Categories
Next Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
From Wikipedia - Reading time: 9 min
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 234 elected seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 118 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Map of the assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Next Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election is expected to be held in April–May 2026 to elect all 234 members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.[1] M. K. Stalin is the incumbent Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Background
[edit]In the previous assembly elections, The DMK won 133 constituencies on its own, receiving an absolute majority in the sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, whereas its SPA alliance saw victory in a total of 159 constituencies. Meanwhile, the NDA alliance captured 75 constituencies, out of which the AIADMK had won 66. Other parties, alliances, and independent candidates did not secure any seats. After spending a decade as the opposition party, the DMK won Tamil Nadu from the AIADMK, which reigned the state for two consecutive terms (2011-2021). After the victory, M. K. Stalin became the next chief minister of the state. The AIADMK led by Edappadi K. Palaniswami assumed the position of the opposition party at the sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.[2][3][4][5][6] On 11 April 2025, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami and BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah announced their alliance for 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election on a Joint Press Conference at Chennai.[7][8]
Schedule
[edit]| Poll Event | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Notification Date | TBD |
| Last Date for filing nomination | TBD |
| Scrutiny of nomination | TBD |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | TBD |
| Date of Poll | TBD |
| Date of Counting of Votes | TBD |
Parties and Alliances
[edit]| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 
|
|
|
M. K. Stalin | TBD | |
| Indian National Congress | 
|
|
|
K. Selvaperunthagai | TBD | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 
|
_election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg){kind=small}
|
|
P. Shanmugam | TBD | |
| Communist Party of India | 
|
|
|
R. Mutharasan | TBD | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 
|
|
|
K. M. Kader Mohideen | TBD | |
| Makkal Needhi Maiam[9] | 
|
|
|
Kamal Haasan | TBD | |
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 
|
|
.JPG)
|
Vaiko | TBD | |
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 
|
|
|
Thol. Thirumavalavan | TBD | |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 
|
|
|
Edappadi K. Palaniswami | TBD | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 
|
|
|
Nainar Nagendran | TBD | |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 
|
|
|
S. Ramadoss | TBD | |
| Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 
|
|
|
Premallatha Vijayakant | TBD | |
| Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam | 
|
|
|
T. T. V. Dhinakaran | TBD | |
| Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | _Tamilnadu_India.jpg){kind=small}
|
|
|
G. K. Vasan | TBD | |
| Puratchi Bharatham Katchi | 
|
|
|
M. Jaganmoorthy | TBD | |
| ADMKTUMK |
|
|
|
O. Panneerselvam | TBD | |
Others
[edit]| Political party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naam Tamilar Katchi | 
|
|
|
Seeman | 234 | |
| Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam | 
|
|
|
Vijay | 234 | |
Candidates
[edit]Surveys and polls
[edit]Opinion polls
[edit]| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | NDA | Others | |||||
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | NDA | Others | |||||
Exit polls
[edit]| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | NDA | Others | |||||
Results
[edit]Results by alliance or party
[edit]| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| SPA | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress | |||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |||||||||
| Communist Party of India | |||||||||
| Indian Union Muslim League | |||||||||
| Makkal Needhi Maiam | |||||||||
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |||||||||
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
| NDA | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||||
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | |||||||||
| Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
| Other parties | |||||||||
| Independents | |||||||||
| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | 100% | — | 234 | — | |||||
Results by region
[edit]| Region | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | NDA | Others | ||
| Northern Tamil Nadu | 69 | |||
| Western Tamil Nadu | 68 | |||
| Southern Tamil Nadu | 51 | |||
| Central Tamil Nadu | 46 | |||
| Total | 234 |
Results by district
[edit]| District | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | NDA | Others | ||
| Thiruvallur | 6 | |||
| Chennai | 22 | |||
| Kancheepuram | 3 | |||
| Chengalpattu | 6 | |||
| Ranipet | 4 | |||
| Vellore | 5 | |||
| Thirupattur | 4 | |||
| Krishnagiri | 6 | |||
| Dharmapuri | 5 | |||
| Thiruvanamalai | 8 | |||
| Villupuram | 7 | |||
| Kallakurichi | 4 | |||
| Salem | 11 | |||
| Namakkal | 6 | |||
| Erode | 8 | |||
| Nilgiris | 3 | |||
| Thiruppur | 8 | |||
| Coimbatore | 10 | |||
| Dindigal | 7 | |||
| Karur | 4 | |||
| Tiruchirapalli | 9 | |||
| Perambalur | 2 | |||
| Ariyalur | 2 | |||
| Cuddalore | 9 | |||
| Mayiladuthurai | 3 | |||
| Nagapattinam | 3 | |||
| Thiruvarur | 4 | |||
| Thanjavur | 8 | |||
| Pudukottai | 6 | |||
| Sivaganga | 4 | |||
| Madurai | 10 | |||
| Theni | 4 | |||
| Virudhunagar | 7 | |||
| Ramanathapuram | 4 | |||
| Thoothukudi | 6 | |||
| Tenkasi | 5 | |||
| Tirunelveli | 5 | |||
| Kanyakumari | 6 | |||
| Total | 234 |
Results by constituency
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Legislative Assemblies : Term of State/House". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021 Live: DMK leader Stalin to take oath as CM on May 7". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Detailed Result, Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021" (PDF). eci.gov.in.
- ^ "PMK aims to form TN government in 2026: Anbumani". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "NTK will contest alone in 2024 and 2026: Seeman". The Hindu. 17 February 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "BJP will make big impact in Tamil Nadu in 2024, 2026 elections, says K. Annamalai". The Hindu. 27 February 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "BJP, AIADMK reunite forming alliance for 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election". The Hindu. 11 April 2025. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ https://www.indiatvnews.com/tamil-nadu/chennai-bjp-announces-alliance-with-aiadmk-in-tamil-nadu-ahead-of-2026-elections-eps-to-be-cm-candidate-2025-04-11-985064
- ^ "Kamal hints MNM may forge an alliance for 2024 Lok Sabha election". DT next.
Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election1 | Status: cached on April 15 2025 08:25:08↧ Download as ZWI file
EncycloReader
is supported by the 
KSF