Counting of votes is underway in Tamil Nadu, with C. Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is leading in over 100 out of 234 constituencies across the State, as of 4.20 p.m. on Monday (May 4, 2026). The DMK-led alliance is leading in over 60 seats and AIADMK+ is leading in over 50 seats, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).
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The results have been declared in the Gudalur constituency in the Nilgiris, with the DMK’s Dhravidamani becoming the MLA for the third time. Mr. Vijay was leading in both Perambur and Tiruchi East, the two seats he contested. AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami maintained a comfortable lead in Edappadi. Meanwhile, DMK president M.K. Stalin lost in Kolathur, a seat he has represented since 2011, behind TVK candidate V.S. Babu, a former DMK legislator.
Elections to the 234-seat Assembly were held in a single phase on April 23. The total voter turnout stood at 85.1% with 4.8 crore votes polled.
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A sanitary worker celebrates TVK's victory in the Assembly elections at Tiruchi on May 4, 2026.
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TVK cadres celebrate the party's victory in the State Assembly elections, near a counting centre in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.
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TVK cadres celebrate the lead of their party candidate at a counting centre in Kancheepuram.
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Workers bringing EVMs to the counting centre at Anna University Government College of Engineering in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, on May 4 2026.
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The EVMs are being sorted out in the strong room at the Thanthai Periyar Government Institute of Technology counting center in Vellore on May 4, 2026.
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Election officials are counting votes for the Assembly elections at a vote counting center at the Government College of Engineering in Salem, Tamil Nadu, on May 4, 2026
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Votes are tallied and cross-checked by party agents during the round-wise counting of EVM votes in Karur.
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The Returning Officer announces the round-wise results during the vote counting for the Karur Assembly constituency.
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Postal votes being counted at Government engineering college in Tirunelveli.
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Officials counting votes at a counting centre in Thoothukudi, on May 4, 2026.
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Officials and agents enter the counting hall at Anna University Engineering College near Ramanathapuram after a police checkup, on May 4, 2026.