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 published | Polling agency | Others | Lead | |||
Date published | Polling agency | UPA | NDA | AIADMK | Others | Lead |
Jan 2019 | 44.2% | 6.7% | 21.3% | 27.8% | 12.9% | |
Apr 2019 | 53.12% | 39.61% | 7.27% | 13.51% | - |
Exit Polls
Voters Turnout
Date | State/UT | No. of. Seats | Turnout |
18 Apr 2019 | Tamil Nadu | 39 | 72.44 |
18 Apr 2019 | Puducherry | 1 | 82.10 |
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
# | Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Party | Margin |
1 | Thiruvallur | 72.33 | Dr. Jeyakumar | Indian National Congress | 3,56,955 |
2 | Chennai North | 64.26 | Kalanidhi Veeraswamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,61,518 |
3 | Chennai South | 57.07 | Thamizhachi Thangapandian | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2,62,223 |
4 | Chennai Central | 58.98 | Dayanidhi Maran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3,01,520 |
5 | Sriperumbudur | 62.44 | T R Baalu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,84,732 |
6 | Kancheepuram | 75.31 | G. Selvam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2,86,632 |
7 | Arakkonam | 78.65 | S. Jagathrakshakan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3,28,956 |
8 | Vellore | 71.46 | D. M. Kathir Anand | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 8,141 |
9 | Krishnagiri | 75.95 | A. Chellakumar | Indian National Congress | 1,56,765 |
10 | Dharmapuri | 82.41 | Dr. S. Senthil Kumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 70,753 |
11 | Tiruvannamalai | 78.15 | C. N. Annadurai | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3,04,187 |
12 | Arani | 79.01 | Dr. M. K. Vishnu Prasad | Indian National Congress | 2,30,806 |
13 | Villupuram | 78.66 | D. Ravikumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,28,068 |
14 | Kallakurichi | 78.81 | Pon. Gautham Sigamani | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3,99,919 |
15 | Salem | 77.91 | S. R. Parthiban | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,46,926 |
16 | Namakkal | 80.22 | A. K. P. Chinraj | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2,65,151 |
17 | Erode | 73.11 | A. Ganesha Murthi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2,10,618 |
18 | Tiruppur | 73.21 | K. Subbarayan | Communist Party of India | 93,368 |
19 | Nilgiris | 74.01 | A Raja | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2,05,823 |
20 | Coimbatore | 63.86 | P.R. Natarajan | Communist Party of India | 1,76,918 |
21 | Pollachi | 71.15 | K. Shamugasundaram | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,73,359 |
22 | Dindigul | 75.29 | P. Veluchamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 5,38,972 |
23 | Karur | 79.55 | S.Jothimani | Indian National Congress | 4,20,546 |
24 | Tiruchirappalli | 69.50 | Su. Thirunavukkarasar | Indian National Congress | 4,59,286 |
25 | Perambalur | 79.26 | T. R. Paarivendhar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,03,518 |
26 | Cuddalore | 76.49 | T.R.V.S. Ramesh | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,43,983 |
27 | Chidambaram | 77.98 | Thol. Thirumavalavan | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 3,219 |
28 | Mayiladuthurai | 73.93 | S. Ramalingam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2,61,314 |
29 | Nagapattinam | 76.93 | M. Selvarasu | Communist Party of India | 2,09,349 |
30 | Thanjavur | 72.55 | S S Palanimanickam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3,68,129 |
31 | Sivaganga | 69.90 | Karti P Chidambaram | Indian National Congress | 3,32,244 |
32 | Madurai | 66.09 | S. Venkatesan | Communist Party of India | 1,39,395 |
33 | Theni | 75.27 | P. Raveendranath Kumar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 76,672 |
34 | Virudhunagar | 72.49 | Manickam Tagore | Indian National Congress | 1,54,554 |
35 | Ramanathapuram | 68.40 | Navaskani | Indian Union Muslim League | 1,26,237 |
36 | Thoothukkudi | 69.48 | Kanimozhi Karunanidhi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3,47,209 |
37 | Tenkasi | 71.43 | Dhanush M Kumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,20,286 |
38 | Tirunelveli | 67.22 | S. Gnanathiraviam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,85,457 |
39 | Kanniyakumari | 69.90 | H. Vasanthakumar | Indian National Congress | 2,59,933 |
Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Party | DMK | INC | CPI | CPI | AIADMK | IUML | VCK |
Leader | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Leader | |||||||
Votes | 32.76%, 13,877,622 | 12.76%, 5,405,674 | 2.43%, 1,031,617 | 2.40%, 1,018,225 | 18.48%, 7,830,520 | 1.11%, 469,943 | 1.18%, 500,229 |
Votes | |||||||
Seats | 24 | 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 |