Tamil Nadu assembly election, May 2016

232 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 74.76% turnout.

Seats

232

Candidates

3,728

320 women, 21 elected

Turnout

74.76%

4.32 cr of 5.78 cr

Leading party

ADMK

134 of 232 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	134	-16	232	1,76,16,266	40.77%	+2.37
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	89	+66	178	1,36,69,116	31.64%	+9.25
INC Indian National Congress	8	+3	41	27,74,075	6.42%	-2.88
IUML Indian Union Muslim League	1	+1	5	3,13,808	0.73%	—
PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	0	-3	230	23,00,558	5.32%	+0.09
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	0	0	187	12,28,704	2.84%	+0.62
DMDK DMDK	0	-29	103	10,34,384	2.39%	-5.49
IND Independent	0	0	1547	6,17,898	1.43%	-3.02
NTK NTK	0	0	229	4,58,007	1.06%	—
MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	0	28	3,73,606	0.86%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	0	-9	25	3,40,290	0.79%	-1.19
VCK Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	0	0	25	3,31,849	0.77%	-0.74
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	-10	27	3,07,681	0.71%	-1.70
TMCM TMCM	0	0	26	2,30,711	0.53%	—
PT PT	0	-2	4	2,19,830	0.51%	+0.11
MAMAK MAMAK	0	-2	4	1,97,150	0.46%	-0.04
KMDK KMDK	0	0	70	1,67,560	0.39%	—
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	156	97,823	0.23%	-0.31
SDPI Social Democratic Party of India	0	0	28	65,985	0.15%	+0.10
AIFB AIFB	0	-1	33	44,546	0.10%	-0.14
IJK IJK	0	0	43	36,125	0.08%	-0.51
TAVK TAVK	0	0	15	34,012	0.08%	—
TMMK Tamizhaga Murpokku Makkal Katchi	0	0	50	28,864	0.07%	-0.02
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	36	13,640	0.03%	+0.03
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	20	11,842	0.03%	—
GMI GMI	0	0	40	11,683	0.03%	—
YSP YSP	0	0	35	10,354	0.02%	+0.02
AIMIM All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	0	0	2	10,289	0.02%	—
SUNP SUNP	0	0	1	7,640	0.02%	—
AIFBS AIFBS	0	0	2	5,950	0.01%	—
ETMK ETMK	0	0	6	5,257	0.01%	—
WPOI WPOI	0	0	12	5,231	0.01%	—
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	10	4,972	0.01%	-0.01
PPIS PPIS	0	0	25	4,841	0.01%	-0.01
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	26	4,464	0.01%	—
LJP Lok Janshakti Party	0	0	23	4,146	0.01%	-0.02
IDMMK IDMMK	0	0	11	4,026	0.01%	—
UCPI UCPI	0	0	15	3,902	0.01%	0.00
VBMP VBMP	0	0	11	3,519	0.01%	—
GOKMK GOKMK	0	0	8	3,357	0.01%	—

ADMK134 (58%)
DMK89 (38%)
INC8 (3%)
IUML1 (0%)

ADMK134
DMK89
INC8
IUML1

ADMK134
DMK89
INC8
IUML1

Constituency performance

From the 232 results in Tamil Nadu

Closest contest

RADHAPURAM

won by 49 (0.03%)

Biggest victory

THIRUVARUR

won by 68,366 (34.74%)

Highest turnout

PALACODE

88.57%

Lowest turnout

HARBOUR

55.40%

Seat change

Against Tamil Nadu's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2011), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained113 (49%)
Changed hands119 (51%)

113 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 119 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

ADMK
DMK
INC
IUML

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 232 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 232

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
GUDIYATHAM	ADMKJAYANTHI PADMANABHAN .C	DMKRAJAMARTHANDAN K.	11,4705.88%	74.1%
GUMMIDIPUNDI	ADMKVIJAYAKUMAR K S	DMKSEKAR C H	23,39510.91%	82.2%
HARBOUR	DMKSEKAR BABU P K	ADMKSREENIVASAN K S	4,8364.64%	55.4%
HARUR	ADMKR.MURUGAN	DMKS.RAJENDRAN	11,4216.01%	84.3%
HOSUR	ADMKBALAKRISHNA REDDY P	INCGOPINATH K	22,96410.67%	71.2%
JAYANKONDAM	ADMKRAMAJEYALINGAM.J.K.N	PMKGURU @ GURUNATHAN.J	22,93411.24%	81.4%
JOLARPET	ADMKVEERAMANI.K.C.	DMKKAVITHA.C	10,9916.07%	81.0%
KADAYANALLUR	IUMLMUHAMMED ABUBACKER.K.A.M	ADMKSHEIK DAWOOD. S	1,1940.63%	71.3%
KALASAPAKKAM	ADMKPANNEERSELVAM V	INCKUMAR G	26,41414.21%	84.8%
KALLAKURICHI	ADMKPRABHU A	DMKKAMARAJ P	4,1041.92%	80.9%
KANCHEEPURAM	DMKC.V.M.P. EZHILARASAN	ADMKT.MYTHILI	7,5483.37%	75.5%
KANGAYAM	ADMKTHANIYARASU U	INCGOPI P	13,1357.12%	78.9%
KANNIYAKUMARI	DMKAUSTIN. S	ADMKTHALAVAI SUNDARAM. N	5,9122.82%	75.1%
KARAIKUDI	INCRAMASAMY KR	ADMKKARPAGAM ILANGO	18,2839.08%	70.3%
KARUR	ADMKVIJAYABHASKAR .M.R	INCSUBRAMANIAN .BANK .K	4410.24%	80.5%
KATPADI	DMKDURAIMURUGAN	ADMKAPPU S.R.K	23,94613.46%	77.4%
KATTUMANNARKOIL	ADMKMURUGUMARAN.N	VCKTHIRUMAAVALAVAN.THOL	870.05%	77.9%
KAVUNDAMPALAYAM	ADMKARUKUTTY V.C.	DMKPAYYA GOUNDER @ KRISHNAN R.	8,0252.95%	66.4%
KILLIYOOR	INCRAJESH KUMAR S	BJPPON. VIJAYARAGAVAN	46,29530.20%	60.7%
KILPENNATHUR	DMKPITCHANDI K	ADMKSELVAMANI K	34,66617.57%	84.5%
KILVAITHINANKUPPAM	ADMKLOGANATHAN.G	DMKAMALU V	9,7465.90%	80.4%
KILVELUR	DMKMATHIVANAN.U	ADMKMEENA.N	10,1707.37%	84.4%
KINATHUKADAVU	ADMKSHANMUGAM A.	DMKKURICHI PRABHAKARAN	1,3320.64%	70.0%
KOLATHUR	DMKSTALIN.M.K	ADMKPRABHAKAR.J.C.D	37,73022.42%	64.8%
KOVILPATTI	ADMKC. KADAMBUR RAJU	DMKA.SUBRAMANIAN	4280.26%	66.7%
KRISHNAGIRI	DMKT.SENGUTTUVAN	ADMKV.GOVINDARAJ	4,8912.44%	80.4%
KRISHNARAYAPURAM	ADMKGEETHA M.	PTAIYYAR V. K.	35,30120.94%	83.0%
KULITHALAI	DMKRAMAR .E	ADMKCHANDRASEKARAN .R	11,8966.46%	88.1%
KUMARAPALAYAM	ADMKTHANGAMANI P	DMKYUVARAJ P	47,32925.36%	80.8%
KUMBAKONAM	DMKG.ANBALAGAN	ADMKRATHNA.S	8,4574.48%	76.6%
KUNNAM	ADMKRAMACHANDRAN.R.T	DMKDURAIRAJ.T	18,7969.17%	80.2%
KURINJIPADI	DMKPANNEERSELVAM MRK	ADMKRAJENDRAN R	28,10814.93%	84.2%
LALGUDI	DMKSOUNDARAPANDIAN A	ADMKVIJAYAMURTHY M	3,8372.30%	81.7%
MADATHUKULAM	DMKJAYARAMAKRISHNAN R	ADMKMANOHARAN K	1,6670.97%	76.1%
MADAVARAM	DMKSUDHARSANAM S	ADMKDHAKSHNAMOORTHY D	15,2535.68%	68.5%
MADURAI CENTRAL	DMKPALANIVEL THIAGARAJAN	ADMKJEYABAL M	5,7623.79%	65.2%
MADURAI EAST	DMKMOORTHY P	ADMKP PANDI	32,77215.28%	74.8%
MADURAI NORTH	ADMKRAJAN CHELLAPPA V.V.	INCKARTHIKEYAN V.	18,83912.20%	66.2%
MADURAI SOUTH	ADMKSARAVANAN .S.S.	DMKBALACHANDRAN .M	23,76316.21%	66.8%
MADURAI WEST	ADMKRAJU K	DMKTHALAPATHI G	16,3988.90%	65.6%
MADURANTHAKAM	DMKS.PUGAZHENTHI	ADMKC.K.THAMIZHARASAN	2,9571.66%	81.3%
MADURAVOYAL	ADMKBENJAMIN P	INCRAJESH R	8,4023.38%	61.8%
MAILAM	DMKMASILAMANI R	ADMKANNADURAI K	12,3067.19%	81.0%
MANACHANALLUR	ADMKPARAMESWARI. M	DMKGANESAN. S	7,5224.18%	82.0%
MANAMADURAI	ADMKMARIAPPANKENNADY S	DMKCHITRASELVI S	14,8898.03%	72.7%
MANAPPARAI	ADMKCHANDRASEKAR R	IUMLMOHAMED NIZAM M A	18,2778.87%	78.5%
MANNARGUDI	DMKRAJAA.T.R.B	ADMKKAMARAJ. S	9,9375.31%	77.5%
MAYILADUTHURAI	ADMKRATHAKRISHNAN.V	DMKANBAZHAGAN.K	4,7782.83%	72.4%
MELUR	ADMKPERIYAPULLAN @ SELVAM P	DMKRAGUPTHY A.P	19,72311.43%	74.2%
METTUPALAYAM	ADMKCHINNARAJ.O.K	DMKSURENDRAN. S.	16,1147.65%	75.5%

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.