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 +/−
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	96	+65	132	87,28,716	26.46%	-4.47
ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	61	-71	188	1,07,68,559	32.64%	+1.20
INC Indian National Congress	34	+27	48	27,65,768	8.38%	+5.90
PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	18	-2	31	18,63,749	5.65%	+0.09
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	9	+3	13	8,72,674	2.65%	+0.97
MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	6	+6	35	19,71,565	5.98%	+1.32
CPI Communist Party of India	6	+1	10	5,31,740	1.61%	+0.03
VCK Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	2	+2	9	4,26,321	1.29%	—
DMDK DMDK	1	+1	232	27,64,223	8.38%	—
IND Independent	1	-2	1222	9,95,345	3.02%	-3.15
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	0	-4	225	6,66,823	2.02%	-1.17
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	164	2,59,336	0.79%	+0.72
AIFB AIFB	0	0	60	1,03,369	0.31%	—
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	63	67,968	0.21%	+0.13
LKPT LKPT	0	0	7	37,325	0.11%	—
JD(U)JD(U)	0	0	29	31,734	0.10%	+0.05
IVP IVP	0	0	1	31,609	0.10%	—
JD(S)JD(S)	0	0	1	23,628	0.07%	-0.16
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	12	22,955	0.07%	+0.03
LJP Lok Janshakti Party	0	0	25	10,979	0.03%	—
TNJC TNJC	0	0	18	8,814	0.03%	—
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	10	8,095	0.02%	-0.03
PNK PNK	0	0	4	5,618	0.02%	-0.68
JP JP	0	0	5	5,300	0.02%	-0.07
MAG MAG	0	0	1	3,874	0.01%	—
ABHM ABHM	0	0	11	3,855	0.01%	+0.01
RLD Rashtriya Lok Dal	0	0	8	2,424	0.01%	0.00
AIVP AIVP	0	0	2	1,868	0.01%	—
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	0	2	1,744	0.01%	0.00
IJP IJP	0	0	4	1,469	0.00%	—
BDMK BDMK	0	0	3	1,129	0.00%	—
UCPI UCPI	0	0	3	921	0.00%	-0.02
AIFBS AIFBS	0	0	1	616	0.00%	—
JJ JJ	0	0	2	592	0.00%	—
TNMC TNMC	0	0	1	331	0.00%	—
VAK VAK	0	0	2	316	0.00%	—
SBD SBD	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 201–234 of 234

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
TIRUPPUR	CPMGOVINDASAMY.C	MDMKDURAISAMY.S	11,2994.63%	57.0%
TIRUTHURAIPUNDI	CPIULAGANATHAN .K.	ADMKUMADEVI .A	22,70616.47%	76.2%
TIRUTTANI	ADMKHARI.G	PMKERAVIRAJ.G	9160.75%	74.5%
TIRUVADANAI	INCRAMASAMY.K.R	ADMKANIMUTHU.C	5,2534.47%	65.7%
TIRUVAIYARU	DMKCHANDRASEKARAN.DURAI	ADMKGOVINDARAJAN.DURAI	3660.32%	76.6%
TIRUVALLUR	DMKSHIVAJI. E.A.P	ADMKRAMANA.B	8,9246.67%	70.9%
TIRUVANNAMALAI	DMKPITCHANDI K	ADMKPAVAN KUMAR V	12,8038.54%	69.7%
TIRUVARUR	DMKMATHIVANAN. U	ADMKTHANGAMANI .A	26,93319.88%	76.7%
TRIPLICANE	ADMKBADER SAYEED	DMKNAGANATHAN M.	2,7763.25%	64.5%
TUTICORIN	DMKGEETHA JEEVAN.P	ADMKDANIELRAJ.S	15,3239.73%	65.0%
UDUMALPET	ADMKSHANMUGAVELU.C.	DMKVELUCHAMY.C.	3,4632.41%	69.2%
ULUNDURPET	DMKTHIRUNAVUKARASU.K	VCKVIJAYARAGHAVAN. E	18,78412.60%	69.4%
UPPILIAPURAM	DMKRANI R.	ADMKMUTHUSAMY P.	12,3829.83%	72.4%
USILAMPATTI	ADMKMAHENDRAN.I	DMKKATHIRAVAN.P.V	3,0453.29%	67.2%
UTHIRAMERUR	DMKSUNDAR K	ADMKSOMASUNDARAM V	12,0168.31%	79.3%
VALANGIMAN	ADMKILAMATHI SUBRAMANIAN	DMKSENTHAMIL CHELVAN.S	1,6331.49%	78.8%
VALPARAI	INCKOVAITHANGAM.N.	VCKKALAIYARASAN SUSI.S.	20,97924.30%	67.5%
VANDAVASI	DMKJAYARAMAN S P	ADMKCHAKKRAPANI.M	22,78818.46%	70.8%
VANIAYAMBADI	DMKABDUL BASITH.H	ADMKMOHAMED ALI.K	24,18418.41%	69.2%
VANUR	ADMKGANAPATHY.N.	PMKSOUNDARARAJAN.N.	4,0362.86%	70.0%
VARAHUR	ADMKCHANTHIRAKASI.M	PMKGOPALAKRISHNAN.K	2,5432.10%	75.6%
VASUDEVANALLUR	MDMKSADHAN THIRUMALAI KUMAR.(DR) T	CPMKRISHNAN.R	6,7595.94%	70.4%
VEDARANYAM	DMKVEDARATHINAM.S.K	ADMKMANIYAN.O.S	6,5314.91%	83.4%
VEDASANDUR	INCDHANDAPANI. M	ADMKPALANICHAMY.S	14,7589.88%	71.1%
VEERAPANDI	DMKRAJENDRAN A	ADMKVIJAYALAKSHMI PALANISAMY P	1,6380.77%	79.2%
VELLAKOIL	DMKSAMINATHAN.M.P	MDMKGANESHAMURTHI.A	17,08814.53%	75.7%
VELLORE	INCGNANASEKARAN.C	MDMKSUBRAMANI.N	21,83716.13%	65.3%
VILATHIKULAM	ADMKCHINNAPPAN.P	DMKRAJARAM.K	7,6547.88%	65.7%
VILAVANCODE	CPMJOHN JOSEPH G	ADMKFRANKLIN.F	45,07437.54%	61.4%
VILLIVAKKAM	DMKRANGANATHAN. B	ADMKKALAN. G	30,1164.93%	64.9%
VILLUPURAM	DMKPONMUDY.K	ADMKPASUPATHY.R	9,7486.31%	72.7%
VIRUDHUNAGAR	MDMKVARADHARAJAN.R.	INCDAMODARAN.S.	4,1073.15%	71.4%
VRIDHACHALAM	DMDKVIJAYAKANTH.A.	PMKGOVINDASAMY.R.	13,7779.08%	77.0%
YERCAUD	DMKTAMILSELVAN C	ADMKALAMELU J	4,1073.61%	72.5%

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.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Tamil Nadu assembly election, May 2006?

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won 96 of 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Tamil Nadu assembly election, May 2006?

Turnout was 70.79% — 3.3 cr of 4.66 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Tamil Nadu have?

Tamil Nadu has 234 assembly seats.