Tamil Nadu assembly election, May 2011
234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 78.20% turnout.
Seats
234
Candidates
2,748
143 women, 17 elected
Turnout
78.20%
3.68 cr of 4.71 cr
Leading party
ADMK
150 of 234 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 150 | +89 | 165 | 1,41,50,289 | 38.40% | +5.76 |
| DMDKDMDK | 29 | +28 | 41 | 29,03,828 | 7.88% | -0.50 |
| DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 23 | -73 | 124 | 82,49,991 | 22.39% | -4.07 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 10 | +1 | 12 | 8,88,364 | 2.41% | -0.23 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 9 | +3 | 10 | 7,27,394 | 1.97% | +0.36 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 5 | -29 | 63 | 34,26,432 | 9.30% | +0.92 |
| PMKPattali Makkal Katchi | 3 | -15 | 30 | 19,27,783 | 5.23% | -0.42 |
| MAMAKMAMAK | 2 | +2 | 3 | 1,81,180 | 0.49% | — |
| PTPT | 2 | +2 | 2 | 1,46,454 | 0.40% | — |
| AIFBAIFB | 1 | +1 | 1 | 88,253 | 0.24% | -0.07 |
| INDIndependent | 0 | -1 | 1504 | 16,38,156 | 4.45% | +1.43 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 204 | 8,19,577 | 2.22% | +0.20 |
| VCKViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 0 | -2 | 10 | 5,55,965 | 1.51% | +0.22 |
| KNMKKNMK | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3,70,044 | 1.00% | — |
| IJKIJK | 0 | 0 | 126 | 2,18,865 | 0.59% | — |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 193 | 1,98,300 | 0.54% | -0.25 |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 0 | 0 | 33 | 88,502 | 0.24% | — |
| PBPB | 0 | 0 | 39 | 63,764 | 0.17% | — |
| TMMKTamizhaga Murpokku Makkal Katchi | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32,949 | 0.09% | — |
| LSPLSP | 0 | 0 | 29 | 28,514 | 0.08% | — |
| UMKUlzaipali Makkal Katchy | 0 | 0 | 15 | 25,157 | 0.07% | — |
| SDPISocial Democratic Party of India | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19,034 | 0.05% | — |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12,148 | 0.03% | 0.00 |
| AIJMKAll India Jananayaka Makkal Kazhagam | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11,045 | 0.03% | — |
| MMKAMMKA | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10,175 | 0.03% | — |
| ABHMABHM | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8,862 | 0.02% | +0.01 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8,477 | 0.02% | 0.00 |
| PPISPPIS | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6,446 | 0.02% | — |
| INLINL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5,851 | 0.02% | — |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4,546 | 0.01% | — |
| AIPPMRAIPPMR | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4,033 | 0.01% | — |
| IDPIDP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,919 | 0.01% | — |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2,732 | 0.01% | -0.09 |
| APMAPM | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2,549 | 0.01% | — |
| UCPIUCPI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,325 | 0.01% | 0.00 |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2,270 | 0.01% | — |
| MGRTKMGRTK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,157 | 0.01% | — |
| ADSMKADSMK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,748 | 0.00% | — |
| AIMFAIMF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,303 | 0.00% | — |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 945 | 0.00% | 0.00 |
- ADMK150 (64%)
- DMDK29 (12%)
- DMK23 (10%)
- CPM10 (4%)
- CPI9 (4%)
- INC5 (2%)
- Others8 (3%)
- ADMK150
- DMDK29
- DMK23
- CPM10
- CPI9
- INC5
- Others8
- ADMK150
- DMDK29
- DMK23
- CPM10
- CPI9
- INC5
- PMK3
- MAMAK2
- Others3
Constituency performance
From the 234 results in Tamil Nadu
Closest contest
CHENGALPATTU
won by 291 (0.16%)
Biggest victory
TIRUPPUR (NORTH)
won by 73,271 (45.54%)
Highest turnout
VEERAPANDI
89.12%
Lowest turnout
HARBOUR
63.13%
Seat change
Against Tamil Nadu's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2006), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat234 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 234 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 Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- ADMK
- DMDK
- DMK
- CPM
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 234 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 234
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUDALUR | DMKTHIRAVIDAMANI.M | DMDKSELVARAJ.S | 27,37424.02% | 71.5% |
| GUDIYATHAM | CPIK. LINGAMUTHU | DMKK. RAJAMARTHANDAN | 5,8423.61% | 77.0% |
| GUMMIDIPUNDI | DMDKSEKAR C H | PMKSEKAR K N | 29,25616.29% | 83.4% |
| HARBOUR | ADMKKARUPPIAH .PALA | DMKALTAF HUSSAIN | 20,31721.06% | 63.1% |
| HARUR | CPMDILLIBABU P | VCKNANDHAN B M | 26,50317.64% | 79.6% |
| HOSUR | INCK. GOPINATH | DMDKS. JOHN TIMOTHY | 14,1528.22% | 75.0% |
| JAYANKONDAM | PMKGURU @ GURUNATHAN J | ADMKELAVAZHAGAN P | 15,1388.41% | 83.2% |
| JOLARPET | ADMKVEERAMANI K.C. | PMKPONNUSAMYG. | 22,93614.66% | 81.6% |
| KADAYANALLUR | ADMKCHENDUR PANDIAN .P | INCPETER ALPHONSE .S | 16,0869.92% | 75.4% |
| KALASAPAKKAM | ADMKAGRI.KRISHNAMURTI.S.S | INCVIJAYAKUMAR.P.S | 38,23424.54% | 86.4% |
| KALLAKURICHI | ADMKK.ALAGUVELU | VCKA.C.PAVARASU | 59,99833.54% | 82.3% |
| KANCHEEPURAM | ADMKV. SOMASUNDARAM | PMKP. S. ULAGARAKSHAGAN | 25,71713.38% | 80.8% |
| KANGAYAM | ADMKNATARAJ.NSN | INCVIDEYAL SEKAR.S. | 41,76526.38% | 81.8% |
| KANNIYAKUMARI | ADMKPATCHAIMAL.K.T | DMKSURESH RAJAN.N | 17,8049.88% | 75.8% |
| KARAIKUDI | ADMKPALANICHAMY.CHOLAN.CT | INCRAMASAMY.KR | 18,90011.20% | 74.4% |
| KARUR | ADMKSENTHIL BALAJI V. | INCJOTHI MANI S. | 44,14527.08% | 83.9% |
| KATPADI | DMKDURAIMURUGAN | ADMKAPPU S.R.K.(A) RADHAKRISHNAN.S. | 2,9731.96% | 79.5% |
| KATTUMANNARKOIL | ADMKN.MURUGUMARAN | VCKD.RAVIKUMAR | 31,72521.91% | 79.5% |
| KAVUNDAMPALAYAM | ADMKARUKUTTY V C | DMKSUBRAMANIAN T P | 69,26031.95% | 73.6% |
| KILLIYOOR | INCJOHN JACOB.S | BJPCHANDRA KUMAR.T | 24,48617.93% | 63.9% |
| KILPENNATHUR | ADMKARANGANATHAN.A.K | DMKPITCHANDI.K | 4,0812.35% | 84.5% |
| KILVAITHINANKUPPAM | ADMKTHAMIZHARASAN.C.K | DMKSEETHARAMAN.K | 9,7606.93% | 80.0% |
| KILVELUR | CPMMAHALINGAM P | DMKMATHIVANAN U | 7240.60% | 85.9% |
| KINATHUKADAVU | ADMKDAMODARAN S | DMKM.KANNAPPAN | 30,26618.06% | 78.1% |
| KOLATHUR | DMKSTALIN M.K. | ADMKSADAI.SA. DURAISAMY | 2,7341.92% | 68.3% |
| KOVILPATTI | ADMKKADAMBUR RAJU C | PMKRAMACHANDRAN G | 26,48020.26% | 72.2% |
| KRISHNAGIRI | ADMKK.P.MUNUSAMY | INCSYED GHIYAS UL HAQ | 29,09718.14% | 79.4% |
| KRISHNARAYAPURAM | ADMKKAMARAJ.S | DMKKAMARAJ.P | 22,50914.84% | 86.7% |
| KULITHALAI | ADMKPAPPASUNDARAM.A | DMKMANICKAM.R | 22,47314.08% | 88.8% |
| KUMARAPALAYAM | ADMKTHANGAMANI.P | DMKSELVARAJU.G | 26,88716.70% | 86.3% |
| KUMBAKONAM | DMKANBALAGAN.G | ADMKERAMANATHAN.RAMA | 1,2720.79% | 80.5% |
| KUNNAM | DMKSIVASANKAR.S.S | DMDKDURAI.KAMARAJ | 22,95713.17% | 81.9% |
| KURINJIPADI | ADMKR.RAJENDRAN | DMKM.R.K.PANNEERSELVAM | 23,84815.22% | 86.1% |
| LALGUDI | DMKSOUNDARAPANDIAN.A | DMDKSENDHURESWARAN.A.D | 7,1554.89% | 83.5% |
| MADATHUKULAM | ADMKC.SHANMUGAVELU | DMKM.P. SAMINATHAN | 19,66913.69% | 81.5% |
| MADAVARAM | ADMKMOORTHY V | DMKKANIMOZHI N S | 34,76516.77% | 75.2% |
| MADURAI CENTRAL | DMDKSUNDARRAJAN R | DMKSYED GHOUSE BASHA S | 19,56013.57% | 74.8% |
| MADURAI EAST | ADMKTAMILARASAN K | DMKMOORTHY P | 28,75515.99% | 77.2% |
| MADURAI NORTH | ADMKBOSE.A.K | INCRAJENDRAN.K.S.K | 46,40032.55% | 72.9% |
| MADURAI SOUTH | CPMANNADURAI R | INCVARADHARAJAN S P | 45,45133.55% | 75.8% |
| MADURAI WEST | ADMKRAJU K | DMKTHALAPATHI G | 38,76124.39% | 74.1% |
| MADURANTHAKAM | ADMKS. KANITHA | INCDR.K. JAYAKUMAR | 18,49412.52% | 81.8% |
| MADURAVOYAL | CPMBEEM RAO. G | PMKSELVAM K | 24,01112.91% | 69.0% |
| MAILAM | ADMKNAGARAJAN.P | PMKPRAKASH.R | 20,08113.26% | 82.5% |
| MANACHANALLUR | ADMKPOONACHI. T.P. | DMKSELVARAJ. N | 19,19012.27% | 84.1% |
| MANAMADURAI | ADMKGUNASEKARAN.M | DMKTAMILARASI.A | 14,0208.67% | 76.6% |
| MANAPPARAI | ADMKCHANDRA SEKAR R | INDPONNUSAMY K | 28,29916.33% | 80.0% |
| MANNARGUDI | DMKRAJAA T.R.B. | ADMKRAJAMANICKAMSIVA. | 3,9822.40% | 80.9% |
| MAYILADUTHURAI | DMDKR.ARULSELVAN | INCS.RAJAKUMAR | 3,0172.13% | 76.7% |
| MELUR | ADMKSAMY R | DMKRANI R | 24,46215.88% | 77.5% |
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 2011?
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won 150 of 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Tamil Nadu assembly election, May 2011?
Turnout was 78.20% — 3.68 cr of 4.71 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Tamil Nadu have?
Tamil Nadu has 234 assembly seats.
