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Monday, March 18, 2019,
Chennai
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) leader Thol Thirumavalavan will contest the Chidambaram Lok Sabha seat as part of the DMK-led front in Tamil Nadu. Thirumavalavan said he would seek a symbol for his contest, while his colleague D Ravikumar, former MLA, would test his fortunes in the Villupuram constituency, contesting on the DMK’s Rising Sun symbol.
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Friday, May 20, 2016,
Chennai
AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa was today unanimously elected as Leader of the AIADMK Legislature Party, to pave the way for her return to power as Chief Minister of the State following the victory in the May 16 Assembly elections.
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Friday, May 20, 2016,
Chennai
Elections to Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies, scheduled to be held on May 23, have been postponed, the Election Commission informed the Madras High Court on May 20.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
AIADMK supremo and chief minister J Jayalalithaa won the RK Nagar constituency in Chennai, defeating her nearest DMK rival Shimla Muthuchozhan by a margin of 39,545 votes.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa is expected to be sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 23.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
Here are details of results in 9 seats of which seven were won from AIADMK and 2 by DMK. Durai Murugan is among those elected.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa said she would re-dedicate herself to the cause of the Tamil Nadu people who had placed abiding faith in her.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
The AIADMK has secured a vote share of 41.7 per cent so far, about 10.8 % ahead of the DMK (30.9). If the votes of Congress (6.4 %, IUML 1.2, 0.7 % of MMK, and 0.5 % of PT, etc) are added, the DMK alliance has polled about 39.7 per cent votes, just 2 per cent below that of AIADMK.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
The ruling AIADMK is set to retain power in Tamil Nadu under the stewardship of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, with the party leading in 135 constituencies out of 232 seats for which elections were held on May 16.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016,
Chennai
The ruling AIADMK has established an early lead over the DMK and the other parties after three rounds of counting in the May 16 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, with the AIADMK ahead in 126 constituencies and the DMK in 82. The Third Front is leading in one constituency and the PMK in four seats.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016,
Chennai
Tamil Nadu recorded an overall voter turnout of 74.26 per cent in elections held for 232 Assembly constituencies on Monday with more women voting than men. In 2011 Assembly polls, the figures were 78.12 per cent and 73.85 per cent in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The 2016 figure is lower than the 2011 polling by 3.86 per cent.
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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, May 16, 2016,
Chennai
An estimated 73.76 per cent of the electorate in Tamil Nadu had cast their votes for the Assembly elections according to final figures given by the Election department on May 16 night.
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Monday, May 16, 2016,
Chennai
Voting for Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala began on May 16 amid tight security. In Tamil Nadu, the choice is among four chief ministerial candidates-- AIADMK's J Jayalalithaa, DMK president M Karunanidhi, Third Front leader Vijayakanth and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss, besides the BJP.
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Monday, May 16, 2016,
New Delhi
The Election Commission of India has put off polling in the Thanjavur Assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu to May 23. Polling was set to begin at 7 a.m. on May 16. The orders were issued late on May 15 following seizure of huge sums of cash and reports about large-scale distribution of money to voters.
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Saturday, May 14, 2016,
New Delhi
The Chief Election Commission has ordered postponement of election in Aravakurichi constituency to May 23, 2016. The EC has resorted to the postponement in view of seizures and several complaints against AIADMK and DMK parties of use of money power with a view to influence the electorate.
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Saturday, May 14, 2016,
Chennai
Campaigning ended today in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry for May 16 Assembly polls, ringing the curtain down on the gruelling two-month-long exercise.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016,
Chennai
Pudhiya Thalaimurai TV channel's opinion poll has given the ruling AIADMK a clear majority in the May 16 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, with 164 seats, while the DMK-led alliance comes second with 66 seats. The others will get only four seats, the survey carried out with APT says.
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Friday, May 6, 2016,
Chennai
AICC President Sonia Gandhi has criticised the AIADMK government and the party over the tardy flood relief work in November-December last
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Thursday, May 5, 2016,
Perundhurai
The AIADMK election manifesto has promised a job for every household, besides a free cellphone, set-top box for every household, besides 50 per cent for purchase of moped/scooter by women in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
