In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha election, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) contested 180 constituencies and won 89 seats. Across these constituencies, DMK candidates received 1,36,69,116 votes, accounting for 41.06% of the votes cast in the constituencies it contested. Across all 234 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu, DMK secured 31.64% vote share.
| DMK Overall performance | Result |
|---|---|
| Constituencies contested | 180 |
| Seats won | 89 |
| Total votes received | 1,36,69,116 |
| Vote share in contested constituencies | 41.06% |
| Overall vote share | 31.64% |
The table below lists DMK candidates, their total votes, vote share within each constituency, and final position. Select a constituency to explore the complete election results.
| Constituency | Candidate | Position | Total Votes | Constituency Vote Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alandur | Anbarasan, T.M. | 1 | 96,877 | 44.64 |
| Alangudi | Meyyanathan .Siva .V | 1 | 72,992 | 46.17 |
| Alangulam | Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna | 1 | 88,891 | 45.98 |
| Ambasamudram | Avudaiappan. R | 2 | 65,389 | 38.12 |
| Anaikattu | Nandakumar. A.P | 1 | 77,058 | 42.43 |
| Andipatti | Mookaiah.L | 2 | 72,933 | 36.72 |
| Anna Nagar | Mohan M.K. | 1 | 70,812 | 41.59 |
| Anthiyur | Venkatachalam A G | 2 | 66,263 | 39.07 |
| Arakkonam | Rajkumar N | 2 | 64,015 | 38.69 |
| Arani | Babu, S | 2 | 86,747 | 41.4 |
| Aravakurichi | Pallanishamy .K.C | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Arcot | Eswarappan J L | 1 | 84,182 | 41.39 |
| Ariyalur | Sivasankar. S.S | 2 | 86,480 | 40.97 |
| Aruppukkottai | Ramachandran.K.K.S.S.R | 1 | 81,485 | 49.41 |
| Athoor | Periyasamy I | 1 | 1,21,738 | 53.1 |
| Avadi | Nasar S M | 2 | 1,06,669 | 39.4 |
| Avanashi | Anandhan E | 2 | 62,692 | 32.31 |
| Bargur | Govinddarasan.E.C | 2 | 79,668 | 42.36 |
| Bhavani | Sivakumar N | 2 | 60,861 | 32.21 |
| Bhavanisagar | Sathya.R | 2 | 69,902 | 35.56 |
| Bhuvanagiri | Saravanan, Durai K. | 1 | 60,554 | 31.73 |
| Bodinayakanur | S. Lakshmanan | 2 | 83,923 | 41.63 |
| Chengalpattu | Varalakshmi.M | 1 | 1,12,675 | 45.11 |
| Chengam | Giri .M.P | 1 | 95,939 | 45.6 |
| Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni | J.Anbazhagan | 1 | 67,982 | 47.32 |
| Cheyyur | Arasu R T | 1 | 63,446 | 37.51 |
| Chidambaram | Senthilkumar K R | 2 | 57,037 | 33.43 |
| Coimbatore (North) | S.Meenalogu | 2 | 69,816 | 36.96 |
| Coonoor | Mubarak, B. M. | 2 | 57,940 | 42.96 |
| Cuddalore | Pugazhendi Ela | 2 | 46,509 | 26.93 |
| Cumbum | Cumbum.N,Ramakrishnan | 2 | 79,878 | 41.16 |
| Dharmapuri | Subramani. P. | 1 | 71,056 | 34.25 |
| Dindigul | Basheer Ahamed M | 2 | 70,694 | 38.13 |
| Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar | Shimla Muthuchozhan | 2 | 57,673 | 33.14 |
| Edappadi | Murugesan. P.A. | 3 | 55,149 | 24.44 |
| Egmore | Ravichandran K.S | 1 | 55,060 | 45.64 |
| Erode (East) | Chandhirakumar V C | 2 | 57,085 | 38.57 |
| Erode (West) | Muthusamy S | 2 | 77,391 | 40.87 |
| Gandharvakottai | Anbarasan.K | 2 | 60,996 | 41.75 |
| Gangavalli | Rekha Priyadharshini.J | 2 | 72,039 | 40.94 |
| Gingee | Masthan K S | 1 | 88,440 | 43.99 |
| Gudalur | Thiravidamani,M. | 1 | 62,128 | 47.39 |
| Gudiyattam | Rajamarthandan, K. | 2 | 83,219 | 42.68 |
| Gummidipoondi | Sekar C H | 2 | 65,937 | 30.76 |
| Harbour | Sekar Babu P K | 1 | 42,071 | 40.36 |
| Harur | S.Rajendran | 2 | 53,147 | 27.95 |
| Jolarpet | Kavitha.C | 2 | 71,534 | 39.5 |
| Kallakurichi | Kamaraj P | 2 | 86,004 | 40.24 |
| Kancheepuram | C.V.M.P. Ezhilarasan | 1 | 90,533 | 40.4 |
| Kanniyakumari | Austin. S | 1 | 89,023 | 42.41 |
| Katpadi | Duraimurugan | 1 | 90,534 | 50.9 |
| Kavundampalayam | Payya Gounder @ Krishnan, R. | 2 | 1,02,845 | 37.76 |
| Kilpennathur | Pitchandi K | 1 | 99,070 | 50.22 |
| Kilvaithinankuppam | Amalu V | 2 | 65,866 | 39.86 |
| Kilvelur | Mathivanan.U | 1 | 61,999 | 44.95 |
| Kinathukadavu | Kurichi Prabhakaran | 2 | 87,710 | 42.17 |
| Kolathur | Stalin.M.K | 1 | 91,303 | 54.25 |
| Kovilpatti | A.Subramanian | 2 | 64,086 | 38.7 |
| Krishnagiri | T.Senguttuvan | 1 | 87,637 | 43.8 |
| Kulithalai | Ramar .E | 1 | 89,923 | 48.85 |
| Kumarapalayam | Yuvaraj P | 2 | 55,703 | 29.84 |
| Kumbakonam | G.Anbalagan | 1 | 85,048 | 45.04 |
| Kunnam | Durairaj.T | 2 | 59,422 | 28.98 |
| Kurinjipadi | Panneerselvam Mrk | 1 | 82,864 | 44.03 |
| Lalgudi | Soundarapandian A | 1 | 77,946 | 46.8 |
| Madathukulam | Jayaramakrishnan R | 1 | 76,619 | 44.66 |
| Madavaram | Sudharsanam S | 1 | 1,22,082 | 45.43 |
| Madurai Central | Palanivel Thiagarajan | 1 | 64,662 | 42.55 |
| Madurai East | Moorthy P | 1 | 1,08,569 | 50.62 |
| Madurai South | Balachandran .M | 2 | 38,920 | 26.55 |
| Madurai West | Thalapathi G | 2 | 66,131 | 35.91 |
| Madurantakam | S.Pugazhenthi | 1 | 73,693 | 41.43 |
| Mailam | Masilamani R | 1 | 70,880 | 41.4 |
| Manachanallur | Ganesan. S | 2 | 75,561 | 41.99 |
| Manamadurai | Chitraselvi S | 2 | 75,004 | 40.43 |
| Mannargudi | Rajaa.T.R.B | 1 | 91,137 | 48.71 |
| Mayiladuthurai | Anbazhagan.K | 2 | 66,171 | 39.19 |
| Melur | Ragupthy A.P | 2 | 69,186 | 40.11 |
| Mettuppalayam | Surendran. S. | 2 | 77,481 | 36.76 |
| Mettur | Parthiban.S.R | 2 | 66,469 | 32.02 |
| Modakkurichi | Sachidanandam, P. | 2 | 74,845 | 42.36 |
| Nagercoil | Suresh Rajan N | 1 | 67,369 | 38.87 |
| Natham | Andi Ambalam M.A | 1 | 93,822 | 45.32 |
| Neyveli | Saba. Rajendran | 1 | 54,299 | 34.1 |
| Nilakkottai | Anbazhagan M | 2 | 70,731 | 40.52 |
| Oddanchatram | Sakkarapani R | 1 | 1,21,715 | 64.26 |
| Omalur | Ammasi.S | 2 | 69,213 | 30.45 |
| Orathanadu | Ramchandran. M | 1 | 84,378 | 46.87 |
| Padmanabhapuram | Mano Thangaraj T | 1 | 76,249 | 47.2 |
| Palacode | Murugan. P.K. | 2 | 70,160 | 37.17 |
| Palani | Senthilkumar I P | 1 | 1,00,045 | 50.66 |
| Palayamkottai | Mohideen Khant.P.M | 1 | 67,463 | 43.62 |
| Palladam | Krishnamoorthy. S | 2 | 79,692 | 33.49 |
| Pallavaram | Karunanithi, I | 1 | 1,12,891 | 44.94 |
| Panruti | Ponkumar | 2 | 69,225 | 37.33 |
| Pappireddippatti | Prabhu Rajasekar. M | 3 | 56,109 | 26.88 |
| Paramakudi | Thisaiveeran.U | 2 | 67,865 | 40.15 |
| Paramathi-Velur | Moorthiy K S | 1 | 74,418 | 42.45 |
| Pennagaram | Inbasekaran. P.N.P. | 1 | 76,848 | 38.49 |
| Perambalur | P.Sivakami | 2 | 94,220 | 42.2 |
| Perambur | N R Dhanapalan | 2 | 79,455 | 42.11 |
| Peravurani | Ashok Kumar N | 2 | 72,913 | 45.04 |
| Periyakulam | Anbazhagan | 2 | 76,249 | 39.51 |
| Perundurai | Samy.K.P (A) Mohanasundaram.P | 2 | 67,521 | 37.05 |
| Pollachi | Tamilmani, R. | 2 | 65,185 | 38.66 |
| Polur | Sekaran.K.V | 1 | 66,588 | 34.02 |
| Ponneri | Parimalam K Doctor | 2 | 76,643 | 38.78 |
| Poonamallee | Paranthamen I | 2 | 92,189 | 38.41 |
| Pudukkottai | Periyannan Arassu | 1 | 66,739 | 39.19 |
| Radhapuram | M. Appavu | 2 | 69,541 | 40.59 |
| Rajapalayam | Thangappandian. S. | 1 | 74,787 | 43.82 |
| Ranipet | Gandhi.R | 1 | 81,724 | 42.85 |
| Rasipuram | Duraisamy V.P | 2 | 77,270 | 41.35 |
| Rishivandiyam | Karthikeyan.K | 1 | 92,607 | 47.08 |
| Saidapet | Subramanian.Ma | 1 | 79,279 | 47.18 |
| Salem (North) | Rajendran.R | 1 | 86,583 | 45.14 |
| Salem (South) | Gunasekaran M | 2 | 71,243 | 36 |
| Salem (West) | Panneer Selvam.C. | 2 | 73,508 | 36.3 |
| Sankarankovil | Anbumani G | 2 | 64,262 | 36.2 |
| Sankarapuram | Udhayasuriyan.T | 1 | 90,920 | 44.72 |
| Sattur | Srinivasan,V. | 2 | 67,086 | 38.13 |
| Senthamangalam | Ponnusamy K | 2 | 79,006 | 41.6 |
| Sholavandan | Bhavani.C | 2 | 62,187 | 37.39 |
| Shozhinganallur | Aravind Ramesh S | 1 | 1,47,014 | 42.53 |
| Singanallur | Karthik, N. | 1 | 75,459 | 40.02 |
| Sirkazhi | Killai Ravindran.S | 2 | 67,484 | 37.98 |
| Sivaganga | Sathianathan.M @ Meppal M.Sakthi | 2 | 75,061 | 39.64 |
| Srirangam | Palaniyandi.M | 2 | 93,991 | 41.7 |
| Tambaram | Raja S R | 1 | 1,01,835 | 43.27 |
| Thalli | Prakaash,Y. | 1 | 74,429 | 39.31 |
| Thanjavur | B.Anjugam | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar | Sivakumar P @ Thayagam Kavi | 1 | 61,744 | 45.25 |
| Thirumayam | Regupathy S | 1 | 72,373 | 45.58 |
| Thiruparankundram | Manimaran M | 2 | 70,461 | 35.68 |
| Thiruporur | Viswanathan. V | 2 | 69,265 | 34.44 |
| Thiruthuraipoondi | Adalarasan. P | 1 | 72,127 | 41.07 |
| Thiruvaiyaru | Durai.Chandrasekaran | 1 | 1,00,043 | 49.27 |
| Thiruvallur | Raajendran V G | 1 | 80,473 | 39.02 |
| Thiruvarur | Karunanidhi .M | 1 | 1,21,473 | 61.73 |
| Thiruverumbur | Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi | 1 | 85,950 | 46.98 |
| Thiruvidaimarudur | Chezhiaan.Govi | 1 | 77,538 | 41.93 |
| Thiruvottiyur | Samy.K.P.P | 1 | 82,205 | 43.25 |
| Thiyagarayanagar | Dr.N.S.Kanimozhi | 2 | 50,052 | 35.25 |
| Thoothukkudi | Geetha Jeevan P | 1 | 88,045 | 46.46 |
| Thousand Lights | Selvam Ku. Ka | 1 | 61,726 | 43.35 |
| Thuraiyur | Stalinkumar .S | 1 | 81,444 | 48.1 |
| Tindivanam | Seethapathy P | 1 | 61,879 | 35.33 |
| Tiruchendur | Anitha R Radhakrishnan | 1 | 88,357 | 52.97 |
| Tiruchengodu | Elangoavan Bar | 2 | 69,713 | 39.48 |
| Tiruchirappalli (West) | Nehru.K.N | 1 | 92,049 | 51.3 |
| Tiruchuli | Thangam Thenarasu | 1 | 89,927 | 53.61 |
| Tirukkoyilur | Ponmudy K | 1 | 93,837 | 49.8 |
| Tirunelveli | Lakshmanan A.L.S. | 1 | 81,761 | 43.13 |
| Tirupattur | Nallathambi. A | 1 | 80,791 | 45.43 |
| Tiruppattur | Periakaruppan Kr | 1 | 1,10,719 | 55.72 |
| Tiruppur (North) | Saminathan M P | 2 | 68,943 | 31.37 |
| Tiruppur (South) | Selvaraj K | 2 | 57,418 | 34.98 |
| Tiruvadanai | Thivakaran. S.P | 2 | 68,090 | 36.48 |
| Tiruvannamalai | Velu,E.V. | 1 | 1,16,484 | 57.15 |
| Tittagudi | Ganesan V | 1 | 65,139 | 40.67 |
| Udumalaipettai | Muthu. Mu. Ka | 2 | 76,130 | 41.62 |
| Ulundurpettai | Vasanthavel, G.R. | 2 | 77,809 | 34.21 |
| Usilampatti | Ilamakezhan.K | 2 | 73,443 | 36.52 |
| Uthangarai | S.Malathy | 2 | 67,367 | 37.3 |
| Uthiramerur | Sundar.K | 1 | 85,513 | 43.02 |
| Valparai | Paulpandi, T. | 2 | 61,736 | 42.95 |
| Vandavasi | Ambethkumar, S | 1 | 80,206 | 44.2 |
| Vanur | Mydili R | 2 | 53,944 | 30.93 |
| Veerapandi | Rajendran. A | 2 | 80,311 | 38.85 |
| Velachery | Vagai Chanderasekar | 1 | 70,139 | 39.96 |
| Vellore | Karthikeyan | 1 | 88,264 | 51.53 |
| Veppanahalli | Murugan P | 1 | 88,952 | 46.01 |
| Vikravandi | Rathamani.K | 1 | 63,757 | 35.69 |
| Vilathikulam | Beemaraj S | 2 | 52,778 | 34.54 |
| Villivakkam | B. Ranganathan | 1 | 65,972 | 43.96 |
| Viralimalai | Palaniappan M | 2 | 76,254 | 44.74 |
| Virudhunagar | Seenivasan A.R.R | 1 | 65,499 | 42.71 |
| Virugampakkam | K Thanasekaran | 2 | 63,646 | 37.15 |
| Vridhachalam | Govindasamy P | 2 | 58,834 | 31.78 |
| Yercaud | Tamilselvan.C | 2 | 83,168 | 37.37 |
State wise DMK performance in Vidhan Sabha Election 2016 |
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