2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

13 April 2011
All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu 118 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	78.01% ( 7.19%)
First party Second party   Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance AIADMK+ DPA Leader since 1989 1969 Leader's seat Srirangam Thiruvarur Last election 61 96 Seats won 150 23 Seat change 89 73 Popular vote 14,150,289 8,249,991 Percentage 38.4% 22.4% Swing 5.4 pp 4.1 pp Alliance seats 203 31 Alliance seat change 125 119 Alliance popular vote 19,085,762 14,530,215 Alliance percentage 51.9% 39.5%
Chief Minister before election M. Karunanidhi DMK Elected Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa AIADMK

The Fourteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 13 April 2011 to elect members from 234 constituencies in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Results were released on 13 May 2011. Two major parties Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) faced the election as coalitions of multiple political parties: DMK front consisted of 8 parties and the AIADMK of 11 parties. Vijayakanth's Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), which had contested the previous elections independently, allied with the AIADMK coalition. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam boycotted the election following a disagreement with Jayalalithaa over seat-sharing. The outgoing Karunanidhi government was noted for the construction of new assembly building in Chennai, and issuance of a range of freebies such as color television to all. However, these were heavily overshadowed by other major issues such as incessant power cuts in households and industries, excessive sand mining, increasing prices of essential items, 2G spectrum case and undue influence of Karunanidhi's extended family in various aspects of Tamil politics and business and even media.

The commission headed by the chief electoral officer Praveen Kumar was commended for conducting the election strictly and fairly

The election commission enforced stringent measures to curb the widespread abuse of power to bribe voters that had been common in previous elections; it also imposed strict campaign discipline by imposing the 10 PM curfew.

The election recorded the highest polling ever in the state - 77.8% of the total electorate voted in the election, surpassing 76.57% polled in the 1967 election, till it was surpassed in the 2026 election with record percantage of 85.14%

The AIADMK-led front won a decisive victory, securing 203 constituencies. The AIADMK alone achieved a landslide majority with 150 seats, enabling it to form the government without coalition support. The DMDK won 29 seats, surpassing the DMK's 23, and chose to serve as the official opposition. Political analysts viewed the results as a referendum on the outgoing DMK government, with strong anti-incumbency sentiment propelling the AIADMK coalition to victory. 16 ministers from the outgoing Karunanidhi cabinet were defeated in their respective constituencies. On 16 May 2011, J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the fourth time, along with 33 ministers, by governor Surjit Singh Barnala.

Background

Rising food prices was an important issue in this election, especially for the poor who make up a large portion of the ruling parties' electorate

The Karunanidhi administration was noted for various developmental projects and generous spending of the tax money for the implementation of various free schemes and issuance of freebies: The government provided 1 kg rice for 1 rupee, free health insurance for poor, free colour television and gas stove for all. It also provided job for over 500,000 people in various departments of the government and introduced free concrete house scheme for the poor. It also implemented various road, bridge and drinking water projects in Chennai and all over Tamil Nadu. However, the election was dominated by four major issues, increase in price of essential commodities, 2G spectrum case, Power outage and nepotism.

Power outages were one of the key issues in this election, with scheduled cuts of up to three hours and frequent unscheduled outages ranging from 30 minutes to an hour had become routine across the state.

Inflation was high during late 2010 to early 2011; The price of food and other essential commodities had increased exponentially affecting middle class and poor people: Onions were sold for Rs. 100, tomatoes for Rs. 80 and Jasmine flower for Rs. 1200 per kilo gram. This historical rise in price of essential food items was believed to be due to increased rainfall in North Indian states. The key issue that affected the people was electricity shortage in the State.

The 2G spectrum case involved the issue of 122 licenses of the 2G spectrum to 85 companies including many new telecom companies with little or no experience in the telecom sector at a price set in the year 2001. The case was alleged to have costed 677.19 billion ₹ (US$15.03 billion) to the Indian exchequer. A. Raja, Union telecommunications minister from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in relation to the case. Kanimozhi, Rajya Sabha member from DMK and Chief minister's daughter and Sharad Kumar of Kalaignar TV were also included in the chargesheet filed by CBI. The five years of Karunanidhi's rule also saw an undue influence of his extended family members in various aspects of Tamil business and politics In late 2010, Jayalalithaa as an opposition leader held three big rallies to protest against the price rise and policies of UPA Government at the Centre and DMK Government in the State. The public meetings took place at Coimbatore on July 13, Trichy on August 14 and Madurai on October 18. These rallies drew lakhs of people, were seen as the shows of strength by the AIADMK ahead of the 2011 Assembly Election.

Schedule

The Chief Election Commissioner of India, S. Y. Quraishi addressing at the Observer's briefing meeting in New Delhi on March 10, 2011, for Legislative Assembly election of Tamil Nadu along with those of Assam, Kerala, West Bengal, and Puducherry

Event	Date
Date for Nominations	19 March 2011
Last Date for filing Nominations	26 March 2011
Date for scrutiny of nominations	28 March 2011
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	30 March 2011
Date of poll	13 April 2011
Date of counting	13 May 2011

Parties and coalitions

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition

Electoral alliances began to take shape in late 2010. J. Jayalalithaa, the leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) characterised the election as a turning point in Tamil Nadu history similar to 1967 election. She was alluding to the major political changes that took place in Tamil Nadu after 1967 election in which Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam defeated Indian National Congress for the first time and subsequently, Congress has then never won an election in the state until date.

Manithaneya Makkal Katchi, political wing of Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) constituted a five-member committee to hold consultations with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) for seat sharing. The party had decided to support AIADMK in a resolution adopted at a high-level meeting citing deteriorating law and order and corruption. Naam Tamilar Iyakkam coordinator Seeman also expressed his support for AIADMK on 10 January and said his decision is based on his opposition to INC which he claimed works against the interests of Sri Lankan Tamils. Cho Ramaswamy, founder of Thuglak magazine, was actively involved in the formation of alliances. He supported AIADMK and encouraged other parties to do so as well. On the 41st anniversary of the founding of Thuglak on 14 January, he delivered an address that strongly opposed ruling DMK party. He encouraged Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) to forge an alliance with AIADMK. Communist Party of India Tamil Nadu state secretary D. Pandian also called for DMDK to join the AIADMK coalition to defeat DMK and officially announced the continuation of CPI's coalition with AIADMK on 29 January. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) announced its decision to contest the election with AIADMK on 25 January.

Despite the strained relationship between Indian National Congress (INC) and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa ruled out coalition with INC on 19 January. Tamil actor Karthik announced his party's (Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi) support to AIADMK after meeting Jayalalithaa on 19 January. Hindu Munnani leader Rama Gopalan ruled out support to AIADMK coalition on 20 January citing the participation of anti-Hindu forces in the fold. DMDK officially announced their alliance with AIADMK and started their negotiations. This brought to an end the possibilities of third front and DMDK contesting the elections on their own.

Vijay's Makkal Iyakkam supported AIADMK Front. He delivered a speech in a rally attended by an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people in Nagapattinam on 22 February condemning the actions of Sri Lankan military against Tamil Nadu fishermen. S. A. Chandrasekhar, noted film director and father of actor Vijay met with Jayalalithaa three times during the run-up to the election and announced Makkal Iyakkam's decision to support the AIADMK front in Tiruchirappalli on 27 March.

Seat allotment

In the middle of March, amidst discussion to finalise the allocation of constituencies, AIADMK surprised its allies by unilaterally deciding the 160 constituencies in which it will field candidates. The list included constituencies won by the CPI, CPM, Forward Bloc and Pudhiya Thamizhagam in the previous election. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) was allotted just 8 constituencies. After the coalition partners threatened to form a third front under DMDK, AIADMK gave in to their demands. Most of the seats AIADMK took from its alliance partners were given back bringing the standoff to an end. However MDMK was not given the number of seats it asked for and hence Vaiko left AIADMK led alliance and boycotted the elections.

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition

PMK poster in Chennai
DMK was hoping to gain votes among the Vanniyar community with the addition of PMK, but that failed to materialise since they could only win 3 seats from 18 seats it won in 2006. With a disappointing performance in this election and losing all of the seats contested in 2009 Lok Sabha election when it allied with AIADMK, PMK is proving to no longer be an important player in Tamil Nadu politics

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K. V. Thankabalu confirmed the continuation of his party's alliance with DMK on 21 January. DMK pulled out of the ruling coalition at the centre on 5 March amid disagreements with Congress over seat sharing. After three days, the parties struck a deal in which DMK gave in to the demand and allowed Congress to contest in 63 seats. Abdul Rahman, Member of Parliament from Vellore constituency announced the continuation of Indian Union Muslim League's coalition with DMK on 24 January 2011. After meeting Karunanidhi at his home on 16 January, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Thol. Thirumavalavan said his party will work for the victory of DMK coalition. In a speech given during the wedding of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister Periyakaruppan's son in Chennai, Karunanidhi expressed his desire to step down from Chiefministership and continue as the leader of the party. Karunanidhi, during his trip to New Delhi for attending Chief Ministers meeting on 30 January, said that Indian National Congress, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal, Muslim League and Pattali Makkal Katchi are in the DMK coalition. But Ramadoss, the leader of PMK denied that and said no final decision has been taken on coalition. However PMK later joined the DMK alliance and was allotted 31 seats. It was later reduced to 30 to accommodate Congress which was firm on contesting 63 seats. Mylapore MLA and actor-turned politician S. V. Shekhar, joined Congress on 6 February 2011 after being expelled from AIADMK in 2009. Although Mylapore constituency was allotted to congress party, it did not give the chance to S.V. Shekhar. Instead the party allotted it to Jayanthi Thangabalu, the wife of TN Congress president K.V. Thangabalu. However her nomination was rejected by election commission citing incomplete submission of relevant documents. The nomination of K.V. Thangabalu, who was the replacement candidate was accepted making him the official congress candidate.

Seat allotment

Upset over the tough posture adopted by the Congress during the seat-sharing negotiations, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on 5 March decided to pull out its Ministers from the Union government and provide only issue-based support. A resolution to this effect was adopted at a meeting of the high-level committee of the party at Anna Arivalayam, the party headquarters. But after days of intense bargaining, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress on 9 March struck a deal, under which the Congress would contest 63 seats.

Other parties and associations

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) boycotted the election following its withdrawal from the AIADMK alliance as AIADMK did not award the party any coalition constituency. Makkal Sakthi Katchi, the party founded by Jayaprakash Narayan contested in 35 constituencies in 18 districts. Some of the candidates of the party were members/coordinators from the non-government organisation 5th Pillar who were famous for issuing zero rupees notes to fight corruption. The party was headed in Tamil Nadu by a steering committee composed of six people including Vijay Anand of 5th Pilar.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) although a major force in North India had struggled to make a foothold in Tamil Nadu . BJP leader L.Ganesan declared on 13 January that BJP will go alone in the elections . BJP announced its Candidate list on 18 March. Subramanian swamy leader of Janata Party announced JP will face the elections in alliance with BJP and will contest in 10 seats. JD(U) has announced it will contest 8 seats in alliance with BJP.

Tamil film actor Karthik's Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi entered the election as a member of AIADMK coalition. When no seat was allocated to his party by AIADMK, he decided to contest the election alone in 25 to 40 seats. His party with sizeable Thevar votes in southern Tamil Nadu is believed to eat into the AIADMK votebank. In 2006, former AIADMK minister Nainar Nagendran lost by 2,000 votes in Tirunelveli, where Karthik's party polled more than the margin. Two weeks later his split from AIADMK, he announced his party will contest independently in 19 constituencies and support DMK in 213 constituencies.

Educationist-turned-politician T. R.Pachamuthu's Indiya Jananayaka Katchi (IJK) leads the third front. It comprises Tamizhaga Munnetra Kazhagam of John Pandian, Samooka Samathuva Padai of retired IAS officer, P Sivakami, Tamil Nadu Vanigar Peravai and VOC Peravai. The front is fielding candidates in more than 150 constituencies . Political observers feel that the IJK could poll 3,000 to 5,000 votes in many constituencies in Cuddalore, Villupuram, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Salem districts where Pachamuthu's Udayar community has sizeable presence. The Samooka Samathuva Padai will mobilise significant dalit votes in constituencies like Tindivanam, Krishnarayapuram, Haroor and Gangavalli. Sivakami herself is contesting from Gangavalli . John Pandian has some influence in Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Dindigul and Tirunelveli districts.

Bahujan Samaj Party which is ruling in Uttar Pradesh has decided to field candidates for all 234 seats and will be contesting alone . The party announced its candidate list on 18 March. Puratchi Bharatham led by MLA JeganMurthy which was part of DMK alliance from 2004 left the alliance due to seat sharing issue. It contested 40 seats on its own. Social Democratic Party of India has also plunged into the Tamil Nadu election fray with a view to garnering Muslim votes. They are concentrating on Coimbatore, Ramanathapuram and some parts of Chennai. Ahila Indiya Parampariya Meenavar Sangam decided to contest in 27 constituencies that constitute a major population of fishermen. The decision was made in a meeting of fishermen's unions from across Tamil Nadu held in Pattinapakkam headed by its general secretary Rubeshkumar. Arundhathiar (a section of dalits) outfit headed by R Adhiyaman has fielded candidates in 20 segments in western Tamil Nadu .

Seat Allocation by Alliance

AIADMK-led Alliance

The final seat allotment was:

Election map based on parties contesting under the AIADMK alliance. Colours are based on the AIADMK front table on the left

AIADMK-led Alliance
Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seat(s) Contested
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			J. Jayalalithaa	160	165
	All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi			R. Sarathkumar	2
	Republican Party of India			C. K. Thamizharasan	1
	All India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam			N. Sedhuraman	1
	Tamil Nadu Kongu Ilaingar Peravai			U. Thaniyarasu	1
	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam			Vijayakanth	41
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			G. Ramakrishnan	12
	Communist Party of India			D. Pandian	10
	Manithaneya Makkal Katchi			M. H. Jawahirullah	3
	Puthiya Tamilagam			K. Krishnasamy	2
	All India Forward Bloc			P. V. Kathiravan	1
Total					234

Democratic Progressive Alliance

The final seat allotment was:

Election map based on parties contesting under the DMK alliance. Colours are based on the DMK front table on the left

Democratic Progressive Alliance
Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seat(s) Contested
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			M. Karunanidhi	119	124
	Indian Union Muslim League			K. M. Kader Mohideen	3
	Moovendar Munnetra Kazhagam			G. M. Sreedhar Vandaiyar	1
	Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi			N. R. Dhanapalan	1
	Indian National Congress			K. V. Thangabalu	63
	Pattali Makkal Katchi			Dr. Ramadoss	30
	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi			Thol. Thirumavalavan	10
	Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam			Best Ramasamy	7
Total					234

  National Democratic Alliance

S.No	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats	Ref.
1.		Bharatiya Janata Party		Pon Radhakrishnan	204
2.		Janata Party		Subramanian Swamy	10
3.		Janata Dal (United)		Nitish Kumar	8

Alliance-wise contest

Note: As per the official party and symbol on which candidates contest in the respective seats.

Parties
				DPA
				DMK	INC	PMK	VCK	KNMK
	AIADMK+
			AIADMK	84	40	22	8	6
			DMDK	18	15	6	1	1
			CPI(M)	7	2	2	1	—N/a
			CPI	7	3	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
			MMK	1	2	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
			PT	1	1	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
			AIFB	1	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
Total				234

List of Candidates

District	Constituency		AIADMK+			DMK+
	#	Name	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate
Tiruvallur	1	Gummidipoondi		DMDK	C. H. Sekar		PMK	K. N. Sekar
	2	Ponneri (SC)		ADMK	Pon. Raja		DMK	A. Manimekalai
	3	Tiruttani		DMDK	M. Arun Subramanian		INC	E. S. S. Raman
	4	Thiruvallur		ADMK	B. V. Ramanaa		DMK	E. A. P. Sivaji
	5	Poonamallee (SC)		ADMK	R. Manimaran		INC	Kanchi G. V. Mathiazhagan
	6	Avadi		ADMK	S. Abdul Rahim		INC	R. Dhamotharan
Chennai	7	Maduravoyal		CPI(M)	G. Beem Rao		PMK	K. Selvam
	8	Ambattur		ADMK	S. Vedachalam		DMK	B. Ranaganathan
	9	Madavaram		ADMK	V. Moorthy		DMK	N. S. Kanimozhi
	10	Thiruvottiyur		ADMK	K. Kuppan		DMK	K. P. P. Samy
	11	R. K. Nagar		ADMK	P. Vetrivel		DMK	P. K. Sekar Babu
	12	Perambur		CPI(M)	A. Soundararajan		DMK	N. R. Dhanapalan
	13	Kolathur		ADMK	Saidai Duraisamy		DMK	M. K. Stalin
	14	Villivakkam		ADMK	J. C. D. Prabhakar		DMK	K. Anbazhagan
	15	Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar (SC)		ADMK	V. Neelakandan		INC	Dr. C. Natesan
	16	Egmore (SC)		DMDK	K. Nalla Thambi		DMK	Parithi Ilamvazhuthi
	17	Royapuram		ADMK	D. Jayakumar		INC	R. Manohar
	18	Harbour		ADMK	Pala. Karuppiah		DMK	Altaf Hussain
	19	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni		MNMK	Thamimum Ansari		DMK	J. Anbazhagan
	20	Thousand Lights		ADMK	B. Valarmathi		DMK	Hasan Mohammed Jinnah
	21	Anna Nagar		ADMK	S. Gokula Indira		INC	V. K. Arivazhagan
	22	Virugampakkam		DMDK	B. Parthasarathy		DMK	K. Thanasekaran
	23	Saidapet		ADMK	G. Senthamizhan		DMK	M. Magesh Kumaar
	24	Thiyagarayanagar		ADMK	V. P. Kalairajan		INC	A. Chellakumar
	25	Mylapore		ADMK	R. Rajalakshmi		INC	K. V. Thangkabalu
	26	Velachery		ADMK	M. K. Ashok		PMK	M. Jayaraman
	27	Sholinganallur		ADMK	K. P. Kandan		VCK	S. S. Balaji
	28	Alandur		DMDK	S. Ramachandran		INC	K. Ghayathri Devi
Kanchipuram	29	Sriperumbudur (SC)		ADMK	R. Perumal		INC	D. Yasodha
Chengalpattu	30	Pallavaram		ADMK	P. Dhansingh		DMK	T. M. Anbarasan
	31	Tambaram		ADMK	T. K. M. Chinnayya		DMK	S. R. Raja
	32	Chengalpattu		DMDK	D. Murugesan		PMK	V. G. Rangasamy
	33	Thiruporur		ADMK	K. Manoharan		PMK	K. Arumugam
	34	Cheyyur (SC)		ADMK	V. S. Raji		VCK	D. Parventhan
	35	Madurantakam (SC)		ADMK	S. Kanitha Sampath		INC	K. Jayakumar
Kanchipuram	36	Uthiramerur		ADMK	P. Ganesan		DMK	Ponkumar
	37	Kancheepuram		ADMK	V. Somasundaram		PMK	P. S. Ulagarakshagan
Ranipet	38	Arakkonam (SC)		ADMK	S. Ravi		VCK	S. Sellapandian
	39	Sholingur		DMDK	P. R. Manogar		INC	Arulanbarasu
Vellore	40	Katpadi		ADMK	S. R. K. Appu		DMK	Durai Murugan
Ranipet	41	Ranipet		ADMK	A. Mohammedjan		DMK	R. Gandhi
	42	Arcot		ADMK	R. Srinivasan		PMK	K. L. Elavazagan
Vellore	43	Vellore		ADMK	V. S. Vijay		INC	C. Gnanasekharan
	44	Anaikattu		DMDK	V. B. Velu		PMK	M. Kalai Arasu
	45	Kilvaithinankuppam (SC)		ADMK	C. K. Thamizharasan		DMK	K. Seetharaman
	46	Gudiyattam (SC)		CPI	K. Lingamuthu		DMK	K. Rajamarthandan
Tirupathur	47	Vaniyambadi		ADMK	Govi. Sampath Kumar		DMK	H. Abdul Basith
	48	Ambur		MNMK	A. Aslam Basha		INC	J. Vijay Elanchezian
	49	Jolarpet		ADMK	K. C. Veeramani		PMK	G. Ponnusamy
	50	Tirupattur		ADMK	K. G. Ramesh		DMK	S. Rajendran
Krishnagiri	51	Uthangarai (SC)		ADMK	Manoranjitham Nagaraj		VCK	Muniyammal
	52	Bargur		ADMK	K. E. Krishnamoorthi		PMK	T. K. Raja
	53	Krishnagiri		ADMK	K. P. Munusamy		INC	Syed Ghiyas Ul Haq
	54	Veppanahalli		DMDK	S. M. Kandan		DMK	T. Senguttuvan
	55	Hosur		DMDK	S. John Timothy		INC	K. Gopinath
	56	Thalli		CPI	T. Ramachandran		DMK	Y. Prakaash
Dharmapuri	57	Palacodu		ADMK	K. P. Anbalagan		PMK	V. Selvam
	58	Pennagaram		CPI	N. Nanjappan		DMK	P. N. P. Inbasekaran
	59	Dharmapuri		DMDK	A. Baskar		PMK	P. Santhamoorthy
	60	Pappireddippatti		ADMK	P. Palaniappan		DMK	V. Mullaivendhan
	61	Harur (SC)		CPI(M)	P. Dillibabu		VCK	B. M. Nandhan
Tiruvannamalai	62	Chengam (SC)		DMDK	T. Suresh		INC	K. Selvaperunthagai
	63	Tiruvannamalai		ADMK	S. Ramachandran		DMK	E. V. Velu
	64	Kilpennathur		ADMK	A. K. Aranganathan		DMK	K. Pitchandi
	65	Kalasapakkam		ADMK	Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy		INC	P. S. Vijayakumar
	66	Polur		ADMK	L. Jaya Sudha		PMK	G. Edirolimanian
	67	Arani		DMDK	R. M. Babu Murugavel		DMK	R. Sivanandham
	68	Cheyyar		ADMK	N. Subramanian		INC	M. K. Vishnu Prasad
	69	Vandavasi (SC)		ADMK	V. Gunaseelan		DMK	J. Kamalakkannan
Viluppuram	70	Gingee		DMDK	R. Sivalingam		PMK	A. Ganeshkumar
	71	Mailam		ADMK	K. P. Nagarajan		PMK	R. Prakash
	72	Tindivanam (SC)		ADMK	D. Haridoss		PMK	M. P. Sankar
	73	Vanur (SC)		ADMK	I. Janagiraman		DMK	S. Pushparaj
	74	Villupuram		ADMK	C. V. Shanmugam		DMK	K. Ponmudy
	75	Vikravandi		CPI(M)	R. Ramamurthy		DMK	K. Rathamani
	76	Tirukkoyilur		DMDK	L. Venkatesan		DMK	M. Thangam
Kallakurichi	77	Ulundurpettai		ADMK	R. Kumaraguru		VCK	M. Mohamed Yousuf
	78	Rishivandiyam		DMDK	Vijayakanth		INC	S. Sivaraj
	79	Sankarapuram		ADMK	P. Mohan		DMK	T. Udhayasuriyan
	80	Kallakurichi (SC)		ADMK	K. Alaguvelu		VCK	A. C. Pavarasu
Salem	81	Gangavalli (SC)		DMDK	R. Subha		DMK	K. Chinnadurai
	82	Attur (SC)		ADMK	S. Madheswaran		INC	S. K. Arthanari
	83	Yercaud (ST)		ADMK	C. Perumal		DMK	C. Tamilselvan
	84	Omalur		ADMK	C. Krishnan		PMK	A. Tamizharasu
	85	Mettur		DMDK	S. R. Parthiban		PMK	G. K. Mani
	86	Edappadi		ADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami		PMK	M. Karthe
	87	Sankari		ADMK	P. Vijayalakshmi		DMK	Veerapandy S. Arumugam
	88	Salem (West)		ADMK	G. Venkatachalam		DMK	R. Rajendran
	89	Salem (North)		DMDK	Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj		INC	G. Jayaprakash
	90	Salem (South)		ADMK	M. K. Selvaraju		DMK	S. R. Sivalingam
	91	Veerapandi		ADMK	S. K. Selvam		DMK	A. Rajendran
Namakkal	92	Rasipuram (SC)		ADMK	P. Dhanapal		DMK	V. P. Duraisamy
	93	Senthamangalam (ST)		DMDK	R. Santhi		DMK	K. Ponnusamy
	94	Namakkal		ADMK	K. P. P. Baskar		KNMK	R. Devarasan
	95	Paramathi-Velur		ADMK	U. Thaniyarasu		PMK	C. Vadivel
	96	Tiruchengodu		DMDK	P. Sampath Kumar		INC	M. R. Sundaram
	97	Kumarapalayam		ADMK	P. Thangamani		DMK	G. Selvaraju
Erode	98	Erode (East)		DMDK	V. C. Chandhirakumar		DMK	S. Muthusamy
	99	Erode (West)		ADMK	K. V. Ramalingam		INC	M. Yuvaraja
	100	Modakkurichi		ADMK	R. N. Kittusamy		INC	R. M. Palanisami
Tiruppur	101	Dharapuram (SC)		ADMK	K. Ponnusamy		DMK	R. Jayanthi
	102	Kangayam		ADMK	N. S. N. Nataraj		INC	S. Videyal Sekar
Erode	103	Perundurai		ADMK	N. D. Venkatachalam		KNMK	K. K. C. Balu
	104	Bhavani		ADMK	P. G. Narayanan		PMK	K. S. Mahendran
	105	Anthiyur		ADMK	S. S. Ramanitharan		DMK	N. K. K. P. Raja
	106	Gobichettipalayam		ADMK	K. A. Sengottaiyan		KNMK	N. S. Sivaraj
	107	Bhavanisagar (SC)		CPI	P. L. Sundaram		DMK	R. Logeswari
Nilgiris	108	Udhagamandalam		ADMK	Budhichandhiran		INC	R. Ganesh
	109	Gudalur (SC)		DMDK	S. Selvaraj		DMK	M. Thiravidamani
	110	Coonoor		CPI	A. Bellie		DMK	K. Ramachandran
Coimbatore	111	Mettuppalayam		ADMK	O. K. Chinnaraj		DMK	B. Arunkumar
Tiruppur	112	Avanashi (SC)		ADMK	A. A. Karuppasamy		INC	A. R. Natarajan
	113	Tiruppur (North)		ADMK	M. S. M. Anandan		DMK	C. Govindasamy
	114	Tiruppur (South)		CPI(M)	K. Thangavel		INC	K. Senthilkumar
	115	Palladam		ADMK	K. P. Paramasivam		KNMK	K. Balasubramanian
Coimbatore	116	Sulur		DMDK	K. Thinakaran		KNMK	E. R. Eswaran
	117	Kavundampalayam		ADMK	V. C. Arukutty		DMK	T. P. Subramanian
	118	Coimbatore (North)		ADMK	T. Malaravan		DMK	M. Veeragopal
	119	Thondamuthur		ADMK	S. P. Velumani		INC	M. N. Kandaswamy
	120	Coimbatore (South)		ADMK	R. Doraisamy		DMK	Pongalur N. Palanisamy
	121	Singanallur		ADMK	R. Chinnaswamy		INC	Mayura S. Jayakumar
	122	Kinathukadavu		ADMK	S. Damodaran		DMK	M. Kannappan
	123	Pollachi		ADMK	M. K. Muthukaruppannasamy		KNMK	K. Nithyanandhan
	124	Valparai (SC)		CPI	M. Arumugham		INC	N. Kovaithangam
Tiruppur	125	Udumalaipettai		ADMK	Pollachi Jayaraman V		KNMK	T. Ilamparithi
	126	Madathukulam		ADMK	C. Shanmugavelu		DMK	M. P. Saminathan
Dindigul	127	Palani		ADMK	K. S. N. Venugopalu		DMK	I. P. Senthil Kumar
	128	Oddanchatram		ADMK	P. Baalasubramani		DMK	R. Sakkarapani
	129	Athoor		DMDK	S. Balasubramani		DMK	I. Periyasamy
	130	Nilakkottai (SC)		PT	A. Ramasamy		INC	K. Rajangam
	131	Natham		ADMK	Natham R. Viswanathan		DMK	K. Vijayan
	132	Dindigul		CPI(M)	K. Balabharathi		PMK	J. Paul Baskar
	133	Vedasandur		ADMK	S. Palanichamy		INC	M. Dhandapani
Karur	134	Aravakurichi		ADMK	V. Senthilnathan		DMK	K. C. Pallanishamy
	135	Karur		ADMK	V. Senthil Balaji		INC	Jothimani
	136	Krishnarayapuram (SC)		ADMK	S. Kamaraj		DMK	P. Kamaraj
	137	Kulithalai		ADMK	A. Pappa Sundaram		DMK	R. Manickam
Tiruchirappalli	138	Manapparai		ADMK	R. Chandrasekar		INC	Subbha Somu
	139	Srirangam		ADMK	J. Jayalalithaa		DMK	N. Anand
	140	Tiruchirappalli (West)		ADMK	M. Mariam Pichai		DMK	K. N. Nehru
	141	Tiruchirappalli (East)		ADMK	R. Manoharan		DMK	Anbil Periyasamy
	142	Thiruverumbur		DMDK	S. Senthilkumar		DMK	K. N. Seharan
	143	Lalgudi		DMDK	A. D. Sendhureswaran		DMK	A. Soundara Pandian
	144	Manachanallur		ADMK	T. P. Poonatchi		DMK	N. Selvaraj
	145	Musiri		ADMK	N. R. Sivapathi		INC	M. Rajasekharan
	146	Thuraiyur (SC)		ADMK	T. Indragandhi		DMK	S. Parimala Devi
Perambalur	147	Perambalur (SC)		ADMK	R. Thamizhselvan		DMK	M. Prabhakaran
	148	Kunnam		DMDK	Durai Kamaraj		DMK	S. S. Sivasankar
Ariyalur	149	Ariyalur		ADMK	Durai Manivel		INC	D. Amaramoorthy
	150	Jayankondam		ADMK	P. Elavazhagan		PMK	J. Guru
Cuddalore	151	Tittakudi (SC)		DMDK	K. Tamil Azhagan		VCK	M. Sinthanaiselvan
	152	Vriddhachalam		DMDK	V. Muthukumar		INC	T. Neethirajan
	153	Neyveli		ADMK	M. P. S. Sivasubramaniyan		PMK	T. Velmurugan
	154	Panruti		DMDK	P. Sivakozhundu		DMK	Saba Rajendran
	155	Cuddalore		ADMK	M. C. Sampath		DMK	E. Pugazhendi
	156	Kurinjipadi		ADMK	R. Rajendran		DMK	M. R. K. Panneerselvam
	157	Bhuvanagiri		ADMK	R. Selvi		PMK	T. Arivuselvan
	158	Chidambaram		CPI(M)	K. Balakrishnan		DMK	Sridhar Vandaiyar
	159	Kattumannarkoil (SC)		ADMK	N. Murugumaran		VCK	D. Ravikumar
Mayiladuthurai	160	Sirkazhi (SC)		ADMK	M. Sakthi		VCK	P. Durairajan
	161	Mayiladuthurai		DMDK	R. Arulselvan		INC	S. Rajakumar
	162	Poompuhar		ADMK	S. Pavunraj		PMK	K. Agoram
Nagapattinam	163	Nagapattinam		ADMK	K. A. Jayapal		DMK	Mohamed Sheik Dawood
	164	Kilvelur (SC)		CPI(M)	P. Mahalingam		DMK	U. Mathivanan
	165	Vedaranyam		ADMK	N. V. Kamaraj		PMK	R. Chinnathurai
Tiruvarur	166	Thiruthuraipoondi (SC)		CPI	K. Ulaganathan		INC	P. Selvadurai
	167	Mannargudi		ADMK	Rajamanickam Siva		DMK	T. R. B. Rajaa
	168	Thiruvarur		ADMK	M. Rajendran		DMK	M. Karunanidhi
	169	Nannilam		ADMK	R. Kamaraj		DMK	R. Elangovan
Thanjavur	170	Thiruvidaimarudur (SC)		ADMK	T. Pandiyarajan		DMK	Govi. Chezhian
	171	Kumbakonam		ADMK	Rama Ramanathan		DMK	G. Anbalagan
	172	Papanasam		ADMK	R. Doraikkannu		INC	M. Ramkumar
	173	Thiruvaiyaru		ADMK	M. Rethinasami		DMK	S. Aranganathan
	174	Thanjavur		ADMK	M. Rengasamy		DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah
	175	Orathanadu		ADMK	R. Vaithilingam		DMK	T. Mahesh Krishnasamy
	176	Pattukkottai		DMDK	N. Senthilkumar		INC	N. R. Rengarajan
	177	Peravurani		DMDK	Arun Pandian		INC	K. Mahendran
Pudukkottai	178	Gandharvakottai (SC)		ADMK	N. Subramanian		DMK	S. Kavithaipithan
	179	Viralimalai		ADMK	C. Vijayabaskar		DMK	S. Regupathy
	180	Pudukkottai		CPI	S. P. Muthukumaran		DMK	Periyannan Arassu
	181	Thirumayam		ADMK	P. K. Vairamuthu		INC	R. M. Subburam
	182	Alangudi		ADMK	Ku. Pa. Krishnan		PMK	S. Arulmani
	183	Aranthangi		ADMK	M. Rajanayagam		INC	Su. Thirunavukkarasar
Sivaganga	184	Karaikudi		ADMK	Cholan C. T. Palanichamy		INC	Ramasamy KR
	185	Tiruppattur		ADMK	Raja Kannappan		DMK	K. R. Periyakaruppan
	186	Sivaganga		CPI	Gunasekaran S		INC	V. Rajasekaran
	187	Manamadurai (SC)		ADMK	M. Gunasekaran		DMK	A. Tamilarasi
Madurai	188	Melur		ADMK	Melur R. Samy		DMK	R. Rani
	189	Madurai East		ADMK	K. Tamilarasan		DMK	P. Moorthy
	190	Sholavandan (SC)		ADMK	M. V. Karuppiah		PMK	M. Ilanseliyan
	191	Madurai North		ADMK	A. K. Bose		INC	K. S. K. Rajendran
	192	Madurai South		CPI(M)	R. Annadurai		INC	S. P. Varadharajan
	193	Madurai Central		DMDK	R. Sundarrajan		DMK	Syed Ghouse Basha
	194	Madurai West		ADMK	Sellur K. Raju		DMK	G. Thalapathi
	195	Thiruparankundram		DMDK	A. K. T. Raja		INC	C. R. Sundararajan
	196	Thirumangalam		ADMK	M. Muthuramalingam		DMK	M. Manimaran
	197	Usilampatti		AIFB	P. V. Kathiravan		DMK	S. O. Ramasamy
Theni	198	Andipatti		ADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan		DMK	L. Mookiah
	199	Periyakulam (SC)		CPI(M)	A. Laser		DMK	V. Anbazhagan
	200	Bodinayakanur		ADMK	O. Panneerselvam		DMK	S. Lakshmanan
	201	Cumbum		DMDK	P. Murugesan		DMK	N. Eramakrishnan
Virudhunagar	202	Rajapalayam		ADMK	K. Gopalsamy		DMK	S. Thanga Pandian
	203	Srivilliputhur (SC)		CPI	V. Ponnupandi		DMK	R. V. K. Durai
	204	Sattur		ADMK	R. B. Udhayakumar		DMK	A. Kadarkarairaj
	205	Sivakasi		ADMK	K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji		DMK	T. Vanaraja
	206	Virudhunagar		DMDK	K. Pandiarajan		INC	T. Armstrong Naveen
	207	Aruppukkottai		ADMK	Vaigaichelvan		DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
	208	Tiruchuli		ADMK	Esakki Muthu		DMK	Thangam Thennarasu
Ramanathapuram	209	Paramakudi (SC)		ADMK	S. Sundararaj		INC	R. Ramprabhu
	210	Tiruvadanai		DMDK	S. Mujupur Rahman		DMK	Suba Thangavelan
	211	Ramanathapuram		MNMK	M. H. Jawahirullah		INC	K. Hussan Ali
	212	Mudhukulathur		ADMK	M. Murugan		DMK	V. Sathiamoorthy
Thoothukudi	213	Vilathikulam		ADMK	G. V. Markandayan		INC	K. Perumalsamy
	214	Thoothukkudi		ADMK	S. T. Chellapandian		DMK	P. Geetha Jeevan
	215	Tiruchendur		ADMK	P. R. Manoharan		DMK	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan
	216	Srivaikuntam		ADMK	S. P. Shunmuganathan		INC	M. B. Sudalaiyandi
	217	Ottapidaram (SC)		PT	K. Krishnasamy		DMK	S. Raja
	218	Kovilpatti		ADMK	Kadambur Raju		PMK	G. Ramachandran
Tenkasi	219	Sankarankovil (SC)		ADMK	C. Karuppasamy		DMK	M. Umamaheswari
	220	Vasudevanallur (SC)		ADMK	S. Duraiappa		INC	S. Ganesan
	221	Kadayanallur		ADMK	P. Chendur Pandian		INC	S. Peter Alphonse
	222	Tenkasi		ADMK	R. Sarathkumar		DMK	Karuppasamy Pandian
	223	Alangulam		ADMK	P. G. Rajendran		DMK	Poongothai Aladi Aruna
Tirunelveli	224	Tirunelveli		ADMK	Nainar Nagendran		DMK	A. L. S. Lakshmanan
	225	Ambasamudram		ADMK	E. Subaya		DMK	R. Avudaiyappan
	226	Palayamkottai		CPI(M)	V. Palani		DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan
	227	Nanguneri		ADMK	A. Narayanan		INC	H. Vasanthakumar
	228	Radhapuram		DMDK	S. Michael Rayappan		INC	P. Veldurai
Kanyakumari	229	Kanniyakumari		ADMK	K. T. Pachaimal		DMK	N. Suresh Rajan
	230	Nagercoil		ADMK	A. Nanjil Murugesan		DMK	R. Mahesh
	231	Colachal		ADMK	P. Larence		INC	J. G. Prince
	232	Padmanabhapuram		DMDK	S. Austin		DMK	Pushpa Leela Alban
	233	Vilavancode		CPI(M)	R. Leema Rose		INC	S. Vijayadharani
	234	Killiyoor		ADMK	R. George		INC	S. John Jacob

Campaign

AIADMK front

AIADMK supporters in Chennai before polling.

DMDK launched a vigorous campaign to defeat DMK; It made a resolution to call all parties to come together to defeat the ruling DMK in a conference held in Salem on 8 January presided over by its leader Vijayakanth. AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa campaigned supporting the candidates of her alliance across the entire state from 24 March until on 11 April. She promised to provide the people of Tamil Nadu with golden reign, if they voted out the ruling party. From the Tamil film industry, film directors R. V. Udayakumar and S. A. Chandrasekhar and actors Vijay, Senthil, Gundu Kalyanam, Ponnambalam, C. R. Saraswathi, Radha Ravi and Anandaraj campaigned for the AIADMK front. Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat characterised the DMK's rule as a dark chapter in the history of Tamil Nadu and the 2G spectrum case had shamed its people. Communist Party of India general secretary A. B. Bardhan exhorted Jayalalithaa to lead the battle to unseat the corrupt regime at the centre after its victory in Tamil Nadu.

DMK front

DMK posters in Chennai before polling.

S. Ramadoss, leader of Pattali Makkal Katchi expressed his dissatisfaction with people from film industry ruling Tamil Nadu since 1967. He also urged voters not to vote for Vijayakanth with long career as a Tamil actor. Expressing dissatisfaction that he could not be elected to Chief Ministership, Ramadoss complained – in a meeting held in Mayilam – that Vanniars with a total population of 25 million in Tamil Nadu never elected one of their own for Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam (KMK), a political party in the western districts of Tamil Nadu, complained about the neglect of Kongu region by the successive governments in a conference held at Karur. Er. Eswaran, general secretary of KMK, urged the government to focus more on infrastructure development in the Kongu region. Comedy actor Vadivelu campaigned for the DMK Front. Telugu actor and politician Chiranjeevi who had recently merged his party Praja Rajyam with Congress in Andhra Pradesh also campaigned for the DMK front. Actor turned Union Minister Napoleon, director K. Bhagyaraj, and actors Khushbu and Vaagai Chadrasekar campaigned for DMK . Congress President Sonia Gandhi shared the stage with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in an election rally highlighting the strides made by the state under the latter's leadership. Addressing a rally near Marina beach in Chennai, Gandhi said Tamil Nadu had become a front-ranking state whose ideas of development and welfare were copied by the rest. All India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi appealed to the people of Tamil Nadu to support the Democratic Progressive Alliance to further the development and socialistic agenda of the State for the next five years. Addressing an election rally which was presided over by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, he said that Tamil Nadu was one of the most progressive States in the country. It had achieved an important place in industrial, textile, automobile sectors and information technology; A number of social welfare schemes were being implemented. It was leading in health care and higher education in the country.

Manifestoes

The manifestoes of the two largest in the legislative assembly were:

AIADMK

AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa released election manifesto for the election that mentioned it would give:

• 20 kg of free rice for ration-card holders.
• Laptops for students from classes XI.
• Free fans, mixers and grinders.
• Free mineral water to BPL families.
• Monorail for Chennai.
• Promised new power generation projects and IT Industries in Coimbatore West and development of Small Scale Industries in Madurai South.

DMK

DMK president M. Karunanidhi released election manifesto for the election that mentioned it would give:

• Free laptops for all college students and free mixer or grinder for women.
• Rural schemes and Metro Rail for Coimbatore and Madurai.

Election Commission actions

The election commission was commended for conducting the election in a strict and fair manner. It enforced stringent measures to curb use of money power to bribe voters by paying them cash. It also strictly enforced 10 PM curfew on campaigning. DMK chief M Karunanidhi and his ally PMK founder S Ramadoss accused the EC of bringing about an emergency like situation in the State while such a situation was not prevalent in the other poll-bound States. CEC has said the people were happy about the conduct of elections, the CEC displayed an SMS from Chennai which read "earlier EC just announced elections. Only now they are conducting them. This is just one sample of people’s response". Some of the actions taken by Returning officers in the State

• The EC appointed flying squads and I–T teams recently seized more than Rs 50 million, largest ever in the state, from the roof of an empty bus in Trichy.
• The Election Commission is probing alleged purchase of nine lakh T-shirts costing more than Rs 110 million by ruling DMK from a single shop in Tirupur district of poll bound Tamil Nadu.
• Election Officials have seized unauthorised cash of over Rs 530 million in cash out of which Rs 420 million are from Tamil Nadu alone
• The biggest seizure of cash has come from Madurai district at Rs. 39.1 million. Madurai district collector U. Sahayam has said only Rs. 371,000 of the cash seized in the district has been reclaimed with documented proof. The EC had earlier transferred the collector and appointed Sahayam as the collector .EC also transferred the superintendent of police in Madurai district, key officials in the administration; it is also supervising the use of wedding halls to ensure that the premises are not misused.

Cases registered

• Tiruvarur town police have registered a case against film actor Vadivelu for his denigrating speech against founder of Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) Vijayakant on 23 March.
• Actress and DMK star speaker Khushboo has been booked under two cases for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct. The first case pertained to the actress allegedly blocking the road and interrupting traffic while campaigning for her party at Palanichetti area in the district, police said. The second case was booked when a combined eight cars were found to be following the vehicle of the actress without prior permission at two places in the district, police said. All the eight vehicles had been seized, they said.
• Melur Assistant Returning Officer, P. Kalimuthu had stated that DMK workers, accompanied by Mr. Alagiri, had been to the temple, where a large number of local elders were present. The flying squad had received information that the political party functionaries might distribute cash. They rushed to the spot and videographed the visit. This resulted in a scuffle. In the melee, the videographer [appointed by ECI] was roughed up. On the basis of Mr. Kalimuthu's complaint with Keelavalavu police, a case was registered against Mr. Alagiri, Deputy Mayor P.M. Mannan, two local DMK functionaries Regupathi and Thirugnanam and 50 others for waylaying and obstructing officials from discharging their duty.
• DMK Member of Parliament J.K. Ritheesh and seven others were arrested for allegedly assaulting a man and others when a clash broke out on Monday night between his supporters and a group over an issue of relaying a road near Ramanathapuram .
• Election Commission of India has sent notices, based on the complaint of the DMK to AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa and her ally DMDK general secretary Vijayakant for their alleged personal attacks against chief minister M. Karunanidhi and his family during electioneering.

Opinion polls

Pre-poll surveys

Most non-partisan pre-polls found AIADMK+ winning comfortably in this election. The pre-polls indicated a great deal of anger towards the incumbent government, due to corruption allegations and recent food price rises. Also AIADMK was aided by including DMDK and its leader Vijaykanth, which has had on average a 10% vote share in recent elections in Tamil Nadu.

Agency	Dates	DMK+		AIADMK+		Ref.
Headlines Today–ORG Poll	1 April 2011	68 seats	45%	164 seats	50%
"People studies" - Loyola College, Chennai	21–29 March 2011	70 seats	42%	105 seats	49%
Junior Vikatan	6 April 2011	70 seats	–	100 seats	–

Post-poll surveys

The above bar graph shows the differences in margin of victory (seats) between opinion polling and final results. Green represents the polling agency made the correct prediction (AIADMK+ victory/lead)
Red represents the polling agency made the wrong prediction (DMK+ victory/lead)

Since exit polls are banned by ECI, Headlines Today-ORG Poll, conducted a post-poll survey, where they polled voters after they voted in their houses. Post polls conducted by Headlines Today-ORG Poll, found this election to be a toss-up, with DMK gaining a lot of ground in the last few weeks before the election. The exit poll particularly noted a late swing towards the incumbent in the rural communities of Tamil Nadu, which allowed the DMK and its alliance to increase its overall vote share percentage from 45% in the pre-poll survey to 50% post-poll. A couple of weeks after the Headlines today post poll, a few post polls showed the exact opposite result, with CNN-IBN and Asianet post poll giving AIADMK+, the majority of the same margin.

Seat and voteshare projections

Polling agency	Date published					Ref.
		DMK+		AIADMK+
Headlines Today–ORG Poll	28 April 2011	115-130	48%	105–120	47%
CNN-IBN-The Week post-poll survey	10 May 2011	102–114	44%	120-132	46%
Asianet-C Fore Poll	10 May 2011	117	–	132	–
STAR News	10 May 2011	124	–	110	–
CVB - NewsX-CVoter	10 May 2011	54–62	–	168-176	–

Polling

Source: Tamil Nadu Election Website

Voters in a long queue, waiting for their turn to exercise franchise rights during assembly election-2011, at a polling booth in Kanyakumari.

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. 77.8% of the electorate voted in the election, the highest ever in the history of all elections conducted in Tamil Nadu surpassing 76.57% polled in 1967 election. Karur district registered highest turnout of 86.4% followed by Ariyalur district of 84.1%. Chennai district and Kanyakumari district polled the lowest number of votes, 68.2% and 69% respectively.

Category	Polled	Turnout %
Men	18,381,236	77.71%
Women	18,371,744	78.54%
Total	36,753,114	78.12%

Result

Main article: Results of the 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Results by pre-poll alliance

Election map of results based on parties

Election map based on % seats won by district

Summary of the 2011 April/May Assembly election result in Tamil Nadu

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
AIADMK+ alliance		203	+130	19,085,762	51.9%
AIADMK		150	+93	14,150,289	38.4%	53.9%
DMDK		29	+28	2,903,828	7.9%	44.8%
CPI(M)		10	+1	888,364	2.4%	50.3%
CPI		9	+3	727,394	2.0%	48.6%
MNMK		2	+2	181,180	0.5%	42.4%
PT		2	+2	146,454	0.4%	54.3%
AIFB		1	+1	88,253	0.2%	51.2%
DMK+ alliance		31	-126	14,530,215	39.5%
DMK		23	-77	8,249,991	22.4%	42.1%
INC		5	-32	3,426,432	9.3%	35.6%
PMK		3	-15	1,927,783	5.2%	39.6%
VCK		0	-2	555,965	1.5%	34.0%
KMK		0	–	370,044	1.0%	32.5%
Others		0	-4	3,137,137	8.5%
BJP		0	–	819,577	2.2%	2.6%
MDMK†		–	-3	–	–	–
IND and others		0	-1	2,120,476	5.8%	N/A
Total		234	–	36,845,373	100%	–
Valid votes				36,845,373	99.89
Invalid votes				40,853	0.11
Votes cast / turnout				36,886,226	78.29
Abstentions				10,229,620	21.71
Registered voters				47,115,846

†: MDMK left the AIADMK alliance due to failed seat sharing talks and boycotted this election.
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the average % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India and Hindu Newspaper

District Wise Performance

District	Total	ADK+	DPA
Thiruvallur	6	6	0
Chennai	22	20	2
Kancheepuram	3	3	0
Chengalpattu	6	6	0
Ranipet	4	4	0
Vellore	5	3	2
Tirupattur	4	4	0
Krishnagiri	6	4	2
Dharmapuri	5	5	0
Tiruvannamalai	8	7	1
Viluppuram	6	5	1
Kallakurichi	5	5	0
Salem	11	11	0
Namakkal	6	6	0
Erode	8	8	0
Tiruppur	8	8	0
Nilgiris	3	1	2
Coimbatore	10	10	0
Dindigul	7	5	2
Karur	4	3	1
Tiruchirappalli	9	8	1
Perambalur	2	1	1
Ariyalur	2	1	1
Cuddalore	9	9	0
Mayiladuthurai	3	3	0
Nagapattinam	3	3	0
Thiruvarur	4	2	2
Thanjavur	8	5	3
Pudukkottai	6	6	0
Sivaganga	4	3	1
Madurai	10	10	0
Theni	4	3	1
Virudhunagar	7	6	1
Ramanathapuram	4	3	1
Thoothukudi	6	5	1
Tenkasi	5	5	0
Tirunelveli	5	4	1
Kanniyakumari	6	2	4
Total	234	203	31

Detailed Results

Constituency		Winner					Runner Up					Margin	%
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Gummidipoondi	C. H. Sekar		DMDK	97,708	54.40	K. N. Sekar		PMK	68,452	38.11	29,256	16.29
2	Ponneri (SC)	Pon. Raja		ADMK	93,624	57.50	A. Manimekalai		DMK	62,354	38.29	31,270	19.21
3	Tiruttani	M. Arun Subramanian		DMDK	95,918	50.16	E. S. S. Raman		INC	71,988	37.64	23,930	12.52
4	Thiruvallur	B. V. Ramanaa		ADMK	91,337	53.69	E. A. P. Sivaji		DMK	67,689	39.79	23,648	13.90
5	Poonamallee (SC)	R. Manimaran		ADMK	99,097	54.59	Kanchi Mathiazhagan		INC	57,678	31.77	41,419	22.82
6	Avadi	S. Abdul Rahim		ADMK	110,102	55.18	R. Dhamotharan		INC	66,864	33.51	43,238	21.67
7	Maduravoyal	G. Beem Rao		CPM	96,844	52.09	K. Selvam		PMK	72,833	39.17	24,011	12.92
8	Ambattur	S. Vedachalam		ADMK	99,330	53.30	B. Ranaganathan		DMK	76,613	41.11	22,717	12.19
9	Madavaram	V. Moorthy		ADMK	115,468	55.69	N. S. Kanimozhi		DMK	80,703	38.93	34,765	16.76
10	Thiruvottiyur	K. Kuppan		ADMK	93,944	57.03	K. P. P. Samy		DMK	66,653	40.47	27,291	16.56
11	R. K. Nagar	P. Vetrivel		ADMK	83,777	59.04	P. K. Sekar Babu		DMK	52,522	37.01	31,255	22.03
12	Perambur	A. Soundararajan		CPM	84,668	52.26	N. R. Dhanapalan		DMK	67,245	41.50	17,423	10.76
13	Kolathur	M. K. Stalin		DMK	68,677	48.35	Saidai Duraisamy		ADMK	65,943	46.43	2,734	1.92
14	Villivakkam	J. C. D. Prabhakar		ADMK	68,612	52.44	K. Anbazhagan		DMK	57,830	44.20	10,782	8.24
15	Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar (SC)	V. Neelakandan		ADMK	72,887	58.87	Dr. C. Natesan		INC	43,546	35.17	29,341	23.70
16	Egmore (SC)	K. Nalla Thambi		DMDK	51,772	46.23	Parithi Ilamvazhuthi		DMK	51,570	46.05	202	0.18
17	Royapuram	D. Jayakumar		ADMK	65,099	57.89	R. Manohar		INC	43,727	38.88	21,372	19.01
18	Harbour	Pala. Karuppiah		ADMK	53,920	55.89	Altaf Hussain		DMK	33,603	34.83	20,317	21.06
19	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni	J. Anbazhagan		DMK	64,191	49.44	Thamimum Ansari		MNMK	54,988	42.35	9,203	7.09
20	Thousand Lights	B. Valarmathi		ADMK	67,522	50.55	Hasan Md. Jinnah		DMK	59,930	44.87	7,592	5.68
21	Anna Nagar	S. Gokula Indira		ADMK	88,954	58.67	V. K. Arivazhagan		INC	52,364	34.54	36,590	24.13
22	Virugampakkam	B. Parthasarathy		DMDK	71,524	49.65	K. Thanasekaran		DMK	57,430	39.86	14,094	9.79
23	Saidapet	G. Senthamizhan		ADMK	79,856	51.78	M. Magesh Kumaar		DMK	67,785	43.95	12,071	7.83
24	Thiyagarayanagar	V. P. Kalairajan		ADMK	75,883	58.48	A. Chellakumar		INC	43,421	33.46	32,462	25.02
25	Mylapore	R. Rajalakshmi		ADMK	80,063	56.03	K. V. Thangkabalu		INC	50,859	35.60	29,204	20.43
26	Velachery	M. K. Ashok		ADMK	82,145	53.91	M. Jayaraman		PMK	50,425	33.10	31,720	20.81
27	Sholinganallur	K. P. Kandan		ADMK	145,385	60.43	S. S. Balaji		VCK	78,413	32.59	66,972	27.84
28	Alandur	S. Ramachandran		DMDK	76,537	45.52	K. Ghayathri Devi		INC	70,783	42.10	5,754	3.42
29	Sriperumbudur (SC)	R. Perumal		ADMK	101,751	59.07	D. Yasodha		INC	60,819	35.31	40,932	23.76
30	Pallavaram	P. Dhansingh		ADMK	105,631	52.70	T. M. Anbarasan		DMK	88,257	44.03	17,374	8.67
31	Tambaram	T. K. M. Chinnayya		ADMK	91,702	51.45	S. R. Raja		DMK	77,718	43.61	13,984	7.84
32	Chengalpattu	D. Murugesan		DMDK	83,297	44.58	V. G. Rangasamy		PMK	83,006	44.42	291	0.16
33	Thiruporur	K. Manoharan		ADMK	84,169	53.06	K. Arumugam		PMK	65,881	41.53	18,288	11.53
34	Cheyyur (SC)	V. S. Raji		ADMK	78,307	55.59	D. Parventhan		VCK	51,723	36.72	26,584	18.87
35	Madurantakam (SC)	S. Kanitha Sampath		ADMK	79,256	53.64	K. Jayakumar		INC	60,762	41.13	18,494	12.51
36	Uthiramerur	P. Ganesan		ADMK	86,912	51.75	Ponkumar		DMK	73,146	43.55	13,766	8.20
37	Kancheepuram	V. Somasundaram		ADMK	102,710	53.43	P. S. Ulagarakshagan		PMK	76,993	40.05	25,717	13.38
38	Arakkonam (SC)	S. Ravi		ADMK	79,409	55.94	S. Sellapandian		VCK	53,172	37.46	26,237	18.48
39	Sholingur	P. R. Manogar		DMDK	69,963	38.98	A. M. Muniratinam		IND	60,925	33.94	9,038	5.04
40	Katpadi	Durai Murugan		DMK	75,064	49.55	S. R. K. Appu		ADMK	72,091	47.59	2,973	1.96
41	Ranipet	A. Mohammedjan		ADMK	83,834	53.14	R. Gandhi		DMK	69,633	44.14	14,201	9.00
42	Arcot	R. Srinivasan		ADMK	93,258	53.11	K. L. Elavazagan		PMK	74,005	42.14	19,253	10.97
43	Vellore	V. S. Vijay		ADMK	71,522	50.82	C. Gnanasekharan		INC	56,346	40.04	15,176	10.78
44	Anaikattu	M. Kalai Arasu		PMK	80,233	54.51	V. B. Velu		DMDK	52,330	35.55	27,903	18.96
45	Kilvaithinankuppam (SC)	C. K. Thamizharasan		ADMK	72,002	51.12	K. Seetharaman		DMK	62,242	44.19	9,760	6.93
46	Gudiyattam (SC)	K. Lingamuthu		CPI	79,416	49.07	K. Rajamarthandan		DMK	73,574	45.46	5,842	3.61
47	Vaniyambadi	Govi. Sampath Kumar		ADMK	80,563	54.65	H. Abdul Basith		DMK	62,338	42.29	18,225	12.36
48	Ambur	A. Aslam Basha		MNMK	60,361	44.01	J. Vijay Elanchezian		INC	55,270	40.30	5,091	3.71
49	Jolarpet	K. C. Veeramani		ADMK	86,273	55.13	G. Ponnusamy		PMK	63,337	40.47	22,936	14.66
50	Tirupattur	K. G. Ramesh		ADMK	82,895	55.31	S. Rajendran		DMK	61,103	40.77	21,792	14.54
51	Uthangarai (SC)	Manoranjitham Nagaraj		ADMK	90,381	58.92	Muniyammal		VCK	51,223	33.39	39,158	25.53
52	Bargur	K. E. Krishnamoorthi		ADMK	88,711	56.02	T. K. Raja		PMK	59,271	37.43	29,440	18.59
53	Krishnagiri	K. P. Munusamy		ADMK	89,776	55.98	Syed Ghiyas Ul Haq		INC	60,679	37.83	29,097	18.15
54	Veppanahalli	T. Senguttuvan		DMK	71,471	45.09	S. M. Kandan		DMDK	63,867	40.29	7,604	4.80
55	Hosur	K. Gopinath		INC	65,034	37.79	S. John Timothy		DMDK	50,882	29.56	14,152	8.23
56	Thalli	T. Ramachandran		CPI	74,353	47.90	Y. Prakaash		DMK	67,918	43.75	6,435	4.15
57	Palacodu	K. P. Anbalagan		ADMK	94,877	60.72	V. Selvam		PMK	51,664	33.06	43,213	27.66
58	Pennagaram	N. Nanjappan		CPI	80,028	49.31	P. N. P. Inbasekaran		DMK	68,485	42.20	11,543	7.11
59	Dharmapuri	A. Baskar		DMDK	76,943	45.73	P. Santhamoorthy		PMK	72,900	43.33	4,043	2.40
60	Pappireddippatti	P. Palaniappan		ADMK	76,582	45.39	V. Mullaivendhan		DMK	66,093	39.17	10,489	6.22
61	Harur (SC)	P. Dillibabu		CPM	77,703	51.71	B. M. Nandhan		VCK	51,200	34.07	26,503	17.64
62	Chengam (SC)	T. Suresh		DMDK	83,722	46.95	K. Selvaperunthagai		INC	72,225	40.50	11,497	6.45
63	Tiruvannamalai	E. V. Velu		DMK	84,802	49.40	S. Ramachandran		ADMK	79,676	46.41	5,126	2.99
64	Kilpennathur	A. K. Aranganathan		ADMK	83,663	48.20	K. Pitchandi		DMK	79,582	45.85	4,081	2.35
65	Kalasapakkam	Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy		ADMK	91,833	58.95	P. S. Vijayakumar		INC	53,599	34.40	38,234	24.55
66	Polur	L. Jaya Sudha		ADMK	92,391	55.42	G. Edirolimanian		PMK	63,846	38.30	28,545	17.12
67	Arani	R. M. Babu Murugavel		DMDK	88,967	50.06	R. Sivanandham		DMK	81,001	45.58	7,966	4.48
68	Cheyyar	N. Subramanian		ADMK	96,180	53.67	M. K. Vishnu Prasad		INC	70,717	39.46	25,463	14.21
69	Vandavasi (SC)	V. Gunaseelan		ADMK	84,529	52.05	J. Kamalakkannan		DMK	72,233	44.48	12,296	7.57
70	Gingee	A. Ganeshkumar		PMK	77,026	44.15	R. Sivalingam		DMDK	75,215	43.12	1,811	1.03
71	Mailam	K. P. Nagarajan		ADMK	81,656	53.92	R. Prakash		PMK	61,575	40.66	20,081	13.26
72	Tindivanam (SC)	D. Haridoss		ADMK	80,553	52.59	M. P. Sankar		PMK	65,016	42.45	15,537	10.14
73	Vanur (SC)	I. Janagiraman		ADMK	88,834	55.99	S. Pushparaj		DMK	63,696	40.14	25,138	15.85
74	Villupuram	C. V. Shanmugam		ADMK	90,304	52.18	K. Ponmudy		DMK	78,207	45.19	12,097	6.99
75	Vikravandi	R. Ramamurthy		CPM	78,656	51.72	K. Rathamani		DMK	63,759	41.93	14,897	9.79
76	Tirukkoyilur	L. Venkatesan		DMDK	78,229	49.18	M. Thangam		DMK	69,438	43.65	8,791	5.53
77	Ulundurpettai	R. Kumaraguru		ADMK	114,794	60.09	M. Mohamed Yousuf		VCK	61,286	32.08	53,508	28.01
78	Rishivandiyam	Vijayakanth		DMDK	91,164	53.19	S. Sivaraj		INC	60,369	35.22	30,795	17.97
79	Sankarapuram	P. Mohan		ADMK	87,522	51.24	T. Udhayasuriyan		DMK	75,324	44.09	12,198	7.15
80	Kallakurichi (SC)	K. Alaguvelu		ADMK	111,249	62.18	A. C. Pavarasu		VCK	51,251	28.65	59,998	33.53
81	Gangavalli (SC)	R. Subha		DMDK	72,922	48.60	K. Chinnadurai		DMK	59,457	39.63	13,465	8.97
82	Attur (SC)	S. Madheswaran		ADMK	88,036	55.53	S. K. Arthanari		INC	58,180	36.70	29,856	18.83
83	Yercaud (ST)	C. Perumal		ADMK	104,221	58.06	C. Tamilselvan		DMK	66,639	37.13	37,582	20.93
84	Omalur	C. Krishnan		ADMK	112,102	59.70	A. Tamizharasu		PMK	65,558	34.91	46,544	24.79
85	Mettur	S. R. Parthiban		DMDK	75,672	44.62	G. K. Mani		PMK	73,078	43.09	2,594	1.53
86	Edappadi	Edappadi K. Palaniswami		ADMK	104,586	56.38	M. Karthe		PMK	69,848	37.66	34,738	18.72
87	Sankari	P. Vijayalakshmi		ADMK	105,502	57.07	Veerapandy S. Arumugam		DMK	70,423	38.10	35,079	18.97
88	Salem (West)	G. Venkatachalam		ADMK	95,935	56.50	R. Rajendran		DMK	68,274	40.21	27,661	16.29
89	Salem (North)	Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj		DMDK	88,956	54.46	G. Jayaprakash		INC	59,591	36.48	29,365	17.98
90	Salem (South)	M. K. Selvaraju		ADMK	112,691	64.97	S. R. Sivalingam		DMK	52,476	30.25	60,215	34.72
91	Veerapandi	S. K. Selvam		ADMK	100,155	55.73	A. Rajendran		DMK	73,657	40.98	26,498	14.75
92	Rasipuram (SC)	P. Dhanapal		ADMK	90,186	55.60	V. P. Duraisamy		DMK	65,469	40.36	24,717	15.24
93	Senthamangalam (ST)	R. Santhi		DMDK	76,637	47.51	K. Ponnusamy		DMK	68,132	42.24	8,505	5.27
94	Namakkal	K. P. P. Baskar		ADMK	95,579	56.34	R. Devarasan		KNMK	59,724	35.20	35,855	21.14
95	Paramathi-Velur	U. Thaniyarasu		ADMK	82,682	54.50	C. Vadivel		PMK	51,664	34.06	31,018	20.44
96	Tiruchengodu	P. Sampath Kumar		DMDK	78,103	52.12	M. R. Sundaram		INC	54,158	36.14	23,945	15.98
97	Kumarapalayam	P. Thangamani		ADMK	91,077	56.59	G. Selvaraju		DMK	64,190	39.88	26,887	16.71
98	Erode (East)	V. C. Chandhirakumar		DMDK	69,166	50.83	S. Muthusamy		DMK	58,522	43.01	10,644	7.82
99	Erode (West)	K. V. Ramalingam		ADMK	90,789	59.29	M. Yuvaraja		INC	52,921	34.56	37,868	24.73
100	Modakkurichi	R. N. Kittusamy		ADMK	87,705	57.29	R. M. Palanisami		INC	47,543	31.06	40,162	26.23
101	Dharapuram (SC)	K. Ponnusamy		ADMK	83,856	51.68	R. Jayanthi		DMK	68,831	42.42	15,025	9.26
102	Kangayam	N. S. N. Nataraj		ADMK	96,005	60.63	S. Videyal Sekar		INC	54,240	34.26	41,765	26.37
103	Perundurai	N. D. Venkatachalam		ADMK	89,960	60.15	K. K. C. Balu		KNMK	47,793	31.96	42,167	28.19
104	Bhavani	P. G. Narayanan		ADMK	87,121	54.28	K. S. Mahendran		PMK	59,080	36.81	28,041	17.47
105	Anthiyur	S. S. Ramanitharan		ADMK	78,496	54.92	N. K. K. P. Raja		DMK	53,242	37.25	25,254	17.67
106	Gobichettipalayam	K. A. Sengottaiyan		ADMK	94,872	54.47	N. S. Sivaraj		KNMK	52,960	30.40	41,912	24.07
107	Bhavanisagar (SC)	P. L. Sundaram		CPI	82,890	50.69	R. Logeswari		DMK	63,487	38.83	19,403	11.86
108	Udhagamandalam	Budhichandhiran		ADMK	61,605	50.22	R. Ganesh		INC	54,060	44.07	7,545	6.15
109	Gudalur (SC)	M. Thiravidamani		DMK	66,871	58.67	S. Selvaraj		DMDK	39,497	34.65	27,374	24.02
110	Coonoor	K. Ramachandran		DMK	61,302	50.66	A. Bellie		CPI	52,010	42.98	9,292	7.68
111	Mettuppalayam	O. K. Chinnaraj		ADMK	93,700	54.53	B. Arunkumar		DMK	67,925	39.53	25,775	15.00
112	Avanashi (SC)	A. A. Karuppasamy		ADMK	103,002	66.60	A. R. Natarajan		INC	41,591	26.89	61,411	39.71
113	Tiruppur (North)	M. S. M. Anandan		ADMK	113,640	70.62	C. Govindasamy		DMK	40,369	25.09	73,271	45.53
114	Tiruppur (South)	K. Thangavel		CPM	75,424	61.63	K. Senthilkumar		INC	37,121	30.33	38,303	31.30
115	Palladam	K. P. Paramasivam		ADMK	118,140	66.78	K. Balasubramanian		KNMK	48,364	27.34	69,776	39.44
116	Sulur	K. Thinakaran		DMDK	88,680	52.29	E. R. Eswaran		KNMK	59,148	34.88	29,532	17.41
117	Kavundampalayam	V. C. Arukutty		ADMK	137,058	63.22	T. P. Subramanian		DMK	67,798	31.27	69,260	31.95
118	Coimbatore (North)	T. Malaravan		ADMK	93,276	60.07	M. Veeragopal		DMK	53,178	34.25	40,098	25.82
119	Thondamuthur	S. P. Velumani		ADMK	99,886	62.40	M. N. Kandaswamy		INC	46,683	29.16	53,203	33.24
120	Coimbatore (South)	R. Doraisamy		ADMK	80,637	56.27	Pongalur N. Palanisamy		DMK	52,841	36.88	27,796	19.39
121	Singanallur	R. Chinnaswamy		ADMK	89,487	56.32	Mayura S. Jayakumar		INC	55,161	34.71	34,326	21.61
122	Kinathukadavu	S. Damodaran		ADMK	94,123	56.17	M. Kannappan		DMK	63,857	38.11	30,266	18.06
123	Pollachi	M. K. Muthukaruppannasamy		ADMK	81,446	57.46	K. Nithyanandhan		KNMK	51,138	36.08	30,308	21.38
124	Valparai (SC)	M. Arumugham		CPI	61,171	49.16	N. Kovaithangam		INC	57,750	46.41	3,421	2.75
125	Udumalaipettai	Pollachi Jayaraman V		ADMK	95,477	60.87	T. Ilamparithi		KNMK	50,917	32.46	44,560	28.41
126	Madathukulam	C. Shanmugavelu		ADMK	78,622	54.71	M. P. Saminathan		DMK	58,953	41.02	19,669	13.69
127	Palani	K. S. N. Venugopalu		ADMK	82,051	48.30	I. P. Senthil Kumar		DMK	80,297	47.27	1,754	1.03
128	Oddanchatram	R. Sakkarapani		DMK	87,743	51.99	P. Baalasubramani		ADMK	72,810	43.14	14,933	8.85
129	Athoor	I. Periyasamy		DMK	112,751	59.58	S. Balasubramani		DMDK	58,819	31.08	53,932	28.50
130	Nilakkottai (SC)	A. Ramasamy		PT	75,124	52.45	K. Rajangam		INC	50,410	35.19	24,714	17.26
131	Natham	Natham R. Viswanathan		ADMK	94,947	53.87	K. Vijayan		DMK	41,858	23.75	53,089	30.12
132	Dindigul	K. Balabharathi		CPM	86,932	58.82	J. Paul Baskar		PMK	47,817	32.35	39,115	26.47
133	Vedasandur	S. Palanichamy		ADMK	104,511	61.92	M. Dhandapani		INC	53,799	31.88	50,712	30.04
134	Aravakurichi	K. C. Pallanishamy		DMK	72,831	49.71	V. Senthilnathan		ADMK	68,290	46.61	4,541	3.10
135	Karur	V. Senthil Balaji		ADMK	99,738	61.18	Jothimani		INC	55,593	34.10	44,145	27.08
136	Krishnarayapuram (SC)	S. Kamaraj		ADMK	83,145	54.81	P. Kamaraj		DMK	60,636	39.97	22,509	14.84
137	Kulithalai	A. Pappa Sundaram		ADMK	87,459	54.78	R. Manickam		DMK	64,986	40.70	22,473	14.08
138	Manapparai	R. Chandrasekar		ADMK	81,020	46.77	K. Ponnusamy		IND	52,721	30.43	28,299	16.34
139	Srirangam	J. Jayalalithaa		ADMK	105,328	58.99	N. Anand		DMK	63,480	35.55	41,848	23.44
140	Tiruchirappalli (West)	M. Mariam Pichai		ADMK	77,492	50.21	K. N. Nehru		DMK	70,313	45.56	7,179	4.65
141	Tiruchirappalli (East)	R. Manoharan		ADMK	83,046	54.84	Anbil Periyasamy		DMK	62,420	41.22	20,626	13.62
142	Thiruverumbur	S. Senthilkumar		DMDK	71,356	47.40	K. N. Seharan		DMK	67,151	44.61	4,205	2.79
143	Lalgudi	A. Soundara Pandian		DMK	65,363	44.71	A. D. Sendhureswaran		DMDK	58,208	39.81	7,155	4.90
144	Manachanallur	T. P. Poonatchi		ADMK	83,105	53.12	N. Selvaraj		DMK	63,915	40.86	19,190	12.26
145	Musiri	N. R. Sivapathi		ADMK	82,631	54.79	M. Rajasekharan		INC	38,840	25.75	43,791	29.04
146	Thuraiyur (SC)	T. Indragandhi		ADMK	75,228	50.67	S. Parimala Devi		DMK	64,293	43.31	10,935	7.36
147	Perambalur (SC)	R. Thamizhselvan		ADMK	98,497	52.19	M. Prabhakaran		DMK	79,418	42.08	19,079	10.11
148	Kunnam	S. S. Sivasankar		DMK	81,723	46.89	Durai Kamaraj		DMDK	58,766	33.72	22,957	13.17
149	Ariyalur	Durai Manivel		ADMK	88,726	47.77	D. Amaramoorthy		INC	70,906	38.17	17,820	9.60
150	Jayankondam	J. Guru		PMK	92,739	51.53	P. Elavazhagan		ADMK	77,601	43.12	15,138	8.41
151	Tittakudi (SC)	K. Tamil Azhagan		DMDK	61,897	44.45	M. Sinthanaiselvan		VCK	49,255	35.37	12,642	9.08
152	Vriddhachalam	V. Muthukumar		DMDK	72,902	46.06	T. Neethirajan		INC	59,261	37.44	13,641	8.62
153	Neyveli	M. P. S. Sivasubramaniyan		ADMK	69,549	50.63	T. Velmurugan		PMK	61,431	44.72	8,118	5.91
154	Panruti	P. Sivakozhundu		DMDK	82,187	50.91	Saba Rajendran		DMK	71,471	44.27	10,716	6.64
155	Cuddalore	M. C. Sampath		ADMK	85,953	60.56	E. Pugazhendi		DMK	52,275	36.83	33,678	23.73
156	Kurinjipadi	R. Rajendran		ADMK	88,345	56.38	M. R. K. Panneerselvam		DMK	64,497	41.16	23,848	15.22
157	Bhuvanagiri	R. Selvi		ADMK	87,413	51.34	T. Arivuselvan		PMK	74,296	43.64	13,117	7.70
158	Chidambaram	K. Balakrishnan		CPM	72,054	48.30	Sridhar Vandaiyar		DMK	69,175	46.37	2,879	1.93
159	Kattumannarkoil (SC)	N. Murugumaran		ADMK	83,665	57.79	D. Ravikumar		VCK	51,940	35.88	31,725	21.91
160	Sirkazhi (SC)	M. Sakthi		ADMK	83,881	54.62	P. Durairajan		VCK	56,502	36.79	27,379	17.83
161	Mayiladuthurai	R. Arulselvan		DMDK	63,326	44.64	S. Rajakumar		INC	60,309	42.52	3,017	2.12
162	Poompuhar	S. Pavunraj		ADMK	85,839	50.66	K. Agoram		PMK	74,466	43.94	11,373	6.72
163	Nagapattinam	K. A. Jayapal		ADMK	61,870	51.26	Mohamed Sheik Dawood		DMK	56,127	46.51	5,743	4.75
164	Kilvelur (SC)	P. Mahalingam		CPM	59,402	48.99	U. Mathivanan		DMK	58,678	48.39	724	0.60
165	Vedaranyam	N. V. Kamaraj		ADMK	53,799	41.16	S. K. Vedarathinam		IND	42,871	32.80	10,928	8.36
166	Thiruthuraipoondi (SC)	K. Ulaganathan		CPI	83,399	53.36	P. Selvadurai		INC	61,112	39.10	22,287	14.26
167	Mannargudi	T. R. B. Rajaa		DMK	81,320	48.93	Rajamanickam Siva		ADMK	77,338	46.54	3,982	2.39
168	Thiruvarur	M. Karunanidhi		DMK	109,014	62.96	M. Rajendran		ADMK	58,765	33.94	50,249	29.02
169	Nannilam	R. Kamaraj		ADMK	92,071	50.96	R. Elangovan		DMK	81,667	45.20	10,404	5.76
170	Thiruvidaimarudur (SC)	Govi. Chezhian		DMK	77,175	48.12	T. Pandiyarajan		ADMK	76,781	47.87	394	0.25
171	Kumbakonam	G. Anbalagan		DMK	78,642	48.72	Rama Ramanathan		ADMK	77,370	47.93	1,272	0.79
172	Papanasam	R. Doraikkannu		ADMK	85,635	53.47	M. Ramkumar		INC	67,628	42.22	18,007	11.25
173	Thiruvaiyaru	M. Rethinasami		ADMK	88,784	51.11	S. Aranganathan		DMK	75,822	43.65	12,962	7.46
174	Thanjavur	M. Rengasamy		ADMK	75,415	50.57	S. N. M. Ubayadullah		DMK	68,086	45.66	7,329	4.91
175	Orathanadu	R. Vaithilingam		ADMK	91,724	57.80	T. Mahesh Krishnasamy		DMK	59,080	37.23	32,644	20.57
176	Pattukkottai	N. R. Rengarajan		INC	55,482	37.91	N. Senthilkumar		DMDK	46,703	31.91	8,779	6.00
177	Peravurani	Arun Pandian		DMDK	51,010	36.42	K. Mahendran		INC	43,816	31.29	7,194	5.13
178	Gandharvakottai (SC)	N. Subramanian		ADMK	67,128	54.85	S. Kavithaipithan		DMK	47,429	38.76	19,699	16.09
179	Viralimalai	C. Vijayabaskar		ADMK	77,285	55.99	S. Regupathy		DMK	37,976	27.51	39,309	28.48
180	Pudukkottai	S. P. Muthukumaran		CPI	65,466	46.78	Periyannan Arassu		DMK	62,365	44.56	3,101	2.22
181	Thirumayam	P. K. Vairamuthu		ADMK	78,913	58.27	R. M. Subburam		INC	47,778	35.28	31,135	22.99
182	Alangudi	Ku. Pa. Krishnan		ADMK	57,250	41.42	S. Arulmani		PMK	52,123	37.71	5,127	3.71
183	Aranthangi	M. Rajanayagam		ADMK	67,559	52.77	Su. Thirunavukkarasar		INC	50,903	39.76	16,656	13.01
184	Karaikudi	Cholan C. T. Palanichamy		ADMK	86,104	51.01	Ramasamy KR		INC	67,204	39.81	18,900	11.20
185	Tiruppattur	K. R. Periyakaruppan		DMK	83,485	48.25	Raja Kannappan		ADMK	81,901	47.34	1,584	0.91
186	Sivaganga	Gunasekaran S		CPI	75,176	47.82	V. Rajasekaran		INC	70,794	45.03	4,382	2.79
187	Manamadurai (SC)	M. Gunasekaran		ADMK	83,535	51.68	A. Tamilarasi		DMK	69,515	43.01	14,020	8.67
188	Melur	Melur R. Samy		ADMK	85,869	55.74	R. Rani		DMK	61,407	39.86	24,462	15.88
189	Madurai East	K. Tamilarasan		ADMK	99,447	55.29	P. Moorthy		DMK	70,692	39.30	28,755	15.99
190	Sholavandan (SC)	M. V. Karuppiah		ADMK	86,376	59.84	M. Ilanseliyan		PMK	49,768	34.48	36,608	25.36
191	Madurai North	A. K. Bose		ADMK	90,706	63.62	K. S. K. Rajendran		INC	44,306	31.08	46,400	32.54
192	Madurai South	R. Annadurai		CPM	83,441	61.59	S. P. Varadharajan		INC	37,990	28.04	45,451	33.55
193	Madurai Central	R. Sundarrajan		DMDK	76,063	52.77	Syed Ghouse Basha		DMK	56,502	39.20	19,560	13.57
194	Madurai West	Sellur K. Raju		ADMK	94,798	59.64	G. Thalapathi		DMK	56,037	35.25	38,761	24.39
195	Thiruparankundram	A. K. T. Raja		DMDK	95,469	58.70	C. R. Sundararajan		INC	46,967	28.88	48,502	29.82
196	Thirumangalam	M. Muthuramalingam		ADMK	101,494	55.55	M. Manimaran		DMK	75,127	41.12	26,367	14.43
197	Usilampatti	P. V. Kathiravan		AIFB	88,253	51.22	S. O. Ramasamy		DMK	72,933	42.33	15,320	8.89
198	Andipatti	Thanga Tamil Selvan		ADMK	91,721	53.75	L. Mookiah		DMK	70,690	41.42	21,031	12.33
199	Periyakulam (SC)	A. Laser		CPM	76,687	47.86	V. Anbazhagan		DMK	71,046	44.34	5,641	3.52
200	Bodinayakanur	O. Panneerselvam		ADMK	95,235	56.69	S. Lakshmanan		DMK	65,329	38.89	29,906	17.80
201	Cumbum	N. Eramakrishnan		DMK	80,307	48.58	P. Murugesan		DMDK	68,139	41.22	12,168	7.36
202	Rajapalayam	K. Gopalsamy		ADMK	80,125	53.80	S. Thanga Pandian		DMK	58,693	39.41	21,432	14.39
203	Srivilliputhur (SC)	V. Ponnupandi		CPI	73,485	47.79	R. V. K. Durai		DMK	67,257	43.74	6,228	4.05
204	Sattur	R. B. Udhayakumar		ADMK	88,918	58.32	A. Kadarkarairaj		DMK	59,573	39.07	29,345	19.25
205	Sivakasi	K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji		ADMK	87,333	59.17	T. Vanaraja		DMK	51,679	35.01	35,654	24.16
206	Virudhunagar	K. Pandiarajan		DMDK	70,441	52.36	T. Armstrong Naveen		INC	49,003	36.42	21,438	15.94
207	Aruppukkottai	Vaigaichelvan		ADMK	76,546	51.15	Ramachandran		DMK	65,908	44.05	10,638	7.10
208	Tiruchuli	Thangam Thennarasu		DMK	81,613	54.36	Esakki Muthu		ADMK	61,661	41.07	19,952	13.29
209	Paramakudi (SC)	S. Sundararaj		ADMK	86,150	57.88	R. Ramprabhu		INC	51,544	34.63	34,606	23.25
210	Tiruvadanai	Suba Thangavelan		DMK	64,165	41.11	S. Mujupur Rahman		DMDK	63,238	40.52	927	0.59
211	Ramanathapuram	M. H. Jawahirullah		MNMK	65,831	40.96	K. Hussan Ali		INC	50,074	31.16	15,757	9.80
212	Mudhukulathur	M. Murugan		ADMK	83,225	46.87	V. Sathiamoorthy		DMK	63,136	35.56	20,089	11.31
213	Vilathikulam	G. V. Markandayan		ADMK	72,753	54.58	K. Perumalsamy		INC	50,156	37.63	22,597	16.95
214	Thoothukkudi	S. T. Chellapandian		ADMK	89,010	56.78	P. Geetha Jeevan		DMK	62,817	40.07	26,193	16.71
215	Tiruchendur	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan		DMK	68,741	47.04	P. R. Manoharan		ADMK	68,101	46.60	640	0.44
216	Srivaikuntam	S. P. Shunmuganathan		ADMK	69,708	52.86	M. B. Sudalaiyandi		INC	48,586	36.84	21,122	16.02
217	Ottapidaram (SC)	K. Krishnasamy		PT	71,330	56.41	S. Raja		DMK	46,204	36.54	25,126	19.87
218	Kovilpatti	Kadambur Raju		ADMK	73,007	55.85	G. Ramachandran		PMK	46,527	35.59	26,480	20.26
219	Sankarankovil (SC)	C. Karuppasamy		ADMK	72,297	49.99	M. Umamaheswari		DMK	61,902	42.80	10,395	7.19
220	Vasudevanallur (SC)	S. Duraiappa		ADMK	80,633	56.77	S. Ganesan		INC	52,543	37.00	28,090	19.77
221	Kadayanallur	P. Chendur Pandian		ADMK	80,794	49.83	S. Peter Alphonse		INC	64,708	39.91	16,086	9.92
222	Tenkasi	R. Sarathkumar		ADMK	92,253	54.30	Karuppasamy Pandian		DMK	69,286	40.78	22,967	13.52
223	Alangulam	P. G. Rajendran		ADMK	78,098	47.29	Poongothai Aladi Aruna		DMK	77,799	47.11	299	0.18
224	Tirunelveli	Nainar Nagendran		ADMK	86,220	54.81	A. L. S. Lakshmanan		DMK	47,729	30.34	38,491	24.47
225	Ambasamudram	E. Subaya		ADMK	80,156	55.11	R. Avudaiyappan		DMK	55,547	38.19	24,609	16.92
226	Palayamkottai	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan		DMK	58,049	42.76	V. Palani		CPM	57,444	42.31	605	0.45
227	Nanguneri	A. Narayanan		ADMK	65,510	45.91	H. Vasanthakumar		INC	53,230	37.31	12,280	8.60
228	Radhapuram	S. Michael Rayappan		DMDK	67,072	48.36	P. Veldurai		INC	45,597	32.88	21,475	15.48
229	Kanniyakumari	K. T. Pachaimal		ADMK	86,903	48.22	N. Suresh Rajan		DMK	69,099	38.34	17,804	9.88
230	Nagercoil	A. Nanjil Murugesan		ADMK	58,819	40.01	R. Mahesh		DMK	52,092	35.43	6,727	4.58
231	Colachal	J. G. Prince		INC	58,428	40.16	P. Larence		ADMK	46,607	32.03	11,821	8.13
232	Padmanabhapuram	Pushpa Leela Alban		DMK	59,882	41.48	S. Austin		DMDK	40,561	28.10	19,321	13.38
233	Vilavancode	S. Vijayadharani		INC	62,898	43.69	R. Leema Rose		CPM	39,109	27.17	23,789	16.52
234	Killiyoor	S. John Jacob		INC	56,932	41.69	T. Chandra Kumar		BJP	32,446	23.76	24,486	17.93

Reactions

M. Karunanidhi submitted his resignation to Governor Surjit Singh Barnala, thus paving way for Jayalalithaa to swear-in on 16 May. After the election, Jayalalithaa thanked her supporters and said "this is not a victory for me, but a victory for the state and the country". She further stated that she wants to "rebuild the state, from the havoc created by the previous government" and insisted that she does not plan to share power with her allies. DMDK leader, Vijaykanth, after being the second largest party in the new assembly and an important ally of AIADMK, stated that this is a "victory for the people and an end to family rule". TDP leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, called and congratulated Jayalalithaa on her "victory over corruption". After the loss, Congress leader Jayanthi Natarajan, conceded defeat and wished the best for incoming CM, Jayalalithaa. While she admitted that 2G spectrum case played a huge role in their defeat, she further re-iterated that they have done everything they can to be transparent and that action has been taken against individuals responsible for the corruption. Union Minister, P. Chidambaram admitted that this was a huge loss for Congress in Tamil Nadu but does not believe this will affect the UPA government at the center, because this was a loss of an alliance led by DMK and not INC. M. Karunanidhi after the loss stated, "People have given me proper rest" and went on to congratulate the people of the state (on the election outcome).

Analysis

Election map based on Vote % margin difference between AIADMK+ candidates and DMK+ candidates by district. The % margin for each color are as follows:

	30%-25%
	25%-20%
	20%-15%
	15%-10%
	10%-5%
	5%-0%

Pre-polls and post-polls released before the counting showed a mixed picture and a close race and failed to predict the landslide victory for the AIADMK alliance. Including this election, no incumbent party has ever won a re-election in Tamil Nadu since M.G.R's victory in 1984 election. The results were consistent with the anti-incumbency factor that is common in Tamil Nadu politics. Closer look at the results show that AIADMK swept through the state winning by big margins. AIADMK and its allies won all the seats in 12 out of the 32 districts, with margins greater than 10% over its rival DMK and its allies. Out of those 12 districts, AIADMK+ won by margins greater than 15% in seven of them. In Chennai District, which once used to be a DMK bastion, AIADMK+ won 14 out of 16 constituencies with a margin of 13.1% over DMK+. In northern Tamil Nadu which is considered to be DMK's traditional bastion, DMK and its allies just won 4 out of 62 constituencies. DMK members blamed that the alliance with caste based Pattali Makkal Katchi and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi didn't go well with other castes and caused their downfall. Analysts felt that the strife between Vanniyars and Dalits could have played a role in DMK+ debacle in northern region. AIADMK's best district was the newly created Tiruppur, where they beat the DMK and its allies by a margin of 29.4%. This is consistent with the continued support for AIADMK in this region, since the former Coimbatore district was AIADMK's best performance in 2006 election. AIADMK+, did extremely well in its traditional stronghold in western Tamil Nadu. DMK, weak in this region, relied on its ally, Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam, who had a disappointing performance in this region losing by margins greater than 20% to AIADMK+. The western region was already affected with major issues like power cuts, agricultural crisis and industrial pollution and the DMK members after the election admitted that family rule could be one of the reasons for their downfall. DMK leaders after the election blamed the alienation of Dalits and other castes by KNMK due to the fact it is viewed as a party of Gounders. DMK+, on the hand, only did better than its opponent in four districts: Nilgiris, Kanniyakumari, Thiruvarur and Perambalur, all traditional DMK strongholds. The only region, DMK+ was able to be competitive is in the Cauvery delta region, which has long been a DMK stronghold. DMK's best district was Nilgiris, which includes A. Raja's former MP constituency. DMK+ did poorly in the Madurai district, where they found a lot of success in recent years (2006 by-election & 2009 LS election), due to Azhagiri's vigorous campaigning. They were not able to win a single seat in this district, and lost by a margin of 20.9% to AIADMK-CPI(M)-DMDK combine.

Post-poll data released by CNN-IBN, showed that DMK+ did the worst amongst the poor, especially in rural areas. Major issue cited by them as a reason for voting against the DMK is supply of electricity. Before the election, DMK was hoping that freebies and welfare schemes implemented by their administration would help them gain support from rural voters, who were an important electorate for the DMK to grab power in the previous election. This failed to take place, since many rural voters were unhappy with the distribution of these freebies in a disproportionate manner and lack of policies targeting towards income generation schemes in rural areas. This coupled with the recent food price rises resulted in a decline in rural support for the DMK. While spiraling prices, power cut, and DMK's family politics were important factors, many analysts agree that it was the corruption charges (2G spectrum scandal), that eventually led them to their ultimate defeat. This election saw one of the worst performance of Congress in Tamil Nadu, winning only 5 seats out of 63 seats it contested. During the campaign, they were marred with in-fighting between state Congress leader K.V. Thangkabalu and other Congress members, which added to their declining support in the state. In both Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, Congress did poorly reflecting widespread anger and disapproval.

Statistics

Strike Rate

Strike rate is determined by calculating the number of seats won by a party of the number of seats it contested.

Alliance/ Party				Seats contested	Seats Won	Strike Rate
	AIADMK+		AIADMK	165	150	90.90%
			DMDK	41	29	70.73%
			CPI(M)	12	10	83.33%
			CPI	10	9	90%
			MMK	3	2	66.66%
			PT	2	2	100%
			AIFB	1	1	100%
		Total		234	203	86.75%
	DPA		DMK	124	23	18.54%
			INC	63	5	7.93%
			PMK	30	3	10%
		Total		234	31	13.24%

Vote Percentage

Vote % Range of Winning Candidate	No. of MLAs
35% – 40%	4
40% – 45%	17
45% – 50%	45
50% – 55%	85
55% – 60%	62
60% – 65%	18
65% – 70%	2
70% – 75%	1
Total MLAs	234

• Highest Winning Vote Share: 70.62% achieved by M. S. M. Anandan (AIADMK) in the Tiruppur (North) constituency.
• Lowest Winning Vote Share: 36.42% by Arun Pandian (DMDK) in Peravurani.
• Concentration of Victories: The vast majority of winning candidates—147 out of 234 MLAs (62.8%)—secured their seats with a vote share between 50% and 60%.

Government formation

J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the fourth time on 16 May 2011. She submitted her unanimous election as the general secretary of the AIADMK legislature party to the governor of Tamil Nadu Surjit Singh Barnala on 15 May 2011. She was sworn in along with 33 other ministers at the Madras University centenary auditorium on 16 May 2011 by the governor, at the same venue where she took the oath in 1991 when she first became chief minister. She and all the other ministers took oaths in Tamil. The ceremony was attended by chief minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi, former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Nara Chandrababu Naidu, and general secretary of the Communist Party of India A. B. Bardhan, among others.

Bypolls (2011–2016)

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
140	13 October 2011	Tiruchirappalli West	M. Mariam Pichai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. Paranjothi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
219	18 March 2012	Sankarankoil	C. Karuppasamy			V. M. Rajalakshmi
180	12 June 2012	Pudukkottai	S. P. Muthukumaran		Communist Party of India	V. R. Karthik Thondaiman
83	23 February 2013	Yercaud	C. Perumal		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	P. Saroja
28	24 April 2014	Alandur	Panruti Ramachandran		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	V. N. P. Venkatraman
139	13 February 2015	Srirangam	J. Jayalalithaa		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	S. Valarmathi
11	27 June 2015	Radhakrishnan Nagar	P. Vetriivel			J. Jayalalithaa