Tamil Nadu Assembly polls | Where the sun rose and leaves faded

The DMK alliance swept the northern and delta regions and also performed well in the south, while the AIADMK managed to retain seats in its stronghold of western Tamil Nadu with considerable success. Constituency-wise results of 2016 and 2021 Assembly elections Tamil Nadu seat share 66 AIADMK Poor representation of women This year saw the lowest representation of women since since 2001. 6 from DMK 3 from AIADMK 2 from BJP 1 from Congress The table shows the performance of key parties in 2021 and 2016 In 2021 Party Contested Won Total Vote Share Contested Vote Share Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 188 133 37.7 46.45 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 191 66 33.29 40.48 Indian National Congress 25 18 4.27 41.36 Pattali Makkal Katchi 23 5 3.8 37.61 Bharatiya Janata Party 20 4 2.62 34.26 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 6 4 0.99 42.44 Communist Party of India 6 2 0.85 35.17 Communist Party of India 6 2 1.09 43.28 Naam Tamilar Katchi 234 6.58 6.58 Makkal Needhi Maiam 180 2.62 3.43 Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam 165 2.35 3.33 Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 60 0.43 1.68 In 2016 Party Contested Won Total Vote Share Contested Vote Share Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 180 89 31.64 41.35 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 234 136 40.77 40.77 Indian National Congress 41 8 6.42 36.74 Pattali Makkal Katchi 232 5.32 5.41 Bharatiya Janata Party 188 2.84 3.57 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 25 0.77 6.98 Communist Party of India 25 0.71 6.8 Communist Party of India 25 0.79 7.25 Naam Tamilar Katchi 231 1.06 1.08 Makkal Needhi Maiam - - Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam - - Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 104 2.39 5.42 The table shows the constituencies that flipped and the ones that were retained by both the major alliances Delta North South West Total Retained by AIADMK+ 3 7 12 33 55 Flipped from DMK+ to AIADMK+ 1 5 6 8 20 Retained by DMK+ 15 39 20 4 78 Flipped from AIADMK+ to DMK+ 22 27 20 12 81 Total 41 78 58 57 234 District-wise breakdown of winners North Cuddalore Kallakurichi Villupuram Tiruvannamalai Tirupathur Vellore Ranipet Kancheepuram Chengalpattu Chennai Thiruvallur 9 9 15 15 4 4 3 3 2 2 4 4 3 3 6 6 4 4 3 3 5 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 South Kanniyakumari Tirunelveli Tenkasi Thoothukkudi Ramanathapuram Virdhunagar Theni Madurai Sivaganga Dindigul 4 4 2 2 5 5 3 3 5 5 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Delta Pudukkottai Thanjavur Thiruvarur Nagapattinam Ariyalur Perambalur Tiruchirappalli Karur 4 4 9 9 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 West Coimbatore The Nilgiris Tiruppur Erode Namakkal Salem Dharmapuri Krishnagiri 2 2 0 0 1 1 4 4 2 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 8 8 2 2 4 4 5 5 1 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Margins widen The victory margins widened in the 2021 election compared to 2016 Margin < 1000 8 16 1000 to 5000 31 37 5000 to 10000 30 44 10000 to 20000 51 74 20000 to 50000 89 59 > 50000 25 3 25,151 average winning margin for parties in DMK alliance in 2021. 18,044 average winning margin for parties in AIADMK alliance.