Tamil Nadu assembly election, May 2006
234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 70.79% turnout.
Seats
234
Candidates
2,586
156 women, 22 elected
Turnout
70.79%
3.3 cr of 4.66 cr
Leading party
DMK
96 of 234 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 96 | +65 | 132 | 87,28,716 | 26.46% | -4.47 |
| ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 61 | -71 | 188 | 1,07,68,559 | 32.64% | +1.20 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 34 | +27 | 48 | 27,65,768 | 8.38% | +5.90 |
| PMKPattali Makkal Katchi | 18 | -2 | 31 | 18,63,749 | 5.65% | +0.09 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 9 | +3 | 13 | 8,72,674 | 2.65% | +0.97 |
| MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 6 | +6 | 35 | 19,71,565 | 5.98% | +1.32 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 6 | +1 | 10 | 5,31,740 | 1.61% | +0.03 |
| VCKViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 2 | +2 | 9 | 4,26,321 | 1.29% | — |
| DMDKDMDK | 1 | +1 | 232 | 27,64,223 | 8.38% | — |
| INDIndependent | 1 | -2 | 1222 | 9,95,345 | 3.02% | -3.15 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | -4 | 225 | 6,66,823 | 2.02% | -1.17 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 164 | 2,59,336 | 0.79% | +0.72 |
| AIFBAIFB | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1,03,369 | 0.31% | — |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | 0 | 63 | 67,968 | 0.21% | +0.13 |
| LKPTLKPT | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37,325 | 0.11% | — |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | 0 | 29 | 31,734 | 0.10% | +0.05 |
| IVPIVP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31,609 | 0.10% | — |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23,628 | 0.07% | -0.16 |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22,955 | 0.07% | +0.03 |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10,979 | 0.03% | — |
| TNJCTNJC | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8,814 | 0.03% | — |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8,095 | 0.02% | -0.03 |
| PNKPNK | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5,618 | 0.02% | -0.68 |
| JPJP | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5,300 | 0.02% | -0.07 |
| MAGMAG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,874 | 0.01% | — |
| ABHMABHM | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3,855 | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| RLDRashtriya Lok Dal | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2,424 | 0.01% | 0.00 |
| AIVPAIVP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,868 | 0.01% | — |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,744 | 0.01% | 0.00 |
| IJPIJP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1,469 | 0.00% | — |
| BDMKBDMK | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,129 | 0.00% | — |
| UCPIUCPI | 0 | 0 | 3 | 921 | 0.00% | -0.02 |
| AIFBSAIFBS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 616 | 0.00% | — |
| JJJJ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 592 | 0.00% | — |
| TNMCTNMC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 331 | 0.00% | — |
| VAKVAK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 316 | 0.00% | — |
| SBDSBD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 203 | 0.00% | — |
- DMK96 (41%)
- ADMK61 (26%)
- INC34 (15%)
- PMK18 (8%)
- CPM9 (4%)
- MDMK6 (3%)
- Others10 (4%)
- DMK96
- ADMK61
- INC34
- PMK18
- CPM9
- MDMK6
- Others10
- DMK96
- ADMK61
- INC34
- PMK18
- CPM9
- MDMK6
- CPI6
- VCK2
- Others2
Constituency performance
From the 234 results in Tamil Nadu
Closest contest
SINGANALLUR
won by 14 (0.01%)
Biggest victory
VILAVANCODE
won by 45,074 (37.54%)
Highest turnout
VEDARANYAM
83.37%
Lowest turnout
TIRUPPUR
57.00%
Seat change
Against Tamil Nadu's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2001), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained88 (38%)
- Changed hands146 (62%)
88 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 146 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 Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- DMK
- ADMK
- INC
- PMK
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 234 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 234
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHARAPAKKAM | DMKSANKARA VALLI @ SANKARI NARAYANAN | ADMKSARASWATHI M | 15,85614.55% | 74.2% |
| ALANDUR | DMKANBARASAN T. M | ADMKVALARMATHI B | 17,9106.30% | 65.8% |
| ALANGUDI | CPIRAJASEKARAN S | ADMKVENKATACHALAM A | 9,1515.98% | 77.4% |
| ALANGULAM | DMKPOONGOTHAI ALADIARUNA | ADMKPANDIARAJ.M | 6,8455.06% | 73.8% |
| AMBASAMUDRAM | DMKAVUDAIYAPPAN . R. | ADMKMURUGAIAH PANDIAN. R. | 15,73114.56% | 66.4% |
| ANAICUT | ADMKPANDURANGAN. K | PMKVARALAKSHMI. M | 530.04% | 69.2% |
| ANDHIYUR | DMKGURUSAMY.S | ADMKSUBRAMANIAM.M | 19,74317.75% | 69.5% |
| ANDIMADAM | DMKSIVASANKAR.S.S | ADMKPANNERSELVAM.K | 5,8285.14% | 78.5% |
| ANDIPATTI | ADMKJAYALALITHAA J | DMKSEEMAN | 25,18618.75% | 73.2% |
| ANNA NAGAR | DMKARCOT VEERASAMY | MDMKVIJAYA THAYANBAN | 12,3905.72% | 61.4% |
| ARANTANGI | DMKUDAYAM SHANMUGAM | ADMKKARTHIKEYAN Y | 17,46012.09% | 70.3% |
| ARAVAKURICHI | DMKKHALEELUR RAHMAN.M.A. | MDMKMONJANUR RAMASAMY.P. | 2,8252.80% | 74.8% |
| ARCOT | PMKELAVAZHAGAN.K.L | ADMKCHANDRAN.V.R | 11,3179.15% | 77.0% |
| ARIYALUR | INCAMARAMOORTHY.D | ADMKRAVICHANDRAN.M | 4,1943.17% | 80.8% |
| ARKONAM | DMKJAGANMOORTHY.M | ADMKRAVI.S | 7,5565.37% | 73.9% |
| ARNI | DMKSIVANANDAM. R | ADMKSANTHANAM. A | 12,3028.72% | 76.6% |
| ARUPPUKOTTAI | DMKTHANGAM THENNARASU | ADMKMURUGAN.K | 8,2347.11% | 71.7% |
| ATHOOR | DMKPERIASAMY.I | ADMKSREENIVASAN.C | 26,56118.52% | 70.9% |
| ATTUR | INCSUNDARAM M R | ADMKMURUGESAN A K | 10,4328.81% | 73.6% |
| AVANASHI | ADMKPREMA.R. | CPIARUMUGAM.M. | 4,5393.38% | 70.6% |
| BARGUR | ADMKTHAMBIDURAI M | DMKVETRISELVAN V | 3,2082.23% | 72.6% |
| BHAVANI | PMKK V RAMANATHAN | ADMKKARUPPANAN.K.C | 5,1034.03% | 74.6% |
| BHAVANISAGAR | DMKSUBRAMANIAM.O | ADMKSINDU RAVICHANDARAN | 20,01615.63% | 75.0% |
| BHUVANAGIRI | ADMKSELVI RAMAJAYAM | PMKDEVADASS.K. | 14,82311.60% | 76.2% |
| BODINAYAKKANUR | DMKLAKSHMANAN S | ADMKPARTHIPAN R | 8980.77% | 71.1% |
| CHENGALPATTU | PMKARUMUGAM K | ADMKARUMUGAM S | 10,2138.01% | 71.4% |
| CHENGAM | INCPOLUR VARADHAN M | VCKSAKTHIVEL P | 10,2008.17% | 71.3% |
| CHEPAUK | DMKKARUNANIDHI M. | INDDAWOON MIAKHAN | 8,52612.71% | 63.7% |
| CHERANMAHADEVI | INCVELDURAI.P. | ADMKPAUL MANOJ PANDIAN. P.H. | 6,0325.43% | 69.8% |
| CHEYYAR | INCVISHNUPRASAD M K | ADMKPAVAI R | 4,7903.53% | 80.0% |
| CHIDAMBARAM | ADMKARUNMOZHIDEVAN.A. | CPMBALAKRISHNAN.K. | 16,81015.14% | 75.4% |
| CHINNASALEM | DMKUDHAYASOORIYAN. T | ADMKMOHAN. P | 20,27815.33% | 73.6% |
| COIMBATORE EAST | DMKPONGALUR PALANISAMY.N. | ADMKGOPALAKRISHNAN.V. | 6,3365.81% | 69.3% |
| COIMBATORE WEST | ADMKMALARAVAN.T. | INCMAHESWARI.A.S. | 14,28114.19% | 71.7% |
| COLACHEL | INCJEYAPAUL.S | BJPGANDHI.M.R | 21,32019.78% | 61.7% |
| COONOOR | DMKSOUNDARAPANDIAN A | ADMKSELVARAJ M | 5,7145.97% | 64.8% |
| CUDDALORE | DMKIYAPPAN.G. | ADMKKUMAR.G. | 6,2664.47% | 71.5% |
| CUMBUM | MDMKERAMAKRISHNAN N | DMKSELVENDRAN P | 1,9581.67% | 71.0% |
| DHARAPURAM | DMKPRABAVATHI.P | ADMKRANGANAYAHI.M. | 4,7123.80% | 71.4% |
| DHARMAPURI | PMKVELUSAMY. L | MDMKSAMPATH V.S | 30,20720.45% | 68.6% |
| DINDIGUL | CPMBALABARATHI.K | MDMKSELVARAGAVAN.N. | 18,94912.41% | 70.0% |
| DR. RADHAKRISHNAN NAGAR | ADMKSEKAR BABU P.K. | INCMANOHAR R. | 18,06310.77% | 70.1% |
| EDAPADI | PMKKAVERI V | ADMKPALANISWAMI K | 6,3473.74% | 76.3% |
| EGMORE | DMKPARITHI ELLAMVAZHUTHI | MDMKSATHYA C.E. | 6,4808.17% | 64.9% |
| ERODE | DMKRAAJA.NKK.P | ADMKSIVAKUMAR.E.R | 10,8315.04% | 70.7% |
| GINGEE | DMKKANNAN.V | MDMKMASILAMANI. DR.R | 12,9339.95% | 72.5% |
| GOBICHETTIPALAYAM | ADMKSENGOTTAIYAN.K.A | DMKV.MANIMARAN.G.V | 4,0193.31% | 77.2% |
| GUDALUR | DMKRAMACHANDHIRAN K | ADMKMILLAR A | 20,23214.11% | 68.0% |
| GUDIYATHAM | CPMLATHA.G | ADMKPALANI.J.K.N | 1,6501.36% | 68.2% |
| GUMMIDIPUNDI | ADMKVIJAYAKUMAR.K.S | PMKDURAI.JEYAVELU | 2290.15% | 80.0% |
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.