2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu
The 2019 elections for Tamil Nadu's 39 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha were held on 18 April, in the second phase of the 2019 Indian general elections. The alliance led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, won a landslide victory, taking 38 of the 39 seats.
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ECI has announced that the by-election (2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections) for 18 assembly constituencies together with the general elections (18 constituencies polling date – 18.04.2019 and 4 Constituencies – 19.05.2019). The counting of votes was held on 23 May and results were published on the same day.
There are 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu, with an average of 1.51 million voters in each one.
Seat allotments
editParty/Alliance | Flag | Election symbol | Leader | Photo | Contesting seats | |
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
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20 | |||
Pattali Makkal Katchi | S. Ramadoss | 7 | ||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | Tamilisai Soundararajan | 5 | ||||
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | Vijayakant | 4 | ||||
Puthiya Needhi Katchi | A. C. Shanmugam | 1 | ||||
Puthiya Tamilagam | K. Krishnasamy | 1 | ||||
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | G. K. Vasan | 1 |
AMMK - SDPI Front
editParty | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | T. T. V. Dhinakaran | 38 | |||
Social Democratic Party of India | 1 |
Non-aligned parties
editParty | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | ||
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Naam Tamilar Katchi | NTK | Seeman | 39 | |||
Makkal Needhi Maiam | MNM | Kamal Haasan | 36 |
Opinion polls
editDate published | Polling agency | Others | Lead | ||
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SPA | NDA | ||||
Apr 2019 | Times Now-VMR | 53.12% | 39.61% | 7.27% | 13.51% |
Date published | Polling agency | AMMK | Lead | ||
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SPA | NDA | ||||
Oct 2018 | Spick Media | 25 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
Mar 2019 | Times Now-VMR | 34 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
Mar 2019 | News Nation | 24 | 15 | NA | 9 |
Mar 2019 | India TV-CNX | 22 | 15 | 2 | 7 |
Apr 2019 | People studies-Loyola College | 33 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 28 |
Apr 2019 | Thanthi TV | 23–31 | 9–17 | 0 | 14 |
Apr 2019 | Republic TV | 18–19 | 20–21 | 0 | 2 |
6 Apr 2019 | IndiaTV-CNX | 21 | 13 | 5 | 8 |
8 Apr 2019 | Times Now-VMR | 33 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
8 Apr 2019 | PuthiyaThalaimurai TV | 31–33 | 6–8 | 0 | 27 |
Exit Polls
editPolling Agency | SPA | NDA | AMMK | MNM | NTK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thanthi TV | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
India Today | 34–38 | 0–4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Times Now | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
People Political Predictions | 25 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Voters Turnout
editDate | State/UT | No. of. Seats | Turnout (%)[1] |
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18 Apr 2019 | Tamil Nadu | 39 | 72.44 |
Highest turnout in Dharmapuri constituency of 82.41% and the lowest is in Chennai South constituency of 57.07%.[1]
Results
editCoalition wise result
edit- VCK, IJK, MDMK and KMDK contested one seat in DMK's Rising Sun party symbol, therefore they will be considered as DMK party candidates officially by ECI affidavit and will represent as DMK in Parliament
Detailed results
editConstituency-wise results:[10][11][12]
Constituency | Candidates | ||||||||||||
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SPA | NDA | AMMK | MNM | NTK | Winning candidate | Winning party | Margin | ||||||
Arakkonam | DMK | S. Jagathrakshakan | PMK – A. K. Moorthy | N. G. Parthiban | N.Rajendran | Y.R.Pavendhan | S. Jagathrakshakan | DMK | 328956 | ||||
Arani | INC | Dr. M. K. Vishnu Prasad | AIADMK – Senji V. Ezhumalai | G. Senthamizhan | V.Shaji | A.Thamilarasi | Dr. M. K. Vishnu Prasad | INC | 230806 | ||||
Chennai (Central) | DMK | Dayanidhi Maran | PMK – S.R.Sam Paul | SDPI – Dehlan Baqavi | Kameela Nassar | R.Karthikeyan | Dayanidhi Maran | DMK | 301520 | ||||
Chennai (North) | DMK | Kalanidhi Veeraswamy | DMDK – R. Mohanraj | P.Santhana Krishnan | A.G. Mourya | P.Kaliyammaal | Kalanidhi Veeraswamy | DMK | 461518 | ||||
Chennai (South) | DMK | Thamizhachi Thangapandian | AIADMK – J. Jayavardhan | E. Subaya | R. Rangarajan | A.J.Sherine | Sumathy (A) Thamizachi Thangapandian | DMK | 262223 | ||||
Chidambaram (SC) | VCK | Thol. Thirumavalavan[13] | AIADMK – P. Chandrasekar | A. Elavarasan | T.Ravi | M.Siva Jothi | Thol. Thirumavalavan | VCK[13] | 3219 | ||||
Coimbatore | CPI(M) | P.R. Natarajan | BJP – C. P. Radhakrishnan | N. R. Appadurai | R.Mahendran | S.Kalyana Sundharam | P.R. Natarajan | CPI(M) | 176918 | ||||
Cuddalore | DMK | T.R.V.S. Ramesh | PMK – R. Govindasamy | K.Thangavel | V.Annamalai | R.Sithra | T.R.V.S. Ramesh | DMK | 143983 | ||||
Dharmapuri | DMK | S. Senthilkumar | PMK – Anbumani Ramadoss | P. Palaniappan | D.Rajashekar | R.Rukmini Devi | S. Senthil Kumar | DMK | 70753 | ||||
Dindigul | DMK | P. Veluchamy | PMK -K.Jothimuthu | P.Jothi Murugan | S.Sudhakaran | Mansoor Ali Khan | P. Veluchamy | DMK | 538972 | ||||
Erode | MDMK | A. Ganesha Murthi[14] (DMK[15][N 1]) | AIADMK – G. Manimaran | K. C. Senthilkumar | A.Saravanakumar | M.C.Seetha Laxmi | A. Ganesha Murthi[14] | DMK[15][N 1] | 210618 | ||||
Kallakurichi | DMK | Pon.Gautham Sigamani | DMDK – L.K. Sudhish | M.Komugi Manian | H.Ganesh | S.Sharfudeen | Pon.Gautham Sigamani | DMK | 399919 | ||||
Kancheepuram (SC) | DMK | G. Selvam | AIADMK – K. Maragatham | A. Munusamy | --- | D.Sivaranjani | G. Selvam | DMK | 286632 | ||||
Kanniyakumari | INC | H. Vasanthakumar | BJP – Pon Radhakrishnan | E.Lekshmanan | J.Ebenezer | V.Jainteen | H. Vasanthakumar | INC | 259933 | ||||
Karur | INC | S.Jothimani | AIADMK – M. Thambidurai | P.S.N.Thangavel | R.Hariharan | R.Karupriya | S.Jothimani | INC | 420546 | ||||
Krishnagiri | INC | A. Chellakumar | AIADMK – K. P. Munusamy | S. Ganesa kumar | Srikarunya Subramanyam | N.Madhusoodhanan | A. Chellakumar | INC | 156765 | ||||
Madurai | CPI(M) | S. Venkatesan | AIADMK – V.V.R. Raj Satyen | K. David Annadurai | P.Alagar | J.Pandiyammal | S. Venkatesan | CPI(M) | 139395 | ||||
Mayiladuthurai | DMK | S. Ramalingam | AIADMK – S. Aasaimani | S. Senthamizhan | M.Refayudeen | K.Shubashini | S. Ramalingam | DMK | 261314 | ||||
Nagapattinam (SC) | CPI | M.Selvaraj | AIADMK – M. Saravanan | T. Sengodi | K.Guruviah | P.Malathi | M.Selvaraj | CPI | 209349 | ||||
Namakkal | KDMK | A.K.P. Chinnaraj (DMK[16][N 1]) | AIADMK -P. Kaliappan | P. P. Saminathan | R.Thangavelu | B.Bhaskar | A.K.P. Chinnaraj | DMK[16][N 1] | 265151 | ||||
Nilgiris (SC) | DMK | A Raja | AIADMK – M.Thyagarajan | M. Ramaswamy | N.Rajendran | --- | A Raja | DMK | 205823[17] | ||||
Perambalur | IJK | T.R.Paarivendhar (DMK[18][N 1]) | AIADMK – N. R. Sivapathy | M. Rajasekaran | --- | K.Santhi | T.R.Paarivendhar | DMK[18][N 1] | 403518 | ||||
Pollachi | DMK | K. Shamugasundaram | AIADMK – C. Mahendran | S. Muthukumar | R.Mookambikai | A.Sanuja | K. Shamugasundaram | DMK | 173359 | ||||
Ramanathapuram | IUML | Navaskani | BJP – Nainar Nagendran | V. T. N. Anandh | Vijaya Baskar | T.Bhuvaneshwari | Navaskani | IUML | 126237 | ||||
Salem | DMK | S. R. Parthiban | AIADMK – K. R. S. Saravanan | S. K. Selvam | M.Prabu Manikandan | A.Rasa | S. R. Parthiban | DMK | 146926 | ||||
Sivaganga | INC | Karti P Chidambaram | BJP – H. Raja | V. Pandi | Kavingnar Snehan | V.Sakthi Priya | Karti P Chidambaram | INC | 332244 | ||||
Sriperumbudur | DMK | T R Baalu | PMK – A. Vaithilingam | G. Tambaram Narayanan | M.Srithar | R.Mahendran | T R Baalu | DMK | 484732 | ||||
Tenkasi (SC) | DMK | Dhanush M Kumar | Puthiya Tamizhagam – K. Krishnasamy | S.Ponnuthai | K.Muneshwaran | S.S.Madhivanan | Dhanush M Kumar | DMK | 120286 | ||||
Thanjavur | DMK | S S Palanimanickam | TMC- N. R. Nadarajan | P. Murugesan | R.S. Sampath Ramadoss | N.Krishnakumar | S S Palanimanickam | DMK | 368129 | ||||
Theni | INC | EVKS Elangovan | AIADMK – P. Ravindhranath | Thanga Tamil Selvan | S. Radhakrishnan | Sagul Hameed | P. Ravindhranath | AIADMK | 76672 | ||||
Thiruvallur (SC) | INC | K.Jayakumar | AIADMK – P. Venugopal | Pon. Raja | M.Logarangan | M.Vetri Selvi | K.Jayakumar | INC | 356955 | ||||
Thoothukkudi | DMK | Kanimozhi Karunanidhi | BJP – Tamilisai Soundararajan | M. Bhuvaneswaran | T.P.S. Pon Kumaran | Christatine S. Rajasekar | Kanimozhi Karunanidhi | DMK | 347209 | ||||
Tiruchirappalli | INC | Su. Thirunavukkarasar | DMDK – V. Ilangovan | Sarubala R. Thondaiman | V.Anandha Raja | V.Vinoth | Su. Thirunavukkarasar | INC | 459286 | ||||
Tirunelveli | DMK | S. Gnanathiraviam | AIADMK – P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian | S. Michael Rayappan | M.Vennimalai | B.Sathya | S. Gnanathiraviam | DMK | 185457 | ||||
Tiruppur | CPI | K. Subbarayan | AIADMK – M. S. M. Anandan | S. R. Selvam | V.S.Chandrakumar | P.Jaganathan | K. Subbarayan | CPI | 93368 | ||||
Tiruvannamalai | DMK | C. N. Annadurai | AIADMK – Agri S.S. Krishnamoorthy | A.Gnanasekar | R.Arul | R.Ramesh Babu | C. N. Annadurai | DMK | 304187 | ||||
Vellore | DMK | D. M. Kathir Anand | Puthiya Neethi Katchi – A.C. Shanmugham | --- | --- | S.Deepalakshmi | D. M. Kathir Anand | DMK | 8141 | ||||
Villupuram (SC) | VCK | D. Ravikumar (DMK[13][N 1]) | PMK – S. Vadivel Raavanan | N. Ganapathy (Vanur MLA) | S. Anbil Poyyamozhi | D.Pragalatha | D. Ravikumar | DMK[13][N 1] | 128068 | ||||
Virudhunagar | INC | Manickam Tagore | DMDK – R. Azhagarsamy | Paramasiva Iyyappan | V.Muniyasamy | K.Arunmozhi Thevan | Manickam Tagore | INC | 154554 |
Constituency-wise turnout & quick results
editDirection Tamil Nadu result
editNorthern Tamil Nadu
editwestern Tamil Nadu
editsouthern TamilNadu
editcentral TamilNadu
editAssembly segments wise lead of Parties
editParty | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2021 election) | |
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 138 | 133 | |
Indian National Congress | 49 | 18 | |
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 12 | 66 | |
Communist Party of India | 12 | 2 | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 12 | 2 | |
Indian Union Muslim League | 5 | 0 | |
Pattali Makkal Katchi | 3 | 5 | |
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 2 | 4 | |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 4 | |
Total | 234 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Elections in Vellore constituency were held later in August 2019 and won by DMK.[19]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Final Voter turnout of Phase 1 to Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "17. State Wise Seat Won & Valid Votes Polled by Political Parties". Election Commission of India. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Congress, DMK Announce Alliance For 2019 General Elections". NDTV. 20 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d "DMK signs seat-sharing pacts with three allies". The Hindu. 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Lok Sabha elections: DMK allocates two seats to CPM – The Times Of India". The Times Of India. 5 March 2019.
- ^ Sivakumar, B (26 February 2019). "DMK gives one Lok Sabha seat to KMDK". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "DMK completes seat sharing with alliance partners for Lok Sabha polls 2019". India Today. 5 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "AIADMK gives a seat to TMC for LS polls". The Hindu. 14 March 2019.
- ^ a b ""Will Sweep Elections": BJP, AIADMK Join Hands For Lok Sabha Polls". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ "திமுக கூட்டணிக் கட்சிகளுக்கு கேட்ட தொகுதிகள் கிடைத்ததா?- ஒரு பார்வை". indianexpress.com. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "அதிமுக கூட்டணி கட்சியினர் போட்டியிடும் தொகுதிகள் அறிவிப்பு". Dinamalar. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "விசிக வேட்பாளர் பட்டியல் வெளியீடு". Dinamalar. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d "In T.N., VCK adopts 'split' symbol policy". The Hindu. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b "ஈரோடு தொகுதியில் போட்டியிடும் மதிமுக வேட்பாளர் அறிவிப்பு". இந்து தமிழ் திசை. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ a b S.P.Saravanan (23 May 2019). "DMK front registers thumping victory in Erode". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ a b "KMDK candidate to contest on 'Rising Sun'". The Hindu. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "General Election 2019 – Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Stalin Steers DMK To Success In Lok Sabha Polls". The Hindu. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "DMK's Kathir Anand wins Vellore Lok Sabha seat by margin of over 8,000 votes". India Today. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
Further reading
edit- "Tamil Nadu: With 'Brahminical' BJP by its side, AIADMK bets on PMK base to bridge caste gap". indianexpress.com. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.