Tamil Nadu Election Results 2024: The counting of votes is underway in Tamil Nadu for the Lok Sabha polls conducted in the state in a single phase on April 19 to elect 39 members in the Parliament.
Tamil Nadu sees the primary contest between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), and the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP).
BJP's aim this year was to attract voters seeking change and a third force apart from the dominant DMK and AIADMK parties.
As per the EC website, around 6.20 pm, DMK won 22 seats out of 39, INC in 9, VCK in 2, CPI in 2, CPI (M) in 2, MDMK in 1, and IUML in 1.
Among key constituencies are Coimbatore, where DMK's Ganapathy Rajkumar is leading; Thoothukudi where DMK's Kanimozhi is leading; Chennai Central where DMK's Dayanidhi Maran is leading; and Nilgiris where DMK's A Raja is leading.
Here's the full list of winners/leading parties in TN:
Constituencies | Leading candidate/winner | Party |
Arakkonam | S Jagathratchakan | DMK |
Arani | Tharaniventhan MS | DMK |
Chennai Central | Dayanidhi Maran | DMK |
Chennai North | Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy | DMK |
Chennai South | Thamizhachi Thangapandian | DMK |
Chidambaram | Thirumaavalavan Thol | VCK |
Coimbatore | Ganapathy Rajkumar P | DMK |
Cuddalore | M.K. Vishnuprasad | INC |
Dharmapuri | Sowmiya Anbumani | PMK |
Dindigul | Sachithanantham R | CPI (M) |
Erode | K E Prakash | DMK |
Kallakurichi | Malaiyarasan D | DMK |
Kancheepuram | Selvam. G | DMK |
Kanniyakumari | Vijayakumar (alias) Vijay Vasanth | INC |
Karur | Jothimani. S | INC |
Krishnagiri | Gopinath K | INC |
Madurai | Venkatesan S | CPI (M) |
Mayiladuthurai | Sudha R | INC |
Nagapattinam | Selvaraj V | CPI |
Namakkal | Matheswaran VS | DMK |
Nilgiris | Raja A | DMK |
Perambalur | Arun Nehru | DMK |
Pollachi | Eswarasamy K | DMK |
Ramanathapuram | Navaskani K | IUML |
Salem | Selvaganapathi TM | DMK |
Sivaganga | Karti P Chidambaram | INC |
Sriperumbudur | T R Baalu | DMK |
Tenkasi | Dr Rani Sri Kumar | DMK |
Thanjavur | Murasoli S | DMK |
Theni | Thanga Tamilselvan | DMK |
Thoothukkudi | Kanimozhi Karunanidhi | DMK |
Tiruchirappalli | Durai Vaiko | MDMK |
Tirunelveli | Robert Bruce C | INC |
Tiruppur | Subbarayan K | CPI |
Tiruvallur | Sasikanth Senthil | INC |
Tiruvannamalai | Annadurai, CN | DMK |
Vellore | DM Kathir Anand | DMK |
Viluppuram | Ravikumar. D | VCK |
Virudhunagar | Manickam Tagore B | INC |
Major exit poll results indicated that the ruling DMK-led INDIA bloc could get 33–37 seats, while the NDA could secure 2–4 seats and the state's opposition party, AIADMK could score 0–2 seats.
In the last Lok Sabha elections in 2019, DMK had secured 24 seats, Congress scored 8, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 1, CPI(M) 2, CPI 2, IUML 1, and AIADMK 1.
In Coimbatore, BJP opposition leader K Annamalai is competing against AIADMK leader Singai Ramachandran and DMK leader Ganapathy P Rajkumar.
In Thoothukudi, DMK leader and current MP Kanimozhi, who defeated Tamilisai Soundararajan of the BJP in 2019, is the key candidate.
In Chennai Central, Vinoj P Selvam of the BJP and DMK's former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran are competing.
Nilgiris has a triangular tussle with DMK's A Raja, AIADMK's Logesh Tamil Selvan, and BJP's L Murugan vying for victory.
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