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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Key Facts
May 1 , 2026
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- Tamil Nadu election history shows important changes in the voting system and schedule over time.
- The 1967 election was a major turning point as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam defeated the Indian National Congress, and seats increased from 206 to 234 after delimitation.
- The 1971 election was held over three days, but in 1977 all 234 constituencies voted on a single day for the first time.
- Despite this, the State returned to a two-phase election in 1980, and the 1984 election was the first to be held at the end of the year instead of in the summer.
- The 1996 election was the last with ballot papers; in Modakurichi, voting was held on June 1 due to 1,033 candidates making printing difficult.
- Electronic Voting Machines were first used in all 234 constituencies in 2001, also in Kerala, Puducherry, and West Bengal.
- The 2011 election had the longest gap between polling (April 13) and counting (May 13) due to a multi-state schedule by the Election Commission of India.
- In 2016, voting in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur was postponed for the first time due to large-scale voter bribery.
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