2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections
24 vacant seats out of 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu; 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75%
Chief Minister before election; Edappadi K. Palaniswami; AIADMK	Chief Minister ; Edappadi K. Palaniswami; AIADMK

By-elections to eighteen state assembly constituencies were held in Tamil Nadu on 18 April 2019 together with 2019 Indian general election. It was considered to be mini-assembly election battle for the power in Tamil Nadu. The ruling government had to prove its majority while the opposition was trying hard to get maximum seats . There were 22 seats vacant in the Tamil Nadu assembly , By-election took place in two phases and in the first phase for 18 assembly constituencies together with Lok Sabha general election on 18 April 2019 in the state. Remaining 4 assembly constituencies (Ottapidaram, Aravakurichi, Tiruparankundram and Sulur) election was held on 19 May.^[1] The counting of votes was conducted on 23 May, and on the same day the results were announced. Then the by-elections for 2 seats Vikravandi and Nanguneri were conducted on 21 October 2019

By-Election Event[edit]

Phase 1[edit]

Phase 1 By-Elections will be held for 18 vacant assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

By-Election Event	Date
Election Date Announcement	10.03.2019
Last Date for Filling Nominations	26.03.2019
Scrutiny	27.03.2019
Withdrawal Last Date	29.03.2019
Voting	18.04.2019
Results	23.05.2019

Phase 2[edit]

Phase 2 By-Elections will be held for the remaining 4 vacant assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu.^[2]

By-Election Event	Date
Election Date Announcement	09.04.2019
Last Date for Filling Nominations	29.04.2019
Scrutiny	30.04.2019
Withdrawal Last Date	02.05.2019
Voting	19.05.2019
Results	23.05.2019

Notable Party-wise contesting candidates list[edit]

There are 36 candidates from the Recognized State political party , 46 candidates from the other registered regional parties and 187 Independent politicians for of total 269 candidates for the 18 seats by-election officially announced by Tamilnadu election commission .

Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Change
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	22	9	12
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	22	13	12
Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam	22	00	00
Makkal Needhi Maiam	20	00	00
Naam Tamilar Katchi	22	00	00
Independent politician	22	00	00

Opinion Polls[edit]

Pre-Poll[edit]

Date published	Polling agency				Others	Lead^α
Date published	Polling agency	NDA-AIADMK	UPA-DMK	AMMK	Others	Lead^α
8 April 2019	Thanthi TV	8-9	8-9	0	0	1
8 April 2019	Junior Vikatan	1	17	0	0	16

Exit Polls[edit]

Date published	Polling agency				Others	Lead^α
Date published	Polling agency	NDA-AIADMK	UPA-DMK	AMMK	Others	Lead^α
21 May 2019	India Today	3	14	0	0	11

Election Results[edit]

Constituencywise trends[edit]

Constituency	DMK	AIADMK	AMMK	MNM	NTK	Winning candidate	Winning party	Margin
Phase 1 - 18.04.2019
Poonamallee	A. Krishnaswamy	G.Vaidyanathan	T. A. Elumalai	A. Jagadish Kumar	P.Bharathi Priya	A. Krishnaswamy	DMK	60,096
Perambur	RD Sekar	R S Raajesh	P. Vetrivel	U. Priyadarshini	S.Merlin Sugandhi	RD Sekar	DMK	68,023
Thiruporur	SR Idhayavarman	Tirukazhukundram S Arumugam	M.Kothandapani	K.U. Karunakaran (I.K.K)	Mohana Sundhari	SR Idhayavarman	DMK	21,013
Sholinghur	A Ashokan	G Sampathu	T.G.Mani	K.S. Malairajan	Gokula Krishnan	G Sampathu	AIADMK	16,056
Gudiyatham (SC)	S Kathavarayan	Kaspa R Moorthy	Jeyanthi Pathmanaban	S.Venkatesan (I.K.K)	K.Kalayenthiri	S Kathavarayan	DMK	27,841
Ambur	A.C.Vilwanathan	R Jothiramalingaraja	R.Balasubramani	A.Kareem Bahsa	N.Selvamani	A.C.Vilwanathan	DMK	37,767
Hosur	S.A.Sathya	S.Jyothi Balakrishna Reddy	V.Pugazhendi	Jeyapal	M.Rajashekar	S.A.Sathya	DMK	23,213
Pappireddipatti	A Mani	A Govindasamy	D.K.Rajendran	M. Nallathambi	S.Sathish	A Govindasamy	AIADMK	18,493
Harur (SC)	A Krishnakumar	V Sampathkumar	R.Murugan	---	P.Thileep	V Sampathkumar	AIADMK	9,394
Nilakottai (SC)	C.Soundara Pandiyan	S Thenmozhi	R.Thangathurai	R. Chinnadurai	A.Sangili Pandiayan	S Thenmozhi	AIADMK	20,675
Tiruvarur	Poondi Kalaivanan	R.Jeevanatham	S.Kamaraj	K. Arun Chidambaram	R.Vinothini	Poondi Kalaivanan	DMK	64,571
Thanjavur	TKG Neelamegam	R Gandhi	M. Rangaswamy	P.Duraisamy	M.Karthick	TKG Neelamegam	DMK	33,980
Manamadurai (SC)	Ilakiyadasan	S Nagarajan	Mariyappan Kennady	---	Shanmuga Priya	S Nagarajan	AIADMK	8,194
Andipatti	A Maharajan	A Logirajan	R.Jayakuamr	G.Azharsamy	R.Aruna Devi	A Maharajan	DMK	12,323
Periyakulam (SC)	KS Saravana Kumar	M Mayilvel	Kadhirkamu	K. Prabhu	Shobana	KS Saravana Kumar	DMK	20,320
Sattur	SV Srinivasan	M S R Rajavarman	S.G Subramanian	N. Sundararaj	P.Sureshkumar	M S R Rajavarman	AIADMK	1,101
Paramakudi (SC)	S Sampath Kumar	N Sadanparabhakar	Dr. S. Muthiah	A.Shankar	Hemalatha	N Sadanparabhakar	AIADMK	14,032
Vilathikulam	A.C.Jayakumar	P Chinnappan	K.Jothimany	T. Natarajan	M.Kalidoss	P Chinnappan	AIADMK	28,554
Phase 2 - 19.05.2019
Aravakurichi	V. Senthil Balaji	VV Senthil Nathan	Shahul Hameed	S. Mohanraj	P.K.Selvam	V.Senthil Balaji	DMK	37,957
Sulur	Pongalur N. Palanisamy	V.P.Kandhasamy	K.Sukumar	G. Mayilsamy	V.Vijaya Ragavan	V.P.Kandhasamy	AIADMK	10,113
Thirupparankundram	P.Saravanan	S.Muniyandi	I.Mahendran	P. Shaktivel	R.Revathi	P.Saravanan	DMK	2,396
Ottapidaram	M.C.Shanmugaiya	P.Mohan	R.Sundararaj	M.Gandhi	M.Agalya	M.C.Shanmugaiya	DMK	19,657

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Source - Election Commission of India^[3]

Constituencywise candidate results[edit]

Poonamallee[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Krishnaswamy	1,36,905	53.46	15.01
	AIADMK	G. Vaithiyanathan	76,809	29.99	13.33
	MNM	A. Jagadish Kumar	11,772	4.60	4.60
	AMMK	T. A. Elumalai^[4]	14,804	5.78	5.78
	NTK	P. Bharathi Priya	10,871	4.24	3.17
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,168	1.24	0.12
Majority			60,096
Turnout			2,56,108	77.06
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

Perambur[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Perambur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. D. Sekar	106394	56.32	14.21
	AIADMK	R. S. Raajesh	38371	20.31	22.09
	MNM	U. Priyadarshini	20508	10.86	10.86
	NTK	S. Merlin Suganthi	8611	4.56	2.84
	AMMK	P. Vetrivel	6281	3.32	3.32
	[[Pyramid Party of India\|Template:Pyramid Party of India/meta/shortname]]	S.Devi Dasan (Velu)	122	0.06	0.06
style="background-color: Template:Jebamani Janata/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Jebamani Janata\|Template:Jebamani Janata/meta/shortname]]	J. Mohanraj	106	0.06	0.06
	NOTA	None of the Above	2511	1.33	NA
Turnout
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

Tirupporur[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	L. Idhayavarman	1,03,248	47.53	13.09
	AIADMK	S. Arumugam	82,235	37.86	2.77
	AMMK	M. Kothandapani	11,936	5.49	5.49
	NTK	S. Mohanasundari	9,910	4.56	3.65
	MNM	U. Karunakaran	6,039	2.78	2.78
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,243	1.03	0.02
Majority			21,013	9.67
Turnout			2,17,230	80.23
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

Sholinghur[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	G. Sampthu	1,03,545	48.00
	DMK	A. Asokan	87,489	40.56
	AMMK	T. G. Mani	12,868	5.97
	NTK	P. Gokulakrishnan	5,188	2.40
	MNM	A. Malayarajan	2,466	1.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,112	0.98
Turnout			2,15,721	800
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Gudiyatham (SC)[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Gudiyatham (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	S. Kathavarayan	1,06,137	52.05
	AIADMK	R. Moorthy	78,296	38.4
	AMMK	C. Jayanthi Padmanaban	8,186	4.01
	NTK	R. Kalaiyenthiri	4.670	2.29
	MNM	S. Venkatesan	3,287	1.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,838	1.39
Turnout			2,03,918	75.31
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

Ambur[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Ambur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	A. C. Vilwanathan	96,455	56
	AIADMK	J. Jothi Ramalinga Raja	58,688	34
	MNM	A. Kareem Basha
	AMMK	R. Balasubramani	8,856	5.14
	NTK	N. Selvamani	3,127	1.8
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Hosur[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Hosur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	S. A. Sathya	1,15,027	50.30
	AIADMK	S. Jyothi	91,814	40.15
	MNM	Jeyapal	8,032	3.51
	NTK	Rajasekar	6,740	2.95
	AMMK	Pugazhendi	1,432	0.63
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,262	1.86
Majority			23,213
Turnout			2,28,674	69.87
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

Pappireddipatti[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Pappireddipatti
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	A. Mani
	AIADMK	A. Govindasamy
	MNM	M. Nallathambi
	AMMK	D. K. Rajendran
	NTK	S. Sathish
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Harur (SC)[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Harur (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	C. Krishnakumar
	AIADMK	V. Sampathkumar
	AMMK	R. Murugan
	NTK	P. Thileep
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout			1,96,524	83.32
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Nilakottai (SC)[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Nilakottai (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	C. Soundarapandian
	AIADMK	S. Thenmozhi
	MNM	C. Chinnadurai
	AMMK	R. Thangadurai
	NTK	A. Sanigilipandian
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout			1,84,089	80.31
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Thiruvarur[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Thiruvarur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	K.Poondi Kalaivanan
	AIADMK	R. Jeevanandham
	MNM	K. Arun Chidambaram
	AMMK	S. Kamaraj
	NTK	R. Vinothini
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Thanjavur[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Thanjavur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	T. K. G. Neelamegam	1
	AIADMK	R. Gandhi
	MNM	P. Duraisamy
	AMMK	M. Rengasamy
	NTK	M. Karthi
	NOTA	None of the Above
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Manamadurai (SC)[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Manamadurai (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	K. Kasilingam
	AIADMK	N. Sivasankari
	AMMK	S. Mariappan Kennady
	NTK	M. Shanmugapriya
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Andipatti[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Andipatti
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	A. Maharajan
	AIADMK	A. Logirajan
	MNM	G. Alagarsamy
	AMMK	R. Jeyakumar
	NTK	Aruna Devi
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Periyakulam (SC)[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Periyakulam (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	S. Saravanakumar
	AIADMK	M. Mayilvel
	MNM	Prabhu
	AMMK	Kathirkamu
	NTK	Shobana
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Sattur[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	V. Srinivasan
	AIADMK	M. S. R. Rajavarman
	MNM	N. Sundararaj
	AMMK	S. G. Subramanian
	NTK	P. Sureshkumar
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Paramakudi (SC)[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Paramakudi (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	S. Sambathkumar
	AIADMK	N. Sathan Prabhakar
	MNM	A. Shankar
	AMMK	Dr. S. Muthiah
	NTK	Hemalatha
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Vilathikulam[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Vilathikulam
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	Jeyakumar
	AIADMK	Chinappan
	AMMK	Jothimani
	MNM	Natarajan
	Independent	G. V. Markandayan
	NTK	M. Kalidoss
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Aravakurichi[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Aravakurichi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	V. Senthil Balaji	97,800	56.45
	AIADMK	V.V Senthil Nathan	59,843	34.54
	AMMK	Shahul Hameed	7,195	4.15
	NTK	P.K.Selvam	2,227	1.29
	MNM	S. Mohanraj	1,361	0.79
	Tamilnadu Ilangyar Katchi	R Rajkumar	138	0.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	904	0.52
Majority			35,693	21.85
Turnout
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

Thirupparankundram[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Thirupparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	P.Saravanan	85,434	37.79
	AIADMK	S.Muniyandi	83,038	36.73
	AMMK	I.Mahendran	31,199	13.80
	MNM	P.Sakthivel	12,610	5.58
	NTK	R.Revathi	5,467	2.42
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,184	0.97
Majority			2,396	1.06
Turnout
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

Ottapidaram[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Ottapidaram
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	M.C.Shanmugaiya
	AIADMK	P.Mohan
	MNM	M.Gandhi (valarum thamilzhagam)
	AMMK	R.Sundararaj
	NTK	M.Ahalya
	Independent
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Sulur[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2019-2020: Sulur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	Pongalur N. Palanisamy
	AIADMK	V.P.Kandhasamy
	MNM	G.Mayilsamy
	AMMK	K.Sukumar
	NTK	V.Vijaya Ragavan
	Independent
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

References[edit]

↑ "Crucial by-polls to four TN constituencies on May 19". The Federal. Federal. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
↑ Jesudasan, Dennis S. (9 April 2019). "ECI announces bypoll dates for remaining four T.N. Assembly seats". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
↑ "Assembly Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 26 May 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ Ramakrishnan, T (17 March 2019). "AMMK releases first list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections, Assembly by-polls". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

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[1] "Crucial by-polls to four TN constituencies on May 19". The Federal. Federal. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

[2] Jesudasan, Dennis S. (9 April 2019). "ECI announces bypoll dates for remaining four T.N. Assembly seats". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

[3] "Assembly Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 26 May 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] Ramakrishnan, T (17 March 2019). "AMMK releases first list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections, Assembly by-polls". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

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