Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2016

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016
தமிழ்நாடு சட்டமன்ற தேர்தல் 2016

2011 ← 16 May 2016 (2016-05-16) → 2021

All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu 118 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Jayalalithaa Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance none DMK Alliance Leader since February 1989 10 February 1969 Leader's seat Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar Tiruvarur Last election 150 seats 23 seats Seats won 136 98 Seat change 14 66 Popular vote 17,617,060 17,175,374 Percentage 41 40 Swing 2.4 9.2

2016 Election Map (by Constituencies)

Chief Minister before election J Jayalalithaa AIADMK Elected Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa AIADMK

J Jayalalithaa
AIADMK

J Jayalalithaa
AIADMK

A Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. AIADMK under Jayalalithaa won the elections and became the first ruling party to be re-elected in Tamil Nadu since 1984, though with a reduced majority.DMK won half of the seats it contested but its allies performed poorly; notably, the Indian National Congress won 16% of the seats they contested and the alliance lost due to its poor performance. The votes were counted on 19 May 2016. In the previous election in 2011, AIADMK, under the leadership of Jayalalithaa, won a simple majority and formed the government, while DMDK chief Vijayakanth served as the Leader of Opposition until January 2016. This is the last election Jayalalithaa contested, as she died in office later that year in December 2016.

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