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2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

January 13, 2023

The Fifteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. AIADMK under J. Jayalalithaa won the elections and became the first ruling party to be re-elected in Tamil Nadu since 1984, though with a simple majority.[1] DMK won half of the seats it contested but its allies performed poorly; notably, the Indian National Congress won 16% of the seats they contested and the alliance lost due to its poor performance.[2][3][4][5] The votes were counted on 19 May 2016.[6] In the previous election in 2011, AIADMK, under the leadership of Jayalalithaa, won a thumping majority and formed the government, while DMDK chief Vijayakanth served as the Leader of Opposition until January 2016. This was the last election that J. Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi contested, as they both died in 2016 and 2018 respectively.

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
← 2011 16 May 2016 (2016-05-16) (232 Seats)
19 November 2016 (2 Seats)		 2021 →
All 234 elected seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.81% ( 3.48%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance Unallied UPA
Leader's seat Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar Thiruvarur
Last election 203 seats
(alliance) 		31 seats (alliance)
Seats won 136 98
Seat change 67 67
Popular vote 17,617,060 17,175,374
Percentage 41.88% 39.85%
Swing 10.14% 0.35%

Background

By the requirement, state assembly election must be held at an interval of five years or whenever it is dissolved by the president. The previous election, to the 14th legislative assembly, was conducted 13 April 2011 and its term would have naturally expired on 22 May 2016. The election to the 16th legislative assembly was organised and conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and was held in a single phase on 16 May 2016. There were over 5.79 crore voters in the electoral rolls and 65,616 polling stations in Tamil Nadu.[7]

A special purification drive of electoral rolls between 15 and 29 February 2016 in all poll-bound States including Tamil Nadu was held, in which door-to-door verification was undertaken involving booth-level agents. On 12 February 2016, Election Commission of India announced that 17 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu will have Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines attached along with EVMs.[8] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be in place in 4,000 booths.[9]

Demographics

At the 2011 India census, Tamil Nadu had a population of 7,21,47,030. A total of 1,44,38,445 people constituting 20.01% of the total population belonged to Scheduled Castes (SC) and 7,94,697 people constituting 1.10% of the population belonged to Scheduled tribes (ST).[12][13][14] Other Backward Classes (OBCs) form 68% of the population.[15] As per the religious census of 2011, Tamil Nadu had 87.6% Hindus, 5.9% Muslims, 6.1% Christians, 0.1% Jains and 0.3% following other religions or no religion.[16]

Schedule

The elections were held on 16 May 2016,[17] with vote counting taking place on 19 May.[18] The elections in Kerala and Puducherry also took place on 16 May[19] but polling in two of the Tamil Nadu constituencies was postponed due to reports of voters being bribed.[20]

Event Date
Date for Nominations 22 April 2016
Last Date for filing Nominations 29 April 2016
Date for scrutiny of nominations 30 April 2016
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 2 May 2016
Date of poll 16 May 2016
Date of counting 19 May 2016
Date before which the election shall be completed 21 May 2016

Campaign to vote

To ensure that the electorate exercise their right to vote, the Election Commission of India (ECI) launched their own campaign in Tamil Nadu. The Chief Electoral Officer for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, Rajesh Lakhoni, utilised social media platforms by creating memes and tweets themed around films, which have a huge reach in Tamil Nadu. Additionally, the Election Commission also recruited media personalities Suriya, Ashwin and Karthik, whose campaigning videos were filmed and shared on social media.[21] The Election Commission also partnered with Twitter, for the first time in India, to boost its #TN100Percent hashtag campaign. Twitter users who have made use of the hashtag will be reminded to vote on the day of voting.[22] Twitter and Facebook collaborated with ECI in its awareness campaign on striving for 100 per cent voting in the polls.[23][24]

Parties and Alliances

AIADMK Alliance

All the parties contested on "two leaves" symbol as an AIADMK candidate.[25]

Sl.No: Name of the Party Election
Symbol		 Party Leader Seats
1 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam   J. Jayalalithaa 227
2 Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi   Thamimum Ansari 2[26]
3 Republican Party of India   C. K. Thamizharasan 1
4 All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi   R. Sarathkumar 1
5 Tamil Nadu Kongu Ilaingar Peravai   U. Thaniyarasu 1
6 Mukkulathor Pulipadai   Karunas 1
7 Tamil Maanila Muslim League   Sheik Dawood 1

DMK Alliance

Sl.No: Name of the Party Election
Symbol		 Party Leader Seats
1 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam[27]   M. Karunanidhi 178
2 Indian National Congress E. V. K. S. Elangovan 41
3 Indian Union Muslim League   K. M. Khader Mohideen 5
4 Manithaneya Makkal Katchi M. H. Jawahirullah 3
5 Puthiya Tamilakam Dr. K. Krishnasamy 3
6 Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi   N. R. Dhanapalan 1
7 Tamil Nadu Peasants and Workers Party   Pon. Kumar 1
8 Samuga Samathuva Padai   V. Sivakami 1

Makkal Nala Kootani (People's Welfare Alliance)

National Democratic Alliance

Sl.No: Name of the Party Party Symbol Party Leader Seats
1 Bharatiya Janata Party   Tamilisai Soundararajan 189
2 Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi T. R. Paarivendhar 45

Parties not in any coalition

Sl. No: Name of the Party Party Symbol Party Leader
1 Pattali Makkal Katchi   Anbumani Ramadoss
2 Naam Tamilar Katchi   Seeman
3 Tamil Nadu Youth Party (TNYP)
4 Welfare Party of India S. N. Sikkandar
5 Social Democratic Party of India Thehlan Baqavi
6 Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam Pachathanni Manickam I.P.S
7 Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi Panruti T. Velmurugan.
8 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen   Asaduddin Owaisi
9 Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi E.R. Eswaran

Candidates

On 4 April, AIADMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu.[29] On 14 April, DMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu.[30]

Gopi Shankar Madurai, a 25 years old gender activist made a bid to contest as one of the youngest candidates in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election and also the first openly Intersex & Genderqueer person to do so. Gopi contested on the ticket of newly launched outfit Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) for Madurai North. He secured 14th place out of 21 candidates.[31][32][33][34]

Manifestos

DMK released its election manifesto on 10 April 2016.[35][36] Bharatiya Janata Party released its election manifesto on 21 April 2016.[37] On 23 March 2016, Naam Tamilar Katchi published its 316-page election manifesto 2016, a complete plan to develop Tamil Nadu.[38][39] Tamil Nadu Congress Committee released its election manifesto on 27 April 2016.[40] Pattali Makkal Katchi released its draft election manifesto on 15 September 2015 and final election manifesto on 15 April 2016.[41] AIADMK released its election manifesto on 5 May 2016.[42][43]

Voter Turnout

Voter turnout for the 232 constituencies on 16 May was 74.81%.[44] Parts of Tamil Nadu received heavy rain on the polling day, but it did not deter voters from turning out to cast their votes. While the highest voter turn out was in Dharmapuri constituency recording 85% while the lowest voter turnout was in the capital of Tamil Nadu, Chennai recording 55%. Male voter turnout was 74.15% and female voter turnout was 74.33%.[45][46]

Exit polls

Agency AIADMK DMK+ BJP PWF-DMDK/Others Ref.
India Today-Axis 89–101 124–140 0–3 NA/4-8 [47]
News Nation 95–99 120-118 0–1 12-16/5-9 [48]
C Voter 139 78 0 15/2 [49]
NewsX 90 140 0 NA/4 [50]
ABP Nielsen 95 132 1 NA/6 [50]
NDTV Poll of Polls 103 120 0 NA/11 [50]
Spick News 142 87 0 2 [51]
Thanthi TV 111 99 1 3/2 [52]

Results

The ruling AIADMK, beating most of the exit polls,[53][54] was able to retain power with a comfortable majority and became the first party to win consecutive elections since 1984, a feat achieved by M. G. Ramachandran. Jayalalithaa bucked Anti-incumbency trend and cyclic change of governments in the state that hadn't voted back a government in last three decades.[55][56][57]

Summary of the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative election[58]
Parties and Coalitions Votes % Seats
Contested Won +/-
  All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) 17,806,490 40.88% 234 136  14
  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) 13,670,511 31.39% 178 89  66
  Indian National Congress (DMK) 2,774,075 6.47% 41 8  3
  Indian Union Muslim League (DMK) 313,808 0.73% 5 1  1
  Pattali Makkal Katchi 2,302,564 5.36% 234 0  3
  Bharatiya Janata Party 1,235,660 2.86% 234 0  
  Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (PWF) 1,037,431 2.41% 105 0  29
  Independents 617,907 1.44% 234 0  
Naam Tamilar Katchi 460,089 1.07% 234 0  
  Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (PWF) 373,713 0.87% 28 0  
  Communist Party of India (PWF) 340,290 0.79% 25 0  9
  Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (PWF) 331,849 0.77% 25 0  
  Communist Party of India (Marxist) (PWF) 307,303 0.72% 25 0  10
  Tamil Maanila Congress (PWF) 230,711 0.54% 26 0  
Puthiya Tamilagam (DMK) 219,830 0.51% 4 0  2
  Manithaneya Makkal Katchi 197,150 0.46% 4 0  2
Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi 167,560 0.39% 72 0  
  Bahujan Samaj Party 97,823 0.23% n/a 0  
  Social Democratic Party of India 65,978 0.15% n/a 0  
  None of the above 5,65,077 1.31% 234 – –
Total 4,35,56,184 100.00 - 234 -
Valid votes 4,35,56,184 99.93
Invalid votes 29,507 0.07
Votes cast / turnout 4,35,85,691 74.81
Abstentions 1,46,74,574 25.19
Registered voters 5,82,60,506

Election to two assembly constituencies were cancelled by the Election Commission on confirmed reports of bribing voters in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur. Elections were held later there on 26 October 2016 [59][60]

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[61]
Assembly Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Gummidipoondi K. S. Vijayakumar AIADMK 89,332 41.68% C. H. Sekar DMK 65,937 30.76% 23,395
2 Ponneri P. Balaraman AIADMK 95,979 48.56% Dr. Parimalam. K DMK 76,643 38.78% 19,336
3 Tiruttani P. M. Narasimhan AIADMK 93,045 41.84% Chidambaram. A. G INC 69,904 31.43% 23,141
4 Thiruvallur V. G. Raajendran DMK 80,473 39.02% Baskaran. A AIADMK 75,335 36.53% 5,138
5 Poonamallee T. A. Elumalai AIADMK 103,952 43.32% Paranthamen. I DMK 92,189 38.41% 11,763
6 Avadi K. Pandiarajan AIADMK 108,064 39.92% S. M. Nasar DMK 106,669 39.40% 1,395
7 Maduravoyal P. Benjamin AIADMK 99,739 40.12% Rajesh R INC 91,337 36.74% 8,402
8 Ambattur V. Alexander AIADMK 94,375 41.10% Aassan Maulaana INC 76,877 33.48% 17,498
9 Madavaram S. Sudharsanam DMK 122,082 45.43% Dhakshnamoorthy D AIADMK 106,829 39.76% 15,253
10 Thiruvottiyur K. P. P. Samy DMK 82,205 43.25% Balraj. B AIADMK 77,342 40.69% 4,863
11 Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar J. Jayalalithaa AIADMK 97,218 55.87% Shimla Muthuchozhan DMK 57,673 33.14% 39,545
12 Perambur P. Vetrivel AIADMK 79,974 42.39% N. R. Dhanapalan DMK 79,455 42.11% 519
13 Kolathur M. K. Stalin DMK 91,303 54.25% Prabhakar. J. C. D AIADMK 53,573 31.83% 37,730
14 Villivakkam B. Ranganathan DMK 65,972 43.96% Thadi M.Raju AIADMK 56,651 37.75% 9,321
15 Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar P. Sivakumar @ Thayagamkavi DMK 61,744 45.25% Neelakandan. V AIADMK 58,422 42.82% 3,322
16 Egmore K. S. Ravichandran DMK 55,060 45.64% Parithi Ellamvazhuthi E AIADMK 44,381 36.79% 10,679
17 Royapuram D. Jayakumar AIADMK 55,205 45.21% Manohar R INC 47,174 38.63% 8,031
18 Harbour P. K. Sekar Babu DMK 42,071 40.36% Sreenivasan K S AIADMK 37,235 35.72% 4,836
19 Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni J. Anbazhagan DMK 67,982 47.32% A. Noorjahan AIADMK 53,818 37.46% 14,164
20 Thousand Lights K. K. Selvam DMK 61,726 43.35% Valarmathi B AIADMK 52,897 37.15% 8,829
21 Anna Nagar M. K. Mohan DMK 70,812 41.59% S. Gokula Indira AIADMK 69,726 40.95% 1,086
22 Virugampakkam V.N.Virugai Ravi AIADMK 65,979 38.51% K Thanasekaran DMK 63,646 37.15% 2,333
23 Saidapet M. Subramaniam DMK 79,279 47.18% Ponnayan.C AIADMK 63,024 37.51% 16,255
24 Thiyagarayanagar B. Sathyanarayanan AIADMK 53,207 37.47% Dr. N. S. Kanimozhi DMK 50,052 35.25% 3,155
25 Mylapore R Nataraj IPS (Rtd) AIADMK 68,176 43.67% Karate Thiagarajan.R INC 53,448 34.23% 14,728
26 Velachery Vagai Chanderasekar DMK 70,139 39.96% C Munusamy AIADMK 61,267 34.91% 8,872
27 Shozhinganallur S. Aravind Ramesh DMK 147,014 42.53% Sundaram N AIADMK 132,101 38.21% 14,913
28 Alandur Anbarasan. T.M. DMK 96,877 44.64% Panruti S. Ramachandran AIADMK 77,708 35.81% 19,169
29 Sriperumbudur Palani. K AIADMK 101,001 42.77% K. Selvaperunthagai INC 90,285 38.23% 10,716
30 Pallavaram Karunanithi. I DMK 112,891 44.94% C. R. Saraswathi AIADMK 90,726 36.12% 22,165
31 Tambaram S. R. Raja DMK 101,835 43.27% Rajendran C AIADMK 87,390 37.13% 14,445
32 Chengalpattu M. Varalakshmi DMK 112,675 45.11% Kamalakkannan.R AIADMK 86,383 34.58% 26,292
33 Thiruporur Kothandapani. M AIADMK 70,215 34.91% Viswanathan. V DMK 69,265 34.44% 950
34 Cheyyur Arasu R T DMK 63,446 37.51% Munusamy A AIADMK 63,142 37.33% 304
35 Madurantakam S.Pugazhenthi DMK 73,693 41.43% C.K.Thamizharasan AIADMK 70,736 39.77% 2,957
36 Uthiramerur K. Sundar DMK 85,513 43.02% Ganesan.P AIADMK 73,357 36.90% 12,156
37 Kancheepuram C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan DMK 90,533 40.40% T.Mythili AIADMK 82,985 37.03% 7,548
38 Arakkonam S. Ravi AIADMK 68,176 41.21% Rajkumar N DMK 64,015 38.69% 4,161
39 Sholingur N. G. Parthiban AIADMK 77,651 36.79% A. M. Munirathinam INC 67,919 32.18% 9,732
40 Katpadi Durai Murugan DMK 90,534 50.90% Appu S.R.K AIADMK 66,588 37.44% 23,946
41 Ranipet Gandhi. R DMK 81,724 42.85% Elumalai. C AIADMK 73,828 38.71% 7,896
42 Arcot Eswarappan J L DMK 84,182 41.39% Ramadoss.K.V AIADMK 73,091 35.94% 11,091
43 Vellore Karthikeyan DMK 88,264 51.53% Harun Rasheed AIADMK 62,054 36.23% 26,210
44 Anaikattu Nandakumar. A.P DMK 77,058 42.43% Kalaiarasu. M AIADMK 68,290 37.60% 8,768
45 Kilvaithinankuppam Loganathan.G AIADMK 75,612 45.76% Amalu V DMK 65,866 39.86% 9,746
46 Gudiyattam Jayanthi Padmanabhan .C AIADMK 94,689 48.56% Rajamarthandan. K. DMK 83,219 42.68% 11,470
47 Vaniyambadi Nilofer AIADMK 69,588 40.31% Syed Farooq IUML 55,062 31.89% 14,526
48 Ambur Balasubramani.R.(E) AIADMK 79,182 49.16% Nazeer Ahmed.V.R. MMK 51,176 31.77% 28,006
49 Jolarpet Veeramani. K. C AIADMK 82,525 45.57% Kavitha.C DMK 71,534 39.50% 10,991
50 Tirupattur (Vellore) Nallathambi. A DMK 80,791 45.43% Kumar.T.T AIADMK 73,144 41.13% 7,647
51 Uthangarai N.Manoranjitham AIADMK 69,980 38.75% S.Malathy DMK 67,367 37.30% 2,613
52 Bargur V.Rajendran AIADMK 80,650 42.89% Govinddarasan.E.C DMK 79,668 42.36% 982
53 Krishnagiri T.Senguttuvan DMK 87,637 43.80% V.Govindaraj AIADMK 82,746 41.35% 4,891
54 Veppanahalli Murugan P DMK 88,952 46.01% Madhu A.V.M @ Hemnath M AIADMK 83,724 43.31% 5,228
55 Hosur Balakrishna Reddy P AIADMK 89,510 41.59% Gopinath K INC 66,546 30.92% 22,964
56 Thalli Prakaash.Y. DMK 74,429 39.31% Ramachandran.T. CPI 68,184 36.01% 6,245
57 Palacode K. P. Anbalagan AIADMK 76,143 40.34% Murugan. P.K. DMK 70,160 37.17% 5,983
58 Pennagaram Inbasekaran. P.N.P. DMK 76,848 38.49% Anbumani Ramadoss PMK 58,402 29.25% 18,446
59 Dharmapuri Subramani. P. DMK 71,056 34.25% Elangovan. P.D. AIADMK 61,380 29.58% 9,676
60 Pappireddippatti Palaniyappan. P AIADMK 74,234 35.56% Sathiyamoorthy. A PMK 61,521 29.47% 12,713
61 Harur R.Murugan AIADMK 64,568 33.96% S.Rajendran DMK 53,147 27.95% 11,421
62 Chengam Giri .M.P DMK 95,939 45.60% Dinagaran. M AIADMK 83,248 39.57% 12,691
63 Tiruvannamalai E. V. Velu DMK 116,484 57.15% Rajan.K AIADMK 66,136 32.45% 50,348
64 Kilpennathur Pitchandi K DMK 99,070 50.22% Selvamani K AIADMK 64,404 32.64% 34,666
65 Kalasapakkam Panneerselvam V AIADMK 84,394 45.41% Kumar G INC 57,980 31.20% 26,414
66 Polur Sekaran.K.V DMK 66,588 34.02% Murugan.M AIADMK 58,315 29.80% 8,273
67 Arani Ramachandran. S AIADMK 94,074 44.89% Babu. S DMK 86,747 41.40% 7,327
68 Cheyyar Mohan K AIADMK 77,766 37.78% Dr. Vishnuprasad M K INC 69,239 33.64% 8,527
69 Vandavasi Ambethkumar. S DMK 80,206 44.20% Meganathan. V AIADMK 62,138 34.24% 18,068
70 Gingee K. S. Masthan DMK 88,440 43.99% Govindasamy A AIADMK 66,383 33.02% 22,057
71 Mailam Masilamani R DMK 70,880 41.40% Annadurai K AIADMK 58,574 34.21% 12,306
72 Tindivanam Seethapathy P DMK 61,879 35.33% Rajendran S P AIADMK 61,778 35.27% 101
73 Vanur Chakrapani M AIADMK 64,167 36.79% Mydili R DMK 53,944 30.93% 10,223
74 Villupuram C V Shanmugam AIADMK 69,421 36.74% Ameer Abbas S M IUML 47,130 24.94% 22,291
75 Vikravandi Rathamani.K DMK 63,757 35.69% Velu R AIADMK 56,845 31.82% 6,912
76 Tirukkoyilur Ponmudy K DMK 93,837 49.80% Gothandaraman G AIADMK 52,780 28.01% 41,057
77 Ulundurpettai Kumaraguru. R. AIADMK 81,973 36.04% Vasanthavel. G.R. DMK 77,809 34.21% 4,164
78 Rishivandiyam Karthikeyan.K DMK 92,607 47.08% Dhandapani.K AIADMK 72,104 36.66% 20,503
79 Sankarapuram Udhayasuriyan.T DMK 90,920 44.72% Mohan P AIADMK 76,392 37.58% 14,528
80 Kallakurichi Prabhu A AIADMK 90,108 42.16% Kamaraj P DMK 86,004 40.24% 4,104
81 Gangavalli Maruthamuthu.A AIADMK 74,301 42.22% Rekha Priyadharshini.J DMK 72,039 40.94% 2,262
82 Attur Chinnathambi R M AIADMK 82,827 44.34% Arthanari S K INC 65,493 35.06% 17,334
83 Yercaud Chitra.G AIADMK 100,562 45.18% Tamilselvan.C DMK 83,168 37.37% 17,394
84 Omalur Vetrivel.S AIADMK 89,169 39.23% Ammasi.S DMK 69,213 30.45% 19,956
85 Mettur Semmalai.S AIADMK 72,751 35.05% Parthiban.S.R DMK 66,469 32.02% 6,282
86 Edappadi Edappadi K. Palaniswami AIADMK 98,703 43.74% Annadurai. N PMK 56,681 25.12% 42,022
87 Sankari Raja.S AIADMK 96,202 44.57% Rajeswaran.T.K INC 58,828 27.25% 37,374
88 Salem (West) Venkatachalam.G AIADMK 80,755 39.88% Panneer Selvam.C. DMK 73,508 36.30% 7,247
89 Salem (North) Rajendran.R DMK 86,583 45.14% Saravanan.K.R.S AIADMK 76,710 39.99% 9,873
90 Salem (South) Sakthivel A B AIADMK 101,696 51.39% Gunasekaran M DMK 71,243 36.00% 30,453
91 Veerapandi Manonmani.P AIADMK 94,792 45.86% Rajendran. A DMK 80,311 38.85% 14,481
92 Rasipuram Saroja V. Dr AIADMK 86,901 46.50% Duraisamy V.P DMK 77,270 41.35% 9,631
93 Senthamangalam Chandrasekaran C AIADMK 91,339 48.09% Ponnusamy K DMK 79,006 41.60% 12,333
94 Namakkal K. P. P. Baskar AIADMK 89,076 45.81% Chezhian. R INC 75,542 38.85% 13,534
95 Paramathi Velur Moorthiy K S DMK 74,418 42.45% Rajendhiran R AIADMK 73,600 41.98% 818
96 Tiruchengodu Saraswathi Pon AIADMK 73,103 41.40% Elangoavan Bar DMK 69,713 39.48% 3,390
97 Kumarapalayam Thangamani P AIADMK 103,032 55.20% Yuvaraj P DMK 55,703 29.84% 47,329
98 Erode (East) Thennarasu K S AIADMK 64,879 43.83% Chandhirakumar V C DMK 57,085 38.57% 7,794
99 Erode (West) Ramalingam K.V. AIADMK 82,297 43.46% Muthusamy S DMK 77,391 40.87% 4,906
100 Modakkurichi Sivasubramani . V.P. AIADMK 77,067 43.62% Sachidanandam. P. DMK 74,845 42.36% 2,222
101 Dharapuram Kalimuthu. V.S INC 83,538 45.67% Ponnusamy. K AIADMK 73,521 40.19% 10,017
102 Kangayam Thaniyarasu U AIADMK 83,325 45.18% Gopi P INC 70,190 38.06% 13,135
103 Perundurai Venkatachalam.N.D AIADMK 80,292 44.05% Samy.K.P (A) Mohanasundaram.P DMK 67,521 37.05% 12,771
104 Bhavani Karuppanan K C AIADMK 85,748 45.38% Sivakumar N DMK 60,861 32.21% 24,887
105 Anthiyur E.M.R.Raja Alias Rajakrishnan.K.R AIADMK 71,575 42.21% Venkatachalam A G DMK 66,263 39.07% 5,312
106 Gobichettipalayam Sengottaiyan K.A AIADMK 96,177 47.00% Saravanan S.V INC 84,954 41.52% 11,223
107 Bhavanisagar Eswaran.S AIADMK 83,006 42.23% Sathya.R DMK 69,902 35.56% 13,104
108 Udhagamandalam Ganesh. R. INC 67,747 48.34% Vinoth AIADMK 57,329 40.90% 10,418
109 Gudalur Thiravidamani.M. DMK 62,128 47.39% Kalaiselvan. S. AIADMK 48,749 37.19% 13,379
110 Coonoor Ramu. A. AIADMK 61,650 45.71% Mubarak. B. M. DMK 57,940 42.96% 3,710
111 Mettupalayam Chinnaraj.O.K AIADMK 93,595 44.41% Surendran. S. DMK 77,481 36.76% 16,114
112 Avanashi Dhanapal P AIADMK 93,366 48.11% Anandhan E DMK 62,692 32.31% 30,674
113 Tiruppur (North) Vijayakumar Kn AIADMK 106,717 48.56% Saminathan M P DMK 68,943 31.37% 37,774
114 Tiruppur (South) Gunasekaran S AIADMK 73,351 44.68% Selvaraj K DMK 57,418 34.98% 15,933
115 Palladam Natarajan. A AIADMK 111,866 47.01% Krishnamoorthy. S DMK 79,692 33.49% 32,174
116 Sulur Kanagaraj. R. AIADMK 100,977 47.38% Manoharan. V.M.C. INC 64,346 30.19% 36,631
117 Kavundampalayam V. C. Arukutty AIADMK 110,870 40.70% Payya Gounder @ Krishnan. R. DMK 102,845 37.76% 8,025
118 Coimbatore (North) Arun Kumar. P.R.G. AIADMK 77,540 41.05% S.Meenalogu DMK 69,816 36.96% 7,724
119 Thondamuthur Velumani.S.P. AIADMK 109,519 55.01% Kovai Syed @ Syed Mohammed.M.A. MMK 45,478 22.84% 64,041
120 Coimbatore (South) Amman K. Arjunan AIADMK 59,788 38.94% Mayura Jayakumar.S. INC 42,369 27.60% 17,419
121 Singanallur Karthik. N. DMK 75,459 40.02% Singai Muthu. N. AIADMK 70,279 37.28% 5,180
122 Kinathukadavu Shanmugam. A. AIADMK 89,042 42.81% Kurichi Prabhakaran DMK 87,710 42.17% 1,332
123 Pollachi Pollachi V Jayaraman AIADMK 78,553 46.59% Tamilmani. R. DMK 65,185 38.66% 13,368
124 Valparai Kasthuri Vasu. V. AIADMK 69,980 48.68% Paulpandi. T. DMK 61,736 42.95% 8,244
125 Udumalaipettai Radhakrishnan. K AIADMK 81,817 44.73% Muthu. Mu. Ka DMK 76,130 41.62% 5,687
126 Madathukulam Jayaramakrishnan R DMK 76,619 44.66% Manoharan K AIADMK 74,952 43.69% 1,667
127 Palani Senthilkumar I P DMK 100,045 50.66% Kumarasamy P AIADMK 74,459 37.71% 25,586
128 Oddanchatram Sakkarapani R DMK 121,715 64.26% Kittusamy K AIADMK 55,988 29.56% 65,727
129 Athoor Periyasamy I DMK 121,738 53.10% Viswanathan R Natham AIADMK 94,591 41.26% 27,147
130 Nilakottai Thangathurai R AIADMK 85,507 48.99% Anbazhagan M DMK 70,731 40.52% 14,776
131 Natham Andi Ambalam M.A DMK 93,822 45.32% Shajahan S AIADMK 91,712 44.30% 2,110
132 Dindigul Sreenivasan C AIADMK 91,413 49.30% Basheer Ahamed M DMK 70,694 38.13% 20,719
133 Vedasandur V. P. B. Paramasivam AIADMK 97,555 49.13% Sivasakthivel Gounder R INC 77,617 39.09% 19,938
134 Aravakurichi V. Senthil Balaji AIADMK 88,068 53.51% K. C. Palanisamy DMK 64,407 39.13% 23,661
135 Karur Vijayabhaskar .M.R AIADMK 81,936 43.86% Subramanian .Bank .K INC 81,495 43.62% 441
136 Krishnarayapuram Geetha . M. AIADMK 83,977 49.82% Aiyyar . V. K. PTK 48,676 28.88% 35,301
137 Kulithalai Ramar .E DMK 89,923 48.85% Chandrasekaran .R AIADMK 78,027 42.39% 11,896
138 Manapaarai Chandrasekar R AIADMK 91,399 44.38% Mohamed Nizam M A IUML 73,122 35.50% 18,277
139 Srirangam Valarmathi.S AIADMK 108,400 48.09% Palaniyandi.M DMK 93,991 41.70% 14,409
140 Tiruchirappalli (West) Nehru.K.N DMK 92,049 51.30% Manoharan.R AIADMK 63,634 35.47% 28,415
141 Tiruchirappalli (East) Natarajan .N. AIADMK 79,938 47.87% Jerome Arockiaraj .G. INC 58,044 34.76% 21,894
142 Thiruverumbur Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi DMK 85,950 46.98% Kalaichelvan.D AIADMK 69,255 37.85% 16,695
143 Lalgudi Soundarapandian A DMK 77,946 46.80% Vijayamurthy M AIADMK 74,109 44.50% 3,837
144 Manachanallur Parameswari. M AIADMK 83,083 46.17% Ganesan. S DMK 75,561 41.99% 7,522
145 Musiri Selvarasu M AIADMK 89,398 52.31% Vijaya Babu S INC 57,311 33.53% 32,087
146 Thuraiyur Stalinkumar .S DMK 81,444 48.10% Maivizhi .A AIADMK 73,376 43.33% 8,068
147 Perambalur R.Thamizhselvan AIADMK 101,073 45.27% P.Sivakami DMK 94,220 42.20% 6,853
148 Kunnam Ramachandran.R.T AIADMK 78,218 38.15% Durairaj.T DMK 59,422 28.98% 18,796
149 Ariyalur Rajendran. S AIADMK 88,523 41.94% Sivasankar. S.S DMK 86,480 40.97% 2,043
150 Jayankondam Ramajeyalingam.J.K.N AIADMK 75,672 37.09% Guru @ Gurunathan.J PMK 52,738 25.85% 22,934
151 Tittakudi Ganesan V DMK 65,139 40.67% Ayyasamy P AIADMK 62,927 39.29% 2,212
152 Vriddhachalam Kalaiselvan V T AIADMK 72,611 39.22% Govindasamy P DMK 58,834 31.78% 13,777
153 Neyveli Saba. Rajendran DMK 54,299 34.10% Rajsekar R AIADMK 36,508 22.93% 17,791
154 Panruti Sathya.P AIADMK 72,353 39.01% Ponkumar DMK 69,225 37.33% 3,128
155 Cuddalore Sampath M C AIADMK 70,922 41.07% Pugazhendi Ela DMK 46,509 26.93% 24,413
156 Kurinjipadi Panneerselvam Mrk DMK 82,864 44.03% Rajendran R AIADMK 54,756 29.09% 28,108
157 Bhuvanagiri Saravanan. Durai K. DMK 60,554 31.73% Selvi Ramajayam AIADMK 55,066 28.85% 5,488
158 Chidambaram Pandian K A AIADMK 58,543 34.31% Senthilkumar K R DMK 57,037 33.43% 1,506
159 Kattumannarkoil Murugumaran.N AIADMK 48,450 29.33% Thirumaavalavan.Thol VCK 48,363 29.28% 87
160 Sirkazhi Bharathi.P.V AIADMK 76,487 43.05% Killai Ravindran.S DMK 67,484 37.98% 9,003
161 Mayiladuthurai Rathakrishnan.V AIADMK 70,949 42.02% Anbazhagan.K DMK 66,171 39.19% 4,778
162 Poompuhar Pavunraj.S AIADMK 87,666 45.48% Shajahan.A.M IUML 67,731 35.14% 19,935
163 Nagapattinam Thamimun Ansari.M AIADMK 64,903 48.28% Mohamed Jafarullah.A MMK 44,353 32.99% 20,550
164 Kilvelur Mathivanan.U DMK 61,999 44.95% Meena.N AIADMK 51,829 37.58% 10,170
165 Vedaranyam Manian.O.S AIADMK 60,836 41.44% Rajendiran.P.V INC 37,838 25.77% 22,998
166 Thiruthuraipoondi Adalarasan. P DMK 72,127 41.07% Umamaheswari. K AIADMK 58,877 33.53% 13,250
167 Mannargudi Rajaa.T.R.B DMK 91,137 48.71% Kamaraj. S AIADMK 81,200 43.40% 9,937
168 Thiruvarur Karunanidhi .M DMK 121,473 61.73% Pannerselvam .R AIADMK 53,107 26.99% 68,366
169 Nannilam Kamaraj. R AIADMK 100,918 49.43% Duraivelan. S.M.B INC 79,642 39.01% 21,276
170 Thiruvidaimarudur Chezhiaan.Govi DMK 77,538 41.93% Settu.U AIADMK 77,006 41.64% 532
171 Kumbakonam G. Anbalagan DMK 85,048 45.04% Rathna.S AIADMK 76,591 40.56% 8,457
172 Papanasam Doraikkannu R AIADMK 82,614 45.26% Loganathan T R INC 58,249 31.91% 24,365
173 Thiruvaiyaru Durai.Chandrasekaran DMK 100,043 49.27% M.G.M.Subramanian AIADMK 85,700 42.21% 14,343
174 Thanjavur M.Rengasamy AIADMK 101,362 54.37% Anjugam Boopathy DMK 74,488 39.95% 26,874
175 Orathanadu Ramchandran. M DMK 84,378 46.87% Vaithilingam. R AIADMK 80,733 44.85% 3,645
176 Pattukkottai Sekar. V AIADMK 70,631 42.58% Mahendran. K INC 58,273 35.13% 12,358
177 Peravurani Govindarasu M AIADMK 73,908 45.65% Ashok Kumar N DMK 72,913 45.04% 995
178 Gandharvakottai Arumugam.B AIADMK 64,043 43.84% Anbarasan.K DMK 60,996 41.75% 3,047
179 Viralimalai Vijaya Baskar C AIADMK 84,701 49.69% Palaniappan M DMK 76,254 44.74% 8,447
180 Pudukkottai Periyannan Arassu DMK 66,739 39.19% Karthik Thondaiman AIADMK 64,655 37.97% 2,084
181 Thirumayam Regupathy S DMK 72,373 45.58% Vairamuthu Pk AIADMK 71,607 45.10% 766
182 Alangudi Meyyanathan .Siva .V DMK 72,992 46.17% Gnana Kalaiselvan AIADMK 63,051 39.88% 9,941
183 Aranthangi Rathinasabhapathy E AIADMK 69,905 45.22% Ramachandran T INC 67,614 43.74% 2,291
184 Karaikudi Ramasamy Kr INC 93,419 46.40% Karpagam Ilango AIADMK 75,136 37.32% 18,283
185 Tiruppattur (Sivaganga) Periakaruppan Kr DMK 110,719 55.72% Asokan Kr AIADMK 68,715 34.58% 42,004
186 Sivaganga Baskaran.G AIADMK 81,697 43.15% Sathianathan.M @ Meppal M.Sakthi DMK 75,061 39.64% 6,636
187 Manamadurai Mariappankennady S AIADMK 89,893 48.45% Chitraselvi S DMK 75,004 40.43% 14,889
188 Melur Periyapullan @ Selvam P AIADMK 88,909 51.54% Ragupthy A.P DMK 69,186 40.11% 19,723
189 Madurai East P. Moorthy DMK 108,569 50.62% P Pandi AIADMK 75,797 35.34% 32,772
190 Sholavandan K. Manickam AIADMK 87,044 52.33% Bhavani.C DMK 62,187 37.39% 24,857
191 Madurai North V. V. Rajan Chellappa AIADMK 70,460 45.64% Karthikeyan. V. INC 51,621 33.44% 18,839
192 Madurai South Saravanan .S.S. AIADMK 62,683 42.75% Balachandran .M DMK 38,920 26.55% 23,763
193 Madurai Central Palanivel Thiagarajan DMK 64,662 42.55% Jeyabal M AIADMK 58,900 38.75% 5,762
194 Madurai West Sellur K. Raju AIADMK 82,529 44.81% Thalapathi G DMK 66,131 35.91% 16,398
195 Thiruparankundram S. M. Seenivel AIADMK 93,453 47.32% Manimaran M DMK 70,461 35.68% 22,992
196 Tirumangalam Udhayakumar.R.B AIADMK 95,864 46.99% Jeyaram.R INC 72,274 35.43% 23,590
197 Usilampatti Neethipathi P AIADMK 106,349 52.88% Ilamakezhan.K DMK 73,443 36.52% 32,906
198 Andipatti Thanga Tamil Selvam AIADMK 103,129 51.93% Mookaiah.L DMK 72,933 36.72% 30,196
199 Periyakulam K. Kathirkamu AIADMK 90,599 46.94% Anbazhagan DMK 76,249 39.51% 14,350
200 Bodinayakanur O. Panneerselvam AIADMK 99,531 49.38% S. Lakshmanan DMK 83,923 41.63% 15,608
201 Cumbum S.T.K.Jakkaiyan AIADMK 91,099 46.94% Cumbum N. Ramakrishnan DMK 79,878 41.16% 11,221
202 Rajapalayam S. Thangappandian DMK 74,787 43.82% A. A. S. Shyam AIADMK 69,985 41.00% 4,802
203 Srivilliputhur M. Chandra Prabha AIADMK 88,103 49.32% Muthukumar.C PTK 51,430 28.79% 36,673
204 Sattur S. G. Subramanian AIADMK 71,513 40.65% Srinivasan.V. DMK 67,086 38.13% 4,427
205 Sivakasi K. T. Rajenthrabhalaji AIADMK 76,734 43.67% Sreeraja. C. INC 61,986 35.28% 14,748
206 Virudhunagar A. R. R. Seenivasan DMK 65,499 42.71% Kalanithi.K AIADMK 62,629 40.84% 2,870
207 Aruppukkottai Ramachandran K.K.S.S.R DMK 81,485 49.41% Vaigaichelvan.Dr AIADMK 63,431 38.46% 18,054
208 Tiruchuli Thangam Thenarasu DMK 89,927 53.61% Dinesh Babu. K. AIADMK 63,350 37.77% 26,577
209 Paramakudi Dr. S. Muthiah AIADMK 79,254 46.89% Thisaiveeran.U DMK 67,865 40.15% 11,389
210 Tiruvadanai Karunaas AIADMK 76,786 41.14% Thivakaran. S.P DMK 68,090 36.48% 8,696
211 Ramanathapuram Dr. M. Manikandan AIADMK 89,365 46.30% M. H. Jawahirullah MMK 56,143 29.09% 33,222
212 Mudhukulathur S. Pandi INC 94,946 46.71% M.Keerthika AIADMK 81,598 40.14% 13,348
213 Vilathikulam Uma Maheswari AIADMK 71,496 46.79% Beemaraj S DMK 52,778 34.54% 18,718
214 Thoothukkudi Geetha Jeevan. P DMK 88,045 46.46% Chellapandian.S.T. AIADMK 67,137 35.43% 20,908
215 Tiruchendur Anitha R Radhakrishnan DMK 88,357 52.97% R. Sarathkumar AIADMK 62,356 37.38% 26,001
216 Srivaikuntam S. P. Shanmuganathan AIADMK 65,198 41.96% Rani Venkatesan V INC 61,667 39.69% 3,531
217 Ottapidaram R. Sundararaj AIADMK 65,071 40.57% Dr.Krishnasamy.K PTK 64,578 40.26% 493
218 Kovilpatti Kadambur Raju AIADMK 64,514 38.96% A.Subramanian DMK 64,086 38.70% 428
219 Sankarankovil V. M. Rajalakshmi AIADMK 78,751 44.36% Anbumani G DMK 64,262 36.20% 14,489
220 Vasudevanallur Manoharan A AIADMK 73,904 45.06% Anbalagan S PTK 55,146 33.62% 18,758
221 Kadayanallur K. A. M. Muhammed Abubacker IUML 70,763 37.49% Sheik Dawood. S AIADMK 69,569 36.86% 1,194
222 Tenkasi S. Selvamohandas Pandian AIADMK 86,339 42.58% Palani Nadar S INC 85,877 42.35% 462
223 Alangulam Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna DMK 88,891 45.98% Hepzi Karthikeyan AIADMK 84,137 43.52% 4,754
224 Tirunelveli A. L. S. Lakshmanan DMK 81,761 43.13% Nainar Nagenthran AIADMK 81,160 42.81% 601
225 Ambasamudram R. Murugaiah Pandian AIADMK 78,555 45.80% Avudaiappan. R DMK 65,389 38.12% 13,166
226 Palayamkottai T. P. M. Mohideen Khan DMK 67,463 43.62% Hyder Ali S.K.A AIADMK 51,591 33.36% 15,872
227 Nanguneri H. Vasanthakumar INC 74,932 43.45% Vijayakumar. M AIADMK 57,617 33.41% 17,315
228 Radhapuram I. S. Inbadurai AIADMK 69,590 40.62% M. Appavu DMK 69,541 40.59% 49
229 Kanniyakumari S. Austin DMK 89,023 42.41% Thalavai Sundaram. N AIADMK 83,111 39.59% 5,912
230 Nagercoil N. Suresh Rajan DMK 67,369 38.87% Gandhi M.R BJP 46,413 26.78% 20,956
231 Colachel J. G. Prince INC 67,195 40.19% Ramesh P BJP 41,167 24.62% 26,028
232 Padmanabhapuram Mano Thangaraj DMK 76,249 47.20% Rajendra Prasad K P AIADMK 35,344 21.88% 40,905
233 Vilavancode S. Vijayadharani INC 68,789 42.43% Dharmaraj C BJP 35,646 21.98% 33,143
234 Killiyoor S. Rajesh Kumar INC 77,356 50.47% Pon. Vijayaragavan BJP 31,061 20.27% 46,295

Detailed Analysis & Performance of political parties

Party Contested Won FD Votes Seats Shate in Valid Vote % Polled in State in Seats % Contest
State Parties
AIADMK 232 135 2 17,616,266 40.77% 41.06
DMDK 104 0 103 1,034,384 2.39% 5.42
DMK 180 88 0 13,669,116 31.64% 41.35
PMK 232 0 212 2,300,558 5.32% 5.41
State Parties - Other States
AIFB 33 0 33 44,546 0.10% 0.74
AIMIM 2 0 2 10,289 0.02% 2.78
IUML 5 1 0 313,808 0.73% 33.28
JD(S) 2 0 2 711 0.00% 0.20
JD(U) 6 0 6 2,082 0.00% 0.18
JKNPP 2 0 2 297 0.00% 0.08
LJP 23 0 23 4,146 0.01% 0.10
RJD 1 0 1 9 0 0.00% 0.05
SHS/SS 36 0 36 13,640 0.03% 0.21
SP 26 0 26 4,464 0.01% 0.09
National Parties
BJP 188 0 180 1,228,704 2.84% 3.57
BSP 158 0 156 97,823 0.23% 0.34
CPI 25 0 23 340,290 0.79% 7.25
CPI(M) 25 0 25 307,303 0.71% 6.80
INC 41 8 0 2,774,075 6.42% 36.74
NCP 20 0 20 11,842 0.03% 0.30
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
ABHM 1 0 1 211 0.00% 0.13
AIFB(S) 2 0 2 5,950 0.01% 1.52
AIJMK 3 0 3 953 0.00% 0.15
AIPMK 2 0 2 1,321 0.00% 0.38
AIWUP 1 0 1 72 0.00% 0.04
AMMK 4 0 4 698 0.00% 0.09
APNP 3 0 3 428 0.00% 0.08
AUK 2 0 2 147 0.00% 0.04
CDF 1 0 1 170 0.00% 0.10
CPI(ML)(L) 10 0 10 4,972 0.01% 0.23
CPIM 2 0 2 378 0.00% 0.12
DCLF 1 0 1 1,411 0.00% 0.82
DMMK 1 0 1 121 0.00% 0.08
DMSK 2 0 2 199 0.00% 0.06
EDP 3 0 3 993 0.00% 0.19
ETMK 6 0 6 5,257 0.01% 0.45
FDLP 1 0 1 1,373 0.00% 0.71
FIP 4 0 4 1,359 0.00% 0.14
GAPP 3 0 3 710 0.00% 0.14
GMI 40 0 40 11,683 0.03% 0.16
GokMK 9 0 8 3,357 0.01% 0.21
GPI 6 0 6 1840 0.00% 0.16

Controversies

On 3 May, News 7 and Dinamalar released an opinion poll giving an edge for DMK over AIADMK. But some editions of Dinamalar carried a statement on the first page distancing itself from the surveys.[62] In an instance VVPAT was helpful in resolving an issue pertaining to a tally of votes in Kancheepuram Assembly constituency as the number of votes entered in the Form 17C of a polling booth and the total number of votes recorded in the EVM control unit of that booth did not tally.[63]

Cash for votes

Wide spread allegations of parties bribing voters with cash were raised and the Election commission responded by increasing the number of flying squads to conduct raids and prevent distribution of cash for votes.[64][65][66] First time in the Indian history Rs 570 crores of three containers captured in Tirupur, no one claimed for that money at the first day. Later SBI claimed that money. Many parties like CPI(M), CPI, VCK, MDMK, PMK, wanted clear information about that money.[citation needed]

Postponement of polls

The Election Commission postponed the polls in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies due to reports of distribution of huge sums of money and alcohol to voters. The polling was initially postponed to 13 June, despite the Governor of Tamil Nadu requesting that it should happen before 1 June. The date was subsequently amended to November.[citation needed]

By-Election

On 26 October 2016, the Election Commission announced that the election for Thiruparankundram, Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies would be held on 19 November 2016.[67] The outcome was:[citation needed]

Constituency Total Voters Polled Votes Polled % Winner Party Runner up Party Margin
Aravakurichi 200,352 164,582 82% V. Senthil Balaji AIADMK K. C. Palanisamy DMK 23,661
Thiruparankundram 286,483 245,511 89% A.K.Bose AIADMK Saravanan . P DMK 42,670

22 by election results

Main article: 2019–20 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election

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2016, tamil, nadu, legislative, assembly, election, fifteenth, legislative, assembly, election, held, 2016, seats, except, thanjavur, aravakurichi, which, held, october, 2016, legislative, assembly, state, tamil, nadu, india, aiadmk, under, jayalalithaa, elect. The Fifteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016 of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India AIADMK under J Jayalalithaa won the elections and became the first ruling party to be re elected in Tamil Nadu since 1984 though with a simple majority 1 DMK won half of the seats it contested but its allies performed poorly notably the Indian National Congress won 16 of the seats they contested and the alliance lost due to its poor performance 2 3 4 5 The votes were counted on 19 May 2016 6 In the previous election in 2011 AIADMK under the leadership of Jayalalithaa won a thumping majority and formed the government while DMDK chief Vijayakanth served as the Leader of Opposition until January 2016 This was the last election that J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi contested as they both died in 2016 and 2018 respectively 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election 2011 16 May 2016 2016 05 16 232 Seats 19 November 2016 2 Seats 2021 All 234 elected seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly118 seats needed for a majorityTurnout74 81 3 48 First party Second party Leader J Jayalalithaa M KarunanidhiParty AIADMK DMKAlliance Unallied UPALeader s seat Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar ThiruvarurLast election 203 seats alliance 31 seats alliance Seats won 136 98Seat change 67 67Popular vote 17 617 060 17 175 374Percentage 41 88 39 85 Swing 10 14 0 35 Chief Minister before electionJ JayalalithaaAIADMK Elected Chief Minister J JayalalithaaAIADMK Contents 1 Background 2 Demographics 3 Schedule 4 Campaign to vote 5 Parties and Alliances 5 1 AIADMK Alliance 5 2 DMK Alliance 5 3 Makkal Nala Kootani People s Welfare Alliance 5 4 National Democratic Alliance 5 5 Parties not in any coalition 6 Candidates 7 Manifestos 8 Voter Turnout 9 Exit polls 10 Results 10 1 Results by constituency 10 2 Detailed Analysis amp Performance of political parties 11 Controversies 11 1 Cash for votes 11 2 Postponement of polls 12 By Election 13 22 by election results 14 See also 15 References 16 External linksBackground EditBy the requirement state assembly election must be held at an interval of five years or whenever it is dissolved by the president The previous election to the 14th legislative assembly was conducted 13 April 2011 and its term would have naturally expired on 22 May 2016 The election to the 16th legislative assembly was organised and conducted by the Election Commission of India ECI and was held in a single phase on 16 May 2016 There were over 5 79 crore voters in the electoral rolls and 65 616 polling stations in Tamil Nadu 7 A special purification drive of electoral rolls between 15 and 29 February 2016 in all poll bound States including Tamil Nadu was held in which door to door verification was undertaken involving booth level agents On 12 February 2016 Election Commission of India announced that 17 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu will have Voter verified paper audit trail VVPAT machines attached along with EVMs 8 Voter verified paper audit trail VVPAT machines will be in place in 4 000 booths 9 Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu having VVPAT facility with EVMs 10 11 Anna Nagar Vellore KrishnagiriSalem North Erode West Tirupur North Coimbatore North Dindigul Tiruchirappalli WestCuddalore Thanjavur KancheepuramVillupuram Madurai East ThoothukudiTirunelveli KanyakumariDemographics EditAt the 2011 India census Tamil Nadu had a population of 7 21 47 030 A total of 1 44 38 445 people constituting 20 01 of the total population belonged to Scheduled Castes SC and 7 94 697 people constituting 1 10 of the population belonged to Scheduled tribes ST 12 13 14 Other Backward Classes OBCs form 68 of the population 15 As per the religious census of 2011 Tamil Nadu had 87 6 Hindus 5 9 Muslims 6 1 Christians 0 1 Jains and 0 3 following other religions or no religion 16 Schedule EditThe elections were held on 16 May 2016 17 with vote counting taking place on 19 May 18 The elections in Kerala and Puducherry also took place on 16 May 19 but polling in two of the Tamil Nadu constituencies was postponed due to reports of voters being bribed 20 Event DateDate for Nominations 22 April 2016Last Date for filing Nominations 29 April 2016Date for scrutiny of nominations 30 April 2016Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 2 May 2016Date of poll 16 May 2016Date of counting 19 May 2016Date before which the election shall be completed 21 May 2016Campaign to vote EditTo ensure that the electorate exercise their right to vote the Election Commission of India ECI launched their own campaign in Tamil Nadu The Chief Electoral Officer for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections Rajesh Lakhoni utilised social media platforms by creating memes and tweets themed around films which have a huge reach in Tamil Nadu Additionally the Election Commission also recruited media personalities Suriya Ashwin and Karthik whose campaigning videos were filmed and shared on social media 21 The Election Commission also partnered with Twitter for the first time in India to boost its TN100Percent hashtag campaign Twitter users who have made use of the hashtag will be reminded to vote on the day of voting 22 Twitter and Facebook collaborated with ECI in its awareness campaign on striving for 100 per cent voting in the polls 23 24 Parties and Alliances EditAIADMK Alliance Edit All the parties contested on two leaves symbol as an AIADMK candidate 25 Sl No Name of the Party ElectionSymbol Party Leader Seats1 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J Jayalalithaa 2272 Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi Thamimum Ansari 2 26 3 Republican Party of India C K Thamizharasan 14 All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi R Sarathkumar 15 Tamil Nadu Kongu Ilaingar Peravai U Thaniyarasu 16 Mukkulathor Pulipadai Karunas 17 Tamil Maanila Muslim League Sheik Dawood 1DMK Alliance Edit Sl No Name of the Party ElectionSymbol Party Leader Seats1 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 27 M Karunanidhi 1782 Indian National Congress E V K S Elangovan 413 Indian Union Muslim League K M Khader Mohideen 54 Manithaneya Makkal Katchi M H Jawahirullah 35 Puthiya Tamilakam Dr K Krishnasamy 36 Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi N R Dhanapalan 17 Tamil Nadu Peasants and Workers Party Pon Kumar 18 Samuga Samathuva Padai V Sivakami 1Makkal Nala Kootani People s Welfare Alliance Edit Sl No Name of the Party Election Symbol Party Leader Seats1 Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 28 Vijayakanth 1042 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vaiko 283 Communist Party of India Mutharasan 254 Communist Party of India G Ramakrishnan 255 Tamil Maanila Congress G K Vasan 266 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Thol Thirumavalavan 25National Democratic Alliance Edit Sl No Name of the Party Party Symbol Party Leader Seats1 Bharatiya Janata Party Tamilisai Soundararajan 1892 Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi T R Paarivendhar 45Parties not in any coalition Edit Sl No Name of the Party Party Symbol Party Leader1 Pattali Makkal Katchi Anbumani Ramadoss2 Naam Tamilar Katchi Seeman3 Tamil Nadu Youth Party TNYP 4 Welfare Party of India S N Sikkandar5 Social Democratic Party of India Thehlan Baqavi6 Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam Pachathanni Manickam I P S7 Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi Panruti T Velmurugan 8 All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen Asaduddin Owaisi9 Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi E R EswaranCandidates EditOn 4 April AIADMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu 29 On 14 April DMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu 30 Gopi Shankar Madurai a 25 years old gender activist made a bid to contest as one of the youngest candidates in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election and also the first openly Intersex amp Genderqueer person to do so Gopi contested on the ticket of newly launched outfit Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam AMMK for Madurai North He secured 14th place out of 21 candidates 31 32 33 34 Manifestos EditDMK released its election manifesto on 10 April 2016 35 36 Bharatiya Janata Party released its election manifesto on 21 April 2016 37 On 23 March 2016 Naam Tamilar Katchi published its 316 page election manifesto 2016 a complete plan to develop Tamil Nadu 38 39 Tamil Nadu Congress Committee released its election manifesto on 27 April 2016 40 Pattali Makkal Katchi released its draft election manifesto on 15 September 2015 and final election manifesto on 15 April 2016 41 AIADMK released its election manifesto on 5 May 2016 42 43 Voter Turnout EditVoter turnout for the 232 constituencies on 16 May was 74 81 44 Parts of Tamil Nadu received heavy rain on the polling day but it did not deter voters from turning out to cast their votes While the highest voter turn out was in Dharmapuri constituency recording 85 while the lowest voter turnout was in the capital of Tamil Nadu Chennai recording 55 Male voter turnout was 74 15 and female voter turnout was 74 33 45 46 Exit polls EditAgency AIADMK DMK BJP PWF DMDK Others Ref India Today Axis 89 101 124 140 0 3 NA 4 8 47 News Nation 95 99 120 118 0 1 12 16 5 9 48 C Voter 139 78 0 15 2 49 NewsX 90 140 0 NA 4 50 ABP Nielsen 95 132 1 NA 6 50 NDTV Poll of Polls 103 120 0 NA 11 50 Spick News 142 87 0 2 51 Thanthi TV 111 99 1 3 2 52 Results EditThe ruling AIADMK beating most of the exit polls 53 54 was able to retain power with a comfortable majority and became the first party to win consecutive elections since 1984 a feat achieved by M G Ramachandran Jayalalithaa bucked Anti incumbency trend and cyclic change of governments in the state that hadn t voted back a government in last three decades 55 56 57 Summary of the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative election 58 Parties and Coalitions Votes SeatsContested Won All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 17 806 490 40 88 234 136 14 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 13 670 511 31 39 178 89 66 Indian National Congress DMK 2 774 075 6 47 41 8 3 Indian Union Muslim League DMK 313 808 0 73 5 1 1 Pattali Makkal Katchi 2 302 564 5 36 234 0 3 Bharatiya Janata Party 1 235 660 2 86 234 0 Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam PWF 1 037 431 2 41 105 0 29 Independents 617 907 1 44 234 0 Naam Tamilar Katchi 460 089 1 07 234 0 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam PWF 373 713 0 87 28 0 Communist Party of India PWF 340 290 0 79 25 0 9 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi PWF 331 849 0 77 25 0 Communist Party of India Marxist PWF 307 303 0 72 25 0 10 Tamil Maanila Congress PWF 230 711 0 54 26 0 Puthiya Tamilagam DMK 219 830 0 51 4 0 2 Manithaneya Makkal Katchi 197 150 0 46 4 0 2Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi 167 560 0 39 72 0 Bahujan Samaj Party 97 823 0 23 n a 0 Social Democratic Party of India 65 978 0 15 n a 0 None of the above 5 65 077 1 31 234 Total 4 35 56 184 100 00 234 Valid votes 4 35 56 184 99 93Invalid votes 29 507 0 07Votes cast turnout 4 35 85 691 74 81Abstentions 1 46 74 574 25 19Registered voters 5 82 60 506Election to two assembly constituencies were cancelled by the Election Commission on confirmed reports of bribing voters in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur Elections were held later there on 26 October 2016 59 60 Results by constituency Edit Winner runner up voter turnout and victory margin in every constituency 61 Assembly Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin k Name Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes 1 Gummidipoondi K S Vijayakumar AIADMK 89 332 41 68 C H Sekar DMK 65 937 30 76 23 3952 Ponneri P Balaraman AIADMK 95 979 48 56 Dr Parimalam K DMK 76 643 38 78 19 3363 Tiruttani P M Narasimhan AIADMK 93 045 41 84 Chidambaram A G INC 69 904 31 43 23 1414 Thiruvallur V G Raajendran DMK 80 473 39 02 Baskaran A AIADMK 75 335 36 53 5 1385 Poonamallee T A Elumalai AIADMK 103 952 43 32 Paranthamen I DMK 92 189 38 41 11 7636 Avadi K Pandiarajan AIADMK 108 064 39 92 S M Nasar DMK 106 669 39 40 1 3957 Maduravoyal P Benjamin AIADMK 99 739 40 12 Rajesh R INC 91 337 36 74 8 4028 Ambattur V Alexander AIADMK 94 375 41 10 Aassan Maulaana INC 76 877 33 48 17 4989 Madavaram S Sudharsanam DMK 122 082 45 43 Dhakshnamoorthy D AIADMK 106 829 39 76 15 25310 Thiruvottiyur K P P Samy DMK 82 205 43 25 Balraj B AIADMK 77 342 40 69 4 86311 Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar J Jayalalithaa AIADMK 97 218 55 87 Shimla Muthuchozhan DMK 57 673 33 14 39 54512 Perambur P Vetrivel AIADMK 79 974 42 39 N R Dhanapalan DMK 79 455 42 11 51913 Kolathur M K Stalin DMK 91 303 54 25 Prabhakar J C D AIADMK 53 573 31 83 37 73014 Villivakkam B Ranganathan DMK 65 972 43 96 Thadi M Raju AIADMK 56 651 37 75 9 32115 Thiru Vi Ka Nagar P Sivakumar Thayagamkavi DMK 61 744 45 25 Neelakandan V AIADMK 58 422 42 82 3 32216 Egmore K S Ravichandran DMK 55 060 45 64 Parithi Ellamvazhuthi E AIADMK 44 381 36 79 10 67917 Royapuram D Jayakumar AIADMK 55 205 45 21 Manohar R INC 47 174 38 63 8 03118 Harbour P K Sekar Babu DMK 42 071 40 36 Sreenivasan K S AIADMK 37 235 35 72 4 83619 Chepauk Thiruvallikeni J Anbazhagan DMK 67 982 47 32 A Noorjahan AIADMK 53 818 37 46 14 16420 Thousand Lights K K Selvam DMK 61 726 43 35 Valarmathi B AIADMK 52 897 37 15 8 82921 Anna Nagar M K Mohan DMK 70 812 41 59 S Gokula Indira AIADMK 69 726 40 95 1 08622 Virugampakkam V N Virugai Ravi AIADMK 65 979 38 51 K Thanasekaran DMK 63 646 37 15 2 33323 Saidapet M Subramaniam DMK 79 279 47 18 Ponnayan C AIADMK 63 024 37 51 16 25524 Thiyagarayanagar B Sathyanarayanan AIADMK 53 207 37 47 Dr N S Kanimozhi DMK 50 052 35 25 3 15525 Mylapore R Nataraj IPS Rtd AIADMK 68 176 43 67 Karate Thiagarajan R INC 53 448 34 23 14 72826 Velachery Vagai Chanderasekar DMK 70 139 39 96 C Munusamy AIADMK 61 267 34 91 8 87227 Shozhinganallur S Aravind Ramesh DMK 147 014 42 53 Sundaram N AIADMK 132 101 38 21 14 91328 Alandur Anbarasan T M DMK 96 877 44 64 Panruti S Ramachandran AIADMK 77 708 35 81 19 16929 Sriperumbudur Palani K AIADMK 101 001 42 77 K Selvaperunthagai INC 90 285 38 23 10 71630 Pallavaram Karunanithi I DMK 112 891 44 94 C R Saraswathi AIADMK 90 726 36 12 22 16531 Tambaram S R Raja DMK 101 835 43 27 Rajendran C AIADMK 87 390 37 13 14 44532 Chengalpattu M Varalakshmi DMK 112 675 45 11 Kamalakkannan R AIADMK 86 383 34 58 26 29233 Thiruporur Kothandapani M AIADMK 70 215 34 91 Viswanathan V DMK 69 265 34 44 95034 Cheyyur Arasu R T DMK 63 446 37 51 Munusamy A AIADMK 63 142 37 33 30435 Madurantakam S Pugazhenthi DMK 73 693 41 43 C K Thamizharasan AIADMK 70 736 39 77 2 95736 Uthiramerur K Sundar DMK 85 513 43 02 Ganesan P AIADMK 73 357 36 90 12 15637 Kancheepuram C V M P Ezhilarasan DMK 90 533 40 40 T Mythili AIADMK 82 985 37 03 7 54838 Arakkonam S Ravi AIADMK 68 176 41 21 Rajkumar N DMK 64 015 38 69 4 16139 Sholingur N G Parthiban AIADMK 77 651 36 79 A M Munirathinam INC 67 919 32 18 9 73240 Katpadi Durai Murugan DMK 90 534 50 90 Appu S R K AIADMK 66 588 37 44 23 94641 Ranipet Gandhi R DMK 81 724 42 85 Elumalai C AIADMK 73 828 38 71 7 89642 Arcot Eswarappan J L DMK 84 182 41 39 Ramadoss K V AIADMK 73 091 35 94 11 09143 Vellore Karthikeyan DMK 88 264 51 53 Harun Rasheed AIADMK 62 054 36 23 26 21044 Anaikattu Nandakumar A P DMK 77 058 42 43 Kalaiarasu M AIADMK 68 290 37 60 8 76845 Kilvaithinankuppam Loganathan G AIADMK 75 612 45 76 Amalu V DMK 65 866 39 86 9 74646 Gudiyattam Jayanthi Padmanabhan C AIADMK 94 689 48 56 Rajamarthandan K DMK 83 219 42 68 11 47047 Vaniyambadi Nilofer AIADMK 69 588 40 31 Syed Farooq IUML 55 062 31 89 14 52648 Ambur Balasubramani R E AIADMK 79 182 49 16 Nazeer Ahmed V R MMK 51 176 31 77 28 00649 Jolarpet Veeramani K C AIADMK 82 525 45 57 Kavitha C DMK 71 534 39 50 10 99150 Tirupattur Vellore Nallathambi A DMK 80 791 45 43 Kumar T T AIADMK 73 144 41 13 7 64751 Uthangarai N Manoranjitham AIADMK 69 980 38 75 S Malathy DMK 67 367 37 30 2 61352 Bargur V Rajendran AIADMK 80 650 42 89 Govinddarasan E C DMK 79 668 42 36 98253 Krishnagiri T Senguttuvan DMK 87 637 43 80 V Govindaraj AIADMK 82 746 41 35 4 89154 Veppanahalli Murugan P DMK 88 952 46 01 Madhu A V M Hemnath M AIADMK 83 724 43 31 5 22855 Hosur Balakrishna Reddy P AIADMK 89 510 41 59 Gopinath K INC 66 546 30 92 22 96456 Thalli Prakaash Y DMK 74 429 39 31 Ramachandran T CPI 68 184 36 01 6 24557 Palacode K P Anbalagan AIADMK 76 143 40 34 Murugan P K DMK 70 160 37 17 5 98358 Pennagaram Inbasekaran P N P DMK 76 848 38 49 Anbumani Ramadoss PMK 58 402 29 25 18 44659 Dharmapuri Subramani P DMK 71 056 34 25 Elangovan P D AIADMK 61 380 29 58 9 67660 Pappireddippatti Palaniyappan P AIADMK 74 234 35 56 Sathiyamoorthy A PMK 61 521 29 47 12 71361 Harur R Murugan AIADMK 64 568 33 96 S Rajendran DMK 53 147 27 95 11 42162 Chengam Giri M P DMK 95 939 45 60 Dinagaran M AIADMK 83 248 39 57 12 69163 Tiruvannamalai E V Velu DMK 116 484 57 15 Rajan K AIADMK 66 136 32 45 50 34864 Kilpennathur Pitchandi K DMK 99 070 50 22 Selvamani K AIADMK 64 404 32 64 34 66665 Kalasapakkam Panneerselvam V AIADMK 84 394 45 41 Kumar G INC 57 980 31 20 26 41466 Polur Sekaran K V DMK 66 588 34 02 Murugan M AIADMK 58 315 29 80 8 27367 Arani Ramachandran S AIADMK 94 074 44 89 Babu S DMK 86 747 41 40 7 32768 Cheyyar Mohan K AIADMK 77 766 37 78 Dr Vishnuprasad M K INC 69 239 33 64 8 52769 Vandavasi Ambethkumar S DMK 80 206 44 20 Meganathan V AIADMK 62 138 34 24 18 06870 Gingee K S Masthan DMK 88 440 43 99 Govindasamy A AIADMK 66 383 33 02 22 05771 Mailam Masilamani R DMK 70 880 41 40 Annadurai K AIADMK 58 574 34 21 12 30672 Tindivanam Seethapathy P DMK 61 879 35 33 Rajendran S P AIADMK 61 778 35 27 10173 Vanur Chakrapani M AIADMK 64 167 36 79 Mydili R DMK 53 944 30 93 10 22374 Villupuram C V Shanmugam AIADMK 69 421 36 74 Ameer Abbas S M IUML 47 130 24 94 22 29175 Vikravandi Rathamani K DMK 63 757 35 69 Velu R AIADMK 56 845 31 82 6 91276 Tirukkoyilur Ponmudy K DMK 93 837 49 80 Gothandaraman G AIADMK 52 780 28 01 41 05777 Ulundurpettai Kumaraguru R AIADMK 81 973 36 04 Vasanthavel G R DMK 77 809 34 21 4 16478 Rishivandiyam Karthikeyan K DMK 92 607 47 08 Dhandapani K AIADMK 72 104 36 66 20 50379 Sankarapuram Udhayasuriyan T DMK 90 920 44 72 Mohan P AIADMK 76 392 37 58 14 52880 Kallakurichi Prabhu A AIADMK 90 108 42 16 Kamaraj P DMK 86 004 40 24 4 10481 Gangavalli Maruthamuthu A AIADMK 74 301 42 22 Rekha Priyadharshini J DMK 72 039 40 94 2 26282 Attur Chinnathambi R M AIADMK 82 827 44 34 Arthanari S K INC 65 493 35 06 17 33483 Yercaud Chitra G AIADMK 100 562 45 18 Tamilselvan C DMK 83 168 37 37 17 39484 Omalur Vetrivel S AIADMK 89 169 39 23 Ammasi S DMK 69 213 30 45 19 95685 Mettur Semmalai S AIADMK 72 751 35 05 Parthiban S R DMK 66 469 32 02 6 28286 Edappadi Edappadi K Palaniswami AIADMK 98 703 43 74 Annadurai N PMK 56 681 25 12 42 02287 Sankari Raja S AIADMK 96 202 44 57 Rajeswaran T K INC 58 828 27 25 37 37488 Salem West Venkatachalam G AIADMK 80 755 39 88 Panneer Selvam C DMK 73 508 36 30 7 24789 Salem North Rajendran R DMK 86 583 45 14 Saravanan K R S AIADMK 76 710 39 99 9 87390 Salem South Sakthivel A B AIADMK 101 696 51 39 Gunasekaran M DMK 71 243 36 00 30 45391 Veerapandi Manonmani P AIADMK 94 792 45 86 Rajendran A DMK 80 311 38 85 14 48192 Rasipuram Saroja V Dr AIADMK 86 901 46 50 Duraisamy V P DMK 77 270 41 35 9 63193 Senthamangalam Chandrasekaran C AIADMK 91 339 48 09 Ponnusamy K DMK 79 006 41 60 12 33394 Namakkal K P P Baskar AIADMK 89 076 45 81 Chezhian R INC 75 542 38 85 13 53495 Paramathi Velur Moorthiy K S DMK 74 418 42 45 Rajendhiran R AIADMK 73 600 41 98 81896 Tiruchengodu Saraswathi Pon AIADMK 73 103 41 40 Elangoavan Bar DMK 69 713 39 48 3 39097 Kumarapalayam Thangamani P AIADMK 103 032 55 20 Yuvaraj P DMK 55 703 29 84 47 32998 Erode East Thennarasu K S AIADMK 64 879 43 83 Chandhirakumar V C DMK 57 085 38 57 7 79499 Erode West Ramalingam K V AIADMK 82 297 43 46 Muthusamy S DMK 77 391 40 87 4 906100 Modakkurichi Sivasubramani V P AIADMK 77 067 43 62 Sachidanandam P DMK 74 845 42 36 2 222101 Dharapuram Kalimuthu V S INC 83 538 45 67 Ponnusamy K AIADMK 73 521 40 19 10 017102 Kangayam Thaniyarasu U AIADMK 83 325 45 18 Gopi P INC 70 190 38 06 13 135103 Perundurai Venkatachalam N D AIADMK 80 292 44 05 Samy K P A Mohanasundaram P DMK 67 521 37 05 12 771104 Bhavani Karuppanan K C AIADMK 85 748 45 38 Sivakumar N DMK 60 861 32 21 24 887105 Anthiyur E M R Raja Alias Rajakrishnan K R AIADMK 71 575 42 21 Venkatachalam A G DMK 66 263 39 07 5 312106 Gobichettipalayam Sengottaiyan K A AIADMK 96 177 47 00 Saravanan S V INC 84 954 41 52 11 223107 Bhavanisagar Eswaran S AIADMK 83 006 42 23 Sathya R DMK 69 902 35 56 13 104108 Udhagamandalam Ganesh R INC 67 747 48 34 Vinoth AIADMK 57 329 40 90 10 418109 Gudalur Thiravidamani M DMK 62 128 47 39 Kalaiselvan S AIADMK 48 749 37 19 13 379110 Coonoor Ramu A AIADMK 61 650 45 71 Mubarak B M DMK 57 940 42 96 3 710111 Mettupalayam Chinnaraj O K AIADMK 93 595 44 41 Surendran S DMK 77 481 36 76 16 114112 Avanashi Dhanapal P AIADMK 93 366 48 11 Anandhan E DMK 62 692 32 31 30 674113 Tiruppur North Vijayakumar Kn AIADMK 106 717 48 56 Saminathan M P DMK 68 943 31 37 37 774114 Tiruppur South Gunasekaran S AIADMK 73 351 44 68 Selvaraj K DMK 57 418 34 98 15 933115 Palladam Natarajan A AIADMK 111 866 47 01 Krishnamoorthy S DMK 79 692 33 49 32 174116 Sulur Kanagaraj R AIADMK 100 977 47 38 Manoharan V M C INC 64 346 30 19 36 631117 Kavundampalayam V C Arukutty AIADMK 110 870 40 70 Payya Gounder Krishnan R DMK 102 845 37 76 8 025118 Coimbatore North Arun Kumar P R G AIADMK 77 540 41 05 S Meenalogu DMK 69 816 36 96 7 724119 Thondamuthur Velumani S P AIADMK 109 519 55 01 Kovai Syed Syed Mohammed M A MMK 45 478 22 84 64 041120 Coimbatore South Amman K Arjunan AIADMK 59 788 38 94 Mayura Jayakumar S INC 42 369 27 60 17 419121 Singanallur Karthik N DMK 75 459 40 02 Singai Muthu N AIADMK 70 279 37 28 5 180122 Kinathukadavu Shanmugam A AIADMK 89 042 42 81 Kurichi Prabhakaran DMK 87 710 42 17 1 332123 Pollachi Pollachi V Jayaraman AIADMK 78 553 46 59 Tamilmani R DMK 65 185 38 66 13 368124 Valparai Kasthuri Vasu V AIADMK 69 980 48 68 Paulpandi T DMK 61 736 42 95 8 244125 Udumalaipettai Radhakrishnan K AIADMK 81 817 44 73 Muthu Mu Ka DMK 76 130 41 62 5 687126 Madathukulam Jayaramakrishnan R DMK 76 619 44 66 Manoharan K AIADMK 74 952 43 69 1 667127 Palani Senthilkumar I P DMK 100 045 50 66 Kumarasamy P AIADMK 74 459 37 71 25 586128 Oddanchatram Sakkarapani R DMK 121 715 64 26 Kittusamy K AIADMK 55 988 29 56 65 727129 Athoor Periyasamy I DMK 121 738 53 10 Viswanathan R Natham AIADMK 94 591 41 26 27 147130 Nilakottai Thangathurai R AIADMK 85 507 48 99 Anbazhagan M DMK 70 731 40 52 14 776131 Natham Andi Ambalam M A DMK 93 822 45 32 Shajahan S AIADMK 91 712 44 30 2 110132 Dindigul Sreenivasan C AIADMK 91 413 49 30 Basheer Ahamed M DMK 70 694 38 13 20 719133 Vedasandur V P B Paramasivam AIADMK 97 555 49 13 Sivasakthivel Gounder R INC 77 617 39 09 19 938134 Aravakurichi V Senthil Balaji AIADMK 88 068 53 51 K C Palanisamy DMK 64 407 39 13 23 661135 Karur Vijayabhaskar M R AIADMK 81 936 43 86 Subramanian Bank K INC 81 495 43 62 441136 Krishnarayapuram Geetha M AIADMK 83 977 49 82 Aiyyar V K PTK 48 676 28 88 35 301137 Kulithalai Ramar E DMK 89 923 48 85 Chandrasekaran R AIADMK 78 027 42 39 11 896138 Manapaarai Chandrasekar R AIADMK 91 399 44 38 Mohamed Nizam M A IUML 73 122 35 50 18 277139 Srirangam Valarmathi S AIADMK 108 400 48 09 Palaniyandi M DMK 93 991 41 70 14 409140 Tiruchirappalli West Nehru K N DMK 92 049 51 30 Manoharan R AIADMK 63 634 35 47 28 415141 Tiruchirappalli East Natarajan N AIADMK 79 938 47 87 Jerome Arockiaraj G INC 58 044 34 76 21 894142 Thiruverumbur Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi DMK 85 950 46 98 Kalaichelvan D AIADMK 69 255 37 85 16 695143 Lalgudi Soundarapandian A DMK 77 946 46 80 Vijayamurthy M AIADMK 74 109 44 50 3 837144 Manachanallur Parameswari M AIADMK 83 083 46 17 Ganesan S DMK 75 561 41 99 7 522145 Musiri Selvarasu M AIADMK 89 398 52 31 Vijaya Babu S INC 57 311 33 53 32 087146 Thuraiyur Stalinkumar S DMK 81 444 48 10 Maivizhi A AIADMK 73 376 43 33 8 068147 Perambalur R Thamizhselvan AIADMK 101 073 45 27 P Sivakami DMK 94 220 42 20 6 853148 Kunnam Ramachandran R T AIADMK 78 218 38 15 Durairaj T DMK 59 422 28 98 18 796149 Ariyalur Rajendran S AIADMK 88 523 41 94 Sivasankar S S DMK 86 480 40 97 2 043150 Jayankondam Ramajeyalingam J K N AIADMK 75 672 37 09 Guru Gurunathan J PMK 52 738 25 85 22 934151 Tittakudi Ganesan V DMK 65 139 40 67 Ayyasamy P AIADMK 62 927 39 29 2 212152 Vriddhachalam Kalaiselvan V T AIADMK 72 611 39 22 Govindasamy P DMK 58 834 31 78 13 777153 Neyveli Saba Rajendran DMK 54 299 34 10 Rajsekar R AIADMK 36 508 22 93 17 791154 Panruti Sathya P AIADMK 72 353 39 01 Ponkumar DMK 69 225 37 33 3 128155 Cuddalore Sampath M C AIADMK 70 922 41 07 Pugazhendi Ela DMK 46 509 26 93 24 413156 Kurinjipadi Panneerselvam Mrk DMK 82 864 44 03 Rajendran R AIADMK 54 756 29 09 28 108157 Bhuvanagiri Saravanan Durai K DMK 60 554 31 73 Selvi Ramajayam AIADMK 55 066 28 85 5 488158 Chidambaram Pandian K A AIADMK 58 543 34 31 Senthilkumar K R DMK 57 037 33 43 1 506159 Kattumannarkoil Murugumaran N AIADMK 48 450 29 33 Thirumaavalavan Thol VCK 48 363 29 28 87160 Sirkazhi Bharathi P V AIADMK 76 487 43 05 Killai Ravindran S DMK 67 484 37 98 9 003161 Mayiladuthurai Rathakrishnan V AIADMK 70 949 42 02 Anbazhagan K DMK 66 171 39 19 4 778162 Poompuhar Pavunraj S AIADMK 87 666 45 48 Shajahan A M IUML 67 731 35 14 19 935163 Nagapattinam Thamimun Ansari M AIADMK 64 903 48 28 Mohamed Jafarullah A MMK 44 353 32 99 20 550164 Kilvelur Mathivanan U DMK 61 999 44 95 Meena N AIADMK 51 829 37 58 10 170165 Vedaranyam Manian O S AIADMK 60 836 41 44 Rajendiran P V INC 37 838 25 77 22 998166 Thiruthuraipoondi Adalarasan P DMK 72 127 41 07 Umamaheswari K AIADMK 58 877 33 53 13 250167 Mannargudi Rajaa T R B DMK 91 137 48 71 Kamaraj S AIADMK 81 200 43 40 9 937168 Thiruvarur Karunanidhi M DMK 121 473 61 73 Pannerselvam R AIADMK 53 107 26 99 68 366169 Nannilam Kamaraj R AIADMK 100 918 49 43 Duraivelan S M B INC 79 642 39 01 21 276170 Thiruvidaimarudur Chezhiaan Govi DMK 77 538 41 93 Settu U AIADMK 77 006 41 64 532171 Kumbakonam G Anbalagan DMK 85 048 45 04 Rathna S AIADMK 76 591 40 56 8 457172 Papanasam Doraikkannu R AIADMK 82 614 45 26 Loganathan T R INC 58 249 31 91 24 365173 Thiruvaiyaru Durai Chandrasekaran DMK 100 043 49 27 M G M Subramanian AIADMK 85 700 42 21 14 343174 Thanjavur M Rengasamy AIADMK 101 362 54 37 Anjugam Boopathy DMK 74 488 39 95 26 874175 Orathanadu Ramchandran M DMK 84 378 46 87 Vaithilingam R AIADMK 80 733 44 85 3 645176 Pattukkottai Sekar V AIADMK 70 631 42 58 Mahendran K INC 58 273 35 13 12 358177 Peravurani Govindarasu M AIADMK 73 908 45 65 Ashok Kumar N DMK 72 913 45 04 995178 Gandharvakottai Arumugam B AIADMK 64 043 43 84 Anbarasan K DMK 60 996 41 75 3 047179 Viralimalai Vijaya Baskar C AIADMK 84 701 49 69 Palaniappan M DMK 76 254 44 74 8 447180 Pudukkottai Periyannan Arassu DMK 66 739 39 19 Karthik Thondaiman AIADMK 64 655 37 97 2 084181 Thirumayam Regupathy S DMK 72 373 45 58 Vairamuthu Pk AIADMK 71 607 45 10 766182 Alangudi Meyyanathan Siva V DMK 72 992 46 17 Gnana Kalaiselvan AIADMK 63 051 39 88 9 941183 Aranthangi Rathinasabhapathy E AIADMK 69 905 45 22 Ramachandran T INC 67 614 43 74 2 291184 Karaikudi Ramasamy Kr INC 93 419 46 40 Karpagam Ilango AIADMK 75 136 37 32 18 283185 Tiruppattur Sivaganga Periakaruppan Kr DMK 110 719 55 72 Asokan Kr AIADMK 68 715 34 58 42 004186 Sivaganga Baskaran G AIADMK 81 697 43 15 Sathianathan M Meppal M Sakthi DMK 75 061 39 64 6 636187 Manamadurai Mariappankennady S AIADMK 89 893 48 45 Chitraselvi S DMK 75 004 40 43 14 889188 Melur Periyapullan Selvam P AIADMK 88 909 51 54 Ragupthy A P DMK 69 186 40 11 19 723189 Madurai East P Moorthy DMK 108 569 50 62 P Pandi AIADMK 75 797 35 34 32 772190 Sholavandan K Manickam AIADMK 87 044 52 33 Bhavani C DMK 62 187 37 39 24 857191 Madurai North V V Rajan Chellappa AIADMK 70 460 45 64 Karthikeyan V INC 51 621 33 44 18 839192 Madurai South Saravanan S S AIADMK 62 683 42 75 Balachandran M DMK 38 920 26 55 23 763193 Madurai Central Palanivel Thiagarajan DMK 64 662 42 55 Jeyabal M AIADMK 58 900 38 75 5 762194 Madurai West Sellur K Raju AIADMK 82 529 44 81 Thalapathi G DMK 66 131 35 91 16 398195 Thiruparankundram S M Seenivel AIADMK 93 453 47 32 Manimaran M DMK 70 461 35 68 22 992196 Tirumangalam Udhayakumar R B AIADMK 95 864 46 99 Jeyaram R INC 72 274 35 43 23 590197 Usilampatti Neethipathi P AIADMK 106 349 52 88 Ilamakezhan K DMK 73 443 36 52 32 906198 Andipatti Thanga Tamil Selvam AIADMK 103 129 51 93 Mookaiah L DMK 72 933 36 72 30 196199 Periyakulam K Kathirkamu AIADMK 90 599 46 94 Anbazhagan DMK 76 249 39 51 14 350200 Bodinayakanur O Panneerselvam AIADMK 99 531 49 38 S Lakshmanan DMK 83 923 41 63 15 608201 Cumbum S T K Jakkaiyan AIADMK 91 099 46 94 Cumbum N Ramakrishnan DMK 79 878 41 16 11 221202 Rajapalayam S Thangappandian DMK 74 787 43 82 A A S Shyam AIADMK 69 985 41 00 4 802203 Srivilliputhur M Chandra Prabha AIADMK 88 103 49 32 Muthukumar C PTK 51 430 28 79 36 673204 Sattur S G Subramanian AIADMK 71 513 40 65 Srinivasan V DMK 67 086 38 13 4 427205 Sivakasi K T Rajenthrabhalaji AIADMK 76 734 43 67 Sreeraja C INC 61 986 35 28 14 748206 Virudhunagar A R R Seenivasan DMK 65 499 42 71 Kalanithi K AIADMK 62 629 40 84 2 870207 Aruppukkottai Ramachandran K K S S R DMK 81 485 49 41 Vaigaichelvan Dr AIADMK 63 431 38 46 18 054208 Tiruchuli Thangam Thenarasu DMK 89 927 53 61 Dinesh Babu K AIADMK 63 350 37 77 26 577209 Paramakudi Dr S Muthiah AIADMK 79 254 46 89 Thisaiveeran U DMK 67 865 40 15 11 389210 Tiruvadanai Karunaas AIADMK 76 786 41 14 Thivakaran S P DMK 68 090 36 48 8 696211 Ramanathapuram Dr M Manikandan AIADMK 89 365 46 30 M H Jawahirullah MMK 56 143 29 09 33 222212 Mudhukulathur S Pandi INC 94 946 46 71 M Keerthika AIADMK 81 598 40 14 13 348213 Vilathikulam Uma Maheswari AIADMK 71 496 46 79 Beemaraj S DMK 52 778 34 54 18 718214 Thoothukkudi Geetha Jeevan P DMK 88 045 46 46 Chellapandian S T AIADMK 67 137 35 43 20 908215 Tiruchendur Anitha R Radhakrishnan DMK 88 357 52 97 R Sarathkumar AIADMK 62 356 37 38 26 001216 Srivaikuntam S P Shanmuganathan AIADMK 65 198 41 96 Rani Venkatesan V INC 61 667 39 69 3 531217 Ottapidaram R Sundararaj AIADMK 65 071 40 57 Dr Krishnasamy K PTK 64 578 40 26 493218 Kovilpatti Kadambur Raju AIADMK 64 514 38 96 A Subramanian DMK 64 086 38 70 428219 Sankarankovil V M Rajalakshmi AIADMK 78 751 44 36 Anbumani G DMK 64 262 36 20 14 489220 Vasudevanallur Manoharan A AIADMK 73 904 45 06 Anbalagan S PTK 55 146 33 62 18 758221 Kadayanallur K A M Muhammed Abubacker IUML 70 763 37 49 Sheik Dawood S AIADMK 69 569 36 86 1 194222 Tenkasi S Selvamohandas Pandian AIADMK 86 339 42 58 Palani Nadar S INC 85 877 42 35 462223 Alangulam Dr Poongothai Aladi Aruna DMK 88 891 45 98 Hepzi Karthikeyan AIADMK 84 137 43 52 4 754224 Tirunelveli A L S Lakshmanan DMK 81 761 43 13 Nainar Nagenthran AIADMK 81 160 42 81 601225 Ambasamudram R Murugaiah Pandian AIADMK 78 555 45 80 Avudaiappan R DMK 65 389 38 12 13 166226 Palayamkottai T P M Mohideen Khan DMK 67 463 43 62 Hyder Ali S K A AIADMK 51 591 33 36 15 872227 Nanguneri H Vasanthakumar INC 74 932 43 45 Vijayakumar M AIADMK 57 617 33 41 17 315228 Radhapuram I S Inbadurai AIADMK 69 590 40 62 M Appavu DMK 69 541 40 59 49229 Kanniyakumari S Austin DMK 89 023 42 41 Thalavai Sundaram N AIADMK 83 111 39 59 5 912230 Nagercoil N Suresh Rajan DMK 67 369 38 87 Gandhi M R BJP 46 413 26 78 20 956231 Colachel J G Prince INC 67 195 40 19 Ramesh P BJP 41 167 24 62 26 028232 Padmanabhapuram Mano Thangaraj DMK 76 249 47 20 Rajendra Prasad K P AIADMK 35 344 21 88 40 905233 Vilavancode S Vijayadharani INC 68 789 42 43 Dharmaraj C BJP 35 646 21 98 33 143234 Killiyoor S Rajesh Kumar INC 77 356 50 47 Pon Vijayaragavan BJP 31 061 20 27 46 295Detailed Analysis amp Performance of political parties Edit Party Contested Won FD Votes Seats Shate in Valid Vote Polled in State in Seats ContestState PartiesAIADMK 232 135 2 17 616 266 40 77 41 06DMDK 104 0 103 1 034 384 2 39 5 42DMK 180 88 0 13 669 116 31 64 41 35PMK 232 0 212 2 300 558 5 32 5 41State Parties Other StatesAIFB 33 0 33 44 546 0 10 0 74AIMIM 2 0 2 10 289 0 02 2 78IUML 5 1 0 313 808 0 73 33 28JD S 2 0 2 711 0 00 0 20JD U 6 0 6 2 082 0 00 0 18JKNPP 2 0 2 297 0 00 0 08LJP 23 0 23 4 146 0 01 0 10RJD 1 0 1 9 0 0 00 0 05SHS SS 36 0 36 13 640 0 03 0 21SP 26 0 26 4 464 0 01 0 09National PartiesBJP 188 0 180 1 228 704 2 84 3 57BSP 158 0 156 97 823 0 23 0 34CPI 25 0 23 340 290 0 79 7 25CPI M 25 0 25 307 303 0 71 6 80INC 41 8 0 2 774 075 6 42 36 74NCP 20 0 20 11 842 0 03 0 30Registered Unrecognised PartiesABHM 1 0 1 211 0 00 0 13AIFB S 2 0 2 5 950 0 01 1 52AIJMK 3 0 3 953 0 00 0 15AIPMK 2 0 2 1 321 0 00 0 38AIWUP 1 0 1 72 0 00 0 04AMMK 4 0 4 698 0 00 0 09APNP 3 0 3 428 0 00 0 08AUK 2 0 2 147 0 00 0 04CDF 1 0 1 170 0 00 0 10CPI ML L 10 0 10 4 972 0 01 0 23CPIM 2 0 2 378 0 00 0 12DCLF 1 0 1 1 411 0 00 0 82DMMK 1 0 1 121 0 00 0 08DMSK 2 0 2 199 0 00 0 06EDP 3 0 3 993 0 00 0 19ETMK 6 0 6 5 257 0 01 0 45FDLP 1 0 1 1 373 0 00 0 71FIP 4 0 4 1 359 0 00 0 14GAPP 3 0 3 710 0 00 0 14GMI 40 0 40 11 683 0 03 0 16GokMK 9 0 8 3 357 0 01 0 21GPI 6 0 6 1840 0 00 0 16Controversies EditOn 3 May News 7 and Dinamalar released an opinion poll giving an edge for DMK over AIADMK But some editions of Dinamalar carried a statement on the first page distancing itself from the surveys 62 In an instance VVPAT was helpful in resolving an issue pertaining to a tally of votes in Kancheepuram Assembly constituency as the number of votes entered in the Form 17C of a polling booth and the total number of votes recorded in the EVM control unit of that booth did not tally 63 Cash for votes Edit Wide spread allegations of parties bribing voters with cash were raised and the Election commission responded by increasing the number of flying squads to conduct raids and prevent distribution of cash for votes 64 65 66 First time in the Indian history Rs 570 crores of three containers captured in Tirupur no one claimed for that money at the first day Later SBI claimed that money Many parties like CPI M CPI VCK MDMK PMK wanted clear information about that money citation needed Postponement of polls Edit The Election Commission postponed the polls in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies due to reports of distribution of huge sums of money and alcohol to voters The polling was initially postponed to 13 June despite the Governor of Tamil Nadu requesting that it should happen before 1 June The date was subsequently amended to November citation needed By Election EditOn 26 October 2016 the Election Commission announced that the election for Thiruparankundram Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies would be held on 19 November 2016 67 The outcome was citation needed Constituency Total Voters Polled Votes Polled Winner Party Runner up Party MarginAravakurichi 200 352 164 582 82 V Senthil Balaji AIADMK K C Palanisamy DMK 23 661Thiruparankundram 286 483 245 511 89 A K Bose AIADMK Saravanan P DMK 42 67022 by election results EditMain article 2019 20 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by electionSee also EditElections in India 2016 elections in IndiaReferences Edit Tamil Nadu elections 2016 Jayalalithaa s AIADMK scripts history DMK rues big loss 5 55 lakh opt for NOTA Financial Express 20 May 2016 Archived from the 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