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	\|1) [[C. Rajagopalachari]]<br />2) [[K. Kamaraj]]		\|1) [[P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja]] <br />2) [[C. Rajagopalachari]]<br />3) [[K. Kamaraj]]
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	* : In 1952, no party could form a majority, which resulted in the first government in the state that was formed without a majority.		* : In 1952, no party could form a majority, which resulted in the first government in the state that was formed without a majority.
	† : Indicates a coalition government, since no single party could gain a majority of seats.		† : Indicates a coalition government, since no single party could gain a majority of seats.

	===By-elections===		===By-elections===
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	\|[[Indian National Congress\|INC]]		\|[[Indian National Congress\|INC]]
	\|[[C. Rajagopalachari]]<br />[[K. Kamaraj]](1)		\|[[P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja]] <br /> [[C. Rajagopalachari]]<br />[[K. Kamaraj]](1)
	\|[[J. Shivashanmugam Pillai]] (2)<br />[[N. Gopala Menon]]		\|[[J. Shivashanmugam Pillai]] (2)<br />[[N. Gopala Menon]]
	\|[[T. Nagi Reddy]] ~~<br />~~ [[P. Ramamurthi]]		\|[[T. Nagi Reddy]] [[P. Ramamurthi]]
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	File:2001 tamil nadu legislative election map.png\|'''2001:''' AIADMK wins with a grand alliance and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the second time.		File:2001 tamil nadu legislative election map.png\|'''2001:''' AIADMK wins with a grand alliance and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the second time.
	File:2006 tamil nadu legislative election map.jpg\|'''2006:''' DMK wins a majority government by alliance with coalition parties and Karunanidhi is elected CM for the fifth time.		File:2006 tamil nadu legislative election map.jpg\|'''2006:''' DMK wins a majority government by alliance with coalition parties and Karunanidhi is elected CM for the fifth time.
	File:2011 tamil nadu legislative election map.png\|'''2011:''' AIADMK wins and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the ~~third~~ time.		File:2011 tamil nadu legislative election map.png\|'''2011:''' AIADMK wins and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the Fourth time.
	File:Tamil_Nadu_assembly_election_2016_results.png\|'''2016:''' AIADMK wins and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the ~~Fourth~~ time.		File:Tamil_Nadu_assembly_election_2016_results.png\|'''2016:''' AIADMK wins and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the Sixth time.
	File:2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election result.png\|'''2021:'''DMK wins a majority government by alliance with coalition parties and Stalin is elected CM for the first time.		File:2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election result.png\|'''2021:'''DMK wins a majority government by alliance with coalition parties and Stalin is elected CM for the first time.
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{{more citations needed|date=December 2015}}
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[[File:Mathialagan VPRaman Anna Rajaji Karunanidhi.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Former [[Governor-General of India]], [[C. Rajagopalachari]], with former [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] [[M. Karunanidhi]] (right) and former [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] [[C. N. Annadurai]] (left) in January 1968]]

'''Elections in [[Tamil Nadu]]''' are conducted every five years to elect the State assembly and its share of members to the [[Lok Sabha]]. There are '''234''' assembly constituencies and 39 [[Lok Sabha]] constituencies. The state has conducted 15 assembly elections and 16 Lok Sabha elections since independence.

== Assembly constituencies ==
{{see also|List of Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}

Tamil Nadu has 234 assembly constituencies. The [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]] of the state is elected by legislators of the political party or [[coalition]] commanding an assembly majority, and serves a five-year term with a provision of re-election. The [[Governors of India|Governor]] is the [[head of state]], but his or her role is largely ceremonial.

The [[Lok Sabha]] is the [[direct election|directly elected]] [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of India]]. As of 2019 there have been seventeen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India. Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha constituencies which is supposed to go over 60 in 2026 delimitation a total Loksabha seats go up from 543 to 888.

== Pre-Independence elections ==
===Madras Presidency Legislative Council election===

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Election
!Winning Party/Coalition
!Leader
!Elected Chief Minister (Party)
! Opposition
!Opposition Leader

|----
|1920-1921
| [[1920 Madras Presidency Legislative Council election|First Presidency Council]]
| [[Justice Party (India)]]
| [[P. Theagaroya Chetty]]
| [[A. Subbarayalu Reddiar]] (Justice Party)
|Independents
| n/a

|----
|1923
| [[1923 Madras Presidency Legislative Council election|Second Presidency Council]]
| [[Justice Party (India)]]
| [[P. Theagaroya Chetty]]
| [[A. Subbarayalu Reddiar|Panagal Raja]](Justice Party)
| Anti-ministerial
|
|----
|1926
| [[1926 Madras Presidency Legislative Council election|Third Presidency Council]]
| [[Swaraj Party]]
| [[S. Srinivasa Iyengar]]
| [[P. Subbarayan]] (Nonpartisan)
|[[Justice Party (India)]]
|[[Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili|Raja of Bobbili]]

|----
|1930
| [[1930 Madras Presidency Legislative Council election|Fourth Presidency Council]]
|[[Justice Party (India)]]
| P. Munuswamy Naidu
|P. Munuswamy Naidu (Justice Party)
| Independent Nationalist Party
| [[P. Subbarayan]]

|----
|1934
| [[1934 Madras Presidency Legislative Council election|Fifth Presidency Council]]
| [[Swaraj Party]]
| [[Sathyamurthy]]
|[[Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili|Raja of Bobbili]] (Justice Party)
|[[Justice Party (India)]]
|[[Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili|Raja of Bobbili]]

|}

===Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly election===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Election
!Winning Party/Coalition
!Chief Minister
!Opposition
!Opposition Leader

|----
|1937
|[[1937 Madras legislative assembly election|First Assembly]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]*
|[[C. Rajagopalachari]]
|[[Justice Party (India)]]
|[[Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili|Raja of Bobbili]]

|----
|1946
|[[1946 Madras legislative assembly election|Second Assembly]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|1) [[T. Prakasam]] 2) [[Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar]] 3) [[P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja]]
|All-India Muslim League
|[[Muhammad Ismail]]

|}

== Post-Independence elections ==
=== Madras State Legislative Assembly election ===

The Madras state was created in 1950 when India became a republic. In 1968, the name of Madras state was changed to Tamil Nadu.

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Election
!Winning Party/Coalition
!Chief Minister
|----
|1952
|[[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election|First Assembly]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]*
|1) [[C. Rajagopalachari]] 2) [[K. Kamaraj]]
|----
|1957
|[[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election|Second Assembly]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[K. Kamaraj]](2)
|----
|1962
|[[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election|Third Assembly]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|1)[[K. Kamaraj]](3) 2) [[M. Bakthavatsalam]]
|----
|1967
|[[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election|Fourth Assembly]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|1) [[C.N. Annadurai]] 2) [[M. Karunanidhi]]
|}

=== Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election ===
[[File:Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly results chart.png|thumb|right|300px|Stacked bar graph with number of seats won in the legislative assembly elections from 1957-2011]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Election
!Winning Party/Coalition
!Resultant Chief Minister
|----
|1971
|[[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Fifth Assembly]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[M. Karunanidhi]] (2)
|----
|1977
|[[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Sixth Assembly]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]]
|----
|1980
|[[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Seventh Assembly]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]] (2)
|----
|1984
|[[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Eighth Assembly]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]] (3) [[V. N. Janaki|V. N. Janaki Ramachandran]]
|----
|1989
|[[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Ninth Assembly]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[M. Karunanidhi]] (3)
|----
|1991
|[[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Tenth Assembly]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]
|----
|1996
|[[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Eleventh Assembly]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[M. Karunanidhi]] (4)
|----
|2001
|[[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Twelfth Assembly]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]] (2) [[O. Panneerselvam]] [[J. Jayalalithaa]] (3)
|----
|2006
|[[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Thirteenth Assembly]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]†
|[[M. Karunanidhi]] (5)
|----
|2011
|[[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Fourteenth Assembly]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]] (4) [[O. Panneerselvam]] (2) [[J. Jayalalithaa]] (5)
|----
|2016
|[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Fifteenth Assembly]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[J. Jayalalithaa]] (6) [[O. Panneerselvam]] (3) [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]
|----
|2021
|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Sixteenth Assembly]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[M. K. Stalin]] (1)
|----
|}
* : In 1952, no party could form a majority, which resulted in the first government in the state that was formed without a majority.
† : Indicates a coalition government, since no single party could gain a majority of seats.

===By-elections===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Election Year
!Winning Party/Coalition
!Seats Won - Seats Lost
|----
|[[1997–98 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election|1997–98]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|3-0
|----
|[[1999–2000 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election|1999–2000]]
|[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|DMK-MDMK]]
|3-2
|----
|[[2002–2003 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election|2002–03]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|5-0
|----
|[[2004–2005 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election|2004–05]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|2-1
|----
|[[2006–07 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election|2006–07]]
|[[Democratic Progressive Alliance|DMK-INC]]
|2-0
|----
|[[2009–2010 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election|2009–10]]
|[[United Progressive Alliance|DMK-INC]]
|9-0
|----
|[[2012-2013 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election|2012-2013]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/emphatic-win-for-aiadmk-in-sankarankoil/article3024170.ece|title= Emphatic win for AIADMK in Sankarankoil}}</ref>
|1-0
|----
|[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2015-2016|2015-2016]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/emphatic-win-for-aiadmk-in-sankarankoil/article3024170.ece|title= Jayalalithaa wins RK Nagar by-election}}</ref>
|1-0
|----
|[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2016–2017|2016-2017]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/AIADMK-wins-all-three-seats-in-Tamil-Nadu/articleshow/55560759.cms|title=AIADMK wins all three by poll seats in Tamil Nadu}}</ref>
|3-0
|----
|[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2017-2018|2017-2018]]
|[[T. T. V. Dhinakaran|T. T. V. Dhinakaran - Independent]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/live-update-rk-nagar-bypoll-results/article22270082.ece|title= Dhinakaran wins R.K. Nagar bypoll 2017}}</ref>
|1-0
|----
|[[2019–20 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election|2019-2020]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/tamil-nadu-bypoll-results-2019-dmk-adds-13-members-to-assembly-aiadmk-retains-power-with-22-wins-6694791.html|title=Tamil Nadu bypoll results 2019: DMK adds 13 members to Assembly, AIADMK retains power with 22 wins|website=Firstpost|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>
|13-9
|----
|}

===Election Maps (1977-2016)===
{{Politics of Tamil Nadu}}
<gallery widths="200" heights="250">
File:1977 tamil nadu legislative election map.png|'''1977:''' AIADMK wins its debut election in a four-cornered contest and MGR is elected as CM for the first time.
File:1980 tamil nadu legislative election map.png|'''1980:''' AIADMK wins again and MGR is elected as CM for the second time.
File:1984 tamil nadu legislative election map.png|'''1984:''' AIADMK wins for the third straight time and MGR is elected as CM for the third time.
File:1989 tamil nadu legislative election map.png|'''1989:''' DMK wins for the third time in a four-cornered contest and Karunanidhi is elected CM for the third time.
File:1991 tamil nadu legislative election map.png|'''1991:''' AIADMK wins in a landslide and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the first time.
File:1996 tamil nadu legislative election map.png|'''1996:''' DMK wins in a landslide and Karunanidhi is elected CM for the fourth time.
File:2001 tamil nadu legislative election map.png|'''2001:''' AIADMK wins with a grand alliance and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the second time.
File:2006 tamil nadu legislative election map.jpg|'''2006:''' DMK wins a majority government by alliance with coalition parties and Karunanidhi is elected CM for the fifth time.
File:2011 tamil nadu legislative election map.png|'''2011:''' AIADMK wins and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the third time.
File:Tamil nadu legislative election map Updated.png|'''2016:''' AIADMK wins and Jayalalithaa is elected CM for the Fourth time.
</gallery>

== Lok Sabha elections ==
[[File:Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha results chart.png|thumb|right|300px|Stacked bar graph with number of seats won in the Lok Sabha elections from 1957-2009]]
17 Lok Sabha elections have been contested in India since independence starting 1951. The elections held in Tamil Nadu are listed below.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Lok Sabha Election
| style="width:4px" |
!Winning Party/Coalition
!Total Seats
!Seats won
|----
|1951
|[[Indian general election in Madras, 1951|First Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|
|----
|1957
|[[Indian general election in Madras, 1957|Second Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|Indian National Congress
|
|
|----
|1962
|[[Indian general election in Madras, 1962|Third Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|Indian National Congress
|
|
|----
|1967
|[[Indian general election in Madras, 1967|Fourth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: black" |
|United Front ([[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]/[[Swatantra Party|SWA]]/[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]/[[Indian Union Muslim League|ML]])*
|
|
|----
|1971
|[[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1971|Fifth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|Congress (Indira) alliance (DMK/INC/[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]/[[Forward Bloc|FBL]]/ML)
|
|
|----
|1977
|[[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977|Sixth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|Congress (Indira) alliance ([[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]/INC/CPI)*
|39
|34
|----
|1980
|[[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980|Seventh Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|Congress (Indira) alliance (DMK/INC/ML) - 37/39, AIADMK - 2 seats
|39
|37
|----
|1984
|[[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984|Eighth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|Congress alliance (AIADMK/INC)
|39
|37
|----
|1989
|[[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989|Ninth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|Congress alliance (AIADMK/INC)
|39
|38
|----
|1991
|[[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991|Tenth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|Congress alliance (AIADMK/INC)
|39
|39
|----
|1996
|[[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996|Eleventh Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{CPI(M)/meta/color}}" |
|[[United Front (India)|United Front]] (DMK/TMC/CPI)
|39
|39
|----
|1998
|[[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998|Twelfth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{BJP/meta/color}}" |
|[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (ADMK/[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]/[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]/[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]/[[Janata Party|JP]]/[[Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress|TRC]]) - 30/39, DMK+TMC= 8-9 seats
|39
|30
|----
|1999
|[[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999|Thirteenth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{BJP/meta/color}}" |
|National Democratic Alliance (DMK/BJP/PMK/MDMK/[[MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MADMK]]) - 26/39 seats
|39
|26
|----
|2004
|[[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2004|Fourteenth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|[[United Progressive Alliance]] (DMK/INC/PMK/MDMK/CPI/CPM) - 39/39
|39
|39
|----
|2009
|[[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2009|Fifteenth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|[[United Progressive Alliance]] (DMK/INC/[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi|VCK]]) 27 out of 39; AIADMK - 10 seats
|39
|27
|----
|2014
|[[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2014|Sixteenth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{AIADMK/meta/color}}" |
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (37 out of 39)
|39
|37
|----
|2019
|[[2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu|Seventeenth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|[[United Progressive Alliance]] (DMK 23/INC 8 seats/VCK/MDMK/CPI/CPM/IUML/IJK/KMDK) - 38/39, AIADMK - 1 seat
| 39
| 38
|----
|}
* Note: In 1967, DMK and its 25 newly elected MPs supported the Congress, under [[Indira Gandhi]] after the election.
* Note: Even though AIADMK supported and campaigned with Congress for the 1977 election, after the loss nationally, AIADMK and its newly elected 17 MPs supported [[Morarji Desai]] and the [[Janata Party]] and its alliance, giving them 20 seats (AIADMK, NCO) while the other 17 seats (INC, CPI) and 2 seats (DMK) were in the opposition with [[Indira Gandhi]].

===Election Maps (1977-2014)===
<gallery widths="200" heights="250">
File:1977 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png|'''1977:''' INC & AIADMK wins in a landslide, by grabbing 34 out of 39 seats in the state. INC loses the election nationally to the JP alliance. After the loss, AIADMK supported the JP alliance and AIADMK was part of the JP government under [[Morarji Desai]].
File:1980 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png|'''1980:''' INC(I) & DMK wins in a landslide, by grabbing 37 out of 39 seats in the state. INC(I) wins the election nationally and DMK was part of the INC government under [[Indira Gandhi]].
File:1984 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png|'''1984:''' INC & AIADMK wins in a landslide, by grabbing 37 out of 39 seats in the state. INC wins the election nationally and AIADMK was part of the INC government under [[Rajiv Gandhi]].
File:1989 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png|'''1989:''' INC & AIADMK wins in a landslide, by grabbing 38 out of 39 seats in the state. INC loses the election nationally to the NF alliance, which includes the DMK who was part of the JD government under [[V.P. Singh]].
File:1991 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png|'''1991:''' INC & AIADMK swept the state winning all 39 seats. INC wins the election nationally and AIADMK was part of the INC government under [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]].
File:1996 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png|'''1996:''' Newly formed alliance UF, which includes DMK & TMC(M) swept the state winning all 39 seats. UF forms the government, with outside support from INC, nationally after BJP government failed to last in a few days and DMK-TMC(M)-CPI was part of the JD government under [[H. D. Deve Gowda]].
File:1998 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png|'''1998:''' Newly formed alliance NDA, which includes BJP & AIADMK wins 30 out of 39 seats in the state. NDA wins the election nationally and AIADMK-PMK-MDMK-JP-TRC was part of the BJP government under [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]].
File:1999 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png|'''1999:''' New elections were called after AIADMK quits the NDA. NDA, which now includes DMK wins 26 out of 39 seats in the state. NDA wins the election nationally for the second straight-time and DMK-PMK-MDMK-MADMK was part of the BJP government under [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]].
File:2004 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png|'''2004:''' Newly formed alliance DPA, which includes INC alliance (DMK, PMK, MDMK) and Left Front swept the state winning all 39 seats. UPA wins the election nationally and DMK-PMK-MDMK was part of the INC government under [[Manmohan Singh]], while the Left Front (CPI & CPI(M)) gave outside support.
File:2009 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png|'''2009:''' A shrunken UPA alliance, which includes INC & DMK wins 27 out of 39 seats in the state. UPA wins the election nationally for the second straight time and DMK-INC-VCK was part of the INC government under [[Manmohan Singh]]
File:2014 Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha result by constituency.PNG|'''2014:''' AIADMK forming no alliance wins in a landslide grabbing 37 out of 39 seats in a four-cornered race. NDA alliance won the remaining 2 seats. Since BJP under the leader [[Narendra Modi]] was able to get majority on its own, AIADMK and its 37 MPs were part of the opposition being the third largest party nationwide following BJP and INC.
File:2019 Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha result by constituency.svg|'''2019:''' The DMK-led UPA wins 38 of 39 seats, with the AIADMK-led NDA winning one seat. The election was cancelled in one seat (Vellore).
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
*[[Local Body Election in Tamil Nadu]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161203074253/http://www.survey2016.in/ Tamilnadu Election Polls 2016]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp Election Commission of India]
* [http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/ Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]
* [https://archive.is/20121208164546/http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/tamil-nadu/election-result-06.html Indian Elections]
* [http://election.dinakaran.com Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2011]

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