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The 2024 Indian general election was held in Tamil Nadu on 19 April to elect 39 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. [1] The results were announced on 4 June 2024, after the completion of six other phases of voting in other parts of the country.
The Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the elections to the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on 26 February 2021. The DMK continued its Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) with the Indian National Congress , the Communist parties and many others, and named Stalin as its candidate for the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Office.
Parts of Tamil Nadu received heavy rain on the polling day, but it did not deter voters from turning out to cast their votes. While the highest voter turn out was in Dharmapuri constituency recording 85% while the lowest voter turnout was in the capital of Tamil Nadu, Chennai recording 55%.
The voting ended at 6 p.m. (1230 GMT) and the turnout was estimated at around 60% of 166.3 million eligible voters in the first round, the election authority said in a statement.
The 2019 elections for Tamil Nadu's 39 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha were held on 18 April, in the second phase of the 2019 Indian general elections. The alliance led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, won a landslide victory, taking 38 of the 39 seats.
The Governor of Tamil Nadu is the ceremonial head of the state. However, it is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu who is the leader of the party or political alliance having a majority in the state elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. The chief minister is the leader of the executive branch of the government of Tamil Nadu.
Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency Assembly Constituency Turnout (%) Winner Runner Up Margin 3rd Place #k Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Gummidipoondi: 83.38 Karthik M: DMDK: 97,708 54.4 Sekar K N PMK: 68,452 38.11 29,256 Selvakumar R IND: 1,892 1.05 2 ...
Source: Tamil Nadu Election Website [96] Poll notification was issued on 19 March. The last date of filing nominations was 26 March and candidates were allowed to withdraw their nominations until 30 March. The state election commission scrutinised the nominations on 28 March. Election was held in a single phase on 13 April 2011.