2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

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The Sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election was held on 6 April 2021, to elect representatives from the 234 constituencies in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the election, ending the decade-long reign of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The DMK's leader M. K. Stalin became the eighth Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and the 12th Chief Minister since the 1956 reorganization. He replaced Edappadi K. Palaniswami of the AIADMK.

The poll was Tamil Nadu's first assembly election after the demises of the two most prominent Chief Ministers in the state's modern history, J. Jayalalithaa—general secretary of the AIADMK, and M. Karunanidhi—president of the DMK, who died in 2016 and 2018 respectively. With the AIADMK winning the 2016 election, Jayalalithaa became the Chief Minister and served for almost six months. Upon her death, O. Panneerselvam took charge as the Chief Minister, shortly after which Palaniswami was sworn-in instead in 2017, who served till the end of the fifteenth assembly's tenure. The Election Commission of India declared the election to the sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on 26 February 2021.

The DMK continued its Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) with the Indian National Congress, the Communist parties and many others, and named Stalin as its candidate for the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Office. The AIADMK joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling party of the Union Government of India, with Palanisami as its Chief Ministerial candidate. The polling was held on 6 April 2021 under COVID-19 guidelines. The state recorded a voter turnout of 72.81%. Surveys before and after the polls predicted the Stalin-led SPA to win the elections with a large margin. The votes were counted on 2 May 2021; the SPA amassed 159 seats, with the DMK alone winning in 133 constituencies, securing an absolute majority. The NDA won 75 seats, out of which 66 were of the AIADMK. The DMK formed the Government of Tamil Nadu for the sixth time. Stalin and his council of ministers were sworn in on 7 May 2021.

It was also the first time in 25 years that the DMK won a majority on its own.

Overview

The state of Tamil Nadu is divided into 234 assembly constituencies, each of which elects a member (called an MLA) to represent it at the state's unicameral legislative assembly, as per Article 168 of the Constitution of India. The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly convenes at Fort St. George, Chennai. The member that manages to receive the support of the majority of the members of the assembly (that is the Chief Ministerial candidate of the party that secures more than 50% of the seats), which is a minimum of 118 members, is appointed as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, who is the executive head of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The Governor of Tamil Nadu, the state's ceremonial head, will invite the Chief-Minister-elect and his Council of Ministers to be sworn in, to lead the state government for a term of the next five years.

File:The Chief Election Commissioner, Shri Sunil Arora holding a press conference to announce the schedule for Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry Legislative Assembly Elections 2021, in New Delhi on February 26, 2021.jpg

The Chief Election Commissioner of India, Sunil Arora, holding a press conference in New Delhi on February 26, 2021, to announce the schedule for Legislative Assembly election of Tamil Nadu along with those of Assam, Kerala, West Bengal, and Puducherry.^[1]

Tamil Nadu's partisan politics have been dominated by its two regional Dravidian parties, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), for the last 50 years (since 1967). Each recognized party in India is given a polling symbol by the Election Commission of India, an independent and neutral body of officers that conducts and regulates all the elections in the country. The DMK contests with the Rising Sun symbol, while the AIADMK contests with the Two Leaves.

The legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu goes to polls alongside the legislative assemblies of three other Indian states, namely Assam, Kerala, and West Bengal, and that of the union territory of Puducherry.

Background

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M. Karunanidhi of the DMK and J. Jayalalithaa of the AIADMK were two of the most important leaders in the state's politics. They have served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu five times each. In the 2011 election, the AIADMK under Jayalalithaa handily defeated the DMK headed by Karunanidhi. In 2016, the Jayalalitha-led AIADMK retained its majority with 136 seats, while the DMK increased its strength to 98 seats.^[2] 2021's election of the sixteenth assembly election is the first state election after the deaths of Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi, who died in 2016 and 2018 respectively.

Rise of V.K. Sasikala

Following Jayalalithaa's demise from cardiac arrest on 5 December 2016, O. Panneerselvam of the AIADMK became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the third time. The first two times he attained the post (21 September 2001 to 2 March 2002, and 28 September 2014 to 23 May 2015) was when Jayalalithaa was forcibly removed from office twice due to the lawsuit against her. He served as the Acting Chief Minister during Jayalalithaa's hospitalization in 2016. However, soon after swearing-in, Panneerselvam rebelled against the influence of V. K. Sasikala, a long-time friend and close associate of Jayalalithaa, inside the AIADMK party, and deemed her a threat to his Chief Ministership, exposing the factionalism inside the party. In a meeting of the party's general council held on 29 December 2016, the first meeting after Jayalalithaa's death, Sasikala was appointed as the party's general secretary.^[3] On 5 February 2017, all the MLAs of the AIADMK unanimously elected Sasikala as the Legislative Assembly leader of the AIADMK, making her the Chief-Minister-elect officially.^[4]

On 6 February 2017, Panneerselvam submitted his resignation letter to then Governor of Tamil Nadu, C. Vidyasagar Rao, who accepted the resignation but instructed him to continue to functioning as Chief Minister "until alternate arrangements are made", awaiting the pending verdict of the 18-year-long trial regarding the disproportionate assets of Jayalalithaa and Sasikala. Panneerselvam also claimed that he was coerced into resignation. Later in the evening, Sasikala met the Governor and laid claims to the Chief Ministership, by submitting the list of AIADMK legislators who back her. Reports stated Sasikala had those MLAs sequestered at a resort in South Chennai.^[5]

On 14 February 2017, the Supreme Court of India pronounced Sasikala and her relatives guilty of criminally conspiring, laundering and amassing illicit wealth worth about Template:INRConvert in the 1990s, and sentenced them to serve a four-year jail term at Central Prison, Bangalore, giving the convicts 24 hours to surrender.^[6] This restored in toto her earlier conviction in the case^[7] delivered on 27 September 2014.^[8] Proceedings against Jayalalithaa had been abated and dismissed on account of her death. The conviction effectively ended Sasikala's Chief Ministerial ambitions.

Following Sasikala's conviction, the Governor rejected her claims to become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. In her ticking 24-hour surrender time-limit and capacity as the general secretary of the AIADMK, Sasikala convened the party's MLAs, who unanimously elected Edappadi K. Palaniswami, a then supporter of Sasikala, as the new Chief Minister. She also appointed her nephew and former treasurer of the party, T. T. V. Dhinakaran, as the party's deputy general secretary. Palaniswami as sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu the next day, replacing Panneerselvam.^[9]

Merger of AIADMK factions

On 23 March 2017, the Election commission of India designated the two factions separately; Panneerselvam's faction known as "AIADMK (PURATCHI THALAIVI AMMA)", while Dhinakaran-Palaniswami's faction known as "AIADMK (AMMA)". By-polls were announced at the Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency, which was vacated due to Jayalalithaa's death. Dhinakaran was named candidate by his faction. However, the Election Commission canceled the by-polls after evidence of large-scale bribing by the ruling AIADMK (AMMA) surfaced. On 17 April 2017, Delhi Police registered a case against Dhinakaran for allegedly attempting to bribe the Election Commission into giving the AIADMK's significant Two Leaves symbol to his faction. Dhinakaran was granted bail on the grounds that the police failed to identify the bribed officer.

In the following months, the Chief Minister had a fallout with Dhinakaran. Palaniswami pronounced Dhinakaran's appointment as deputy general secretary "invalid" on 17 August 2017, and ousted him from the party.^[10] On 21 August 2017, it was reported that the Paneerselvam faction of AIADMK had decided to merge back with the Palaniswami faction, under the terms that Sasikala would be expelled from the party.^[11] On 21 August 2017, both Palaniswami and Paneerselvam factions of the AIADMK reunited, with the leaders assuming co-leadership of the party. Panneerselvam sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu and the coordinator of the AIADMK. Palaniswami was dubbed the deputy coordinator of the party. Mainstream media and publications suspected the involvement of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling party of the Union Government of India, in the AIADMK's merger. This marked the first time the BJP began to play an influential role in the Tamil Nadu politics, acting as the mediator that united the two factions. Dhinakaran and his supporters continued to dub themselves the "real AIADMK".^[12]^[13]

Withdrawal of support from government

On 22 August 2017, 18 MLAs of the AIADMK pledged allegiance to Dhinakaran and submitted letters to the Governor, expressing lack of confidence in Palaniswami and withdrawing their support to the Palaniswami-led government.^[14] Immediately, those MLAs were expelled from the AIADMK. The Speaker of the fifteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, P. Dhanapal, also disqualified those MLAs from their offices, citing the Constitution Act of 1985, which prevents the instability caused by democratically elected representatives in India's legislatures shifting allegiance from the parties they supported at the time of election, or disobeying their parties' decisions at critical times, by rendering their seats vacant. This resulted in a long legal battle, at the end of which, the Madras High Court, the highest court of Tamil Nadu, gave a verdict in the Speaker's favour and confirmed the disqualification of the 19 legislators. Following these events, Sasikala was expelled from the party on 12 September 2017, with her position as interim general secretary disputed and abolished. Instead, the late Jayalalithaa was named the eternal general secretary of AIADMK.^[15]

On 23 November 2017, the Election Commission of India granted the Two Leaves symbol to the Palaniswami-Panneerselvam led AIADMK, authorizing the faction as the original AIADMK, and announced by-polls to the vacant seat of Radhakrishnan Nagar on 21 December 2017. Dhinakaran contested in the constituency as an independent candidate, and won the election with a huge margin, with around 40,000 votes more than his closest competitor. He became the first independent candidate in Tamil Nadu history to win a bypoll, claiming 50.32% of the total votes, defeating the ruling AIADMK and the opposition DMK.^[16]^[17]

Rise of Stalin

After Karunanidhi's demise on 7 August 2018, Karunanidhi's son and political heir M. K. Stalin, who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the Mayor of Chennai, became the unquestioned president of the DMK. The Election Commission of India announced by-polls to 24 vacant seats in the state, alongside the 2019 Indian parliamentary elections, which elects 543 members across India to its lower house, the Lok Sabha. The DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (nationally, United Progressive Alliance headed by the Indian National Congress) swept Tamil Nadu in the Lok Sabha elections, winning a landslide 38 seats out of the state's 39 parliamentary constituencies. The AIADMK, which contested the election in an alliance with the BJP and the regional DMDK, won only one seat (Theni).^[18] This marked a huge shift from the 2014 parliamentary elections, in which the AIADMK had won 37 seats solo, whereas the NDA won two and the DMK none.^[19] In the by-polls, out of the 24 formerly AIADMK seats in the state assembly, the Stalin-led DMK won over 13 seats while the AIADMK won 10, indicating a shift in the political mindset of the state's voters. Although the incumbent AIADMK government lost 13 of its seats to the opposition party, the 10 retained seats (with new MLAs to represent them) were enough to maintain the AIADMK's absolute majority at the Legislative Assembly.

Formation of AMMK

The expulsion of Sasikala and her family from the AIADMK led to the formation of new party, Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK), headed by TTV Dhinakaran as the general secretary with the goal of obtaining control of the AIADMK.^[20] In January 2021, VK Sasikala was released from jail after completion of her prison time. In February 2021, she announced her intention to actively involve herself in the state's politics. Nevertheless, on 3 March 2021, she announced her decision to quit politics, to everyone's surprise.^[21]

Key Issues

In order to improve the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic, both the AIADMK and DMK promised jobs in their manifestos. Industries, especially MSMEs, have been hit hard by the slowdown in the economy.^[22] The AIADMK-led government approved a sub-quota in MBC of 10.5% for the Vanniyars, who are particularly dominant in northern Tamil Nadu.^[23] The AIADMK & BJP also fulfilled the demand of grouping 7 castes under Devendrakula Velalar an agricultural community found in Tamil Nadu.^[24] Recent events such as the Thoothukudi protest in 2018 against the district's Sterlite Copper plant and the Kattupalli fishermen's agitation against the expansion of Adani port have also made environmental concerns, especially climate change, a topic of debate in the elections.^[25]

Schedule

Event	Date
Date for Nominations	12 March 2021
Last Date for filing Nominations	19 March 2021
Date for scrutiny of nominations	20 March 2021
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	22 March 2021
Date of poll	6 April 2021
Date of counting	2 May 2021
Date before which the election shall be completed	24 May 2021

Manifestos

Election Manifesto plays a key role in determining the voting behaviour of the voters in the Tamil Nadu Electoral Politics.^[26] Enabling people with information about manifestos, promises, and candidate details through technology can ensure that it reaches a huge number of people.^[27]^[28] Global Shapers Chennai, a non-partisan group powered by the World Economic Forum has released the TN Election Promises 2021 platform.^[29] The platform provides the voters with data and insights on the promises made by different parties, constituency-wise candidate background details (assets, education, criminal cases, etc.), and helps them compare the promises by categorizing them into different focus areas such as agriculture, education, etc., to help make an informed voting decision.Template:Citation needed

Voter statistics

According to the ECI, 62.6 million people were eligible to vote in upcoming assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.^[30] Sholinganallur assembly has the highest number of eligible voters with 694,845 voters.^[31]

Total voters in Tamil Nadu for 2021 election
General electors	Service voters	Overseas voters	Total Voters
62,747,653	72,853	3,243	62,823,749

Total voters in Tamil Nadu for 2021 election by gender
Male Voters	Female Voters	Third Gender Voters	Total Voters
30,995,440	31,940,880	7,192	62,943,512

Parties and alliances

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File:NDA Tamil Nadu Seat Sharing 2021.png

Map of the seat sharing arrangement between the parties of the National Democratic Alliance for the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.

Party			Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	File:AIADMK Two Leaves.png	O. Panneerselvam (Chief Coordinator) Edappadi K. Palaniswami (Joint Coordinator)	179
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Pattali Makkal Katchi	PMK	File:Indian Election Symbol Mango SVG.svg	S. Ramadoss	23
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	File:BJP Election Symbol.png	L. Murugan	20
Parties contesting under AIADMK symbol
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)	TMC(M)	File:AIADMK Two Leaves.png	G. K. Vasan	6
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi	PTMK		N. R. Dhanapalan	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam	TMMK		B. John Pandian	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Moovendar Munnetra Kazhagam	MMK		Sridhar Vandayar	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	All India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam	AIMMK		N. Sethuraman	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Puratchi Bharatham Katchi	PBK		M. Jaganmoorthy	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Pasumpon Desiya Kazhagam	PDK		Jothi Muthuramalingam	1

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File:SPA Tamil Nadu Seat Sharing 2021.png

Map of the seat sharing arrangement between the parties of the Secular Progressive Alliance for the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.

Party			Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	File:Indian Election Symbol Rising Sun.png	M. K. Stalin	173
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Indian National Congress	INC	File:Hand INC.svg	K. S. Alagiri	25
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Communist Party of India	CPI	File:Indian Election Symbol Ears of Corn and Sickle.png	R. Mutharasan	6
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	File:Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png	K. Balakrishnan	6
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	VCK	File:Pot Symbol.png	Thol. Thirumavalavan	6
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	MDMK	File:Indian Election Symbol Rising Sun.png	Vaiko	6
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	Indian Union Muslim League	IUML	File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg	K. M. Kader Mohideen	3
	Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi	KMDK	File:Indian Election Symbol Rising Sun.png	E. R. Eswaran	3
	Manithaneya Makkal Katchi	MMK		M. H. Jawahirullah	2
bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	All India Forward Bloc	AIFB		P. V. Kathiravan	1
	Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi	TVK		T. Velmurugan	1
	Makkal Viduthalai Katchi	MVK		S. K. Murugavel Rajan	1
	Aathi Thamizhar Peravai	ATP		R. Athiyamaan	1

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Party			Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam	AMMK		T. T. V. Dhinakaran	161
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	DMDK	File:Indian Election Symbol Nagara.svg	Vijayakanth	60
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Social Democratic Party of India	SDPI		V. M. S. Mohamed Mubarak	6
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	AIMIM	File:Indian Election Symbol Kite.svg	T. S. Vakeel Ahmed	3
	Gokula Makkal Katchi	GMK		M. V. Sekar Yadav	1
	Marudhu Senai Sangam	MSS		Karu. Athi Narayanan	1
	Viduthalai Tamil Puligal Katchi	VTPK		J. Kudanthai Arasan	1
	Makkal Arasu Katchi	MAK		S. Rajinikanth (A) Arunmozhi Varman	1

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Party			Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Makkal Needhi Maiam	MNM	File:Indian Election Symbol Battery-Torch.png	Kamal Haasan	142
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Indiya Jananayaka Katchi	IJK		T. R. Paarivendhar	40
	All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi	AISMK	File:Indian Election Symbol Battery-Torch.png	R. Sarathkumar	33
	Tamilaga Makkal Jananayaka Katchi	TMJK		K.M. Shareef	9
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Janata Dal (Secular)	JD(S)		H. D. Deve Gowda	3
	Jananayaka Dravidia Munnetra kazhgam	JDMK	Torch light		7

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Non-aligned parties

Party			Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Naam Tamilar Katchi	NTK	File:Naam tamilar katchi flag.jpg	File:Indian Election Symbol sugarcane farmer.svg	Seeman	234
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	File:Elephant1.jpg	File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png	K Armstrong	162
	Puthiya Tamilagam	PTK	File:Puthiya Tamilagam Party Flag.jpg		K. Krishnasamy	60
	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	CPI(ML)L			Dipankar Bhattacharya	12

Campaigning

The DMK went on a campaign tour titled Vidiyalai Nokki Stalinin Kural, which began on 20 December 2020 at Thirukkuvalai, the birthplace of M. Karunanidhi.^[32] Palaniswami started the AIADMK's campaign at his hometown, Edappadi, on 19 December 2020.^[33]

BJP politician and the 22nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, addressed a public rally in Coimbatore to support Vanathi Srinivasan on March 31, 2021.^[34] The BJP and the Hindu Munnani organized a bike rally where they shouted communal slogans. The BJP supporters also reportedly pelted stones at Muslim shops in the area.^[35] BJP candidate Vanathi Srinivasan described the stone-pelting incident as a minor incident while MNM president Kamal Haasan said that "riot specialists must be defeated through unity".^[36]^[37]

Opinion polls

Election outcome projections as surveyed by various agencies prior to the election day
Date published	Polling agency	DMK+	AIADMK+	AMMK+	MNM+	NTK	Others Template:Efn	Lead	Slim margin
Date published	Polling agency	style="background:Template:Party color" \|	style="background:Template:Party color" \|	style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color " \|	style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color " \|	style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color " \|	style="background:gray;Template:Party color " \|	Lead	Slim margin
04 Apr 21	Nakkheeran^[38]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	22	–	–	–	–	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	40
02 Apr 21	Thanthi TV^[39]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	52	–	–	–	–	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	58
02 Apr 21	Malai Murasu^[40]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	54	1	1	0	–	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	27
31 Mar 21	Junior Vikatan^[41]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	52	0	1	0	–	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	18
26 Mar 21	Patriotic Voter^[42]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	82	2-3	1-3	0-3	–	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	18
24 Mar 21	MCV Network - Spick Media^[43]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	74	02	00	00	–	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color
24 Mar 21	Times Now - CVoter^[44]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	49	3	3	–	2	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	–
22 Mar 21	Puthiya Thalaimurai - APT^[45]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	76 - 83	–	–	–	–	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	–
15 Mar 21	ABP News - CVoter^[46]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	53 - 61	1 - 5	2 - 6	–	3 - 7	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	–
8 Mar 21	Times Now- CVoter^[47]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	65	–	–	–	–	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	–
27 Feb 21	ABP News- CVoter^[48]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	58 - 66	1 - 5	2 - 6	–	5 - 9	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	–
18 Jan 21	ABP News- CVoter^[49]	style="background:Template:Party color" \|Template:Font color	60 - 68	2 - 6	0 - 4	–	0 - 4	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	–

Candidates

Candidates from recognized parties contested in 234 constituencies on 6 April. The Indian National Congress candidate for Srivilliputhur assembly constituency, P. S. W. Madhava Rao, died on 11 April 2021 after testing positive for COVID-19.^[50]

Voting

The state recorded 72.81% voter turnout, which is 2% lesser than the preceding 2016 election. Karur district recorded the highest voter turnout amongst the state's districts, with 83.92%. Chennai district turned out the lowest (59.06%), as usual.

Voter turnout by districts

NO	District name	Percentage
1	Thiruvallur	70.56%
2	Chennai	59.06%
3	Kanchipuram	71.98%
4	Chengalpattu	68.18%
5	Ranipet	77.92%
6	Vellore	73.73%
7	Thirupattur	77.33%
8	Krishnagiri	77.30%
9	Dharmapuri	82.35%
10	Thiruvannamalai	78.62%
11	Villupuram	78.56%
12	Kallakurichi	80.14%
13	Salem	79.22%
14	Namakkal	79.72%
15	Erode	77.07%
16	Thiruppur	70.12%
17	Nilgris	69.68%
18	Coimbatore	68.70%
19	Dindigul	77.13%
20	Karur	83.92%
21	Thiruchirapalli	73.79%
22	Perambalur	79.09%
23	Ariyalur	82.47%
24	Cuddalore	76.50%
25	Nagapattinam	65.48%
26	Thiruvarur	76.53%
27	Thanjavur	74.13%
28	Pudukottai	76.41%
29	Sivaganga	68.94%
30	Madurai	70.33%
31	Theni	71.75%
32	Virudhunagar	73.77%
33	Ramanathapuram	69.60%
34	Thoothukudi	70.20%
35	Tenkasi	72.63%
36	Tirunelveli	66.65%
37	Kanniyakumari	68.67%

Repoll

The Election Commission of India, on 13 April 2021, declared the polling held at the polling station No. 92 in the Velachery assembly constituency "void" under 58 (1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The commission ordered a repoll in the station on the basis of a report submitted by the returning officers and observers. Fresh voting was conducted on 17 April 2021 between 7 am and 7 pm IST. The repoll follows the suspension of three Greater Chennai Corporation officials for transporting two EVMs and one VVPAT machine of booth number 92 on a two-wheeler in the Velachery-Tharamani road.^[51]^[52]^[53]^[54]

Exit polls

The Election Commission on March 24, banned the publication of any exit poll from 27 March till 7:30 PM of 29 April to prevent any influence on voters in the general election of West Bengal and by-elections in other states.^[55]^[56] On April 26, the ban period was advanced to 7:00 PM.^[57]

Election outcome projections as surveyed by agencies after the election day
Date published	Polling agency	DMK+	AIADMK+	AMMK+	MNM+	NTK	Others Template:Efn	Lead	Slim margin
Date published	Polling agency	style="background:Template:Party color" \|	style="background:Template:Party color" \|	style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color " \|	style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color " \|	style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color " \|	style="background:gray;Template:Party color " \|	Lead	Slim margin
29 Apr 21	Republic TV - CNX^[58]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	58 - 68	4 - 6	0 - 2	–	–	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	–
	ABP/Times Now - CVoter^[59]^[60]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	58 - 70	0 - 4	0 - 2	0 - 3		style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	–
	India Today - Axis My India^[61]^[62]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	38 - 54	1 - 2	0 - 2	0 - 2	0 - 1	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	–
	India Ahead - P MARQ^[63]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	40 - 65	1 - 3	1 - 6			style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	–
	News24 - Today's Chanakya^[63]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	46 - 68	0 - 6				style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	–
	TV9 - Polstrat^[64]	style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	75 - 85	2 - 12				style="background:Template:Party color;" \|Template:Font color	_
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Results

The results were announced by the Election Commission of India on 2 May 2021, starting at 9 AM IST. The DMK won 133 constituencies on its own, receiving an absolute majority in the sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, whereas its SPA alliance saw victory in a total of 159 constituencies. Meanwhile, the NDA alliance captured 75 constituencies, out of which the AIADMK had won 66. Other parties, alliances, and independent candidates did not secure any seats. After spending a decade as the opposition party, the DMK won Tamil Nadu from the AIADMK, which reigned the state for two consecutive terms (2011-2021). The AIADMK assumed the position of the opposition party at the sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.^[69]

Seat won by party
colspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|NDA	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|Seats	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|Change	colspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\|SPA	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\|Seats	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\|Change
AIADMK	width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"\|	66	-70	DMK	width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	133	+44
PMK	width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"\|	5	+5	INC	width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	18	+10
BJP	width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"\|	4	+4	VCK	width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	4	+4
				CPI		2	+2
				CPI(M)		2	+2
Total		75	-61	Total		159	+61

Alliance wise votes
Alliance	Votes	%
Secular Progressive Alliance	20,982,088	45.38%
National Democratic Alliance	18,363,499	39.72%
Naam Tamilar Katchi	29,60,000	6.8%
AMMK+	1,289,276	2.79%
People 's First Alliance	1,314,032	2.72%

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Popular vote

File:TamilNaduAssembly.svg
style="background:Template:Party color; width:67.95%;" \| 159	style="background:Template:Party color; width:33.5%;" \| 75
SPA	NDA

Alliance		Party		Votes		Seats
Alliance		Party		Votes	%	Contested	Won
rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	SPA	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	17,430,179	37.70	188	133
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|		Indian National Congress	1,976,527	4.28	25	18
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|		Communist Party of India	504,537	1.09	6	2
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|		Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	457,763	0.99	6	4
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	390,819	0.85	6	2
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|		Indian Union Muslim League	222,263	0.48	3	0
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	NDA	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	15,391,055	33.29	191	66
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|		Pattali Makkal Katchi	1,758,774	3.80	23	5
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|		Bharatiya Janata Party	1,213,670	2.62	20	4
	None	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Naam Tamilar Katchi	3,042,307	6.58	234	0
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AMMK+	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam	1,085,985	2.35	171	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	200,157	0.48	60	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|		All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	3,134	0.01	3	0
rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PFA	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Makkal Needhi Maiam	1,210,667	2.62	183	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|		Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi	39,288	0.08	38	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|		All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi	7,650	0.02	4	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|		Janata Dal (Secular)	1,189	0.01	3	0
	None		Others	955,161	2.07	2834	0
	None	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	None of the above	345,591	0.75	-	0
Total				46,236,716	100.00	3998	234

Valid votes				46,236,716	99.77
Invalid votes				107,874	0.23
Votes cast / turnout				46,344,590	73.63
Abstentions				16,599,103	26.37
Registered voters				62,943,693

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By district

Number of seats secured by the alliances in each district of Tamil Nadu
District	Total Seats	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" \|SPA	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" \|NDA
Thiruvallur	10	10	0
Chennai	16	16	0
Kancheepuram	4	4	0
Chengalpattu	7	6	1
Ranipet	4	3	1
Vellore	5	4	1
Thirupattur	4	3	1
Krishnagiri	6	3	3
Dharmapuri	5	0	5
Thiruvanamalai	8	6	2
Villupuram	7	4	3
Kallakurichi	4	3	1
Salem	11	1	10
Namakkal	6	4	2
Erode	8	3	5
Nilgiris	3	2	1
Thiruppur	8	3	5
Coimbatore	10	0	10
Dindigal	7	4	3
Karur	4	4	0
Tiruchirapalli	9	9	0
Perambalur	2	2	0
Ariyalur	2	2	0
Cuddalore	9	7	2
Mayiladuthurai	3	3	0
Nagapattinam	3	2	1
Thiruvarur	4	3	1
Thanjavur	8	7	1
Pudukottai	6	5	1
Sivaganga	4	3	1
Madurai	10	5	5
Theni	4	3	1
Virudhunagar	7	6	1
Ramanathapuram	4	4	0
Thoothukudi	6	5	1
Tenkasi	5	3	2
Tirunelveli	5	3	2
Kanyakumari	6	4	2
Total	234	159	75

By constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency		Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
Thiruvallur District
1	Gummidipoondi	Govindarajan T. J.	bgcolor=" Template:Party color"\|	DMK	126,452	56.94	Prakash M	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	75,514	34	50,938
2	Ponneri (SC)	Durai. Chandrasekar	bgcolor=" Template:Party color"\|	INC	94,528	44.94	P. Balaraman	bgcolor=" Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	84,839	40.33	9,689
3	Tiruttani	S. Chandran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	120,314	51.72	G. Hari	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	91,061	39.15	29,253
4	Thiruvallur	Raajendran. V. G	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	107,709	50.27	Ramanah BE VEE	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	85,008	39.68	22,701
5	Poonamallee (SC)	A. Krishnaswamy	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	149,578	56.72	S. X. Rajamannar	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PMK	55,468	21.03	94,110
6	Avadi	S. M. Nasar	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	150,287	49.94	K. Pandiarajan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	95,012	31.57	55,275
7	Maduravoyal	K.Ganapathy	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	121,298	44.29	P. Benjamin	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	89,577	32.71	31,721
8	Ambattur	Joseph Samuel	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	114,554	47.67	Alexander. V	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	72,408	30.13	42,146
9	Madavaram	Sudharsanam. S	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	151,485	50.04	Moorthy. V	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	94,414	31.19	57,071
10	Thiruvottiyur	K. P. Shankar	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	88,185	44.09	K. Kuppan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	50,524	25.26	37,661
Chennai District
11	Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar	J. J. Ebenezer	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	95,763	51.2	Raajesh. R. S	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	53,284	28.49	42,479
12	Perambur	Shekar R.D.	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	105,267	52.53	Dhanapalan N.R	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	50,291	25.1	54,976
13	Kolathur	M. K. Stalin	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	105,522	60.86	Aadhi Rajaram	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	35,138	20.27	70,384
14	Villivakkam	A.Vetriazhagan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	76,127	52.83	J.C.D.Prabhakar	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	38,890	26.99	37,237
15	Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar (SC)	Thayagam Kavi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	81,727	61.13	Kalyani P.L.	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	26,714	19.98	55,013
16	Egmore (SC)	I. Paranthamen	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	68,832	57.71	B. John Pandian	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	30,064	25.21	38,768
17	Royapuram	Idreams Moorthy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	64,424	53.16	D. Jayakumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	36,645	30.24	27,779
18	Harbour	P. K. Sekar Babu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	59,317	58.35	Vinoj P. Selvam	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	BJP	32,043	31.52	27,274
19	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni	Udhayanidhi Stalin	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	93,285	67.89	A. V. A. Kassali	Bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	23,930	17.42	69,355
20	Thousand Lights	Dr. N. Ezhilan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	49,080	53.88	Khushbu	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	BJP	25,079	27.53	24,001
21	Anna Nagar	M. K. Mohan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	80,054	48.49	S. Gokula Indira	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	52,609	31.87	27,445
22	Virugampakkam	Prabakar Raja	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	74,351	43.97	Virugai V. N. Ravi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	55,984	33.11	18,367
23	Saidapet	Ma.Subramanian	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	80,194	50.02	S. Duraisamy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	50,786	31.68	29,408
24	Thiyagaraya Nagar	J. Karunanidhi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	56,035	40.57	B. Sathyanarayanan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	55,898	40.47	137
25	Mylapore	T. Velu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	68,392	44.58	R. Nataraj	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	55,759	36.34	12,633
26	Velachery	JMH Aassan Maulaana	bgcolor=" Template:Party color"\|	INC	68,493	38.76	M. K. Ashok	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	64,141	36.3	4,352
Kanchipuram District
27	Shozhinganallur	S. Aravind Ramesh	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	171,558	44.18	K. P. Kandan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	136,153	35.06	35,405
28	Alandur	T. M. Anbarasan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	116,785	49.12	B. Valarmathi	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	76,214	32.06	40,571
29	Sriperumbudur (SC)	Selvaperunthagai. K	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	INC	115,353	43.65	K. Palani	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	104,474	39.53	10,879
30	Pallavaram	I. Karunanithi	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	126,427	47.49	S. Rajendran	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	88,646	33.3	37,781
31	Tambaram	S. R. Raja	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	116,840	46.93	T. K. M. Chinnayya	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	80,016	32.14	36,824
32	Chengalpattu	M. Varalakshmi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	130,573	47.64	M. Gajendran	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	103,908	37.91	26,665
33	Thiruporur	S. S. Balaji	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	VCK	93,954	41.44	Thirukachur Arumugam	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PMK	92,007	40.58	1,947
34	Cheyyur (SC)	Panaiyur M. Babu	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	VCK	82,750	46.2	S. Kanitha Sampath	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	78,708	43.94	4,042
35	Maduranthakam (SC)	Maragatham Kumaravel	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	86,646	46.62	Mallai C. E. Sathya	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	MDMK	83,076	44.7	3,570
Chengalpattu District
36	Uthiramerur	K. Sundar	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	93,427	44.38	Somasundaram .V	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	91,805	43.61	1,622
37	Kancheepuram	C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	103,235	44.77	P. Mageshkumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PMK	91,236	39.71	11,999
Ranipet District
38	Arakkonam (SC)	S. Ravi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	85,399	49.82	Gowthama Sannah.J	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	VCK	58,230	33.97	27,169
39	Sholingur	A. M. Munirathinam	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	INC	110,228	49.18	A. M. Krishnan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PMK	83,530	37.27	24,878
41	Ranipet	R. Gandhi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	103,291	49.79	S. M. Sukumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	86,793	41.84	16,498
42	Arcot	J. L. Eswarappan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	103,885	49.52	K. L. Elavazhagan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PMK	83,927	40.01	19,958
Vellore District
40	Katpadi	Durai Murugan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	85,140	45.71	V. Ramu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	84,394	45.31	746
43	Vellore	P. Karthikeyan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	84,299	46.86	S. R. K. Appu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	75,118	41.76	9,181
44	Anaikattu	A. P. Nandakumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	95,159	48.11	D. Velazhagan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	88,799	44.89	6,360
45	Kilvaithinankuppam (SC)	M. Jaganmoorthy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK (PBK)	84,579	48.57	K. Seetharaman	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	73,997	42.5	10,582
46	Gudiyattam (SC)	V. Amalu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	100,412	47.45	G. Paridha	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	93,511	44.19	6,901
Tirupathur District
47	Vaniyambadi	G Sendhil Kumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	88,018	46.33	N. Mohammad Nayeem	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	IUML	83,114	43.74	4,904
48	Ambur	A. C. Vilwanathan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	90,476	50.86	K. Nazar Mohammed	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	70,244	39.49	20,232
49	Jolarpet	K. Devaraji	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	89,490	45.57	K. C. Veeramani	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	88,399	45.02	1,091
50	Tirupattur (Vellore)	A. Nallathambi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	96,522	51.91	T. K. Raja	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PMK	68,282	36.72	28,240
Krishnagiri District
51	Uthangarai (SC)	T. M. Tamilselvam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	99,675	52.96	J. S. Arumugam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	71,288	37.87	28,387
52	Bargur	D. Mathiazhagan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	97,256	49.17	A. Krishnan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	84,642	42.8	12,614
53	Krishnagiri	K. Ashok Kumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	96,050	45.38	T. Senguttuvan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	95,256	45.01	794
54	Veppanahalli	K. P. Munusamy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	94,104	45.87	P. Murugan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	91,050	44.38	3,054
55	Hosur	Y. Prakash	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	118,231	47.65	S. Jyothi Balakrishna Reddy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	105,864	42.67	12,367
56	Thalli	T. Ramachandran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	CPI	120,641	62.18	Dr. C. Nagesh Kumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	BJP	64,415	33.2	56,226
Dharmapuri District
57	Palacode	K. P. Anbalagan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	110,070	53.28	P. K. Murugan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	81,970	39.68	28,100
58	Pennagaram	G. K. Mani	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	106,123	50.46	P. N. P. Inbasekaran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	84,937	40.39	21,186
59	Dharmapuri	S. P. Venkateswaran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	105,630	48.6	Thadangam P. Subramani	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	78,770	36.24	26,860
60	Pappireddippatti	A. Govindasamy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	114,507	51.81	M. Prabhu Rajasekar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	77,564	35.1	36,943
61	Harur (SC)	V. Sampathkumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	99,061	49.89	A. Kumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	CPI(M)	68,699	34.6	30,362
Tiruvannamalai District
62	Chengam (SC)	M. P. Giri	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	108,081	48.26	M. S. Nainakannu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	96,511	43.09	11,570
63	Tiruvannamalai	E. V. Velu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	137,876	66.02	S. Thanigaivel	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	BJP	43,203	20.69	94,673
64	Kilpennathur	K. Pitchandi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	104,675	51.34	K. Selvakumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	77,888	38.2	26,787
65	Kalasapakkam	P. S. T. Saravanan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	94,134	47.92	V. Panneerselvam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	84,912	43.23	9,222
66	Polur	S. S. Krishnamoorthy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	97,732	48.38	K. V. Sekaran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	88,007	43.57	9,725
67	Arani	Sevvoor S. Ramachandran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	102,961	46.5	S. S. Anbazhagan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	99,833	45.09	3,128
68	Cheyyar	O. Jothi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	102,460	47.78	K. Mohan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	90,189	42.05	12,771
69	Vandavasi (SC)	S. Ambeth Kumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	102,064	54.88	S. Murali Shankar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	66,111	35.55	35,953
Villupuram District
70	Gingee	K. S. Masthan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	109,625	52.99	M. P. S. Rajendran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	73,822	35.68	35,803
71	Mailam	C. Sivakumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	81,044	45.79	Dr. R. Masilamani	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	78,814	44.53	2,230
72	Tindivanam	P. Arjunan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	87,152	47.74	P. Seethapathy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	77,399	42.4	9,753
73	Vanur (SC)	M. Chakrapani	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	92,219	50.61	Vanni Arasu	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	VCK	70,492	38.69	21,727
74	Villupuram	R. Lakshmanan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	102,271	49.92	C. V. Shanmugam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	87,403	42.66	14,868
75	Vikravandi	N. Pugazhenthi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	93,730	48.81	R. Muthamilselvan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	84,157	43.47	9,573
76	Tirukkoyilur	K. Ponmudy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	110,980	56.56	V. A. T. Kalivaradhan	style="background-color: Template:Party color"\|	BJP	51,300	26.14	59,680
Kallakurichi District
77	Ulundurpettai	A. J. Manikannan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	115,451	47.15	R. Kumaraguru	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	110,195	45	5,256
78	Rishivandiyam	Vasantham K. Karthikeyan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	113,912	52.96	A. Santhosh	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	72,184	33.56	41,728
79	Sankarapuram	T. Udhayasuriyan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	121,186	56.16	Dr. G. Raja	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	75,223	34.86	45,963
80	Kallakurichi (SC)	M. Senthilkumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	110,643	48.99	K. I. Manirathinam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	84,752	37.52	25,891
Salem District
81	Gangavalli (SC)	A. Nallathambi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	89,568	48.02	J. Rekha Priyadarshini	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	82,207	44.08	7,361
82	Attur (SC)	A. P. Jayasankaran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	95,308	47.72	K. Chinnadurai	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	87,051	43.58	8,257
83	Yercaud (ST)	G. Chitra	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	121,561	50.88	C. Tamilselvan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	95,606	40.02	25,955
84	Omalur	R. Mani	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	142,488	57.22	Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	87,194	35.01	55,294
85	Mettur	S. Sathasivam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	97,055	44.43	S Srinivasa Perumal	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	96,399	44.13	656
86	Edapadi	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	163,154	65.97	Sampath Kumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	69,352	28.04	93,802
87	Sankari	S. Sundararajan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	115,472	49.72	K. M. Rajesh	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	95,427	41.09	20,045
88	Salem (West)	Arul Ramadoss	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	105,483	48.69	A. Rajendran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	83,984	38.77	21,499
89	Salem (North)	R. Rajendran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	93,432	46.17	G. Venkatachalam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	85,844	42.42	7,588
90	Salem (South)	E. Balasubramanian	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	97,506	48.76	A. S. Saravanan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	74,897	37.45	22,609
91	Veerapandi	M. Raja	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	111,682	49.92	Dr. A. K. Tharun	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	91,787	41.03	19,895
Namakkal District
92	Rasipuram (SC)	M. Mathiventhan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	90,727	46.08	V. Saroja	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	88,775	45.09	1,952
93	Senthamangalam (ST)	K. Ponnusamy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	90,681	45.51	S. Chandran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	80,188	40.25	10,493
94	Namakkal	P. Ramalingam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	106,494	51.51	K. P. P. Baskar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	78,633	38.03	27,861
95	Paramathi-Velur	S. Sekar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	86,034	46.83	K. S. Moorthy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	78,372	42.66	7,662
96	Tiruchengodu	E. R. Eswaran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK (KMDK)	81,688	44.23	Pon. Saraswathi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	78,826	42.69	2,862
97	Kumarapalayam	P. Thangamani	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	100,800	49.92	M. Venkatachalam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	69,154	34.25	31,646
Erode District
98	Erode (East)	E. Thirumahan Everaa	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	67,300	44.27	M. Yuvaraja	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK (TMC(M))	58,396	38.41	8,904
99	Erode (West)	S. Muthusamy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	100,757	49.01	K. V. Ramalingam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	78,668	38.27	22,089
100	Modakkurichi	Dr. C.K. Saraswathi	style="background-color: Template:Party color"\|	BJP	78,125	42.96	Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	77,844	42.81	281
Tiruppur District
101	Dharapuram (SC)	N. Kayalvizhi	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	89,986	46.39	L. Murugan	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	BJP	88,593	45.67	1,393
102	Kangayam	M. P. Saminathan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	94,197	47.14	A. S. Ramalingam	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	86,866	43.47	7,331
Erode District
103	Perundurai	S. Jayakumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	85,125	44.84	K. K. C. Balu	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	70,618	37.2	14,507
104	Bhavani	K. C. Karuppannan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	100,915	50.11	K. P. Durairaj	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	78,392	38.93	22,523
105	Anthiyur	A. G. Venkatachalam	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	79,096	44.84	K. S. Shanmugavel	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	77,821	44.12	1,275
106	Gobichettipalayam	K. A. Sengottaiyan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	108,608	50.68	G. V. Manimaaran	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	80,045	37.36	28,563
107	Bhavanisagar (SC)	A. Bannari	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	99,181	49.45	P. L. Sundaram	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	CPI	83,173	41.47	16,008
Nilgiris District
108	Udhagamandalam	R. Ganesh	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	INC	65,530	46.44	M. Bhojarajan	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	BJP	60,182	42.65	5,348
109	Gudalur (SC)	Pon. Jayaseelan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	64,496	46.65	S. Kasilingam	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	62,551	45.24	1,945
110	Coonoor	K. Ramachandran	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	61,820	45.49	Kappachi D. Vinoth	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	57,715	42.47	4,105
Coimbatore District
111	Mettupalayam	A. K. Selvaraj	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	105231	46.75	T R Shanmuga Sundaram	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	102775	45.66	2,456
Tiruppur District
112	Avanashi (SC)	P. Dhanapal	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	117,284	55.16	R. Athiyamaan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK (ATP)	66,382	31.22	50,982
113	Tiruppur (North)	K. N. Vijayakumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	1,13,384	47.62	Ravi @ Subramanian M	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	CPI	73,282	30.78	40,102
114	Tiruppur (South)	K. Selvaraj	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	75,535	43.31	Gunasekaran S	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	70,826	40.61	4,709
115	Palladam	M. S. M. Anandan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	126,903	48.53	K. Muthurathinam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK (MDMK)	94,212	36.03	32,691
Coimbatore District
116	Sulur	V. P. Kandasamy	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	118,968	49.23	Premier Selvam (A) M. Kalichamy	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	87,036	36.02	32,302
117	Kavundampalayam	P. R. G. Arunkumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	135,669	43.78	R Krishnan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	1,25,893	40.62	9,776
118	Coimbatore (North)	Amman K. Arjunan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	81,454	40.16	V M Shamuga Sundaram	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	77,453	38.19	4,001
119	Thondamuthur	S. P. Velumani	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	124,225	53.89	Karthikeya Sivasenapathy	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	82,595	35.83	41,630
120	Coimbatore (South)	Vanathi Srinivasan	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	BJP	53,209	34.38	Kamal Haasan	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	MNM	51,481	33.26	1,728
121	Singanallur	K. R. Jayaram	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	81,244	40.22	Karthik N	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	70,390	34.84	10,854
122	Kinathukadavu	S. Damodaran	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	101,537	43.68	Kuruchi Prabhakaran	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	100,442	43.21	1,095
123	Pollachi	Pollachi V. Jayaraman	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	80,567	45.44	K Varadharajan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	78,842	44.47	1,725
124	Valparai (SC)	Amul Kandasami T K	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	AIADMK	71,672	49.37	Arumugam M	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	CPI	59,449	40.95	12,223
Tiruppur District
125	Udumalaipettai	Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	96,893	49.85	K. Thennarsu	style="background-color: Template:Party color"\|	INC	74,998	38.59	21,895
126	Madathukulam	C. Mahendran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	84,313	46.35	Jayaramakrishnan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	77,875	42.81	6,438
Dindigul District
127	Palani	I. P. Senthil Kumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	108,566	52.86	K. Ravi Manoharan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	78,510	38.23	30,056
128	Oddanchatram	R. Sakkarapani	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	109,970	54.51	N. P. Nataraj	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	81,228	40.26	28,742
129	Athoor	I. Periyasamy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	165,809	72.11	M Thilagabama	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	PMK	30,238	13.15	135,571
130	Nilakottai (SC)	S. Thenmozhi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	91,461	49.49	S. K. Murugavel Rajan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK (MVK)	63,843	34.55	27,618
131	Natham	Natham R. Viswanathan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	107,762	47.84	M. A. Andi Ambalam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	95,830	42.54	11,932
132	Dindigul	Dindigul C. Sreenivaasan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	90,545	46.83	N. Pandi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	CPI(M)	72,848	34.34	17,697
133	Vedasandur	S. Gandhirajan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	106,481	49.97	V. P. B. Paramasivam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	88,928	41.73	17,553
Karur District
134	Aravakurichi	Monjanoor R. Elango	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	93,369	52.72	K. Annamalai	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	BJP	68,553	38.71	24,816
135	Karur	V. Senthilbalaji	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	101,757	49.08	M. R. Vijayabhaskar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	89,309	43.08	12,448
136	Krishnarayapuram (SC)	K. Sivagama Sundari	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	96,540	53.37	N. Muthukumar (A) Thanesh	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	64,915	35.88	29,625
137	Kulithalai	R. Manickam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	100,829	51.06	N. R. Chandrasekar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	77,289	39.14	23,540
Tiruchirappalli District
138	Manapaarai	Abdul Samad. P	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK (MMK)	98,077	44.23	Chandraseker. R	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	85,834	38.71	12,243
139	Srirangam	M. Palaniyandi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	113,904	47.41	K. P. Krishnan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	93,989	39.12	19,915
140	Tiruchirappalli (West)	K. N. Nehru	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	118,133	64.52	V. Padmanathan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	33,024	18.04	85,109
141	Tiruchirappalli (East)	Inigo Irudhayaraj .S	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	94,302	54.56	Vellamandi N. Natarajan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	40,505	23.43	53,797
142	Thiruverumbur	Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	105,424	53.51	P. Kumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	55,727	28.29	49,697
143	Lalgudi	A. Soundara Pandian	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	84,914	48.59	D. R. Dharmarajè	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK (TMC(M))	67,965	38.89	16,949
144	Manachanallur	C. Kathiravan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	116,334	59.14	M. Paranjothi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	56,716	28.83	59,618
145	Musiri	N. Thiyagarajan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	90,624	50.43	M. Selvarasu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	63,788	35.5	26,836
146	Thuraiyur (SC)	S. Stalin Kumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	87,786	49.91	T. Indira Gandhi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	65,715	37.36	22,071
Perambalur District
147	Perambalur (SC)	M. Prabaharan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	122,090	50.87	R. Thamizhselvan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	90,325	37.94	31,765
148	Kunnam	S. S. Sivasankar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	1,03,922	47.26	R. T. Ramachandran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	97,593	44.38	6,329
Ariyalur District
149	Ariyalur	K. Chinnappa	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK (MDMK)	103,975	46.16	Thamarai S. Rajendran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	100,741	44.73	3,234
150	Jayankondam	K. S. K. Kannan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	99,529	46	K. Balu	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PMK	94,077	43.48	5,452
Cuddalore District
151	Tittakudi (SC)	C. V. Ganesan	bgcolor=" Template:Party color"\|	DMK	83,726	49.78	D. Periyasamy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	BJP	62,163	36.96	21,563
152	Vriddhachalam	M. R. R. Radhakrishnan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	77,064	39.17	J. Karthikeyan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PMK	76,202	38.73	862
153	Neyveli	Saba Rajendran	bgcolor=" Template:Party color"\|	DMK	75,177	45.8	K. Jagan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PMK	74,200	45.21	977
154	Panruti	T. Velmurugan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK (TVK)	93,801	47.6	R. Rajendran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	89,104	45.22	4,697
155	Cuddalore	G. Iyappan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	84,563	46.46	M. C. Sampath	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	79,412	43.63	5,151
156	Kurinjipadi	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	1,01,456	51.04	Selvi Ramajayam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	83,929	42.22	17,527
157	Bhuvanagiri	A. Arunmozhithevan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	96,453	48.92	Durai K. Saravanan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	88,194	44.73	8,259
158	Chidambaram	K. A. Pandian	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	91,961	50.16	A. S. Abdul Rahman Rabbani	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IUML	75,024	40.92	16,937
159	Kattumannarkoil (SC)	M. Sinthanai Selvan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	VCK	86,056	49.02	N. Murugumaran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	74,608	43	11,448
Mayiladuthurai District
160	Sirkazhi (SC)	M. Panneerselvam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	94,057	49.16	P. V. Bharathi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	81,909	42.81	12,148
161	Mayiladuthurai	S. Rajakumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	73,642	42.17	Sithamalli A. Palanisami	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PMK	70,900	40.6	2,742
162	Poompuhar	Nivedha M. Murugan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	96,102	46.24	S. Pavunraj	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	92,803	44.65	3,299
Nagapattinam District
163	Nagapattinam	Aloor Shanavas	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	VCK	66,281	46.17	Thanga Kathiravan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	59,043	41.13	7,238
164	Kilvelur (SC)	Nagai Maali (A) P. Mahalingam	bgcolor=Template:Party color\|	CPI(M)	67,988	47.55	Vadivel Ravanan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	PMK	51,003	35.67	16,985
165	Vedaranyam	O. S. Manian	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	78,719	49.8	S. K. Vetharathinam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	66,390	42	12,329
Tiruvarur District
166	Thiruthuraipoondi (SC)	K. Marimuthu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	CPI	97,092	52.23	C. Suresh Kumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	67,024	36.06	30,068
167	Mannargudi	Dr. T. R. B. Rajaa	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	87,172	45.11	Siva. Rajamanickam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AlADMK	49,779	25.76	37,393
168	Thiruvarur	K. Poondi Kalaivanan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	108,906	52.29	A. N. R. Panneerselvam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	57,732	27.72	51,174
169	Nannilam	R. Kamaraj	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	103,637	46.7	S. Jothiraman	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	99,213	44.7	4,424
Thanjavur District
170	Thiruvidaimarudur (SC)	Govi. Chezhiyan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	95,763	48.26	Union S. Veeramani	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	85,083	42.87	10,680
171	Kumbakonam	G. Anbazhagan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	96,057	48.62	M. Srithar Vandayar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK (MMK)	74,674	37.8	21,383
172	Papanasam	Dr. M. H. Jawahirullah	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK (MMK)	86,567	43.95	K. Gopinathan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	70,294	35.69	16,273
173	Thiruvaiyaru	Durai Chandrasekaran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	103,210	48.82	Poondi S. Venkatesan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	BJP	49,560	23.44	53,650
174	Thanjavur	T. K. G. Neelamegam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	103,772	53.25	V. Arivudainambi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	56,623	29.06	47,149
175	Orathanadu	R. Vaithilingam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	90,063	46.95	M. Ramachandran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	61,228	31.92	28,835
176	Pattukkottai	K. Annadurai	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	79,065	44.62	N. R. Rengarajan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	53,796	30.36	25,269
177	Peravurani	N. Ashok Kumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	89,130	52.17	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	65,627	38.41	23,503
Pudukottai District
178	Gandharvakottai (SC)	M. Chinnadurai	bgcolor=Template:Party color\|	CPI(M)	69,710	44.23	S. Jayabharati	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	56,989	36.16	12,721
179	Viralimalai	C. Vijayabaskar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	102,179	52.83	M. Palaniappan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	78,581	40.63	23,598
180	Pudukkottai	D. Muthuraja	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	85,802	47.7	V. R. Karthik Thondaiman	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	72,801	40.47	13,001
181	Thirumayam	S. Ragupathi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	71,349	41	P. K. Vairamuthu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	69,967	40.2	1,382
182	Alangudi	S. V. V. Meyyanaadhan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	87,935	51.17	Dharma. Thangavel	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	62,088	36.13	25,847
183	Aranthangi	Ramachandran T	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	81,835	48.7	M. Rajanayagam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	50,942	30.31	30,893
Sivaganga District
184	Karaikudi	S. Mangudi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	75,954	35.75	H. Raja	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	BJP	54,365	25.59	21,589
185	Tiruppattur (Sivaganga)	K. R. Periyakaruppan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	103,682	49.19	Marudhu Alaguraj	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	66,308	31.46	37,374
186	Sivaganga	P. R. Senthilnathan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	82,153	40.66	S. Gunasekaran	bgcolor=Template:Party color\|	CPI(M)	70,900	35.09	11,253
187	Manamadurai (SC)	A. Tamilarasi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	89,364	44.01	S. Nagarajan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	75,273	37.07	14,091
Madurai District
188	Melur	Periyapulian (A) P. Selvam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	83,344	45.6	T. Ravichandran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	48,182	26.36	35,162
189	Madurai East	P. Moorthy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	122,729	51.59	Gopalakrishnan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	ADMK	73,125	30.74	49,604
190	Sholavandan (SC)	Venkatesan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	84,240	48.04	Manickam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	ADMK	67,195	38.32	17,045
191	Madurai North	G. Thalapathi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	73,010	46.64	P. Saravanan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	BJP	50,094	32	22,916
192	Madurai South	M. Boominathan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK (MDMK)	62,812	42.49	S.S.Saravanan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	ADMK	56,297	38.08	6,515
193	Madurai Central	Palanivel Thiagarajan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	73,205	48.99	Jothi Muthuramalingam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	ADMK	39,029	26.12	34,176
194	Madurai West	Sellur K. Raju	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	83,883	41.59	C. Chinnammal	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	74,762	37.07	9,121
195	Thiruparankundram	V. V. Rajan Chellappa	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	103,683	43.96	S. K. Ponnuthai	bgcolor=Template:Party color\|	CPI(M)	74,194	31.46	29,489
196	Tirumangalam	R. B. Udhayakumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	100,338	45.51	M. Maniraman	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	86,251	39.12	14,087
197	Usilampatti	P. Ayyappan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	71,255	33.53	Kathiravan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	63,778	30.01	7,477
Theni District
198	Andipatti	A. Maharajan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	93,541	44.64	A. Logirajan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	85,003	40.57	8,538
199	Periyakulam (SC)	K. S. Saravana Kumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	92,251	45.71	M. Murugan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	70,930	35.15	21,321
200	Bodinayakanur	O. Panneerselvam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	100,050	46.58	Thanga Tamil Selvan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	89,029	41.45	11,021
201	Cumbum	N. Eramakrishnan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	104,800	51.81	S. P. M. Syed Khan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	62,387	30.84	42,413
Virudhunagar District
202	Rajapalayam	S. Thangappandian	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	74,158	41.5	K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	70,260	39.32	3,898
203	Srivilliputhur (SC)	E. M. Manraj	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	70,475	38.09	P. S. W. Madhava Rao Template:Ref	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	57,737	31.2	12,738
204	Sattur	A. R. R. Raghumaran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK (MDMK)	74,174	38.68	R. K. Ravichandran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	62,995	32.85	11,179
205	Sivakasi	A. M. S. G. Ashokan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	78,947	42.66	Lakshmi Ganesan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	61,628	33.3	17,319
206	Virudhunagar	A. R. R. Seenivasan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	73,297	45.32	G. Pandurangan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	BJP	51,598	32.13	21,699
207	Aruppukkottai	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	91,040	53.18	Vaigaichelvan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	52,006	30.38	39,034
208	Tiruchuli	Thangam Thennarasu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	102,225	59.15	S. Rajasekar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK (AIMMK)	41,233	23.86	60,992
Ramanathapuram District
209	Paramakudi (SC)	S. Murugesan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	84,864	46.59	N. Sadhan Prabhakar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	71,579	39.3	13,285
210	Tiruvadanai	R. M. Karumanickam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	79,364	39.33	K. C. Animuthu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	65,512	32.46	13,852
211	Ramanathapuram	K. Kadharbatcha Muthuramalingam	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	111,082	51.88	D. Kuppuram	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	BJP	60,603	28.31	50,479
212	Mudhukulathur	R. S. Raja Kannappan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	101,901	46.06	Keerthika Muniyasamy	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	81,180	36.7	20,721
Thoothukudi District
213	Vilathikulam	G. V. Markandayan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	90,348	54.05	Chinnapan P	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	51,799	30.99	38,549
214	Thoothukkudi	P. Geetha Jeevan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	92,314	49	SDR Vijaya Seelan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	42,004	22.29	50,310
215	Tiruchendur	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	88274	50.58	Radhakrishnan M	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	63,011	36.1	25,263
216	Srivaikuntam	S. Amirtharaj	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	76,843	46.75	S. P. Shunmuganathan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	59,471	36.18	17,372
217	Ottapidaram (SC)	C. Shunmugaiah	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	73,110	41.11	P. Mohan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	64,600	36.32	8,510
218	Kovilpatti	Kadambur C. Raju	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	68,556	37.89	T. T. V. Dinakaran	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AMMK	56,153	31.04	12,403
Tenkasi District
219	Sankarankovil (SC)	E. Raja	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	71,347	38.92	V. M. Rajalakshmi	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	66,050	36.03	5,297
220	Vasudevanallur (SC)	Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK (MDMK)	68,730	39.08	A.Manoharan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	66,363	37.70	2,367
221	Kadayanallur	C Krishnamurali	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	88,474	43.08	K.A.M. Muhammed Abubacker	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	IUML	64,125	31.22	24,349
222	Tenkasi	Palani Nadar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	89,315	41.71	S. Selva Mohandas Pandian	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	88,945	41.54	370
223	Alangulam	P. H. Manoj Pandian	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	74,153	36.44	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	70,614	34.70	3,539
Tirunelveli District
224	Tirunelveli	Nainar Nagendran	style="background-color: Template:Party color"\|	BJP	92,282	46.70	A.L.S. Lakshmanan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	69,175	35.01	23,107
225	Ambasamudram	E. Subaya	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	85,211	47.96	R. Avudaiappan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	68,296	38.44	16,915
226	Palayamkottai	M. Abdul Wahab	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	89,117	55.32	G. Gerald	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	36,976	22.95	52,141
227	Nanguneri	Ruby Manoharan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	75,902	39.43	Ganesa Raja	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	59,416	30.86	16,486
228	Radhapuram	M. Appavu	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	82,331	43.95	I.S. Inbudurai	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	76,406	40.79	5,925
Kanniyakumari District
229	Kanniyakumari	N. Thalavai Sundaram	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	109,745	48.8	Austin. S	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	93,532	41.59	16,213
230	Nagercoil	M. R. Gandhi	style="background-color: Template:Party color"\|	BJP	88,804	48.21	Suresh Rajan. N	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	DMK	77,135	41.88	11,669
231	Colachel	J. G. Prince	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	INC	90,681	49.56	Ramesh P.	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	BJP	65,849	35.99	24,832
232	Padmanabhapuram	Mano Thangaraj	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	DMK	87,744	51.57	John Thankam. D	bgcolor=" Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	60,859	35.77	26,885
233	Vilavancode	S. Vijayadharani	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	87,473	52.12	Jayaseelan. R	bgcolor=" Template:Party color"\|	BJP	58,804	35.04	28,669
234	Killiyoor	S. Rajeshkumar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"\|	INC	101,541	59.76	Jude Dev K.V	bgcolor=" Template:Party color"\|	AIADMK	46,141	27.15	55,400

Analysis and trends

In Northern Tamil Nadu, the Chennai Metropolitan Area and its surroundings proved to be a stronghold of the DMK. The DMK-led SPA completely sweeped all of the constituencies located in Chennai, Thiruvallur, and Kanchipuram districts.^[70] While facing tough competition in other parts of the North, the DMK bagged 64 of the region's 78 seats, overcoming the polarization between the AIADMK and the DMK that existed in the region in the 2016 election. The region expressed a strong anti-NDA trend, with the results indicating that the AIADMK did not benefit much from the its alliance with the PMK and the 10.5% internal reservation that was granted to the Vanniyar community within the Most Backward Community (MBC) quota.^[71]
The politically sensitive Central Tamil Nadu and Kaveri delta region exhibited an overwhelming support for the SPA, with the AIADMK-led NDA winning only four out of the region's 41 seats. The DMK was met with victory in all the seats of Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Mayiladuthurai districts, crucially. The resentment that prevailed amongst the region's farmers over the former AIADMK government's inability to resolve agricultural problems in the region has been cited as a reason.^[72]
Except Madurai district, which was equally split between the AIADMK and DMK, much of Southern Tamil Nadu swinged towards the DMK alliance, an anti-incumbent trend compared to 2016, in which the Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK (without the BJP) had sweeped most of the region's seats, except Kanyakumari district, which remained as an SPA stronghold. The region also gave the DMK its highest victory margin ever, with over 130,000 votes in Athoor constituency where its senior leader I. Periasamy defeated the PMK candidate.^[73]
The AIADMK maintained its traditional sway in Western Tamil Nadu, popularly known as Kongu Nadu, where the NDA won more than 70% of the constituencies. Most notably, the NDA won in all the constituencies of Coimbatore and Dharmapuri districts.^[74]
The cities of Tamil Nadu fuelled the DMK's victory in the election. 2021 exposed "a clear rural-urban divide" in the voting patterns of the state. Trends showed that DMK performed very well in the urban centres than the AIADMK. There are 154 rural, 30 semi-urban and 50 urban constituencies in the state. The DMK alliance won 40 of those urban seats, 96 of the rural seats and 23 of the semi-urban seats. Of the 75 seats the AIADMK alliance won, 58 were in rural areas, with only seven in semi-urban and 10 in urban centres. The SPA's strike rate was 80% in urban seats, 76% in semi-urban seats and 62% in rural seats, whereas the NDA's strike rate was 37% in rural seats, 23% in semi-urban seats and 20% in urban seats.^[75]

Reactions and aftermath

Palaniswami and his ministers resigned on 3 May 2021, submitting their papers of resignation to Banwarilal Purohit, the Governor of Tamil Nadu.^[76] During the early hours of the same day, DMK president Stalin paid respects at the memorial of his father and five-time Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi. Speaking to the journalists gathered there, Stalin stated that he will be sworn in as the Chief Minister in a simplistic ceremony that may be held at the Raj Bhavan, the Governor's residence. He underlined that the DMK will form the government for the sixth time in Tamil Nadu, and will follow the footsteps of Karunanidhi. Stalin added that the DMK's governance "will be such that those who had voted for the party will feel happy voting for it, and even those who did not vote would regret their decision to not have voted for the party".^[77]

After the resignation of Palanisami's administration, officials of the Public Works Department began resetting the Tamil Nadu Secretariat to prepare the campus for the new government under Stalin. The Chief Minister's Office returned all the files to the departments concerned, with the office quarters white-washed and name-boards of former ministers taken down.^[78]

Politicians, celebrities and government officials across India congratulated Stalin on his victory. The out-going Chief Minister Palanisami congratulated Stalin, tweeting: "My best wishes to M.K. Stalin who is going to take oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister". In another tweet, Stalin thanked Palanisami and sought his cooperation for "building the best Tamil Nadu".^[77] Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, tweeted that he will work with Stalin to enhance the nation's progress, fulfill the regional interests of Tamil Nadu, and fight the COVID-19 pandemic.^[79]

On 10 May 2021, the newly elected AIADMK MLAs convened to choose the new Leader of the Opposition, an important post equivalent to a cabinet minister. The meeting was inconclusive, with both Panneerselvam and Palaniswami staking claims to the post, while their supporters hurled charges against each other. This included a prolonged quarrel between the two sections of the party outside the party's head office, causing unrest. Supporters of Palaniswami believed that he should be the Leader of the Opposition due to the party's good performance in the election in western Tamil Nadu, the region he hails from; whereas, Panneerselvam's supporters felt that the party fared poorly in other regions of the state due to Palaniswami's wrong policies during his Chief Ministerial tenure.^[80] Eventually, Palaniswami was elected as the Leader of the Opposition.^[81]

After MNM performed unfavorably in its first-ever election, many officials and candidates resigned from the party, such as its vice president Dr. Mahendran, Muruganandam, C K Kumaravel. Mahendran said that "the attitude of Kamal Haasan towards the growth of the party has not been changed even after facing huge loss in the Tamil nadu assembly election". He cited the presence of "Sankhya solutions" in the party and added that Haasan is being misguided. Others cited "personal reasons".^[82]

Formation of government

On 3 May 2021, Durai Murugan, the general secretary of the DMK, called for a meeting of all the party's newly elected MLAs on 4 May 2021, at 4 PM, in Anna Arivalayam (the DMK headquarters, Chennai). In the meeting, the 133 MLAs formally extended their support to Stalin's appointment as the DMK's head at the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, making him the Chief-Minister-elect. Stalin's council of ministers and their allocated departments were revealed on 6 May 2021. The Stalin administration took charge on 7 May 2021, sworn in by Governor Purohit, in a ceremony at Raj Bhavan.^[83] Stalin became the eighth Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and the twelfth Chief Minister since the linguistic reformation of the state's boundaries in 1956.^[84]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Contents

Overview

Background

Rise of V.K. Sasikala

Merger of AIADMK factions

Withdrawal of support from government

Rise of Stalin

Formation of AMMK

Key Issues

Schedule

Manifestos

Voter statistics

Parties and alliances

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Non-aligned parties

Campaigning

Opinion polls

Candidates

Voting

Voter turnout by districts

Repoll

Exit polls

Results

Popular vote

By district

By constituency

Analysis and trends

Reactions and aftermath

Formation of government

See also

Notes

References