma Draqvida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2 | ||
Chennai Youth Party | 2 | ||
Dhesiya Makkal Kazhagam | 2 | ||
Jebamani Janata | 2 | ||
Mahathma Makkal Munnetra Kazhakam | 2 | ||
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha | 2 | ||
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 2 | ||
Tamilaga Makkal Thannurimai Katchi | 2 | ||
Tamilar Makkal Katchi | 2 | ||
Tamil Manila Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 2 | ||
Ahimsa Socialist Party | 1 | ||
All India Uzhavargal Uzhaippalargal Katchi | 1 | ||
All India Youth Development Party | 1 | ||
All India Youth Development Party | 1 | ||
Anaithu India Makkal Katchi | 1 | ||
Anna Makkal Katchi | 1 | ||
Hindu Samaj Party | 1 | ||
Hindustan Janta Party | 1 | ||
Humanity for Peace Party | 1 | ||
Karunaadu Party | 1 | ||
Makkal Nala Kazhagam | 1 | ||
Makkal Nalvaazhvuk Katchi | 1 | ||
Naam Indiar Party | 1 | ||
Nam India Naam Indiyar Katchi | 1 | ||
National Maha Sabha Party | 1 | ||
New Generation People’s Party | 1 | ||
Punnagai Desam Party | 1 | ||
Republican Party of India (Sivaraj) | 1 | ||
Tamilaga Makkal Nala Katchi | 1 | ||
Tipu Sultan Party | 1 | ||
Vidiyalai Thedum Indhiyargal Party | 1 | ||
Viduthalai Kalam Katchi | 1 | ||
Total | 220 |
Constituency | |||||||||||||
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INDIA | AIADMK+ | NDA | NTK | ||||||||||
1 | Tiruvallur (SC) | INC | Sasikanth Senthil | DMDK | K. Nalla Thambi | BJP | Pon. V. Balaganapathy | NTK | Jagadeesh Sandher | ||||
2 | Chennai North | DMK | Kalanidhi Veeraswamy | AIADMK | Royapuram R. Mano | BJP | R. C. Paul Kanagaraj | NTK | Amuthini Jayaprakash | ||||
3 | Chennai South | DMK | Thamizhachi Thangapandian | AIADMK | J. Jayavardhan | BJP | Tamilisai Soundararajan | NTK | S. Tamilselvi | ||||
4 | Chennai Central | DMK | Dayanidhi Maran | DMDK | B. Parthasarathy | BJP | Vinoj P. Selvam | NTK | Dr. R. Karthikeyan | ||||
5 | Sriperumbudur | DMK | T. R. Baalu | AIADMK | G. Premkumar | TMC(M) | V. N. Venugopal | NTK | Dr. V. Ravichandiran | ||||
6 | Kancheepuram (SC) | DMK | G. Selvam | AIADMK | E. Rajasekar | PMK | Jothi Venkatesan | NTK | Santhosh Kumar | ||||
7 | Arakkonam | DMK | S. Jagathrakshakan | AIADMK | A. L. Vijayan | PMK | K. Balu | NTK | Afsiya Nasrin | ||||
8 | Vellore | DMK | D. M. Kathir Anand | AIADMK | S. Pasupathy | BJP | A. C. Shanmugam [N 1] | NTK | Mahesh Anand | ||||
9 | Krishnagiri | INC | K. Gopinath | AIADMK | V. Jayaprakash | BJP | C. Narasimhan | NTK | Vidhyarani Veerappan | ||||
10 | Dharmapuri | DMK | A. Mani | AIADMK | R. Asokan | PMK | Sowmiya Anbumani | NTK | Dr. Abinaya Ponnivalavan | ||||
11 | Tiruvannamalai | DMK | C. N. Annadurai | AIADMK | M. Kaliyaperumal | BJP | A. Ashwathaman | NTK | R. Rameshbabu | ||||
12 | Arani | DMK | M. S. Tharanivendhan | AIADMK | G. V. Gajendran | PMK | A. Ganeshkumar | NTK | G. Baakiyalakshmi | ||||
13 | Viluppuram (SC) | VCK | D. Ravikumar | AIADMK | J. Bakkiyaraj | PMK | Murali Shankar | NTK | Kalanjiyam | ||||
14 | Kallakurichi | DMK | Malaiarasan | AIADMK | R. Kumaraguru | PMK | Devdas Wodeyar | NTK | Jagadesa Pandiyan | ||||
15 | Salem | DMK | T. M. Selvaganapathi | AIADMK | P. Vignesh | PMK | Annadurai | NTK | Manoj Kumar | ||||
16 | Namakkal | DMK | V. S. Matheswaran [N 2] | AIADMK | S. Tamil Mani | BJP | K. P. Ramalingam | NTK | K. Kanimozhi | ||||
17 | Erode | DMK | K. E. Prakash | AIADMK | Aatral Ashok Kumar | TMC(M) | P. Vijayakumar | NTK | Karmegam | ||||
18 | Tiruppur | CPI | K. Subbarayan | AIADMK | P. Arunachalam | BJP | A. P. Muruganandam | NTK | Seethalakshmi | ||||
19 | Nilgiris (SC) | DMK | A. Raja | AIADMK | D. Lokesh Tamilselvan | BJP | L. Murugan | NTK | Jayakumar | ||||
20 | Coimbatore | DMK | Ganapathi Raj Kumar | AIADMK | Singai G. Ramachandran | BJP | K. Annamalai | NTK | Kallamani Jaganathan | ||||
21 | Pollachi | DMK | Eswarasamy | AIADMK | A. Karthikeyan | BJP | K. Vasantharajan | NTK | Suresh Kumar | ||||
22 | Dindigul | CPI(M) | R. Sachidanandam | AIADMK | V. M. S. Mohamed Mubarak [N 3] | PMK | M. Thilagabama | NTK | Kailai Rajan | ||||
23 | Karur | INC | S. Jothimani | AIADMK | K. R. L. Thangavel | BJP | V. V. Senthilnathan | NTK | Dr. R. Karuppaiya | ||||
24 | Tiruchirappalli | MDMK | Durai Vaiko | AIADMK | P. Karuppaiah | AMMK | P. Senthilnathan | NTK | Jallikattu Rajesh | ||||
25 | Perambalur | DMK | Arun Nehru | AIADMK | N. D. Chandramohan | BJP | T. R. Paarivendhar [N 1] | NTK | R.Thenmozhi | ||||
26 | Cuddalore | INC | M. K. Vishnu Prasad | DMDK | P. Sivakozhundu | PMK | Thangar Bachan | NTK | V. Manivasagan | ||||
27 | Chidambaram (SC) | VCK | Thol. Thirumavalavan | AIADMK | M. Chandrahaasan | BJP | P. Karthiyayini | NTK | R. Jansi Rani | ||||
28 | Mayiladuthurai | INC | R Sudha | AIADMK | P. Babu | PMK | Ma. Ka. Stalin | NTK | Kalliyammal | ||||
29 | Nagapattinam (SC) | CPI | V. Selvaraj | AIADMK | G. Surjith Sankar | BJP | SGM Ramesh | NTK | Karthiga | ||||
30 | Thanjavur | DMK | Murasoli | DMDK | P. Sivanesan | BJP | M. Muruganandam | NTK | Hamyun Kabir | ||||
31 | Sivaganga | INC | Karti P Chidambaram | AIADMK | A. Xavierdas | BJP | D. Devanathan Yadav [N 1] | NTK | V. Ezhilarasi | ||||
32 | Madurai | CPI(M) | Su. Venkatesan | AIADMK | P. Saravanan | BJP | Raama Sreenivasan | NTK | Sathya Devi | ||||
33 | Theni | DMK | Thanga Tamil Selvan | AIADMK | V. T. Narayanasamy | AMMK | T. T. V. Dhinakaran | NTK | Madan Jayabalan | ||||
34 | Virudhunagar | INC | B. Manickam Tagore | DMDK | V. Vijaya Prabakaran | BJP | R. Radikaa | NTK | S. Kaushik | ||||
35 | Ramanathapuram | IUML | K. Navas Kani | AIADMK | P. Jeyaperumal | IND | O. Panneerselvam | NTK | Chandra Prabha Jayabal | ||||
36 | Thoothukkudi | DMK | Kanimozhi Karunanidhi | AIADMK | R. Sivasamy Velumani | TMC(M) | S. D. R. Vijayaseelan | NTK | J. Rowena Ruth Jane | ||||
37 | Tenkasi (SC) | DMK | Rani Srikumar | AIADMK | K. Krishnasamy [N 3] | BJP | B. John Pandian [N 1] | NTK | Isai Mathivanan | ||||
38 | Tirunelveli | INC | C. Robert Bruce | AIADMK | M. Jansi Rani | BJP | Nainar Nagendran | NTK | P. Sathya | ||||
39 | Kanniyakumari | INC | Vijay Vasanth | AIADMK | Nazerath Pasilian | BJP | Pon. Radhakrishnan | NTK | Mariya Jenifer |
Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | Lead | ||||
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INDIA | AIADMK | NDA | Others | ||||
ABP News-CVoter | April 2024 [15] | ±3-5% | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | I.N.D.I.A. |
ABP News-CVoter | March 2024 [16] | ±3-5% | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | I.N.D.I.A. |
India Today-CVoter | February 2024 [17] | ±3-5% | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | I.N.D.I.A. |
Times Now-ETG | December 2023 [18] | ±3% | 30-36 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-2 | I.N.D.I.A. |
India TV-CNX | October 2023 [19] | ±3% | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | I.N.D.I.A. |
AIADMK leaves NDA | |||||||
Times Now-ETG | September 2023 [20] | ±3% | 30-34 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | I.N.D.I.A. |
August 2023 [21] | ±3% | 30-34 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | I.N.D.I.A. | |
India Today-CVoter | August 2023 [22] | ±3-5% | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | I.N.D.I.A. |
Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | Lead | ||||
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INDIA | NDA | AIADMK | Others | ||||
ABP News-CVoter | March 2024 [16] | ±3-5% | 54.7% | 10.9% | 27.9% | 6.8% | 26.9 |
India Today-CVoter | February 2024 [23] | ±3-5% | 47% | 15% | 38% | 9 | |
AIADMK leaves NDA | |||||||
India Today-CVoter | August 2023 [24] | ±3-5% | 53% | 33% | 14% | 20 |
Date | State/UT | No. of. Seats | Turnout (%) |
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19 Apr 2024 | Tamil Nadu | 39 | 69.72 |
Highest turnout in Dharmapuri constituency of 81.20% and the lowest is in Chennai Central constituency of 53.96%. [25]
Alliance/Parties | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
INDIA | DMK | 22 | |||||||
INC | 9 | ||||||||
CPI | 2 | ||||||||
CPI(M) | 2 | ||||||||
VCK | 2 | ||||||||
IUML | 1 | ||||||||
MDMK | 1 | ||||||||
Total | 39 | ||||||||
AIADMK+ | AIADMK | 34 | |||||||
DMDK | 5 | ||||||||
Total | 39 | ||||||||
NDA | BJP | 23 | |||||||
PMK | 10 | ||||||||
TMC(M) | 3 | ||||||||
AMMK | 2 | ||||||||
IND | 1 | ||||||||
Total | 39 | ||||||||
Others | |||||||||
IND | |||||||||
NOTA | |||||||||
Total | 100% | - | 39 | - | |||||
Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||||||
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Party | Alliance | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Alliance | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||||
1 | Tiruvallur (SC) | |||||||||||||||
2 | Chennai North | |||||||||||||||
3 | Chennai South | |||||||||||||||
4 | Chennai Central | |||||||||||||||
5 | Sriperumbudur | |||||||||||||||
6 | Kancheepuram (SC) | |||||||||||||||
7 | Arakkonam | |||||||||||||||
8 | Vellore | |||||||||||||||
9 | Krishnagiri | |||||||||||||||
10 | Dharmapuri | |||||||||||||||
11 | Tiruvannamalai | |||||||||||||||
12 | Arani | |||||||||||||||
13 | Viluppuram (SC) | |||||||||||||||
14 | Kallakurichi | |||||||||||||||
15 | Salem | |||||||||||||||
16 | Namakkal | |||||||||||||||
17 | Erode | |||||||||||||||
18 | Tiruppur | |||||||||||||||
19 | Nilgiris (SC) | |||||||||||||||
20 | Coimbatore | |||||||||||||||
21 | Pollachi | |||||||||||||||
22 | Dindigul | |||||||||||||||
23 | Karur | |||||||||||||||
24 | Tiruchirappalli | |||||||||||||||
25 | Perambalur | |||||||||||||||
26 | Cuddalore | |||||||||||||||
27 | Chidambaram (SC) | |||||||||||||||
28 | Mayiladuthurai | |||||||||||||||
29 | Nagapattinam (SC) | |||||||||||||||
30 | Thanjavur | |||||||||||||||
31 | Sivaganga | |||||||||||||||
32 | Madurai | |||||||||||||||
33 | Theni | |||||||||||||||
34 | Virudhunagar | |||||||||||||||
35 | Ramanathapuram | |||||||||||||||
36 | Thoothukkudi | |||||||||||||||
37 | Tenkasi (SC) | |||||||||||||||
38 | Tirunelveli | |||||||||||||||
39 | Kanniyakumari |
# | Constituency | Turnout [25] | Winner | Party | Margin | |
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1 | Tiruvallur (SC) | 68.59 | ||||
2 | Chennai North | 60.11 | ||||
3 | Chennai South | 54.17 | ||||
4 | Chennai Central | 53.96 | ||||
5 | Sriperumbudur | 60.25 | ||||
6 | Kancheepuram (SC) | 71.68 | ||||
7 | Arakkonam | 74.19 | ||||
8 | Vellore | 73.53 | ||||
9 | Krishnagiri | 71.50 | ||||
10 | Dharmapuri | 81.20 | ||||
11 | Tiruvannamalai | 74.24 | ||||
12 | Arani | 75.76 | ||||
13 | Viluppuram (SC) | 76.52 | ||||
14 | Kallakurichi | 79.21 | ||||
15 | Salem | 78.16 | ||||
16 | Namakkal | 78.21 | ||||
17 | Erode | 70.59 | ||||
18 | Tiruppur | 70.62 | ||||
19 | Nilgiris (SC) | 70.95 | ||||
20 | Coimbatore | 64.89 | ||||
21 | Pollachi | 70.41 | ||||
22 | Dindigul | 71.14 | ||||
23 | Karur | 78.70 | ||||
24 | Tiruchirappalli | 67.51 | ||||
25 | Perambalur | 77.43 | ||||
26 | Cuddalore | 72.57 | ||||
27 | Chidambaram (SC) | 76.37 | ||||
28 | Mayiladuthurai | 70.09 | ||||
29 | Nagapattinam (SC) | 71.94 | ||||
30 | Thanjavur | 68.27 | ||||
31 | Sivaganga | 64.26 | ||||
32 | Madurai | 62.04 | ||||
33 | Theni | 69.84 | ||||
34 | Virudhunagar | 70.22 | ||||
35 | Ramanathapuram | 68.19 | ||||
36 | Thoothukkudi | 66.88 | ||||
37 | Tenkasi (SC) | 67.65 | ||||
38 | Tirunelveli | 64.10 | ||||
39 | Kanniyakumari | 65.44 |
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The 2014 Indian general elections for Tamil Nadu's 39 seats in the 16th Lok Sabha were held on 24 April 2014. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by its general secretary J. Jayalalithaa won a spectacular victory, taking 37 of the 39 seats. The total electors in the state of Tamil Nadu for the election was 55,114,867 and 73.74% of voters exercised their right to do so. The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.
General elections are being held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect 543 members of the Lok Sabha. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 4 June 2024.
The 2019 elections 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.
The Sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election was held on 6 April 2021, to elect representatives from the 234 constituencies in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the election, ending the decade-long reign of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The DMK's leader M. K. Stalin became the eighth Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and the 12th Chief Minister since the 1956 reorganization. He replaced Edappadi K. Palaniswami of the AIADMK.
The Next Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election is expected to be held in April-May 2026 to elect all 234 members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. M. K. Stalin is the incumbent Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
In the run-up to the 2024 Indian general election, various media houses and polling agencies, are carrying out opinion polling to gauge voting intentions. Results of such polls are displayed in this list.
The AIADMK-led Alliance is an Indian regional political party alliance in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry led by the Dravidian party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam founded by the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.).
B. John Pandian is an advocate, social worker and an Indian politician from Tamilnadu. He founded the Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam party in 2000.