page_title: 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
section_title: Results by pre-poll alliance
hierarchical_section_title: 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election / Voting and results / Results by pre-poll alliance
caption_attribution_description: English: made election map using borders from ECI website using Inkscape. Results based on ECI website. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp
context_page_description: The thirteenth legislative assembly election, of Tamil Nadu was held on 8 May 2006. It was held for all 234 constituencies to elect the government in the state of for the following five years. The votes were counted three days later on 11 May 2006 and all the results were out by the end of the day. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led front won the elections, with the DMK emerging as the single-largest party with 96 seats, and its leader, M Karunanidhi was sworn in as Chief Minister for a fifth and final term. This election marked the first time the state saw a hung assembly with no party gaining a majority of its own. As a result, DMK formed a minority government with its allies, which is the first in the state since the 1952 election. 13th Assembly was instituted due to this election.
  The election marked the electoral debut of actor Vijayakanth and his political outfit, the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam. Though the party could only gain a single seat, it cut into the vote share of both DMK and AIADMK and emerged as a third alternative to the existing two Dravidian parties.
context_section_description: †: Seat changes reflect the following mergers in parties from previous election. MADMK merged with Bharatiya Janata Party in 2002. TMC merged with the national party INC in 2002. Usilampatti FBL MLA L. Santhanam, joined AIADMK and contested in Sholavandan, after being expelled from his party by newly elected actor-turned party leader Karthik Muthuraman.
  ‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
caption: Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
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