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Elections in

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

are conducted every five years to elect the State assembly and its share of members to the

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. There are 234 assembly constituencies and 39

constituencies. The state has conducted 15 assembly elections and 16 Lok Sabha elections since independence.

Assembly constituencies

Tamil Nadu has 234 assembly constituencies. The

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of the state is elected by legislators of the political party or

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commanding an assembly majority, and serves a five-year term with a provision of re-election. The

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is the

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, but his or her role is largely ceremonial. The

is the

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of the

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. As of 2019 there have been seventeen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India. Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha constituencies which is supposed to go over 60 in 2026 delimitation a total Loksabha seats go up from 543 to 888.

Pre-Independence elections

Madras Presidency Legislative Council election

Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly election

Post-Independence elections

Madras State Legislative Assembly election

The Madras state was created in 1950 when India became a republic. In 1968, the name of Madras state was changed to Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly results chart

* : In 1952, no party could form a majority, which resulted in the first government in the state that was formed without a majority. † : Indicates a coalition government, since no single party could gain a majority of seats.

By-elections

Madras State and Tamil Nadu

Election Maps (1977-2016)

File:1977 tamil nadu legislative election map.png, 1977: AIADMK wins its debut election in a four-cornered contest and MGR is elected as CM for the first time. File:1980 tamil nadu legislative election map.png, 1980: AIADMK wins again and MGR is elected as CM for the second time. File:1984 tamil nadu legislative election map.png, 1984: AIADMK wins for the third straight time and MGR is elected as CM for the third time. File:1989 tamil nadu legislative election map.png, 1989: DMK wins for the third time in a four-cornered contest and Karunanidhi is elected CM for the third time. File:1991 tamil nadu legislative election map.png, 1991: AIADMK wins in a landslide and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the first time. File:1996 tamil nadu legislative election map.png, 1996: DMK wins in a landslide and Karunanidhi is elected CM for the fourth time. File:2001 tamil nadu legislative election map.png, 2001: AIADMK wins with a grand alliance and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the second time. File:2006 tamil nadu legislative election map.jpg, 2006: DMK wins a majority government by alliance with coalition parties and Karunanidhi is elected CM for the fifth time. File:2011 tamil nadu legislative election map.png, 2011: AIADMK wins and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the Fourth time. File:Tamil_Nadu_assembly_election_2016_results.png, 2016: AIADMK wins and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the Sixth time. File:2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election result.png, 2021:DMK wins a majority government by alliance with coalition parties and Stalin is elected CM for the first time.

Lok Sabha elections

17 Lok Sabha elections have been contested in India since independence starting 1951. The elections held in Tamil Nadu are listed below. * Note: In 1967, DMK and its 25 newly elected MPs supported the Congress, under

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after the election. * Note: Even though AIADMK supported and campaigned with Congress for the 1977 election, after the loss nationally, AIADMK and its newly elected 17 MPs supported

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and the

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and its alliance, giving them 20 seats (AIADMK, NCO) while the other 17 seats (INC, CPI) and 2 seats (DMK) were in the opposition with

Election Maps (1977-2014)

File:1977 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png, 1977: INC & AIADMK wins in a landslide, by grabbing 34 out of 39 seats in the state. INC loses the election nationally to the JP alliance. After the loss, AIADMK supported the JP alliance and AIADMK was part of the JP government under

. File:1980 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png, 1980: INC(I) & DMK wins in a landslide, by grabbing 37 out of 39 seats in the state. INC(I) wins the election nationally and DMK was part of the INC government under

. File:1984 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png, 1984: INC & AIADMK wins in a landslide, by grabbing 37 out of 39 seats in the state. INC wins the election nationally and AIADMK was part of the INC government under

Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi (; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to beco ...

. File:1989 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png, 1989: INC & AIADMK wins in a landslide, by grabbing 38 out of 39 seats in the state. INC loses the election nationally to the NF alliance, which includes the DMK who was part of the JD government under

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. File:1991 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png, 1991: INC & AIADMK swept the state winning all 39 seats. INC wins the election nationally and AIADMK was part of the INC government under

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. File:1996 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png, 1996: Newly formed alliance UF, which includes DMK & TMC(M) swept the state winning all 39 seats. UF forms the government, with outside support from INC, nationally after BJP government failed to last in a few days and DMK-TMC(M)-CPI was part of the JD government under

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. File:1998 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png, 1998: Newly formed alliance NDA, which includes BJP & AIADMK wins 30 out of 39 seats in the state. NDA wins the election nationally and AIADMK-PMK-MDMK-JP-TRC was part of the BJP government under

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (; 25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician who served three terms as the 10th prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months fr ...

. File:1999 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png, 1999: New elections were called after AIADMK quits the NDA. NDA, which now includes DMK wins 26 out of 39 seats in the state. NDA wins the election nationally for the second straight-time and DMK-PMK-MDMK-MADMK was part of the BJP government under

. File:2004 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png, 2004: Newly formed alliance DPA, which includes INC alliance (DMK, PMK, MDMK) and Left Front swept the state winning all 39 seats. UPA wins the election nationally and DMK-PMK-MDMK was part of the INC government under

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, while the Left Front (CPI & CPI(M)) gave outside support. File:2009 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png, 2009: A shrunken UPA alliance, which includes INC & DMK wins 27 out of 39 seats in the state. UPA wins the election nationally for the second straight time and DMK-INC-VCK was part of the INC government under

File:2014 Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha result by constituency.PNG, 2014: AIADMK forming no alliance wins in a landslide grabbing 37 out of 39 seats in a four-cornered race. NDA alliance won the remaining 2 seats. Since BJP under the leader

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was able to get majority on its own, AIADMK and its 37 MPs were part of the opposition being the third largest party nationwide following BJP and INC. File:2019 Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha result by constituency.svg, 2019: The DMK-led UPA wins 38 of 39 seats, with the AIADMK-led NDA winning one seat. The election was cancelled in one seat (Vellore).

References

External links

Tamilnadu Election Polls 2016

Election Commission of India

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2011
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