Voting for
Lok Sabha elections 2019 in
Tamil Nadu will take place in a single phase on April 18 as per the notification issued by the
Election Commission of India.
The counting of votes will take place on May 23. |
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Get all live updatesThe four-cornered contest for the 39 Lok Sabha seats features AIADMK-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), its chief rival DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), actor Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam and TTV Dhinakaran's Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (
AMMK).
Out of the 39 seats in the state, seven Lok Sabha seats are reserved for SC. The constituencies reserved for SC candidates are Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Nilgiris, Chidambaram, Nagapattinam and Tenkasi in Tamil Nadu. |
Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha elections: Get all live updatesIn the last Lok Sabha polls,
AIADMK had a vote share of 44.3 per cent by winning 37 seats.
BJP had a vote share of 5.5 per cent by winning just 1 seat, while NDA managed to win two seats with a vote share of 18.5 per cent
PMK won one seat and had a vote share of 4.4 per cent. BJP (NDA) had an alliance with PMK.
DMK was not able to win on any seat in the last Lok Sabha polls.
In Lok Sabha elections 2019, DMK is contesting on 20 seats, while the Congress is fighting elections on 9 seats in Tamil Nadu. In the AIADMK-BJP alliance, the national party will be contesting from five seats in the state while the PMK will be contesting from seven.