page_title: 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
section_title: Seat allotment
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election / Parties and coalitions / Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition / Seat allotment
caption_attribution_description: English: made election map using borders from ECI website using Inkscape. Source for the data is from the table posted in the main election page. Color key is on the main election page in the table.
context_page_description: The fourteenth legislative assembly election was held on 13 April 2011 to elect members from 234 constituencies in the India state of Tamil Nadu. Results were released on 13 May 2011. Two major parties Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam faced the election as coalitions of multiple political parties: DMK front consisted of 8 parties and the AIADMK of 11 parties. Vijayakanth's Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, which had contested the previous elections independently, allied with AIADMK coalition. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam boycotted the election following disagreement with Jayalalithaa over seat-sharing. Tamil film actor Vijay was openly involved in Tamil Nadu politics for the first time by extending his support for ADMK.
  The outgoing Karunanidhi government was noted for the construction of new assembly building in Chennai, execution of various developmental projects and implementation of new entitlement programs including free health care for the poor and issuance of a range of freebies such as colour television to all.
context_section_description: In the middle of March, amidst discussion to finalise the allocation of constituencies, ADMK surprised its allies by unilaterally deciding the 160 constituencies in which it will field candidates. The list included constituencies won by the CPI, CPM, Forward Bloc and Pudhiya Thamizhagam in the previous election. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) was not allotted any constituency. After the coalition partners threatened to form a third front under DMDK, ADMK gave in to their demands. Most of the seats ADMK took from its alliance partners were given back bringing the standoff to an end. However MDMK was not given the number of seats it asked for and hence Vaiko left ADMK led alliance and boycotted the elections.
  The final seat allotment was:
caption: Election map based on parties contesting under the AIADMK alliance. Colours are based on the AIADMK front table on the left
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