The 2014 Indian general elections for Tamil Nadu's 39 seats in the 16th Lok Sabha were held on 24 April 2014. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by its general secretary J. Jayalalithaa won a spectacular victory, taking 37 of the 39 seats. The total electors in the state of Tamil Nadu for the election was 55,114,867 and 73.74% of voters exercised their right to do so. The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.
Overview The election process is carried out by the state election commission headed by Praveen Kumar, and for the first time, Section 144 of the CrPC was used in the election for 36 hours before polling to prevent cash distribution to bribe voters. As of 23 April 2014, the commission had seized ₹39 crore in the state.
Schedule EventDate (Day)Issue of Notification29 March 2014 (Saturday)Last date for filing Nominations5 April 2014 (Saturday)Scrutiny of Nominations 7 April 2014 (Monday)Last date for withdrawal of candidature9 April 2014 (Wednesday)Date of poll24 April 2014 (Thursday)Counting of votes16 May 2014 (Friday)Date before which the election process shall be completed28 May 2014 (Wednesday)
Parties and alliances All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) In January 2014, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's general secretary J. Jayalalithaa stated that she would campaign and win all 39 seats by allying with CPI and CPI(M). Members of the AIADMK party declared her the prime ministerial candidate, despite rumours that she might support Narendra Modi. On 24 February 2014, the date of her birthday, she announced candidates for all 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, with Narendra Modi as prime ministerial candidate, formed an alliance with Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK), Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi (KMDK) and Puthiya Needhi Katchi (PNK). The seats were allotted on 20 March 2014 in Chennai by the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Rajnath Singh.
Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA) The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led Democratic Progressive Alliance, under the leadership of M. Karunanidhi withdrew its support from the Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government on 19 March 2013 over Sri Lanka issues. On 25 March 2014, DMK also expelled its south zone organisational secretary and the former minister of chemicals and fertilizers of the Republic of India M. K. Alagiri from the party for violating party discipline. DPA formed an alliance with Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK), the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), and Puthiya Tamilagam (PT).
Indian National Congress (INC) The Indian National Congress under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi stated that they would decide the prime ministerial candidate after the election. They lost their major ally, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam last year. So INC decided to contest alone in all 39 seats in the state. The minister of shipping of the Republic of India G. K. Vasan and the minister of finance of the Republic of India P. Chidambaram, opted out of the election.
Left and Secular Alliance (LSA) After six rounds of seat-sharing talks with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for the Lok Sabha seats, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India failed to bear fruit, and they opted to make an alliance of their own. On 14 March 2014 the two parties held a joint press conference in Chennai, declaring that CPI(M) would contest nine seats and CPI would contest eight seats.
Seat sharing of parties Party/Alliance FlagElectoral symbolPortraitLeaderSeats contestedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamJ. Jayalalithaa39rowspan=7 National Democratic AllianceDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Vijayakant14Bharatiya Janata PartyPon. Radhakrishnan69Indhiya Jananayaga KatchiT. R. Paarivendhar1Kongunadu Makkal Desia KatchiE. R. Eswaran1Puthiya Needhi KatchiA. C. Shanmugam1Pattali Makkal Katchi S. Ramadoss8Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamVaiko7rowspan=5 Democratic Progressive AllianceDravida Munnetra KazhagamM. Karunanidhi34Viduthalai Chiruthaigal KatchiThol. Thirumavalavan2Indian Union Muslim LeagueK. M. Kader Mohideen1Manithaneya Makkal KatchiM. H. Jawahirullah1Puthiya TamilagamK. Krishnasamy1Indian National CongressB. S. Gnanadesikan39rowspan=2 Left and Secular AllianceCommunist Party of India (Marxist)G. Ramakrishnan9Communist Party of IndiaD. Pandian8
Candidates ConstituencyAIADMKNDADPAINCLSA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1TiruvallurP. VenugopalV. YuvarajD. RavikumarM. JayakumarA. S. Kannan2Chennai NorthT. G. Venkatesh BabuM. SoundarapandianR. GirirajanBiju ChackoU. Vasuki3Chennai SouthJ. JayavardhanLa. GanesanT. K. S. ElangovanS. V. Ramani4Chennai CentralS. R. VijayakumarConstandine RavindranDayanidhi MaranC. D. Meyyappan5SriperumbudurK. N. RamachandranR. MasilamaniS. JagathrakshakanArul Anbarasu6KancheepuramK. MaragathamC. E. SathyaG. SelvamP. Viswanathan7ArakkonamG. HariR. VeluN. R. ElangoR. Rajesh8VelloreB. SenguttuvanA. C. ShanmugamM. Abdul RahmanJ. Vijay Elanchezian9KrishnagiriK. Ashok KumarG. K. ManiP. Chinna PillappaA. Chellakumar10DharmapuriP. S. MohanAnbumani RamadossR. ThamaraiselvanRama Suganthan11TiruvannamalaiR. VanarojaG. Ediroli ManianC. N. AnnaduraiA. Subramaniyan12AraniV. ElumalaiA. K. MoorthyR. SivanandamM. K. Vishnu Prasad13ViluppuramS. RajendranK. UmasankarK. MuthaiyanK. RaniG. Anandan14KallakurichiK. KamarajV. P. EswaranR. ManimaranR. Devadass15SalemV. PannerselvamL.K. SudhishS. UmaraniR. M. Kumaramangalam16NamakkalP. R. SundaramS. K. VelS. GandhiselvanG. R. Subramaniyan17ErodeS. Selvakumara ChinnayanA. GaneshamurthiH. PavithravalliP. Gopi18TiruppurV. SathyabamaN. DineshkumarM. SenthilnathanE. V. K. S. ElangovanK. Subbarayan19NilgirisC. GopalakrishnanA. RajaP. Gandhi20CoimbatoreP. NagarajanC. P. RadhakrishnanK. GaneshkumarR. PrabhuP. R. Natarajan21PollachiC. MahendranE. R. EswaranPongalur N. PalanisamySelvaraj22DindigulM. Udhaya KumarA. KrishnamoorthyS. GandhirajanN. S. V. ChitthanN. Pandi23KarurM. ThambiduraiN. S. KrishnanM. ChinnasamyS. Jothimani24TiruchirappalliP. KumarA, M, G, VijaykumarMu. AnbhalaganSarubala R. TondaimanS. Sridhar25PerambalurR. P. MarutharajaaT. R. PaarivendharS. Seemanur PrabuM. Rajasekaran26CuddaloreA. ArunmozhithevanC. R. JayasankarK. NandagopalakrishnanK. S. AlagiriK. Balasubramanian27ChidambaramM. ChandrakasiSudhamanirathinemThol. ThirumavalavanP. Vallal Peruman28MayiladuthuraiR. K. Bharathi MohanK. AgoramS. Hyder AliMani Shankar Aiyar29NagapattinamK. GopalVadivel RavananA. K. S. VijayanThalai SenthilpandianG. Palanisamy30ThanjavurK. ParasuramanM. MurugananthamT. R. BaaluT. Krishnasamy VandayarS. Tamilselvi31SivagangaP. R. SenthilnathanH. RajaDhurai Raaj SubhaKarti P. ChidambaramS. Krishnan32MaduraiR. GopalakrishnanD. Sivamuthu KumarV. VelusamyT. N. Bharath NachiappanB. Vikraman33TheniR. ParthipanK. AlagusundaramPon. MuthuramalingamJ. M. Aaroon Rashid34VirudhunagarT. RadhakrishnanVaikoS. RethinaveluB. Manickam TagoreK. Samuelraj35RamanathapuramA. Anwhar RaajhaaD. Kuppu RamuS. Mohamed JaleelSu. ThirunavukkarasarR. T. Uma Mageswari36ThoothukkudiJ. Jayasingh NatterjeeS. JoelP. JeganA. P. C. V. ShanmugamA. Mohanraj37TenkasiM. VasanthiT. Sadhan TirumalaikumarK. KrishnasamyK. JayakumarP. Lingam38TirunelveliK. R. P. PrabakaranS. SivananenthaperumalDevadasa SundaramS. S. Ramasubbu39KanniyakumariD. John ThankamPon. RadhakrishnanF. M. RajarathnamH. VasanthakumarA. V. Bellarmin
Opinion poll Polling agencyDate publishedLeadRef.AIADMKNDADPAINCOthersTimes Now-India TV-CVoterAugust – October 2013 0 5 1 5India Today-CVoterDecember 2013 – January 2014 – 5 0 5Times Now-India TV-CVoterJanuary – February 2014 0 5 1 6NDTV-Hansa ResearchMarch 2014 0 10 0 2CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDSMarch – April 2014 6 – 10 10 – 16 0 0NDTV-Hansa ResearchApril 2014 3 14 0 0India Today-Cicero4 – 12 April 2014 4 – 6 9 – 13 0 0–2
Results By Party PartyPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppContestedWon+/−All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam17,978,92244.92 22.013937 28rowspan=5 NDABharatiya Janata Party2,223,5665.56 3.2191 1Pattali Makkal Katchi1,804,8124.51 1.2181 1Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam2,078,8435.19 4.89140Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,417,5353.54 0.1270 1Total7,524,75618.80 3.01382 1rowspan=6 DPADravida Munnetra Kazhagam9,570,66623.91 1.21340 18Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi606,1101.51 0.9020 1Puthiya Tamilagam262,8120.66 0.2610Manithaneya Makkal Katchi236,6790.59 0.3710Indian Union Muslim League205,8960.5110Total10,882,16327.18 1.48390 19Indian National Congress1,750,9904.37 10.66390 8rowspan=3 LSACommunist Party of India (Marxist)220,6320.55 1.6590 1Communist Party of India219,8660.55 2.3080 1Total440,4981.10 3.95170 2Others866,3172.206730NOTA581,7821.43Total40,025,367100N/A84539N/AVote statisticsValid votes40,025,36772.62Invalid votes651,9151.12Votes cast/turnout40,644,28273.74Abstentions14,470,58526.26Registered voters55,114,867100
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