2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu
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| Turnout | 72.44%( 1.22%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1][2][3] The general election in Tamil Nadu was held on 18 April 2019. ECI has announced that the by-election (2016–21 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 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 Election Commission (TN). The instructions for the voters 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 | style="background:Template:United Progressive Alliance/meta/color" | | style="background:Template:National Democratic Alliance (India)/meta/color" | | style="background:Template:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color" | | Others | Lead |
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| Jan 2019 | Republic Tv - Cvoter | 44.2% | 6.7% | 21.3% | 27.8% | style="background:Template:United Progressive Alliance/meta/color" |12.9% |
| Apr 2019 | Times Now-VMR | 53.12% | 39.61% | 7.27% | style="background:Template:United Progressive Alliance/meta/color" |13.51% | |
Exit Polls
| Polling Agency | UPA | NDA | AMMK | MNM | NTK |
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| Thanthi TV | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chanakyaa (Rangaraj Pandey) | 23-25 | 15-17 | 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
| Date | State/UT | No. of. Seats | Turnout (%)[4] |
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| 18 Apr 2019 | Tamil Nadu[N 1] | 39 | 72.44 |
| 18 Apr 2019 | Puducherry | 1 | 82.10 |
- ^ Tamil Nadu has 39 constituencies.
Highest turnout in Dharmapuri constituency of 82.41% and the lowest is in Chennai South constituency of 57.07%.[4]
Results
Constituency-wise Turnout & Quick results
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| 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 |
| Seats | 24 (61.54%) | 8 (20.51%) | 2 (5.13%) | 2 (5.13%) | 1 (2.56%) | 1 (2.56%) | 1 (2.56%) |
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| Adj. vote (%) [N 2] | 54.39% | 52.76% | 48.62% | 44.92% | 33.11% | 44.08% | 43.38% |
Coalition wise result
Detailed results
Constituency-wise results:[13][14][15]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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
- ^ a b Adjusted vote percentage (or Adj. vote %) of a political party in a given state is the measure of the percentage of the total votes polled for the party only in those constituencies of the state, in which the party contested, under its official election symbol. It does not account for the percentage of the total votes polled for the party across the entire state (unlike vote %). This metric is also called contested average.
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
| Party | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2016 election) | |
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| bgcolor="Template:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color"| | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 138 | 89 |
| bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | Indian National Congress | 49 | 8 |
| bgcolor="Template:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color"| | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 12 | 136 |
| bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 12 | – |
| bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color"| | Communist Party of India | 12 | – |
| bgcolor="Template:Indian Union Muslim League/meta/color"| | Indian Union Muslim League | 5 | 1 |
| bgcolor="Template:Pattali Makkal Katchi/meta/color"| | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 3 | – |
| bgcolor="Template:Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi/meta/color"| | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 2 | – |
| bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | – |
| Total | 234 | ||
See also
Notes
- ^ Elections in Vellore constituency were held later in August 2019 and won by DMK.[5]
References
- ^ Singh, Vijaita (1 September 2018). "General election will be held in 2019 as per schedule, says Rajnath Singh". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ Vishnoi, Anubhuti (25 February 2019). "Lok Sabha polls dates soon after EC team's Kashmir visit". Retrieved 21 March 2019 – via The Economic Times.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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 d e "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". www.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "விசிக வேட்பாளர் பட்டியல் வெளியீடு- Dinamalar". www.dinamalar.com. 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. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Stalin Steers DMK To Success In Lok Sabha Polls". The Hindu. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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