# 2014 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

The 2014 Indian general elections for Tamil Nadu's 39 seats in the 16th Lok Sabha were held on 24 April 2014. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by its general secretary J. Jayalalithaa won a spectacular victory, taking 37 of the 39 seats. The total electors in the state of Tamil Nadu for the election was 55,114,867 and 73.74% of voters exercised their right to do so. The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.

## Overview

As the term of the 15th Lok Sabha ended in May 2014, the Election Commission of India decided to conduct the election for the 16th Lok Sabha in 24 April 2014.
The election process is carried out by the state election commission headed by Praveen Kumar, and for the first time, Section 144 of the CrPC was used in the election for 36 hours before polling to prevent cash distribution to bribe voters. As of 23 April 2014, the commission had seized ₹39 crore in the state.

## Schedule

| Event | Date (Day) |
| Issue of Notification | 29 March 2014 (Saturday) |
| Last date for filing Nominations | 5 April 2014 (Saturday) |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | 7 April 2014 (Monday) |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | 9 April 2014 (Wednesday) |
| Date of Poll | 24 April 2014 (Thursday) |
| Counting of votes | 16 May 2014 (Friday) |
| Date before which the election process shall be completed | 28 May 2014 (Wednesday) |

## Parties and alliances
### All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)

In the beginning of the year, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's general secretary J. Jayalalithaa stated that she would campaign and win all 39 seats by allying with CPI and CPI(M). Members of the AIADMK party declared her the prime ministerial candidate, despite rumors that she might support Narendra Modi. On 24 February 2014, the date of her birthday, she announced candidates for all 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

### National Democratic Alliance (NDA)

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, with Narendra Modi as prime ministerial candidate, formed an alliance with Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK), Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi (KMDK) and Puthiya Needhi Katchi (PNK). The seats were allotted on 20 March 2014 in Chennai by the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Rajnath Singh.

### Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA)

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led Democratic Progressive Alliance, under the leadership of M. Karunanidhi withdrew its support from the Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government on 19 March 2013 over Sri Lanka issues. On 25 March 2014, DMK also expelled its south zone organizational secretary and the former minister of chemicals and fertilizers of the Republic of India M. K. Alagiri from the party for violating party discipline. DPA formed an alliance with Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK), the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), and Puthiya Tamilagam (PT).

### Indian National Congress (INC)

The Indian National Congress under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi stated that they would decide the prime ministerial candidate after the election. They lost their major ally, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam last year. So INC decided to contest alone in all 39 seats in the state. The minister of shipping of the Republic of India G. K. Vasan and the minister of finance of the Republic of India P. Chidambaram were opted out of the election.

### Left and Secular Alliance (LSA)

After six rounds of seat-sharing talks with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for the Lok Sabha seats, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India failed to bear fruit, and they opted to make an alliance of their own. On 14 March 2014 the two parties held a joint press conference in Chennai, declaring that CPI(M) would contest nine seats and CPI would contest eight seats.

## Seat sharing of parties

| Party/Alliance | Party/Alliance | Party/Alliance | Leader | Seats contested |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | J. Jayalalithaa | 39 |
| National Democratic Alliance | | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | Vijayakant | 14 |
| National Democratic Alliance | | Pattali Makkal Katchi | S. Ramadoss | 8 |
| National Democratic Alliance | | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Vaiko | 7 |
| National Democratic Alliance | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Pon. Radhakrishnan | 6 |
| National Democratic Alliance | | Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi | T. R. Paarivendhar | 1 |
| National Democratic Alliance | | Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi | E. R. Eswaran | 1 |
| National Democratic Alliance | | Puthiya Needhi Katchi | A. C. Shanmugam | 1 |
| Democratic Progressive Alliance | | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi | 34 |
| Democratic Progressive Alliance | | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | Thol. Thirumavalavan | 2 |
| Democratic Progressive Alliance | | Indian Union Muslim League | K. M. Kader Mohideen | 1 |
| Democratic Progressive Alliance | | Manithaneya Makkal Katchi | M. H. Jawahirullah | 1 |
| Democratic Progressive Alliance | | Puthiya Tamilagam | K. Krishnasamy | 1 |
| Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | B. S. Gnanadesikan | 39 |
| Left and Secular Alliance | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | G. Ramakrishnan | 9 |
| Left and Secular Alliance | | Communist Party of India | D. Pandian | 8 |

## Candidates

List of candidates from the prominent political parties :
| Constituency | Constituency | AIADMK | AIADMK | AIADMK | NDA | NDA | NDA | DPA | DPA | DPA | INC | INC | INC | LSA | LSA | LSA |
| No. | Name | Party | Party | Candidate | Party | Party | Candidate | Party | Party | Candidate | Party | Party | Candidate | Party | Party | Candidate |
| 1 | Tiruvallur | | AIADMK | P. Venugopal | | DMDK | V. Yuvaraj | | VCK | D. Ravikumar | | INC | M. Jayakumar | | CPI | A. S. Kannan |
| 2 | Chennai North | | AIADMK | T. G. Venkatesh Babu | | DMDK | M. Soundarapandian | | DMK | R. Girirajan | | INC | Biju Chacko | | CPI(M) | U. Vasuki |
| 3 | Chennai South | | AIADMK | J. Jayavardhan | | BJP | La. Ganesan | | DMK | T. K. S. Elangovan | | INC | S. V. Ramani | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 4 | Chennai Central | | AIADMK | S. R. Vijayakumar | | DMDK | J. Constandine Ravindran | | DMK | Dayanidhi Maran | | INC | C. D. Meyyappan | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 5 | Sriperumbudur | | AIADMK | K. N. Ramachandran | | MDMK | R. Masilamani | | DMK | S. Jagathrakshakan | | INC | Arul Anbarasu | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 6 | Kancheepuram | | AIADMK | K. Maragatham | | MDMK | C. E. Sathya | | DMK | G. Selvam | | INC | P. Viswanathan | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 7 | Arakkonam | | AIADMK | G. Hari | | PMK | R. Velu | | DMK | N. R. Elango | | INC | R. Rajesh | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 8 | Vellore | | AIADMK | B. Senguttuvan | | BJP | A. C. Shanmugam | | IUML | M. Abdul Rahman | | INC | J. Vijay Elanchezian | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 9 | Krishnagiri | | AIADMK | K. Ashok Kumar | | PMK | G. K. Mani | | DMK | P. Chinna Pillappa | | INC | A. Chellakumar | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 10 | Dharmapuri | | AIADMK | P. S. Mohan | | PMK | Anbumani Ramadoss | | DMK | R. Thamaraiselvan | | INC | Rama Suganthan | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 11 | Tiruvannamalai | | AIADMK | R. Vanaroja | | PMK | G. Ediroli Manian | | DMK | C. N. Annadurai | | INC | A. Subramaniyan | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 12 | Arani | | AIADMK | V. Elumalai | | PMK | A. K. Moorthy | | DMK | R. Sivanandam | | INC | M. K. Vishnu Prasad | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 13 | Viluppuram | | AIADMK | S. Rajendran | | DMDK | K. Umasankar | | DMK | K. Muthaiyan | | INC | K. Rani | | CPI(M) | G. Anandan |
| 14 | Kallakurichi | | AIADMK | K. Kamaraj | | DMDK | V. P. Eswaran | | DMK | R. Manimaran | | INC | R. Devadass | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 15 | Salem | | AIADMK | V. Pannerselvam | | DMDK | L. K. Sudhish | | DMK | S. Umarani | | INC | Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 16 | Namakkal | | AIADMK | P. R. Sundaram | | DMDK | S. K. Vel | | DMK | S. Gandhiselvan | | INC | G. R. Subramaniyan | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 17 | Erode | | AIADMK | S. Selvakumara Chinnayan | | MDMK | A. Ganeshamurthi | | DMK | H. Pavithravalli | | INC | P. Gopi | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 18 | Tiruppur | | AIADMK | V. Sathyabama | | DMDK | N. Dineshkumar | | DMK | M. Senthilnathan | | INC | E. V. K. S. Elangovan | | CPI | K. Subbarayan |
| 19 | Nilgiris | | AIADMK | C. Gopalakrishnan | | Did not contest | Did not contest | | DMK | A. Raja | | INC | P. Gandhi | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 20 | Coimbatore | | AIADMK | P. Nagarajan | | BJP | C. P. Radhakrishnan | | DMK | K. Ganeshkumar | | INC | R. Prabhu | | CPI(M) | P. R. Natarajan |
| 21 | Pollachi | | AIADMK | C. Mahendran | | BJP | E. R. Eswaran | | DMK | Pongalur N. Palanisamy | | INC | Selvaraj | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 22 | Dindigul | | AIADMK | M. Udhaya Kumar | | DMDK | A. Krishnamoorthy | | DMK | S. Gandhirajan | | INC | N. S. V. Chitthan | | CPI(M) | N. Pandi |
| 23 | Karur | | AIADMK | M. Thambidurai | | DMDK | N. S. Krishnan | | DMK | M. Chinnasamy | | INC | S. Jothimani | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 24 | Tiruchirappalli | | AIADMK | P. Kumar | | DMDK | A, M, G, Vijaykumar | | DMK | Mu. Anbhalagan | | INC | Sarubala R. Tondaiman | | CPI(M) | S. Sridhar |
| 25 | Perambalur | | AIADMK | R. P. Marutharajaa | | BJP | T. R. Paarivendhar | | DMK | S. Seemanur Prabu | | INC | M. Rajasekaran | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 26 | Cuddalore | | AIADMK | A. Arunmozhithevan | | DMDK | C. R. Jayasankar | | DMK | K. Nandagopalakrishnan | | INC | K. S. Alagiri | | CPI | K. Balasubramanian |
| 27 | Chidambaram | | AIADMK | M. Chandrakasi | | PMK | Sudhamanirathinem | | VCK | Thol. Thirumavalavan | | INC | P. Vallal Peruman | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 28 | Mayiladuthurai | | AIADMK | R. K. Bharathi Mohan | | PMK | K. Agoram | | MNMK | S. Hyder Ali | | INC | Mani Shankar Aiyar | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 29 | Nagapattinam | | AIADMK | K. Gopal | | PMK | Vadivel Ravanan | | DMK | A. K. S. Vijayan | | INC | Thalai T. A. P. Senthilpandian | | CPI | G. Palanisamy |
| 30 | Thanjavur | | AIADMK | K. Parasuraman | | BJP | M. Muruganantham | | DMK | T. R. Baalu | | INC | T. Krishnasamy Vandayar | | CPI(M) | S. Tamilselvi |
| 31 | Sivaganga | | AIADMK | P. R. Senthilnathan | | BJP | H. Raja | | DMK | Dhurai Raaj Subha | | INC | Karti P. Chidambaram | | CPI | S. Krishnan |
| 32 | Madurai | | AIADMK | R. Gopalakrishnan | | DMDK | D. Sivamuthu Kumar | | DMK | V. Velusamy | | INC | T. N. Bharath Nachiappan | | CPI(M) | B. Vikraman |
| 33 | Theni | | AIADMK | R. Parthipan | | MDMK | K. Alagusundaram | | DMK | Pon. Muthuramalingam | | INC | J. M. Aaroon Rashid | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 34 | Virudhunagar | | AIADMK | T. Radhakrishnan | | MDMK | Vaiko | | DMK | S. Rethinavelu | | INC | B. Manickam Tagore | | CPI(M) | K. Samuelraj |
| 35 | Ramanathapuram | | AIADMK | A. Anwhar Raajhaa | | BJP | D. Kuppu Ramu | | DMK | S. Mohamed Jaleel | | INC | Su. Thirunavukkarasar | | CPI | R. T. Uma Mageswari |
| 36 | Thoothukkudi | | AIADMK | J. Jayasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee | | MDMK | S. Joel | | DMK | P. Jegan | | INC | A. P. C. V. Shanmugam | | CPI | A. Mohanraj |
| 37 | Tenkasi | | AIADMK | M. Vasanthi | | MDMK | T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar | | PT | K. Krishnasamy | | INC | K. Jayakumar | | CPI | P. Lingam |
| 38 | Tirunelveli | | AIADMK | K. R. P. Prabakaran | | DMDK | S. Sivananenthaperumal | | DMK | Devadasa Sundaram | | INC | S. S. Ramasubbu | | Did not contest | Did not contest |
| 39 | Kanniyakumari | | AIADMK | D. John Thankam | | BJP | Pon. Radhakrishnan | | DMK | F. M. Rajarathnam | | INC | H. Vasanthakumar | | CPI(M) | A. V. Bellarmin |

## Opinion poll

| Polling agency | Date published | | | | | | Lead | Ref. |
| Polling agency | Date published | AIADMK | NDA | DPA | INC | Others | Lead | Ref. |
| Times Now-India TV-CVoter | August – October 2013 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | AIADMK | |
| India Today-CVoter | December 2013 – January 2014 | 29 | – | 5 | 0 | 5 | AIADMK | |
| Times Now-India TV-CVoter | January – February 2014 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | AIADMK | |
| NDTV-Hansa Research | March 2014 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | AIADMK | |
| CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS | March – April 2014 | 15–21 | 6 – 10 | 10 – 16 | 0 | 0 | AIADMK | |
| NDTV-Hansa Research | April 2014 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | AIADMK | |
| India Today-Cicero | 4 – 12 April 2014 | 20–24 | 4 – 6 | 9 – 13 | 0 | 0–2 | AIADMK | |

## Results
### By Party

| Party | Party | Party | Party | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
| | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 17,978,922 | 44.92 | 22.01 | 39 | 37 | 28 |
| | NDA | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2,223,566 | 5.56 | 3.21 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| | NDA | | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1,804,812 | 4.51 | 1.21 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| | NDA | | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 2,078,843 | 5.19 | 4.89 | 14 | 0 | |
| | NDA | | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,417,535 | 3.54 | 0.12 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| | NDA | Total | Total | 7,524,756 | 18.80 | 3.01 | 38 | 2 | 1 |
| | DPA | | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 9,570,666 | 23.91 | 1.21 | 34 | 0 | 18 |
| | DPA | | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 606,110 | 1.51 | 0.90 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| | DPA | | Puthiya Tamilagam | 262,812 | 0.66 | 0.26 | 1 | 0 | |
| | DPA | | Manithaneya Makkal Katchi | 236,679 | 0.59 | 0.37 | 1 | 0 | |
| | DPA | | Indian Union Muslim League | 205,896 | 0.51 | | 1 | 0 | |
| | DPA | Total | Total | 10,882,163 | 27.18 | 1.48 | 39 | 0 | 19 |
| | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | 1,750,990 | 4.37 | 10.66 | 39 | 0 | 8 |
| | LSA | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 220,632 | 0.55 | 1.65 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| | LSA | | Communist Party of India | 219,866 | 0.55 | 2.30 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| | LSA | Total | Total | 440,498 | 1.10 | 3.95 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| | Others | Others | Others | 866,317 | 2.20 | | 673 | 0 | |
| | NOTA | NOTA | NOTA | 581,782 | 1.43 | | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 40,025,367 | 100 | N/A | 845 | 39 | N/A |
| Vote statistics ||||||||||
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 40,025,367 | 72.62 | | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 651,915 | 1.12 | | | | |
| Votes cast/turnout | Votes cast/turnout | Votes cast/turnout | Votes cast/turnout | 40,644,282 | 73.74 | | | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 14,470,585 | 26.26 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 55,114,867 | 100 | | | | |

### By Member

| 37 | 1 | 1 |
| AIADMK | BJP | PMK |

### By Constituency

| Constituency | Constituency | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| No. | Name | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Margin |
| 1 | Tiruvallur | | AIADMK | P. Venugopal | 628,499 | 50.10 | | VCK | D. Ravikumar | 305,069 | 24.32 | Margin | 323,430 |
| 2 | Chennai North | | AIADMK | T. G. Venkatesh Babu | 406,704 | 44.67 | | DMK | R. Girirajan | 307,000 | 33.72 | 99,704 |
| 3 | Chennai South | | AIADMK | J. Jayavardhan | 434,540 | 40.03 | | DMK | T. K. S. Elangovan | 298,965 | 27.54 | 135,575 |
| 4 | Chennai Central | | AIADMK | S. R. Vijayakumar | 333,296 | 40.88 | | DMK | Dayanidhi Maran | 287,455 | 35.26 | 45,841 |
| 5 | Sriperumbudur | | AIADMK | K. N. Ramachandran | 545,820 | 42.42 | | DMK | S. Jagathrakshakan | 443,174 | 34.44 | 102,646 |
| 6 | Kancheepuram | | AIADMK | K. Maragatham | 499,395 | 44.20 | | DMK | G. Selvam | 352,529 | 31.20 | 146,866 |
| 7 | Arakkonam | | AIADMK | G. Hari | 493,534 | 45.29 | | DMK | N. R. Elango | 252,768 | 23.19 | 240,766 |
| 8 | Vellore | | AIADMK | B. Senguttuvan | 383,719 | 39.35 | | BJP | A. C. Shanmugam | 324,326 | 33.26 | 59,393 |
| 9 | Krishnagiri | | AIADMK | K. Ashok Kumar | 480,491 | 44.93 | | DMK | P. Chinna Pillappa | 273,900 | 25.61 | 206,591 |
| 10 | Dharmapuri | | PMK | Anbumani Ramadoss | 468,194 | 42.46 | | AIADMK | P. S. Mohan | 391,048 | 35.46 | 77,146 |
| 11 | Tiruvannamalai | | AIADMK | R. Vanaroja | 500,751 | 46.86 | | DMK | C. N. Annadurai | 332,145 | 31.08 | 168,606 |
| 12 | Arani | | AIADMK | V. Elumalai | 502,721 | 45.85 | | DMK | R. Sivanandam | 258,877 | 23.61 | 243,844 |
| 13 | Viluppuram | | AIADMK | S. Rajendran | 482,704 | 45.19 | | DMK | K. Muthaiyan | 289,337 | 27.09 | 193,367 |
| 14 | Kallakurichi | | AIADMK | K. Kamaraj | 533,383 | 48.16 | | DMK | R. Manimaran | 309,876 | 27.98 | 223,507 |
| 15 | Salem | | AIADMK | V. Pannerselvam | 556,546 | 48.36 | | DMK | S. Umarani | 288,936 | 25.11 | 267,610 |
| 16 | Namakkal | | AIADMK | P. R. Sundaram | 563,272 | 53.14 | | DMK | S. Gandhiselvan | 268,898 | 25.37 | 294,374 |
| 17 | Erode | | AIADMK | S. Selvakumara Chinnayan | 466,995 | 46.26 | | MDMK | A. Ganeshamurthi | 255,432 | 25.30 | 211,563 |
| 18 | Tiruppur | | AIADMK | V. Sathyabama | 442,778 | 42.14 | | DMDK | N. Dineshkumar | 263,463 | 25.07 | 179,315 |
| 19 | Nilgiris | | AIADMK | C. Gopalakrishnan | 463,700 | 49.67 | | DMK | A. Raja | 358760 | 38.43 | 104,940 |
| 20 | Coimbatore | | AIADMK | P. Nagarajan | 431,717 | 36.69 | | BJP | C. P. Radhakrishnan | 389,701 | 33.12 | 42,016 |
| 21 | Pollachi | | AIADMK | C. Mahendran | 417,092 | 41.18 | | BJP | E. R. Eswaran | 276,118 | 27.26 | 140,974 |
| 22 | Dindigul | | AIADMK | M. Udhaya Kumar | 510,462 | 47.10 | | DMK | S. Gandhirajan | 382,617 | 35.31 | 127,845 |
| 23 | Karur | | AIADMK | M. Thambidurai | 540,722 | 51.64 | | DMK | M. Chinnasamy | 345,475 | 32.99 | 195,247 |
| 24 | Tiruchirappalli | | AIADMK | P. Kumar | 458,478 | 46.37 | | DMK | Mu. Anbhalagan | 308,002 | 31.15 | 150,476 |
| 25 | Perambalur | | AIADMK | R. P. Marutharajaa | 462,693 | 44.85 | | DMK | S. Seemanur Prabu | 249,645 | 24.20 | 213,048 |
| 26 | Cuddalore | | AIADMK | A. Arunmozhithevan | 481,429 | 48.87 | | DMK | K. Nandagopalakrishnan | 278,304 | 28.25 | 203,125 |
| 27 | Chidambaram | | AIADMK | M. Chandrakasi | 429,536 | 39.45 | | VCK | Thol. Thirumavalavan | 301,041 | 27.65 | 128,495 |
| 28 | Mayiladuthurai | | AIADMK | R. K. Bharathi Mohan | 513,729 | 50.04 | | MNMK | S. Hyder Ali | 236,679 | 23.06 | 277,050 |
| 29 | Nagapattinam | | AIADMK | K. Gopal | 434,174 | 46.06 | | DMK | A. K. S. Vijayan | 328,095 | 34.81 | 106,079 |
| 30 | Thanjavur | | AIADMK | K. Parasuraman | 510,307 | 50.39 | | DMK | T. R. Baalu | 366,188 | 36.16 | 144,119 |
| 31 | Sivaganga | | AIADMK | P. R. Senthilnathan | 475,993 | 46.33 | | DMK | Dhurai Raaj Subha | 246,608 | 24.00 | 229,385 |
| 32 | Madurai | | AIADMK | R. Gopalakrishnan | 453,785 | 46.48 | | DMK | V. Velusamy | 254,361 | 26.05 | 199,424 |
| 33 | Theni | | AIADMK | R. Parthipan | 571,254 | 53.06 | | DMK | Pon. Muthuramalingam | 256,722 | 23.84 | 314,532 |
| 34 | Virudhunagar | | AIADMK | T. Radhakrishnan | 406,694 | 40.20 | | MDMK | Vaiko | 261,143 | 25.81 | 145,551 |
| 35 | Ramanathapuram | | AIADMK | A. Anwhar Raajhaa | 405,945 | 40.54 | | DMK | S. Mohamed Jaleel | 286,621 | 28.63 | 119,324 |
| 36 | Thoothukkudi | | AIADMK | J. Jayasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee | 366,052 | 39.92 | | DMK | P. Jegan | 242,050 | 26.40 | 124,002 |
| 37 | Tenkasi | | AIADMK | M. Vasanthi | 424,586 | 41.65 | | PT | K. Krishnasamy | 262,812 | 25.78 | 161,774 |
| 38 | Tirunelveli | | AIADMK | K. R. P. Prabakaran | 398,139 | 41.36 | | DMK | Devadasa Sundaram | 272,040 | 28.26 | 126,099 |
| 39 | Kanniyakumari | | BJP | Pon. Radhakrishnan | 372,906 | 37.62 | | INC | H. Vasanthakumar | 244,244 | 24.64 | 128,662 |

## Analysis

The ruling AIADMK, after winning 37 out of 39 seats, emerged as the third largest party in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. It had been recorded as the best performance by any party in the state after the INC, when it won 31 seats in the 1962 election. Prominent DMK leaders and former union cabinet ministers T. R. Baalu, A. Raja, and Dayanidhi Maran lost their respective seats. AIADMK's big success can be understood from the fact that, despite being a multi-cornered contest between AIADMK, NDA, DPA, INC, and LSA 33 seats were won by the party with a margin of more than 1 lakh votes.
However, AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa ruled out joining the new government of India led by the BJP-led NDA.
After the result of 1989 and 1991 elections, it was the third time that the DMK had no representative in the Lok Sabha. The same thing happened to INC when it drew a blank since the 1998 election. Similarly, the communist parties, the CPI and CPI(M), did not win any seats, their worst performances since the 1999 and 1996 elections, respectively.
The factors attributed to the sweeping result in favor of AIADMK were the implementation of various welfare schemes by the government led by J. Jayalalithaa and the hope people in Tamil Nadu had in her that she would protect Tamil interests.

## Key positions held by elected members of parliament
### Deputy speakers of the Lok Sabha

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected constituency | Term in office | Term in office | Term in office | Political party | Political party | Speaker | Speaker |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected constituency | Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party | Speaker | Speaker |
| 1 | | M. Thambidurai (b. 1947) | Karur | 13 August 2014 | 25 May 2019 | 4 years, 285 days | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | | Sumitra Mahajan | |

### Union ministers of state

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected constituency | Portfolio | Term in office | Term in office | Term in office | Political party | Political party | Cabinet Minister | Cabinet Minister |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected constituency | Portfolio | Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party | Cabinet Minister | Cabinet Minister |
| 1 | | Pon. Radhakrishnan (b. 1952) | Kanniyakumari | Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises | 27 May 2014 | 8 November 2014 | 165 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Anant Geete | |
| 1 | | Pon. Radhakrishnan (b. 1952) | Kanniyakumari | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | 9 November 2014 | 2 September 2017 | 2 years, 297 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Nitin Gadkari | |
| 1 | | Pon. Radhakrishnan (b. 1952) | Kanniyakumari | Ministry of Shipping | 9 November 2014 | 24 May 2019 | 4 years, 196 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Nitin Gadkari | |
| 1 | | Pon. Radhakrishnan (b. 1952) | Kanniyakumari | Ministry of Finance | 3 September 2017 | 24 May 2019 | 1 year, 263 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Arun Jaitley Piyush Goyal Arun Jaitley | |