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Assembly Election 2026

Tamil Nadu

234 seats /majority mark 118

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Official Results

Tamil Nadu — live count

What the exit polls predictAverage across 10 pollsters

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: 121 seatsAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: 75 seatsTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam: 37 seatsOthers: 2 seats
121DMK
235 of 234 seats accounted for
121DMK
75AIADMK
37TVK
2OTH

These are predictions from polling agencies. The actual result begins coming in from 8 am on 4 May.

Predictions

What pollsters predicted for Tamil Nadu

Exit Polls — May 2026Projection — Not Official

Exit polls are predictions, not results. The numbers below come from polling agencies and may differ widely from the actual count. The official tally is published by the Election Commission of India once counting begins on 4 May.

Tamil Nadu

Most agencies put DMK+ ahead, around 121 seats.
Numbers averaged across 10 pollsters.

AgencyDMK+ADMK+TVKOTH
Axis My India92–11022–3298–1200–0
Poll of Polls122–13480–8815–232–4
Matrize122–13287–10010–120–6
P-MARQ125–14565–8516–261–6
Peoples Pulse125–14565–8018–242–6
People's Insight120–14060–7030–400–4
JVC75–95128–1478–150–0
Kamakhya Analytics78–9568–8467–810–0
Praja Poll148–16861–810–01–9
Today's Chanakya114–13634–5652–740–2
Average12175372
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Past Elections

How Tamil Nadu has voted before

Historical ResultsTamil Nadu · 2021 · 2016 · 2011 · 2006

Tamil Nadu

2021

Won by DMK + INC

CM · M.K. Stalin (DMK)

  • DMK133(37.7%)
  • AIADMK66(33.3%)
  • INC18(4.3%)
  • BJP4(2.6%)
  • OTH13(22.1%)
234 seats · majority 118

Tamil Nadu

2016

Won by AIADMK

CM · J. Jayalalithaa (AIADMK)

  • AIADMK134(40.8%)
  • DMK89(31.9%)
  • INC8(6.4%)
  • IUML1(0.7%)
  • OTH2(20.2%)
234 seats · majority 118

Tamil Nadu

2011

Won by AIADMK + DMDK

CM · J. Jayalalithaa (AIADMK)

  • AIADMK150(38.4%)
  • DMK23(22.4%)
  • OTH53(23%)
  • INC5(9.3%)
  • BJP0(2.2%)
  • IND3(4.7%)
234 seats · majority 118

Tamil Nadu

2006

Won by DMK + INC

CM · M. Karunanidhi (DMK)

  • DMK96(26.5%)
  • AIADMK61(32.6%)
  • INC34(8.4%)
  • CPI(M)9(2%)
  • CPI9(2%)
  • OTH25(28.5%)
234 seats · majority 118
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