General Elections 2019 for Tamilnadu will be held in the Second phase on April 18th, 2019
New Delhi: The State of Tamilnadu will go to polls in the Phase 2 of the General Elections on April 18th 2019. All 39 Parliamentary constituencies in the state are scheduled to go to polls for the seats to Lok Sabha in a single phase and Bye-elections to legislative assemblies for 18 Assembly constituencies are also held on the same day. The State has a total electorate of 5,91,23,197 out of which 2,92,56,960 are male electors, 2,98,60,765 are female electors and 5,472 belong to others category. There are 67,664 polling stations set up in the state.
The distribution of parliamentary constituencies for General, SC and ST category are as follows:
There are a total of 845 candidates contesting for the 39 parliamentary constituencies in the General Elections 2019. Following table shows the political party wise distribution of contesting candidates for the PC in Tamilnadu.
| No. of Parliamentary Constituencies: 39 (Single phase only) | ||
| Contesting Party details | Party | No. of Contesting Candidates |
| Agila India Makkal Kazhagam | 3 | |
| Ahila India Dhayaga Makkal Munnetra Katchi | 1 | |
| Ahimsa Socialist Party | 1 | |
| Akila India Vallalar Peravai | 1 | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 22 | |
| All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 1 | |
| All India Uzhavargal Uzhaippalargal Katchi | 1 | |
| All Pensioner S Party | 1 | |
| Ambedkarite Party Of India | 1 | |
| Anaithu Makkal Katchi | 1 | |
| Anaithu Makkal Puratchi Katchi | 2 | |
| Anticorruption Dynamic Party | 7 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 36 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 5 | |
| Christian Democratic Front | 1 | |
| Communist Party Of India | 3 | |
| Communist Party Of India (Marxist) | 3 | |
| Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star | 1 | |
| Democratic Corruption Liberation Front | 1 | |
| Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi | 8 | |
| Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 4 | |
| Desiya Uzhavar Uzhaipalar Kazhagam | 3 | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 24 | |
| Ezhuchi Tamilargal Munnetra Kzahagam | 3 | |
| Ganasangam Party Of India | 3 | |
| Ilantamilar Munnani Kazhagam | 1 | |
| Indian Christian Front | 1 | |
| Indian National Congress | 9 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 1 | |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party | 1 | |
| Makkal Needhi Maiam | 37 | |
| Makkal Sananayaga Kudiyarasu Katchi | 1 | |
| Makkalatchi Katchi | 2 | |
| Naam Indiar Party | 2 | |
| Naam Tamilar Katchi | 38 | |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 7 | |
| People S Party Of India(Secular) | 2 | |
| Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia) | 2 | |
| Purvanchal Janta Party (Secular) | 1 | |
| Pyramid Party Of India | 2 | |
| Rashtriya Samaj Paksha | 1 | |
| Republican Party Of India | 1 | |
| Republican Party Of India (A) | 2 | |
| Samajwadi Forward Bloc | 1 | |
| Social Democratic Party Of India | 1 | |
| Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | 4 | |
| Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | 1 | |
| Tamil Telugu National Party | 1 | |
| Tamilnadu Ilangyar Katchi | 16 | |
| Tamizhaga Murpokku Makkal Katchi | 1 | |
| The Future India Party | 1 | |
| Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy | 6 | |
| United States Of India Party | 1 | |
| Universal Brotherhood Movement | 1 | |
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 1 | |
| Vivasayigal Makkal Munnetra Katchi | 1 | |
| Independent | 561 | |
| No. of candidates | Total | 845 |
| Men candidates | 781 | |
| Women candidates | 63 | |
| Third Gender | 1 | |
The seats won by the political parties which participated in the General Elections in 2014 and their vote shares in the state of Tamilnadu are given below:
|
Contested Party Details |
Main Parties | Seat Won in 2014 | Percentage of Votes polled in 2014 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 5.56% | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0.39% | |
| Communist Party of India-CPI | 0 | 0.55% | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)-CPI(M) | 0 | 0.55% | |
| Indian National Congress | 0 | 4.37% | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 37 | 44.92% | |
| Deisya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 0 | 5.19% | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 0 | 23.91% | |
| UnRecognised | 0 | 0.22% | |
| Independent | 0 |
2.16% |
