Source: Election Commission of IndiaCounting begins 8:00 AM IST, 4 May 2026Pre-counting Live results begin 4 May, 8:00 AM IST
Assembly Election 2026

Tamil Nadu

234 seats /majority mark 118

Official ECI Data

Live Results — Tamil Nadu

Seat Share — Exit Poll ConsensusProjected · 10 agencies

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: 121 seatsAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: 75 seatsTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam: 37 seatsOthers: 2 seats
121DMK
235 of 234 seats accounted for
121DMK
75AIADMK
37TVK
2OTH

Projection only — agency exit polls. Final results from ECI starting 8:00 AM IST, 4 May.

Projection — Not Official

Exit Polls — Tamil Nadu

Exit Polls — May 2026Projection — Not Official

Exit polls are survey-based projections and may differ from actual ECI results. The Election Commission of India is the only authoritative source — final numbers will appear here as counting progresses on 4 May.

Tamil Nadu

Consensus leader: DMK+ · ~121 seats
Across 10 agencies

AgencyDMK+ADMK+TVKOTH
Axis My India92–11022–3298–1200–0
Poll of Polls122–13480–8815–232–4
Matrize122–13287–10010–120–6
P-MARQ125–14565–8516–261–6
Peoples Pulse125–14565–8018–242–6
People's Insight120–14060–7030–400–4
JVC75–95128–1478–150–0
Kamakhya Analytics78–9568–8467–810–0
Praja Poll148–16861–810–01–9
Today's Chanakya114–13634–5652–740–2
Consensus (mid)12175372
ECI (live)
Difference
StatusToo earlyToo earlyToo earlyToo early
Historical Context — Not Live Data

Tamil Nadu — Past Elections

Historical ResultsTamil Nadu · 2021 · 2016 · 2011 · 2006

Tamil Nadu

2021

Won by DMK + INC

CM · M.K. Stalin (DMK)

  • DMK133(37.7%)
  • AIADMK66(33.3%)
  • INC18(4.3%)
  • BJP4(2.6%)
  • OTH13(22.1%)
234 seats · majority 118

Tamil Nadu

2016

Won by AIADMK

CM · J. Jayalalithaa (AIADMK)

  • AIADMK134(40.8%)
  • DMK89(31.9%)
  • INC8(6.4%)
  • IUML1(0.7%)
  • OTH2(20.2%)
234 seats · majority 118

Tamil Nadu

2011

Won by AIADMK + DMDK

CM · J. Jayalalithaa (AIADMK)

  • AIADMK150(38.4%)
  • DMK23(22.4%)
  • OTH53(23%)
  • INC5(9.3%)
  • BJP0(2.2%)
  • IND3(4.7%)
234 seats · majority 118

Tamil Nadu

2006

Won by DMK + INC

CM · M. Karunanidhi (DMK)

  • DMK96(26.5%)
  • AIADMK61(32.6%)
  • INC34(8.4%)
  • CPI(M)9(2%)
  • CPI9(2%)
  • OTH25(28.5%)
234 seats · majority 118