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Legislative Assembly elections were held in Tamil Nadu on 23 April 2026 to elect all 234 members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 4 May 2026. The election recorded a voter turnout of 85.1%, the highest ever for an assembly election in the state.
| 2021 election result | As on 27 February 2026 | ||||
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| DMK | 133 | DMK | 133 | ||
| AIADMK | 66 | AIADMK | 60 | ||
| INC | 18 | INC | 17 | ||
| PMK | 5 | PMK | 3 | ||
| PMK(R) | 2 | ||||
| BJP | 4 | BJP | 4 | ||
| VCK | 4 | VCK | 4 | ||
| CPI(M) | 2 | CPI(M) | 2 | ||
| CPI | 2 | CPI | 2 | ||
| Vacant | 7 | ||||
| Total | 234 | - | 234 | ||
| Event | Date |
| Nomination | 30 March 2026 |
| Deadline for filing nominations | 6 April 2026 |
| Scrutiny of nominations | 7 April 2026 |
| Deadline for withdrawal of nomination | 9 April 2026 |
| Polling | 23 April 2026 |
| Counting of votes | 4 May 2026 |
| Deadline for the completion of election process | 6 May 2026 |
| Secular Progressive Alliance | |||||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats | |||
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | | | M. K. Stalin | 164 | 176 | ||
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | | Vaiko | 4 | ||||
| Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi | | E. R. Eswaran | 2 | ||||
| Manithaneya Makkal Katchi | | M. H. Jawahirullah | 2 | ||||
| Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi | | Thamimum Ansari | 1 | ||||
| Mukkulathor Pulipadai | Karunas | 1 | |||||
| Social Democratic Party of India | | V. M. S. Mohamed Mubarak | 1 | ||||
| Tamilar Desam Katchi | K. K. Selvakumar | 1 | |||||
| Indian National Congress | | | K. Selvaperunthagai | 28 | |||
| Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | | | Premalatha Vijayakanth | 10 | |||
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | | | Thol. Thirumavalavan | 8 | |||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | | | P. Shanmugam | 5 | |||
| Communist Party of India | | | M. Veerapandian | 5 | |||
| Indian Union Muslim League | | | K. M. Kader Mohideen | 2 | |||
| Total | 234 | ||||||
| AIADMK-led Alliance | ||||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats | ||
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | | | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | 166 | 172 | |
| Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi | | T. R. Paarivendhar | 2 | |||
| Puratchi Bharatham Katchi | | M. Jagan Moorthy | 1 | |||
| Puthiya Needhi Katchi | | A. C. Shanmugam | 1 | |||
| Singa Tamizhar Munnetra Kazhagam | R. V. Bharathan | 1 | ||||
| Tamil Maanila Bahujan Samaj Party | Porkodi Armstrong | 1 | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | | | Nainar Nagendran | 26 | 33 | |
| Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | G. K. Vasan | 5 | ||||
| South Indian Forward Bloc | K. C. Thirumaran | 1 | ||||
| Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam | | B. John Pandian | 1 | |||
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | | | Anbumani Ramadoss | 18 | ||
| Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam | | T. T. V. Dhinakaran | 11 | |||
| Total | 234 | |||||
| PMK(R)–AIPTMMK Alliance | ||||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats | ||
| All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam | | V. K. Sasikala | 71 | 82 | ||
| Pasumpon Makkal Desam | 2 | |||||
| Vellalar Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 | |||||
| Others | 8 | |||||
| Ayya Pattali Makkal Katchi | | | S. Ramadoss | 38 | ||
| Total | 120 | |||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
| Naam Tamilar Katchi | | Seeman | 234 | ||
| Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam | | Vijay | 233 | ||
| | K. Premkumar | 1 | |||
| Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi | | | T. Velmurugan | 170 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | | | P. Anandan | 118 | |
| Puthiya Tamilagam | | | K. Krishnasamy | 70 | |
| Alliance and Party | |||||||
| AIADMK+ | |||||||
| AIADMK | BJP | PMK | AMMK | ||||
| SPA | |||||||
| DMK | 135 | 25 | 8 | 8 | |||
| INC | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||
| DMDK | 6 | —N/a | 4 | —N/a | |||
| VCK | 5 | —N/a | 2 | 1 | |||
| CPI(M) | 2 | 2 | 1 | —N/a | |||
| CPI | 4 | 1 | —N/a | —N/a | |||
| IUML | 2 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | |||
| Total | 234 | ||||||
| District | No. | Constituency | SPA | AIADMK+ | TVK | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Candidate | |||||
| Tiruvallur | 1 | Gummidipoondi | DMK | T. J. Govindrajan | AIADMK | V. Sudhakar | S. Vijayakumar | ||
| 2 | Ponneri (SC) | INC | Durai Chandrasekar | AIADMK | P. Balaraman | M. S. Ravi | |||
| 3 | Tiruttani | DMDK | D. Krishnamoorthy | AIADMK | G. Hari | Dr. M. Sathyakumar | |||
| 4 | Thiruvallur | DMK | V. G. Raajendran | AIADMK | B. V. Ramana | Dr. T. Arun Kumar | |||
| 5 | Poonamallee (SC) | DMK | A. Krishnaswamy | AMMK | T. A. Elumalai | R. Prakasam | |||
| 6 | Avadi | DMK | S. M. Nasar | BJP | M. Rajasimha Mahendra | R. Ramesh Kumar | |||
| Chennai | 7 | Maduravoyal | DMK | K. Ganapathy | AIADMK | P. Benjamin | P. Rhevanth Saran | ||
| 8 | Ambattur | DMK | A. P. Poornima | PMK | K. N. Sekar | G. Balamurugan | |||
| 9 | Madhavaram | DMK | S. Sudharsanam | AIADMK | V. Moorthy | M. L. Vijayprabhu | |||
| 10 | Thiruvottiyur | CPI(M) | L. Sundararajan | AIADMK | K. Kuppan | N. Senthil Kumar | |||
| 11 | Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar | DMK | J. John Ebenezer | AIADMK | R. S. Rajesh | N. Marie Wilson | |||
| 12 | Perambur | DMK | R. D. Shekar | PMK | M. Thilagabama | C. Joseph Vijay | |||
| 13 | Kolathur | DMK | M. K. Stalin | AIADMK | P. Santhana Krishnan | V. S. Babu | |||
| 14 | Villivakkam | DMK | Karthik Mohan | AIADMK | S. R. Vijayakumar | Aadhav Arjuna | |||
| 15 | Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar (SC) | DMK | K. S. Ravichandran | AIADMK | Porkodi Armstrong | M. R. Pallavi | |||
| 16 | Egmore (SC) | DMK | Tamilan Prasanna | AIADMK | Abishek Rengasamy | A. Rajmohan | |||
| 17 | Royapuram | DMK | Subair Khan | AIADMK | D. Jayakumar | K. Vijay Dhamu | |||
| 18 | Harbour | DMK | P. K. Sekar Babu | AIADMK | R. Manohar | Sinora P. S. Ashok | |||
| 19 | Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni | DMK | Udhayanidhi Stalin | AIADMK | Adhi Rajaram | D. Selvam | |||
| 20 | Thousand Lights | DMK | Ezhilan Naganathan | AIADMK | B. Valarmathi | J. C. D. Prabhakar | |||
| 21 | Anna Nagar | DMK | N. Chitrarasu | AIADMK | Gokula Indira | V. K. Ramkumar | |||
| 22 | Virugambakkam | DMK | A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja | AIADMK | V. N. Ravi | R. Sabarinathan | |||
| 23 | Saidapet | DMK | Ma. Subramanian | AMMK | G. Senthamizhan | M. Arulprakasam | |||
| 24 | Thiyagarayanagar | DMK | Raja Anbalagan | AIADMK | B. Sathyanarayanan | N. Anand | |||
| 25 | Mylapore | DMK | Dha. Velu | BJP | Tamilisai Soundararajan | P. Venkataramanan | |||
| 26 | Velachery | INC | J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana | AIADMK | M. K. Ashok | R. Kumar | |||
| 27 | Sholinganallur | DMK | S. Aravind Ramesh | AIADMK | K. P. Kandan | P. Saravanamoorthy | |||
| 28 | Alandur | DMK | T. M. Anbarasan | AIADMK | S. Saravanan | M. Harish | |||
| Kanchipuram | 29 | Sriperumbudur (SC) | INC | K. Selvaperunthagai | AIADMK | K. Palani | K. Thennarasu | ||
| Chengalpattu | 30 | Pallavaram | DMDK | D. Murugesan | AIADMK | Venkatesan | J. Kamatchi | ||
| 31 | Tambaram | DMK | R. S. Krithika Devi | AIADMK | Chitlapakkam C. Rajendran | D. Sarathkumar | |||
| 32 | Chengalpattu | DMK | M. K. T. Karthik Dhandapani | AIADMK | M. Gajendran | S. Thiyagarajan | |||
| 33 | Thiruporur | VCK | Panneer Doss | PMK | K. Balu | B. Vijayaraj | |||
| 34 | Cheyyur (SC) | VCK | Sinthanai Selvan | AIADMK | E. Rajashekar | K. Mohanraja | |||
| 35 | Madurantakam (SC) | DMK | S. Amulu Ponmalar | AIADMK | Maragatham Kumaravel | E. Ezhil Catherine | |||
| Kanchipuram | 36 | Uthiramerur | DMK | K. Sundar | PMK | P. Maheshkumar | J. Munirathinam | ||
| 37 | Kancheepuram | DMK | Nithya Sugumar | AIADMK | V. Somasundaram | Ranjith Kumar | |||
| Ranipet | 38 | Arakkonam (SC) | VCK | Ezhil Caroline | AIADMK | S. Ravi | V. Gandhiraj | ||
| 39 | Sholinghur | INC | A. M. Munirathinam | PMK | K. Saravanan | Dr. G. Kapil | |||
| Vellore | 40 | Katpadi | DMK | Durai Murugan | AIADMK | V. Ramu | Dr. M. Sudhakar | ||
| Ranipet | 41 | Ranipet | DMK | R. Gandhi | BJP | V. M. Karthikeyan | I. Tahira | ||
| 42 | Arcot | DMK | J. L. Eswarappan | AIADMK | S. M. Sukumar | G. Vijay Mohan | |||
| Vellore | 43 | Vellore | DMK | P. Karthikeyan | AIADMK | S. R. K. Appu | Vinoth Kannan | ||
| 44 | Anaikattu | DMK | A. P. Nandakumar | AIADMK | T. Velazhagan | R. Velmurugan | |||
| 45 | Kilvaithinankuppam (SC) | DMK | Rajeswari Mohankandhi | AIADMK | M. Jagan Moorthy | E. Thendral Kumar | |||
| 46 | Gudiyattam (SC) | DMDK | K. B. Pratap | AIADMK | G. Faridha Purushothaman | K. Sindhu | |||
| Tirupathur | 47 | Vaniyambadi | IUML | Sayyed Farooq | AIADMK | G. Senthilkumar | S. Syed Bhurhanudeen | ||
| 48 | Ambur | DMK | A. C. Vilvanathan | AIADMK | R. Venkatesan | P. Imthiyas | |||
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of error | Lead | ||||
| SPA | AIADMK+ | TVK | Others | |||||
| IANS-Matrize | 15 March 2026 | 17,410 | ±3% | 104-114 | 114-127 | 6-12 | 1-6 | 0-23 |
| News18-Vote Vibe | 23 March 2026 | 7,992 | ±3% | 113-123 | 106-116 | 2-8 | 0 | 3-17 |
| Agni News Agency | 23 March 2026 | 101,643 | ±3% | 180+ | 50-60 | 0-10 | 0 | 120-130 |
| Lokpoll | 1 April 2026 | 117,000 | ±3% | 181-189 | 38-42 | 8-10 | 0 | 139-151 |
| News18-Vote Vibe | 6 April 2026 | 24,943 | ±3% | 90-100 | 130-140 | 2-6 | 0 | 30-50 |
| Spick Media | 17 April 2026 | 126,801 | ±3% | 88-94 | 112-120 | 4-5 | 0 | 18-32 |
| Junior Vikatan | 18 April 2026 | 93,600 | ±3% | 121 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 38 |
| Thanthi TV | 20 April 2026 | 60,000 | ±3% | 98-103 | 91-101 | 1-2 | 0 | Hung |
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of error | Lead | ||||
| SPA | AIADMK+ | TVK | Others | |||||
| IANS-Matrize | 15 March 2026 | 17,410 | ±3% | 37-38% | 39-40% | 14-15% | 10-12% | 1-3% |
| News18-Vote Vibe | 23 March 2026 | 7,992 | ±3% | 40% | 38% | 15% | 7% | 2% |
| Agni News Agency | 23 March 2026 | 101,643 | ±3% | 44.9% | 38.5% | 9.7% | 6.9% | 6.4% |
| Lokpoll | 1 April 2026 | 117,000 | ±3% | 40.1% | 29% | 23.9% | 7% | 11.1% |
| News18-Vote Vibe | 6 April 2026 | 24,943 | ±3% | 39% | 41% | 12% | 8% | 2% |
| Spick Media | 17 April 2026 | 126,801 | ±3% | 37.47% | 38.85% | 14.81% | 8.47% | 0.98% |
| Junior Vikatan | 18 April 2026 | 93,600 | ±3% | 37.5% | 33.63% | 24.71% | 4.16% | 3.87% |
| Dinamalar | 20 April 2026 | 25,691 | ±3% | 32% | 36% | 23% | 9% | 4% |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of error | Lead | Ref. | ||||
| SPA | AIADMK+ | TVK | Others | |||||
| Chanakya Strategies | 29 April 2026 | ±3% | 145-160 | 50-65 | 13-18 | 5-8 | 95 | |
| NDTV-People's Pulse | ±3% | 125-145 | 65-80 | 18-24 | 2-6 | 55-65 | ||
| Matrize | ±3% | 122-132 | 87-110 | 10-12 | 0-6 | 22-35 | ||
| Republic-P MARQ | ±3% | 125-145 | 65-85 | 16-26 | 1-6 | 60 | ||
| Agni | ±3% | 169 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 105 | ||
| Minnambalam | ±3% | 155 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 83 | ||
| People Insight | ±3% | 122-140 | 60-70 | 30-40 | 0-4 | 62-70 | ||
| Poll of Polls | ±3% | 137-150 | 79-95 | 13-19 | 4 | 58-60 | ||
| Praja Poll | ±3% | 148-168 | 61-81 | 0 | 0 | 87 | ||
| Times Now-JVC poll | ±3% | 75-97 | 128-147 | 8-15 | 0 | 50-53 | ||
| News18-Vote Vibe | ±3% | 103-113 | 114-124 | 4-10 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Spick Media | ±3% | 89-101 | 124-127 | 4-6 | 0 | 23-38 | ||
| India Today-Axis My India | ±3% | 92-110 | 22-32 | 98-120 | 0 | 6-10 |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of error | Lead | ||||
| SPA | AIADMK+ | TVK | Others | ||||
| Chanakya Strategies | 29 April 2026 | ±3% | 42-46% | 36-40% | 12-18% | 4-6% | 6% |
| NDTV-People's Pulse | ±3% | 38.4% | 31.5% | 23.6% | 6.6% | 6.9% | |
| Agni | ±3% | 43.1% | 34.8% | 15.1% | 7% | 8.3% | |
| India Today-Axis My India | ±3% | 35% | 23% | 35% | 4% | Hung |
| District | Turnout (%) |
| Thiruvallur | 83.76% |
| Chennai | 83.74% |
| Kanchipuram | 87.39% |
| Chengalpattu | 85.46% |
| Ranipet | 89.89% |
| Vellore | 88.76% |
| Thirupattur | 88.9% |
| Krishnagiri | 85.48% |
| Dharmapuri | 90.13% |
| Thiruvannamalai | 89.66% |
| Villupuram | 88.99% |
| Kallakurichi | 88.5% |
| Salem | 90.76% |
| Namakkal | 90.21% |
| Erode | 90.1% |
| Tiruppur | 88.59% |
| Nilgris | 78.92% |
| Coimbatore | 84.76% |
| Dindigul | 89.25% |
| Karur | 92.63% |
| Thiruchirapalli | 85.44% |
| Perambalur | 85.5% |
| Ariyalur | 87.41% |
| Cuddalore | 85.49% |
| Mayiladuthurai | 82.14% |
| Nagapattinam | 86.3% |
| Thiruvarur | 83.69% |
| Thanjavur | 80.63% |
| Pudukottai | 83.9% |
| Sivaganga | 76.66% |
| Madurai | 80.52% |
| Theni | 81.55% |
| Virudhunagar | 84.82% |
| Ramanathapuram | 77.01% |
| Thoothukudi | 80.53% |
| Tenkasi | 82.41% |
| Tirunelveli | 77.94% |
| Kanniyakumari | 75.61% |
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | Change | ||||
| SPA | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 176 | |||||||
| Indian National Congress | 28 | ||||||||
| Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 10 | ||||||||
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 8 | ||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 5 | ||||||||
| Communist Party of India | 5 | ||||||||
| Indian Union Muslim League | 2 | ||||||||
| Total | 234 | ||||||||
| AIADMK+ | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 172 | |||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 33 | ||||||||
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 18 | ||||||||
| Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam | 11 | ||||||||
| Total | 234 | ||||||||
| Naam Tamilar Katchi | 234 | ||||||||
| Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam | 233 | ||||||||
| Other parties | |||||||||
| Independents | |||||||||
| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | % | — | — | ||||||
| District | Seats | |||
| SPA | AIADMK+ | Others | ||
| Thiruvallur | 6 | |||
| Chennai | 22 | |||
| Kancheepuram | 3 | |||
| Chengalpattu | 6 | |||
| Ranipet | 4 | |||
| Vellore | 5 | |||
| Thirupattur | 4 | |||
| Krishnagiri | 6 | |||
| Dharmapuri | 5 | |||
| Thiruvanamalai | 8 | |||
| Villupuram | 7 | |||
| Kallakurichi | 4 | |||
| Salem | 11 | |||
| Namakkal | 6 | |||
| Erode | 8 | |||
| Nilgiris | 3 | |||
| Thiruppur | 8 | |||
| Coimbatore | 10 | |||
| Dindigal | 7 | |||
| Karur | 4 | |||
| Tiruchirapalli | 9 | |||
| Perambalur | 2 | |||
| Ariyalur | 2 | |||
| Cuddalore | 9 | |||
| Mayiladuthurai | 3 | |||
| Nagapattinam | 3 | |||
| Thiruvarur | 4 | |||
| Thanjavur | 8 | |||
| Pudukottai | 6 | |||
| Sivaganga | 4 | |||
| Madurai | 10 | |||
| Theni | 4 | |||
| Virudhunagar | 7 | |||
| Ramanathapuram | 4 | |||
| Thoothukudi | 6 | |||
| Tenkasi | 5 | |||
| Tirunelveli | 5 | |||
| Kanyakumari | 6 | |||
| Total | 234 |
| Region[clarification needed] | Seats | |||
| SPA | AIADMK+ | Others | ||
| Northern Tamil Nadu | 69 | |||
| Western Tamil Nadu | 68 | |||
| Southern Tamil Nadu | 51 | |||
| Central Tamil Nadu | 46 | |||
| Total | 234 |
| District | Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
| No. | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||||
| Tiruvallur | 1 | Gummidipoondi | |||||||||||
| 2 | Ponneri (SC) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Tiruttani | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Thiruvallur | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Poonamallee (SC) | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Avadi | ||||||||||||
| Chennai | 7 | Maduravoyal | |||||||||||
| 8 | Ambattur | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Madavaram | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Thiruvottiyur | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Perambur | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Kolathur | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Villivakkam | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar (SC) | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Egmore (SC) | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Royapuram | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Harbour | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Thousand Lights | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Anna Nagar | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Virugambakkam | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Saidapet | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Thiyagarayanagar | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Mylapore | ||||||||||||
| 26 | Velachery | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Shozhinganallur | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Alandur | ||||||||||||
| Kanchipuram | 29 | Sriperumbudur (SC) | |||||||||||
| Chengalpattu | 30 | Pallavaram | |||||||||||
| 31 | Tambaram | ||||||||||||
| 32 | Chengalpattu | ||||||||||||
| 33 | Thiruporur | ||||||||||||
| 34 | Cheyyur (SC) | ||||||||||||
| 35 | Madurantakam (SC) | ||||||||||||
| Kanchipuram | 36 | Uthiramerur | |||||||||||
| 37 | Kancheepuram | ||||||||||||
| Ranipet | 38 | Arakkonam (SC) | |||||||||||
| 39 | Sholinghur | ||||||||||||
| Vellore | 40 | Katpadi | |||||||||||
| Ranipet | 41 | Ranipet | |||||||||||
| 42 | Arcot | ||||||||||||
| Vellore | 43 | Vellore | |||||||||||
| 44 | Anaikattu | ||||||||||||
| 45 | Kilvaithinankuppam (SC) | ||||||||||||
| 46 | Gudiyattam (SC) | ||||||||||||
| Tirupathur | 47 | Vaniyambadi | |||||||||||
| 48 | Ambur | ||||||||||||