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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006

234 seats · 153 changed party since 2001

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Party standings

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006 · 10 parties won seats

Derived
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 96 seatsAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 61 seatsIndian National Congress — 34 seatsPattali Makkal Katchi — 18 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 9 seatsMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 6 seatsCommunist Party of India — 6 seats3 other parties — 4 seats118234of 234 seats
  • DMK96
  • AIADMK61
  • INC34
  • PMK18
  • CPIM9
  • MDMK6
  • CPI6
  • Others4

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam9641%87,28,71626.5%132
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam6126%1,07,68,55932.6%188
INCIndian National Congress3415%27,65,7688.4%48
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi188%18,63,7495.6%31
CPIMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)94%8,72,6742.6%13
MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam63%19,71,5656.0%35
CPICommunist Party of India63%5,31,7401.6%10
VCKViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi21%4,26,3211.3%9
DMDKDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam10%27,64,2238.4%232
INDIndependent10%9,95,3453.0%1222
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%6,66,8232.0%225

+ 26 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006 · winner by seat

234 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 118

2006 · selected
Majority 118
DMK96AIADMK61INC34PMK18CPIM9MDMK6CPI6VCK2DMDK1IND1
2001 · previous
Majority 118

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2001 → 2006

2001 2006· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
30.9
26.5
31.4
32.6
2.5
8.4
5.6
5.6
5.1
6.0
0.0
8.4
6.2
3.0
DMKAIADMKINCPMKMDMKDMDKIND

Seat change

2006 seats minus 2001 seats

seats lostseats gained
DMK
31 → 96
+65
AIADMK
132 → 61
−71
INC
7 → 34
+27
PMK
20 → 18
−2
CPIM
0 → 9
+9
MDMK
2 → 6
+4
CPI
5 → 6
+1
VCK
0 → 2
+2
DMDK
0 → 1
+1
IND
3 → 1
−2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2001 → 2006

share lostshare gained
DMDK
0.0% → 8.4%
+8.4%
INC
2.5% → 8.4%
+5.9%
CPIM
0.0% → 2.6%
+2.6%
VCK
0.0% → 1.3%
+1.3%
AIADMK
31.4% → 32.6%
+1.2%
MDMK
5.1% → 6.0%
+0.9%
BSP
0.1% → 0.8%
+0.7%
AIFB
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
MGRK
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%
PNK
0.7% → 0.0%
−0.7%

Biggest DMK–AIADMK swings

Seats where the DMK-vs-AIADMK vote gap moved most, 2001 → 2006. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (DMK share − AIADMK share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward DMK; to the left, toward AIADMK.

toward AIADMKtoward DMK
Chidambaram
−103.4%
Saidapet
−94.4%
Papanasam
−93.1%
Coimbatore North
−88.2%
Cheyyar
−81.9%
Tiruttani
−81.3%
Chengalpattu
−79.6%
Singanallur
−79.3%
Kovilpatti
−78.9%
Sathyamangalam
+78.3%
Thiruthuraipundi
−75.6%
Padmanabhapuram
+74.9%

All constituencies · 2006

234 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2001