2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

The 2019 elections for Tamil Nadu's 39 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha were held on 18 April, in the second phase of the 2019 Indian general elections. The United Progressive Alliance, led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, won a landslide victory, taking 38 of the 39 seats.

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2019
18 April 2019 (38 Seats)
5 August 2019 (1 Seat)
39 seats
Turnout72.44%(1.22%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader M. K. Stalin Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Party DMK AIADMK
Alliance UPA NDA
Last election nill 37
Seats won 38 1
Seat change 38 36
Popular vote 1,43,62,962 83,07,345
Percentage 52.39% 31.26%

ECI has announced that the by-election (2016–21 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections) for 18 assembly constituencies together with the general elections (18 constituencies polling date – 18.04.2019 and 4 Constituencies – 19.05.2019). The counting of votes was held on 23 May and results were published on the same day.

There are 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu, with an average of 1.51 million voters in each one.

Opinion polls
Date published Polling agency Others Lead
UPA NDA AIADMK
Jan 2019 Republic Tv – Cvoter 44.2% 6.7% 21.3% 27.8% 12.9%
Apr 2019 Times Now-VMR 53.12% 39.61% 7.27% 13.51%
Date published Polling agency AMMK Lead
UPA NDA
Oct 2018 Spick Media 25 6 7 19
Mar 2019 Times Now-VMR 34 5 0 29
Mar 2019 News Nation 24 15 NA 9
Mar 2019 India TV-CNX 22 15 2 7
Apr 2019 People studies-Loyola College 33 3–5 1–2 28
Apr 2019 Thanthi TV 23–31 9–17 0 14
Apr 2019 Republic TV 18–19 20–21 0 2
6 Apr 2019 IndiaTV-CNX 21 13 5 8
8 Apr 2019 Times Now-VMR 33 6 0 27
8 Apr 2019 PuthiyaThalaimurai TV 31–33 6–8 0 27

Exit Polls
Polling Agency UPA NDA AMMK MNM NTK
Thanthi TV 23 14 0 0 0
India Today 34–38 0–4 0 0 0
Times Now 29 9 0 0 0
People Political Predictions 25 4 9 0 0

Voters Turnout
Date State/UT No. of. Seats Turnout (%)[1]
18 Apr 2019 Tamil Nadu[N 1] 39 72.44
18 Apr 2019 Puducherry 1 82.10
  1. Tamil Nadu has 39 constituencies.

Highest turnout in Dharmapuri constituency of 82.41% and the lowest is in Chennai South constituency of 57.07%.[1]

Results

Constituency-wise Turnout & Quick results
# Constituency Turnout [1] Winner Party Margin
1 Thiruvallur 72.33 Dr. Jeyakumar Indian National Congress 3,56,955
2 Chennai North 64.26 Kalanidhi Veeraswamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,61,518
3 Chennai South 57.07 Thamizhachi Thangapandian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,62,223
4 Chennai Central 58.98 Dayanidhi Maran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,01,520
5 Sriperumbudur 62.44 T R Baalu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,84,732
6 Kancheepuram 75.31 G. Selvam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,86,632
7 Arakkonam 78.65 S. Jagathrakshakan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,28,956
8 Vellore 71.46 D. M. Kathir Anand[lower-alpha 1] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,141
9 Krishnagiri 75.95 A. Chellakumar Indian National Congress 1,56,765
10 Dharmapuri 82.41 Dr. S. Senthil Kumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 70,753
11 Tiruvannamalai 78.15 C. N. Annadurai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,04,187
12 Arani 79.01 Dr. M. K. Vishnu Prasad Indian National Congress 2,30,806
13 Villupuram 78.66 D. Ravikumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,28,068
14 Kallakurichi 78.81 Pon. Gautham Sigamani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,99,919
15 Salem 77.91 S. R. Parthiban Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,46,926
16 Namakkal 80.22 A. K. P. Chinraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,65,151
17 Erode 73.11 A. Ganesha Murthi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,10,618
18 Tiruppur 73.21 K. Subbarayan Communist Party of India 93,368
19 Nilgiris 74.01 A Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,05,823
20 Coimbatore 63.86 P.R. Natarajan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,76,918
21 Pollachi 71.15 K. Shamugasundaram Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,73,359
22 Dindigul 75.29 P. Veluchamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,38,972
23 Karur 79.55 S.Jothimani Indian National Congress 4,20,546
24 Tiruchirappalli 69.50 Su. Thirunavukkarasar Indian National Congress 4,59,286
25 Perambalur 79.26 T. R. Paarivendhar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,03,518
26 Cuddalore 76.49 T.R.V.S. Ramesh Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,43,983
27 Chidambaram 77.98 Thol. Thirumavalavan Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 3,219
28 Mayiladuthurai 73.93 S. Ramalingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,61,314
29 Nagapattinam 76.93 M. Selvarasu Communist Party of India 2,09,349
30 Thanjavur 72.55 S S Palanimanickam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,68,129
31 Sivaganga 69.90 Karti P Chidambaram Indian National Congress 3,32,244
32 Madurai 66.09 S. Venkatesan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,39,395
33 Theni 75.27 P. Raveendranath Kumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 76,672
34 Virudhunagar 72.49 Manickam Tagore Indian National Congress 1,54,554
35 Ramanathapuram 68.40 Navaskani Indian Union Muslim League 1,26,237
36 Thoothukkudi 69.48 Kanimozhi Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,47,209
37 Tenkasi 71.43 Dhanush M Kumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,20,286
38 Tirunelveli 67.22 S. Gnanathiraviam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,85,457
39 Kanniyakumari 69.90 H. Vasanthakumar Indian National Congress 2,59,933



[N 1] [N 2]

Party
DMK INC CPI CPI(M) AIADMK IUML VCK
Leader
Votes 32.76%, 13,877,622 12.76%, 5,405,674 2.43%, 1,031,617 2.40%, 1,018,225 18.48%, 7,830,520 1.11%, 469,943 1.18%, 500,229
Seats 24 (61.54%) 8 (20.51%) 2 (5.13%) 2 (5.13%) 1 (2.56%) 1 (2.56%) 1 (2.56%)
24 / 39
8 / 39
2 / 39
2 / 39
1 / 39
1 / 39
1 / 39
Adj. vote (%) [N 2] 54.39% 52.76% 48.62% 44.92% 33.11% 44.08% 43.38%

Coalition wise result
Parties Alliance Parties Contested seats Alliance contested seats Seats won Votes
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam United Progressive Alliance 20 39 20 22,789,020
Indian National Congress[3] 9 8
Communist Party of India[4] 2 2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5] 2 2
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi[4] 2 2
Indian Union Muslim League[4] 1 1
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi[4] 1 1
Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi[6] 1 1
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam[7] 1 1
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam[8] National Democratic Alliance 20 39 1 13,307,139
Pattali Makkal Katchi[9] 7 0
Bharatiya Janata Party[8] 5 0
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam[9] 4 0
Puthiya Tamilagam[8] 1 0
Tamil Maanila Congress[8] 1 0
Puthiya Neethi Katchi[8] 1 0
Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam AMMK Alliance 37 38 0 2,249,118
Social Democratic Party of India 1 0
Naam Tamilar Katchi – 39 39 0 1,645,222
Makkal Needhi Maiam MNM Alliance 36 36 0 1,575,640

Detailed results

Constituency-wise results:[10][11][12]

Constituency Candidates
UPANDAAMMKMNMNTKWinning candidateWinning partyMargin
Arakkonam DMK – S. Jagathrakshakan PMK – A. K. MoorthyN. G. ParthibanN.Rajendran Y.R.PavendhanS. JagathrakshakanDMK328956
Arani INC – Dr. M. K. Vishnu Prasad AIADMK – Senji V. EzhumalaiG. SenthamizhanV.Shaji A.ThamilarasiDr. M. K. Vishnu PrasadINC230806
Chennai (Central) DMK – Dayanidhi Maran PMK – S.R.Sam PaulSDPI – Dehlan BaqaviKameela Nassar R.KarthikeyanDayanidhi MaranDMK301520
Chennai (North) DMK – Kalanidhi Veeraswamy DMDK – R. MohanrajP.Santhana KrishnanA.G. Mauriya (Former IPS officer) P.KaliyammaalKalanidhi VeeraswamyDMK461518
Chennai (South) DMK – Thamizhachi Thangapandian AIADMK – J. JayavardhanE. SubayaRangarajan (Former IAS Officer) A.J.SherineSumathy (A) Thamizachi ThangapandianDMK262223
Chidambaram VCK – Thol. Thirumavalavan[13] AIADMK – P. ChandrasekarA. ElavarasanT.Ravi M.Siva JothiThol. ThirumavalavanVCK[13]3219
Coimbatore CPI(M) – P.R. Natarajan BJP – C. P. RadhakrishnanN. R. AppaduraiR.Mahendran S.Kalyana SundharamP.R. NatarajanCPI(M)176918
Cuddalore DMK – T.R.V.S. Ramesh PMK – R. GovindasamyK.ThangavelV.Annamalai R.SithraT.R.V.S. RameshDMK143983
Dharmapuri DMK – S. Senthil Kumar PMK – Anbumani RamadossP. PalaniappanD.Rajashekar R.Rukmini DeviS. Senthil KumarDMK70753
Dindigul DMK – P. Veluchamy PMK -K.JothimuthuP.Jothi MuruganS.Sudhakaran Mansoor Ali KhanP. VeluchamyDMK538972
Erode MDMK – A. Ganesha Murthi [14] (DMK[15][N 1]) AIADMK – G. ManimaranK. C. SenthilkumarA.Saravanakumar M.C.Seetha LaxmiA. Ganesha Murthi [14]DMK[15][N 1]210618
Kallakurichi DMK – Pon.Gautham Sigamani DMDK – L.K. SudhishM.Komugi ManianH.Ganesh S.SharfudeenPon.Gautham SigamaniDMK399919
Kancheepuram DMK – G. Selvam AIADMK – K. MaragathamA. Munusamy--- D.SivaranjaniG. SelvamDMK286632
Kanniyakumari INC – H. Vasanthakumar BJP – Pon RadhakrishnanE.LekshmananJ.Ebenezer V.JainteenH. VasanthakumarINC259933
Karur INC -S.Jothimani AIADMK – M. ThambiduraiP.S.N.ThangavelR.Hariharan R.KarupriyaS.JothimaniINC420546
Krishnagiri INC – A. Chellakumar AIADMK – K. P. MunusamyS. Ganesa kumarSrikarunya Subramanyam N.MadhusoodhananA. ChellakumarINC156765
Madurai CPI(M) – S. Venkatesan AIADMK – V.V.R. Raj SatyenK. David AnnaduraiP.Alagar J.PandiyammalS. VenkatesanCPI(M)139395
Mayiladuthurai DMK – S. Ramalingam AIADMK – S. AasaimaniS. SenthamizhanM.Refayudeen K.ShubashiniS. RamalingamDMK261314
Nagapattinam CPI – M.Selvaraj AIADMK – M. SaravananT. SengodiK.Guruviah P.MalathiM.SelvarajCPI209349
Namakkal KMDK – A.K.P. Chinnaraj (DMK[16][N 1]) AIADMK -P. KaliappanP. P. SaminathanR.Thangavelu B.BhaskarA.K.P. ChinnarajDMK[16][N 1]265151
Nilgiris DMK – A Raja AIADMK – M.ThyagarajanM. RamaswamyN.Rajendran ---A RajaDMK205823[17]
Perambalur IJK – T.R.Paarivendhar (DMK[18][N 1]) AIADMK – N. R. SivapathyM. Rajasekaran--- K.SanthiT.R.PaarivendharDMK[18][N 1]403518
Pollachi DMK – K. Shamugasundaram AIADMK – C. MahendranS. MuthukumarR.Mookambikai A.SanujaK. ShamugasundaramDMK173359
Ramanathapuram IUML – Navaskani BJP – Nainar NagendranV. T. N. AnandhVijaya Baskar T.BhuvaneshwariNavaskaniIUML126237
Salem DMK – S. R. Parthiban AIADMK – K. R. S. SaravananS. K. SelvamM.Prabu Manikandan A.RasaS. R. ParthibanDMK146926
Sivaganga INC – Karti P Chidambaram BJP – H. RajaV. PandiKavingnar Snehan  V.Sakthi PriyaKarti P ChidambaramINC332244
Sriperumbudur DMK – T R Baalu PMK – A. VaithilingamG. Tambaram NarayananM.Srithar R.MahendranT R BaaluDMK484732
Tenkasi DMK – Dhanush M Kumar Puthiya Tamizhagam – K. KrishnasamyS.PonnuthaiK.Muneshwaran S.S.MadhivananDhanush M KumarDMK120286
Thanjavur DMK – S S Palanimanickam TMC- N. R. NadarajanP. MurugesanR.S. Sampath Ramadoss N.KrishnakumarS S PalanimanickamDMK368129
Theni INC – EVKS Elangovan AIADMK – P. Raveendranath KumarThanga Tamil SelvanS.Radhakrishnan Sagul HameedP. Raveendranath KumarAIADMK 76672
Thiruvallur INC – K.Jayakumar AIADMK – P. VenugopalPon. RajaM.Logarangan M.Vetri SelviK.JayakumarINC356955
Thoothukkudi DMK – Kanimozhi Karunanidhi BJP – Dr. Tamilisai SoundararajanDr. M. BhuvaneswaranT.P.S. Pon kumaran Christatine S.Rajasekar Kanimozhi KarunanidhiDMK347209
Tiruchirappalli INC – Su. Thirunavukkarasar DMDK – V. IlangovanSarubala R. ThondaimanV.Anandha Raja V.VinothSu. ThirunavukkarasarINC459286
Tirunelveli DMK – S. Gnanathiraviam AIADMK – P. H. Paul Manoj PandianS. Michael RayappanM.Vennimalai B.SathyaS. GnanathiraviamDMK185457
Tiruppur CPI – K. Subbarayan AIADMK – M. S. M. AnandanS. R. SelvamV.S.Chandrakumar P.JaganathanK. SubbarayanCPI93368
Tiruvannamalai DMK – C. N. Annadurai AIADMK – Agri S.S. KrishnamoorthyA.GnanasekarR.Arul R.Ramesh BabuC. N. AnnaduraiDMK304187
Vellore DMK – D. M. Kathir Anand Puthiya Neethi Katchi – A.C. Shanmugham------ S.DeepalakshmiD. M. Kathir AnandDMK8141
Villupuram VCK – D. Ravikumar (DMK[13][N 1]) PMK – S. Vadivel RaavananN. Ganapathy (Vanur MLA)S. Anbil Poyyamozhi D.PragalathaD. RavikumarDMK[13][N 1]128068
Virudhunagar INC – Manickam Tagore DMDK – R. AzhagarsamyParamasiva IyyappanV.Muniyasamy K.Arunmozhi ThevanManickam TagoreINC154554
  1. VCK, IJK, MDMK and KMDK contested one seat in DMK's Rising Sun party symbol, therefore they will be considered as DMK party candidates officially by ECI affidavit and will represent as DMK in Parliament
  2. Adjusted vote percentage (or Adj. vote %) of a political party in a given state is the measure of the percentage of the total votes polled for the party only in those constituencies of the state, in which the party contested, under its official election symbol. It does not account for the percentage of the total votes polled for the party across the entire state (unlike vote %). This metric is also called contested average.

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2016 election)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 138 89
Indian National Congress 49 8
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 12 136
Communist Party of India 12  –
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12  –
Indian Union Muslim League 5 1
Pattali Makkal Katchi 3  –
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 2  –
Bharatiya Janata Party 1  –
Total 234

See also

Notes
  1. Elections in Vellore constituency were held later in August 2019 and won by DMK.[2]

References
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  11. "அதிமுக கூட்டணி கட்சியினர் போட்டியிடும் தொகுதிகள் அறிவிப்பு- Dinamalar". www.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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  14. "ஈரோடு தொகுதியில் போட்டியிடும் மதிமுக வேட்பாளர் அறிவிப்பு". இந்து தமிழ் திசை. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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  16. "KMDK candidate to contest on 'Rising Sun'". The Hindu. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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