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The Next Indian general election in Tamil Nadu will be held in or before May 2024 to elect the 39 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. [1]
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The Next Indian general election in Tamil Nadu will be held in or before May 2024 to elect the 39 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. [1]
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, and it was officially announced by the party. [2] [3] [4]
| Political party | Election symbol | Leader | Contesting seats | ||
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| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | AIADMK |  | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | 39 | |
| Political party | Election symbol | Leader | Contesting seats | ||
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| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | DMK |  | M. K. Stalin | TBD | |
| Indian National Congress | INC |  | K. S. Alagiri | TBD | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI(M) |  | K. Balakrishnan | TBD | |
| Communist Party of India | CPI |  | D. Raja | TBD | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | IUML |  | K. M. Kader Mohideen | TBD | |
| Makkal Needhi Maiam | MNM |  | Kamal Haasan | TBD | |
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | MDMK | N/A | Vaiko | TBD | |
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | VCK |  | Thol. Thirumavalavan | TBD | |
| Political party | Election symbol | Leader | Contesting seats | ||
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP |  | K. Annamalai | TBD | |
| Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam | AMMK | N/A | T. T. V. Dhinakaran | TBD | |
| AIADMK (OPS) | AIADMK (OPS) | | O. Panneerselvam | TBD | |
| Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | DMDK |  | Vijayakant | TBD | |
| Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | TMC(M) | | G. K. Vasan | TBD | |
| Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi | IJK | | T. R. Paarivendhar | TBD | |
| Puthiya Needhi Katchi | IJK | | A. C. Shanmugam | TBD | |
| Political party | Election symbol | Leader | Contesting seats | ||
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| Naam Tamilar Katchi | NTK |  | Seeman | 39 | |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | PMK |  | S. Ramadoss | NA | |
| Constituency | |||||||||||||
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| AIADMK+ | I.N.D.I.A. | NDA | NTK | ||||||||||
| 1 | Tiruvallur | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chennai North | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Chennai South | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Chennai Central | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Sriperumbudur | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Kancheepuram | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Arakkonam | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Vellore | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Krishnagiri | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Dharmapuri | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Tiruvannamalai | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Arani | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Viluppuram | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Kallakurichi | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Salem | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Namakkal | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Erode | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Tiruppur | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Nilgiris | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Coimbatore | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Pollachi | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Dindigul | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Karur | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Tiruchirappalli | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Perambalur | ||||||||||||
| 26 | Cuddalore | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Chidambaram | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Mayiladuthurai | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Nagapattinam | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Thanjavur | ||||||||||||
| 31 | Sivaganga | ||||||||||||
| 32 | Madurai | ||||||||||||
| 33 | Theni | ||||||||||||
| 34 | Virudhunagar | ||||||||||||
| 35 | Ramanathapuram | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Thoothukkudi | ||||||||||||
| 37 | Tenkasi | ||||||||||||
| 38 | Tirunelveli | ||||||||||||
| 39 | Kanniyakumari | ||||||||||||
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | Lead | ||||
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| NDA | I.N.D.I.A. | AIADMK | Others | ||||
| India TV-CNX | October 2023 | ±3% | 1 | 32 | 5 | 1 | I.N.D.I.A. |
| Times Now-ETG | September 2023 | ±3% | 0-1 | 30-34 | 3-7 | 0-1 | I.N.D.I.A. |
| August 2023 | ±3% | 0-1 | 30-34 | 3-7 | 0-1 | I.N.D.I.A. |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | Lead | ||||
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| NDA | I.N.D.I.A. | AIADMK+ | Others | ||||
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