The

2014 Indian general election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state on 24 April 2014. The total voter strength of Tamil Nadu is 53,752,682. The voting turnout in the election was 73.67%. The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.

Background

As the term of

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ended in May 2014,

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decided to conduct the election for the next Lok Sabha in April–May 2014. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) under

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was part of both ( United Progressive Alliance) UPA government until it withdrew support on 19 March 2013 over

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issues. DMK suspended their south zone organisational secretary

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for violating party discipline and later expelled him from the party in March 2014. In October 2013, Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) formed an alliance with smaller parties and caste groups as alternative to Dravidian parties and named it as Social Democratic Alliance (SDA). SDA announced candidates for 10 seats and started their campaign. Gandhiya Makkal Iyakkam leader Tamilaruvi Manian played a significant role to bring parties into the BJP led

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(NDA) as alternative to Congress led UPA. In the Indian National Congress (INC), shipping minister

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and finance minister P. Chidambaram were opt out from the election. The election process are carried out by the state election commission headed by Praveen Kumar and for the first time, Unlawful assembly#India, Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, CrPC used in the election for 36 hours before polling to prevent cash distribution to bribe voters. As of 23 April, commission seized 390 million (390 million) of money in the state.

Alliances and parties

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

In the beginning of the year, AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa stated that she would campaign and win all 39 seats by allying with Communist Party of India, CPI and Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI(M). Members of the AIADMK party declared her the prime ministerial candidate, despite rumors that she might support Narendra Modi. On 24 February 2014, the date of her birthday, she announced candidates for all 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

National Democratic Alliance

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The BJP under PM candidate Narendra Modi have formed an alliance with MDMK, Pattali Makkal Katchi, PMK, DMDK, Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi, IJK, Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi, KMDK and seats were allotted on 20 March 2014.

Democratic Progressive Alliance

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam named its alliance as Democratic Progressive Alliance. It formed alliance with VCK, MMK, IUML and Puthiya Tamizhagam.

United Progressive Alliance

The INC under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi stated that they will decide on a PM candidate after the election. They lost their major ally from UPA 1 and 2 administration DMK last year. They decided to contest alone, to all 39 seats in the state.

CPI(M)-CPI

After six rounds of seat-sharing talks with AIADMK for the Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry failed to bear fruit, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India opted to make an alliance of their own. On 14 March 2014 the two parties held a joint press conference in Chennai, declaring that CPI(M) would contest nine seats in Tamil Nadu and CPI would contest eight seats in Tamil Nadu and the Puducherry seat.''The Hindu''.
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Aam Aadmi Party

Aam Aadmi Party announced its candidates for 25 seats.

Opinion poll

List of candidates

Results

Party-wise results

, - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2 , Alliance/Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Seats won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Change ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Popular Vote ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Vote % , - ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#138808; color:white", , 37 , +28 , 17,983,168 , 44.92%% , - ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:", NDA , 2 , +2 , 7,523,829 , 18.5% , - , Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP ! style="background-color:" , , 1 , +1 , 2,222,090 , 5.5% , - , Pattali Makkal Katchi, PMK ! style="background-color:" , , 1 , +1 , 1,804,812 , 4.4% , - , Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, DMDK ! style="background-color:" , , 0 , - , 2,079,392 , 5.1% , - , Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, MDMK ! style="background-color:", , 0 , -1 , 1,417,535 , 3.5% , - ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:", DPA , 0 , 0 , 10,887,347 , 26.8% , - , Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, DMK ! style="background-color: ", , 0 , -18 , 9,575,850 , 23.6% , - , Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, VCK ! style="background-color: ", , 0 , -1 , 606,110 , 1.5% , - , Puthiya Tamilakam, PT ! style="background-color:" , , 0 , - , 262,812 , 0.6% , - , Manithaneya Makkal Katchi, MMK ! style="background-color:" , , 0 , - , 236,679 , 0.6% , - , Indian Union Muslim League, IUML ! style="background-color:" , , 0 , - , 205,896 , 0.5% , - ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:", Indian National Congress, INC , 0 , -8 , 1,751,123 , 4.3% , - ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color: color:white", Others , 0 , , , , - , Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI(M) ! style="background-color: " , , 0 , -1 , 220,614 , 0.5% , - , Communist Party of India, CPI ! style="background-color:" , , 0 , -1 , 219,866 , 0.5% , - , Aam Aadmi Party, AAP ! style="background-color: ", , 0 , - , 203,175 , 0.5% , - , Bahujan Samaj Party, BSP ! style="background-color:" , , 0 , - , 155,964 , 0.4% , - , Independent politician, IND ! style="background-color:", , 0 , - , 866,509 , 2.1% , - , None of the above, NOTA ! style="background-color:" , , 0 , - , 582062 , 1.4% , - , style="text-align:center;" , Total ! style="background-color: " , , 39 , , , 100% , - Note: IJK, KMDK and PNK were contested under the BJP symbol.

Constituency-wise results

Constituency-wise results:

References

External links

Official Website of Election Commission of India

Election statistics provided by ECI
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