Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Results Live: In Tamil Nadu, it was a clean sweep for the ruling DMK-led INDIA alliance is sweeping Tamil Nadu. MK Stalin's DMK won in all 21 seats it contested, while Congress won in nine. Viduthalia Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), CPI and CPIM (M) are all heading in two seats each. The IUML and MDMK which are also part of the INDIA bloc is ahead in one seat.
The BJP, AIADMK and its allies couldn't win a single seat in the heartland of Dravidian politics.
Even in the constituencies of Coimbatore and Dharmapuri, where BJP and PMK (Saffron party's ally) were confident of a win fell into the DMK's kitty. In Puducherry, where the BJP had hopes of winning has gone the Congress way with senior leader VE Vaithilingam set to win by a big margin.
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Another outcome is the significant contribution of a split in the anti-DMK votes in the victory of candidates belonging to the DMK combine in a number of constituencies, reported PTI. Reacting to the outcome, CM Stalin on Tuesday evening thanked people and said he dedicated the victory to late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi and said the anti-Modi wave is palpable. He billed the victory historic, trumping BJP's money power and abuse of power. BJP attempted to create an impression of having no electoral rivals by claiming to win over 400 seats but it could not even get a simple majority on its own.
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Historically, the BJP has won only one seat from Tamil Nadu in the past two general elections. It was Pon Radhakrishnan who emerged victorious from Kanniyakumari in 2014.
In the 2019 general elections, the BJP managed to form an alliance with the mighty AIADMK. However, Stalin's wagon thumped the NDA to bag 38 of the state's 39 seats. P Ravindhranath, son of former TN chief minister O Panneerselvam, was the only AIADMK candidate to reach Parliament from the state following his victory from Theni constituency. The BJP, which was allotted five seats by the Dravidian major, failed to open its account.
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Ahead of the 2024 general elections, the AIADMK-BJP alliance split, Annamalai decided to field candidates in 23 seats while allotting the rest to alliance partners. S Ramadoss' Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) remains in the NDA fold and is among the 10 parties fighting in Tamil Nadu for the alliance at power at the Centre. PMK is contesting from 10 seats -- three more than their 2019 tally. K Annamalai is contesting the polls from the Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency. He is up against DMK's Ganapathy Rajkumar and AIADMK's Singai Ramachandran. In 2019, CPI(M)'s PR Natarajan defeated BJP's CP Radhakrishnan, who is the current Jharkhand Governor by a margin of 1,79,143 votes.
What did Exit Polls say about Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha results:
According to the data released by India TV-CNX, the BJP and Co. may get five to seven seats in Tamil Nadu. The India Today-Axis My India exit poll predicted two to four seats for the saffron camp while four other exit polls also predicted the NDA winning at least one seat.
Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Polls 2024 results: Here is the constituency-wise list of winners from the state, along with their victory margin. The table will updated as soon as the results are officially declared by the Election Commission of India (ECI):
Seat No. |
Constituency |
Winner |
Party |
Margin |
1 |
Tiruvallur (SC) |
SASIKANTH SENTHIL |
CONGRESS |
5,72,155 |
2 |
DR.KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY |
DMK |
3,39,222 |
|
3 |
THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN |
DMK |
||
4 |
DAYANIDHI MARAN |
DMK |
2,44,689 |
|
5 |
T R BAALU |
DMK |
4,87,029 |
|
6 |
Kancheepuram (SC) |
SELVAM. G |
DMK |
2,21,473 |
7 |
JAGATHRATCHAKAN |
DMK |
3,06,559 |
|
8 |
DM KATHIR ANAND |
DMK |
2,15,702 |
|
9 |
GOPINATH K |
CONGRESS |
1,92,486 |
|
10 |
MANI. A. |
DMK |
21,300 |
|
11 |
ROBERT BRUCE C |
CONGRESS |
1,65,620 |
|
12 |
THARANIVENTHAN M S |
DMK |
2,08,766 |
|
13 |
Viluppuram (SC) |
RAVIKUMAR. D |
VCK |
70,703 |
14 |
Kallakurichi |
MALAIYARASAN D | DMK |
53,784 |
15 |
Salem |
SELVAGANAPATHI T M |
DMK |
70,357 |
16 |
Namakkal |
MATHESWARAN V S | DMK |
29,112 |
17 |
Erode |
K E PRAKASH |
DMK |
2,36,566 |
18 |
Tiruppur |
SUBBARAYAN. K. |
CPI |
1,25,928 |
19 |
Nilgiris |
RAJA A |
DMK |
2,40,585 |
20 |
Coimbatore |
GANAPATHY RAJKUMAR P |
DMK |
11,8068 |
21 |
Pollachi |
ESWARASAMY K |
DMK |
2,52,042 |
22 |
Dindigul |
SACHITHANANTHAM R |
CPI-M |
4,43,821 |
23 |
Karur |
JOTHIMANI |
CONGRESS |
1,66,816 |
24 |
Tiruchirappalli |
DURAI VAIKO |
MDMK |
3,13,094 |
25 |
Perambalur |
ARUN NEHRU |
DMK |
3,89,107 |
26 |
Cuddalore |
M.K. VISHNUPRASAD |
CONGRESS |
|
27 |
Chidambaram |
THOL THIRUMAAVALAVAN |
VCK |
1,03,554 |
28 |
Mayiladuthurai |
SUDHA R |
CONGRESS |
2,71,183 |
29 |
Nagapattinam |
SELVARAJ V |
CPI |
2,08,957 |
30 |
Thanjavur |
MURASOLI S |
DMK |
3,19,583 |
31 |
Sivaganga |
KARTI P CHIDAMBARAM |
CONGRESS |
2,05,664 |
32 |
Madurai |
VENKATESAN S |
CPI-M |
2,09,409 |
33 |
Theni |
THANGA TAMILSELVAN |
DMK |
2,78,825 |
34 |
Virudhunagar |
MANICKAM TAGORE B |
CONGRESS |
4,633 |
35 |
Ramanathapuram |
NAVASKANI |
IUML |
1,66,782 |
36 |
Thoothukudi |
KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI |
DMK |
3,92,738 |
37 |
Tenkasi |
DR RANI SRI KUMAR |
DMK |
1,96,199 |
38 |
Tirunelveli |
ROBERT BRUCE C |
CONGRESS |
1,65,620 |
39 |
Kanyakumari |
VIJAYAKUMAR |
CONGRESS |
1,79,907 |
(With inputs from Keerthana Menon)