TN Assembly election results in detail from 1991

 

Summary of the May 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
AIADMK+ alliance		225	+172	14,738,042	59.8%
AIADMK		164	+137	10,940,966	44.4%	61.1%
INC		60	+34	3,743,859	15.2%	56.2%
ICS(SCS)†		1	+1	53,217	0.2%	56.1%
DMK+ alliance		7	-164	7,405,935	30.0%
DMK		2	−148	5,535,668	22.5%	29.9%
TMK		2	−1	371,645	1.5%	31.0%
CPI(M)		1	−14	777,532	3.2%	31.2%
JD		1	+1	415,947	1.7%	28.3%
CPI		1	−2	305,143	1.2%	29.9%
Others		2	-8	2,505,431	10.2%
PMK		1	+1	1,452,982	5.9%	7.0%
JP		0	−4	51,564	0.2%	0.7%
IND		1	−5	390,227	1.6%	1.7%
Total		234	–	24,649,408	100%	–

1996 June Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
DMK+ Alliance		221	+214	14,600,748	53.77%
DMK		173	+171	11,423,380	42.07%	54.04%
TMC(M)		39	+39	2,526,474	9.3%	55.21%
CPI		8	+7	575,570	2.12%	42.95%
AIFB		1	+1	75,324	0.28%	76.18%
AIADMK+ alliance		4	-221	7,354,723	27.08%
AIADMK		4	-160	5,831,383	21.47%	29.24%
INC		0	-60	1,523,340	5.61%	21.09%
MDMK+ alliance		2	0	2,143,141	7.89%
MDMK		0	0	1,569,168	5.78%	7.6%
CPI(M)		1	0	456,712	1.68%	9.57%
JD		1	0	117,801	0.43%	7.31%
PMK+ Alliance		4	+3	1,252,275	4.61%
PMK		4	+3	1,042,333	3.84%	7.61%
AIIC(T)		0	0	209,942	0.77%	4.23%
Others		3	+1	1,662,926	6.12%
BJP		1	+1	490,453	1.81%	2.93%
JP		1	+1	150,134	0.55%	2.51%
IND		1	0	1,022,339	3.76%	3.8%
Total		234	–	27,154,721	100%

2001 May Assembly election results in Tamil Nadu

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
AIADMK+ alliance		196	+138	14,043,980	50.1%
AIADMK		132	+127	8,815,387	31.4%	52.1%
TMC(M)		23	-15	1,885,726	6.7%	47.5%
PMK		20	+16	1,557,500	5.6%	46.8%
INC		7	+7	696,205	2.5%	45.4%
CPI(M)		6	+4	470,736	1.7%	48.2%
CPI		5	-3	444,710	1.6%	48.5%
IND		2	+2	103,971	0.4%	46.6%
AIFB		1	+1	39,248	0.1%	43.3%
MUL		0	-1	30,497	0.1%	41.7%
DMK+ alliance		37	-138	10,841,157	38.7%
DMK		31	-142	8,669,864	30.9%	39.0%
BJP		4	+3	895,352	3.2%	38.7%
MADMK		2	+1	129,474	0.5%	37.1%
PT		0	–	355,171	1.3%	33.8%
MTD		0	–	257,126	0.9%	40.9%
PNK		0	–	196,740	0.7%	33.6%
MGRK		0	–	136,916	0.5%	40.8%
TB		0	–	45,002	0.2%	40.0%
CNMK		0	–	40,421	0.1%	32.4%
IND		0	–	115,091	0.4%	36.7%
Others		1	–	3,192,598	11.4%
MDMK		0	–	1,304,469	4.7%	5.1%
IND		1	–	1,509,378	6.2%	6.3%
Total		234	–	28,037,314	100%	–

2006 May Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change†	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
DMK+ alliance		163	+71	14,762,647	44.8%
DMK		96	+65	8,728,716	26.5%	46.0%
INC		34	+4	2,765,768	8.4%	43.5%
PMK		18	-2	1,863,749	5.7%	43.4%
CPI(M)		9	+3	872,674	2.7%	42.7%
CPI		6	+1	531,740	1.6%	40.4%
AIADMK+ alliance		69	-64	13,166,445	39.9%
AIADMK		61	-71	10,768,559	32.6%	40.8%
MDMK		6	+6	1,971,565	6.0%	37.7%
VCK		2	+2	426,321	1.3%	36.1%
Others		2	-7	5,062,463	15.3%
DMDK		1	+1	2,764,223	8.4%	8.5%
BJP		0	-6	666,823	2.0%	2.1%
IND		1	-2	995,345	3.0%	3.1%
Total		234	–	32,991,555	100%	–

2011 April/May Assembly election result in Tamil Nadu

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
AIADMK+ alliance		203	+130	19,085,762	51.9%
AIADMK		150	+93	14,150,289	38.4%	53.9%
DMDK		29	+28	2,903,828	7.9%	44.8%
CPI(M)		10	+1	888,364	2.4%	50.3%
CPI		9	+3	727,394	2.0%	48.6%
MNMK		2	+2	181,180	0.5%	42.4%
PT		2	+2	146,454	0.4%	54.3%
AIFB		1	+1	88,253	0.2%	51.2%
DMK+ alliance		31	-126	14,530,215	39.5%
DMK		23	-77	8,249,991	22.4%	42.1%
INC		5	-32	3,426,432	9.3%	35.6%
PMK		3	-15	1,927,783	5.2%	39.6%
VCK		0	-2	555,965	1.5%	34.0%
KMK		0	–	370,044	1.0%	32.5%
Others		0	-4	3,137,137	8.5%
BJP		0	–	819,577	2.2%	2.6%
MDMK†		–	-3	–	–	–
IND and others		0	-1	2,120,476	5.8%	N/A
Total		234	–	36,845,373	100%	–
Valid votes				36,845,373	99.89
Invalid votes				40,853	0.11
Votes cast / turnout				36,886,226	78.29
Abstentions				10,229,620	21.71
Registered voters				47,115,846

2016 Tamil Nadu legislative election^[58]

Party/Alliance				Votes	%	Seats
						Contested	Won	+/-
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)			17,806,490	40.88%	234	136	14
	DPA		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)	13,670,511	31.39%	178	89	66
			Indian National Congress	2,774,075	6.47%	41	8	3
			Indian Union Muslim League	313,808	0.73%	5	1	1
			Puthiya Tamilagam	219,830	0.51%	4	0	2
			Manithaneya Makkal Katchi	197,150	0.46%	4	0	2
		Total		17,175,374	39.40	234	98	66
	Others			70,40,068	21.26%	234	0
	Independents			617,907	1.44%	234	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

2021 Seats won by party

SPA		Seats	Change	NDA		Seats	Change
DMK		133	44	AIADMK		66	70
INC		18	10	BJP		4	4
VCK		4	4	PMK		5	5
CPI		2	2
CPI(M)		2	2
TOTAL		159	61	TOTAL		75	61

Alliance wise votes

Alliance	Votes	%
Secular Progressive Alliance	20,982,088	45.38%
National Democratic Alliance	18,363,499	39.71%
Non Alliance	6,919,189	14.9%

Results by alliance

1. SPA (45.4%)
2. NDA (39.7%)
3. Non Alliance (14.9%)

Popular vote

159	75
SPA	NDA

Alliance		Party		Votes			Seats
				Votes	%	±	Contested	Won	+/−
	SPA		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	17,430,179	37.70	6.05	188	133	44
			Indian National Congress	1,976,527	4.27	2.13	25	18	10
			Communist Party of India	504,537	1.09	0.30	6	2	2
			Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	457,763	0.99	0.20	6	4	4
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	390,819	0.85	0.13	6	2	2
			Indian Union Muslim League	222,263	0.48	0.25	3	0	1
		Total		20,982,088	45.38	5.91	234	159	61
	NDA		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	15,391,055	33.29	7.58	191	66	70
			Pattali Makkal Katchi	1,758,774	3.80	1.52	23	5	5
			Bharatiya Janata Party	1,213,670	2.62	0.24	20	4	4
		Total		18,363,499	39.71	1.16 [q]	234	75	61
Others				6,573,598	14.23		3,530	0
None of the above				345,591	0.75	0.55	–	0
Total				46,236,716	100.00	—	3998	234	±0
Valid votes				46,236,716	99.77
Invalid votes				107,874	0.23
Votes cast / turnout				46,344,590	73.63
Abstentions				16,599,103	26.37
Registered voters				62,943,693

1. SPA (45.4%)
2. NDA (39.7%)
3. Others (14.9%)

By district

Number of seats secured by the alliances in each district of Tamil Nadu^[r]

District	Total Seats	SPA	NDA	OTH
Thiruvallur	6	6	0	0
Chennai	22	22	0	0
Kancheepuram	3	3	0	0
Chengalpattu	6	5	1	0
Ranipet	4	3	1	0
Vellore	5	4	1	0
Thirupattur	4	3	1	0
Krishnagiri	6	3	3	0
Dharmapuri	5	0	5	0
Thiruvanamalai	8	6	2	0
Villupuram	7	4	3	0
Kallakurichi	4	3	1	0
Salem	11	1	10	0
Namakkal	6	4	2	0
Erode	8	3	5	0
Nilgiris	3	2	1	0
Thiruppur	8	3	5	0
Coimbatore	10	0	10	0
Dindigul	7	4	3	0
Karur	4	4	0	0
Tiruchirapalli	9	9	0	0
Perambalur	2	2	0	0
Ariyalur	2	2	0	0
Cuddalore	9	7	2	0
Mayiladuthurai	3	3	0	0
Nagapattinam	3	2	1	0
Thiruvarur	4	3	1	0
Thanjavur	8	7	1	0
Pudukottai	6	5	1	0
Sivaganga	4	3	1	0
Madurai	10	5	5	0
Theni	4	3	1	0
Virudhunagar	7	6	1	0
Ramanathapuram	4	4	0	0
Thoothukudi	6	5	1	0
Tenkasi	5	3	2	0
Tirunelveli	5	3	2	0
Kanyakumari	6	4	2	0
Total	234	159	75	0

By Region

Alliance-wise Results

Region	Total Seats	Secular Progressive Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Northern Tamil Nadu	69	59 / 69 (86%)	10 / 69 (14%)
Western Tamil Nadu	68	24 / 68 (35%)	44 / 68 (65%)
Southern Tamil Nadu	51	36 / 51 (71%)	15 / 51 (29%)
Central Tamil Nadu	46	40 / 46 (87%)	6 / 46 (13%)

2026

108	73	53
TVK	SPA	AIADMK+

Vote share by party/alliance

1. TVK (35.0%)
2. SPA (31.4%)
3. AIADMK+ (27.2%)
4. Others (6.37%)

Results by pre-poll alliance or party

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	Change
	TVK			17,226,209	34.92	New	233	108	New
	SPA		DMK	11,929,144	24.19	13.51	176	59	74
			INC	1,661,312	3.37	0.90	28	5	13
			DMDK	589,500	1.20	0.77	10	1	1
			VCK	540,056	1.09	0.10	8	2	2
			CPI	326,488	0.66	0.43	5	2
			CPIM	293,817	0.60	0.25	5	2
			IUML	142,465	0.29	0.19	2	2	2
		Total		15,482,782	31.40	14.41	234	73	86
	ADMK+		ADMK	10,462,146	21.21	12.08	172	47	19
			BJP	1,467,024	2.97	0.35	33	1	3
			PMK	1,070,745	2.17	1.63	18	4	1
			AMMK	425,345	0.86	1.49	11	1	1
		Total		13,425,260	27.21	14.85	234	53	22
	NTK			1,972,537	4.00	2.89	234	0
	Others			966,709	1.96	2.53	3,087	0
	NOTA			199,801	0.41	0.34
Total				49,324,125	100.00	—	4,023	234	—

Results by district

District	Seats
		TVK	SPA	AIADMK+
Thiruvallur	6	5	0	1
Chennai	22	20	2	0
Kancheepuram	3	3	0	0
Chengalpattu	6	4	0	2
Ranipet	4	3	0	1
Vellore	5	4	0	1
Thirupattur	4	1	2	1
Krishnagiri	6	2	2	2
Dharmapuri	5	1	0	4
Thiruvanamalai	8	1	2	5
Villupuram	7	0	3	4
Kallakurichi	4	1	1	2
Salem	11	4	0	7
Namakkal	6	5	0	1
Erode	8	5	0	3
Nilgiris	3	0	2	1
Thiruppur	8	4	2	2
Coimbatore	10	6	3	1
Dindigal	7	1	4	2
Karur	4	1	2	1
Tiruchirapalli	9	6	2	1
Perambalur	2	1	1	0
Ariyalur	2	0	0	2
Cuddalore	9	1	5	3
Mayiladuthurai	3	0	3	0
Nagapattinam	3	0	2	1
Thiruvarur	4	0	2	2
Thanjavur	8	2	6	0
Pudukottai	6	2	3	1
Sivaganga	4	4	0	0
Madurai	10	8	2	0
Theni	4	2	2	0
Virudhunagar	7	4	3	0
Ramanathapuram	4	1	3	0
Thoothukudi	6	3	3	0
Tenkasi	5	0	4	1
Tirunelveli	5	3	1	1
Kanyakumari	6	0	5	1
Total	234	108	73	53

Results by region

Region	Seats
		TVK	SPA	AIADMK+
Northern Tamil Nadu	69	44	8	17
Western Tamil Nadu	68	27	17	24
Southern Tamil Nadu	51	25	23	3
Central Tamil Nadu	46	12	24	10
Total	234	108	73	53