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2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Election to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu

Field	Value
election_name	2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
country	India
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
previous_year	2001
next_election	2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
next_year	2011
election_date	8 May 2006
seats_for_election	All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
turnout	70.56% ( 11.49%)
image1
leader1	M. Karunanidhi
party1	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
alliance1	DPA+UPA+LF
leaders_seat1	Chepauk
seats1	163
seat_change1	71
popular_vote1	14,762,647
percentage1	44.75%
swing1	6.08%
image2
leader2	J. Jayalalithaa
leaders_seat2	Andipatti
party2	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
alliance2	AIADMK+
seats2	69
seat_change2	64
popular_vote2	13,166,445
percentage2	39.91%
swing2	10.18%
image3
leader3	Vijayakanth
leaders_seat3	Virudhachalam
party3	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
alliance3	None
seats3	1
seat_change3	New
popular_vote3	2,764,223
percentage3	8.38%
swing3	New
map_image
map_size	300px
map2_image	[[File:India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg]]
title	Chief Minister
posttitle	Chief Minister
before_election	J. Jayalalithaa
before_party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
after_election	M. Karunanidhi
after_party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
majority_seats	118

The thirteenth legislative assembly election, of Tamil Nadu was held on 8 May 2006. It was held for all 234 constituencies to elect the government in the state for the following five years. The votes were counted three days later on 11 May 2006 and all the results were out by the end of the day. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led (DMK) front won the elections, with the DMK emerging as the single-largest party with 96 seats, and its leader, M Karunanidhi was sworn in as Chief Minister for a fifth and final term. This election marked the first time the state saw a hung assembly with no party gaining a majority of its own. As a result, DMK formed a minority government with its allies, which is the first in the state since the 1952 election. 13th Assembly was instituted due to this election.

The election marked the electoral debut of the actor Vijayakanth and his political outfit, the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK). Though the party could only gain a single seat, it cut into the vote share of both DMK and AIADMK and emerged as a third alternative to the existing two Dravidian parties.

Schedule

Event	Date
Date for Nominations	13 April 2006
Last Date for filing Nominations	20 April 2006
Date for scrutiny of nominations	21 April 2006
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	24 April 2006
Date of poll	8 May 2006
Date of counting	11 May 2006

Polling

48848 polling stations were set up for electorate, that sized up to 46,607 eligible voters.

Political parties and the alliances

ST is short for [[Adivasi|Scheduled Tribe]] and SC is short for [[Dalit (outcaste)|Scheduled Castes]], implying that the seat is reserved for that community.]] -- Tamil Nadu has a remarkable history of being dominated by the local parties, DMK or AIADMK, while the national parties have a strong presence in other states. The parties have resorted to forming alliances in the last few elections to take on each sides for power.

Striking changes in the alliances included the swap of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) from DMK led Democratic Progressive Alliance to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) led Democratic People Alliance. While Dalit Panthers of India joined the AIADMK alliance, all other major parties in the fray such as Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Indian National Congress, CPM and Communist Party of India (CPI), aligned themselves with the DMK party.

There were two notable new parties — Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) formed in September 2005 by actor-turned-politician Vijaykanth, and Lok Paritran formed by Indian Institutes of Technology graduates in February 2006. Both contested alone in this elections.

The contest was between two major alliances in a seat-sharing agreement, the AIADMK alliance and the DMK alliance. These archrivals had a face-off in 106 seats.

Exit Polls predicted a 157-167 seats in favour of the DMK alliance, while the AIADMK alliance was expected to get 64-74 seats in the assembly.

Before the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections, the Pattali Makkal Katchi left the DMK, citing differences with its leader M. Karunanidhi, and joined the AIADMK, and the Third Front.

Seat allotments

[[Democratic Progressive Alliance]]

Source: Junior Vikatan

Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]		M. Karunanidhi
	[[File:Hand_INC.svg	50x50px]]	M. Krishnasamy	48
	[[File:Indian Election Symbol Mango SVG.svg	50x50px]]	S. Ramadoss	31
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	[[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg	50x50px]]	N. Varadarajan
Communist Party of India}}"		Communist Party of India	[[File:CPI symbol.svg	50x50px]]		Tha. Pandian
Unregistered (or) Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket
	[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	K. M. Kader Mohideen	2
Puratchi Bharatham Katchi}}"		Puratchi Bharatham Katchi	[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	M. Jagan Moorthy
Forward Bloc}}"		Forward Bloc (Vallarasu)	[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	P. V. Kathiravan

[[AIADMK-led Alliance|Democratic People Alliance]]

Source: Junior Vikatan

Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	50x50px]]	J. Jayalalithaa
	[[File: Indian Election Symbol Top.png	50x50px]]	Vaiko	35
		Thol. Thirumavalavan	9
Janata Dal (Secular)}}"		Janata Dal (Secular)	[[File:Indian election symbol female farmer.svg	50px]]	H. D. Deve Gowda
Indian Union Muslim League}}"		Tamil Maanila Muslim League	[[File:Indian Election Symbol Banana.svg	50x50px]]	Dawood Miakhan
Unregistered (or) Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the AIADMK ticket
Indian Union Muslim League}}"		Indian National league	[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	50x50px]]	Janab
Indian National Congress}}"		Indian National Trade Union Congress	[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	50x50px]]	P. L. Subbaih
Moovendar Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		Moovendar Munnetra Kazhagam	[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	50x50px]]	G. M. Sreedhar Vandaiyar
Forward Bloc}}"		Forward Bloc (Santhanam)	[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	50x50px]]	L. Santhanam

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam

Source: Junior Vikatan

Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}"		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	[[File:Indian Election Symbol Nagara.svg	50px]]	Vijayakant
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}"		[[File:Ring Symbol.png	50x50px]]	2

The two seats that DMDK contested in Ring symbol instead of nagara .

Bharatiya Janata Party

Source: Junior Vikatan

Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		Bharatiya Janata Party	[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg	50px]]	C. P. Radhakrishnan

List of Candidates

Constituency	DMK+	AIADMK+	DMDK
Royapuram	Sarkunapandian, S P.	D. Jayakumar	Royapuram V Babu
Harbour	K. Anbazhagan	Seema Basheer, H.	Chandra Prakasam, C.
Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar	Manohar, R.	P. K. Sekar Babu	Mohamed Jan, P.
Park Town	Rahmankhan, A.	Srinivasan, K.	Balasubramanian, K.
Perambur (SC)	Mahendran, K.	Manimaran, P.	Lingam, J.
Purasawalkam	Babu, V.S.	Venkateshbabu	Jacquelene Gomez
Egmore (SC)	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi	Sathya, C.E.	Ethiraj, V.
Anna Nagar	Arcot Veerasamy	Vijaya Thayanban	Senthamarai Kannan, K.
Theagaraya Nagar	Anbazhagan, J.	Kalairajan, V.P.	Pandian, T.
Thousand Lights	Stalin, M.K.	Adhirajaram	Thalapathy, M.
Chepauk	Karunanidhi, M.	Dawoon Miakhan	Narayanasamy, B.
Triplicane	Naganathan, M.	Bader Sayeed	Shivakumar, K.
Mylapore	Napoleon, D.	Shekher, S.Ve.	Rajan, V.N.
Saidapet	Baskaran, C.R.	Senthamizhan, G.	Venugopal, R.
Gummidipundi	Durai, Jeyavelu	Vijayakumar, K.S.	Sekar, C.H.
Ponneri (SC)	Anbuvanan, V.	Balaramanan, P.	Angamuthu, S.
Thiruvottiyur	Samy, K.P.P.	Moorthy, V.	Murugan, S.
Villivakkam	Ranganathan, B.	Kalan, G.	Velmurugan, G.
Alandur	Anbarasan, T.M.	Valarmathi, B.	Vijayakumar, R.
Tambaram	Raja, S.R.	Somu, K.	Dharma, K.
Tirupporur (SC)	Moorthy, D.	Dhanapal, M.	Kannappan, K.
Chengalpattu	Arumugam, K.	Arumugam, S.	Manjula, S.
Maduranthakam	Ghayathri Devi, K.	Appadurai, K.	Gajendran, D.
Acharapakkam (SC)	Sankara Valli @ Sankari Narayanan	Saraswathi, M.	Kanthagurunathan, S.
Uthiramerur	Sundar, K.	Somasundaram, V.	Murugesan, D.
Kancheepuram	Kamalambal, P.	Mythili, T.	Eagambaram, S.
Sriperumbudur (SC)	Yasodha, D	Balakrishnan, K	Palani, C
Poonamallee	Sudarsanam.D	Senguttuvan.R	Chandrasekar. G
Tiruvallur	Shivaji. E.A.P	Ramana.B	Parathasarathi.B
Tiruttani	Eraviraj.G	Hari.G	Sekar.R
Pallipet	Raman. E.S.S	Narasimhan.P.M	Nethaji. V
Arkonam (SC)	M. Jagan Moorthy	Ravi.S	Usha Rani.R
Sholinghur	Arul Anbarasu,D	Gopal,C	Prabakaran, C.D
Ranipet	Gandhi,R	Thamizharasan.R	Paari, N
Arcot	Elavazhagan.K.L	Chandran.V.R	Velu.V.B
Katpadi	Duraimurugan	Narayanan.B	Radhakrishanan.S
Gudiyatham	Latha.G	Palani.J.K.N	Sudhish.L.K
Pernambut (SC)	Chinnasamy.A	Chandra Settu.S	Kandappan.H
Vaniyambadi	Abdul Basith.H	Mohamed Ali.K	Anwar - Ul - Haquy.K
Natrampalli	Sooriyakumar.N.K.R	Subramani.K.G	Fayas Basha.A
Tiruppattur	Raja.T.K	Azhagiri.K.C	Senthilkumar.B.S
Chengam (SC)	Polur Varadhan M	Sakthivel P	Suresh T
Thandirambattu	Velu E.V	Ramachandran S	Mohammad M
Tiruvannamalai	Pitchandi K	Pavan Kumar V	Kumaran S
Kalasapakkam	Kalodoss R	Krishnamurthy-Agri S.S	Sankar L
Polur	Vijayakumar P.S	Vediyappan T	Purushothaman S C
Anaicut	Varalakshmi. M	Pandurangan. K	Venkatsan. M
Vellore	Gnanasekaran.C	Subramani.N	Rajenderan.A
Arni	Sivanandam. R	Santhanan. A	Ramesh. D.
Cheyyar	Vishnupresad M K	Pavai R	Subamangalam D
Vandavasi (SC)	Jayaraman S P	Chakkrapani.M	Shivashanmugam N
Peranamallur	Edirolimanian G	Anbalagan A K S	Gopinathan A
Melmalayanur	Senthamizhselvan.P	Tamilmozhi Rajadathan.(Tmt).R	Chandira Dass.C
Gingee	Kannan.V	Masilamani. Dr.R	Rajendran.D
Tindivanam	Karunanithi. M	Shanmugam. C.Ve.	Lakshmanan. K
Vanur (SC)	Soundararajan.N.	Ganapathy.N.	Raja.K.
Kandamangalam (SC)	Pushparaj. S	Subramaniyan. V	Rajachandra Sekar.P.
Villupuram	Ponmudy.K	Pasupathy.R	Duraisamy.D
Mugaiyur	Kaliyavarathan.V.A.T	Sinthanaiselvan	Vengatesan.L
Thirunavalur	Veerapandian.V.S.	Kumaraguru. R	Udhayakumar. M.S.
Ulundurpet (SC)	Thirunavukarasu.K	Vijayaraghavan. E	Shanmugam. C
Nellikuppam	Rajendran.Saba.	Sabapathi Mohan.R.T	Sivakolunthu.P
Cuddalore	Iyappan.G.	Kumar.G.	Jayakumar.G.V.
Panruti	Velmurugan.T.	Rajendiran.R.	Ramachandran.S
Kurinjipadi	Panneerselvam.M.R.K.	Ramalingam.N.	Sundaramoorthy.R.
Bhuvanagiri	Devadass.K.	Selvi Ramajayam	Shafiuddin.S.
Kattumannarkoil (SC)	Vallalperuman.P.	Ravikumar.D.	Umanath.R.
Chidambaram	Balakrishnan.K.	Arunmozhidevan.A.	Rajamannan.P
Vridhachalam	Govindasamy.R.	Kasinathan.R.	Vijayakanth.A.
Mangalore (SC)	Ganesan.V.	Selvam.K	Mahadevan.D
Rishivandiam	Sivaraj. S	Athinarayanan. L	Govindan. T.K.
Chinnasalem	Udhayasooriya. T	Mohan. P	Subbarayalu. R
Sankarapuram	Angaiyarkanni. A (Selvi)	Sanniyasi. P	Chezhiyan. R
Hosur	Gopinath.K	Sampangiramaiah.V	Chandiran.V
Thalli	Nagaraja Reddy P	Gowda N.S.M.	Hari V
Kaveripattinam	Meganathan T A	Munusamy K P	Chinnaraj K R
Krishnagiri	Senguttuvan T	Govindaraj V	Govindaraj R
Bargur	Vetriselvan V	Thambidurai M	Govindaraj K.V.
Harur (SC)	Dillibabu.P	Govindasamy. K	Arjunan.P
Morappur	Mullaivendhan.V	Singaram.K	Saravanan.S
Palacode	Mannan. K	Anbalagan K.P	Vijayashankar. P
Dharmapuri	Velusamy. L	Sampath V.S	Bhaskar. A
Pennagaram	Periannan.P.N	Vetrivel.S.R	Dhandapani.P
Mettur	Mani G K	Kandasamy K	Dhandapany S
Taramangalam	Kannan P	Thamarai Kannan K.S.V	Suresh C J
Omalur	Tamizharasu.A	Krishnan.C	Kamalakkannan.S
Yercaud (St)	Tamilselvan C	Alamelu J	Ramakrishnan V
Salem-I	Suresh. M.R.	Ravichandran. L.	Dhanasekar. S.J.
Salem-II	Arumugam S	Sureshkumar R	Gnanasekaran K V
Veerapandi	Rajendran A	Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy P	Salem Govindaraj S
Panamarthupatty	Rajendran R	Elangovan R	Suresh Babu K
Attur	Sundaram M R	Murugesan A K	Elangovan A R
Talavasal (SC)	Chinnadurai K	Elangovan P	Geetha K
Rasipuram	Ramaswamy.K.P	Sundaram.P.R.	Rajagounder.R
Sendamangalam (St)	Ponnusamy.K	Chandran.P	Santhi (Tmt).R
Namakkal (SC)	Jayakumar.K	Saradha(Tmt).R	Amudha (Tmt).P
Kapilamalai	Nedunchezhian.K	Guruswamy.T.N	Selvi.K
Tiruchengode	Gandhiselvan.S	Thanngamani.P	Pongiyannan.S
Sankari (SC)	Duraisamy.V.P	Shanthamani.S	Easwaran.R
Edapadi	Kaveri V	Palaniswami K	Rajendran AK
Mettupalayam	Arunkumar.B	Chinnaraj.O.K	Saraswathi.V.
Avanashi (SC)	Arumugam.M.	Prema.R.	Anandharaj.M.
Thondamuthur	Balasubramoniyan.S.R.	Kannappan.M.	Dennis Kovil Pillai.E.
Singanallur	Soundararajan.A	Chinnaswamy.R.	Ponnusamy.M.
Coimbatore West	Maheswari.A.S.	Malaravan.T.	Akbar.A.S.
Coimbatore East	Pongalur Palanisamy.N.	Gopalakrishnan.V.	Mary.G.
Perur	Rukumani.N.	Velumani.S.P.	Rajasekar.S.
Kinathukkadavu	Kandasamy.K.V.	Damodaran.S.	Latharani.C.B.
Pollachi	Shanthi Devi D.	Pollachi Jayaraman .V.	Meenakshi Sundaram.S.
Valparai (SC)	Kovaithangam.N.	Kalaiyarasan Susi.S.	Murugaraj.S.
Udumalpet	Veluchamy.C.	Shanmugavelu.C.	Gnanasambandham.G.R.
Dharapuram (SC)	Prabavathi.P	Ranganayahi.M.	Jyothipaandiyan.K.N.K
Vellakoil	Saminathan.M.P	Ganeshamurthi.A	Jaganathan.P
Pongalur	Mani.S.	Damodaran.P.V	Ramesh.C.
Palladam	Ponmudi.S.S	Velusamy.S.M.	Subramaniam.G.
Tiruppur	Govindasamy.C	Duraisamy.S	Palanisamy.K
Kangayam	Sekar.S	Palaniswami.N.M.S	Kumarasamy.P
Modakurichi	Palanisami.R.M	Namachivayam.V.P	Victoria.B
Perundurai	Periyasamy.N	Ponnudurai.C	Ravichandran.M
Erode	Raaja.Nkk.P	Sivakumar.E.R	Chandhirakumar.V.C
Bhavani	K V Ramanathan	Karuppanan.K.C	Gopal.P
Andhiyur (SC)	Gurusamy.S	Subramaniam.M	Jagadeeswaran.P
Gobichettipalayam	V.Manimaran.G.V	Sengottaiyan.K.A	Natarajan.G.S
Bhavanisagar	Subramaniam.O	Sindu Ravichandaran	Subramanian.K
Sathyamangalam	Dharmalingam.L.P	Subramaniam.T.K	Manoharan.D.
Coonoor (SC)	Soundarapandian,A	Selvaraj,M	Chidambaram, V
Ootacamund	Gopalan.B	Dorai,K.N	Benjamin Jacob.J
Gudalur	Ramachandhiran,K	Millar,A	Krishnamurthy, L
Palani (SC)	Anbalakan.M	Prema.S	Sundaram P.K
Oddanchatram	Sakkarapani.R	Nallasamy.K.P	Balasubramani.S
Periyakulam	Mookaiah.L	Panneer Selvam.O	Abdul Kather.M
Theni	Dr. Rajkumar, N.R.T	Ganesan Rd	Murugesan P
Bodinayakkanur	Lakshmanan S	Parthipan R	Atchayakannan A
Cumbum	Selvendran P	Eramakrishnan N	Jeganath.A
Andipatti	Seeman M	Jayalalithaa J	Chandran V S
Sedapatti	Thalapathi.G	Durairaj.C	Samundeeswari.A
Thirumangalam	Velusamy.V	Elavarasan.Veera	Dhanapandiyan.T
Usilampatti	Kathiravan.P.V	Mahendran.I	Raja.A.K.T.
Nilakottai (SC)	Senthilvel.K	Thenmozhi .S.	Ravichandran.M
Sholavandan	Moorthy.P	Santhanan.L	Rajendran.P
Tirupparankundram	Venkatesan.S	Bose.A.K	Rajamanickam.G
Madurai West	Perumal N	Shanmugam S V	Manimaran.Dr.S
Madurai Central	Palanivelrajan.T	Jakkaiyan.S.T.K	Sundarajan.R
Madurai East	Nanmaran.N	Boominathan.M	Dhamodharan.A
Samayanallur (SC)	Tamilarasi.R	Lakshmi.P	Baskaran.K
Melur	Ravichandran.K.V.V	Samy.R	Rajaram.C.T
Natham	Andiambalam. M.A	Viswanathan.R	Ganeshan.V
Dindigul	Balabarathi.K	Selvaragavan.N.	Karthikeyan.G
Athoor	Periasamy.I	Sreenivasan.C	Rajesh Perumal. P
Vedasandur	Dhandapani. M	Palanichamy.S	Venkatachalam.S
Aravakurichi	Khaleelur Rahman.M.A.	Monjanur Ramasamy.P.	Basheer Mohamed.A.
Karur	Vasuki Murugesan	Senthil Balaji V	Ravi.A.
Krishnarayapuram (SC)	Kamaraj. P	Sasikala.R	Murugan, D
Marungapuri	Rokkaiah.A	Chinnasamy.C	Jamal Mohamed.M.
Kulithalai	Manickam.R	Papasundaram.A	Viswanathan.M
Thottiam	Rajasekharan M.	Natarajan R.	Manoharan P.
Uppiliapuram (ST)	Rani R.	Muthusamy P.	Mookan M
Musiri	Selvaraj N	Poonachi T P	Rajalingam M.
Lalgudi	Soundara Pandian A.	Rajaram T.	Ramu S
Perambalur (SC)	Rajkumar.M	Sundaram.M	Manimegalai.P
Aravakurichi	Khaleelur Rahman.M.A.	Monjanur Ramasamy.P.	Basheer Mohamed.A.
Karur	Vasuki Murugesan	Senthil Balaji V	Ravi.A.
Krishnarayapuram (SC)	Kamaraj.P	Sasikala.R	Murugan.D
Marungapuri	Rokkaiah.A	Chinnasamy.C	Jamal Mohamed.M.
Kulithalai	Manickam.R	Papasundaram.A	Viswanathan.M
Thottiam	Rajasekharan M.	Natarajan R.	Manoharan P.
Uppiliapuram (ST)	Rani R.	Muthusamy P.	Mookan M
Musiri	Selvaraj N	Poonachi T.P	Rajalingam M.
Lalgudi	Soundara Pandian A.	Rajaram T.	Ramu S
Perambalur (SC)	Rajkumar.M	Sundaram.M	Manimegalai.P
Varahur (SC)	Gopalakrishnan.K	Chanthirakasi.M	Ganapathi.M
Ariyalur	Amaramoorthy.D	Ravichandran.M	Jayavel.Rama
Andimadam	Sivasankar.S.S	Pannersevam.K	Pannerseevam.M
Jayankondam	Guru @ Gurunathan.J	Rajendran.K	Johnson.M
Srirangam	Jerome Arokiaraj G.	Paranjothi M.	Ramesh A
Tiruchirapalli-I	Anbil Periasamy	Malarmannan A.	Uma P.
Tiruchirapalli-II	Nehru K.N.	Mariyampitchai N.	Sendhureswaran A.D.
Thiruverambur	Sekaran K.N.	Sridhar Vandayar	Thangamani K.
Sirkali (SC)	Pannersevam.M	Durairajan.P	Balakrishnan.Pon
Poompuhar	Periyasamy.K	Pounraj.S	Prabakaran.V.R
Mayuram	Rajakumar.S	Mahalingam.M	Thavamani.P
Kuttalam	Anbazhagan.K Kuttalam	Rajendran.S	Sarangambani.K
Nannilam (SC)	Padmavathy.P	Arivanandam.K	Rajendran.R
Tiruvarur (SC)	Mathivanan.U	Thangamani.A	Mohankumar.N
Nagapattinam	Marimuthu.V	Jayapal.K.A	Mathiyalagan.Peru
Vedaranyam	Vedarathinam.S.K	Maniyan.O.S	Veeravinayagam.B
Tiruthuraipundi (SC)	Ulaganathan.K	Umadevi.A	Mohankumar.K
Mannargudi	Sivapunniyam.V	Kamaraj R	Muthiya.N
Pattukkottai	Rengarajan.N.R	Viswanathan.S	Senthilkumar.N
Peravurani	Thirugnanasambandam.S.V	Veerakapilan.M.V.R	Palanivel.V.S.K
Orathanad	Rajamanickam.P	Vaithilingam.R	Ramesh.R
Thiruvonam	Mahesh Krishnasamy.T	Thangamuthu.K	Sivakumar.M
Thanjavur	Ubayadullah.S.N.M	Rengasamy.M	Sivanesan.P
Tiruvaiyaru	Chandrasekaran.Durai	Govindarajan.Durai	Mahendran.N
Papanasam	Ramkumar.M	Doraikkannu.R	Maruthaiyan.N
Valangiman (SC)	Senthamil Chelvan.S	Ilamathi Subramanian	Sooriyamurthi.R
Kumbakonam	Mani.Ko.Si	Eramanathan.Rama	Devadoss (Kuppal).G
Thiruvidamarudur	Alayamani.G	Bharathimohan.R.K	Sankar.G
Thirumayam	Subburam.Rm	Radhakrishnan.M	Murugesan.R
Kolathur (SC)	Paranjothi.C	Subramanian.N	Udayakumar.M
Pudukkottai	Jaffarali M.	Nedunchezhiyan. R	Javaheer S.
Alangudi	Rajasekaran S.	Venkatachalam. A	Selvinraj, K
Aranthangi	Chinnaiya.S	Maruthamuthu.A	Venkateshwaran.S
Tiruppathur	Sudarsanam.S	Radhakrishnan.S	Udayakumar.M
Karaikudi	Kannaiyan.S	Duraikannu.M	Murugan.K
Tiruvadanai	Manicakkarai.R	Subramanian A	Mariappan.R
Ilayangudi	Chelliah A	Rajasekar S	Siva A
Sivaganga	Periyasamy K	Shanmugasundaram R	Chinnathambi K
Manamadurai	Kumaravelu S	Senthilkumar R	Karuppasamy N
Paramakudi	Kandasamy R	Venkatachalam S	Rajendran V
Ramanathapuram	Anbalagan K	Chinnadurai M	Palanisamy N
Kadaladi	Rajasekaran M	Balasubramanian R	Kandasamy A
Mudukulathur	Mani K	Subramanian C	Muthukumar S
Aruppukottai	Ramasamy A	Ganesan P	Shanmugam K
Sattur	Palanivel R	Rajendran S	Kumarasamy P
Virudhunagar	Subramanian N	Ramasamy S	Murugan V
Sivakasi	Rajendran P	Subramanian M	Ramamoorthy N
Srivilliputhur	Muthusamy K	Jayalalithaa J	Murugan S
Rajapalayam	Ramasamy K	Subburaj P	Perumal A
Vilathikulam	Karthikeyan P	Rengasamy N	Mani V
Ottapidaram	Sekar R	Rajendran P	Kumar V
Kovilpatti	Manoharan S	Subramaniam R	Shanmugam P
Sankarankovil	Selvaraj P	Kandasamy A	Periyasamy M
Vasudevanallur	Ramaraj N	Srinivasan K	Ramalingam V
Kadayanallur	Kannan S	Rajendran A	Durairaj T
Tenkasi	Rajasekaran P	Kumaravel R	Arjunan S
Alangulam	Ramamurthy V	Rajendran S	Ganesan K
Tirunelveli	Rajendran R	Murugan P	Karuppiah S
Palayamkottai	Natarajan K	Palanisamy M	Krishnan R
Cheranmadevi	Kumar S	Ramalingam P	Selvaraj A
Ambasamudram	Pandian M	Venkatesh R	Raja P
Nanguneri	Arumugam S	Rajasekar K	Gopal R
Radhapuram	Selvam R	Kumar A	Srinivasan T
Sathankulam	Baskar K	Manoharan S	Kumaravel A
Tiruchendur	Subramanian R	Murugan S	Venkatesan P
Srivaikuntam	Rajkumar S	Ramasamy T	Sundaram A
Tuticorin	Kumaravel R	Kannan S	Perumal N
Kanniyakumari	Murali K	Srinivasan P	Ramesh K
Nagercoil	Baskar M	Arumugam S	Kumar S
Colachel	Rajendran T	Babu R	Shankar S
Padmanabhapuram	Arulraj P	Venkatesh S	Sekar M
Thiruvattar	Manoharan K	Kumarasamy A	Subramanian P
Vilavancode	Murugan R	Rajendran P	Baskar K
Killiyoor	Rajasekar V	Mani S	Ramalingam T

Opinion polling

Pre-poll surveys

Agency	Dates	Results
Goodwill Communications	25 April 2006 (Reported)	DMK+: 149 (49% of the vote)
AIADMK+: 83 (39% of the vote)
Others/Undecided: 2 (12% of the vote)
CNN-IBN - The Hindu	14 March 2006	AIADMK+: Too close to call (46% of the vote)
DMK+: Too close to call (44% of the vote)
Tossup: Too close to call (10% of the vote)

Exit polls

Agency	Dates	Results
CNN-IBN - The Hindu	11 May 2006 (Reported)	DMK+: 157-167 (45% of the vote)
AIADMK+: 64-74 (35% of the vote)
Others: 2-6 (20% of the vote)
Vikatan	10 May 2006	DMK+ 207

Region	DPA (DMK+)	AIADMK+	DMDK
Vanniyars: PMK could not swing the community towards DMK alliance, especially in the North Central Region
Upper North	40%	45%	11%
North Central	53%	32%	9%
Cauvery Delta	55%	28%	10%
West	53%	28%	11%
Thevars: No longer with AIADMK in Cauvery Delta and the West
Cauvery Delta	51%	38%	7%
West	43%	39%	11%
South	39%	44%	8%
Deep South	13%	52%	2%
Muslims in favor of DMK alliance, especially in Deep South
Upper North	43%	30%	18%
North Central	36%	39%	18%
Cauvery Delta	53%	37%	5%
West	50%	31%	10%
South	50%	38%	7%
Deep South	73%	9%	5%
Christians stayed with DMK alliance, especially in the South
Upper North	49%	29%	13%
North Central	47%	36%	12%
Cauvery Delta	46%	39%	9%
West	48%	29%	10%
South	60%	33%	4%
Deep South	64%	16%	7%

Voting and results

The 2006 Tamil Nadu State Elections saw a record voter turnout of 70.70% an 11% increase compared to the last 2001 elections and the highest since the 1991 elections which saw an 85% voter turnout. The ruling party AIADMK was voted out of power with the DMK alliance regaining power after losing out in the previous elections with a paltry 37 seats. This time however, no party reached the simple majority of 117 of the 234 seats. DMK grabbed the highest number of seats (96) for any contesting party, while AIADMK followed with 61 seats. The Congress won 34 seats while the other national party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), drew blank after contesting alone in this elections. PMK managed to win 18 seats followed by the Communists (15 seats). MDMK, the party that jumped alliance won 6 seats and the DPI won 2 seats. DMDK, even while contesting in 232 seats managed to score just one seat, with the party leader actor vijayakant winning the seat he contested in Vridhachalam Constituency. There was 1 independent winner.

The split results paved way for the formation of the new coalition government led by DMK chief, the 82-year-old veteran politician Dr.M Karunanidhi, becoming the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the fifth time, with the Congress unconditionally supporting his claim for Chief Ministership and government formation.

Due to the loss of key allies after the previous election, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), ended up losing both the 2004 Lok Sabha Election and the 2006 State Assembly Elections, to DMK led coalition that consisted of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and former allies of AIADMK, Indian National Congress, left parties (Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist)) and Pattali Makkal Katchi.

Results by pre-poll alliance

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Election map based on % seats won by district

14,762,647
DMK
! style="background-color: #FF0000"
96
+65
8,728,716
26.5%
46.0%
-
INC
! style="background-color: #00FFFF"
34
+4
2,765,768
8.4%
43.5%
-
PMK
! style="background-color: #800080"
18
-2
1,863,749
5.7%
43.4%
-
CPI(M)
! style="background-color: #000080"
9
+3
872,674
2.7%
42.7%
-
CPI
! style="background-color: #0000FF"
6
+1
531,740
1.6%
40.4%
-
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! style="background-color: "
69
-64
13,166,445
-
AIADMK
! style="background-color: #008000"
61
-71
10,768,559
32.6%
40.8%
-
MDMK
! style="background-color: #FF00FF"
6
+6
1,971,565
6.0%
37.7%
-
VCK
! style="background-color: #FFFF00"
2
+2
426,321
1.3%
36.1%
-
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! style="background-color:black"
2
-7
5,062,463
-
DMDK
! style="background-color: #008080"
1
+1
2,764,223
8.4%
8.5%
-
BJP
! style="background-color: #FF9933"
0
-6
666,823
2.0%
2.1%
-
IND
! style="background-color: #666666"
1
-2
995,345
3.0%
3.1%
-
! style="background-color: "
234
–
32,991,555
100%
-
}
Sources: Election Commission of India

†: Seat changes reflect the following mergers in parties from previous election. MADMK merged with Bharatiya Janata Party in 2002. TMC merged with the national party INC in 2002. Usilampatti FBL MLA L. Santhanam, joined AIADMK and contested in Sholavandan, after being expelled from his party by newly elected actor-turned party leader Karthik.

‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.

List of elected members (constituency wise)

The following table lists the winners and margin of victory in all constituencies.

Assembly Constituency	Party	Winner	Runner-up	Party	DMK}}"
24	Acharapakkam (SC)	DMK	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060523060020/http://www.eci.gov.in/May2006/index_st.htm	date=2006-05-23 }} accessed 11 May 2006.	M. Saraswathi	AIADMK
19	Alandur	DMK	T. M. Anbarasan	B. Valarmathi	AIADMK
192	Alangudi	CPI	S. Rajasekaran	A. Venkatachalam	AIADMK
217	Alangulam	DMK	Poongothai Aladiaruna	M. Pandiaraj	AIADMK
221	Ambasamudram	DMK	R. Avudaiyappan	R. Murugiah Pandian	AIADMK
47	Anaicut	AIADMK	K. Pandurangan	M. Varalakshmi	PMK
122	Andhiyur	DMK	S. Gurusamy	M. Subramaniam	AIADMK
163	Andimadam	DMK	S. S. Sivasankar	K. Panneerselvam	AIADMK
135	Andipatti	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	Seeman	DMK
8	Anna Nagar	DMK	Arcot N. Veeraswami	Vijaya Thayanban	MDMK
32	Arkonam (SC)	DMK	M. Jagan Moorthy	S. Ravi	AIADMK
193	Arantangi	DMK	Udayam Shanmugam	Y. Karthikeyan	AIADMK
151	Aravakurichi	DMK	M. A. Khaleelur Rahman	P. Monjanur Ramasamy	MDMK
35	Arcot	PMK	K. L. Elavazhagan	V. R. Chandran	AIADMK
162	Ariyalur	INC	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207201816/http://www.eci.gov.in/	date=2008-12-07 }}, accessed 11 May 2006.	M. Ravichandran	AIADMK
49	Arni	DMK	R. Sivanandam	A. Santhanam	AIADMK
204	Aruppukottai	DMK	Thangam Thenarasu	K. Murugan	AIADMK
149	Athoor	DMK	I. Periasamy	C. Sreenivasan	AIADMK
92	Attur	INC	M. R. Sundaram	A. K. Murugesan	AIADMK
102	Avanashi (SC)	AIADMK	R. Prema	M. Arumugam	CPI
78	Bargur	AIADMK	Dr. Thambidurai M	V. Vetriselvan	DMK
121	Bhavani	PMK	K. V. Ramanathan	K. C. Karuppannan	AIADMK
124	Bhavanisagar	DMK	O. Subramaniam	Sindu Ravichandran	AIADMK
66	Bhuvanagiri	AIADMK	Selvi Ramajayam	K. Devadass	PMK
133	Bodinayakkanur	DMK	S. Lakshmanan	R. Parthipan	AIADMK
22	Chengalpattu	PMK	K. Arumugam	S. Arumugam	AIADMK
42	Chengam (SC)	INC	M. Polur Varadhan	P. Sakthivel	VCK
11	Chepauk	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	Dawood Miakhan	IND
220	Cheranmahadevi	INC	P. Veldurai	P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian	AIADMK
50	Cheyyar	INC	M. K. Vishnuprasad	R. Pavai	AIADMK
68	Chidambaram	AIADMK	A. Arunmozhidevan	K. Balakrishnan	CPI(M)
72	Chinnasalem	DMK	T. Udhayasooriyan	P. Mohan	AIADMK
106	Coimbatore East	DMK	M. Pongalur Palanisamy	V. Gopalakrishnan	AIADMK
105	Coimbatore West	AIADMK	T. Malaravan	A. S. Maheswari	INC
230	Colachel	INC	S. Jeyapaul	M. R. Gandhi	BJP
126	Coonoor (SC)	DMK	A. Soundarapandian	M. Selvaraj	AIADMK
63	Cuddalore	DMK	G. Iyyappan	G. Kumar	AIADMK
134	Cumbum	MDMK	N. Eramakrishnan	P. Selvendran	DMK
112	Dharapuram (SC)	DMK	P. Prabavathi	M. Ranganayahi	AIADMK
82	Dharmapuri	PMK	L. Velusamy	V. S. Sampath	MDMK
148	Dindigul	CPI(M)	K. Balabarathi	N. Selvaragavan	MDMK
3	Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar	AIADMK	P. K. Sekar Babu	R. Manohar	INC
100	Edapadi	PMK	V. Kaveri	K. Palaniswami	AIADMK
7	Egmore (SC)	DMK	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi	C. E. Sathya	MDMK
120	Erode	DMK	N. K. K. P. Raaja	E. R. Sivakumar	AIADMK
54	Gingee	DMK	V. Kannan	R. Masilamani	MDMK
123	Gobichettipalayam	AIADMK	K. A. Sengottaiyan	G. V. Manimaran	DMK
128	Gudalur	DMK	K. Ramachandhiran	A. Millar	AIADMK
37	Gudiyatham	CPI(M)	G. Latha	J. K. N. Palani	AIADMK
15	Gummidipundi	AIADMK	K. S. Vijayakumar	Durai. Jeyavelu	PMK
2	Harbour	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	H. Seema Basheer	MDMK
79	Harur (SC)	CPI(M)	P. Dillibabu	K. Govindasamy	VCK
74	Hosur	INC	K. Gopinath	V. Sampangiramaiah	AIADMK
197	Ilayangudi	DMK	R. S. Raja Kannappan	K. Ayyachamy	AIADMK
164	Jayankondam	AIADMK	K. Rajendran	J. Gurunathan	PMK
202	Kadaladi	DMK	Suba. Thangavelan	V. Sathiamoorthy	AIADMK
215	Kadayanallur	INC	S. Peter Alphonse	U. H. Kamaludeen	AIADMK
45	Kalasapakkam	AIADMK	Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy	R. Kalodass	PMK
26	Kancheepuram	PMK	P. Kamalambal	T. Mythili	AIADMK
57	Kandamangalam (SC)	DMK	S. Pushparaj	V. Subramaniyan	AIADMK
117	Kangayam	INC	S. Sekar	N. M. S. Palaniswami	AIADMK
228	Kanniyakumari	DMK	N. Suresh Rajan	N. Thalavai Sundaram	AIADMK
97	Kapilamalai	PMK	K. Nedunchezian	T. N. Guruswamy	MDMK
195	Karaikudi	INC	N. Sundaram	O. L. Venkatachalam	AIADMK
152	Karur	AIADMK	V. Senthil Balaji	Vasuki Murugesan	DMK
36	Katpadi	DMK	Durai Murugan	B. Narayanan	AIADMK
67	Kattumannarkoil (SC)	DPI	D. Ravikumar	P. Vellalperuman	INC
76	Kaveripattinam	PMK	T. A. Meganathan	K. P. Munusamy	AIADMK
234	Killiyoor	INC	S. John Jacob	T. Chandra Kumar	BJP
108	Kinathukkadavu	AIADMK	S. Damodaran	K. V. Kandasamy	DMK
190	Kolathur (SC)	AIADMK	N. Subramanian	C. Paranjothi	DMK
212	Kovilpatti	AIADMK	L. Radhakrishnan	S. Rajendran	CPI
77	Krishnagiri	DMK	T. Senguttuvan	V. Govindaraj	AIADMK
153	Krishnarayapuram (SC)	DMK	P. Kamaraj	R. Sasikala	AIADMK
155	Kulithalai	DMK	R. Manickam	A. Pappasundaram	AIADMK
187	Kumbakonam	DMK	Ko. Si. Mani	Rama. Ramanathan	AIADMK
65	Kurinjipadi	DMK	M. R. K. Panneer Selvam	N. Ramalingam	MDMK
172	Kuttalam	DMK	Kuttalam K. Anbazhagan	S. Rajendran	AIADMK
159	Lalgudi	DMK	A. Soundarapandian	T. Rajaram	AIADMK
143	Madurai Central	DMK	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan	S. T. K. Jakkaiyan	AIADMK
144	Madurai East	CPI(M)	Nanmaran N	M. Boominathan	MDMK
142	Madurai West	INC	K. S. K. Rajendran	Sellur K. Raju	AIADMK
23	Maduranthakam	INC	K. Ghayathri Devi	K. Appadurai	AIADMK
199	Manamadurai (SC)	AIADMK	M. Gunasekaran	K. Paramalai	INC
70	Mangalore (SC)	DPI	K. Selvam	V. Ganesan	DMK
178	Mannargudi	CPI	V. Sivapunniyam	R. Kamaraj	AIADMK
154	Marungapuri	AIADMK	C. Chinnasamy	A. Rokkiah	DMK
84	Mettur	PMK	G. K. Mani	K. Kandasamy	AIADMK
171	Mayuram	INC	S. Rajakumar	M. Mahalingam	MDMK
53	Melmalayanur	PMK	P. Senthamizhselvan	R. Tamilmozhi Rajadathan	AIADMK
146	Melur	AIADMK	R. Samy	K. V. V. Ravichandran	INC
101	Mettupalayam	AIADMK	O. K. Chinnaraj	B. Arunkumar	DMK
118	Modakurichi	INC	R. M. Palanisami	V. P. Namachivaya,	AIADMK
80	Morappur	DMK	V. Mullaivendhan	K. Singaram	AIADMK
203	Mudukulathur	DMK	K. Murugavel	S. P. Kalimuthu	AIADMK
59	Mugaiyur	PMK	V. A. T. Kaliyavarathan	Sinthanai Selvan	VCK
158	Musiri	DMK	N. Selvaraj	T. P. Poonachi	AIADMK
13	Mylapore	AIADMK	S. Ve. Shekher	D. Napoleon	DMK
175	Nagapattinam	CPI(M)	V. Marimuthu	K. A. Jayapal	AIADMK
229	Nagercoil	DMK	suyambu	prakesh.k	IVP
96	Namakkal (SC)	INC	K. Jeyakumar	R. Saradha	AIADMK
222	Nanguneri	INC	H. Vasanthakumar	S. P. Sooriyakumar	AIADMK
173	Nannilam (SC)	CPI	P. Padmavathy	K. Arivanandam	AIADMK
147	Natham	AIADMK	R. Viswanathan	M. A. Andiambalam	DMK
40	Natrampalli	DMK	N. K. R. Sooriyakumar	K. G. Subramani	AIADMK
62	Nellikuppam	DMK	Saba. Rajendran	R. T. Sabapathi Mohan	MDMK
139	Nilakottai (SC)	AIADMK	S. Thenmozhi	K. Senthilvel	INC
130	Oddanchatram	DMK	A. R. A. Chakkarapani	K. P. Nallasamy	AIADMK
86	Omalur	PMK	A. Tamizharasu	C. Krishnan	AIADMK
181	Orathanad	AIADMK	R. Vaithilingam	P. Rajamanickam	DMK
211	Pottapidaram	AIADMK	P. Mohan	K. Krishnasamy	BSP
231	Padmanabhapuram	DMK	T. Theodare Reginald	K. P. Rajendra Prasad	AIADMK
81	Palacode	AIADMK	K. P. Anbalagan	K. Mannan	PMK
129	Palani (SC)	DMK	M. Anbalakan	S. Prema	AIADMK
219	Palayamcottai	DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	K. M. Nijamudeen	AIADMK
115	Palladam	AIADMK	S. M. Velusamy	S. S. Ponmudi	DMK
31	Pallipet	INC	E. S. S. Raman	P. M. Narasimhan	AIADMK
91	Panamarathupatty	DMK	R. Rajendran	R. Elangovan	AIADMK
64	Panruti	PMK	T. Velmurugan	R. Rajendiran	AIADMK
185	Papanasam	AIADMK	R. Doraikannu	M. Ramkumar	INC
200	Paramakudi (SC)	INC	R. Ramprabhu	S. Sundararaj	AIADMK
4	Park Town	AIADMK	K. Srinivasan	A. Rahman Khan	AIADMK
179	Pattukkottai	INC	N. R. Rengarajan	S. Viswanathan	MDMK
83	Pennagaram	DMK	P. N. Periannan	S. R. Vetrivel	AIADMK
160	Perambalur (SC)	DMK	M. Rajkumar	M. Sundaram	AIADMK
5	Perambur (SC)	CPI(M)	K. Mahendran	P. Manimaran	MDMK
180	Peravurani	AIADMK	M. V. R. Veerakapilan	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam	INC
131	Periyakulam	AIADMK	O. Panneerselvam	L. Mookiah	DMK
52	Peranamallur	PMK	G. Edirolimanian	A. K. S. Anbalagan	AIADMK
38	Pernambut (SC)	DMK	A. Chinnasamy	S. Chandra Sethu	AIADMK
119	Perundurai	AIADMK	C. Ponnudurai	N. Periyasamy	CPI
107	Perur	AIADMK	S. P. Velumani	N. Rukumani	DMK
109	Pollachi	AIADMK	V. Jayaraman	D. Shanthi Devi	DMK
46	Polur	INC	P. S. Vijayakumar	T. Vediyappan	AIADMK
114	Pongalur	DMK	S. Mani	P. V. Damodaran	AIADMK
16	Ponneri (SC)	AIADMK	P. Balaramanan	V. Anbuvanan	DMK
170	Poompuhar	PMK	K. Periyasamy	S. Pounraj	AIADMK
28	Poonamallee	INC	D. Sudarsanam	R. Senguttuvan	MDMK
191	Pudukkottai	AIADMK	R. Nedunchezhian	M. Jaafar Ali	DMK
6	Purasawalkam	DMK	V. S. Babu	Venkatesh Babu	AIADMK
223	Radhapuram	DMK	M. Appavu	L. Gnanapunitha	AIADMK
209	Rajapalayam (SC)	AIADMK	M. Chandra	V. P. Rajan	DMK
201	Ramanathapuram	INC	K. Hussan Ali	M. Palanichamy	MDMK
34	Ranipet	DMK	R. Gandhi	R. Thamizharasan	AIADMK
94	Rasipuram	DMK	K. P. Ramaswamy	P. R. Sundaram	AIADMK
1	Royapuram	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	S. P. Sarkuna Pandian	DMK
71	Rishivandiam	INC	S. Sivaraj	L. Athinarayanan	AIADMK
14	Saidapet	AIADMK	G. Senthamizhan	C. R. Baskaran	PMK
88	Salem - I	AIADMK	L. Ravichandran	M. R. Suresh	INC
89	Salem - II	DMK	S. Arumugam	R. Sureshkumar	AIADMK
145	Samayanallur (SC)	DMK	R. Tamilarasi	P. Lakshmi	AIADMK
213	Sankaranayanarkoil (SC)	AIADMK	C. Karuppasamy	S. Thangavelu	DMK
73	Sankarapuram	DMK	A. Anagaiyarkanni	P. Sanniyasi	AIADMK
99	Sankari (SC)	DMK	V. P. Duraisamy	S. Shanthamani	AIADMK
125	Sathyamangalam	DMK	L. P. Dharmalingam	T. K. Subramaniam	AIADMK
224	Sathankulam	INC	Rani Venkatesan	Nazareth P. Durai	MDMK
205	Sattur	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	G. Chockeswaran	AIADMK
136	Sedapatti	AIADMK	C. Durairaj	G. Thalapathi	DMK
95	Sendamangalam (ST)	DMK	K. Ponnusamy	P. Chandran	AIADMK
140	Sholavandan	DMK	P. Moorthy	L. Santhanam	AIADMK
33	Sholinghur	INC	D. Arul Anbarasu	C. Gopal	AIADMK
104	Singanallur	AIADMK	R. Chinnaswamy	A. Soundararajan	CPI (M)
169	Sirkali (SC)	DMK	M. Panneerselvam	P. Durairajan	VCK
198	Sivaganga	CPI	S. Gunasekaran	S. Sevanthiappan	MDMK
207	Sivakasi	MDMK	R. Gnanadoss	V. Thangaraj	DMK
27	Sriperumbudur (SC)	INC	D. Yasodha	K. Balakrishnan	VCK
165	Srirangam	AIADMK	M. Paranjothi	G. Jerome Arokiaraj	INC
226	Srivaikuntam	INC	D. Selvaraj	S. P. Shanmuganathan	AIADMK
208	Srivilliputhur	CPI	T. Ramasamy	R. Vinayagamoorthy	AIADMK
93	Talavasal (SC)	DMK	K. Chinnadurai	P. Elangovan	AIADMK
20	Tambaram	DMK	S. R. Raja	K. Somu	MDMK
85	Taramangalam	PMK	P. Kannan	P. Govindan	IND
216	Tenkasi	DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	Rama Udayasuriyan	MDMK
75	Thalli	Ind	T. Ramachandran	P. Nagaraja Reddy	CPI
43	Thandarambattu	DMK	E. V. Velu	S. Ramachandran	AIADMK
183	Thanjavur	DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	M. Rengasamy	AIADMK
9	Theagaraya Nagar	AIADMK	V. P. Kalairajan	J. Anbazhagan	DMK
132	Theni	AIADMK	D. Ganesan	N. R. T. Tajkumar	INC
137	Thirumangalam	MDMK	Veera.Ilavarasan	V. Velusamy	DMK
141	Tirupparankundram	AIADMK	A. K. Bose	S. Venkatesan	CPI (M)
168	Thiruverambur	DMK	K. N. Sekaran	Sridhar Vandayar	AIADMK
188	Thiruvidamarudur	AIADMK	R. K. Bharathimohan	G. Alayamani	PMK
182	Thiruvonam	DMK	T. Mahesh Krishnasamy	K. Thangamuthu	AIADMK
17	Thiruvottiyur	DMK	K. P. P. Samy	V. Moorthy	AIADMK
103	Thondamuthur	MDMK	M. Kannappan	S. R. Balasubramaniam	INC
156	Thottiam	INC	M. Rajasekharan	R. Natarajan	MDMK
10	Thousand Lights	DMK	M. K. Stalin	Adhi Rajaram	AIADMK
55	Tindivanam	AIADMK	C. V. Shanmugam	M. Karunanidhi	PMK
225	Tiruchendur	AIADMK	Anitha R Radhakrishnan	A. D. K. Jeyaseelan	DMK
98	Tiruchengode	AIADMK	P. Thangamani	S. Gandhiselvan	DMK
166	Tiruchirapalli - I	DMK	Anbil Periyasamy	A. malarmannan	MDMK
167	Tiruchirapalli - II	DMK	K. N. Nehru	N. Mariyampitchai	AIADMK
189	Thirumayam	INC	R. M. Subburam	M. Radhakrishnan	AIADMK
60	Thirunavalur	AIADMK	R. Kumaraguru	V. S. Veerapandian	DMK
218	Tirunelveli	DMK	N. Malai Raja	Nainar Nagenthiran	AIADMK
194	Tiruppattur	DMK	K. R. Perikaruppan	K. K. Umadhevan	AIADMK
41	Tiruppattur	PMK	T. K. Raja	K. C. Azhagiri	MDMK
21	Thiruporur (SC)	PMK	D. Moorthy	M. Dhanapan	AIADMK
116	Tiruppur	CPI(M)	C. Govindasamy	S. Duraisamy	MDMK
30	Tiruttani	AIADMK	G. Hari	G. Raviraj	PMK
177	Tiruthuraipundi (SC)	CPI	K. Ulaganathan	A. Umadevi	AIADMK
196	Tiruvadanai	INC	K. R. Ramasamy	C. Animuthu	AIADMK
184	Tiruvaiyaru	DMK	Durai. Chandrasekaran	Durai. Govindarajan	AIADMK
29	Tiruvallur	DMK	E. A. P. Sivaji	B. Ramana	AIADMK
44	Tiruvannamalai	DMK	K. Pitchandi	V. Pavan Kumar	AIADMK
174	Tiruvarur (SC)	DMK	U. Mathivanan	A. Thangamani	AIADMK
232	Thiruvattar	CPI(M)	R. Leema Rose	G. Sujith Kumar	BJP
12	Triplicane	AIADMK	Bader Sayeed	M. Naganathan	DMK
227	Tuticorin	DMK	P. Geetha Jeevan	S. Danielraj	AIADMK
127	Ootacamund	INC	B. Gopalan	K. N. Dorai	AIADMK
111	Udumalpet	AIADMK	C. Shanmugavelu	C. Veluchamy	DMK
61	Ulundurpet (SC)	DMK	K. Thirunavukarasu	E. Vijayaraghavan	VCK
157	Uppiliapuram (ST)	DMK	R. Rani	P. Muthusamy	AIADMK
138	Usilampatti	AIADMK	I. Mahendran	P. V. Kathiravan	DMK
25	Uthiramerur	DMK	K. Sundar	V. Somasundaram	AIADMK
186	Valangiman (SC)	AIADMK	Ilamathi Subramanian	S. Senthamil Chelvan	DMK
110	Valparai (SC)	INC	Kovai Thangam	S. Susi Kalayarasan	VCK
51	Vandavasi (SC)	DMK	Jeyaraman	M. Chakrapani	AIADMK
39	Vaniayambadi	DMK	H. Abdul Basith	K. Mohammad Ali	AIADMK
56	Vanur (SC)	AIADMK	N. Ganapathy	N. Soundararajan	PMK
161	Varahur (SC)	AIADMK	M. Chanthirakasi	K. Gopalakrishnan	PMK
214	Vasudevanallur (SC)	MDMK	T. Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar	R. Krishnan	CPI (M)
176	Vedaranyam	DMK	S. K. Vedarathinam	O. S. Maniyan	AIADMK
150	Vedasandur	INC	M. Dhandapani	S. Palanichamy	AIADMK
90	Veerapandi	DMK	A. Rajendran	V. S. Veerapandian	DMK
113	Vellakoil	DMK	M. P. Saminathan	A. Ganeshamurthi	MDMK
48	Vellore	INC	C. Gnanasekaran	N. Subramani	MDMK
210	Vilathikulam	AIADMK	P. Chinnappan	K. Rajaram	DMK
233	Vilavancode	CPI(M)	G. John Joseph	F. Frankiln	AIADMK
18	Villivakkam	DMK	B. Ranganathan	G. Kalan	AIADMK
58	Villupuram	DMK	K. Ponmudy	D. Duraisamy	DMK
206	Virudhunagar	MDMK	R. Varadharajan	S. Damodharan	INC
69	Vridhachalam	DMDK	Vijayakanth	R. Govindasamy	PMK
87	Yercaud (ST)	DMK	C. Tamilselvan	J. Alamelu	AIADMK

*	Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Aftermath

M. Karunanidhi sworned as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for 5th time. Even DMK had only 96 MLAs and formed government with the outside support of Congress, Left Parties, Pattali Makkal Katchi. Later Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi joined in DPA in September 2006 , ahead of Local Body election.

Bypolls (2006-2011)

Main article: 2006–11 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections

Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election	Elected MLA
11 October 2006	Madurai Central	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan		Syed Ghouse Basha
26 June 2007	Madurai West	S. V. Shanmugam		K. S. K. Rajendran
9 January 2009	Thirumangalam	Veera Elavarasu		Latha Athiyaman
18 August 2009	Bargur	M. Thambidurai		K. R. K. Narasimhan
Thondamuthur	M. Kannappan		M. N. Kandaswamy
Srivaikuntam	D. Selvaraj		M. B. Sudalaiyandi
Ilaiyangudi	Raja Kannappan		Suba. Mathiarasan
Cumbam	N. Eramakrishnan		N. Eramakrishnan
19 December 2009	Vandavasi	S. P. Jayaraman		Kamalakannan
Tiruchendur	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan		Anitha R. Radhakrishnan
27 March 2010	Pennagaram	P. N. Periannan		P. N. P. Inbasekaran

Footnotes

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