Live · Tamil Nadu 2026 · Government formation 3 orders signed · 200 units free EB · Singappen women's safety · anti-narcotics units
Single largest 108 TVK · 108 of 234
Declared support 119 TVK + INC + VCK + Left · bloc at 119
Short by 2 Need 118 letters
Swearing-in Postponed Governor wants 118 proof
Live updates · refreshed 10 May 2026, 11:06 AM IST
00 · Government formation

3 orders signed: 200 units free EB, Singappen, anti-narcotics. Vijay sworn in.

4:47 PM IST — VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan formally hands the support letter to TVK's Aadhav Arjuna. The bloc that started the morning at 116 ends the afternoon at 118 — the majority threshold crossed for the first time in writing. All eyes on Lok Bhavan: Vijay's fourth meeting with Governor Arlekar and a fresh oath schedule are the next dominoes.

TVK + Congress support bloc Updated 07 May 2026, 6:40 AM IST
113 declared support
118 majority mark
2 short by
TVK + INC 113
  • TVK 108
  • INC 5 support declared 6 May

Single largest. Five short of majority.

DMK bloc 66
  • DMK 59
  • IUML 2
  • CPI 2
  • CPM 2
  • DMDK 1

IUML, CPI, CPM, DMDK have ruled out backing TVK.

AIADMK bloc 52
  • AIADMK 47
  • PMK 4
  • BJP 1

No support announced for TVK.

Undecided 3
  • VCK 2 meets 7 May
  • AMMK 1 no public stand

VCK leadership meets 7 May. AMMK silent.

How we got here Tap a section to expand
Post-election · the maths of forming a government 6 updates
  1. 04 May 26
    Counting day. TVK 108. DMK 59. AIADMK 47. INC 5. First hung assembly in TN.
  2. 05 May 26
    Resort move. TVK MLAs move to a Mahabalipuram resort. Coalition maths begin.
  3. 06 May 26
    Congress backs TVK. TN Congress quits DMK, declares support to TVK. Cover extends to LS, RS, local body.
  4. 06 May 26
    Left and IUML say no. CPI, CPM, IUML, DMDK rule out TVK and stay with DMK.
  5. 06 May 26
    Delhi in Chennai. Rahul Gandhi and Kharge land. Governor seeks written numbers.
  6. 07 May 26
    VCK to decide. VCK leadership meets. Swearing-in date still in flux.
Pre-election · the campaign that surprised the polls 8 moments
  1. 02 Feb 24
    TVK launched. Vijay forms his party. Goal: contest 2026.
  2. 27 Sep 25
    Karur crush. 41 lives lost in a roadshow tragedy. Campaign pauses for months.
  3. 18 Mar 26
    Solo on all 234. Vijay rules out alliances. TVK fights every seat alone.
  4. 30 Mar 26
    Vijay files. Two seats — Perambur and Trichy East. Both DMK strongholds.
  5. 07 Apr 26
    DMK favoured. Pre-poll surveys give DMK 160–189. TVK barely 8–10.
  6. 23 Apr 26
    Polling day. 85.1% turnout — highest ever in TN, 11 points above 2021.
  7. 23 Apr 26
    Diaspora returns. Tamils fly back from UAE, Singapore, US, UK to vote.
  8. 23 Apr 26
    White-and-yellow tide. TVK volunteers fill booths in matching whites and red-and-yellow scarves.

Sources: ECI Form 20 + poll-day bulletins, TNCC briefings, PTI/ANI, Inside Elections / Lok Poll surveys, and same-day reporting from Business Standard, Deccan Herald, Tribune, Federal, Week, Tamil Guardian, Open Magazine, Live Chennai.

01 · The verdict

Final tally · 234 seats

A stacked bar of every party that won at least one seat. Click any segment or chip to filter the seat-by-seat table at the bottom of the page.

Stacked seat distribution 234 seats · 12 parties on the board
0 118 · majority 234
Party-by-party All 12 parties with at least one seat
02 · What the headlines miss

Six numbers most coverage skips

The seat tally is everywhere; these aren't. Six data points that show how this election was won at the seat level — not at the headline level.

03 · The state, painted

Map of Tamil Nadu · 234 constituencies

Each shape is one MLA seat. Its colour shows which alliance won that seat in 2026 — orange = TVK, red = DMK alliance, teal = AIADMK alliance. Tap any seat to see its winner, runner-up and margin.

04 · Vote vs power

Vote share vs seat share

Each alliance's share of the popular vote against its share of seats — the gap is where coalition arithmetic lives. Click any row to see those MLAs.

05 · Outliers

Key records · TN 2026

Computed from every winner across all 234 constituencies. Source: Election Commission of India.

Closest fights · 2026

Ten seats won by under 1,000 votes

The dramatic margins of 2026 — including Tiruppattur, decided by a single vote. Click any seat to see the full story.

  1. 1
    1 vote
    Tiruppattur · AC 185
    TVK Seenivasa Sethupathy.R
    over DMK Periakaruppan.Kr · 0.00% margin
  2. 2
    138 votes
    Veppanahalli · AC 54
    DMK Srinivasan.P.S
    over AIADMK Munusamy.K.P · 0.06% margin
  3. 3
    214 votes
    Kanniyakumari · AC 229
    AIADMK Thalavai Sundaram.N
    over DMK Mahesh.R · 0.09% margin
  4. 4
    227 votes
    Polur · AC 66
    TVK Abishek.R
    over DMDK Saravanan.P · 0.11% margin
  5. 5
    285 votes
    Tirukkoyilur · AC 76
    AIADMK Palanisamy S
    over TVK Vijay R Baranibalaaji · 0.13% margin
  6. 6
    308 votes
    Paramathi-Velur · AC 95
    AIADMK Sekar S
    over DMK Moorthiy K S · 0.17% margin
  7. 7
    579 votes
    Kulithalai · AC 137
    DMK Suriyanur.A.Chandran
    over TVK G.Balasubramani · 0.28% margin
  8. 8
    679 votes
    Kumbakonam · AC 171
    TVK Vinoth
    over DMK Anbalagan G · 0.33% margin
  9. 9
    693 votes
    Palani · AC 127
    AIADMK Ravimanoharan.K
    over TVK Dr.Praveen Kumar.M · 0.34% margin
  10. 10
    734 votes
    Tindivanam · AC 72
    VCK Vanni Arasu
    over AIADMK Arjunan.P · 0.38% margin

Source: Election Commission of India · margin = winner votes − runner-up votes. Percentage is margin as share of total polled in the constituency.

06 · Patterns in the count

Patterns from the 2026 count

Surfaced from a full seat-by-seat index of every winner, runner-up, vote total and margin. No editorial spin — just what the arithmetic reveals.

07 · District by district

All 38 districts

Every Tamil Nadu district with its alliance breakdown. Clean sweeps are highlighted. Click a card to filter the seat list to that district.

08 · Postal ballot patterns

Postal-ballot signal across 234 seats

Postal ballots — cast by polling-duty officers, on-duty government staff and absentee voters — are counted before the EVMs. 118 of 234 seats had a postal-ballot leader different from the overall winner — a pattern that says polling-duty voters are leaning differently from the broader electorate.

521,903
total postal ballots
across all 234 seats
118 / 234
postal-vs-overall divergence
postal leader differed from seat winner
5,374
highest postal turnout
Dharmapuri (AC 59)
1.058%
postal share of total polled
521,903 of 49,324,121

Postal-vs-overall divergence

  1. Perambalur · AC 147 postal: DMK · overall: TVK
  2. Harur · AC 61 postal: DMK · overall: AIADMK
  3. Pappireddipatti · AC 60 postal: DMK · overall: AIADMK
  4. Kanniyakumari · AC 229 postal: DMK · overall: AIADMK
  5. Paramathi-velur · AC 95 postal: DMK · overall: AIADMK

Party-wise postal share (statewide)

  1. DMK 153,589 · 29.43%
  2. TVK 128,600 · 24.64%
  3. AIADMK 116,179 · 22.26%
  4. NTK 28,059 · 5.38%
  5. INC 23,137 · 4.43%
  6. BJP 19,105 · 3.66%

Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in. Aggregates computed across all 234 Tamil Nadu Assembly constituencies.

09 · The seat ledger

All 234 results · searchable

Find any constituency, candidate or district. Filter by alliance, sort by margin or vote count. Open the full hub page →

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