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Tuesday, May 4, 2021,
Chennai
The DMK stormed back to power in Tamil Nadu after a gap of 10 years, with its president M K Stalin set to take over as chief minister on May 7 at a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan. The DMK-led front won 159 of the 234 seats up for grabsin the April 6 elections, counting for which was taken up on May 2 and 3, 2021. The AIADMK had to bow out of power, coming down from 134 in the previous House to just 66 now. Edappadi Palaniswami submitted his resignation as chief minister.
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Friday, May 24, 2019,
Chennai
DMK won the Periyakulam Assembly constituency byelection for which was held on April 18, 2019. Its candidate K S Saravanakumar was declared elected, defeating his nearest rival Mayilvel M by 20,320 votes.
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Friday, May 24, 2019,
Chennai
DMK has won the Perambur Assembly byelection in Tamil Nadu. Its candidate RD Shekar RD defeated his nearest AIADMK rival R S Rajesh by 68,023 votes.
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Friday, May 24, 2019,
Chennai
AIADMK candidate Sathan Prabhakar won the Paramakudi Assembly bypoll in Tamil Nadu, defeating his nearest DMK rival Sampathkumar S by 14,032 votes.
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Friday, May 24, 2019,
Chennai
AIADMK has won the Pappireddipatti Assembly byelection in Tamil Nadu. Its candidate A Govindasamy defeated his nearest DMK rival A Mani by 17,809 votes.
Govindasamy secured 100,974 votes as against 83,165 by A Mani.
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Friday, May 24, 2019,
Chennai
The DMK has won the Poonamallee Assembly byelection held in Tamil Nadu. DMK candidate A Krishnaswamy has been elected, defeating his nearest AIADMK rival G Vaithiyanathan by a margin of 60,096 votes.
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Friday, May 24, 2019,
Chennai
DMK candidate L. Idhayavarman won the Thiruporur Assembly byelection in Tamil Nadu. He defeated his nearest AIADMK rival Arumugam S by 21,013 votes.
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Friday, May 24, 2019,
Chennai
Neelamegam TKG (DMK) won the Thanjavur Assembly byelection in Tamil Nadu. He defeated his nearest rival of AIADMK, R Gandhi, by 33,980 votes. Neelamegam secured 88,972 votes (46.93 per cent), as against 54,992 votes of Gandhi (29 per cent).
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Thursday, May 23, 2019,
Chennai
G Sampathu (AIADMK) won the Sholinghur Assembly byelection in Tamil Nadu. He defeated his nearest DMK rival, Asokan. A by a margin of 16,056 votes.
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Thursday, May 23, 2019,
Chennai
Kathavarayan S (DMK) has won the Gudiyatham Assembly byelection in Tamil Nadu. He defeated nearest rival of AIADMK, Moorthy R, by 27,841 votes.
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Thursday, May 23, 2019,
Chennai
AC Vilwanathan (DMK) wins Ambur Assembly byelection in Tamil Nadu. He defeated his nearest rival J. Jothilinga Ramalinga Raja (AIADMK) by 37,767 votes.
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Sunday, March 17, 2019,
Chennai
The ruling AIADMK on March 17 released the list of constituencies to be contested by the party along with its allies for the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat for the Union Territory of Puducherry.
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Monday, May 16, 2016,
Chennai
Thanthi TV, which carried out an elaborate survey throughout Tamil Nadu, has in its Opinion Poll aired on May 16 night, said the election is Too Close to Call. It has given 102 sure seats to the ruling AIADMK, 79 to the DMK-led alliance, a solitary seat to the PMK and said that 52 seats were going Neck to neck (NTN).
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Monday, April 25, 2016,
Chennai
PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss filed his nomination from Pennagaram constituency in Dharmapuri district on April 25. The PMK is contesting on its own strength in the May 16 Assembly elections.
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Monday, April 25, 2016,
Chennai
Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, DMK president M Karunanidhi and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss were among those who filed their nominations for the May 16 elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
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Monday, April 11, 2016,
Chennai
The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), contesting all 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu in the May 16 elections, on Monday released its first list of candidates for 45 seats.
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Monday, April 7, 2014,
Chidambaram
The NDA suffered a jolt in Tamil Nadu as the nominations of two NDA candidates -- a BJP nominee in Nilgiris constituency, and PMK candidate I Manirathnam in Chidambaram constituency -- for the April 24 Lok Sabha elections, were rejected on scrutiny on April 7.
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Thursday, March 20, 2014,
Chennai
The BJP announced on March 20 that it will ally with five parties -- Desiya Murpokku Dravida Katchi (DMDK), Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Katchi(MDMK), Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Indhiya Jananayaka Katchi (IJK) and Kongu Nadu Makkal Desiya Katchi (KNMDK) -- in Tamil Nadu for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014,
Chennai
The BJP heaved a sigh of relief as it could finally reach a deal with actor-politician Vijayakanth's DMDK for the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu. After more than three weeks of acrimony, the two sides agreed on March 15 on the number of seats -- 14 for the DMDK.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014,
Chennai
The PMK has unilaterally announced the candidature of former Union Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss from the Dharmapuri constituency in the Lok Sabha elections though seat-sharing talks with the BJP have not been concluded.
