2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu


The 2019 Indian general elections was held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The elections can be held at an earlier date if the Council of Ministers recommends dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha to the President of India. However, the government has publicly announced that the elections will be held according to schedule. The general election in Tamil Nadu was held on 18 April 2019.
ECI has announced that the by-election for 18 assembly constituencies together with the general elections. The counting of votes was held on 23 May and on the same day results were published.
There are totally 39 lok sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu state and One lok sabha constituency from Puducherry. The average voters for each of the constituency is around 1.51 million in Tamil Nadu and 0.9 million in Puducherry. Special revisions were made in the voter's list so as to add/update/removal of the voters in the voters list and the revised list is published in the official website of the . The were released for guiding the voters and it helps out the voters to clarify the doubts on the documents need to be carried on the voting day and steps needed to be taken if there are any problems that may occur during voting. The ECI appreciated everyone those who took part in voting and the main goal was to achieve 100% voting percentage.
In the last elections in 2014, Dharmapuri recorded with the highest voting percentage with 81.14% whereas Chennai South recorded with the lowest voting percentage of 60.37% and the average voting percentage is 73.68% and 28 constituencies achieved polling percentage of more than the average voting percentage.

Opinion polls

Date publishedPolling agencyOthersLead
Date publishedPolling agencyUPANDAAIADMKOthersLead
Jan 201944.2%6.7%21.3%27.8%12.9%
Apr 201953.12%39.61%7.27%13.51%-

Exit Polls

Voters Turnout

DateState/UTNo. of. SeatsTurnout
18 Apr 2019Tamil Nadu3972.44
18 Apr 2019Puducherry182.10

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

Results

Constituency-wise Turnout & Quick results

#ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerPartyMargin
1Thiruvallur72.33 Dr. JeyakumarIndian National Congress3,56,955
2Chennai North64.26 Kalanidhi VeeraswamyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,61,518
3Chennai South57.07 Thamizhachi ThangapandianDravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,62,223
4Chennai Central58.98 Dayanidhi MaranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,01,520
5Sriperumbudur62.44 T R BaaluDravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,84,732
6Kancheepuram75.31 G. SelvamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,86,632
7Arakkonam78.65 S. JagathrakshakanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,28,956
8Vellore71.46 D. M. Kathir AnandDravida Munnetra Kazhagam8,141
9Krishnagiri75.95 A. ChellakumarIndian National Congress1,56,765
10Dharmapuri82.41 Dr. S. Senthil KumarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam70,753
11Tiruvannamalai78.15 C. N. AnnaduraiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,04,187
12Arani79.01 Dr. M. K. Vishnu PrasadIndian National Congress2,30,806
13Villupuram78.66 D. RavikumarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,28,068
14Kallakurichi78.81 Pon. Gautham SigamaniDravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,99,919
15Salem77.91 S. R. ParthibanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,46,926
16Namakkal80.22 A. K. P. ChinrajDravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,65,151
17Erode73.11 A. Ganesha MurthiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,10,618
18Tiruppur73.21 K. SubbarayanCommunist Party of India93,368
19Nilgiris74.01 A RajaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,05,823
20Coimbatore63.86 P.R. NatarajanCommunist Party of India 1,76,918
21Pollachi71.15 K. ShamugasundaramDravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,73,359
22Dindigul75.29 P. VeluchamyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,38,972
23Karur79.55 S.JothimaniIndian National Congress4,20,546
24Tiruchirappalli69.50 Su. ThirunavukkarasarIndian National Congress4,59,286
25Perambalur79.26 T. R. PaarivendharDravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,03,518
26Cuddalore76.49 T.R.V.S. RameshDravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,43,983
27Chidambaram77.98 Thol. ThirumavalavanViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi3,219
28Mayiladuthurai73.93 S. RamalingamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,61,314
29Nagapattinam76.93 M. SelvarasuCommunist Party of India2,09,349
30Thanjavur72.55 S S PalanimanickamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,68,129
31Sivaganga69.90 Karti P ChidambaramIndian National Congress3,32,244
32Madurai66.09 S. VenkatesanCommunist Party of India 1,39,395
33Theni75.27 P. Raveendranath KumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam76,672
34Virudhunagar72.49 Manickam TagoreIndian National Congress1,54,554
35Ramanathapuram68.40 NavaskaniIndian Union Muslim League1,26,237
36Thoothukkudi69.48 Kanimozhi KarunanidhiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,47,209
37Tenkasi71.43 Dhanush M KumarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,20,286
38Tirunelveli67.22 S. GnanathiraviamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,85,457
39Kanniyakumari69.90 H. VasanthakumarIndian National Congress2,59,933

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PartyDMKINCCPICPIAIADMKIUMLVCK
Leader-------
Leader
Votes32.76%, 13,877,62212.76%, 5,405,6742.43%, 1,031,6172.40%, 1,018,22518.48%, 7,830,5201.11%, 469,9431.18%, 500,229
Votes
Seats24 8 2 2 1 1 1
Seats
Adj. vote 54.39%52.76%48.62%44.92%33.11%44.08%43.38%
Adj. vote

Coalition wise result

Detailed results

Constituency-wise results:

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties