CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin addressed the press on Tuesday at 7 pm, expressing his gratitude to the voters, He stated, "I extend my heartfelt thanks to all the voters who voted in the election. I thank the leaders and volunteers of India Alliance who worked to defeat the fascism and save India."
"Last time we won in 39 constituencies, this time we have won in 40 constituencies. The DMK coalition has achieved a historic victory by winning 40 out of 40 seats," he added.
The DMK-led INDIA bloc seems all set to make a near-clean sweep in the Lok Sabha elections with trends showing the Dravidian party wresting all 39 seats in the state and the sole seat in the union territory of Puducherry. In 2019, too, the DMK had won from 38 of the 39 states in the state.
DMK's Kanimozhi (Thoothukudi), A Raja (Nilgiris), and Robert Bruce (Tirunelveli) have won from their respective seats, among other candidates.
INC's Tharahai Cuthbert won the Vilavancode assemby bypoll.
The BJP and AIADMK failed to open an account in the state.
Drawing from five exit polls, a thumping victory for the DMK alliance has been predicted with 36 seats, while the BJP is anticipated to open its account in the state with two seats and one for the AIADMK. The Tamil nationalist Naam Tamilar Katchi's entry makes it a four-way contest with the anti-DMK-Congress votes split into three.
This is the first general election for both the BJP and the AIADMK since their alliance break up. Who among the two will get the second spot? One must wait and watch.
The Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu were held in the first phase of the seven-phased elections on April 19. All 39 seats in the state went to polls simultaneously.
Vote counting for 39 seats in Tamil Nadu, the lone seat in Puducherry, and the Vilavancode bypoll seat (Kanyakumari district) will begin at 8 am on Tuesday.
The DMK-led front is confident of another victory (a sixth in its line of triumphs since 2019) despite the aggressive campaign put up by the BJP to gain a foothold in the Dravidian citadel. It is keen to repeat its 2019 performance when it won 38 of the 39 seats in the state. The lone setback came in the southern Theni district when the AIADMK-led alliance, which also comprised the BJP then, managed to win a solitary seat.
Barring the 2014 victory of BJP veteran Pon Radhakrishnan from the Kanyakumari segment, the saffron party won in Tamil Nadu, since 1998, only when it aligned with either the AIADMK or DMK.
BJP’s K Annamalai (Coimbatore), DMK’s Dayanidhi Maran (Central Chennai), A Raja (Nilgiris), Kanimozhi (Thoothukudi), BJP’s L Murugan (Nilgiris), Tamilisai Soundararajan (South Chennai), former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam (Ramanathapuram), Congress party’s Karti Chidambaram (Sivaganga) and AIADMK’s J Jayavardhan (South Chennai) and AMMK chief TTV Dhinakaran (Theni) are among the prominent candidates.
Arakkonam, Arani, Chennai Central, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chidambaram, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kallakurichi, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Perambalur, Pollachi, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivaganga, Sriperumbudur, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukkudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar.
In 2019, the DMK-led alliance had swept 38 out of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in the state. DMK had won 24 seats, INC 8, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 1, CPI(M) 2, CPI 2, IUML 1, and AIADMK 1.
Check state and constituency-wise election results on the official website of the Election Commission.
Here is a brief overview of the counting process:
The DMK contested on 22 seats and leads an eight-party alliance comprising the Congress (9), CPI(M) (2), CPI (2), Indian Muslim League (1), Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (2), Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1), and Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi (KMDK), whose candidate will run on the DMK symbol.
While the BJP contested on 23 seats in the state while its alliance partner Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) contested 10 seats, and Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (TMC-M) contested on 3 seats.
The BJP's allies also include Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK), Inthiya Makkal Kalvi Munnetra Kazhagam (IMKMK), Puthiya Needhi Katchi (PNK), Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK), and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK).
Former Chief Minister and ousted AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam contested as an Independent from Ramanathpuram, and the AMMK led by TTV Dhinakaran contested two seats. Dhinakaran contested from Theni.
On the other hand, the AIADMK-led alliance includes parties like Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), Puthiya Tamilagam (PT), and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI). They contested on 32 seats.
The fourth player, Seeman's Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK), contested from all 39 seats.
Thanthi TV's very own exit poll anticipates that CPI(M)'s R Sachithanantham CPI has a 40% chance of winning from Dindigul constituency, while Mohamed Mubarak of SDPI (under AIADMK alliance) has a 32% chance and M. Thilagabama of PMK (under NDA alliance) has a 17% chance.
Meanwhile, for the Villavancode assembly bypoll, the pollster projects a 47% chance to Congress' Tharahai Cuthbert, followed by BJP's Nanthini VS at 28%, and AIADMK's Rani U at 14%.
To find out which parties have a higher chance of winning the other constituencies in the state, click here
The key focus of the DMK’s campaign was on its “battle” to get funds from Centre including for flood relief. Stalin and his party leaders said not a rupee was given by the Centre and Nirmala Sitharaman’s claim of Rs 5,000 crore central assistance to tackle the situation arising out of floods was actually the state’s own borrowing from banks merely channelled through the Union government.
Udhayanidhi Stalin, son of CM Stalin and a Minister crisscrossed the state, held roadshows and targeted the BJP on a slew of issues including the “Madurai AIIMS being a non-starter.” When Udhayanidhi repeatedly attacked PM as “29 paisa Modi” as the Centre returned only “29 paisa out of every one rupee paid as tax” to the Union government by the state, Annamalai countered saying no other state received as much funds as Tamil Nadu from the Centre and if he did not stop the 29 paisa jibe, his party will refer to him as ‘Ganja Udhayanidhi” as the contraband is “available widely” in the state.
The main opposition party’s campaign was steered by Palaniswami, former CM and leader of opposition who took on the ruling DMK over every single issue that mattered, including alleged collapse of law and order and drug menace.
When Annamalai claimed AIADMK would disappear following polls, without losing cool, Palaniswami in a repartee said voters will teach them a lesson and no force could touch the party that has stormed several struggles
On the other hand, Prime Minister Modi made 9 trips to the state this year, undoubtedly a first in the state's history. He denounced the DMK-Congress over alleged corruption and ‘parivarvad’ politics.
The PM also brought up the Katchatheevu issue prominently. He sought to pin down the DMK-Congress saying fishermen now pay the price for their betrayal while the ruling party retorted by posing questions on "Chinese incursions."
Modi also dwelt on the drug menace, following the arrest of expelled office-bearer of the DMK, Jaffer Sadiq by the NCB and the threat to “eradicate Sanatana Dharma."
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Thanking former national president of the Congress Sonia Gandhi and other leaders of the INDIA bloc for paying tributes to the late DMK patriarch and his father M Karunanidhi on his 101st birth anniversary, Chief Minister and party president MK Stalin said on Monday that he was looking forward to celebrating the Lok Sabha election triumph of the opposition coalition on Tuesday.
Thanking former national president of the Congress Sonia Gandhi and other leaders of the INDIA bloc for paying tributes to the late DMK patriarch and his father M Karunanidhi on his 101st birth anniversary, Chief Minister and party president MK Stalin said on Monday that he was looking forward to celebrating the Lok Sabha election triumph of the opposition coalition on Tuesday.
Counting of votes across the state will begin at 8 am.
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Counting of votes across Tamil Nadu begins
There are nearly 1,000 candidates in fray for the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. However, even amid predictions about a wave in favour of the DMK-led INDIA bloc, all eyes are on the outcome of one constituency – Coimbatore.
Thanks to BJP State unit chief K Annamalai’s brand of hyper aggressive politics that does not seem to believe in taking any prisoners, the contest in Coimbatore that would decide his electoral fortunes – some believe political future as well – is one that is closely followed by politicians, pollsters and public alike.
Early trends suggest that the DMK is leading in 4 of the 39 seats in Tamil Nadu.
Early trends suggests the DMK key candidates are leading in their respective seats,.
Dayanidhi Maran in Chennai Central
Kanimozhi in Thoothukudi
Ganapathi Raj Kumar in Coimbatore
Thamizhachi Thangapandian in Chennai South
DMK is leading with 23 seats, AIADMK with 2 seat and BJP with 1 seat.
As per early trends.
As per early trends, the DMK is clearly leading with 5,750 votes, BJP with 2,468 votes, AIADMK with 1,176 votes and NTK with 1,054 votes in North Chennai Constituency.
As per initial trends, the DMK-led alliance is leading with a clear majority in Tamil Nadu.
DMK - 38
AIADMK -1
BJP -1
AMMK leader TTV Dinakaran is trailing against DMK candidate Thanga Tamil Selvan in Theni constituency .
He is currently in the third spot, trailing behind AIADMK's Narayanasamy who is in second and DMK's Thanga Tamil Selvan who is leading in Theni.
DMK appears to be dominating in 36 seats as per preliminary figures
AIADMK's Tamil Mani is leading in Namakkal, DMDK's Vijay Prabhakaran is leading in Virudhunagar
PMK's Sowmiya Anbumani under BJP alliance is leading in Dharmapuri
As per preliminary figures, BJP state president K Annamalai is trailing by a margin of 15,661 votes against DMK's Ganapathi Raj Kumar in Coimbatore
DMK - 45,536 votes
BJP - 29,877 votes
AIADMK - 20,853 votes
MDMK's Durai Vaiko is leading with 26,186 votes with a margin of 13,205 against AIADMK's R Karuppiah in Tiruchy
Durai Vaiko (MDMK) - 26,186
R Karuppiah (AIADMK)- 12,981
T Rajesh (NTK)- 5847
P Senthil Nathan (AMMK)- 4047
Early trends show DMK's Arun Nehru clearly leading 'with a substantial margin of 18,792 votes against AIADMK's Chandra Mohan in Perambalur
Arun Nehru (DMK)- 29, 276
Chandra Mohan (AIADMK)- 10484
Paari Vendhar (IJK/ BJP)- 7927
Kumaraguru of AIADMK, who was leading the first few rounds in Kallakurichi, is now trailing by 720 votes against DMK candidate D Malaiyarasan
As per initial data, PMK's Sowmiya Anbumani under BJP alliance is leading with 65,379 votes against DMK's Mani in Dharmapuri.
Sowmiya Anbumani (PMK)- 65379 votes
Mani.A (DMK) - 43772 votes
Ashok.R (AIADMK) - 38,434 votes
Abinaya Ponnivalavan (NTK) - 9,013 Votes
Congress leads with a margin of 11,502 votes against AIADMK in Mayiladuthurai
R Sudha (Congress) - 22571
P Babu (AIADMK)- 11069
P Kaliammal (NTK)- 4956
MK Stalin (PMK)- 9688
AIADMK is pushed to third position in seven constituencies, including Virudhunagar, Dharmapuri and Coimbatore.
Early trends suggest, Congress' Karti P Chidambaram leads with a margin of 20,666 votes against AIADMK'S Xavierdas in Sivaganga
Karthi P Chidambaram (INC) - 48,912 votes
Xavierdas (AIADMK) - 28,246 votes
Devanathan Yadav (IMKMK) - 19,349 votes
Ezhilarasi (NTK) - 18,252 votes
Going by preliminary figures from the vote-counting process in the Lok Sabha elections, the DMK's Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Dayanidhi Maran and Kalanidhi Veeraswamy are leading from the party's traditional strongholds of Chennai South, Chennai Central and Chennai North Lok Sabha constituencies, respectively.
NTK pushed the AIADMK to fourth place in Tirunelveli.
VIjaya Prabhakaran from Virudhunagar leads by over 8,000 votes in fourth round.
DMDK - 83,395
Congress- 74,781
BJP-29,833
NTK-16,933
Looking at 12:30 pm figures we found that there is a difference in the margin of votes by a minimum of 50,000 between the leading candidate and the one in the second position
1. Tiruchy - MDMK's Durai Vaiko (1,26,026) vs AIADMK's Karruppaiah (58,486)
2.Thoothukudi - DMK's Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (1,75,297 ) vs AIADMK's Sivasamy Velumani (47,439)
3.Thiruvallur (SC) - INC's Sasikanth Senthil (1,79,229 ) vs DMDK's Nalla Thambi (54,915)
4.Theni - DMK's Thanga Tamil Selvan ( 1,31,725 ) vs AMMK's TTV Dhinakaran (59,548)
5.Thanjavur - DMK's Murasoli (1,23,547) vs DMDK's Sivanesan (49,174)
6.Sriperumbudur - DMK's TR Baalu (1,60,498) vs AIADMK's Prem kumar (59,009)
7. Perambalur - DMK's Arun Nehra (1,47,109 ) vs AIADMK's Chandra Mohan (49,573)
8.Nilgiris (SC) - DMK's A Raja (1,50,214) vs BJP's L Murugan (81,341)
9.Mayiladuthurai - INC's Sudha (1,65,098) vs AIADMK's Babu (79,913)
10. Madurai - CPM's Venkatesan (1,36,487) vs AIADMK's Saravanan (71,886)
11.Kanniyakumari - INC's Vijay Vasanth (1,27,523) vs BJP's Pon Radhakrishnan (74,675)
12. Kancheepuram (SC)- DMK's Selvam (1,59,590) vs AIADMK's Rajasekar (99,415)
13.Dindigul - CPM's Sachidanandam (2,48,866) vs SDPI's Mohammed Mubarak (82,440)
14. Chennai North - DMK's Kalanidhi Veeraswamy (1,21,992) vs AIADMK's Royapuram R Mano (40,406)
15. Chennai Central - DMK's Dayanidhi Maran (97,591) vs BJP's Vinoj P Selvam (43,206)
16. Vellore - DMK's Kathir Anand (1,62,989) vs NJP's AC Shanmugan (92,180)
17. Arani - DMK's Tharanivendhan (1,33,067) vs AIADMK's Gajendran (74,571)
18.Cuddalore - INC's M K Vishnu Prasad (1,43,972 ) vs DMDK's Sivakozhundu (92,805)
19. Erode - DMK's Prakash (1,36,038) vs AIADMK's Ashok Kumar (74,468)
20. Tenkasi (SC) DMK's Rani Srikumar (1,18,000) vs PT 's Krishnasamy (62,213)
In the third round of counting, DMK candidate ‘Ganapathy’ P Rajkumar leads by 19,015 votes by securing 80,040 votes as against BJP candidate K Annamalai’s 62,035 votes in Coimbatore.
AIADMK’s Singai G Ramachandran has polled 33,883 votes.
INC's Karti P Chidambaram is leading with 92,380 votes against AIADMK's Xavier Das in Sivaganga
Karti P Chidambaram (INC) - 92,380 votes
Panagudi A.Xavier Das (AIADMK) - 49,779 votes
Devanathan (BJP) - 37,212 votes
Ezhilarasi (NTK) - 32,375 votes
Afternoon trends from Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency showed CPM's Sachithanantham leading with a vote margin of 1,91,346 votes. He has so far secured 2.83.899 votes. The left party is contesting under the DMK-led INDIA bloc in the state.
Afternoon figures show MDMK's Durai Vaiko clearly dominating over his opponent AIADMK's P. Karuppaiah in Tiruchy
Durai Vaiko - 1,42,330 votes
P.Karuppaiah - 67,416 votes
P.Senthil Kumar - 30,806 votes
Jallikattu Rajesh - 29,854 votes
The margin is less than 5,000 in around 100 seats across the country. Our leader Mallikarjun Kharge suggested 295 seats. We add confident. It could change anytime. We thank the media and people who reposed faith in the Congress party: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President K Selvaperunthagai
VCK's Thol Thirumavalavan and Ravikumar lead in their respective seats
Thol Thirumavalavan is leading with a margin of 39,331 votes against AIADMK's Chandrahaasan in Chidambaram (SC)
Thol. Thirumavalavan (VCK) - 207267 votes
Chandrahaasan (AIADMK) - 167936 votes
Karthiyayini (BJP) - 65437 votes
Jansi Rani (NTK) - 27724 votes
Villupuram (SC) seat sees Ravikumar of VCK Party leading with a margin of 50,271 votes
Ravikumar.D (VCK) - 250377 votes
Bakkiyaraj (AIADMK)- 195025 votes
Murali Shankar (PMK)- 86113 votes
Kalanjiyam (NTK) - 31598 votes
Late DMDK founder Vijayakanth’s elder son V Vijaya Prabhakaran, who entered politics after his father’s death, is putting up a spirited fight against senior Congress MP Manickam Tagore at Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency.
After leading in the initial rounds, Vijaya Prabhakaran has conceded lead, but only by a slender margin of 460 votes as per latest numbers.
Incumbent CPIM MP Su Venkatesan has won the Madurai LS seat
S. Venkatesan of CPI(M), an ally of the ruling DMK was declared to have won from Madurai LS constituency.
At the end of 17 rounds of counting, Venkatesan secured 3,80,504 votes defeating his nearest rival of BJP's Raama Sreenivasan, who got 1,94,170 votes. AIADMK's P. Saravanan managed to get 1,78,626 votes.
Jubilant cadres burst crackers and offered sweets to the public in celebration. IT Minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan offered sweet to the victorious candidate on the occasion.
Vilavancode by-poll: INC's Tharahai Cuthbert is leading with 47, 232 votes against AIADMK's U Rani until 10th round of counting
Tharahai Cuthbert (INC)- 47,232 votes
VS Nanthini (BJP)- 23,663 votes
U Rani (AIADMK)- 2,689 votes
Eight rounds of counting conclude in Ramanathapuram LS constituency; IUML's K Navaskani is leading with 1,81,097 votes against AIADMK's P Jeyaperumal
K Navaskani (IUML)- 1,81,097 votes
O Panneerselvam (Independent)- 1,15,085 votes
P Jeyaperumal (AIADMK)-40,429 votes
DMK is in a clear lead in all 40 seats
After trailing behind PMK candidate Sowmiya Anbumani in Dharmapuri Lok Sabha Constituency, DMK’s A Mani took a lead with a margin of 13, 703 votes. At the end of 16th round of counting, DMK candidate had secured 3, 21,493 votes while Sowmiya Anbumani got 3,07,790 votes.
DMK's Kanimozhi Karunanidhi was leading from the morning and finally won the seat in Thoothukudi.
Caught in a moment of joy, cadres burst crackers in Tirunelveli as the Congress candidate Robert Bruce is on the vege of victory as he secured 3,70,283 votes against his nearest rival Nainar Nagendran (BJP), who got 2,51,279 votes at the end of 16th round.
Much to the shock of the AIADMK, it's candidate stood fourth in the race getting 66,310 votes.
NTK fared better than AIADMK in Tirunelveli with a slender lead of 348 votes.
Incumbent DMK MP A.Raja wins in the Nilgiris seat defeating L Murugan of BJP
INC's Tharahai Cuthbert has won the Vilavancode(Kanyakumari) bypoll defeating AIADMK' s U Rani
Congress has won from Tirunelveli as the party's candidate Robert Bruce secured 4,20,887 votes after 18 rounds of counting.
With this, he defeated BJP's Nainar Nagendran, who got 2,79,238 votes, by a margin of 1,41,649 votes.
While AIADMK stood third with 74,081 votes, NTK with 72,604 votes was ranked fourth.
DMK - 21
INC - 9
CPM - 2
CPI - 2
VCK - 2
IUML - 1
MDMK - 1
KMDK - 1
Sowmiya Anbumani who was leading from the morning got defeated by DMK's A Mani by a margin of 20,396 votes in Dharmapuri.
INC's Sudha wins in Mayiladuthurai by clear margin of 2,70,452 votes against AIADMK's P.Babu
MDMK's Durai Vaiko wins by 2,95,865 votes against AIADMK's Karuppaiah
INC's Vijay Vasanth wins over BJP's Pon Radhakrishnan by a margin of 1,52,113 votes in Kanniyakumari
Vijay Vasanth (INC) - 4,14,313 votes
Pon Radhakrishnan (BJP) - 2,62,200 votes
Mariya Jennifer (NTK) - 36,430 votes
Stalin thanked people for voting for DMK and said, "after winning 39/40 seats in 2019, we have gained 40/40 seats in 2024"
INC's Sasikanth wins by a margin of 5,72,155 votes against BJP's Balaganapathy
Sasikanth Senthil (INC) - 7,96,956 votes
Balaganapathy (BJP) - 2,24,801 votes
Nalla Thambhi (DMDK) - 2,23,904 votes
CPI's Selvaraj.V wins by getting 4,39,942 votes against AIADMK's Surjith Sankar (2,41,219) in Nagapattinam (SC)
PMK President S Ramadoss issued a statement on Tuesday, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls results being declared, saying that it was sad that the Patali Makkal Katchi did not win the Lok Sabha elections despite presenting plans and promises for the welfare of the people.
The mood of the people against the ruling DMK in the Lok Sabha election field in Tamil Nadu was well seen, the veteran leader said, adding that the ruling coalition has won everywhere and there are many reasons behind this.
Chief Minister MK Stalin addressed the press on Tuesday at 7 pm, expressing his gratitude to the voters, He stated, "I extend my heartfelt thanks to all the voters who voted in the election. I thank the leaders and volunteers of India Alliance who worked to defeat the fascism and save India."
"Last time we won in 39 constituencies, this time we have won in 40 constituencies. The DMK coalition has achieved a historic victory by winning 40 out of 40 seats," he added.
DMK's Jagathrakshakan wins in Arakkonam with 5,09,144 votes against AIADMK's Vijayan
Jagathrakshakan -5,09,144 votes
Vijayan A.L -2,27,503 votes
Balu.K - 1,82,2552
Afsiya Nasrin - 88,684
DMK wins 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and lone seat in Puducherry for the 18th Lok Sabha elections.
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