Tamil Nadu, Lok Sabha election 2009
39 constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 73.02% turnout.
Seats
39
Candidates
823
49 women, 1 elected
Turnout
73.02%
3.04 cr of 4.16 cr
Leading party
DMK
18 of 39 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 18 | +2 | 22 | 76,25,397 | 25.09% | +0.49 |
| ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 9 | +9 | 23 | 69,53,591 | 22.88% | -6.89 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 8 | -2 | 15 | 45,67,799 | 15.03% | +0.63 |
| MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 | -3 | 4 | 11,12,908 | 3.66% | -2.19 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 1 | -1 | 3 | 8,65,029 | 2.85% | -0.12 |
| VCKViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 1 | +1 | 2 | 7,32,833 | 2.41% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | -1 | 3 | 6,69,058 | 2.20% | -0.67 |
| DMDKDMDK | 0 | 0 | 39 | 30,73,479 | 10.11% | — |
| PMKPattali Makkal Katchi | 0 | -5 | 6 | 17,36,000 | 5.71% | -1.00 |
| INDIndependent | 0 | 0 | 528 | 11,51,204 | 3.79% | +0.49 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7,11,790 | 2.34% | -2.73 |
| KNMKKNMK | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5,79,703 | 1.91% | — |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2,32,583 | 0.77% | +0.18 |
| PTPT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,20,797 | 0.40% | — |
| MAMAKMAMAK | 0 | 0 | 4 | 68,346 | 0.22% | — |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 0 | 0 | 17 | 32,650 | 0.11% | — |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23,155 | 0.08% | +0.05 |
| AIVPAIVP | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20,982 | 0.07% | — |
| MMKAMMKA | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16,699 | 0.05% | — |
| PNKPNK | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15,074 | 0.05% | — |
| UMKUlzaipali Makkal Katchy | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13,193 | 0.04% | — |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11,812 | 0.04% | +0.01 |
| AIJMKAll India Jananayaka Makkal Kazhagam | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9,798 | 0.03% | — |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6,319 | 0.02% | — |
| PPOIPPOI | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5,968 | 0.02% | — |
| RKSPRKSP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5,255 | 0.02% | — |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5,225 | 0.02% | -3.06 |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3,864 | 0.01% | -0.01 |
| RPIARPIA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,974 | 0.01% | -0.02 |
| ABHMABHM | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,635 | 0.01% | -0.03 |
| YSPYSP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,582 | 0.01% | -0.01 |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,282 | 0.01% | — |
| DPKDPK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,154 | 0.01% | — |
| CDFCDF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,300 | 0.00% | — |
| ADSMKADSMK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,189 | 0.00% | — |
| NMKNMK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,114 | 0.00% | — |
| PKMKPKMK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 981 | 0.00% | — |
| THPITHPI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 834 | 0.00% | — |
| KDCKDC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 771 | 0.00% | — |
| AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 0 | 0 | 1 | 755 | 0.00% | — |
- DMK18 (46%)
- ADMK9 (23%)
- INC8 (21%)
- MDMK1 (3%)
- CPI1 (3%)
- VCK1 (3%)
- Others1 (3%)
- DMK18
- ADMK9
- INC8
- MDMK1
- CPI1
- VCK1
- Others1
- DMK18
- ADMK9
- INC8
- MDMK1
- CPI1
- VCK1
- CPM1
Constituency performance
From the 39 results in Tamil Nadu
Closest contest
VILUPPURAM
won by 2,797 (0.35%)
Biggest victory
MADURAI
won by 1,40,985 (17.81%)
Highest turnout
KARUR
81.43%
Lowest turnout
CHENNAI CENTRAL
60.99%
Seat change
Against Tamil Nadu's previous Lok Sabha election (2004), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat39 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 39 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Tamil Nadu, every Lok Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- DMK
- ADMK
- INC
- MDMK
TURNOUT
Constituency results
All 39 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–39 of 39
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARAKKONAM | DMKJAGATHRAKSHAKAN | PMKVELU R | 1,09,79612.87% | 77.7% |
| ARANI | INCKRISHNASSWAMY M | ADMKSUBRAMANIYAN N | 1,06,83012.70% | 76.6% |
| CHENNAI CENTRAL | DMKDAYANIDHI MARAN | ADMKMOGAMED ALI JINNAH S.M.K. | 33,4545.48% | 61.0% |
| CHENNAI NORTH | DMKELANGOVAN T.K.S | CPIPANDIAN. D | 19,1532.90% | 64.9% |
| CHENNAI SOUTH | ADMKRAJENDRAN C | DMKBHARATHY R.S. | 32,9354.52% | 62.7% |
| CHIDAMBARAM | VCKTHIRUMAAVALAVAN, THOL | PMKPONNUSWAMY,E | 99,08311.39% | 77.2% |
| COIMBATORE | CPMNATARAJAN.P.R. | INCPRABHU.R | 38,6644.69% | 70.8% |
| CUDDALORE | INCALAGIRI S | ADMKSAMPATH M C | 23,5323.14% | 76.0% |
| DHARMAPURI | DMKTHAMARAISELVAN. R | PMKSENTHIL. R. DR. | 1,35,94217.47% | 72.8% |
| DINDIGUL | INCCHITTHAN N S V | ADMKBAALASUBRAMANI P | 54,3476.62% | 75.6% |
| ERODE | MDMKGANESHAMURTHI.A. | INCELANGOVAN.E.V.K.S. | 49,3366.43% | 75.9% |
| KALLAKURICHI | DMKSANKAR ADHI | PMKDHANARAJU K | 1,08,60812.70% | 77.3% |
| KANCHEEPURAM | INCVISWANATHAN.P | ADMKRAMAKRISHNAN.DR.E | 13,1031.67% | 74.2% |
| KANNIYAKUMARI | DMKHELEN DAVIDSON J | BJPRADHAKRISHNAN P | 65,6878.58% | 65.0% |
| KARUR | ADMKTHAMBIDURAI.M | DMKPALLANISHAMY. K.C. | 47,2545.73% | 81.4% |
| KRISHNAGIRI | DMKSUGAVANAM. E.G. | ADMKNANJEGOWDU. K. | 76,59810.18% | 74.2% |
| MADURAI | DMKALAGIRI M.K | CPMMOHAN P | 1,40,98517.81% | 77.4% |
| MAYILADUTHURAI | ADMKMANIYAN O.S. | INCMANI SHANKAR AIYAR | 36,8544.61% | 73.3% |
| NAGAPATTINAM | DMKVIJAYAN A K S | CPISELVARAJ M | 47,9626.29% | 77.7% |
| NAMAKKAL | DMKGANDHISELVAN.S | ADMKVAIRAM TAMILARASI.V | 1,02,43112.12% | 78.6% |
| NILGIRIS | DMKRAJA A | MDMKKRISHNAN C | 86,02112.12% | 70.8% |
| PERAMBALUR | DMKNAPOLEON,D. | ADMKBALASUBRAMANIAN,K.K. | 77,6049.32% | 79.3% |
| POLLACHI | ADMKSUGUMAR.K | DMKSHANMUGASUNDARAM.K | 46,0255.97% | 75.8% |
| RAMANATHAPURAM | DMKSIVAKUMAR @ J.K. RITHEESH. K | ADMKSATHIAMOORTHY. V | 69,9158.99% | 68.6% |
| SALEM | ADMKSEMMALAI S | INCTHANGKABALU K V | 46,4915.19% | 76.4% |
| SIVAGANGA | INCCHIDAMBARAM P | ADMKRAJA KANNAPPAN R.S. | 3,3540.43% | 71.0% |
| SRIPERUMBUDUR | DMKBAALU T R | PMKMOORTHY A K | 25,0363.15% | 66.1% |
| TENKASI | CPILINGAM P | INCVELLAIPANDI G | 34,6774.65% | 70.1% |
| THANJAVUR | DMKPALANIMANICKAM.S.S | MDMKDURAI.BALAKRISHNAN | 1,01,78712.60% | 76.6% |
| THENI | INCAARON RASHID.J.M | ADMKTHANGA TAMILSELVAN | 6,3020.79% | 74.5% |
| THIRUVALLUR | ADMKVENUGOPAL.P | DMKGAYATHRI.S | 31,6733.73% | 70.5% |
| THOOTHUKKUDI | DMKJEYADURAI.S.R | ADMKCYNTHIA PANDIAN.DR | 76,64911.68% | 69.1% |
| TIRUCHIRAPPALLI | ADMKKUMAR.P | INCSARUBALA.R.THONDAIMAN | 4,3350.60% | 67.3% |
| TIRUNELVELI | INCRAMASUBBU S | ADMKANNAMALAI K | 21,3033.04% | 66.1% |
| TIRUPPUR | ADMKSIVASAMI C | INCKHARVENTHAN S K | 85,34611.51% | 74.6% |
| TIRUVANNAMALAI | DMKVENUGOPAL.D | PMKGURU (A) GURUNATHAN. J | 1,48,30017.64% | 79.9% |
| VELLORE | DMKABDUL RAHMAN | ADMKVASU L K M B | 1,07,39314.84% | 71.6% |
| VILUPPURAM | ADMKANANDAN M | VCKSWAMIDURAI K | 2,7970.35% | 74.6% |
| VIRUDHUNAGAR | INCMANICKA TAGORE | MDMKVAIKO | 15,7642.05% | 77.4% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Tamil Nadu alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.