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Tamil Nadu assembly election, May 2006

The 9th Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
234
118 needed for a majority
Largest party
DMK
96 seats · short of a majority
Candidates
2,586
156 women, 22 elected
Turnout
70.79%
3.3 cr of 4.66 cr

The house

234 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

234SEATS
  • DMK96
  • ADMK61
  • INC34
  • PMK18
  • CPM9
  • MDMK6
  • CPI6
  • VCK2
  • Others2

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Tamil Nadu assembly election (2001)

ADMK
-71
DMK
+65
INC
+27
MDMK
+6
BJP
-4
CPM
+3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam96+6513246.0%87,28,71626.46%-4.470
ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam61-7118840.8%1,07,68,55932.64%+1.203
INCIndian National Congress34+274843.5%27,65,7688.38%+5.900
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi18-23143.4%18,63,7495.65%+0.090
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)9+31342.6%8,72,6742.65%+0.970
MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam6+63537.7%19,71,5655.98%+1.320
CPICommunist Party of India6+11040.4%5,31,7401.61%+0.030
VCKViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi2—936.1%4,26,3211.29%—0
DMDKDMDK1—2328.4%27,64,2238.38%—223
INDIndependent1-212220.5%9,95,3453.02%-3.151217
BJPBharatiya Janata Party0-42252.1%6,66,8232.02%-1.17221
BSPBahujan Samaj Party001641.1%2,59,3360.79%+0.72163
AIFBAIFB0—601.2%1,03,3690.31%—60
SPSamajwadi Party00630.7%67,9680.21%+0.1363
LKPTLKPT0—72.7%37,3250.11%—7
JD(U)JD(U)00290.8%31,7340.10%+0.0529
IVPIVP0—126.5%31,6090.10%—0
JD(S)JD(S)00119.1%23,6280.07%-0.160
NCPNationalist Congress Party00121.4%22,9550.07%+0.0312
LJPLok Janshakti Party0—250.3%10,9790.03%—25
TNJCTNJC0—180.3%8,8140.03%—18
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)00100.4%8,0950.03%-0.0310
PNKPNK0041.0%5,6180.02%-0.694
JPJP0050.8%5,3000.02%-0.085
MAGMAG0—14.2%3,8740.01%—1
ABHMABHM00110.3%3,8550.01%+0.0111
RLDRashtriya Lok Dal0080.2%2,4240.01%0.008
AIVPAIVP0—20.7%1,8680.01%—2
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party0020.6%1,7440.01%0.002
IJPIJP0—40.3%1,4690.00%—4
BDMKBDMK0—30.2%1,1290.00%—3
UCPIUCPI0030.2%9210.00%-0.023
AIFBSAIFBS0—10.3%6160.00%—1
JJJJ0—20.2%5920.00%—2
TNMCTNMC0—10.3%3310.00%—1
VAKVAK0—20.1%3160.00%—2
SBDSBD0—20.1%2030.00%—2

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Tamil Nadu at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of May 2006

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
VILAVANCODETamil NaduCPMJOHN JOSEPH GADMKFRANKLIN.F45,07437.54%
PADMANABHAPURAMTamil NaduDMKTHEODARE REGINALD.TADMKRAJENDRA PRASAD K.P31,06631.94%
KILLIYOORTamil NaduINCJOHN JACOB.SBJPCHANDRA KUMAR.T26,60528.78%
PALAYAMCOTTAITamil NaduDMKMOHIDEEN KHAN.T.P.M.ADMKNIJAMUDEEN K.M41,29927.74%
THIRUVATTARTamil NaduCPMLEEMA ROSE.RBJPSUJITH KUMAR.G28,05025.32%
VALPARAITamil NaduINCKOVAITHANGAM.N.VCKKALAIYARASAN SUSI.S.20,97924.30%
KATPADITamil NaduDMKDURAIMURUGANADMKNARAYANAN.B35,14723.26%
THANDARAMBATTUTamil NaduDMKVELU E.VADMKRAMACHANDRAN S30,70121.32%
DHARMAPURITamil NaduPMKVELUSAMY. LMDMKSAMPATH V.S30,20720.45%
TIRUVARURTamil NaduDMKMATHIVANAN. UADMKTHANGAMANI .A26,93319.88%

Closest results of May 2006

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
SINGANALLURTamil NaduADMKCHINNASWAMY.R.CPMSOUNDARARAJAN.A140.01%
THOTTIAMTamil NaduINCRAJASEKHARAN M.MDMKNATARAJAN R.530.04%
ANAICUTTamil NaduADMKPANDURANGAN. KPMKVARALAKSHMI. M530.04%
PONGALURTamil NaduDMKMANI.S.ADMKDAMODARAN.P.V530.05%
MADURAI EASTTamil NaduCPMNANMARAN.NMDMKBOOMINATHAN.M510.05%
TIRUCHENGODETamil NaduADMKTHANNGAMANI.PDMKGANDHISELVAN.S1160.05%
METTUPALAYAMTamil NaduADMKCHINNARAJ.O.K .DMKARUNKUMAR.B1420.09%
PANRUTITamil NaduPMKVELMURUGAN.T.ADMKRAJENDIRAN.R.1480.10%
GUMMIDIPUNDITamil NaduADMKVIJAYAKUMAR.K.SPMKDURAI.JEYAVELU2290.15%
THIRUMAYAMTamil NaduINCSUBBURAM RMADMKRADHAKRISHNAN M3140.27%