tamilnadu assembly elections main points voting, voter turn out, counting date, exit polls prediction date and other important details. Counting day is on the 4th of May2026

 

TAMILNADU ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2026 LATEST NEWS

tamilnadu assembly polls 2026 latest news, voter turn out, exit polls release date, counting day live updates

total number of assembly seats – 234

main contestants

DMK – MK Stalin

AIADMK – Edappadi K Palaniswami

A suspense competitor in the form of TVK’s – Vijay (may divide votes)

Aprrox there are 5.78 crore registered voters,

2.93 crore are women votes

2.83 crore are men

7,728 third-gender voters.

About 14 lakh first-time voters have also been enrolled.

voting turnout tn polls 2026 > 85.15 percent on an average

previous record turnout was in 2011 The state recorded its highest — 78.29 per cent

DMK is contesting 164 seats

allies like congress et.all are in 70 constituencies

AIADMK is contesting from 169 seats

allies are in 65 seats.

Vijay’s TVK is fighting from all constituencies

Vijay is fighting two seats, one from perambur and the other from tiruchi east

MK Stalin is contesting from Kolathur . opponents are TVK’s VS Babu and AIADMK’s P Santhana Krishnan.

Udhayanidhi Stalin, is contesting from the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni seat.

Edappadi K Palaniswami is contesting from the Edappadi assembly constituency in Salem district.

In the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, DMK won 133 seats, AIADMK to 66 seats. Congress-19 seats.

Due to Special Intensive Revision (SIR), more than 60 lakh voters (either double or fake) have been removed