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Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016
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All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
118 seats needed for a majority
  File:Jayalalithaa1.jpg
Leader Jayalalithaa Karunanidhi Vijaykanth
Party AIADMK DMK DMDK
Alliance AIADMK Alliance DMK Alliance DMDK Alliance
Last election 150 seats, 38.4% votes 23 seats, 22.4% votes 29 seats, 7.9% vote
 
Leader Seeman Tamilisai Soundararajan Anbumani Ramadoss
Party Naam Tamilar Katchi BJP Pattali Makkal Katchi
Alliance None NDA None
Last election AIADMK support[1] 0 seats, votes 2 seats
Incumbent Chief Minister

J Jayalalithaa
AIADMK



Tamilnadu Election Result 2016 Legislative assembly elections will be held on 16 May 2016 for the 234 seats of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.[2][3] The votes will be counted on 19 May. In the previous election in 2011, the AIADMK, under the leadership of Jayalalithaa, won a majority and formed the government and the DMDK chief Vijayakanth served as the Leader of Opposition till January 2016.[4]

Background

The tenure of fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu ends in 22 May 2016.[5] There are over 5.79 crore voters in the electoral rolls and 65,616 polling stations in Tamil Nadu.[6]

A special purification drive of electoral rolls between 15 and 29 February 2016 in all poll-bound States including Tamil Nadu would be held, in which door-to-door verification would be undertaken involving booth-level agents. On 12 February 2016, Election Commission of India announced that 17 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu will have Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines attached along with EVMs.[7] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be in place in 4,000 booths.[8]

Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu having VVPAT facility with EVMs[9][10]
Anna Nagar Vellore Krishnagiri
Salem North Erode West Tirupur (North)
Coimbatore North Dindigul Tiruchirappalli West
Cuddalore Thanjavur Kancheepuram
Villupuram Madurai East Thoothukudi
Tirunulveli Kanyakumari
Tamil Nadu

Demographics

At the 2011 India census, Tamil Nadu had a population of 7,21,47,030. A total of 1,44,38,445 people constituting 20.01% of the total population belonged to Scheduled Castes (SC) and 7,94,697 people constituting 1.10% of the population belonged to Scheduled tribes (ST).[11][12][13] Other Backward Classes (OBCs) form 68% of the population.[14] As per the religious census of 2011, Tamil Nadu had 87.6% Hindus, 5.9% Muslims, 6.1% Christians, 0.1% Jains and 0.3% following other religions or no religion.[15]

Schedule

Tamil Nadu Assembly elections will be held on 16 May 2016. Counting of votes will take place on 19 May.[16] Voting for all 234 Assembly Constituencies will take place in one single phase i.e on 16 May 2016 along with Kerala and Puducherry on the same day.[17]

Poll Event Dates
Date starts for Nominations 22 Apr 2016
Last Date for filing Nominations 29 Apr 2016
Date for scrutiny of nominations 30 Apr 2016
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 2 May 2016
Date of poll 16 May 2016
Date of counting 19 May 2016
Date before which the election shall be completed 21 May 2016

Campaign to vote

To ensure that the electorate exercise their right to vote, the Election Commission of India launched their own campaign in Tamil Nadu. The Chief Electoral Officer for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, Rajesh Lakhoni, utilised social media platforms by creating memes and tweets themed around films, which have a huge reach in Tamil Nadu. Additionally, the Election Commission also recruited media personalities Suriya, Ashwin and Dinesh Karthik, whose campaigning videos were filmed and shared on social media.[18] The Election Commission also partnered with Twitter, for the first time in India, to boost its #TN100Percent hashtag campaign. Twitter users who have made use of the hashtag will be reminded to vote on the day of voting.[19] Twitter and Facebook collaborated with Election Commission of India in its awareness campaign on striving for 100 per cent voting in the polls.[20][21]

Who vs Who?

District wise MLA Candidates

Parties and Alliances

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Alliance

AIADMK Alliance

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Front

National Democratic Alliance

Pattali Makkal Katchi

Naam Thamizhar Katchi - நாம் தமிழர் கட்சி

http://tnelection.in/naam-tamilar-katchi-candidates-list-district-wise-tamilnadu-election-2016/

Singam Kootani(Lion's Front)

Others

Candidates

On 4 April, AIADMK released its candidate list for TamilNadu.[32] On 14 April, DMK released its candidate list for TamilNadu.[33]

Popular Candidates Party Constituency Current MLA Party
Hon. Chief Minister Selvi J. Jayalalitha ADMK R.K Nagar,Chennai Hon. Chief Minister Selvi J. Jayalalitha ADMK
Kalaignar M.Karunanidhi DMK Thiruvarur Kalaignar M.Karunanidhi DMK
Vijayakanth DMDK Ulundurpet,Villupuram District Kumaraguru ADMK
Dr.Anbumani Ramadoss PMK Pennagaram,Dharmapuri District Nanjappan CPI

Manifestos

DMK released its election manifesto on 10 April 2016.[34] Bharatiya Janata Party released its election manifesto on 21 April 2016.[35] Tamil Nadu Congress Committee released its election manifesto on 27 April 2016.[36] Pattali Makkal Katchi released its draft election manifesto on 15 September 2015 and final election manifesto on 15 April 2016.[37] AIADMK released its election manifesto on 5 May 2016.[38]

Opinion polls

Agency Date AIADMK+ DMK+ Others Ref.
Loyola College Opinion Poll 2016

(People Studies)

January 2016 94-100 seats 40.5% 87-93 seats 37.2% 40-50 seats 22.3% [39]
India TV - CVoter 5 March 2016 116 seats 41.1% 101 seats 39.5% 17 seats 19.4% [40]
Times Now - CVoter 1 April 2016 130 seats 39% 70 seats 32% 38 seats 29% [41]
News nation 1 April 2016 103-107 seats 30% 107-111 seats 33% 14-18 seats 17% [42]
Loyola college (Alumni students) 1 May 2016 90 seats 32.9% 124 seats 37% 20 seats 28.6% [43]
News7 Tamil + Dinamalar 5 May 2016 87 seats 33.4% 141 seats 37.8% 4 seats 28.8% [44]
Pudhiya Thalaimurai 9 May 2016 164 seats 38% 66 seats 32% 4 seats 30% [45]
goodwill communication 9 May 2016 81 - 90 seats 38% 127 - 139 seats 43% 14 - 17 seats 19% [46]
Leadtech-infoelections.com (25,821 votes) 12 May 2016 130 seats 41.8% 70 seats 26.2% 34 seats 32.5% [47]
Krishna Info Media (3.5 Lack votes) 12 May 2016 147 seats 49% 83 seats 34% 4 seats 17% [48]

Controversies

On 3 May, News 7 and Dinamalar released an opinion poll giving an edge for DMK over ADMK. But some editions of Dinamalar carried a statement on the first page distancing itself from the surveys.[49]

Result

See also

References

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Pos Flag Party Alliance Contested Won Swing Votes Vote Swing
1 AIADMK 234 align="right"
2 File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress UPA 41 align="right"
3 DMK+ UPA 193 align="right"
4 File:DMDK flag.PNG DMDK PWF 104 align="right"
5 MDMK+ PWF 130 align="right"
6 File:BJP election symbol.svg Bharatiya Janata Party + NDA 189 align="right"
7 IJK NDA 45 align="right"
8 PMK 234 align="right"
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