Elections for the 18th Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu
2024 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu Opinion polls Turnout 69.72% ( 2.72 pp )
Seatwise Result Map of the 2024 general election in Tamil Nadu
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Tamil Nadu on 19 April to elect 39 members of the 18th Lok Sabha .[ 1] The election results were announced on 4 June 2024.[ 2] [ 3]
The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in the state and the Indian National Congress (INC) nationally, secured all the 39 seats—a second consecutive "sweeping" win for the alliance after the 2019 elections . The opposing National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the federal ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), lost all the seats again. Whereas the Main opposition party in the state All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), lost the one seat (Theni ) they had won when they were part of the NDA in the 2019.
DMK is part of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance , which was formed on 18 July 2023. On 25 September 2023, AIADMK withdrew from the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance to form and lead the new alliance, AIADMK+ .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
On 19 January 2024, DMK constituted a seven-member committee to hold consultations with alliance partners for seat sharing.[ 7] On 22 January, AIADMK set up a 5-member committee to hold seat sharing talks with alliance partners.[ 8] [ 9]
On 26 January, CPI(M) formed a four membered panel for seat sharing with DMK. Central committee members P. Sampath, P. Shanmugam and state committee members N. Gunasekaran and K. Kanagaraj were included in the panel. [ 10] On February 5, Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance held seat sharing talks with Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam .[ 11]
On 19 March 2024 the Bharatiya Janata Party finalised seat sharing a with the Pattali Makkal Katchi as part of the National Democratic Alliance, were the party will contest 10 seats in Tamil Nadu.[ 12]
On 20 March 2024, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami released the first list, comprising 16 candidates contesting the election. The Party finalised seat sharing and allotted one seat each to its allies SDPI , PT and five Seats to DMDK .[ 13] On March 21, Palaniswami released the second and final list, comprising 16 AIADMK candidates contesting the election.[ 14]
Poll event
Phase
I
Notification Date
20 March
Last Date for filing nomination
27 March
Scrutiny of nomination
28 March
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination
30 March
Date of poll
19 April
Date of counting of votes/Result
4 June 2024
No. of constituencies
39
Parties and alliances [ edit ]
Party
Symbol
Seats contested
Bahujan Samaj Party
39
Naam Tamilar Katchi
39
Naadaalum Makkal Katchi
12
Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi
9
Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi
9
Ganasangam Party of India
7
Bahujan Dravida Party
6
Thakkam Katchi
6
Viro Ke Vir Indian Party
6
Anna MGR Dravida Makkal Kalgam
5
Aravor Munnetra Kazhagam
5
Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi
5
Anti Corruption Dynamic Party
4
Bharatiya Praja Aikyata Party
4
Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi
4
Puthiya Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi
3
Tamizhaga Murpokku Makkal Katchi
3
Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy
3
United Republican Party of India
3
Aanaithinthiya Jananayaka Pathukappu Kazhagam
2
All India Jananayaka Makkal Kazhagam
2
Ambedkarite Party of India
2
Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Amma Draqvida Munnetra Kazhagam
2
Chennai Youth Party
2
Dhesiya Makkal Kazhagam
2
Jebamani Janata
2
Mahathma Makkal Munnetra Kazhakam
2
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha
2
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
2
Tamilaga Makkal Thannurimai Katchi
2
Tamilar Makkal Katchi
2
Tamil Manila Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2
Ahimsa Socialist Party
1
All India Uzhavargal Uzhaippalargal Katchi
1
All India Youth Development Party
1
All India Youth Development Party
1
Anaithu India Makkal Katchi
1
Anna Makkal Katchi
1
Hindu Samaj Party
1
Hindustan Janta Party
1
Humanity for Peace Party
1
Karunaadu Party
1
Makkal Nala Kazhagam
1
Makkal Nalvaazhvuk Katchi
1
Naam Indiar Party
1
Nam India Naam Indiyar Katchi
1
National Maha Sabha Party
1
New Generation People’s Party
1
Punnagai Desam Party
1
Republican Party of India (Sivaraj)
1
Tamilaga Makkal Nala Katchi
1
Tipu Sultan Party
1
Vidiyalai Thedum Indhiyargal Party
1
Viduthalai Kalam Katchi
1
Total
220
^ a b c d PNK , IJK , IMKMK and TMMK will contest one seat in BJP's Lotus symbol, therefore they will be considered as BJP party candidates officially by ECI affidavit
^ KMDK will contest one seat in DMK's Rising Sun symbol, therefore he will be considered as DMK party candidate officially by ECI affidavit
^ a b SDPI and PT will contest one seat in AIADMK's Two Leaves symbol, therefore they will be considered as AIADMK party candidates officially by ECI affidavit
Polling agency
Lead
INDIA
AIADMK
NDA
Others
Actual Results
39
0
0
0
INDIA
Highest turnout in Dharmapuri constituency of 81.20% and the lowest is in Chennai Central constituency of 53.96%.[ 25]
Results by alliance or party [ edit ]
Alliance/ Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Contested
Won
+/−
INDIA
DMK
1,16,89,879
26.93
6.59
22
22
2
INC
46,32,770
10.67
1.94
9
9
1
CPI(M)
10,95,592
2.52
0.15
2
2
VCK
9,82,117
2.25
1.09
2
2
1
CPI
9,32,954
2.15
0.25
2
2
MDMK
5,42,213
1.28
1.28
1
1
1
IUML
5,06,690
1.17
0.08
1
1
Total
2,03,82,215
46.97
6.18
39
39
1
AIADMK+
AIADMK
88,80,801
20.46
1.07
34
0
1
DMDK
11,23,444
2.59
0.43
5
0
Total
1,00,04,245
23.05
1.50
39
0
1
NDA
BJP
48,80,954
11.24
7.58
23
0
PMK
18,79,689
4.33
1.09
10
0
TMC(M)
4,10,401
0.94
0.43
3
0
AMMK
3,93,415
0.90
4.48
2
0
IND
3,42,882
0.87
0.87
1
0
Total
79,07,341
18.28
3.31
39
0
NTK
35,60,485
8.20
4.30
39
0
Others
10,93,812
2.52
0
IND
0
NOTA
4,61,327
1.06
0.22
Total
4,34,09,425
100%
-
39
-
Results by constituency [ edit ]
Constituency
Turnout
Winner[ 26]
Runner Up
Margin
Party
Alliance
Candidate
Votes
%
Party
Alliance
Candidate
Votes
%
Votes
%
1
Tiruvallur (SC)
68.59%
INC
INDIA
Sasikanth Senthil
7,96,956
56.21%
BJP
NDA
Pon. V. Balaganapathy
2,24,801
15.86%
5,72,155
40.35%
2
Chennai North
60.11%
DMK
INDIA
Kalanidhi Veeraswamy
4,97,333
55.11%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
Royapuram R. Mano
1,58,111
17.52%
3,39,222
37.59%
3
Chennai South
54.17%
DMK
INDIA
Thamizhachi Thangapandian
5,16,628
47.00%
BJP
NDA
Tamilisai Soundararajan
2,90,683
26.44%
2,25,945
20.56%
4
Chennai Central
53.96%
DMK
INDIA
Dayanidhi Maran
4,13,848
56.65%
BJP
NDA
Vinoj P. Selvam
1,69,159
23.16%
2,44,689
33.49%
5
Sriperumbudur
60.25%
DMK
INDIA
T. R. Baalu
7,58,611
52.65%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
G. Premkumar
2,71,582
18.85%
4,87,029
33.80%
6
Kancheepuram (SC)
71.68%
DMK
INDIA
G. Selvam
5,86,044
46.53%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
E. Rajasekar
3,64,571
28.94%
2,21,473
17.59%
7
Arakkonam
74.19%
DMK
INDIA
S. Jagathrakshakan
5,63,216
48.39%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
A. L. Vijayan
2,56,656
22.05%
3,06,559
26.34%
8
Vellore
73.53%
DMK
INDIA
D. M. Kathir Anand
5,68,692
50.35%
BJP
NDA
A. C. Shanmugam [ N 1]
3,52,990
31.25%
2,15,702
19.10%
9
Krishnagiri
71.50%
INC
INDIA
K. Gopinath
4,92,883
42.27%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
V. Jayaprakash
3,00,397
25.76%
1,92,486
16.51%
10
Dharmapuri
81.20%
DMK
INDIA
A. Mani
4,32,667
34.67%
PMK
NDA
Sowmiya Anbumani
4,11,367
32.97%
21,300
1.70%
11
Tiruvannamalai
74.24%
DMK
INDIA
C. N. Annadurai
5,47,379
47.75%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
M. Kaliyaperumal
3,13,448
27.34%
2,33,931
20.41%
12
Arani
75.76%
DMK
INDIA
M. S. Tharanivendhan
5,00,099
43.86%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
G. V. Gajendran
2,91,333
25.55%
2,08,766
18.31%
13
Viluppuram (SC)
76.52%
VCK
INDIA
D. Ravikumar
4,77,033
41.39%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
J. Bakkiyaraj
4,06,330
35.25%
70,703
6.14%
14
Kallakurichi
79.21%
DMK
INDIA
Malaiarasan
5,61,589
44.94%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
R. Kumaraguru
5,07,805
40.64%
53,784
4.30%
15
Salem
78.16%
DMK
INDIA
T. M. Selvaganapathi
5,66,085
43.38%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
P. Vignesh
4,95,728
37.99%
70,357
5.39%
16
Namakkal
78.21%
DMK
INDIA
V. S. Matheswaran[ N 2]
4,62,036
40.31%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
S. Tamil Mani
4,32,924
37.77%
29,112
2.54%
17
Erode
70.59%
DMK
INDIA
K. E. Prakash
5,62,339
51.43%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
Aatral Ashok Kumar
3,32,773
29.79%
2,36,566
21.64%
18
Tiruppur
70.62%
CPI
INDIA
K. Subbarayan
4,72,739
41.38%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
P. Arunachalam
3,46,811
30.35%
1,25,928
11.03%
19
Nilgiris (SC)
70.95%
DMK
INDIA
A. Raja
4,73,212
46.44%
BJP
NDA
L. Murugan
2,32,627
22.83%
2,40,585
23.61%
20
Coimbatore
64.89%
DMK
INDIA
Ganapathi Raj Kumar
5,68,200
41.39%
BJP
NDA
K. Annamalai
4,50,132
32.79%
1,18,068
8.60%
21
Pollachi
70.41%
DMK
INDIA
Eswarasamy
5,33,377
47.37%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
A. Karthikeyan
2,81,335
24.98%
2,52,042
22.39%
22
Dindigul
71.14%
CPI(M)
INDIA
R. Sachidanandam
6,70,149
58.29%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
V. M. S. Mohamed Mubarak[ N 3]
2,26,328
19.69%
4,43,821
38.60%
23
Karur
78.70%
INC
INDIA
S. Jothimani
5,34,906
47.25%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
K. R. L. Thangavel
3,68,090
32.52%
1,66,816
14.73%
24
Tiruchirappalli
67.51%
MDMK
INDIA
Durai Vaiko
5,42,213
51.35%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
P. Karuppaiah
2,29,119
21.70%
3,13,094
29.65%
25
Perambalur
77.43%
DMK
INDIA
Arun Nehru
6,03,209
53.42%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
N. D. Chandramohan
2,14,102
18.96%
3,89,107
34.46%
26
Cuddalore
72.57%
INC
INDIA
M. K. Vishnu Prasad
4,55,053
44.11%
DMDK
AIADMK+
P. Sivakozhundu
2,69,157
26.09%
1,85,896
18.02%
27
Chidambaram (SC)
76.37%
VCK
INDIA
Thol. Thirumavalavan
5,05,084
43.28%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
M. Chandrahaasan
4,01,530
34.40%
1,03,554
8.88%
28
Mayiladuthurai
70.09%
INC
INDIA
Sudha Ramakrishnan
5,18,459
47.67%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
P. Babu
2,47,276
22.73%
2,71,183
24.94%
29
Nagapattinam (SC)
71.94%
CPI
INDIA
V. Selvaraj
4,65,044
47.79%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
G. Surjith Sankar
2,56,087
26.32%
2,08,957
21.47%
30
Thanjavur
68.27%
DMK
INDIA
Murasoli
5,02,245
48.82%
DMDK
AIADMK+
P. Sivanesan
1,82,662
17.76%
3,19,583
31.06%
31
Sivaganga
64.26%
INC
INDIA
Karti P Chidambaram
4,27,677
40.60%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
A. Xavierdas
2,22,013
21.08%
2,05,664
21.22%
32
Madurai
62.04%
CPI(M)
INDIA
Su. Venkatesan
4,30,323
43.60%
BJP
NDA
Raama Sreenivasan
2,20,914
22.38%
2,09,409
21.22%
33
Theni
69.84%
DMK
INDIA
Thanga Tamil Selvan
5,71,493
50.08%
AMMK
NDA
T. T. V. Dhinakaran
2,92,668
25.65%
2,78,825
24.43%
34
Virudhunagar
70.22%
INC
INDIA
B. Manickam Tagore
3,85,256
36.28%
DMDK
AIADMK+
V. Vijaya Prabakaran
3,80,877
35.87%
4,379
0.41%
35
Ramanathapuram
68.19%
IUML
INDIA
K. Navas Kani
5,09,664
45.92%
IND
NDA
O. Panneerselvam
3,42,882
30.89%
1,66,782
15.03%
36
Thoothukkudi
66.88%
DMK
INDIA
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi
5,40,729
55.26%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
R. Sivasamy Velumani
1,47,991
15.12%
3,92,738
40.14%
37
Tenkasi (SC)
67.65%
DMK
INDIA
Rani Srikumar
4,25,679
40.97%
AIADMK
AIADMK+
K. Krishnasamy [ N 4]
2,29,480
22.08%
1,96,199
18.89%
38
Tirunelveli
64.10%
INC
INDIA
C. Robert Bruce
5,02,296
47.06%
BJP
NDA
Nainar Nagendran
3,36,676
31.54%
1,65,620
15.52%
39
Kanniyakumari
65.44%
INC
INDIA
Vijay Vasanth
5,46,248
53.08%
BJP
NDA
Pon. Radhakrishnan
3,66,341
35.60%
1,79,907
17.48%
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties [ edit ]
Map needed
Party
Leads in Assembly segments
(2024 Indian General Election )
Assembly Seats won
(2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election )
INDIA
DMK
125
133
INC
52
18
CPI(M)
12
2
CPI
12
2
VCK
8
4
IUML
6
0
Total
221
159
AIADMK+
AIADMK
8
66
DMDK
2
0
Total
10
66
NDA
BJP
0
4
PMK
3
5
Total
3
9
Total
234
^ PNK , IJK , IMKMK and TMMK will contest one seat in BJP's Lotus symbol, therefore they will be considered as BJP party candidates officially by ECI affidavit
^ KMDK will contest one seat in DMK's Rising Sun symbol, therefore he will be considered as DMK party candidate officially by ECI affidavit
^ SDPI and PT will contest one seat in AIADMK's Two Leaves symbol, therefore they will be considered as AIADMK party candidates officially by ECI affidavit
^ SDPI and PT will contest one seat in AIADMK's Two Leaves symbol, therefore they will be considered as AIADMK party candidates officially by ECI affidavit
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