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0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/50px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/75px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/100px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2001_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election"><b>2001</b></a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>8 May 2006</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2011_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election"><b>2011</b></a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 234 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislature of Tamil Nadu">Legislature of Tamil Nadu</a><br />118 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">70.56% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 11.49%)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FF0D0D;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 100px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -04px; left: -10px; width: 100px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M._Karunanidhi_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="M._Karunanidhi_.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/M._Karunanidhi_.jpg/100px-M._Karunanidhi_.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/M._Karunanidhi_.jpg/150px-M._Karunanidhi_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/M._Karunanidhi_.jpg/200px-M._Karunanidhi_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #009933;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 100px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -02px; left: -10px; width: 100px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J_Jayalalithaa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="J Jayalalithaa.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/J_Jayalalithaa.jpg/100px-J_Jayalalithaa.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/J_Jayalalithaa.jpg/150px-J_Jayalalithaa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/J_Jayalalithaa.jpg/200px-J_Jayalalithaa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="656" data-file-height="820" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFFF00;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 100px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -04px; left: -10px; width: 100px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vijaykanth_at_the_Sagaptham_Audio_Launch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Vijaykanth at the Sagaptham Audio Launch.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Vijaykanth_at_the_Sagaptham_Audio_Launch.jpg/100px-Vijaykanth_at_the_Sagaptham_Audio_Launch.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Vijaykanth_at_the_Sagaptham_Audio_Launch.jpg/150px-Vijaykanth_at_the_Sagaptham_Audio_Launch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Vijaykanth_at_the_Sagaptham_Audio_Launch.jpg/200px-Vijaykanth_at_the_Sagaptham_Audio_Launch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">M. Karunanidhi</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/J._Jayalalithaa" title="J. Jayalalithaa">J. Jayalalithaa</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Vijayakanth" title="Vijayakanth">Vijayakanth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">DMDK</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Progressive Alliance">DPA</a>+<a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">UPA</a>+<a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(West_Bengal)" title="Left Front (West Bengal)">LF</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/AIADMK-led_Alliance" title="AIADMK-led Alliance">AIADMK+</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Third party (politics)">None</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Chepauk_Assembly_constituency" title="Chepauk Assembly constituency">Chepauk</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Andipatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Andipatti Assembly constituency">Andipatti</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Virudhachalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Virudhachalam Assembly constituency">Virudhachalam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>163</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">69 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 71 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 64 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>14,762,647</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13,166,445 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2,90,5000 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>44.75%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">39.91% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8.38% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6.08% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 10.18% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.jpg/300px-2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="390" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.jpg/450px-2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.jpg/600px-2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1285" data-file-height="1671" /></a></span><div>2006 election map (by constituencies)<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Election map based on parties"><img alt="Election map based on parties" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png/300px-2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="408" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png/450px-2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png/600px-2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png 2x" data-file-width="1212" data-file-height="1648" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg/360px-India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg/540px-India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg/720px-India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu">Chief Minister</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/J._Jayalalithaa" title="J. Jayalalithaa">J. Jayalalithaa</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu">Chief Minister</a></b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">M. Karunanidhi</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>thirteenth legislative assembly election</b>, of Tamil Nadu was held on 8 May 2006. It was held for all 234 constituencies to elect the government in the state for the following five years. The votes were counted three days later on 11 May 2006 and all the results were out by the end of the day. The <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a>-led (DMK) front won the elections, with the DMK emerging as the single-largest party with 96 seats, and its leader, <a href="/wiki/M_Karunanidhi" class="mw-redirect" title="M Karunanidhi">M Karunanidhi</a> was sworn in as Chief Minister for a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu">fifth</a> and final term. This election marked the first time the state saw a <a href="/wiki/Hung_assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Hung assembly">hung assembly</a> with no party gaining a majority of its own. As a result, DMK formed a <a href="/wiki/Minority_government" title="Minority government">minority government</a> with its allies, which is the first in the state since the <a href="/wiki/1952_Madras_State_legislative_assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 Madras State legislative assembly election">1952</a> election. <a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Assembly_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu">13th Assembly</a> was instituted due to this election. </p><p>The election marked the electoral debut of the actor <a href="/wiki/Vijayakanth" title="Vijayakanth">Vijayakanth</a> and his political outfit, the <a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</a> (DMDK). Though the party could only gain a single seat, it cut into the vote share of both DMK and AIADMK and emerged as a third alternative to the existing two Dravidian parties. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Polling">Polling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>48848 <a href="/wiki/Polling_station" title="Polling station">polling stations</a> were set up for electorate, that sized up to 46,607 eligible voters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_parties_and_the_alliances">Political parties and the alliances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political parties and the alliances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tamil Nadu has a remarkable history of being dominated by the local parties, DMK or AIADMK, while the national parties have a strong presence in other states. The parties have resorted to forming alliances in the last few elections to take on each sides for power. </p><p>Striking changes in the alliances included the swap of <a href="/wiki/Marumalarchi_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (MDMK) from DMK led Democratic Progressive Alliance to <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (AIADMK) led Democratic People Alliance. While Dalit Panthers of India joined the AIADMK alliance, all other major parties in the fray such as <a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a> (PMK), <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>, <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPM</a> and <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> (CPI), aligned themselves with the DMK party. </p><p>There were two notable new parties — <a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</a> (DMDK) formed in September 2005 by <a href="/wiki/Kollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollywood">actor</a>-turned-politician <a href="/wiki/Vijaykanth" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijaykanth">Vijaykanth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lok_Paritran" title="Lok Paritran">Lok Paritran</a> formed by <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology" title="Indian Institutes of Technology">Indian Institutes of Technology</a> graduates in February 2006. Both contested alone in this elections. </p><p>The contest was between two major alliances in a seat-sharing agreement, the AIADMK alliance and the DMK alliance. These archrivals had a face-off in 106 seats. </p><p>Exit Polls <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> predicted a 157-167 seats in favour of the DMK alliance, while the AIADMK alliance was expected to get 64-74 seats in the assembly. </p><p>Before the <a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009 Lok Sabha Elections</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a> left the DMK, citing differences with its leader <a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">M. Karunanidhi</a>, and joined the AIADMK, and the <a href="/wiki/Third_Front_(India)" title="Third Front (India)">Third Front</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seat_allotments">Seat allotments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Seat allotments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DMK_Front">DMK Front</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: DMK Front"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source: Junior Vikatan </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="height: 50px;"> <th> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:300px;">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width:60px;">Election Symbol </th> <th scope="col" style="width:80px;">Leader </th> <th colspan="4">Seats Contested </th></tr> <tr style="height:"> <td bgcolor="#FF0D0D"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/50px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/75px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/100px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="264" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">M. Karunanidhi</a> </td> <td>128 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hand_INC.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Hand_INC.svg/50px-Hand_INC.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Hand_INC.svg/75px-Hand_INC.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Hand_INC.svg/100px-Hand_INC.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="538" data-file-height="478" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Krishnasamy" title="M. Krishnasamy">M. Krishnasamy</a> </td> <td>48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFFF00;" data-sort-value="Pattali Makkal Katchi"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Mango_SVG.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Indian_Election_Symbol_Mango_SVG.svg/50px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Mango_SVG.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Indian_Election_Symbol_Mango_SVG.svg/75px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Mango_SVG.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Indian_Election_Symbol_Mango_SVG.svg/100px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Mango_SVG.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="364" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Ramadoss" title="S. Ramadoss">S. Ramadoss</a> </td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CPI(M)_election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/CPI%28M%29_election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg/50px-CPI%28M%29_election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/CPI%28M%29_election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg/75px-CPI%28M%29_election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/CPI%28M%29_election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg/100px-CPI%28M%29_election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="452" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Varadarajan" title="N. Varadarajan">N. Varadarajan</a> </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CPI_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/CPI_symbol.svg/50px-CPI_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/CPI_symbol.svg/75px-CPI_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/CPI_symbol.svg/100px-CPI_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="323" data-file-height="258" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Pandian" title="D. Pandian">Tha. Pandian</a> </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td colspan="5" style="text-align:center;">Unregistered (or) Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket </td></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="Indian Union Muslim League"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/50px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/75px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/100px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="264" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._M._Kader_Mohideen" title="K. M. Kader Mohideen">K. M. Kader Mohideen</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008080"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Puratchi_Bharatham_Katchi" title="Puratchi Bharatham Katchi">Puratchi Bharatham Katchi</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/50px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/75px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/100px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="264" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Jaganmoorthy" title="M. Jaganmoorthy">M. Jaganmoorthy</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#D70000"> </td> <td>Forward Bloc (Vallarasu) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/50px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/75px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/100px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="264" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._V._Kathiravan" title="P. V. Kathiravan">P. V. Kathiravan</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AIADMK_Front">AIADMK Front</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: AIADMK Front"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source: Junior Vikatan </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="height: 50px;"> <th> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:300px;">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width:60px;">Election Symbol </th> <th scope="col" style="width:80px;">Leader </th> <th colspan="2">Seats Contested </th></tr> <tr style="height:"> <td bgcolor="#009933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/50px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/75px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/100px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="415" data-file-height="294" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Jayalalithaa" title="J. Jayalalithaa">J. Jayalalithaa</a> </td> <td>182 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FC0000;" data-sort-value="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Marumalarchi_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Top.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Indian_Election_Symbol_Top.png/40px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Top.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Indian_Election_Symbol_Top.png/60px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Top.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Indian_Election_Symbol_Top.png/81px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Top.png 2x" data-file-width="437" data-file-height="542" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vaiko" title="Vaiko">Vaiko</a> </td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1E90FF;" data-sort-value="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bell_symbol_of_the_Independent-Popular_List,_Romania,_1919.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bell_symbol_of_the_Independent-Popular_List%2C_Romania%2C_1919.svg/50px-Bell_symbol_of_the_Independent-Popular_List%2C_Romania%2C_1919.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="48" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bell_symbol_of_the_Independent-Popular_List%2C_Romania%2C_1919.svg/75px-Bell_symbol_of_the_Independent-Popular_List%2C_Romania%2C_1919.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bell_symbol_of_the_Independent-Popular_List%2C_Romania%2C_1919.svg/100px-Bell_symbol_of_the_Independent-Popular_List%2C_Romania%2C_1919.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="425" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thol._Thirumavalavan" title="Thol. Thirumavalavan">Thol. Thirumavalavan</a> </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#02865A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_election_symbol_female_farmer.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Indian_election_symbol_female_farmer.svg/50px-Indian_election_symbol_female_farmer.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Indian_election_symbol_female_farmer.svg/75px-Indian_election_symbol_female_farmer.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Indian_election_symbol_female_farmer.svg/100px-Indian_election_symbol_female_farmer.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="301" data-file-height="457" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#006600"> </td> <td>Tamil Maanila Muslim League </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Banana.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Indian_Election_Symbol_Banana.svg/50px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Banana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Indian_Election_Symbol_Banana.svg/75px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Banana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Indian_Election_Symbol_Banana.svg/100px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Banana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="814" /></a></span> </td> <td>Dawood Miakhan </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td colspan="5" style="text-align:center;">Unregistered (or) Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the AIADMK ticket </td></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td bgcolor="#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_League" title="Indian National League">Indian National league</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/50px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/75px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/100px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="415" data-file-height="294" /></a></span> </td> <td>Janab </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Trade_Union_Congress" title="Indian National Trade Union Congress">Indian National Trade Union Congress</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/50px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/75px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/100px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="415" data-file-height="294" /></a></span> </td> <td>P. L. Subbaih </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="Pink"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moovendar_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Moovendar Munnetra Kazhagam">Moovendar Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/50px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/75px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/100px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="415" data-file-height="294" /></a></span> </td> <td>G. M. Sreedhar Vandaiyar </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#D70000"> </td> <td>Forward Bloc (Santhanam) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/50px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/75px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/100px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="415" data-file-height="294" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/L._Santhanam" title="L. Santhanam">L. Santhanam</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam">Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source: Junior Vikatan </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="height: 50px;"> <th> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:300px;">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width:60px;">Election Symbol </th> <th scope="col" style="width:80px;">Leader </th> <th>Seats Contested </th></tr> <tr style="height:"> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Nagara.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Indian_Election_Symbol_Nagara.svg/50px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Nagara.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="48" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Indian_Election_Symbol_Nagara.svg/75px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Nagara.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Indian_Election_Symbol_Nagara.svg/100px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Nagara.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="550" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vijayakant" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijayakant">Vijayakant</a> </td> <td>232 </td></tr> <tr style="height:"> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ring_Symbol.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ring_Symbol.png/50px-Ring_Symbol.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ring_Symbol.png/75px-Ring_Symbol.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ring_Symbol.png/100px-Ring_Symbol.png 2x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="188" /></a></span> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The two seats that DMDK contested in Ring symbol instead of nagara . </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bharatiya_Janata_Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bharatiya Janata Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source: Junior Vikatan </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="height: 50px;"> <th> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:300px;">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width:60px;">Election Symbol </th> <th scope="col" style="width:80px;">Leader </th> <th>Seats Contested </th></tr> <tr style="height:"> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lotus_flower_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Lotus_flower_symbol.svg/50px-Lotus_flower_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Lotus_flower_symbol.svg/75px-Lotus_flower_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Lotus_flower_symbol.svg/100px-Lotus_flower_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="330" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pon._Radhakrishnan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pon. Radhakrishnan">Pon. Radhakrishnan</a> </td> <td>225 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polling">Opinion polling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Opinion polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-poll_surveys">Pre-poll surveys</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pre-poll surveys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Agency </th> <th>Dates </th> <th>Results </th></tr> <tr> <td>Goodwill Communications </td> <td>25 April 2006 (Reported) </td> <td>DMK+: 149 (49% of the vote)<br /> AIADMK+: 83 (39% of the vote)<br /> Others/Undecided: 2 (12% of the vote) <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/CNN-IBN" class="mw-redirect" title="CNN-IBN">CNN-IBN</a> - <a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a> </td> <td>14 March 2006 </td> <td>AIADMK+: Too close to call (46% of the vote)<br /> DMK+: Too close to call (44% of the vote)<br /> Tossup: Too close to call (10% of the vote) <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exit_polls">Exit polls</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Exit polls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Agency </th> <th>Dates </th> <th>Results </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/CNN-IBN" class="mw-redirect" title="CNN-IBN">CNN-IBN</a> - <a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a> </td> <td>11 May 2006 (Reported) </td> <td>DMK+: 157-167 (45% of the vote)<br /> AIADMK+: 64-74 (35% of the vote)<br /> Others: 2-6 (20% of the vote) <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ananda_Vikatan" title="Ananda Vikatan">Vikatan</a> </td> <td>10 May 2006 </td> <td>DMK+ 207 <p>ADMK+ 26 </p><p>BJP 1 </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Hindu-CNN-IBN Exit Poll Voting Pattern in Tamil Nadu<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Region </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Progressive Alliance">DPA (DMK+)</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK+</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">DMDK</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Vanniyars" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanniyars">Vanniyars</a>: PMK could not swing the community towards DMK alliance, especially in the North Central Region </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Upper North </td> <td align="center">40% </td> <td align="center"><b>45%</b> </td> <td align="center">11% </td></tr> <tr> <td>North Central </td> <td align="center"><b>53%</b> </td> <td align="center">32% </td> <td align="center">9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cauvery Delta </td> <td align="center"><b>55%</b> </td> <td align="center">28% </td> <td align="center">10% </td></tr> <tr> <td>West </td> <td align="center"><b>53%</b> </td> <td align="center">28% </td> <td align="center">11% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Mukkulathor" title="Mukkulathor">Thevars</a>: No longer with AIADMK in Cauvery Delta and the West</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cauvery Delta </td> <td align="center"><b>51%</b> </td> <td align="center">38% </td> <td align="center">7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>West </td> <td align="center"><b>43%</b> </td> <td align="center">39% </td> <td align="center">11% </td></tr> <tr> <td>South </td> <td align="center">39% </td> <td align="center"><b>44%</b> </td> <td align="center">8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Deep South </td> <td align="center">13% </td> <td align="center"><b>52%</b> </td> <td align="center">2% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_India" title="Islam in India">Muslims</a> in favor of DMK alliance, especially in Deep South</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Upper North </td> <td align="center"><b>43%</b> </td> <td align="center">30% </td> <td align="center">18% </td></tr> <tr> <td>North Central </td> <td align="center">36% </td> <td align="center"><b>39%</b> </td> <td align="center">18% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cauvery Delta </td> <td align="center"><b>53%</b> </td> <td align="center">37% </td> <td align="center">5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>West </td> <td align="center"><b>50%</b> </td> <td align="center">31% </td> <td align="center">10% </td></tr> <tr> <td>South </td> <td align="center"><b>50%</b> </td> <td align="center">38% </td> <td align="center">7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Deep South </td> <td align="center"><b>73%</b> </td> <td align="center">9% </td> <td align="center">5% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Christians_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Christians in India">Christians</a> stayed with DMK alliance, especially in the South</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Upper North </td> <td align="center"><b>49%</b> </td> <td align="center">29% </td> <td align="center">13% </td></tr> <tr> <td>North Central </td> <td align="center"><b>47%</b> </td> <td align="center">36% </td> <td align="center">12% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cauvery Delta </td> <td align="center"><b>46%</b> </td> <td align="center">39% </td> <td align="center">9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>West </td> <td align="center"><b>48%</b> </td> <td align="center">29% </td> <td align="center">10% </td></tr> <tr> <td>South </td> <td align="center"><b>60%</b> </td> <td align="center">33% </td> <td align="center">4% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Deep South </td> <td align="center"><b>64%</b> </td> <td align="center">16% </td> <td align="center">7% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voting_and_results">Voting and results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Voting and results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Chief_Election_Commissioner,_Shri_B.B._Tandon_addressing_a_Press_Conference,_in_New_Delhi_on_March_1,_2006._The_Election_Commissioners_Shri_Naveen_Chawla_and_Shri_N._Gopalaswamy_are_also_seen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/The_Chief_Election_Commissioner%2C_Shri_B.B._Tandon_addressing_a_Press_Conference%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_1%2C_2006._The_Election_Commissioners_Shri_Naveen_Chawla_and_Shri_N._Gopalaswamy_are_also_seen.jpg/260px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/The_Chief_Election_Commissioner%2C_Shri_B.B._Tandon_addressing_a_Press_Conference%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_1%2C_2006._The_Election_Commissioners_Shri_Naveen_Chawla_and_Shri_N._Gopalaswamy_are_also_seen.jpg/390px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/The_Chief_Election_Commissioner%2C_Shri_B.B._Tandon_addressing_a_Press_Conference%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_1%2C_2006._The_Election_Commissioners_Shri_Naveen_Chawla_and_Shri_N._Gopalaswamy_are_also_seen.jpg/520px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>The Chief Election Commissioner of India, <a href="/wiki/B.B._Tandon" class="mw-redirect" title="B.B. Tandon">B.B. Tandon</a>, holding a press conference in New Delhi on March 1, 2006, to announce the schedule for Legislative Assembly election of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> along with those of <a href="/wiki/2006_Assam_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election">Assam</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election">West Bengal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2006_Puducherry_Legislative_Assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election">Puducherry</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 2006 Tamil Nadu State Elections saw a record voter turnout of 70.70% an 11% increase compared to the last 2001 elections and the highest since the 1991 elections which saw an 85% voter turnout. The ruling party AIADMK was voted out of power with the DMK alliance regaining power after losing out in the previous elections with a paltry 37 seats. This time however, no party reached the simple majority of 117 of the 234 seats. DMK grabbed the highest number of seats (96) for any contesting party, while AIADMK followed with 61 seats. The Congress won 34 seats while the other national party, <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP), drew blank after contesting alone in this elections. PMK managed to win 18 seats followed by the Communists (15 seats). MDMK, the party that jumped alliance won 6 seats and the DPI won 2 seats. DMDK, even while contesting in 232 seats managed to score just one seat, with the party leader actor vijayakant winning the seat he contested in Vridhachalam Constituency. There was 1 independent winner.<sup id="cite_ref-newindpress1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newindpress1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hindu1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hindu1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The split results paved way for the formation of the new coalition government led by DMK chief, the 82-year-old veteran politician Dr.<a href="/wiki/M_Karunanidhi" class="mw-redirect" title="M Karunanidhi">M Karunanidhi</a>, becoming the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the fifth time, with the Congress unconditionally supporting his claim for Chief Ministership and government formation. </p><p>Due to the loss of key allies after the previous election, the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (AIADMK), ended up losing both the <a href="/wiki/2004_indian_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 indian general election">2004 Lok Sabha Election</a> and the 2006 State Assembly Elections, to DMK led coalition that consisted of <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (DMK), and former allies of AIADMK, <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>, left parties (<a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results_by_pre-poll_alliance">Results by pre-poll alliance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Results by pre-poll alliance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png/220px-2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png/330px-2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png/440px-2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png 2x" data-file-width="1212" data-file-height="1648" /></a><figcaption>Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png/220px-2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png/330px-2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png/440px-2006_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png 2x" data-file-width="573" data-file-height="724" /></a><figcaption>Election map based on % seats won by district</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Summary of the 2006 May Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Alliance/Party </th> <th style="width:4px"> </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Seats won </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Change<sup>†</sup> </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Popular Vote </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Vote % </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Adj. %<sup>‡</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white">DMK+ alliance </th> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td><b>163</b> </td> <td><b>+71</b> </td> <td><b>14,762,647</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><b>44.8%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0000"> </th> <td>96 </td> <td>+65 </td> <td>8,728,716 </td> <td>26.5% </td> <td>46.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #00FFFF"> </th> <td>34 </td> <td>+4 </td> <td>2,765,768 </td> <td>8.4% </td> <td>43.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">PMK</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #800080"> </th> <td>18 </td> <td>-2 </td> <td>1,863,749 </td> <td>5.7% </td> <td>43.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #000080"> </th> <td>9 </td> <td>+3 </td> <td>872,674 </td> <td>2.7% </td> <td>42.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #0000FF"> </th> <td>6 </td> <td>+1 </td> <td>531,740 </td> <td>1.6% </td> <td>40.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#009900; color:white"><a href="/wiki/AIADMK-led_Alliance" title="AIADMK-led Alliance"><span style="color:white">AIADMK+ alliance</span></a> </th> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td><b>69</b> </td> <td><b>-64</b> </td> <td><b>13,166,445</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><b>39.9%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #008000"> </th> <td>61 </td> <td>-71 </td> <td>10,768,559 </td> <td>32.6% </td> <td>40.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marumalarchi_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">MDMK</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF00FF"> </th> <td>6 </td> <td>+6 </td> <td>1,971,565 </td> <td>6.0% </td> <td>37.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">VCK</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FFFF00"> </th> <td>2 </td> <td>+2 </td> <td>426,321 </td> <td>1.3% </td> <td>36.1% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:Black; color:white">Others </th> <th style="background-color:black"> </th> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td><b>-7</b> </td> <td><b>5,062,463</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><b>15.3%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">DMDK</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #008080"> </th> <td>1 </td> <td>+1 </td> <td>2,764,223 </td> <td>8.4% </td> <td>8.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF9933"> </th> <td>0 </td> <td>-6 </td> <td>666,823 </td> <td>2.0% </td> <td>2.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #666666"> </th> <td>1 </td> <td>-2 </td> <td>995,345 </td> <td>3.0% </td> <td>3.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>Total</b> </td> <th style="background-color:"> </th> <td>234 </td> <td>– </td> <td>32,991,555 </td> <td>100% </td> <td style="text-align:center;">– </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <p>Sources: Election Commission of India<sup id="cite_ref-eci-result_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci-result-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <p><small><b>†</b>: Seat changes reflect the following mergers in parties from previous election. <a href="/wiki/MGR_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" class="mw-redirect" title="MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">MADMK</a> merged with <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Maanila_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Maanila Congress">TMC</a> merged with the national party <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Usilampatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Usilampatti Assembly constituency">Usilampatti</a> <a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">FBL</a> MLA L. Santhanam, joined AIADMK and contested in <a href="/wiki/Sholavandan_Assembly_constituency" title="Sholavandan Assembly constituency">Sholavandan</a>, after being expelled from his party by newly elected actor-turned party leader <a href="/wiki/Karthik_(actor)" title="Karthik (actor)">Karthik</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <b>‡</b>: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.</small> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constituency_wise_results">Constituency wise results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Constituency wise results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following table lists the winners and margin of victory in all constituencies.<sup id="cite_ref-eci-result_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci-result-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th><b>Assembly Constituency</b> </th> <th colspan="2"><b>Party</b> </th> <th><b>Winner</b> </th> <th><b>Runner-up</b> </th> <th><b>Party</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Acharapakkam_Assembly_constituency" title="Acharapakkam Assembly constituency">Acharapakkam (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sankaravalli" title="Sankaravalli">Sankaravalli</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>M. Saraswathi </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alandur_Assembly_constituency" title="Alandur Assembly constituency">Alandur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._M._Anbarasan" title="T. M. Anbarasan">T. M. Anbarasan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>B. Valarmathi </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>192 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alangudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Alangudi Assembly constituency">Alangudi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Rajasekaran" title="S. Rajasekaran">S. Rajasekaran</a> </td> <td>A. Venkatachalam </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>217 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alangulam_Assembly_constituency" title="Alangulam Assembly constituency">Alangulam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Poongothai_Aladiaruna" class="mw-redirect" title="Poongothai Aladiaruna">Poongothai Aladiaruna</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>M. Pandiaraj </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>221 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ambasamudram_Assembly_constituency" title="Ambasamudram Assembly constituency">Ambasamudram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Avudaiyappan" title="R. Avudaiyappan">R. Avudaiyappan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>R. Murugiah Pandian </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>47 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anaicut_Assembly_constituency" title="Anaicut Assembly constituency">Anaicut</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Pandurangan" title="K. Pandurangan">K. Pandurangan</a> </td> <td>M. Varalakshmi </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>122 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhiyur_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andhiyur Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Andhiyur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Gurusamy" title="S. Gurusamy">S. Gurusamy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>M. Subramaniam </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>163 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andimadam_Assembly_constituency" title="Andimadam Assembly constituency">Andimadam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._S._Sivasankar" title="S. S. Sivasankar">S. S. Sivasankar</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>K. Panneerselvam </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>135 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andipatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Andipatti Assembly constituency">Andipatti</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Jayalalithaa" title="J. Jayalalithaa">J. Jayalalithaa</a><sup id="cite_ref-ndtv1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ndtv1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Seeman </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anna_Nagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Anna Nagar Assembly constituency">Anna Nagar</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arcot_N._Veeraswami" title="Arcot N. Veeraswami">Arcot N. Veeraswami</a> </td> <td>Vijaya Thayanban </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>32 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arkonam_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arkonam Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Arkonam (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Jaganmoorthy" title="M. Jaganmoorthy">M. Jaganmoorthy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>S. Ravi </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>193 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arantangi_Assembly_constituency" title="Arantangi Assembly constituency">Arantangi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Udayam_Shanmugam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Udayam Shanmugam (page does not exist)">Udayam Shanmugam</a> </td> <td>Y. Karthikeyan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>151 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aravakurichi_Assembly_constituency" title="Aravakurichi Assembly constituency">Aravakurichi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._A._Khaleelur_Rahman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. A. Khaleelur Rahman (page does not exist)">M. A. Khaleelur Rahman</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>P. Monjanur Ramasamy </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>35 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arcot_Assembly_constituency" title="Arcot Assembly constituency">Arcot</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._L._Elavazhagan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. L. Elavazhagan (page does not exist)">K. L. Elavazhagan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>V. R. Chandran </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>162 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ariyalur_Assembly_constituency" title="Ariyalur Assembly constituency">Ariyalur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Amaramoorthy" title="D. Amaramoorthy">D. Amaramoorthy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>M. Ravichandran </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>49 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arni,_Tamil_Nadu_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arni, Tamil Nadu Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Arni</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Sivanandam" title="R. Sivanandam">R. Sivanandam</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>A. Santhanam </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>204 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aruppukottai_Assembly_constituency" title="Aruppukottai Assembly constituency">Aruppukottai</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thangam_Thenarasu" class="mw-redirect" title="Thangam Thenarasu">Thangam Thenarasu</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>K. Murugan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>149 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athoor_Assembly_constituency" title="Athoor Assembly constituency">Athoor</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/I._Periasamy" class="mw-redirect" title="I. Periasamy">I. Periasamy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>C. Sreenivasan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>92 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Attur_Assembly_constituency" title="Attur Assembly constituency">Attur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._R._Sundaram&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. R. Sundaram (page does not exist)">M. R. Sundaram</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>A. K. Murugesan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>102 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Avanashi_Assembly_constituency" title="Avanashi Assembly constituency">Avanashi (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Prema&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Prema (page does not exist)">R. Prema</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>M. Arumugam </td> <td>CPI </td></tr> <tr> <td>78 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bargur_Assembly_constituency" title="Bargur Assembly constituency">Bargur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dr._Thambidurai_M&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dr. Thambidurai M (page does not exist)">Dr. Thambidurai M</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>V. Vetriselvan </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>121 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhavani_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhavani Assembly constituency">Bhavani</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._V._Ramanathan" class="mw-redirect" title="K. V. Ramanathan">K. V. Ramanathan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>K. C. Karuppannan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>124 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhavanisagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhavanisagar Assembly constituency">Bhavanisagar</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._Subramaniam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="O. Subramaniam (page does not exist)">O. Subramaniam</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Sindu Ravichandran </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>66 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhuvanagiri_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhuvanagiri Assembly constituency">Bhuvanagiri</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Selvi_Ramajayam" title="Selvi Ramajayam">Selvi Ramajayam</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>K. Devadass </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>133 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bodinayakkanur_Assembly_constituency" title="Bodinayakkanur Assembly constituency">Bodinayakkanur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Lakshmanan" title="S. Lakshmanan">S. Lakshmanan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>R. Parthipan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chengalpattu_Assembly_constituency" title="Chengalpattu Assembly constituency">Chengalpattu</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Arumugam" title="K. Arumugam">K. Arumugam</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>S. Arumugam </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>42 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chengam_Assembly_constituency" title="Chengam Assembly constituency">Chengam (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Polur_Varadhan" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Polur Varadhan">M. Polur Varadhan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>P. Sakthivel </td> <td>VCK </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ADD8E6"> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chepauk_Assembly_constituency" title="Chepauk Assembly constituency">Chepauk</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td><b>DMK</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">M. Karunanidhi</a></b> <sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Dawood Miakhan </td> <td>IND </td></tr> <tr> <td>220 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheranmahadevi_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cheranmahadevi Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Cheranmahadevi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Veldurai" title="P. Veldurai">P. Veldurai</a> </td> <td>P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>50 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheyyar_Assembly_constituency" title="Cheyyar Assembly constituency">Cheyyar</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._K._Vishnuprasad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. K. Vishnuprasad (page does not exist)">M. K. Vishnuprasad</a> </td> <td>R. Pavai </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>68 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chidambaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Chidambaram Assembly constituency">Chidambaram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._Arunmozhidevan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. Arunmozhidevan (page does not exist)">A. Arunmozhidevan</a> </td> <td>K. Balakrishnan </td> <td>CPI(M) </td></tr> <tr> <td>72 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinnasalem_Assembly_constituency" title="Chinnasalem Assembly constituency">Chinnasalem</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Udhayasooriyan" class="mw-redirect" title="T. Udhayasooriyan">T. Udhayasooriyan</a> </td> <td>P. Mohan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>106 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coimbatore_East_Assembly_constituency" title="Coimbatore East Assembly constituency">Coimbatore East</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Pongalur_Palanisamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Pongalur Palanisamy (page does not exist)">M. Pongalur Palanisamy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>V. Gopalakrishnan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>105 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coimbatore_West_Assembly_constituency" title="Coimbatore West Assembly constituency">Coimbatore West</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Malaravan" title="T. Malaravan">T. Malaravan</a> </td> <td>A. S. Maheswari </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>230 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colachel_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Colachel Assembly constituency">Colachel</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Jeyapaul" title="S. Jeyapaul">S. Jeyapaul</a> </td> <td>M. R. Gandhi </td> <td>BJP </td></tr> <tr> <td>126 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coonoor_Assembly_constituency" title="Coonoor Assembly constituency">Coonoor (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._Soundarapandian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. Soundarapandian (page does not exist)">A. Soundarapandian</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>M. Selvaraj </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>63 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cuddalore_Assembly_constituency" title="Cuddalore Assembly constituency">Cuddalore</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=G._Iyyappan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="G. Iyyappan (page does not exist)">G. Iyyappan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>G. Kumar </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>134 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cumbum_Assembly_constituency" title="Cumbum Assembly constituency">Cumbum</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>MDMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Eramakrishnan" title="N. Eramakrishnan">N. Eramakrishnan</a> </td> <td>P. Selvendran </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>112 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dharapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Dharapuram Assembly constituency">Dharapuram (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Prabavathi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Prabavathi (page does not exist)">P. Prabavathi</a> </td> <td>M. Ranganayahi </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>82 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dharmapuri,_Tamil_Nadu_Assembly_constituency" title="Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu Assembly constituency">Dharmapuri</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=L._Velusamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="L. Velusamy (page does not exist)">L. Velusamy</a> </td> <td>V. S. Sampath </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>148 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dindigul_Assembly_constituency" title="Dindigul Assembly constituency">Dindigul</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI(M) </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balabarathi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Balabarathi (page does not exist)">K. Balabarathi</a> </td> <td>N. Selvaragavan </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dr.Radhakrishnan_Nagar_(State_Assembly_Constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)">Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._K._Sekar_Babu" title="P. K. Sekar Babu">P. K. Sekar Babu</a> </td> <td>R. Manohar </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>100 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edapadi_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edapadi Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Edapadi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._Kaveri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. Kaveri (page does not exist)">V. Kaveri</a> </td> <td>K. Palaniswami </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Egmore_Assembly_constituency" title="Egmore Assembly constituency">Egmore (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parithi_Ellamvazhuthi" class="mw-redirect" title="Parithi Ellamvazhuthi">Parithi Ellamvazhuthi</a> </td> <td>C. E. Sathya </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>120 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Erode_Assembly_constituency" title="Erode Assembly constituency">Erode</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._K._K._P._Raaja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="N. K. K. P. Raaja (page does not exist)">N. K. K. P. Raaja</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>E. R. Sivakumar </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>54 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gingee_Assembly_constituency" title="Gingee Assembly constituency">Gingee</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._Kannan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. Kannan (page does not exist)">V. Kannan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>R. Masilamani </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>123 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gobichettipalayam_Assembly_constituency" title="Gobichettipalayam Assembly constituency">Gobichettipalayam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._A._Sengottaiyan" title="K. A. Sengottaiyan">K. A. Sengottaiyan</a> </td> <td>G. V. Manimaran </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>128 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gudalur_Assembly_constituency" title="Gudalur Assembly constituency">Gudalur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Ramachandhiran" class="mw-redirect" title="K. Ramachandhiran">K. Ramachandhiran</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>A. Millar </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>37 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gudiyatham_Assembly_constituency" title="Gudiyatham Assembly constituency">Gudiyatham</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI(M) </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=G._Latha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="G. Latha (page does not exist)">G. Latha</a> </td> <td>J. K. N. Palani </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gummidipundi_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gummidipundi Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Gummidipundi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._S._Vijayakumar" title="K. S. Vijayakumar">K. S. Vijayakumar</a> </td> <td>Durai. Jeyavelu </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harbour_Assembly_constituency" title="Harbour Assembly constituency">Harbour</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Anbazhagan" title="K. Anbazhagan">K. Anbazhagan</a> </td> <td>H. Seema Basheer </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>79 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harur_Assembly_constituency" title="Harur Assembly constituency">Harur (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI(M) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Dillibabu" title="P. Dillibabu">P. Dillibabu</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>K. Govindasamy </td> <td>VCK </td></tr> <tr> <td>74 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hosur_Assembly_constituency" title="Hosur Assembly constituency">Hosur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Gopinath" title="K. Gopinath">K. Gopinath</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>V. Sampangiramaiah </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>197 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ilayangudi_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ilayangudi Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Ilayangudi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raja_Kannappan" title="Raja Kannappan">R. S. Raja Kannappan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>K. Ayyachamy </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>164 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jayankondam_Assembly_constituency" title="Jayankondam Assembly constituency">Jayankondam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Rajendran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Rajendran (page does not exist)">K. Rajendran</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Gurunathan" class="mw-redirect" title="J. Gurunathan">J. Gurunathan</a> </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>202 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kadaladi_Assembly_constituency" title="Kadaladi Assembly constituency">Kadaladi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suba._Thangavelan" class="mw-redirect" title="Suba. Thangavelan">Suba. Thangavelan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._Sathiamoorthy" title="V. Sathiamoorthy">V. Sathiamoorthy</a> </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>215 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kadayanallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Kadayanallur Assembly constituency">Kadayanallur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Peter_Alphonse" title="S. Peter Alphonse">S. Peter Alphonse</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>U. H. Kamaludeen </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>45 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalasapakkam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kalasapakkam Assembly constituency">Kalasapakkam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agri_S._S._Krishnamurthy" title="Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy">Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>R. Kalodass </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kancheepuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Kancheepuram Assembly constituency">Kancheepuram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Kamalambal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Kamalambal (page does not exist)">P. Kamalambal</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>T. Mythili </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>57 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kandamangalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kandamangalam Assembly constituency">Kandamangalam (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Pushparaj&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. Pushparaj (page does not exist)">S. Pushparaj</a> </td> <td>V. Subramaniyan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>117 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kangayam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kangayam Assembly constituency">Kangayam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Sekar" title="S. Sekar">S. Sekar</a> </td> <td>N. M. S. Palaniswami </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>228 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanniyakumari_Assembly_constituency" title="Kanniyakumari Assembly constituency">Kanniyakumari</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Suresh_Rajan" title="N. Suresh Rajan">N. Suresh Rajan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Thalavai_Sundaram" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Thalavai Sundaram">N. Thalavai Sundaram</a> </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>97 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kapilamalai_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Kapilamalai Assembly constituency">Kapilamalai</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Nedunchezian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Nedunchezian (page does not exist)">K. Nedunchezian</a> </td> <td>T. N. Guruswamy </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>195 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karaikudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Karaikudi Assembly constituency">Karaikudi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Sundaram" title="N. Sundaram">N. Sundaram</a> </td> <td>O. L. Venkatachalam </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>152 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karur_Assembly_constituency" title="Karur Assembly constituency">Karur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._Senthil_Balaji" title="V. Senthil Balaji">V. Senthil Balaji</a> </td> <td>Vasuki Murugesan </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>36 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katpadi_Assembly_constituency" title="Katpadi Assembly constituency">Katpadi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Durai_Murugan" title="Durai Murugan">Durai Murugan</a> </td> <td>B. Narayanan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>67 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kattumannarkoil_Assembly_constituency" title="Kattumannarkoil Assembly constituency">Kattumannarkoil (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>DPI </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Ravikumar" class="mw-redirect" title="D. Ravikumar">D. Ravikumar</a> </td> <td>P. Vellalperuman </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>76 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaveripattinam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kaveripattinam Assembly constituency">Kaveripattinam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=T._A._Meganathan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T. A. Meganathan (page does not exist)">T. A. Meganathan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._P._Munusamy" title="K. P. Munusamy">K. P. Munusamy</a> </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>234 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Killiyoor_Assembly_constituency" title="Killiyoor Assembly constituency">Killiyoor</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._John_Jacob" title="S. John Jacob">S. John Jacob</a> </td> <td>T. Chandra Kumar </td> <td>BJP </td></tr> <tr> <td>108 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kinathukkadavu_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kinathukkadavu Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Kinathukkadavu</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Damodaran_(politician)" title="S. Damodaran (politician)">S. Damodaran</a> </td> <td>K. V. Kandasamy </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>190 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kolathur,_Tamil_Nadu_Assembly_constituency" title="Kolathur, Tamil Nadu Assembly constituency">Kolathur (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Subramanian" title="N. Subramanian">N. Subramanian</a> </td> <td>C. Paranjothi </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>212 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koilpatti_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Koilpatti Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Koilpatti</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/L._Radhakrishnan" title="L. Radhakrishnan">L. Radhakrishnan</a> </td> <td>S. Rajendran </td> <td>CPI </td></tr> <tr> <td>77 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Krishnagiri_Assembly_constituency" title="Krishnagiri Assembly constituency">Krishnagiri</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Senguttuvan" title="T. Senguttuvan">T. Senguttuvan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>V. Govindaraj </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>153 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Krishnarayapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Krishnarayapuram Assembly constituency">Krishnarayapuram (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Kamaraj&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Kamaraj (page does not exist)">P. Kamaraj</a> </td> <td>R. Sasikala </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>155 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kulithalai_Assembly_constituency" title="Kulithalai Assembly constituency">Kulithalai</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Manickam" title="R. Manickam">R. Manickam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Pappasundaram" class="mw-redirect" title="A. Pappasundaram">A. Pappasundaram</a> </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>187 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kumbakonam Assembly constituency">Kumbakonam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ko._Si._Mani" title="Ko. Si. Mani">Ko. Si. Mani</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Rama. Ramanathan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>65 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurinjipadi_Assembly_constituency" title="Kurinjipadi Assembly constituency">Kurinjipadi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._R._K._Panneer_Selvam" class="mw-redirect" title="M. R. K. Panneer Selvam">M. R. K. Panneer Selvam</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>N. Ramalingam </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>172 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuttalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kuttalam Assembly constituency">Kuttalam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuttalam_K._Anbazhagan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kuttalam K. Anbazhagan (page does not exist)">Kuttalam K. Anbazhagan</a> </td> <td>S. Rajendran </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>159 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lalgudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Lalgudi Assembly constituency">Lalgudi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._Soundarapandian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. Soundarapandian (page does not exist)">A. Soundarapandian</a> </td> <td>T. Rajaram </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>143 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madurai_Central_Assembly_constituency" title="Madurai Central Assembly constituency">Madurai Central</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._T._R._Palanivel_Rajan" title="P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan">P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._T._K._Jakkaiyan" title="S. T. K. Jakkaiyan">S. T. K. Jakkaiyan</a> </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>144 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madurai_East_Assembly_constituency" title="Madurai East Assembly constituency">Madurai East</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI(M) </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nanmaran_N&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nanmaran N (page does not exist)">Nanmaran N</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>M. Boominathan </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>142 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madurai_West_Assembly_constituency" title="Madurai West Assembly constituency">Madurai West</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._S._K._Rajendran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. S. K. Rajendran (page does not exist)">K. S. K. Rajendran</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Sellur K. Raju </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maduranthakam_Assembly_constituency" title="Maduranthakam Assembly constituency">Maduranthakam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Ghayathri_Devi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Ghayathri Devi (page does not exist)">K. Ghayathri Devi</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>K. Appadurai </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>199 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manamadurai_Assembly_constituency" title="Manamadurai Assembly constituency">Manamadurai (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Gunasekaran" title="M. Gunasekaran">M. Gunasekaran</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>K. Paramalai </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>70 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mangalore,_Tamil_Nadu_Assembly_constituency" title="Mangalore, Tamil Nadu Assembly constituency">Mangalore (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>DPI </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Selvam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Selvam (page does not exist)">K. Selvam</a> </td> <td>V. Ganesan </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>178 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mannargudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Mannargudi Assembly constituency">Mannargudi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._Sivapunniyam" class="mw-redirect" title="V. Sivapunniyam">V. Sivapunniyam</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>R. Kamaraj </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>154 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marungapuri_Assembly_constituency" title="Marungapuri Assembly constituency">Marungapuri</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=C._Chinnasamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C. Chinnasamy (page does not exist)">C. Chinnasamy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>A. Rokkiah </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>84 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mettur_Assembly_constituency" title="Mettur Assembly constituency">Mettur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._K._Mani" title="G. K. Mani">G. K. Mani</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>K. Kandasamy </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>171 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayuram_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mayuram Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Mayuram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Rajakumar" title="S. Rajakumar">S. Rajakumar</a> </td> <td>M. Mahalingam </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>53 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melmalayanur_Assembly_constituency" title="Melmalayanur Assembly constituency">Melmalayanur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Senthamizhselvan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Senthamizhselvan (page does not exist)">P. Senthamizhselvan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Tamilmozhi_Rajadathan" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Tamilmozhi Rajadathan">R. Tamilmozhi Rajadathan</a> </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>146 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melur_Assembly_constituency" title="Melur Assembly constituency">Melur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Samy" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Samy">R. Samy</a> </td> <td>K. V. V. Ravichandran </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>101 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mettupalayam_Assembly_constituency" title="Mettupalayam Assembly constituency">Mettupalayam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/O._K._Chinnaraj" title="O. K. Chinnaraj">O. K. Chinnaraj</a> </td> <td>B. Arunkumar </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>118 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Modakurichi_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Modakurichi Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Modakurichi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._M._Palanisami&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. M. Palanisami (page does not exist)">R. M. Palanisami</a> </td> <td>V. P. Namachivaya, </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>80 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morappur_Assembly_constituency" title="Morappur Assembly constituency">Morappur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._Mullaivendhan" title="V. Mullaivendhan">V. Mullaivendhan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>K. Singaram </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>203 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mudukulathur_Assembly_constituency" title="Mudukulathur Assembly constituency">Mudukulathur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Murugavel" title="K. Murugavel">K. Murugavel</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>S. P. Kalimuthu </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>59 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mugaiyur_Assembly_constituency" title="Mugaiyur Assembly constituency">Mugaiyur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._A._T._Kaliyavarathan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. A. T. Kaliyavarathan (page does not exist)">V. A. T. Kaliyavarathan</a> </td> <td>Sinthanai Selvan </td> <td>VCK </td></tr> <tr> <td>158 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Musiri_Assembly_constituency" title="Musiri Assembly constituency">Musiri</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Selvaraj" title="N. Selvaraj">N. Selvaraj</a> </td> <td>T. P. Poonachi </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mylapore_Assembly_constituency" title="Mylapore Assembly constituency">Mylapore</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Ve._Shekher" title="S. Ve. Shekher">S. Ve. Shekher</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._Napoleon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. Napoleon (page does not exist)">D. Napoleon</a> </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>175 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagapattinam_Assembly_constituency" title="Nagapattinam Assembly constituency">Nagapattinam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI(M) </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._Marimuthu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. Marimuthu (page does not exist)">V. Marimuthu</a> </td> <td>K. A. Jayapal </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>229 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagercoil_Assembly_constituency" title="Nagercoil Assembly constituency">Nagercoil</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suyambu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Suyambu (page does not exist)">suyambu</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>prakesh.k </td> <td>IVP </td></tr> <tr> <td>96 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Namakkal_Assembly_constituency" title="Namakkal Assembly constituency">Namakkal (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Jeyakumar" title="K. Jeyakumar">K. Jeyakumar</a> </td> <td>R. Saradha </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>222 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nanguneri_Assembly_constituency" title="Nanguneri Assembly constituency">Nanguneri</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H._Vasanthakumar" title="H. Vasanthakumar">H. Vasanthakumar</a> </td> <td>S. P. Sooriyakumar </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>173 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nannilam_Assembly_constituency" title="Nannilam Assembly constituency">Nannilam (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Padmavathy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Padmavathy (page does not exist)">P. Padmavathy</a> </td> <td>K. Arivanandam </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>147 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Natham_Assembly_constituency" title="Natham Assembly constituency">Natham</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Viswanathan" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Viswanathan">R. Viswanathan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>M. A. Andiambalam </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>40 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Natrampalli_Assembly_constituency" title="Natrampalli Assembly constituency">Natrampalli</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._K._R._Sooriyakumar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="N. K. R. Sooriyakumar (page does not exist)">N. K. R. Sooriyakumar</a> </td> <td>K. G. Subramani </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>62 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nellikuppam_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nellikuppam Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Nellikuppam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saba._Rajendran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saba. Rajendran (page does not exist)">Saba. Rajendran</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>R. T. Sabapathi Mohan </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>139 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nilakottai_Assembly_constituency" title="Nilakottai Assembly constituency">Nilakottai (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Thenmozhi" title="S. Thenmozhi">S. Thenmozhi</a> </td> <td>K. Senthilvel </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>130 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oddanchatram_Assembly_constituency" title="Oddanchatram Assembly constituency">Oddanchatram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._R._A._Chakkarapani" class="mw-redirect" title="A. R. A. Chakkarapani">A. R. A. Chakkarapani</a> </td> <td>K. P. Nallasamy </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>86 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Omalur_Assembly_constituency" title="Omalur Assembly constituency">Omalur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._Tamizharasu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. Tamizharasu (page does not exist)">A. Tamizharasu</a> </td> <td>C. Krishnan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>181 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orathanad_Assembly_constituency" title="Orathanad Assembly constituency">Orathanad</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Vaithilingam" title="R. Vaithilingam">R. Vaithilingam</a> </td> <td>P. Rajamanickam </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>211 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pottapidaram_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pottapidaram Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Pottapidaram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Mohan" title="P. Mohan">P. Mohan</a> </td> <td>K. Krishnasamy </td> <td>BSP </td></tr> <tr> <td>231 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Padmanabhapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Padmanabhapuram Assembly constituency">Padmanabhapuram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=T._Theodare_Reginald&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T. Theodare Reginald (page does not exist)">T. Theodare Reginald</a> </td> <td>K. P. Rajendra Prasad </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>81 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palacode_Assembly_constituency" title="Palacode Assembly constituency">Palacode</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._P._Anbalagan" title="K. P. Anbalagan">K. P. Anbalagan</a> </td> <td>K. Mannan </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>129 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palani_Assembly_constituency" title="Palani Assembly constituency">Palani (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Anbalakan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Anbalakan (page does not exist)">M. Anbalakan</a> </td> <td>S. Prema </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>219 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palayamcottai_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palayamcottai Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Palayamcottai</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._P._M._Mohideen_Khan" title="T. P. M. Mohideen Khan">T. P. M. Mohideen Khan</a> </td> <td>K. M. Nijamudeen </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>115 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palladam_Assembly_constituency" title="Palladam Assembly constituency">Palladam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._M._Velusamy" title="S. M. Velusamy">S. M. Velusamy</a> </td> <td>S. S. Ponmudi </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pallipet_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pallipet Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Pallipet</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/E._S._S._Raman" title="E. S. S. Raman">E. S. S. Raman</a> </td> <td>P. M. Narasimhan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>91 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panamarathupatty_Assembly_constituency" title="Panamarathupatty Assembly constituency">Panamarathupatty</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Rajendran_(AIADMK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Rajendran (AIADMK politician)">R. Rajendran</a> </td> <td>R. Elangovan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>64 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panruti_Assembly_constituency" title="Panruti Assembly constituency">Panruti</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Velmurugan" title="T. Velmurugan">T. Velmurugan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>R. Rajendiran </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>185 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Papanasam_Assembly_constituency" title="Papanasam Assembly constituency">Papanasam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Doraikannu" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Doraikannu">R. Doraikannu</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>M. Ramkumar </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>200 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paramakudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Paramakudi Assembly constituency">Paramakudi (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Ramprabhu" title="R. Ramprabhu">R. Ramprabhu</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>S. Sundararaj </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Park_Town_Assembly_constituency" title="Park Town Assembly constituency">Park Town</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td>K. Srinivasan </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Rahman_Khan" title="A. Rahman Khan">A. Rahman Khan</a> </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>179 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pattukkottai_Assembly_constituency" title="Pattukkottai Assembly constituency">Pattukkottai</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._R._Rengarajan" title="N. R. Rengarajan">N. R. Rengarajan</a> </td> <td>S. Viswanathan </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>83 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennagaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Pennagaram Assembly constituency">Pennagaram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._N._Periannan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. N. Periannan (page does not exist)">P. N. Periannan</a> </td> <td>S. R. Vetrivel </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>160 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perambalur_Assembly_constituency" title="Perambalur Assembly constituency">Perambalur (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Rajkumar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Rajkumar (page does not exist)">M. Rajkumar</a> </td> <td>M. Sundaram </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perambur_Assembly_constituency" title="Perambur Assembly constituency">Perambur (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI(M) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Mahendran" title="K. Mahendran">K. Mahendran</a> </td> <td>P. Manimaran </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>180 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peravurani_Assembly_constituency" title="Peravurani Assembly constituency">Peravurani</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._V._R._Veerakapilan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. V. R. Veerakapilan (page does not exist)">M. V. R. Veerakapilan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>131 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Periyakulam_Assembly_constituency" title="Periyakulam Assembly constituency">Periyakulam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/O._Panneerselvam" title="O. Panneerselvam">O. Panneerselvam</a> </td> <td>L. Mookiah </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>52 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peranamallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Peranamallur Assembly constituency">Peranamallur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=G._Edirolimanian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="G. Edirolimanian (page does not exist)">G. Edirolimanian</a> </td> <td>A. K. S. Anbalagan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>38 </td> <td>Pernambut (SC) </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._Chinnasamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. Chinnasamy (page does not exist)">A. Chinnasamy</a> </td> <td>S. Chandra Sethu </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>119 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perundurai_Assembly_constituency" title="Perundurai Assembly constituency">Perundurai</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=C._Ponnudurai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C. Ponnudurai (page does not exist)">C. Ponnudurai</a> </td> <td>N. Periyasamy </td> <td>CPI </td></tr> <tr> <td>107 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perur_Assembly_constituency" title="Perur Assembly constituency">Perur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._P._Velumani" title="S. P. Velumani">S. P. Velumani</a> </td> <td>N. Rukumani </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>109 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pollachi_Assembly_constituency" title="Pollachi Assembly constituency">Pollachi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._Jayaraman" title="V. Jayaraman">V. Jayaraman</a> </td> <td>D. Shanthi Devi </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>46 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polur_Assembly_constituency" title="Polur Assembly constituency">Polur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._S._Vijayakumar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. S. Vijayakumar (page does not exist)">P. S. Vijayakumar</a> </td> <td>T. Vediyappan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>114 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pongalur_Assembly_constituency" title="Pongalur Assembly constituency">Pongalur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Mani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. Mani (page does not exist)">S. Mani</a> </td> <td>P. V. Damodaran </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ponneri_Assembly_constituency" title="Ponneri Assembly constituency">Ponneri (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Balaramanan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Balaramanan (page does not exist)">P. Balaramanan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>V. Anbuvanan </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>170 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Poompuhar_Assembly_constituency" title="Poompuhar Assembly constituency">Poompuhar</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Periyasamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Periyasamy (page does not exist)">K. Periyasamy</a> </td> <td>S. Pounraj </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Poonamallee_Assembly_constituency" title="Poonamallee Assembly constituency">Poonamallee</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Sudarsanam" title="D. Sudarsanam">D. Sudarsanam</a> </td> <td>R. Senguttuvan </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>191 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pudukkottai_Assembly_constituency" title="Pudukkottai Assembly constituency">Pudukkottai</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Nedunchezhian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Nedunchezhian (page does not exist)">R. Nedunchezhian</a> </td> <td>M. Jaafar Ali </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Purasawalkam_Assembly_constituency" title="Purasawalkam Assembly constituency">Purasawalkam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._S._Babu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. S. Babu (page does not exist)">V. S. Babu</a> </td> <td>Venkatesh Babu </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>223 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Radhapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Radhapuram Assembly constituency">Radhapuram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Appavu" title="M. Appavu">M. Appavu</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>L. Gnanapunitha </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>209 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajapalayam_Assembly_constituency" title="Rajapalayam Assembly constituency">Rajapalayam (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Chandra_(Rajapalayam_MLA)" title="M. Chandra (Rajapalayam MLA)">M. Chandra</a> </td> <td>V. P. Rajan </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>201 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramanathapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Ramanathapuram Assembly constituency">Ramanathapuram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Hussan_Ali" title="K. Hussan Ali">K. Hussan Ali</a> </td> <td>M. Palanichamy </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>34 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ranipet_Assembly_constituency" title="Ranipet Assembly constituency">Ranipet</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Gandhi" title="R. Gandhi">R. Gandhi</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>R. Thamizharasan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>94 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rasipuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Rasipuram Assembly constituency">Rasipuram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._P._Ramaswamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. P. Ramaswamy (page does not exist)">K. P. Ramaswamy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>P. R. Sundaram </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Royapuram Assembly constituency">Royapuram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Jayakumar" title="D. Jayakumar">D. Jayakumar</a> </td> <td>S. P. Sarkuna Pandian </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>71 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishivandiam_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rishivandiam Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Rishivandiam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Sivaraj" title="S. Sivaraj">S. Sivaraj</a> </td> <td>L. Athinarayanan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saidapet_Assembly_constituency" title="Saidapet Assembly constituency">Saidapet</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._Senthamizhan" title="G. Senthamizhan">G. Senthamizhan</a> </td> <td>C. R. Baskaran </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>88 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salem_%E2%80%93_I_Assembly_constituency" title="Salem – I Assembly constituency">Salem - I</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=L._Ravichandran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="L. Ravichandran (page does not exist)">L. Ravichandran</a> </td> <td>M. R. Suresh </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>89 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salem_%E2%80%93_II_Assembly_constituency" title="Salem – II Assembly constituency">Salem - II</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Veerapandy_S._Arumugam" title="Veerapandy S. Arumugam">S. Arumugam</a> </td> <td>R. Sureshkumar </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>145 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samayanallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Samayanallur Assembly constituency">Samayanallur (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Tamilarasi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Tamilarasi (page does not exist)">R. Tamilarasi</a> </td> <td>P. Lakshmi </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>213 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sankaranayanarkoil_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sankaranayanarkoil Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Sankaranayanarkoil (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Karuppasamy" title="C. Karuppasamy">C. Karuppasamy</a> </td> <td>S. Thangavelu </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>73 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sankarapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Sankarapuram Assembly constituency">Sankarapuram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._Anagaiyarkanni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. Anagaiyarkanni (page does not exist)">A. Anagaiyarkanni</a> </td> <td>P. Sanniyasi </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>99 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sankari_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Sankari Assembly constituency">Sankari (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._P._Duraisamy" title="V. P. Duraisamy">V. P. Duraisamy</a> </td> <td>S. Shanthamani </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>125 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sathyamangalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Sathyamangalam Assembly constituency">Sathyamangalam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=L._P._Dharmalingam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="L. P. Dharmalingam (page does not exist)">L. P. Dharmalingam</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>T. K. Subramaniam </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>224 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sattangulam_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sattangulam Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Sattangulam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rani_Venkatesan" title="Rani Venkatesan">Rani Venkatesan</a> </td> <td>Nazareth P. Durai </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>205 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sattur_Assembly_constituency" title="Sattur Assembly constituency">Sattur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._K._S._S._R._Ramachandran" class="mw-redirect" title="K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran">K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran</a> </td> <td>G. Chockeswaran </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>136 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sedapatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Sedapatti Assembly constituency">Sedapatti</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Durairaj" title="C. Durairaj">C. Durairaj</a> </td> <td>G. Thalapathi </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>95 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sendamangalam_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sendamangalam Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Sendamangalam (ST)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Ponnusamy" title="K. Ponnusamy">K. Ponnusamy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>P. Chandran </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>140 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sholavandan_Assembly_constituency" title="Sholavandan Assembly constituency">Sholavandan</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Moorthy" title="P. Moorthy">P. Moorthy</a> </td> <td>L. Santhanam </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>33 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sholinghur_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sholinghur Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Sholinghur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._Arul_Anbarasu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. Arul Anbarasu (page does not exist)">D. Arul Anbarasu</a> </td> <td>C. Gopal </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>104 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Singanallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Singanallur Assembly constituency">Singanallur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Chinnaswamy" title="R. Chinnaswamy">R. Chinnaswamy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>A. Soundararajan </td> <td>CPI (M) </td></tr> <tr> <td>169 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirkali_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sirkali Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Sirkali (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Panneerselvam_(Sirkazhi_MLA)" title="M. Panneerselvam (Sirkazhi MLA)">M. Panneerselvam</a> </td> <td>P. Durairajan </td> <td>VCK </td></tr> <tr> <td>198 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sivaganga_Assembly_constituency" title="Sivaganga Assembly constituency">Sivaganga</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Gunasekaran_(Communist_Party_of_India_politician)" title="S. Gunasekaran (Communist Party of India politician)">S. Gunasekaran</a> </td> <td>S. Sevanthiappan </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>207 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sivakasi_Assembly_constituency" title="Sivakasi Assembly constituency">Sivakasi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>MDMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Gnanadoss" title="R. Gnanadoss">R. Gnanadoss</a> </td> <td>V. Thangaraj </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sriperumbudur_Assembly_constituency" title="Sriperumbudur Assembly constituency">Sriperumbudur (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Yasodha" title="D. Yasodha">D. Yasodha</a> </td> <td>K. Balakrishnan </td> <td>VCK </td></tr> <tr> <td>165 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Srirangam_Assembly_constituency" title="Srirangam Assembly constituency">Srirangam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Paranjothi" title="M. Paranjothi">M. Paranjothi</a> </td> <td>G. Jerome Arokiaraj </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>226 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Srivaikuntam_Assembly_constituency" title="Srivaikuntam Assembly constituency">Srivaikuntam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Selvaraj" title="D. Selvaraj">D. Selvaraj</a> </td> <td>S. P. Shanmuganathan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>208 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Srivilliputhur_Assembly_constituency" title="Srivilliputhur Assembly constituency">Srivilliputhur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Ramasamy" title="T. Ramasamy">T. Ramasamy</a> </td> <td>R. Vinayagamoorthy </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>93 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Talavasal_Assembly_constituency" title="Talavasal Assembly constituency">Talavasal (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Chinnadurai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Chinnadurai (page does not exist)">K. Chinnadurai</a> </td> <td>P. Elangovan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tambaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Tambaram Assembly constituency">Tambaram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._R._Raja" title="S. R. Raja">S. R. Raja</a> </td> <td>K. Somu </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>85 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taramangalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Taramangalam Assembly constituency">Taramangalam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Kannan" title="P. Kannan">P. Kannan</a> </td> <td>P. Govindan </td> <td>IND </td></tr> <tr> <td>216 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tenkasi_Assembly_constituency" title="Tenkasi Assembly constituency">Tenkasi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._Karuppasamy_Pandian" class="mw-redirect" title="V. Karuppasamy Pandian">V. Karuppasamy Pandian</a> </td> <td>Rama Udayasuriyan </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>75 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thalli_Assembly_constituency" title="Thalli Assembly constituency">Thalli</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </th> <td>Ind </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Ramachandran_(CPI_politician)" title="T. Ramachandran (CPI politician)">T. Ramachandran</a> </td> <td>P. Nagaraja Reddy </td> <td>CPI </td></tr> <tr> <td>43 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thandarambattu_Assembly_constituency" title="Thandarambattu Assembly constituency">Thandarambattu</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/E._V._Velu" title="E. V. Velu">E. V. Velu</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>S. Ramachandran </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>183 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thanjavur_Assembly_constituency" title="Thanjavur Assembly constituency">Thanjavur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._N._M._Ubayadullah" title="S. N. M. Ubayadullah">S. N. M. Ubayadullah</a> </td> <td>M. Rengasamy </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theagaraya_Nagar_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theagaraya Nagar Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Theagaraya Nagar</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._P._Kalairajan" title="V. P. Kalairajan">V. P. Kalairajan</a> </td> <td>J. Anbazhagan </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>132 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Theni_Assembly_constituency" title="Theni Assembly constituency">Theni</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Ganesan" title="D. Ganesan">D. Ganesan</a> </td> <td>N. R. T. Tajkumar </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>137 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thirumangalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Thirumangalam Assembly constituency">Thirumangalam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>MDMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veera.Ilavarasan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Veera.Ilavarasan (page does not exist)">Veera.Ilavarasan</a> </td> <td>V. Velusamy </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>141 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tirupparankundram_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tirupparankundram Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Tirupparankundram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._K._Bose" title="A. K. Bose">A. K. Bose</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Venkatesan" title="S. Venkatesan">S. Venkatesan</a> </td> <td>CPI (M) </td></tr> <tr> <td>168 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thiruverambur_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thiruverambur Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Thiruverambur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._N._Sekaran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. N. Sekaran (page does not exist)">K. N. Sekaran</a> </td> <td>Sridhar Vandayar </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>188 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruvidamarudur_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruvidamarudur Assembly constituency">Thiruvidamarudur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._K._Bharathimohan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. K. Bharathimohan (page does not exist)">R. K. Bharathimohan</a> </td> <td>G. Alayamani </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>182 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruvonam_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruvonam Assembly constituency">Thiruvonam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=T._Mahesh_Krishnasamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T. Mahesh Krishnasamy (page does not exist)">T. Mahesh Krishnasamy</a> </td> <td>K. Thangamuthu </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruvottiyur_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruvottiyur Assembly constituency">Thiruvottiyur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._P._P._Samy" title="K. P. P. Samy">K. P. P. Samy</a> </td> <td>V. Moorthy </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>103 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thondamuthur_Assembly_constituency" title="Thondamuthur Assembly constituency">Thondamuthur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>MDMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Kannappan" title="M. Kannappan">M. Kannappan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._R._Balasubramaniam" title="S. R. Balasubramaniam">S. R. Balasubramaniam</a> </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>156 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thottiam_Assembly_constituency" title="Thottiam Assembly constituency">Thottiam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Rajasekharan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Rajasekharan (page does not exist)">M. Rajasekharan</a> </td> <td>R. Natarajan </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thousand_Lights_Assembly_constituency" title="Thousand Lights Assembly constituency">Thousand Lights</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._K._Stalin" title="M. K. Stalin">M. K. Stalin</a> </td> <td>Adhi Rajaram </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>55 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tindivanam_Assembly_constituency" title="Tindivanam Assembly constituency">Tindivanam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._V._Shanmugam" title="C. V. Shanmugam">C. V. Shanmugam</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>M. Karunanidhi </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>225 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruchendur_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruchendur Assembly constituency">Tiruchendur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anitha_R_Radhakrishnan" class="mw-redirect" title="Anitha R Radhakrishnan">Anitha R Radhakrishnan</a> </td> <td>A. D. K. Jeyaseelan </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>98 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruchengode_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruchengode Assembly constituency">Tiruchengode</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Thangamani" title="P. Thangamani">P. Thangamani</a> </td> <td>S. Gandhiselvan </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>166 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tiruchirapalli_%E2%80%93_I_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tiruchirapalli – I Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Tiruchirapalli - I</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anbil_Periyasamy" title="Anbil Periyasamy">Anbil Periyasamy</a> </td> <td>A. malarmannan </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>167 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tiruchirapalli_%E2%80%93_II_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tiruchirapalli – II Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Tiruchirapalli - II</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._N._Nehru" title="K. N. Nehru">K. N. Nehru</a> </td> <td>N. Mariyampitchai </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>189 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thirumayam_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thirumayam Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Thirumayam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._M._Subburam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. M. Subburam (page does not exist)">R. M. Subburam</a> </td> <td>M. Radhakrishnan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>60 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thirunavalur_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thirunavalur Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Thirunavalur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Kumaraguru" title="R. Kumaraguru">R. Kumaraguru</a> </td> <td>V. S. Veerapandian </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>218 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli_Assembly_constituency" title="Tirunelveli Assembly constituency">Tirunelveli</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Malai_Raja" title="N. Malai Raja">N. Malai Raja</a> </td> <td>Nainar Nagenthiran </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>194 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruppattur,_Sivaganga_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruppattur, Sivaganga Assembly constituency">Tiruppattur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._R._Perikaruppan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. R. Perikaruppan (page does not exist)">K. R. Perikaruppan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>K. K. Umadhevan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>41 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruppattur,_Vellore_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruppattur, Vellore Assembly constituency">Tiruppattur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._K._Raja" title="T. K. Raja">T. K. Raja</a> </td> <td>K. C. Azhagiri </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tirupporur_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tirupporur Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Tirupporur (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>PMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._Moorthy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. Moorthy (page does not exist)">D. Moorthy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>M. Dhanapan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>116 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruppur_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruppur Assembly constituency">Tiruppur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI(M) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Govindasamy" title="C. Govindasamy">C. Govindasamy</a> </td> <td>S. Duraisamy </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruttani_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruttani Assembly constituency">Tiruttani</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._Hari" title="G. Hari">G. Hari</a> </td> <td>G. Raviraj </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>177 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tiruthuraipundi_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tiruthuraipundi Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Tiruthuraipundi (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Ulaganathan" title="K. Ulaganathan">K. Ulaganathan</a> </td> <td>A. Umadevi </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>196 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruvadanai_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruvadanai Assembly constituency">Tiruvadanai</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._R._Ramasamy_(politician)" title="K. R. Ramasamy (politician)">K. R. Ramasamy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>C. Animuthu </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>184 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruvaiyaru_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruvaiyaru Assembly constituency">Tiruvaiyaru</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Durai._Chandrasekaran" class="mw-redirect" title="Durai. Chandrasekaran">Durai. Chandrasekaran</a> </td> <td>Durai. Govindarajan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tiruvallur_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tiruvallur Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Tiruvallur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/E._A._P._Sivaji" title="E. A. P. Sivaji">E. A. P. Sivaji</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>B. Ramana </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>44 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruvannamalai_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruvannamalai Assembly constituency">Tiruvannamalai</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Pitchandi" title="K. Pitchandi">K. Pitchandi</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>V. Pavan Kumar </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>174 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruvarur_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruvarur Assembly constituency">Tiruvarur (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/U._Mathivanan" title="U. Mathivanan">U. Mathivanan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>A. Thangamani </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>232 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruvattar_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruvattar Assembly constituency">Thiruvattar</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI(M) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Leema_Rose" title="R. Leema Rose">R. Leema Rose</a> </td> <td>G. Sujith Kumar </td> <td>BJP </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Triplicane_Assembly_constituency" title="Triplicane Assembly constituency">Triplicane</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bader_Sayeed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bader Sayeed (page does not exist)">Bader Sayeed</a> </td> <td>M. Naganathan </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>227 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuticorin_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tuticorin Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Tuticorin</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Geetha_Jeevan" title="P. Geetha Jeevan">P. Geetha Jeevan</a> </td> <td>S. Danielraj </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>127 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ootacamund_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ootacamund Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Ootacamund</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=B._Gopalan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="B. Gopalan (page does not exist)">B. Gopalan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>K. N. Dorai </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>111 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Udumalpet_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Udumalpet Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Udumalpet</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Shanmugavelu" title="C. Shanmugavelu">C. Shanmugavelu</a> </td> <td>C. Veluchamy </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>61 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulundurpet_Assembly_constituency" title="Ulundurpet Assembly constituency">Ulundurpet (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Thirunavukarasu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Thirunavukarasu (page does not exist)">K. Thirunavukarasu</a> </td> <td>E. Vijayaraghavan </td> <td>VCK </td></tr> <tr> <td>157 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uppiliapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Uppiliapuram Assembly constituency">Uppiliapuram (ST)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Rani" title="R. Rani">R. Rani</a> </td> <td>P. Muthusamy </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>138 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Usilampatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Usilampatti Assembly constituency">Usilampatti</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=I._Mahendran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="I. Mahendran (page does not exist)">I. Mahendran</a> </td> <td>P. V. Kathiravan </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uthiramerur_Assembly_constituency" title="Uthiramerur Assembly constituency">Uthiramerur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Sundar" title="K. Sundar">K. Sundar</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>V. Somasundaram </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>186 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valangiman_Assembly_constituency" title="Valangiman Assembly constituency">Valangiman (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ilamathi_Subramanian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ilamathi Subramanian (page does not exist)">Ilamathi Subramanian</a> </td> <td>S. Senthamil Chelvan </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>110 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valparai_Assembly_constituency" title="Valparai Assembly constituency">Valparai (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kovai_Thangam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kovai Thangam">Kovai Thangam</a> </td> <td>S. Susi Kalayarasan </td> <td>VCK </td></tr> <tr> <td>51 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vandavasi_Assembly_constituency" title="Vandavasi Assembly constituency">Vandavasi (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeyaraman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeyaraman (page does not exist)">Jeyaraman</a> </td> <td>M. Chakrapani </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>39 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaniayambadi_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vaniayambadi Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Vaniayambadi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=H._Abdul_Basith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. Abdul Basith (page does not exist)">H. Abdul Basith</a> </td> <td>K. Mohammad Ali </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>56 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanur_Assembly_constituency" title="Vanur Assembly constituency">Vanur (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Ganapathy_(Vanur_MLA)" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Ganapathy (Vanur MLA)">N. Ganapathy</a> </td> <td>N. Soundararajan </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>161 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Varahur_Assembly_constituency" title="Varahur Assembly constituency">Varahur (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Chanthirakasi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Chanthirakasi (page does not exist)">M. Chanthirakasi</a> </td> <td>K. Gopalakrishnan </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>214 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vasudevanallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Vasudevanallur Assembly constituency">Vasudevanallur (SC)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>MDMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Sadhan_Thirumalai_Kumar" class="mw-redirect" title="T. Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar">T. Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar</a> </td> <td>R. Krishnan </td> <td>CPI (M) </td></tr> <tr> <td>176 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vedaranyam_Assembly_constituency" title="Vedaranyam Assembly constituency">Vedaranyam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._K._Vedarathinam" title="S. K. Vedarathinam">S. K. Vedarathinam</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._S._Maniyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="O. S. Maniyan (page does not exist)">O. S. Maniyan</a> </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>150 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vedasandur_Assembly_constituency" title="Vedasandur Assembly constituency">Vedasandur</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Dhandapani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Dhandapani (page does not exist)">M. Dhandapani</a> </td> <td>S. Palanichamy </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>90 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Veerapandi_Assembly_constituency" title="Veerapandi Assembly constituency">Veerapandi</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Rajendran" title="A. Rajendran">A. Rajendran</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>V. S. Veerapandian </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>113 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vellakoil_Assembly_constituency" title="Vellakoil Assembly constituency">Vellakoil</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._P._Saminathan" title="M. P. Saminathan">M. P. Saminathan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>A. Ganeshamurthi </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>48 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vellore_Assembly_constituency" title="Vellore Assembly constituency">Vellore</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>INC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Gnanasekaran" class="mw-redirect" title="C. Gnanasekaran">C. Gnanasekaran</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>N. Subramani </td> <td>MDMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>210 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vilathikulam_Assembly_constituency" title="Vilathikulam Assembly constituency">Vilathikulam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>AIADMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Chinnappan" title="P. Chinnappan">P. Chinnappan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci1_15-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Rajaram" title="K. Rajaram">K. Rajaram</a> </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>233 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vilavancode_Assembly_constituency" title="Vilavancode Assembly constituency">Vilavancode</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>CPI(M) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._John_Joseph" title="G. John Joseph">G. John Joseph</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>F. Frankiln </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Villivakkam_Assembly_constituency" title="Villivakkam Assembly constituency">Villivakkam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B._Ranganathan" title="B. Ranganathan">B. Ranganathan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>G. Kalan </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>58 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Villupuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Villupuram Assembly constituency">Villupuram</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Ponmudy" title="K. Ponmudy">K. Ponmudy</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci2_12-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>D. Duraisamy </td> <td>DMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>206 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virudhunagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Virudhunagar Assembly constituency">Virudhunagar</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td>MDMK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Varadharajan" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Varadharajan">R. Varadharajan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>S. Damodharan </td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>69 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vridhachalam_Assembly_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vridhachalam Assembly constituency (page does not exist)">Vridhachalam</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </th> <td>DMDK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vijayakanth" title="Vijayakanth">Vijayakanth</a><sup id="cite_ref-ndtv1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ndtv1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>R. Govindasamy </td> <td>PMK </td></tr> <tr> <td>87 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yercaud_Assembly_constituency" title="Yercaud Assembly constituency">Yercaud (ST)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td>DMK </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=C._Tamilselvan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C. Tamilselvan (page does not exist)">C. Tamilselvan</a><sup id="cite_ref-eci4_13-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eci4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>J. Alamelu </td> <td>AIADMK </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#ADD8E6">* </td> <td>Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a>, and its leader <a href="/wiki/Dr._Ramdoss" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Ramdoss">Dr. Ramdoss</a> and left parties would also end up joining the AIADMK led front, leaving the DMK coalition ahead of 2009 Lok Sabha General election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="Elections in Tamil Nadu">Elections in Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislature of Tamil Nadu">Legislature of Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="Government of Tamil Nadu">Government of Tamil Nadu</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ibnlive.com/news/tn-exit-polls-exit-jaya-welcome-mk/9826-4.html">CNN-IBN-Hindu Exit Polls Article</a> <i>accessed</i> 13 May 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060515012818/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/25/stories/2006042516870600.htm">"DMK ahead in pre-poll survey"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a></i>. 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href="#cite_ref-eci4_13-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eci.gov.in/States%20Htmls/TamilNaduResults.htm">Election Commission of India Official Tamil Nadu Results</a> <i>accessed</i> 12 May 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ndtv1-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ndtv1_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ndtv1_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ibnlive.com/news/karunanidhi-on-comeback-trail-in-tamil-nadu/10118-4-single.html">Karunanidhi on comeback trail in Tamil Nadu, IBNLive Article</a>, <i>accessed</i> 11 May 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-eci1-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-20"><sup><i><b>u</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-21"><sup><i><b>v</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-22"><sup><i><b>w</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-23"><sup><i><b>x</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-24"><sup><i><b>y</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-25"><sup><i><b>z</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-26"><sup><i><b>aa</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-27"><sup><i><b>ab</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-28"><sup><i><b>ac</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-29"><sup><i><b>ad</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-30"><sup><i><b>ae</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-31"><sup><i><b>af</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-32"><sup><i><b>ag</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-33"><sup><i><b>ah</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-34"><sup><i><b>ai</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eci1_15-35"><sup><i><b>aj</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eci.gov.in/">Election Commission of India Newsflash</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081207201816/http://www.eci.gov.in/">Archived</a> 2008-12-07 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>accessed</i> 11 May 2006.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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