Tamil Nadu will vote for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in a single phase on April 19 and the counting will take place on June 4, the Election Commission has announced.
Phase | Constituency |
Phase 1 (April 19) | Tiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Viluppuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukkudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari |
In 2019, the elections in all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu took place in a single phase on April 18, 2019. The results were announced on May 23, 2019.
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In the previous general election, the DMK-Congress alliance registered a landslide victory in the southern state, winning 38 out of the 39 seats. The MK Stalin-led party won 24 seats while Congress clinched 8. The victory was a huge improvement from the 2014 results, when the alliance failed to win even a single seat in Tamil Nadu.
Meanwhile, the alliance led by rival AIADMK, which also included BJP, managed to bag just a single seat.
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In 2024, DMK is again contesting in alliance with Congress and Kamal Haasan’s MNM.
Notably, Tamil Nadu is among the few states where BJP has found little success in the past.
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