Tamil Nadu has 234 Assembly Constituencies. The latest assembly elections will be held on 16th May 2016. The winning party need 118 seats to form the government in Tamilnadu. J. Jayalalithaa is the present chief minister of the state. Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi are arch rivals in Tamil Nadu politics.
Following is the poll schedule of Tamil Nadu Elections – 2016:
1) Date of election notification: 22 April 2016
2) Last date for filing nominations: 29 April 2016
3) Date for scrutiny of nominations: 30 April 2016
4) Last date for the withdrawal of candidates: 2 May 2016
5) Date of polling: 16 May 2016
6) Date of counting and announcement of results: 19 May 2016
Following are the details of seats position in Tamilnadu after 2011 Assembly elections:
1) AIADMK: 160 seats
2) DMDK: 41 seats
3) Communist Party of India: 10 seats
4) Communist Party of India (Marxist): 12 seats
5) MMK: 3 seats
6) Puthiya Tamilakam: 2 seats
7) All India Forward Block: 1 seat