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Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections Voter Turnout

April 26 , 2026 14 hrs 0 min 24 0

Election Commission of India reported record turnout but the lowest increase in votes polled in 15 years.
Tamil Nadu recorded an all-time high voter turnout of 85.15%, the highest in the State’s history.
Despite this, there is no uniform pattern between voter turnout and electoral verdict.
The increase in votes polled was about 5.5% over 2021, which is the lowest rise in 15 years.
Previous increases were 6.22% (2021), 18.5% (2016), and 11.4% (2011).
The high turnout is mainly attributed to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise led to the net deletion of about 68 lakh electors.
The State still recorded an increase in absolute voters, but only about 24.8 lakh, lower than 31.1 lakh (2016–2021) and 64.8 lakh (2011–2016).
Women's turnout (85.76%) was higher than men's (83.57%), showing greater female participation.
About 2.51 crore women (out of 2.93 crore) voted, while 2.34 crore men (out of 2.8 crore) cast votes.
Karur and Veerapandi constituencies recorded the highest polling at 93.40% each.
No repoll was recommended in any of the 75,064 polling stations across Tamil Nadu.