The

2014 Indian general election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

s for

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

's 39 seats in the

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 May ...

were held on 24 April 2014. The

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party with great influence in the Federated state, sta ...

led by its

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J. Jayalalithaa Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016), popularly known as Amma, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. She ...

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 Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previous 14t ...

ended in May 2014, the

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decided to conduct the election for the

on 24 April 2014. The election process is carried out by the state election commission headed by Praveen Kumar, and for the first time,

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of the

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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

Parties and alliances

;All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) In January 2014,

stated that she would campaign and win all 39 seats by allying with CPI and

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six national parties of India. ...

. Members of the AIADMK party declared her the prime ministerial candidate, despite rumours that she might support

Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Par ...

. On 24 February 2014, the date of her birthday, she announced candidates for all 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in

. ;National Democratic Alliance (NDA) The

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

-led

National Democratic Alliance The National Democratic Alliance (NDA; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Rāṣṭrīya Lokatāntrik Gaṭhabandhan'') is an Indian big tent Political group, multi-party political alliance, led by the country's biggest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...

, with

as prime ministerial candidate, formed an alliance with

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (; DMDK) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Vijayakant (Captai ...

(DMDK),

Pattali Makkal Katchi The Pattali Makkal Katchi (; PMK) is a caste-based political party in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by S. Ramadoss in 1989 to provide political representation for the Vanniyar caste, a community found throughout Northern Tamil Nadu. It is a ...

(PMK),

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; MDMK) is a political party active in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was established by Vaiko in 1994 after he left the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. The headquarters of the party is called Thayag ...

(MDMK),

Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi Indiya Jananayaka Katchi (; IJK) is a political party in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by T. R. Paarivendhar, an academic and the founder of SRM Group of institutions. The party is based in Chennai. IJK contested in the 2014 General Electio ...

(IJK),

Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi (KMDK) is a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The party's vote base is mainly concentrated in western districts of Tamil Nadu. It was a splinter party of Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam (KMK) The party ...

(KMDK) and

Puthiya Needhi Katchi A. C. Shanmugam is the founder and president of the Puthiya Needhi Katchi, a caste-based political party for the Thuluva Vellalar caste in Tamil Nadu, India. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Vellore constituency as an AIADMK candidate in th ...

(PNK). The seats were allotted on 20 March 2014 in

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

by the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the former

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. ;Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA) The

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; ; DMK) is an Indian political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu, where it is currently the ruling party, and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry, where it is currently the main ...

-led

Democratic Progressive Alliance Secular Progressive Alliance formerly known as Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA) is an alliance of Indian political parties formed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). History The alliance was known as the ''Democratic Progressive All ...

, under the leadership of M. Karunanidhi withdrew its support from the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

-led

United Progressive Alliance The United Progressive Alliance (UPA; Hindi: Saṁyukta Pragatiśīl Gaṭhabandhan) was a Political group, political alliance in India led by the Indian National Congress. It was formed after the 2004 Indian general election, 2004 general ele ...

government on 19 March 2013 over

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issues. On 25 March 2014, DMK also expelled its south zone organisational 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 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (; VCK), formerly known as the Dalit Panthers of India or the Dalit Panthers Iyyakkam (; DPI), is an Indian social movement and political party that seeks to combat caste based discrimination, active in the state ...

(VCK),

Manithaneya Makkal Katchi Manithaneya Makkal Katchi is a political party in Tamil Nadu, India. Its president is M. H. Jawahirullah. In the 2009 election, Manithaneya makkal Katchi contested in railway engine symbol. During the 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elect ...

(MMK), the

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(IUML), and

Puthiya Tamilagam The Puthiya Tamilagam (; PT) is an Indian regional political party in Tamil Nadu. It was founded by the former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly K. Krishnasamy on 15 December 1997. Elections 1998 Indian General Election Post the ...

(PT). ;Indian National Congress (INC) The

under the leadership of

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stated that they would decide the prime ministerial candidate after the election. They lost their major ally,

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 Palaniappan Chidambaram (born 16 September 1945), better known as P. Chidambaram, is an Indian politician and lawyer who currently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee o ...

, opted out of the election. ;Left and Secular Alliance (LSA) After six rounds of seat-sharing talks with

for the Lok Sabha seats, the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

and the

Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...

failed to bear fruit, and they opted to make an

alliance An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or sovereign state, states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not an explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an a ...

of their own. On 14 March 2014 the two parties held a joint press conference in

, declaring that CPI(M) would contest nine seats and CPI would contest eight seats.

Seat sharing of parties

Candidates

Opinion poll

Results

By Party

By Member

By Constituency

Analysis

The ruling

AIADMK The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory ...

, after winning 37 out of 39 seats, emerged as the third largest party in the

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, the lower house of the

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. It is noted as the best performance by any party in the state since the INC, which secured 31 seats in the 1962 election. Prominent

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leaders and former union cabinet ministers T. R. Baalu,

A. Raja Andimuthu Raja (born Andimuthu Sathyaseelan; 26 October 1963) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu, who serves as Member of Parliament for the Nilgiris constituency and the deputy general secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He was a ...

, and

Dayanidhi Maran Dayanidhi Murasoli Maran (born 5 December 1966) is an Indian politician and one of the prominent members of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He was elected four times as a Member of Parliament to Lok Sabha from Chennai Central constituency du ...

lost their respective seats. AIADMK's big success can be understood from the fact that, despite being a multi-cornered contest between AIADMK,

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, DPA, INC, and LSA, 33 seats were won by the party with a margin of more than 1 lakh votes. However, AIADMK general secretary

ruled out joining the new

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led by the

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-led

. After the result of the

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and

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elections, it was the third time that the

had no representative in the

and also happened the third time for the INC after the

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and

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elections. Similarly, the communist parties, the CPI and

, did not win any seats, their worst performances since the

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and

elections, respectively. The factors attributed to the sweeping result in favour of

were the implementation of various welfare schemes by the

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led by

and the hope people in

had in her that she would protect Tamil interests.

Key positions held by elected members of parliament

Deputy speakers of the Lok Sabha

Ministers of state of the Union

References

External links

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Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu 2010s in Tamil Nadu

Overview

Schedule

Parties and alliances

Seat sharing of parties

Candidates

Opinion poll

Results

By Party

By Member

By Constituency

Analysis

Key positions held by elected members of parliament

Deputy speakers of the Lok Sabha

Ministers of state of the Union

See also

References

External links