Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016

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Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016
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All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
118 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Jayalalithaa1.jpg M. Karunanidhi.jpg
Leader Jayalalithaa Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance AIDMK Alliance DMK Alliance
Leader since February 1989[1] 10 February 1969[2]
Leader's seat Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar Tiruvarur
Last election 150 seats 23 seats
Seats won 134 98
Seat change Decrease16 Increase66
Popular vote 17,617,060 13,670,511
Percentage 41 39
Swing Increase2.4 Increase9.2
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016.png
Chief Minister before election

J Jayalalithaa
AIADMK

 Elected Chief Minister

J Jayalalithaa
AIADMK

A Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (Except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. AIADMK under Jayalalithaa won the elections and became the first ruling party to be re-elected in Tamil Nadu since 1984 through with a reduced majority.[3] DMK won half of the seats it contested but it allies performed poorly notably the Indian National Congress won 16% of the seats they contested and the alliance lost due to there poor performance.[4][5][6][7] The votes were counted on 19 May 2016.[8][9] In the previous election in 2011, the AIADMK, under the leadership of Jayalalithaa, won a simple majority and formed the government and the DMDK chief Vijayakanth served as the Leader of Opposition till January 2016.[10]

Background

The tenure of fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu ends on 22 May 2016.[11] There are over 5.79 crore voters in the electoral rolls and 65,616 polling stations in Tamil Nadu.[12]

A special purification drive of electoral rolls between 15 and 29 February 2016 in all poll-bound States including Tamil Nadu was held, in which door-to-door verification was undertaken involving booth-level agents. On 12 February 2016, Election Commission of India announced that 17 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu will have Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines attached along with EVMs.[13] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be in place in 4,000 booths.[14]

Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu having VVPAT facility with EVMs[15][16]
Anna Nagar Vellore Krishnagiri
Salem North Erode West Tirupur (North)
Coimbatore North Dindigul Tiruchirappalli West
Cuddalore Thanjavur Kancheepuram
Villupuram Madurai East Thoothukudi
Tirunulveli Kanyakumari
Tamil Nadu

Demographics

At the 2011 India census, Tamil Nadu had a population of 7,21,47,030. A total of 1,44,38,445 people constituting 20.01% of the total population belonged to Scheduled Castes (SC) and 7,94,697 people constituting 1.10% of the population belonged to Scheduled tribes (ST).[17][18][19] Other Backward Classes (OBCs) form 68% of the population.[20] As per the religious census of 2011, Tamil Nadu had 87.6% Hindus, 5.9% Muslims, 6.1% Christians, 0.1% Jains and 0.3% following other religions or no religion.[21]

Schedule

Tamil Nadu Assembly elections was held on 16 May 2016.[22] Counting of votes took place on 19 May.[23] Voting for 232 Assembly Constituencies took place in one single phase i.e. on 16 May 2016 along with Kerala and Puducherry on the same day.[24] The polls has been postponed for 2 constituencies due to reports of bribing voters.[25] Jayalalithaa, Karunanidhi cast votes.[26]

Poll Event Dates

Date starts for Nominations 22 Apr 2016
Last Date for filing Nominations 29 Apr 2016
Date for scrutiny of nominations 30 Apr 2016
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 2 May 2016
Date of poll 16 May 2016
Date of counting 19 May 2016
Date before which the election shall be completed 21 May 2016

Campaign to vote

To ensure that the electorate exercise their right to vote, the Election Commission of India launched their own campaign in Tamil Nadu. The Chief Electoral Officer for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, Rajesh Lakhoni, utilised social media platforms by creating memes and tweets themed around films, which have a huge reach in Tamil Nadu. Additionally, the Election Commission also recruited media personalities Suriya, Ashwin and Karthik, whose campaigning videos were filmed and shared on social media.[27] The Election Commission also partnered with Twitter, for the first time in India, to boost its #TN100Percent hashtag campaign. Twitter users who have made use of the hashtag will be reminded to vote on the day of voting.[28] Twitter and Facebook collaborated with Election Commission of India in its awareness campaign on striving for 100 per cent voting in the polls.[29][30] The group Smile Settai conducted a phone missed-call campaign 'Vai Raja Mai'[31] to spread awareness among first generation voters.

Parties and Alliances

DMK Alliance

Four parties contested on the "rising sun" symbol.[32][33]

Sl.No: Name of the Party Party Flag Party Leader Seats
1 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam[34] Flag DMK.svg Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi 174
2 Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg Sonia Gandhi 41
3 Indian Union Muslim League Flag of the Indian Union Muslim League.svg K.M. Khader Mohideen 5
4 Manithaneya Makkal Katchi M. H. Jawahirullah 4
5 Puthiya Tamilakam Dr. Krishnaswamy 4
6 Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi N.R. Dhanapalan 1
7 Samuga Samathuva Padai V. Sivakami 1
8 Tamil Nadu Peasants and Workers Party Pon. Kumar 1

|9||Makkal desiya murpokku diravida kalakam|| ||Chandra kumar||3 |}

AIADMK Alliance

All the parties contested on the "two leaves" symbol.[35]

Sl.No: Name of the Party Party Flag Party Leader Seats
1 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Flag of AIADMK.svg J.Jayalalithaa 227
2 Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi Thamimun Ansari 2[36]
3 Republican Party of India Flag of various Republican Parties of India.svg C. K. Thamizharasan 1
4 Samathuva Makkal Katchi Aismk Flag R. Sarathkumar 1
5 Tamilnadu Kongu Ilaingar Peravai U. Thaniyarasu 1
6 Mukkulathor Pulipadai Karunas 1
7 Tamil Maanila Muslim League Sheik Dawood 1

People's Welfare Front Alliance

Sl.No: Name of the Party Party Flag Party Leader Seats
1 Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam[37] 50px V.Shriram Ananth 104
2 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MDMK.svg V Gopalsamy 28
3 Communist Party of India
CPI-banner.svg
 Mutharasan 25
4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M-flag.svg G. Ramakrishnan 25
5 Tamil Maanila Congress G K Vasan 26
6 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Election symbol of VCK Thol. Thirumavalavan 25

National Democratic Alliance

Sl.No: Name of the Party Party Flag Party Leader
1 Bharatiya Janata Party Link to flag Tamilisai Soundararajan
2 Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi
IJK Flag
 T. R. Pachamuthu

Parties not in any coalition

Sl. No: Name of the Party Party Flag Party Leader
1 Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK.svg Dr. Ramdoss
2 Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi Flag of Kongunadu.svg E. R. Eswaran
3 Naam Tamilar Katchi Senthamizhan Seeman
4 Welfare Party of India S. N. Sikkandar
5 Social Democratic Party of India SDPI Flag.jpg Mr.Thehlan Baqavi
6 Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam Pachathanni Manickam I.P.S
7 Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi Panruti T. Velmurugan.
8 The Future India Party The Flag of The Future India Party.jpg Subi
9 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

Candidates

On 4 April, AIADMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu.[38] On 14 April, DMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu.[39]

Gopi Shankar Madurai, a 25 years old gender activist made a bid to contest as one of the youngest candidates in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election and also the first openly Intersex & Genderqueer person to do so. Gopi contested on the ticket of newly launched outfit Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) for Madurai North. He secured 14th place out of 21 candidates by securing 1% vote.[40][41][42][43]

Manifestos

DMK released its election manifesto on 10 April 2016.[44][45] Bharatiya Janata Party released its election manifesto on 21 April 2016.[46] On 23 March 2016, Naam Tamilar Katchi published its election manifesto 2016.[47][48] Tamil Nadu Congress Committee released its election manifesto on 27 April 2016.[49] Pattali Makkal Katchi released its draft election manifesto on 15 September 2015 and final election manifesto on 15 April 2016.[50] AIADMK released its election manifesto on 5 May 2016.[51] [52]

Voter Turnout

Voter turnout for the 232 constituencies on May 16 was 74.26%.[53] Parts of Tamil Nadu received heavy rain on the polling day, but it did not deter voters from turning out to cast their votes. While the highest voter turn out was in Dharmapuri constituency recording 85% while the lowest voter turnout was in the capital of Tamil Nadu, Chennai recording 55%.[54][55]

Exit polls

Agency ADMK DMK+ BJP PWF-DMDK/Others Ref.
India Today-Axis 89-101 124-140 0-3 NA/4-8 [56]
News Nation 95-99 114-118 0-1 12-16/5-9 [57]
C Voter 139 78 0 15/2 [58]
NewsX 90 140 0 NA/4 [59]
ABP Nielsen 95 132 1 NA/6 [59]
NDTV Poll of Polls 103 120 0 NA/11 [59]
Chanakya 90 140 0 NA/4 [59]
Spick News 142 87 0 2 [60]
Thanthi TV 111 99 1 3/2 [61]

Results

The ruling ADMK, beating most of the exit polls,[62][63] was able to retain power with a comfortable majority and became the first party to win consecutive elections since 1984, a feat achieved by MGR.[64][65]


e • d Summary of the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative election[66]
Party Abbr Alliance Votes % Seats Contested Seats Won +/-
  All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK 17,617,060 41.06% 234 134 Decrease16
  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK DMK 13,670,511 31.86% 180 89 Increase66
  Indian National Congress INC DMK 2,774,075 6.47% 41 8 Increase3
  Indian Union Muslim League IUML DMK 313,808 0.73% 5 1 Increase1
  Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK 2,300,775 5.36% 234 0 Decrease3
  Bharatiya Janata Party BJP NDA 1,228,692 2.86% 234 0 Steady
  Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam DMDK PWF 1,034,384 2.41% 104 0 Decrease29
  Independents IND 617,907 1.44% 234** 0 Steady
Naam Tamilar Katchi NTK 458,104 1.07% 234 0 Steady
  Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MDMK PWF 373,713 0.87% 28 0 Steady
  Communist Party of India CPI PWF 340,290 0.79% 25 0 Decrease9
  Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi VCK PWF 331,849 0.77% 25 0 Steady
  Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM PWF 307,303 0.72% 25 0 Decrease10
  Tamil Maanila Congress TMC(M) PWF 230,711 0.54% 26 0 Steady
Puthiya Tamilagam PT DMK 219,830 0.51% 4 0 Decrease2
  Manithaneya Makkal Katchi MAMAK DMK 197,150 0.46% 4 0 Decrease2
Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi KMDK 167,560 0.39% n/a 0 Steady
  Bahujan Samaj Party BSP 97,823 0.23% n/a 0 Steady
  Social Democratic Party of India SDPI 65,978 0.15% n/a 0 Steady
  None of the above NOTA 561,244 1.31% 234* – –
Total 42,908,767 100.00% 234 232 Decrease2


Top 10 Biggest victories

Constituency Winner Party Runner up Party Margin
Thiruvarur Karunanidhi M DMK Pannerselvam R AIADMK 68366
Oddanchatram Sakkarapani R DMK Kittusamy K AIADMK 65727
Thondamuthur Velumani S P AIADMK Kovai Syed @ Syed Mohammed M A MMK 64041
Tiruvannamalai Velu E V DMK Rajan K AIADMK 50348
Kumarapalayam Thangamani P AIADMK Yuvaraj P DMK 47329
Killiyoor Rajesh Kumar S INC Pon. Vijayaragavan BJP 46295
Edappadi Palaniswami K AIADMK Annadurai N PMK 42022
Tiruppattur Periakaruppan K R DMK Asokan K R AIADMK 42004
Tirukkoyilur Ponmudy K DMK Gothandaraman G AIADMK 41057
Padmanabhapuram Mano Thangaraj T DMK Rajendra Prasad K P AIADMK 40905

Top 10 Smallest victories

Constituency Winner Party Runner up Party Margin
Radhapuram Inbadurai I S AIADMK Appavu M DMK 49
Kattumannarkoil Murugumaran N AIADMK Thirumaavalavan Thol VCK 87
Tindivanam Seethapathy P DMK Rajendran S P AIADMK 101
Cheyyur Arasu R T DMK Munusamy AIADMK 304
Kovilpatti Kadambur Raju C AIADMK Subramanian A DMK 428
Karur Vijayabhaskar M R AIADMK Bank Subramanian K INC 441
Tenkasi Selvamohandas Pandian S AIADMK Palani Nadar S INC 462
Ottapidaram Sundararaj R AIADMK Dr.Krishnasamy K PT 493
Perambur Vetrivel P AIADMK Dhanapalan N R Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi 519
Thiruvidaimarudur Chezhiaan Govi DMK Settu U AIADMK 532

Controversies

On 3 May, News 7 and Dinamalar released an opinion poll giving an edge for DMK over ADMK. But some editions of Dinamalar carried a statement on the first page distancing itself from the surveys.[67] In an instance VVPAT was helpful in resolving an issue pertaining to a tally of votes in Kancheepuram (State Assembly Constituency) as the number of votes entered in the Form 17C of a polling booth and the total number of votes recorded in the EVM control unit of that booth did not tally.[68]

Cash for votes

Wide spread allegations of parties bribing voters with cash were raised and the Election commission responded by increasing the number of flying squads to conduct raids and prevent distribution of cash for votes.[69][70][71]

Postponement of polls

The Election Commission postponed the polls in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies due to reports of distribution of huge sum of money and alcohol to voters. First the polling was postponed to June 13. Governor of Tamilnadu recently wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissionar about the date of polling and requested the Election Commission to Conduct the poll within June 1. Election Commissionar after consulting with other Election officers informed that the Polling Date will be differed from june 13 and said that the Date of Polling Will be Announced Soon. [72]

See also

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