Tamil Nadu, Lok Sabha election 2019

39 constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 72.38% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

850

67 women, 3 elected

Turnout

72.38%

4.34 cr of 5.99 cr

Leading party

DMK

24 of 39 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	24	+24	24	1,43,63,332	33.11%	+9.54
INC Indian National Congress	8	+8	9	54,05,674	12.46%	+8.15
CPI Communist Party of India	2	+2	2	10,31,617	2.38%	+1.84
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	+2	3	10,19,003	2.35%	+1.78
ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1	-36	22	83,07,345	19.15%	-25.13
VCK Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	1	+1	1	5,00,229	1.15%	-0.34
IUML Indian Union Muslim League	1	+1	1	4,69,943	1.08%	+0.58
IND Independent	0	0	561	31,12,094	7.17%	+5.04
PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	0	-1	7	22,97,431	5.30%	+0.85
NTK NTK	0	0	38	16,72,217	3.85%	—
MNM MNM	0	0	36	15,75,640	3.63%	—
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	0	-1	5	15,51,924	3.58%	-1.90
DMDK DMDK	0	0	4	9,29,590	2.14%	-2.98
TMCM TMCM	0	0	1	2,20,849	0.51%	—
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	35	1,61,572	0.37%	-0.01
TNLK TNLK	0	0	16	37,356	0.09%	—
ACDP ACDP	0	0	7	35,277	0.08%	—
SDPI Social Democratic Party of India	0	0	1	23,741	0.05%	-0.05
DMSK DMSK	0	0	9	12,809	0.03%	—
GPI GPI	0	0	3	11,631	0.03%	—
UMK Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy	0	0	6	9,007	0.02%	0.00
PSPL PSPL	0	0	3	7,279	0.02%	—
SUCIC SUCIC	0	0	4	5,765	0.01%	—
ETMK ETMK	0	0	3	5,482	0.01%	+0.01
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	2	5,303	0.01%	-0.02
RPIA RPIA	0	0	2	5,158	0.01%	0.00
AMPK AMPK	0	0	2	5,089	0.01%	—
APOI APOI	0	0	1	4,498	0.01%	—
AGIMK AGIMK	0	0	3	4,274	0.01%	—
SMFB SMFB	0	0	1	4,044	0.01%	—
MMKA MMKA	0	0	1	3,599	0.01%	-0.01
PUJP PUJP	0	0	2	3,521	0.01%	—
DUUK DUUK	0	0	2	3,337	0.01%	—
PPIS PPIS	0	0	2	3,317	0.01%	—
MSKK MSKK	0	0	1	2,906	0.01%	—
AIPTMMK AIPTMMK	0	0	1	2,764	0.01%	—
NIDP NIDP	0	0	2	2,597	0.01%	—
TTNP TTNP	0	0	1	2,516	0.01%	—
AIUUK AIUUK	0	0	1	1,999	0.00%	—
PPOI PPOI	0	0	2	1,890	0.00%	—

DMK24 (62%)
INC8 (21%)
CPI2 (5%)
CPM2 (5%)
ADMK1 (3%)
VCK1 (3%)
Others1 (3%)

DMK24
INC8
CPI2
CPM2
ADMK1
VCK1
Others1

DMK24
INC8
CPI2
CPM2
ADMK1
VCK1
IUML1

Constituency performance

From the 39 results in Tamil Nadu

Closest contest

CHIDAMBARAM

won by 3,219 (0.28%)

Biggest victory

CHENNAI NORTH

won by 4,61,518 (48.30%)

Highest turnout

DHARMAPURI

82.33%

Lowest turnout

CHENNAI SOUTH

57.05%

Seat change

Against Tamil Nadu's previous Lok Sabha election (2014), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained1 (3%)
Changed hands38 (97%)

1 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 38 changed hands.

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

TURNOUT

Constituency results

All 39 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–39 of 39

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ARAKKONAM	DMKS. JAGATHRAKSHAKAN	PMKA.K. MOORTHY	3,28,95627.92%	78.5%
ARANI	INCVISHNU PRASAD M K	ADMKELUMALAI V	2,30,80620.18%	78.9%
CHENNAI CENTRAL	DMKDAYANIDHI MARAN	PMKSAM PAUL. S.R.	3,01,52038.39%	59.0%
CHENNAI NORTH	DMKDr. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY	DMDKALAGAAPURAM R. MOHANRAJ	4,61,51848.30%	64.2%
CHENNAI SOUTH	DMKT.SUMATHY (A) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN	ADMKDr.J.JAYAVARDHAN	2,62,22323.29%	57.0%
CHIDAMBARAM	VCKTHIRUMAAVALAVAN THOL	ADMKCHANDRASEKAR P	3,2190.28%	77.9%
COIMBATORE	CPMNATARAJAN. P.R	BJPRADHAKRISHNAN. C.P	1,79,14314.32%	63.9%
CUDDALORE	DMKT. R. V .S. RAMESH	PMKDr. R. GOVINDASAMY	1,43,98313.80%	76.5%
DHARMAPURI	DMKDNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.	PMKANBUMANI RAMADOSS	70,7535.78%	82.3%
DINDIGUL	DMKVELUSAMY, P.	PMKJOTHIMUTHU, K.	5,38,97246.46%	75.2%
ERODE	DMKGANESHAMURTHI A	ADMKMANIMARAN G	2,10,61819.72%	73.0%
KALLAKURICHI	DMKGautham Sigamani Pon	DMDKSudhish L K	3,99,91933.21%	78.8%
KANCHEEPURAM	DMKSelvam.G	ADMKMaragatham K	2,86,63223.16%	75.3%
KANNIYAKUMARI	INCVasanthakumar. H	BJPRADHAKRISHNAN. P	2,59,93324.79%	69.8%
KARUR	INCJothimani S	ADMKThambidurai M	4,20,54638.12%	79.5%
KRISHNAGIRI	INCDr.A.CHELLAKUMAR	ADMKK.P.MUNUSAMY	1,56,76513.50%	75.9%
MADURAI	CPMVENKATESAN S	ADMKRAJ SATYEN V.V.R	1,39,39513.72%	66.0%
MAYILADUTHURAI	DMKRAMALINGAM. S	ADMKASAIMANI. S	2,61,31423.82%	73.9%
NAGAPATTINAM	CPISELVARAJ M	ADMKSARAVANAN M	2,11,35321.09%	76.9%
NAMAKKAL	DMKCHINRAJ A.K.P	ADMKKALIAPPAN P	2,65,15123.39%	80.2%
NILGIRIS	DMKRAJA, A.	ADMKTHIYAGARAJAN, M.	2,05,82320.36%	74.0%
PERAMBALUR	DMKDr.PAARIVENDHAR, T. R	ADMKSIVAPATHY, N.R	4,03,51836.59%	79.2%
POLLACHI	DMKSHANMUGA SUNDARAM. K	ADMKMAHENDRAN. C	1,75,88316.26%	71.2%
RAMANATHAPURAM	IUMLK. NAVASKANI	BJPNAINAR NAGENTHRAN	1,27,12211.92%	68.3%
SALEM	DMKPARTHIBAN.S.R	ADMKSARAVANAN.K.R.S	1,46,92611.70%	77.9%
SIVAGANGA	INCKARTI P CHIDAMBARAM	BJPH.RAJA	3,32,24430.64%	69.9%
SRIPERUMBUDUR	DMKBaalu.T.R.	PMKVaithilingam A	5,07,95536.11%	62.4%
TENKASI	DMKDHANUSH.M.KUMAR	ADMKDr.KRISHNASAMY.K	1,20,76711.34%	71.4%
THANJAVUR	DMKPALANIMANICKAM,S.S.	TMCMNATARAJAN,N.R .	3,68,12934.75%	72.5%
THENI	ADMKRAVEENDRANATH KUMAR, P	INCELANGOVAN, E.V.K.S.	76,6936.54%	75.2%
THIRUVALLUR	INCDr.K.Jayakumar	ADMKDr.P.Venugopal	3,56,95525.35%	72.3%
THOOTHUKKUDI	DMKKANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI	BJPDR. TAMILISAI SOUNDARARAJAN	3,47,20935.03%	69.4%
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI	INCThirunavukkarasar. SU	DMDKDR.Elangovan. V	4,59,28643.82%	69.5%
TIRUNELVELI	DMKGNANATHIRAVIAM S	ADMKPAUL MANOJ PANDIAN	1,85,72017.85%	67.2%
TIRUPPUR	CPISUBBARAYAN, K.	ADMKANANDAN, M.S.M.	93,3688.34%	73.2%
TIRUVANNAMALAI	DMKANNADURAI C N	ADMKAGRI KRISHNAMURTHY S S	3,04,18726.41%	78.1%
VELLORE	DMKD.M.KATHIR ANAND	ADMKA.C.SHANMUGAM	8,1410.80%	70.7%
VILUPPURAM	DMKRAVIKUMAR D	PMKVADIVEL RAVANAN S	1,28,06811.28%	78.6%
VIRUDHUNAGAR	INCMANICKAM TAGORE, B.	DMDKALAGARSAMY, R.	1,54,55414.38%	72.4%

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.