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Tamil Nadu assembly election, May 2021

The 12th Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
234
118 needed for a majority
Largest party
DMK
133 seats · majority
Candidates
3,998
412 women, 12 elected
Turnout
72.82%
4.62 cr of 6.35 cr

The house

234 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

234SEATS
  • DMK133
  • ADMK66
  • INC18
  • PMK5
  • BJP4
  • VCK4
  • CPI2
  • CPM2

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Tamil Nadu assembly election (2016)

ADMK
-68
DMK
+44
INC
+10
PMK
+5
BJP
+4
VCK
+4

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam133+4418846.5%1,74,30,10037.70%+6.060
ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam66-6819140.5%1,53,90,97433.29%-7.490
INCIndian National Congress18+102541.4%19,76,5274.28%-2.150
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi5+52337.6%17,58,7743.80%-1.521
BJPBharatiya Janata Party4+42034.3%12,13,5102.63%-0.220
VCKViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi4+4642.4%4,57,7630.99%+0.220
CPICommunist Party of India2+2643.3%5,04,5371.09%+0.300
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2+2635.2%3,90,8190.84%+0.130
NTKNTK002346.6%30,41,9746.58%+5.52233
MNMMNM0—1803.4%12,10,3372.62%—178
AMMKAmma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam001653.3%10,85,9152.35%+2.35158
INDIndependent0020730.2%6,43,8051.39%-0.042072
IUMLIndian Union Muslim League0-1338.4%2,22,2630.48%-0.250
DMDKDMDK00601.7%2,00,1560.43%-1.9660
BSPBahujan Samaj Party001620.3%1,01,3260.22%-0.01162
PUTHIYATAM…PUTHIYATAMILAGAM0—360.6%39,6140.09%—36
IJKIJK00380.5%39,2880.09%0.0038
SDPISocial Democratic Party of India0062.5%28,0510.06%-0.096
TAMILNADUI…TAMILNADUILANGYARKATCHI0—300.4%22,9530.05%—30
MYINDIAPAR…MYINDIAPARTY0—590.1%11,6020.03%—59
VEERATHTHI…VEERATHTHIYAGIVISWANATHADOSSTHOZHILALARKALKATCHI0—310.1%7,3240.02%—31
ANAITHUMAK…ANAITHUMAKKALPURATCHIKATCHI0—280.1%7,0400.01%—28
ANNAPURATC…ANNAPURATCHITHALAIVARAMMADRAVIDAMUNNETRAKAZHAGAM0—250.1%6,9340.01%—25
AISMKAISMK0—31.3%6,5830.01%—3
NEWGENERAT…NEWGENERATIONPEOPLESPARTY0—200.1%5,4030.01%—20
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)00120.2%5,1350.01%0.0012
ANNADRAVID…ANNADRAVIDARKAZHAGAM0—180.1%4,1980.01%—18
DESIYAMAKK…DESIYAMAKKALSAKTHIKATCHI0—190.1%4,1250.01%—19
NAAMINDIAR…NAAMINDIARPARTY0—100.2%4,0730.01%—10
DHESIYAMAK…DHESIYAMAKKALKAZHAGAM0—100.2%3,5320.01%—10
NCPNationalist Congress Party0060.2%3,3710.01%-0.026
ANAITHUMAK…ANAITHUMAKKALARASIYALKATCHI0—220.1%3,2550.01%—22
GANASANGAM…GANASANGAMPARTYOFINDIA0—160.1%3,2460.01%—16
ANNAMGRDRA…ANNAMGRDRAVIDAMAKKALKALGAM0—170.1%3,1570.01%—17
AIMIMAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen0030.5%3,1340.01%-0.023
AHIMSASOCI…AHIMSASOCIALISTPARTY0—30.5%2,7160.01%—3
TAMILAGAMA…TAMILAGAMAKKALTHANNURIMAIKATCHI0—80.2%2,6900.01%—8
RPIARPIA00190.1%2,5100.01%0.0019
ALLINDIAJA…ALLINDIAJANANAYAKAMAKKALKAZHAGAM0—90.1%2,3370.01%—9
TIPUSULTAN…TIPUSULTANPARTY0—70.2%2,0500.00%—7

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. Showing the 40 largest parties. The full list is at /api/elections/tamil-nadu-2021/parties?limit=500.

Largest victories of May 2021

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
ATHOORTamil NaduDMKPERIYASAMY IPMKTHILAGABAMA M1,35,57158.96%
CHEPAUK-THIRUVALLIKENITamil NaduDMKUDHAYANIDHI STALINPMKKASSALI A.V.A69,35550.47%
TIRUCHIRAPALLI (West)Tamil NaduDMKNehru, K.N.ADMKPadmanathan, V.85,10946.48%
TIRUVANNAMALAITamil NaduDMKE V VELUBJPS THANIGAIVEL94,67345.33%
THIRU-VI-KA-NAGARTamil NaduDMKSIVAKUMAR.PADMKKALYANI.P.L55,01341.15%
KOLATHURTamil NaduDMKM.K. STALINADMKAADIRAJARAM70,38440.59%
EDAPADITamil NaduADMKEDAPPADI PALANISWAMI. KDMKSAMBATHKUMAR. T93,80237.93%
POONAMALLEETamil NaduDMKKrishnaswamy APMKRajamannar S X94,11035.68%
TIRUCHULITamil NaduDMKTHANGAM THENARASUADMKRAJASEKAR S60,99235.29%
KILLIYOORTamil NaduINCRAJESH KUMAR SADMKJUDE DEV K.V55,40032.60%

Closest results of May 2021

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
THEAYAGARAYA NAGARTamil NaduDMKKARUNANITHI JADMKSATHIYANAARAYANAN B1370.10%
MODAKURICHITamil NaduBJPSARASWATHI.CDMKSUBBULAKSHMI JEGADEESAN2810.15%
TENKASITamil NaduINCPALANI NADAR.SADMKSELVA MOHANDAS PANDIAN.S3700.17%
METTURTamil NaduPMKSADHASIVAM.SDMKSRINIVASAPERUMAL.S6560.30%
KRISHNAGIRITamil NaduADMKAshokkumar.KDMKSENGUTTUVAN.T7940.38%
KATPADITamil NaduDMKDURAIMURUGANADMKV RAMU7460.40%
VRIDDHACHALAMTamil NaduINCRadhakrishnanPMKKarthikeyan. J8620.44%
KINATHUKADAVUTamil NaduADMKDamodaran.SDMKKuruchi Prabhakaran1,0950.47%
JOLARPETTamil NaduDMKDEVARAJI.K.ADMKVEERAMANI.K.C.1,0910.56%
NEYVELITamil NaduDMKSABA.RAJENDRANPMKJAGAN.K9770.60%