2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election information
Member of Legislative Assembly
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
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All 234 elected seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
74.81%
( 3.48%)
First party
Second party
Leader
J. Jayalalithaa
M. Karunanidhi
Party
AIADMK
DMK
Alliance
Unallied
UPA
Leader since
1989
1969
Leader's seat
Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
Thiruvarur
Last election
203 seats (alliance)
31 seats (alliance)
Seats won
136
98
Seat change
67
67
Popular vote
17,617,060
17,175,374
Percentage
40.88%
39.85%
Swing
10.14%
0.35%
Chief Minister before election
J. Jayalalithaa
AIADMK
Elected Chief Minister
J. Jayalalithaa
AIADMK
The Fifteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The AIADMK under J. Jayalalithaa won the elections and became the first ruling party to be re-elected in Tamil Nadu since 1984, though with a simple majority.[1] The DMK won half of the seats it contested but its allies performed poorly; notably, the Indian National Congress won 16% of the seats they contested, and the alliance lost due to its poor performance.[2][3][4][5] The votes were counted on 19 May 2016.[6] In the previous election in 2011, AIADMK, under the leadership of Jayalalithaa, won a thumping majority and formed the government, while DMDK chief Vijayakanth served as the Leader of Opposition until January 2016. This was the last election that J. Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi contested, as they both died in 2016 and 2018 respectively.
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^Sruthisagar Yamunan (20 May 2016). "DMK ahead of AIADMK in "contested vote share"". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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