2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Indian election May 2016 February 2020 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election India parliamentary no 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election 2011 2021 2016 05 16 y (232 Seats) 19 November 2016 (2 Seats) All 234 elected seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 118 74.24% ( 3.77%) J Jayalalithaa.jpg 120 100 120 10 2 J. Jayalalithaa 1989 Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar 150 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 136 14 17,617,060 40.88% 2.48 pp M. Karunanidhi .jpg 120 100 120 10 2 M. Karunanidhi 1969 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DPAdpa DPA alliance was later renamed as Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) in 2019 Tiruvarur 23 89 66 13,670,511 31.39% 8.99pp 98 67 17,175,374 39.40% 136 67 17,617,060 40.88% Alliance seats Alliance seat change Alliance popular vote Alliance percentage 300px Party wise results 300px Alliance wise results 300px Partywise Structure 300px Alliance wise Structure 300px Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. Jayalalithaa All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 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.http://www.financialexpress.com/article/india-news/tamil-nadu-election-results-2016-counting-of-votes-begin/259300/ Tamil Nadu elections 2016: Jayalalithaa's AIADMK scripts "history", DMK rues big loss; 5.55 lakh opt for NOTA Financial Express 20 May 2016 20 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160520202631/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/india-news/tamil-nadu-election-results-2016-counting-of-votes-begin/259300/ 20 May 2016 dead 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.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/tamil-nadu-elections-2016/news/May-is-the-cruellest-month-DMK-pays-heavy-price-for-seat-sharing/articleshow/52352570.cms May is the cruellest month: DMK pays heavy price for seat-sharing The Times of India 20 May 2016 20 May 2016http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/tamil-nadu-elections-2016/news/Tamil-Nadu-elections-2016-Congress-could-be-DMKs-Achilles-heel/articleshow/52172385.cms Congress could be DMK's Achilles' heel The Times of India M T Saju Padmini Sivarajah 8 May 2016 20 May 2016https://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamilnadu2016/dmk-ahead-of-aiadmk-in-contested-vote-share/article8623021.ece DMK ahead of AIADMK in "contested vote share" The Hindu Sruthisagar Yamunan 20 May 2016 21 May 2016http://www.livemint.com/Politics/1RACmlC4tY3VM6tiNyxV3K/Tamil-Nadu-elections-Can-there-ever-be-an-alternative-to-DM.html Tamil Nadu elections: Can there ever be an alternative to DMK or AIADMK? Livemint Dharani Thangavelu 31 May 2016 31 May 2016 The votes were counted on 19 May 2016.https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Election-dates-for-five-States-announced/article60266058.ece 4 States, Puducherry was set to go to polls between April 4 and May 16 The Hindu 4 March 2016 In the previous election in 2011, AIADMK had, 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. 5 ministers from the outgoing cabinet were defeated in their respective constituencies.20 May 2016 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/tamil-nadu-elections-2016/news/dmk-outshines-bigwigs-veterans-of-aiadmk/articleshow/52352475.cms DMK outshines bigwigs, veterans of AIADMK timesofindia 20 May 2016 This was the last election that J. Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi would contest, as they died later in 2016 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.http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/over-5-79-crore-voters-in-tamil-nadu-116030401255_1.html Over 5.79 crore voters in Tamil Nadu Business Standard 4 March 2016 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.https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/kancheepuram-voters-to-have-vvpat-facility/article8319361.ece Kancheepuram voters to have VVPAT The Hindu 6 May 2016 Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be in place in 4,000 booths.http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Voter-Paper-Audit-at-4K-Booths-for-Polls/2016/01/30/article3251887.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20160131081922/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Voter-Paper-Audit-at-4K-Booths-for-Polls/2016/01/30/article3251887.ece dead 31 January 2016 Voter Paper Audit at 4K Booths for Polls 30 January 2016 The New Indian Express Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu having VVPAT facility with EVMshttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/ec-to-tighten-grip-on-cash-for-votes/article8225776.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20180717043549/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/ec-to-tighten-grip-on-cash-for-votes/article8225776.ece live 17 July 2018 EC to tighten grip on cash for votes The Hindu subscription 24 March 2016https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/20000-personnel-to-be-deployed-for-election-work/article8316763.ece 20,000 personnel to be deployed for election The Hindu 24 March 2016 Anna Nagar Vellore Krishnagiri Salem North Erode West Tirupur (North)Coimbatore North Dindigul Tiruchirappalli WestCuddalore Thanjavur KancheepuramVillupuram Madurai East ThoothukudiTirunelveli 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).http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/hlo/pca/pca_pdf/PCA-CRC-0000.pdf SC/ST population in Tamilnadu 2011http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Half-of-Indias-dalit-population-lives-in-4-states/articleshow/19827757.cms Half of India's Dalit population lives in India's 4 states- Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar and Tamil Naduhttps://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Dalit-consolidation-in-State-a-far-cry/article60535264.ece Dalit consolidation in state The Hindu 24 March 2016 Other Backward Classes (OBCs) form 68% of the population.http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-01-10/news/69653751_1_m-karunanidhi-dravidian-thevars https://web.archive.org/web/20160131061556/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-01-10/news/69653751_1_m-karunanidhi-dravidian-thevars dead 31 January 2016 OBC community in focus before Tamil Nadu assembly polls The Economic Times 10 January 2016 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.Population By Religious Community – Tamil Nadu 2011 http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html XLS Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India 13 September 2015 Schedule thumb|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.|260x260px The elections were held on 6 May 2016,http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/election-results/tamil-nadu-election-results/ Tamil Nadu Elections 2016 Polling Live Updates infoelections.com 16 May 2016September 2026 InternetArchiveBot with vote counting taking place on 19 May.http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/election-results/tamil-nadu-election-results 24 March 2016 Tamil Nadu Election ResultsSeptember 2026 InternetArchiveBot The elections in Kerala and Puducherry also took place on 16 Mayhttp://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/tn/6311-tamil-nadu-assembly-election-schedule.html TN election schedule infoelections.com 10 May 2016September 2026 InternetArchiveBot but polling in two of the Tamil Nadu constituencies was postponed due to reports of voters being bribed.https://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamilnadu2016/After-Aravakurichi-polls-in-Thanjavur-constituency-deferred-to-May-23/article60509880.ece After Aravakurichi, polls in Thanjavur constituency deferred to May 23 15 May 2016 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X 16 May 2016 EventDate 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.http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/suriya-r-ashwin-dinesh-karthik-create-awareness-for-upcoming-tamil-nadu-elections-2669098.html Suriya, R Ashwin, Dinesh Karthik create awareness for upcoming Tamil Nadu elections Firstpost 11 March 2016 Sreedhar Pillai The Election Commission also partnered with Twitter(X) 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.https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/ec-tags-twitter-fortn100percent-drive/article8360080.ece EC tags Twitter for #TN100percent drive The Hindu 16 March 2016 Twitter and Facebook collaborated with ECI in its awareness campaign on striving for 100 per cent voting in the polls.http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-03-15/news/71543021_1_awareness-campaign-twitter-india-tamil-nadu-ceo https://web.archive.org/web/20160418070027/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-03-15/news/71543021_1_awareness-campaign-twitter-india-tamil-nadu-ceo dead 18 April 2016 Awareness campaign by Twitter The Economic Times 6 May 2016http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/after-twitter-election-commission-now-partners-with-facebook-for-tamil-nadu-polls/articleshow/51784795.cms After Twitter, EC partners with Facebook The Economic Times 6 May 2016 Parties and Alliances thumb|2016 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly election. DMK led alliance seat sharing formula Party/Alliance SymbolLeaderContesting seats Rowspan="7" AIADMK-led AllianceAIADMK-led Alliance All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam50x50pxJ. Jayalalithaa227 Manithaneya Jananayaga KatchiThamimum Ansari2http://tamiltvnews-puthiyathalaimurai.blogspot.com/2016/04/allotment-of-two-seats-in-admk-alliance.html Allotment of two seats in ADMK alliance is a big recognition: Thamimun Ansari – Puthiya Thalaimurai TV Tamil News Today Puthiya Thalaimurai TV 22 May 2016Republican Party of India C. K. Thamizharasan1All India Samathuva Makkal KatchiR. Sarathkumar1 Tamil Nadu Kongu Ilaingar PeravaiU. Thaniyarasu1 Mukkulathor PulipadaiKarunas1 Tamil Maanila Muslim LeagueSheik Dawood1 Rowspan="8" Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDemocratic Progressive Alliancedpa DPA alliance was later renamed as Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) in 2019Dravida Munnetra Kazhagamhttp://www.ibtimes.co.in/tamil-nadu-election-congress-dmk-form-alliance-fight-jayalalithaas-aiadmk-666847 Tamil Nadu election: Congress, DMK form alliance to fight Jayalalithaa's AIADMK 13 February 2016 ibtimes 15 February 2016 50x50pxM. Karunanidhi176Indian National Congress50x50pxE. V. K. S. Elangovan41Indian Union Muslim League50x50pxK. M. Khader Mohideen5Manithaneya Makkal Katchi 50pxM. H. Jawahirullah4Puthiya Tamilagam50px Dr. K. Krishnasamy4Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi50x50px N. R. Dhanapalan1 Tamil Nadu Peasants and Workers PartyPon. Kumar1 Samuga Samathuva PadaiV. Sivakami1People's Welfare FrontDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagamhttp://www.thenewsminute.com/article/why-was-pwf-renamed-%E2%80%98vijayakanth-ani%E2%80%99-premalatha-answers-40826 Why was PWF renamed 'Vijayakanth Ani'? Premalatha answers The News Minutes 17 April 201650x50pxVijayakanth105Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam50x50px Vaiko28Tamil Maanila Congress 50x50pxG. K. Vasan 26Communist Party of India50x50pxMutharasan25Communist Party of India (Marxist)50x50pxG. Ramakrishnan25Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi50x50px Thol. Thirumavalavan25 Rowspan="3" National Democratic AllianceNational Democratic AllianceBharatiya Janata Party50x50px Tamilisai Soundararajan165OtherInthiya Makkal Kalvi Munnetra KazhagamT. Devanathan Yadav24Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi 50x50px T. R. Paarivendhar45 Parties not in any coalition +Sl. No:Name of the PartyParty SymbolParty Leader1 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen50px Asaduddin Owaisi2Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam Pachathanni Manickam I.P.S3 Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi 50px E.R. Eswaran4Social Democratic Party of India 50x50px Thehlan Baqavi5Pattali Makkal Katchi 50px Anbumani Ramadoss6Naam Tamizhar Katchi Senthamizhan Seeman7 Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi 50x50px Panruti T. Velmurugan8Welfare Party of India S. N. Sikkandar Candidates On 4 April, AIADMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu.http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/tn/6314-tamil-nadu-aiadmk-candidate-list.html ADMK candidate list Infoelections.com On 14 April, DMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu.http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/tn/6315-tamil-nadu-dmk-candidate-list.html DMK candidate list Infoelections.com 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 for Madurai North. He secured 14th place out of 21 candidates.http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/intersex-person-to-contest-from-madurai-north/article8539185.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20180104125109/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/intersex-person-to-contest-from-madurai-north/article8539185.ece live 4 January 2018 Intersex person to contest from Madurai North – TAMIL NADU The Hindu 30 April 2016 subscription 22 May 2016http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/tamil-nadu-elections-2016/news/3rd-gender-gets-a-new-champion-in-Tamil-Nadu-poll-ring/articleshow/51935940.cms 3rd gender gets a new champion in Tamil Nadu poll ring The Times of India 22 April 2016 22 May 2016http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Intersex-candidate-alleges-harassment/articleshow/52197962.cms Intersex candidate alleges harassment The Times of India 10 May 2016 22 May 2016http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/intersex-person-contesting-tn-polls-ze-wants-change-your-mind-sexual-minorities-42103 This intersex person is contesting TN polls, "ze" wants to change your mind on sexual minorities The News Minute 24 April 2016 22 May 2016 List of Candidates ConstituencyAIADMKDPAPWF # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Gummidipoondi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. S. Vijayakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. H. Sekar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam K. Geetha 2 Ponneri All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Balaraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dr. K. Parimalam Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi V. Senthil Kumar 3 Tiruttani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. M. Narasimhan Indian National Congress A. G. Chidambaram Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam D. Krishnamurthy 4 Thiruvallur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Baskar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. G. Raajendran Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi A. Balasubramani 5 Poonamallee All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK T. A. Elumalai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam I. Paranthamen Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam D. Kandan 6 Avadi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Pandiarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. M. Nasar Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Anthridoss 7 Maduravoyal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Benjamin Indian National Congress R. Rajesh Communist Party of India (Marxist) G. Beemrao 8 Ambattur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Alexander Indian National Congress J. M. H. A. Maulaana Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam C. Ravindran 9 Madavaram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK D. Dhakshnamoorthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Sudharsanam Communist Party of India A. S. Kannan 10 Thiruvottiyur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK B. Balraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. P. P. Samy Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam A. V. Arumugam 11 R. K. Nagar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK J. Jayalalithaa Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Shimla Muthuchozhan Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi V. Vasanthi Devi 12 Perambur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Vetrivel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. R. DhanapalanPEMK Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi contested on the "Rising Sun" symbol of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and is officially recorded as a DMK candidate in electoral records. Communist Party of India (Marxist) A. Soundararajan 13 Kolathur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK J. C. D. Prabhakar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. K. Stalin Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam P. Mathivanan 14 Villivakkam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Raju Thadi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam B. Ranganathan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam T. Pandiyan 15 Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Neelakandan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Sivakumar Communist Party of India (Marxist) Suganthi 16 Egmore All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Parithi Ilamvazhuthi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. S. Ravichandran Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam T. Prabhu 17 Royapuram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK D. Jayakumar Indian National Congress R. Manohar Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC Chacko Biju 18 Harbour All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. S. Sreenivasan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. K. Sekar Babu Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam B. Murad Buhari 19 Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Noorjahan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. Anbazhagan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam V. Abdulla Sait 20 Thousand Lights All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK B. Valarmathi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Ku. Ka. Selvam Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Ambigapathy 21 Anna Nagar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Gokula Indira Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. K. Mohan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dayalan Mallika 22 Virugampakkam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. N. Virugai Ravi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Thanasekaran Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam B. Parthasarathy 23 Saidapet All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Ponnaiyan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Ma. Subramanian Communist Party of India S. Elumalai 24 Thiyagarayanagar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK B. Sathyanarayanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dr. N. S. Kanimozhi Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam V. Kumar 25 Mylapore All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Nataraj Indian National Congress R. Thiagarajan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC A. S. Munavar Basha 26 Velachery All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Munusamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vagai Chandrasekhar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam N. V. Rajan 27 Sholinganallur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK N. Sundaram Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Aravind Ramesh Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi R. Paneer Doss 28 Alandur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Ramachandran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. M. Anbarasan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam U. Chandran 29 Sriperumbudur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Palani Indian National Congress K. Selvaperunthagai Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi M. Veerakumar 30 Pallavaram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. R. Saraswathi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam I. Karunanithi Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Veeralakshmi 31 Tambaram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Rajendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. R. Raja Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. Chezhiyan 32 Chengalpattu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Kamalakkannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Varalakshmi Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam D. Murugesan 33 Thiruporur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Kothandapani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Viswanathan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. E. Sathya 34 Cheyyur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Munusamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. T. Arasu Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Caroline Ezhil 35 Madhuranthakam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. K. ThamizharasanRPI Republican Party of India contested using the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) “Two Leaves” symbol, the ECI will officially record them as AIADMK candidates in its electoral records. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Pugazhenthi Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. Thennarasu 36 Uthiramerur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Ganesan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Sundar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. Rajendran 37 Kancheepuram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK T. Mythili Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Ezhilarasan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam S. Eagambaram 38 Arakkonam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Ravi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Rajkumar Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi G. Gopinath 39 Sholingur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK N. G. Parthiban Indian National Congress A. M. Munirathinam Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam P. R. Manogar 40 Katpadi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. R. K. Appu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Durai Murugan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC T. V. Sivanandam 41 Ranipet All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Elumalai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Gandhi Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam S. Nithiyanandham 42 Arcot All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. V. Ramadoss Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. L. Eswarappan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. N. Udhayakumar 43 Vellore All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Rasheed HarunMJK Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi contested using the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) “Two Leaves” symbol, the ECI will officially record them as AIADMK candidates in its electoral records. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Karthikeyan Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi A. R. Abdur Rahman 44 Anaicut All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Kalaiarasu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. P. Nandakumar Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC P. S. Palani 45 Kilvaithinankuppam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK G. Loganathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Amalu Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. Deviyammal 46 Gudiyatham All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Jayanthi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Rajamarthandan Communist Party of India K. Lingamuthu 47 Vaniyambadi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Nilofer Indian Union Muslim League Farooq Syed Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC C. Gnanasekaran 48 Ambur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Balasubramani Manithaneya Makkal Katchi V. R. Nazeer Ahmed Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam R. Vasu 49 Jolarpet All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. C. Veeramani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Kavitha Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam A. Fayaz Basha 50 Tirupattur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK T. T. Kumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Nallathambi Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam K. Harikrishnan 51 Uthangarai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK N. Manoranjitham Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Malathy Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi C. Kaniyamudhan 52 Bargur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Rajendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam E. C. Govinddarasan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC R. Rajendran 53 Krishnagiri All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Govindaraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. Senguttuvan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC R. Jayaprakash 54 Veppanahalli All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Hemnath. M Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Murugan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam N. Nagaraj 55 Hosur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Balakrishna Reddy Indian National Congress K. Gopinath Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam V. Chandran 56 Thalli All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Nagesh Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Y. Prakaash Communist Party of India T. Ramachandran 57 Palacode All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. P. Anbalagan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. K. Murugan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam K. G. Kaverivarman 58 Pennagaram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. P. Munusamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. N. P. Inbasekharan Communist Party of India N. Nanjappan 59 Dharmapuri All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. D. Elangovan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Subramani Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam V. Dr. Elangovan 60 Pappireddippatti All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Palaniappan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Prabhu Rajasekar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam A. Baskar 61 Harur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Murugan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Rajendran Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi K. Govindhasamy 62 Chengam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Dinagaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. P. Giri Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam A. Kalaiarasi 63 Tiruvannamalai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Rajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam E. V. Velu Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam S. Manikandan 64 Kilpennathur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Selvamani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Pitchandi Communist Party of India K. Jothi 65 Kalasapakkam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Pannerselvam Indian National Congress G. Kumar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. Nehru 66 Polur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Murugan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. V. Sekaran Communist Party of India (Marxist) P. Selvan 67 Arani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Ramachandran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Babu Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam R. M. Murugavel 68 Cheyyar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Mohan Indian National Congress M. K. Vishnu Prasad Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam P. Sarvanan 69 Vandavasi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Meganathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Ambethkumar Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi M. K. Metharamesh 70 Gingee All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Govindasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. S. Masthan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. K. Mani 71 Mailam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Annadurai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Masilamani Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi S. S. Balaji 72 Tindivanam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. P. Rajendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Seethapathy Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. Udhayakumar 73 Vanur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Chakrapani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Mydili Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi D. Ravikumar 74 Villupuram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. V. Shanmugam Indian Union Muslim League S. M. Ameer Abbas Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam L. Vengatesan 75 Vikravandi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Velu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Rathamani Communist Party of India (Marxist) R. Ramamurthy 76 Tirukkoyilur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK G. Gothandaraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Ponmudy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC G. Ganesh 77 Ulundurpettai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Kumaraguru Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. R. Vasanthavel Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Vijayakanth 78 Rishivandiyam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Dhandapani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Karthikeyan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam V J P Vincent Jayaraj 79 Sankarapuram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Mohan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. Udhayasuriyan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam R. Govinthan 80 Kallakurichi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Prabhu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Kamaraj Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi S. Ramamoorthy 81 Gangavalli All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Maruthamuthu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. Priyadharshini Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam R. Subha 82 Attur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. M. Chinnathambi Indian National Congress S. K. Arthanari Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi K. P. Adhithyan 83 Yercaud All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK G. Chitra Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Tamilselvan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam C. Kumar 84 Omalur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Vetrivel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Ammasi Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam A. R. Elangovan 85 Mettur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Semmalai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. R. Parthiban Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam R. Boopathy 86 Edappadi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK E. K. Palaniswami Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. A. Murugesan Communist Party of India (Marxist) P. Thangavel 87 Sankari All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Raja Indian National Congress T. K. Rajeswaran Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC K. Selvakumar 88 Salem (West) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK G. Venkatachalam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Panneer Selvam Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam A. R. Mohanraj 89 Salem (North) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. R. S. Saravanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Rajendran Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC R. Devadass 90 Salem (South) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. B. Sakthivel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Gunasekaran Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi G. Jayachandran 91 Veerapandi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Manonmani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Rajendran Communist Party of India A. Mohan 92 Rasipuram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Saroja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. P. Duraisamy Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi G. Arjun 93 Senthamangalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Chandrasekaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Ponnusamy Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. Sathiya 94 Namakkal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. P. P. Baskar Indian National Congress R. Chezhian Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC N. Elango 95 Paramathi-Velur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Rajendhiran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. S. Moorthy Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam K. Muthukumar 96 Tiruchengode All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Pon. Saraswathi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Bar. Elangoavan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam J. Vijayakamal 97 Kumarapalayam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Thangamani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Yuvaraj Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam P. A. Madeshwaran 98 Erode (East) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. S. Thennarasu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. C. Chandhirakumar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Ponchairman 99 Erode (West) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. V. Ramalingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Muthusamy Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Murugan 100 Modakkurichi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. P. Sivasubramani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Sachidanandam Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. Ramesh 101 Dharapuram (SC) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Ponnusamy Indian National Congress V. S. Kalimuthu Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Nagai Thiruvalluvar 102 Kangayam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK U. ThaniyarasuTNKIP Tamil Nadu Kongu Ilaingar Peravai contested using the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) “Two Leaves” symbol, the ECI will officially record them as AIADMK candidates in its electoral records. Indian National Congress P. Gopi Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam K. G. Muthu 103 Perundurai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK N. D. Venkatachalam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. P. Samy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC V. P. Shanmugam 104 Bhavani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. C. Karuppannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Sivakumar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam P. Gopal 105 Anthiyur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK E. M. R. Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. G. Venkatachalam Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. K. Sampath Raja 106 Gobichettipalayam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. A. Sengottaiyan Indian National Congress S. V. Saravanan Communist Party of India (Marxist) M. Munusamy 107 Bhavanisagar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Eswaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Sathya Communist Party of India P. L. Sundaram 108 Udagamandalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Vinoth Indian National Congress R. Ganesh Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam K. King Narcissus 109 Gudalur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Kalaiselvan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Thiravidamani Communist Party of India (Marxist) P. Tamilmani 110 Coonoor All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Ramu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam B. M. Mubarak Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam V. Chidambaram 111 Mettuppalayam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK O. K. Chinnaraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Surendran Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC T. R. Shanmuga 112 Avanashi (SC) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Dhanapal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam E. Anandhan Communist Party of India M. Arumugham 113 Tiruppur (North) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. N. Vijayakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. P. Saminathan Communist Party of India M. Subramanian 114 Tiruppur (South) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Gunasekaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Selvaraj Communist Party of India (Marxist) K. Thangavel 115 Palladam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Natarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Krishnamoorthy Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Muthurathinam 116 Sulur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Kanagaraj Indian National Congress V. M. C. Manoharan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam K. Thinakaran 117 Kavundampalayam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. C. Arukutty Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Krishnan R. Payya Communist Party of India (Marxist) V. Ramamurthy 118 Coimbatore (North) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. R. G. Arunkumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Meenalogu Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam P. S. M. @ Murugan 119 Thondamuthur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. P. Velumani Manithaneya Makkal Katchi M. A. Kovai Syed Md. Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam K. Thiyagarajan 120 Coimbatore (South) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Amman K. Arjunan Indian National Congress S. Mayura Jayakumar Communist Party of India (Marxist) C. Padmanabhan 121 Singanallur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK N. S. Singai Muthu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Karthik Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Arjunaraj 122 Kinathukadavu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Shanmugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Prabhakaran Kurichi Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Eswaran 123 Pollachi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Jayaraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Tamilmani Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam S. Muthukumar 124 Valparai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Vasu @ V. Kasthuri Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. Paulpandi Communist Party of India P. Manibharathi 125 Udumalaipettai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Radhakrishnan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Mu. Ka. Muthu Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam S. Ganeshkumar 126 Madathukulam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Manoharan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Jayaramakrishnan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC A. S. Maheswari 127 Palani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Kumarasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam I. P. Senthil Kumar Communist Party of India (Marxist) V. Rajamanickam 128 Oddanchatram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Kittusamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Sakkarapani Communist Party of India K. Santhanam 129 Athoor All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Viswanathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam I. Periyasamy Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. Packiya Selvaraj 130 Nilakottai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Thangathurai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Anbazhagan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam K. Ramasamy 131 Natham All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Shajahan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. A. Andi Ambalam Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam G. Karthikeyan 132 Dindigul All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Sreenivasan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Basheer Ahamed Communist Party of India (Marxist) N. Pandi 133 Vedasandur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. P. B. Paramasivam Indian National Congress R. Sivasakthivel Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam S. R. K. Balu 134 Aravakurichi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Senthil Balaji Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. C. Pallanishamy Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Kalaiyarasan 135 Karur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. R. Vijayabhaskar Indian National Congress K. Subramanian Bank Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam A. Ravi 136 Krishnarayapuram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Geetha Puthiya Tamilagam V. K. Aiyyar Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC K. Sivanandham 137 Kulithalai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Chandrasekaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam E. Ramar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Thangavel Jamuna 138 Manapparai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Chandrasekar Indian Union Muslim League M. A. Md. Nizam Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam P. Krishna Gopal 139 Srirangam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Valarmathi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Palaniyandi Communist Party of India V. Pushpam 140 Tiruchirappalli (West) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Manoharan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. N. Nehru Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam A. Joseph Jerald 141 Tiruchirappalli (East) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK N. Natarajan Indian National Congress G. Jerome Arockiaraj Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Md. Rohaiyaah Shaik 142 Thiruverumbur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK D. Kalaichelvan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. M. Poyyamozhi Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam S. Senthilkumar 143 Lalgudi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Vijayamurthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Soundara Pandian Communist Party of India (Marxist) M. Jayaseelan 144 Manachanallur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Parameswari Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Ganesan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. Babu 145 Musiri All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Selvarasu Indian National Congress S. Vijaya Babu Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC M. Rajasekaran 146 Thuraiyur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Maivizhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Stalinkumar Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi L. R. Sujadevi 147 Perambalur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Thamizhselvan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Sivakami Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam K. Rajendran 148 Kunnam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. T. Ramachandran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. Durairaj Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Aloor Shanavas 149 Ariyalur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Rajendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. S. Sivasankar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Rama Jayavel 150 Jayankondam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Ramajeyalingam Indian National Congress G. Rajendran Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. S. Kandasamy 151 Tittakudi (SC) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Ayyasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. V. Ganesan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Kumar S. Sasi 152 Vridhachalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. T. Kalaiselvan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Govindasamy Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam V. Muthukumar 153 Neyveli All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Rajsekar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Saba Rajendran Communist Party of India (Marxist) T. Arumugam 154 Panruti All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Sathya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Ponkumar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam P. Sivakozhundu 155 Cuddalore All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. C. Sampath Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam E. Pugazhendi Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC A. S. Chandrasekaran 156 Kurinjipadi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Rajendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. R. K. Panneer Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam K. M. S. Balamurugan 157 Bhuvanagiri All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Selvi Ramajayam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Saravanan Durai Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Selvan Sinthanai 158 Chidambaram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. A. Pandian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. R. Senthilkumar Communist Party of India (Marxist) K. Balakrishnan 159 Kattumannarkoil (SC) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK N. Murugumaran Indian National Congress Dr. K. I. Manirathinem Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Thol. Thirumavalavan 160 Sirkazhi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. V. Bharathi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Killai Ravindran Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam R. Umanath 161 Mayiladuthurai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Rathakrishnan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Anbazhagan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam R. Arulselvan 162 Poompuhar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Pavunraj Indian Union Muslim League A. M. Shajahan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC M. Sankar 163 Nagapattinam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Thamimum AnsariMJK Manithaneya Makkal Katchi A. Md. Jafarullah Communist Party of India Dhameem Ansari 164 Kilvelur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK N. Meena Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam U. Mathivanan Communist Party of India (Marxist) V. P. Nagaimaali 165 Vedaranyam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK O. S. Manian Indian National Congress P. V. Rajendiran Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam T. Vairavanathan 166 Thiruthuraipoondi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Umamaheswari Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Adalarasan Communist Party of India K. Ulaganathan 167 Mannargudi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Kamaraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. R. B. Rajaa Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam A. Murugaiyan Babu 168 Tiruvarur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Panneerselvam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi Communist Party of India P. S. Masilamani 169 Nannilam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Kamaraj Indian National Congress S. M. B. Duraivelan Communist Party of India (Marxist) G. Sundaramoorthy 170 Thiruvidaimarudur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK U. Settu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Govi. Chezhian Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi S. Vivekanandan 171 Kumbakonam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Rathna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Anbalagan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam D. Paramasivam 172 Papanasam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Doraikkannu Indian National Congress T. R. Loganathan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC S. D. Jayakumar 173 Tiruvaiyaru All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK G. M. Subramanian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Durai C. Communist Party of India (Marxist) V. Jeevakumar 174 Thanjavur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Rengasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam B. Anjugam Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam V. Jayaprakash 175 Orathanad All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Vaithilingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Ramachandran Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Dr. P. Ramanathan 176 Pattukkottai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Sekar Indian National Congress K. Mahendran Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam N. Senthilkumar 177 Peravurani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Govindarasu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Ashokkumar Communist Party of India T. Thamayanthi 178 Gandarvakottai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK B. Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Anbarasan Communist Party of India (Marxist) M. Chinnadurai 179 Viralimalai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Vijayabaskar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Palaniappan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam R. Karthikeyan 180 Pudukkottai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. R. Karthik Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Arassu Periyannan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Hussain Jahir 181 Tirumayam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. K. Vairamuthu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Regupathy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC P. L. A. Chidambaram 182 Alangudi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Kalaiselvan Gnana Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Meyyanathan Siva V Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Chandrasekaran 183 Aranthangi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK E. Rathinasabhapathy Indian National Congress T. Ramachandran Communist Party of India P. Loganathan 184 Karaikudi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Ilango Karpagam Indian National Congress K. R. Ramasamy Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Sevanthiappan 185 Tiruppattur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. R. Asokan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. R. Periyakaruppan Communist Party of India N. Sathiah 186 Sivaganga All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK G. Baskaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. S. Sathianathan Communist Party of India S. Gunasekaran 187 Manamadurai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Mariappankennady Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Chitraselvi Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Anbalagan Deepa 188 Melur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Selvam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. P. Ragupthy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC T. N. Bharath 189 Madurai East All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Pandi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Moorthy Communist Party of India P. Kalithasan 190 Sholavandan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Manickam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Bhavani Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi R. Pandiyammal 191 Madurai North All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. V. Rajan Chellappa Indian National Congress V. Karthikeyan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam S. Mujupur Rahuman 192 Madurai South All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. S. Saravanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Balachandran Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Boominathan 193 Madurai Central All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Jeyabal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. T. Rajan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam D. Sivamuthukumar 194 Madurai West All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Sellur K. Raju Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Thalapathi Communist Party of India (Marxist) U. Vasuki 195 Thiruparankundram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. M. Seenivel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Manimaran Communist Party of India K. Kandasamy 196 Thirumangalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. B. Udhayakumar Indian National Congress R. Jeyaram Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. Srinivasan 197 Usilampatti All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Neethipathi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Ilamakezhan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. B. Sethupathy 198 Andipatti All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Thanga Tamil Selvan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam L. Mookiah Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. N. Krishnamoorthy 199 Periyakulam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Kathirkamu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Anbazhagan Communist Party of India (Marxist) A. Lazar 200 Bodinayakkanur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK O. Panneerselvam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Lakshmanan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam A. Veerabadran 201 Cumbum All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. T. K. Jakkaiyan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Ramakrishnan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC O. R. Ramachandran 202 Rajapalayam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. A. S. Shyam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Thanga Pandian Communist Party of India (Marxist) A. Gurusamy 203 Srivilliputhur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Chandra Prabha Puthiya Tamilagam C. Muthukumar Communist Party of India P. Lingam 204 Sattur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. G. Subramanian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Srinivasan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. R. Raguraman 205 Sivakasi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji Indian National Congress C. Sreeraja Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam R. Sudhakaran 206 Virudhunagar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Kalanithi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. R. R. Seenivasan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Kaja Shareef M. Syed 207 Aruppukkottai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Dr. Vaigaichelvan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Sattur Ramachandran Communist Party of India Kumar S. Senthil 208 Tiruchuli All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Babu K. Dinesh Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Thangam Thennarasu Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam T. Raju 209 Paramakudi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Dr. S. Muthiah Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam U. Thisaiveeran Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi M. Irulan 210 Tiruvadanai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK KarunasMUP Mukkulathor Pulipadai contested using the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) “Two Leaves” symbol, the ECI will officially record them as AIADMK candidates in its electoral records. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. P. Thivakaran Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam V. Manimaran 211 Ramanathapuram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Manikandan Manithaneya Makkal Katchi M. H. Jawahirullah Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam M. A. Singai Jinnah 212 Mudhukulathur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Keerthika Indian National Congress S. Pandi Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Rajkumar 213 Vilathikulam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Uma Maheswari Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Beemaraj Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC P. Kathirvel 214 Thoothukkudi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. T. Chellapandian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Geetha Jeevan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Fatima 215 Tiruchendur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. SarathkumarAISMK All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi contested using the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) “Two Leaves” symbol, the ECI will officially record them as AIADMK candidates in its electoral records. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Radhakrishnan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam S. A. Senthilkumar 216 Srivaikuntam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. P. Shunmuganathan Indian National Congress V. Rani Venkatesan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC S. D. R. Vijayaseelan 217 Ottapidaram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Sundararaj Puthiya Tamilagam K. Krishnasamy Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam S. Arumuganainar 218 Kovilpatti All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Kadambur Raju Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Subramanian Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Ramesh Vinayaka 219 Sankarankovil All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. M. Rajalakshmi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Anbumani Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. S. Tirumalaikumar 220 Vasudevanallur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Manoharan Puthiya Tamilagam S. Anbalagan Communist Party of India R. Samuthirakani 221 Kadayanallur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Sheik DawoodTMML Tamil Maanila Muslim League contested using the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) “Two Leaves” symbol, the ECI will officially record them as AIADMK candidates in its electoral records. Indian Union Muslim League Md. Abubacker Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Mariappan Gothai 222 Tenkasi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Selvamohandas Indian National Congress S. Palani Nadar Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC N. D. S. Charles 223 Alangulam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Hepzi Karthikeyan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Aladi Aruna Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Rajendranath 224 Tirunelveli All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Nainar Nagendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. L. S. Lakshmanan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam S. Madasamy 225 Ambasamudram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Murugaiah Pandian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Avudaiappan Communist Party of India (Marxist) P. Karpagavalli 226 Palayamkottai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. K. Hyder Ali Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Mohideen Khan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. M. A. Mohideen 227 Nanguneri All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Vijayakumar Indian National Congress H. Vasanthakumar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam K. Jeyabalan 228 Radhapuram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK I. S. Inbadurai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Appavu Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam S. Sivanaintha 229 Kanniyakumari All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Thalavai N. Sundaram Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Austin Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam D. Aathilinga 230 Nagercoil All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Nanjil Murugesan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Suresh Rajan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Christin Rani 231 Colachel All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. T. Pachaimal Indian National Congress J. G. Prince Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Sambathchandra 232 Padmanabhapuram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. P. Rajendra Prasad Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Mano Thangaraj Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam D. Jeganathan 233 Vilavancode All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Nanjil Dominic Indian National Congress S. Vijayadharani Communist Party of India (Marxist) R. Chellaswamy 234 Killiyoor All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Mary Kamalabai Indian National Congress S. Rajeshkumar Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC D. Kumaradas Manifestos DMK released its election manifesto on 10 April 2016.https://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamilnadu2016/Tamil-Nadu-Assembly-elections-highlights-of-DMK-manifesto/article60513173.ece Highlights of DMK manifesto The Hindu 6 May 2016http://www.ulaska.com/dmk-election-manifesto-2016-tamilnadu-election-2016/ DMK Election Manifesto 2016 ulaska.com 16 May 2016 25 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160525112142/http://www.ulaska.com/dmk-election-manifesto-2016-tamilnadu-election-2016/ dead Bharatiya Janata Party released its election manifesto on 21 April 2016.https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2016/tamil-nadu-election/story/tamil-nadu-elections-bjp-promises-return-of-jallikattu-ban-on-alcohol-319346-2016-04-22 BJP promises return of Jallikattu India Today 6 May 2016 Tamil Nadu Congress Committee released its election manifesto on 27 April 2016.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/tamil-nadu-elections-2016/Tamil-Nadu-election-Congress-manifesto-promises-prohibition-eradication-of-corruption/articleshow/52009112.cms Congress promises eradication of corruption The Times of India 6 May 2016 Pattali Makkal Katchi released its draft election manifesto on 15 September 2015 and final election manifesto on 15 April 2016.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Besides-prohibition-PMK-manifesto-promises-to-make-Tamil-Nadu-a-Singapore-and-Trichy-the-second-capital-city/articleshow/51840837.cms PMK promises to Make TN a Singapore The Hindu 6 May 2016 AIADMK released its election manifesto on 5 May 2016.https://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamilnadu2016/Highlights-of-AIADMK-manifesto/article14304491.ece AIADMK manifesto released The Hindu 6 May 2016http://www.ulaska.com/aiadmk-election-manifesto-2016-tamilnadu-assembly-election-2016/ AIADMK Election Manifesto 2016 ulaska.com 16 May 2016 18 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160518171045/http://www.ulaska.com/aiadmk-election-manifesto-2016-tamilnadu-assembly-election-2016/ dead Voter Turnout thumb|The voters showing their booth slip, at a polling booth, during the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, in Kanchipuram on May 16, 2016.|210x210px Voter turnout for the 232 constituencies on 16 May was 74.81%.https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/More-women-voted-in-TN-than-men-final-turnout-74.26/article60512715.ece 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections: More women voted than men, final turnout 74.26% The Hindu 17 May 2016 22 May 2016 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%.https://www.dinamalar.com/news/tamil-nadu-news/news/1523508 தமிழகத்தில் 73.76 சதவீதம் ஓட்டுப்பதிவு: தேர்தல் ஆணையம் Dinamalar 16 May 2016https://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamilnadu2016/Live-Tamil-Nadu-Assembly-polls-2016-%E2%80%94-TN-goes-to-polls/article60512676.ece 73.76% votes polled in TN 16 May 2016 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X 16 May 2016 Exit polls + Seat projections Polling agency Ref. AIADMK DPA OthersIndia Today-Axis89–101White 124–1404-11https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2016/tamil-nadu-election/story/india-today-axis-my-india-exit-poll-live-who-will-win-bengal-tamil-nadu-kerala-and-assam-323824-2016-05-16 India Today-Axis Exit Poll: Jaya to lose Tamil Nadu, BJP sweeps Assam, Mamata to retain Bengal indiatoday.intoday.in 16 May 2016News Nation95–99White 118-12018-26http://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/exit-polls-west-bengal-tamil-nadu-kerala-assam-puducherry-latest-updates-live/ Exit polls: BJP unseats Congress in Assam, LDF ousts UDF in Kerala; Mamata retains WB, Jaya goes from TN 16 May 2016 The Indian Express 16 May 2016Times Now–CVoterWhite 1397817http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/tamil-nadu-elections-2016/news/Will-Jayalalithaa-win-Exit-polls-divided-on-Tamil-Nadu-results/articleshow/52296774.cms Will Jayalalithaa win? Exit polls divided on Tamil Nadu results The Times of India 16 May 2016NewsX - Today's Chanakya90White 1404http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/jayalaithaa-set-to-lose-in-tamil-nadu-exit-polls-1406845?pfrom=home-lateststories Jayalalithaa Set to Lose, DMK's Turn at Power: Poll of Exit Polls NDTV.com 16 May 2016ABP News–Nielsen95White 1327NDTV Poll of Polls103White 12011Spick NewsWhite 142872https://www.facebook.com/1073653859318695/photos/a.1084758828208198.1073741830.1073653859318695/1449270251757052/?type=3&source=56 (17/05/2016) Spick News Exit Poll Results 18 May 2016Thanthi TVWhite 111996https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmmCxoF82Uw (17/05/2016) Makkal Yaar Pakkam : Thanthi TV Exit Poll Results www.youtube.com 18 May 2016 Results The ruling AIADMK, beating most of the exit polls,http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/tamil-nadu-elections-2016/Tamil-Nadu-Elections-2016-In-history-hope-of-victory-for-Jayalalithaa-despite-exit-poll-predictions/articleshow/52308277.cms In history, hope of victory for Jayalalithaa despite exit poll predictions The Times of India 17 May 2016http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/what-exit-polls-say-about-tamil-nadu-west-bengal-kerala-and-assam-live-updates-1406808 What Poll of Exit Polls Say About Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala And Assam: Live Updates NDTV 24x7 16 May 2016https://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamilnadu2016/pollsters-got-it-wrong-in-tn/article8622464.ece Pollsters got it wrong in T.N. The Hindu 20 May 2016 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.https://www.thehinducentre.com/verdict/commentary/tamil-nadu-loyal-vote-banks-help-aiadmk-overcome-antiincumbency/article64936397.ece TAMIL NADU: Loyal Vote Banks Help AIADMK Overcome Anti-incumbency The Hindu 11 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20221130234707/https://www.thehinducentre.com/verdict/commentary/tamil-nadu-loyal-vote-banks-help-aiadmk-overcome-antiincumbency/article64936397.ece 30 November 2022 Jayalalithaa bucked Anti-incumbency trend and cyclic change of governments in the state that hadn't voted back a government in last three decades.https://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/tamil-nadu-election-results-jayalalithaa-bucks-anti-incumbency-trend-writing-on-wall-at-her-huge-rallies-2809901/ Jayalalithaa bucks anti-incumbency trend, writing on wall at her huge rallies The Indian Express 20 May 2016https://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamilnadu2016/Tamil-Nadu-Assembly-elections-Victorious-Jayalalithaa-hails-people%E2%80%99s-faith-in-AIADMK/article60365956.ece Victorious Jayalalithaa hails people's faith in AIADMK The Hindu 19 May 2016http://www.news18.com/news/politics/how-jayalalithaa-pulled-off-a-historic-win-in-tamil-nadu-1245333.html How Jayalalithaa Pulled Off a Historic Win in Tamil Nadu News18 19 May 2016 +center|frameless|355x355px 136 98 AIADMK DPA Vote share right Vote share by party/alliance AIADMK 40.88 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DPA 39.85 Secular Progressive Alliance Others 21.26 Others Summary of the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative electionGeneral Election to Legislative Assembly Trends & Results 2016 http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResultS22.htm?st=S22 Election Commission of India 14 August 2021 24 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161124073713/http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResultS22.htm?st=S22 dead yes |-style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align: center;" rowspan=2 colspan=4|Party/Alliance !! style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;" width="60" rowspan=2|Votes !! style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;" rowspan=2|% !! style="text-align:center;" colspan=3|Seats |-style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="text-align:center;"|Contested !! style="text-align:left;"|Won !! style="text-align:center;"|+/- |- | style="background-color:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) ||style="background-color:#ACE1AF;" | 17,806,490 ||style="background-color:#ACE1AF;"| 40.88% ||style="background-color:#ACE1AF;"| 234 ||style="background-color:#ACE1AF;"| 136 ||style="background-color:#ACE1AF;"| 14 |- | rowspan="6" bgcolor="Secular Progressive Alliance" | | rowspan="6" |DPA | style="background-color:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) || 13,670,511 || 31.39% || 178 || 89 || 66 |- | style="background-color:Indian National Congress"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Indian National Congress || 2,774,075 || 6.47% || 41 || 8 || 3 |- | style="background-color:Indian Union Muslim League"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Indian Union Muslim League || 313,808 || 0.73% || 5 || 1 || 1 |- | style="background-color:Puthiya Tamilagam"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Puthiya Tamilagam || 219,830 || 0.51% || 4 || 0 || 2 |- | style="background-color:Manithaneya Makkal Katchi"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Manithaneya Makkal Katchi || 197,150 || 0.46% || 4 || 0 || 2 |- |colspan="2" style="background: #F4C2C2;text-align:left"|Total |style="background: #F4C2C2"|17,175,374 |style="background: #F4C2C2"|39.40 |style="background: #F4C2C2"|234 |style="background: #F4C2C2"|98 |style="background: #F4C2C2"|66 |- | style="background-color:Others"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|Others || 70,40,068 || 21.26% || 234 || 0 || |- | style="background-color:Independent politician"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|Independents || 617,907 || 1.44% || 234 || 0 || |- | style="background-color:None of the above"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|None of the above || 5,65,077 || 1.31% || 234 || – || – |- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#E9E9E9; font-weight:bold" | colspan=4 style="text-align:left;"|Total || 4,35,56,184 || 100.00 || - || 234 || - |- ! colspan="9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Valid votes | align="right" |4,35,56,184 | align="right" |99.93 | colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Invalid votes | align="right" |29,507 | align="right" |0.07 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Votes cast / turnout | align="right" |4,35,85,691 | align="right" |74.81 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Abstentions | align="right" | 1,46,74,574 | align="right" |25.19 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Registered voters | align="right" | 5,82,60,506 |colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |} 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 http://www.deccanherald.com/content/549130/ec-recommends-tn-governor-cancellation.html EC recommends to TN Governor cancellation of polls to 2 seats Deccan Herald 28 May 2016http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/ec-cancels-polls/article8661420.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20191224093723/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/ec-cancels-polls/article8661420.ece live 24 December 2019 EC cancels polls The Hindu subscription 29 May 2016 By district +Number of seats secured by the alliances in each district of Tamil Nadu (2016)DistrictSeatsADKDPAThiruvallur1073Chennai16610Kancheepuram1129Vellore1376Krishnagiri633Dharmapuri532Thiruvanamalai835Villupuram1147Salem11101Namakkal651Erode880Nilgiris312Thiruppur862Coimbatore1091Dindigul734Karur431Tiruchirappalli954Perambalur220Ariyalur220Cuddalore954Nagapattinam651Thiruvarur413Thanjavur844Pudukkottai633Sivaganga422Madurai1082Theni440Virudhunagar734Ramanathapuram431Thoothukudi642Tirunelveli1055Kanyakumari606Total23413698 By Region +Alliance-wise ResultsRegionTotal SeatsAIADMK-led AllianceDemocratic Progressive AllianceNorthern Tamil Nadu6935 69 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam darkgray 134 69 Secular Progressive Alliance darkgray 1Western Tamil Nadu6852 68 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam darkgray 116 68 Secular Progressive Alliance darkgray 1Southern TamilNadu5123 51 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam darkgray 128 51 Secular Progressive Alliance darkgray 1Central TamilNadu4626 46 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam darkgray 120 46 Secular Progressive Alliance darkgray 1 Results by constituency Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyhttps://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2016/AC20WISE20CANDIDATE20COUNT.pdf 30 Apr 2022 30 Apr 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220430083638/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2016/AC20WISE20CANDIDATE20COUNT.pdf Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count www.elections.tn.gov.inAssembly ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin # Name Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes%1GummidipoondiK. S. VijayakumarADMK89,33241.68C. H. SekarDMK65,93730.7623,3952PonneriP. BalaramanADMK95,97948.56Dr. Parimalam. KDMK76,64338.7819,3363TiruttaniP. M. NarasimhanADMK93,04541.84Chidambaram. A. GINC69,90431.4323,1414ThiruvallurV. G. RaajendranDMK80,47339.02Baskaran. AADMK75,33536.535,1385PoonamalleeT. A. ElumalaiADMK103,95243.32Paranthamen. IDMK92,18938.4111,7636AvadiK. PandiarajanADMK108,06439.92S. M. NasarDMK106,66939.401,3957MaduravoyalP. BenjaminADMK99,73940.12Rajesh RINC91,33736.748,4028AmbatturV. AlexanderADMK94,37541.10Aassan MaulaanaINC76,87733.4817,4989MadavaramS. SudharsanamDMK122,08245.43Dhakshnamoorthy DADMK106,82939.7615,25310ThiruvottiyurK. P. P. SamyDMK82,20543.25Balraj. BADMK77,34240.694,86311Dr. Radhakrishnan NagarJ. JayalalithaaADMK97,21855.87Shimla MuthuchozhanDMK57,67333.1439,54512PeramburP. VetrivelADMK79,97442.39N. R. DhanapalanDMK79,45542.1151913KolathurM. K. StalinDMK91,30354.25Prabhakar. J. C. DADMK53,57331.8337,73014VillivakkamB. RanganathanDMK65,97243.96Thadi M.RajuADMK56,65137.759,32115Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar P. Sivakumar @ ThayagamkaviDMK61,74445.25Neelakandan. VADMK58,42242.823,32216EgmoreK. S. RavichandranDMK55,06045.64Parithi Ellamvazhuthi EADMK44,38136.7910,67917RoyapuramD. JayakumarADMK55,20545.21Manohar RINC47,17438.638,03118HarbourP. K. Sekar BabuDMK42,07140.36Sreenivasan K SADMK37,23535.724,83619Chepauk-ThiruvallikeniJ. AnbazhaganDMK67,98247.32A. NoorjahanADMK53,81837.4614,16420Thousand LightsK. K. SelvamDMK61,72643.35Valarmathi BADMK52,89737.158,82921Anna NagarM. K. MohanDMK70,81241.59S. Gokula IndiraADMK69,72640.951,08622VirugampakkamV.N.Virugai RaviADMK65,97938.51K ThanasekaranDMK63,64637.152,33323SaidapetM. SubramaniamDMK79,27947.18Ponnayan.CADMK63,02437.5116,25524ThiyagarayanagarB. SathyanarayananADMK53,20737.47Dr. N. S. KanimozhiDMK50,05235.253,15525MylaporeR Nataraj IPS (Rtd)ADMK68,17643.67Karate Thiagarajan.RINC53,44834.2314,72826VelacheryVagai ChanderasekarDMK70,13939.96C MunusamyADMK61,26734.918,87227ShozhinganallurS. Aravind RameshDMK147,01442.53Sundaram NADMK132,10138.2114,91328AlandurAnbarasan. T.M.DMK96,87744.64Panruti S. RamachandranADMK77,70835.8119,16929SriperumbudurPalani. KADMK101,00142.77K. SelvaperunthagaiINC90,28538.2310,71630PallavaramKarunanithi. IDMK112,89144.94C. R. SaraswathiADMK90,72636.1222,16531TambaramS. R. RajaDMK101,83543.27Rajendran CADMK87,39037.1314,44532ChengalpattuM. VaralakshmiDMK112,67545.11Kamalakkannan.RADMK86,38334.5826,29233ThiruporurKothandapani. MADMK70,21534.91Viswanathan. VDMK69,26534.4495034CheyyurArasu R TDMK63,44637.51Munusamy AADMK63,14237.3330435MadurantakamS.PugazhenthiDMK73,69341.43C.K.ThamizharasanADMK70,73639.772,95736UthiramerurK. SundarDMK85,51343.02Ganesan.PADMK73,35736.9012,15637KancheepuramC. V. M. P. EzhilarasanDMK90,53340.40T.MythiliADMK82,98537.037,54838ArakkonamS. RaviADMK68,17641.21Rajkumar NDMK64,01538.694,16139SholingurN. G. ParthibanADMK77,65136.79A. M. MunirathinamINC67,91932.189,73240KatpadiDurai MuruganDMK90,53450.90Appu S.R.KADMK66,58837.4423,94641RanipetGandhi. RDMK81,72442.85Elumalai. CADMK73,82838.717,89642ArcotEswarappan J LDMK84,18241.39Ramadoss.K.VADMK73,09135.9411,09143VelloreKarthikeyanDMK88,26451.53Harun RasheedADMK62,05436.2326,21044AnaikattuNandakumar. A.PDMK77,05842.43Kalaiarasu. MADMK68,29037.608,76845KilvaithinankuppamLoganathan.GADMK75,61245.76Amalu VDMK65,86639.869,74646GudiyattamJayanthi Padmanabhan .CADMK94,68948.56Rajamarthandan. K.DMK83,21942.6811,47047VaniyambadiNiloferADMK69,58840.31Syed FarooqIUML55,06231.8914,52648AmburBalasubramani R.ADMK79,18249.16Nazeer Ahmed.V.R.MMK51,17631.7728,00649JolarpetVeeramani. K. CADMK82,52545.57Kavitha.CDMK71,53439.5010,99150Tirupattur (Vellore)Nallathambi. ADMK80,79145.43Kumar.T.TADMK73,14441.137,64751UthangaraiN.ManoranjithamADMK69,98038.75S.MalathyDMK67,36737.302,61352BargurV.RajendranADMK80,65042.89Govinddarasan.E.CDMK79,66842.3698253KrishnagiriT.SenguttuvanDMK87,63743.80V.GovindarajADMK82,74641.354,89154VeppanahalliMurugan PDMK88,95246.01Madhu A.V.M @ Hemnath MADMK83,72443.315,22855HosurBalakrishna Reddy PADMK89,51041.59Gopinath KINC66,54630.9222,96456ThalliPrakaash.Y.DMK74,42939.31Ramachandran.T.CPI68,18436.016,24557PalacodeK. P. AnbalaganADMK76,14340.34Murugan. P.K.DMK70,16037.175,98358PennagaramInbasekaran. P.N.P.DMK76,84838.49Anbumani RamadossPMK58,40229.2518,44659DharmapuriSubramani. P.DMK71,05634.25Elangovan. P.D.ADMK61,38029.589,67660PappireddippattiPalaniyappan. PADMK74,23435.56Sathiyamoorthy. APMK61,52129.4712,71361HarurR.MuruganADMK64,56833.96S.RajendranDMK53,14727.9511,42162ChengamGiri .M.PDMK95,93945.60Dinagaran. MADMK83,24839.5712,69163TiruvannamalaiE. V. VeluDMK116,48457.15Rajan.KADMK66,13632.4550,34864KilpennathurPitchandi KDMK99,07050.22Selvamani KADMK64,40432.6434,66665KalasapakkamPanneerselvam VADMK84,39445.41Kumar GINC57,98031.2026,41466PolurSekaran.K.VDMK66,58834.02Murugan.MADMK58,31529.808,27367AraniRamachandran. SADMK94,07444.89Babu. SDMK86,74741.407,32768CheyyarMohan KADMK77,76637.78Dr. Vishnuprasad M KINC69,23933.648,52769VandavasiAmbethkumar. SDMK80,20644.20Meganathan. VADMK62,13834.2418,06870GingeeK. S. MasthanDMK88,44043.99Govindasamy AADMK66,38333.0222,05771MailamMasilamani RDMK70,88041.40Annadurai KADMK58,57434.2112,30672TindivanamSeethapathy PDMK61,87935.33Rajendran S PADMK61,77835.2710173VanurChakrapani MADMK64,16736.79Mydili RDMK53,94430.9310,22374VillupuramC V ShanmugamADMK69,42136.74Ameer Abbas S MIUML47,13024.9422,29175VikravandiRathamani.KDMK63,75735.69Velu RADMK56,84531.826,91276TirukkoyilurPonmudy KDMK93,83749.80Gothandaraman GADMK52,78028.0141,05777UlundurpettaiKumaraguru. R.ADMK81,97336.04Vasanthavel. G.R.DMK77,80934.214,16478RishivandiyamKarthikeyan.KDMK92,60747.08Dhandapani.KADMK72,10436.6620,50379SankarapuramUdhayasuriyan.TDMK90,92044.72Mohan PADMK76,39237.5814,52880KallakurichiPrabhu AADMK90,10842.16Kamaraj PDMK86,00440.244,10481GangavalliMaruthamuthu.AADMK74,30142.22Rekha Priyadharshini.JDMK72,03940.942,26282AtturChinnathambi R MADMK82,82744.34Arthanari S KINC65,49335.0617,33483YercaudChitra.GADMK100,56245.18Tamilselvan.CDMK83,16837.3717,39484OmalurVetrivel.SADMK89,16939.23Ammasi.SDMK69,21330.4519,95685MetturSemmalai.SADMK72,75135.05Parthiban.S.RDMK66,46932.026,28286EdappadiEdappadi K. PalaniswamiADMK98,70343.74Annadurai. NPMK56,68125.1242,02287SankariRaja.SADMK96,20244.57Rajeswaran.T.KINC58,82827.2537,37488Salem (West)Venkatachalam.GADMK80,75539.88Panneer Selvam.C.DMK73,50836.307,24789Salem (North)Rajendran.RDMK86,58345.14Saravanan.K.R.SADMK76,71039.999,87390Salem (South)Sakthivel A BADMK101,69651.39Gunasekaran MDMK71,24336.0030,45391VeerapandiManonmani.PADMK94,79245.86Rajendran. ADMK80,31138.8514,48192RasipuramSaroja V. DrADMK86,90146.50Duraisamy V.PDMK77,27041.359,63193SenthamangalamChandrasekaran CADMK91,33948.09Ponnusamy KDMK79,00641.6012,33394NamakkalK. P. P. BaskarADMK89,07645.81Chezhian. RINC75,54238.8513,53495Paramathi VelurMoorthiy K SDMK74,41842.45Rajendhiran RADMK73,60041.9881896TiruchengoduSaraswathi PonADMK73,10341.40Elangoavan BarDMK69,71339.483,39097KumarapalayamThangamani PADMK103,03255.20Yuvaraj PDMK55,70329.8447,32998Erode (East)Thennarasu K SADMK64,87943.83V. C. Chandhirakumar DMK57,08538.577,79499Erode (West)Ramalingam K.V.ADMK82,29743.46Muthusamy SDMK77,39140.874,906100ModakkurichiSivasubramani . V.P.ADMK77,06743.62Sachidanandam. P.DMK74,84542.362,222101DharapuramKalimuthu. V.SINC83,53845.67Ponnusamy. KADMK73,52140.1910,017102KangayamThaniyarasu UADMK83,32545.18Gopi PINC70,19038.0613,135103PerunduraiVenkatachalam.N.DADMK80,29244.05Mohanasundaram P.DMK67,52137.0512,771104BhavaniKaruppanan K CADMK85,74845.38Sivakumar NDMK60,86132.2124,887105AnthiyurE. M. R. Raja ADMK71,57542.21Venkatachalam A GDMK66,26339.075,312106GobichettipalayamSengottaiyan K.AADMK96,17747.00Saravanan S.VINC84,95441.5211,223107BhavanisagarEswaran.SADMK83,00642.23Sathya.RDMK69,90235.5613,104108UdhagamandalamGanesh. R.INC67,74748.34VinothADMK57,32940.9010,418109GudalurThiravidamani.M.DMK62,12847.39Kalaiselvan. S.ADMK48,74937.1913,379110CoonoorRamu. A.ADMK61,65045.71Mubarak. B. M.DMK57,94042.963,710111MettupalayamChinnaraj.O.KADMK93,59544.41Surendran. S.DMK77,48136.7616,114112AvanashiDhanapal PADMK93,36648.11Anandhan EDMK62,69232.3130,674113Tiruppur (North)Vijayakumar KnADMK106,71748.56Saminathan M PDMK68,94331.3737,774114Tiruppur (South)Gunasekaran SADMK73,35144.68Selvaraj KDMK57,41834.9815,933115PalladamNatarajan. AADMK111,86647.01Krishnamoorthy. SDMK79,69233.4932,174116SulurKanagaraj. R.ADMK100,97747.38Manoharan. V.M.C.INC64,34630.1936,631117KavundampalayamV. C. ArukuttyADMK110,87040.70Payya Gounder @ Krishnan. R.DMK102,84537.768,025118Coimbatore (North)Arun Kumar. P.R.G.ADMK77,54041.05S.MeenaloguDMK69,81636.967,724119ThondamuthurVelumani.S.P.ADMK109,51955.01Kovai Syed MMK45,47822.8464,041120Coimbatore (South)Amman K. ArjunanADMK59,78838.94Mayura Jayakumar.S.INC42,36927.6017,419121SinganallurKarthik. N.DMK75,45940.02Singai Muthu. N.ADMK70,27937.285,180122KinathukadavuShanmugam. A.ADMK89,04242.81Kurichi PrabhakaranDMK87,71042.171,332123PollachiPollachi V JayaramanADMK78,55346.59Tamilmani. R.DMK65,18538.6613,368124ValparaiKasthuri Vasu. V.ADMK69,98048.68Paulpandi. T.DMK61,73642.958,244125UdumalaipettaiRadhakrishnan. KADMK81,81744.73Muthu. Mu. KaDMK76,13041.625,687126MadathukulamJayaramakrishnan RDMK76,61944.66Manoharan KADMK74,95243.691,667127PalaniSenthilkumar I PDMK100,04550.66Kumarasamy PADMK74,45937.7125,586128OddanchatramSakkarapani RDMK121,71564.26Kittusamy KADMK55,98829.5665,727129AthoorPeriyasamy IDMK121,73853.10Viswanathan R NathamADMK94,59141.2627,147130NilakottaiThangathurai RADMK85,50748.99Anbazhagan MDMK70,73140.5214,776131NathamAndi Ambalam M.ADMK93,82245.32Shajahan SADMK91,71244.302,110132DindigulSreenivasan CADMK91,41349.30Basheer Ahamed MDMK70,69438.1320,719133VedasandurV. P. B. ParamasivamADMK97,55549.13Sivasakthivel Gounder RINC77,61739.0919,938134AravakurichiV. Senthil BalajiADMK88,06853.51K. C. PalanisamyDMK64,40739.1323,661135KarurVijayabhaskar .M.RADMK81,93643.86Subramanian .Bank .KINC81,49543.62441136KrishnarayapuramGeetha . M.ADMK83,97749.82Aiyyar . V. K.PTK48,67628.8835,301137KulithalaiRamar .EDMK89,92348.85Chandrasekaran .RADMK78,02742.3911,896138ManapaaraiChandrasekar RADMK91,39944.38Mohamed Nizam M AIUML73,12235.5018,277139SrirangamValarmathi.SADMK108,40048.09Palaniyandi.MDMK93,99141.7014,409140Tiruchirappalli (West)Nehru.K.NDMK92,04951.30Manoharan.RADMK63,63435.4728,415141Tiruchirappalli (East)Natarajan .N.ADMK79,93847.87Jerome Arockiaraj .G.INC58,04434.7621,894142Thiruverumbur Anbil Mahesh PoyyamozhiDMK85,95046.98Kalaichelvan.DADMK69,25537.8516,695143LalgudiSoundarapandian ADMK77,94646.80Vijayamurthy MADMK74,10944.503,837144ManachanallurParameswari. MADMK83,08346.17Ganesan. SDMK75,56141.997,522145MusiriSelvarasu MADMK89,39852.31Vijaya Babu SINC57,31133.5332,087146ThuraiyurStalinkumar .SDMK81,44448.10Maivizhi .AADMK73,37643.338,068147PerambalurR.ThamizhselvanADMK101,07345.27P.SivakamiDMK94,22042.206,853148KunnamRamachandran.R.TADMK78,21838.15Durairaj.TDMK59,42228.9818,796149AriyalurRajendran. SADMK88,52341.94Sivasankar. S.SDMK86,48040.972,043150JayankondamRamajeyalingam.J.K.NADMK75,67237.09Guru @ Gurunathan.JPMK52,73825.8522,934151TittakudiGanesan VDMK65,13940.67Ayyasamy PADMK62,92739.292,212152VriddhachalamKalaiselvan V TADMK72,61139.22Govindasamy PDMK58,83431.7813,777153NeyveliSaba. RajendranDMK54,29934.10Rajsekar RADMK36,50822.9317,791154PanrutiSathya.PADMK72,35339.01PonkumarDMK69,22537.333,128155CuddaloreSampath M CADMK70,92241.07Pugazhendi ElaDMK46,50926.9324,413156KurinjipadiPanneerselvam MrkDMK82,86444.03Rajendran RADMK54,75629.0928,108157BhuvanagiriSaravanan. Durai K.DMK60,55431.73Selvi RamajayamADMK55,06628.855,488158ChidambaramPandian K AADMK58,54334.31Senthilkumar K RDMK57,03733.431,506159KattumannarkoilMurugumaran.NADMK48,45029.33Thirumaavalavan.TholVCK48,36329.2887160SirkazhiBharathi.P.VADMK76,48743.05Killai Ravindran.SDMK67,48437.989,003161MayiladuthuraiRathakrishnan.VADMK70,94942.02Anbazhagan.KDMK66,17139.194,778162PoompuharPavunraj.SADMK87,66645.48Shajahan.A.MIUML67,73135.1419,935163NagapattinamThamimun Ansari.MADMK64,90348.28Mohamed Jafarullah.AMMK44,35332.9920,550164KilvelurMathivanan.UDMK61,99944.95Meena.NADMK51,82937.5810,170165VedaranyamManian.O.SADMK60,83641.44Rajendiran.P.VINC37,83825.7722,998166ThiruthuraipoondiAdalarasan. PDMK72,12741.07Umamaheswari. KADMK58,87733.5313,250167MannargudiT. R. B. RajaaDMK91,13748.71Kamaraj. SADMK81,20043.409,937168ThiruvarurKalaignar M KarunanidhiDMK121,47361.73Pannerselvam .RADMK53,10726.9968,366169NannilamKamaraj. RADMK100,91849.43Duraivelan. S.M.BINC79,64239.0121,276170ThiruvidaimarudurChezhiaan.GoviDMK77,53841.93Settu.UADMK77,00641.64532171KumbakonamG. AnbalaganDMK85,04845.04Rathna.SADMK76,59140.568,457172PapanasamDoraikkannu RADMK82,61445.26Loganathan T RINC58,24931.9124,365173ThiruvaiyaruDurai.ChandrasekaranDMK100,04349.27M.G.M.SubramanianADMK85,70042.2114,343174ThanjavurM.RengasamyADMK101,36254.37Anjugam BoopathyDMK74,48839.9526,874175OrathanaduRamchandran. MDMK84,37846.87Vaithilingam. RADMK80,73344.853,645176PattukkottaiSekar. VADMK70,63142.58Mahendran. KINC58,27335.1312,358177PeravuraniGovindarasu MADMK73,90845.65Ashok Kumar NDMK72,91345.04995178GandharvakottaiArumugam.BADMK64,04343.84Anbarasan.KDMK60,99641.753,047179ViralimalaiVijaya Baskar CADMK84,70149.69Palaniappan MDMK76,25444.748,447180PudukkottaiPeriyannan ArassuDMK66,73939.19Karthik ThondaimanADMK64,65537.972,084181ThirumayamRegupathy SDMK72,37345.58Vairamuthu PkADMK71,60745.10766182AlangudiMeyyanathan .Siva .VDMK72,99246.17Gnana KalaiselvanADMK63,05139.889,941183AranthangiRathinasabhapathy EADMK69,90545.22Ramachandran TINC67,61443.742,291184KaraikudiRamasamy KrINC93,41946.40Karpagam IlangoADMK75,13637.3218,283185Tiruppattur (Sivaganga)Periakaruppan KrDMK110,71955.72Asokan KrADMK68,71534.5842,004186SivagangaBaskaran.GADMK81,69743.15Sathianathan.M @ Meppal M.SakthiDMK75,06139.646,636187ManamaduraiMariappankennady SADMK89,89348.45Chitraselvi SDMK75,00440.4314,889188MelurPeriyapullan @ Selvam PADMK88,90951.54Ragupthy A.PDMK69,18640.1119,723189Madurai East P. MoorthyDMK108,56950.62P PandiADMK75,79735.3432,772190Sholavandan K. ManickamADMK87,04452.33Bhavani.CDMK62,18737.3924,857191Madurai North V. V. Rajan ChellappaADMK70,46045.64Karthikeyan. V.INC51,62133.4418,839192Madurai SouthSaravanan .S.S.ADMK62,68342.75Balachandran .MDMK38,92026.5523,763193Madurai CentralPalanivel ThiagarajanDMK64,66242.55Jeyabal MADMK58,90038.755,762194Madurai West Sellur K. RajuADMK82,52944.81Thalapathi GDMK66,13135.9116,398195Thiruparankundram S. M. SeenivelADMK93,45347.32Manimaran MDMK70,46135.6822,992196TirumangalamUdhayakumar.R.BADMK95,86446.99Jeyaram.RINC72,27435.4323,590197UsilampattiNeethipathi PADMK106,34952.88Ilamakezhan.KDMK73,44336.5232,906198AndipattiThanga Tamil SelvamADMK103,12951.93Mookaiah.LDMK72,93336.7230,196199PeriyakulamK. KathirkamuADMK90,59946.94AnbazhaganDMK76,24939.5114,350200BodinayakanurO. PanneerselvamADMK99,53149.38S. LakshmananDMK83,92341.6315,608201CumbumS.T.K.JakkaiyanADMK91,09946.94Cumbum N. RamakrishnanDMK79,87841.1611,221202Rajapalayam S. ThangappandianDMK74,78743.82 A. A. S. ShyamADMK69,98541.004,802203SrivilliputhurM. Chandra PrabhaADMK88,10349.32Muthukumar.CPTK51,43028.7936,673204SatturS. G. SubramanianADMK71,51340.65Srinivasan.V.DMK67,08638.134,427205SivakasiK. T. RajenthrabhalajiADMK76,73443.67Sreeraja. C.INC61,98635.2814,748206VirudhunagarA. R. R. SeenivasanDMK65,49942.71Kalanithi.KADMK62,62940.842,870207AruppukkottaiRamachandran K.K.S.S.RDMK81,48549.41Vaigaichelvan.DrADMK63,43138.4618,054208TiruchuliThangam ThenarasuDMK89,92753.61Dinesh Babu. K.ADMK63,35037.7726,577209ParamakudiDr. S. MuthiahADMK79,25446.89Thisaiveeran.UDMK67,86540.1511,389210TiruvadanaiKarunaasADMK76,78641.14Thivakaran. S.PDMK68,09036.488,696211RamanathapuramDr. M. ManikandanADMK89,36546.30M. H. JawahirullahMMK56,14329.0933,222212MudhukulathurS. PandiINC94,94646.71M.KeerthikaADMK81,59840.1413,348213VilathikulamUma MaheswariADMK71,49646.79Beemaraj SDMK52,77834.5418,718214ThoothukkudiGeetha Jeevan. PDMK88,04546.46Chellapandian.S.T.ADMK67,13735.4320,908215TiruchendurAnitha R RadhakrishnanDMK88,35752.97R. SarathkumarADMK62,35637.3826,001216SrivaikuntamS. P. ShanmuganathanADMK65,19841.96Rani Venkatesan VINC61,66739.693,531217OttapidaramR. SundararajADMK65,07140.57Dr. Krishnasamy.KPTK64,57840.26493218KovilpattiKadambur RajuADMK64,51438.96A.SubramanianDMK64,08638.70428219SankarankovilV. M. RajalakshmiADMK78,75144.36Anbumani GDMK64,26236.2014,489220VasudevanallurManoharan A.ADMK73,90445.06Anbalagan SPTK55,14633.6218,758221KadayanallurK. A. M. Muhammed AbubackerIUML70,76337.49Sheik Dawood. SADMK69,56936.861,194222TenkasiS. Selvamohandas PandianADMK86,33942.58Palani Nadar SINC85,87742.35462223AlangulamDr. Poongothai Aladi ArunaDMK88,89145.98Hepzi KarthikeyanADMK84,13743.524,754224TirunelveliA. L. S. LakshmananDMK81,76143.13Nainar NagenthranADMK81,16042.81601225AmbasamudramR. Murugaiah PandianADMK78,55545.80Avudaiappan. RDMK65,38938.1213,166226PalayamkottaiT. P. M. Mohideen KhanDMK67,46343.62Hyder Ali S.K.AADMK51,59133.3615,872227NanguneriH. VasanthakumarINC74,93243.45Vijayakumar. MADMK57,61733.4117,315228RadhapuramI. S. InbaduraiADMK69,59040.62M. AppavuDMK69,54140.5949229KanniyakumariS. AustinDMK89,02342.41Thalavai Sundaram. NADMK83,11139.595,912230NagercoilN. Suresh RajanDMK67,36938.87Gandhi M.RBJP46,41326.7820,956231ColachelJ. G. PrinceINC67,19540.19Ramesh PBJP41,16724.6226,028232PadmanabhapuramMano ThangarajDMK76,24947.20Rajendra Prasad K PADMK35,34421.8840,905233VilavancodeS. VijayadharaniINC68,78942.43Dharmaraj CBJP35,64621.9833,143234KilliyoorS. Rajesh KumarINC77,35650.47Pon. VijayaragavanBJP31,06120.2746,295 Detailed Analysis & Performance of political parties Party Contested Won Failed Deposit Votes Seats Shate in Valid Vote % Polled in State in Seats % Contest State Parties AIADMK 232 135 2Vilavancode and Thalli 17,616,266 40.77% 41.06 DMDK104 0 103 1,034,384 2.39% 5.42DMK 180 88 0 13,669,116 31.64% 41.35PMK232 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 90 0.00% 0.05 SHS/SS 36 0 36 13,640 0.03% 0.21 SP26 0 26 4,464 0.01% 0.09 National PartiesBJP 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% 6.80INC 41 8 0 2,774,075 6.42% 36.74 NCP20 0 20 11,842 0.03% 0.30 Registered (Unrecognised) Parties ABHM1 0 1 211 0.00% 0.13 AIFB(S)2 0 2 5,950 0.01% 1.52 AIJMK3 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.http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tn-polls-dinamalar-distances-itself-dinamalar-news-7s-west-tn-surveys-42655 TN polls: Dinamalar distances itself from Dinamalar-News 7's West TN surveys 4 May 2016 The News Minute 5 May 2016 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.https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/vvpat-saves-the-day/article8622987.ece VVPAT saves the day 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.http://nakkheeran.in/Users/frmNews.aspx?N=165671 வாக்காளர்களுக்கு பணம் கொடுக்க முயன்ற திமுக பிரமுகர் கைது Nakkheeran ta 15 May 2016 15 May 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160604025901/http://nakkheeran.in/Users/frmNews.aspx?N=165671 4 June 2016http://nakkheeran.in/Users/frmNews.aspx?N=165669 வாக்காளர்களுக்கு பணம் பட்டுவாடா செய்ததாக திமுக பிரமுகர் கைது Nakkheeran ta 15 May 2016 15 May 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160604032742/http://nakkheeran.in/Users/frmNews.aspx?N=165669 4 June 2016https://election.dinamalar.com/detail.php?id=10809 வாக்காளர்களுக்கு பணம் கொடுத்த ஏழு பேர் கைது Dinamalar ta 15 May 2016 15 May 2016 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.May 2018 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.May 2018 Bypolls 2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections On 26 October 2016, the Election Commission announced that the election for Thiruparankundram, Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies would be held on 19 November 2016.http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/ Tamil Nadu (TN) Elections 2016 – Results, Cabinet Ministers and News Updates www.elections.in 24 November 2016 The outcome was:May 2018 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 S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election118 April 2019ThiruvarurM. KarunanidhiDravida Munnetra KazhagamK. Poondi KalaivananDravida Munnetra Kazhagam2AmburR. BalasubramaniAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamA. C. Vilwanathan3AndipattiThanga Tamil SelvanA. Maharajan4GudiyattamC. Jayanthi PadmanabhanS. Kathavarayan5HosurP. Balakrishna ReddyS. A. Sathya6PeramburP. VetrivelR. D. Sekar7PeriyakulamK. KathirkamuS. Saravana Kumar8PoonamalleeT. A. ElumalaiA. Krishnaswamy9ThanjavurM. RangaswamyT. K. G. Neelamegam10ThiruporurM. KothandapaniL. Idhayavarman11HarurR. MuruganV. SampathkumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam12ManamaduraiS. MariappankennadyS. Nagarajan13NilakottaiR. ThangathuraiS. Thenmozhi14PappireddyppattiP. PalaniappanA. Govindasamy15ParamakudiS. MuthiahN. Sadhan Prabhakar16SatturS. G. SubramanianM. S. R. Rajavarman17SholinghurN. G. ParthibanG. Sampathu18VilathikulamK. Uma Maheswari ReddiarP. Chinnappa Reddiar1919 May 2019SulurR. KanagarajP. Kandasamy20AravakurichiV. Senthil BalajiV. Senthil BalajiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam21OttapidaramR. SundararajC. Shunmugaiah22TirupparankundramA. K. BoseP. Saravanan2321 October 2019VikravandiK. RathamaniDravida Munnetra KazhagamR. MuthamilselvanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam24NanguneriH. VasanthakumarIndian National CongressV. Narayanan See also Elections in India 2016 elections in India Notes References External links Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu Election Commission of India TAMILNADU 2016 2016 Category:May 2016 in India