Tamil NaduSunday, 31 May 2026·The Hindu - Tamil Nadu
ADR report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2026: 220 winners got under 50% vote share
ADR and Tamil Nadu Election Watch said 220 winners in the 2026 Assembly election secured less than 50% of votes in their constituencies.
Key highlights
Direct fact
On June 2, 2026, the Association of Democratic Reforms and Tamil Nadu Election Watch said that 220 winners in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2026 secured less than 50% of the votes polled in their constituencies, across all 234 constituencies.
Key specifics
- The report analysed all 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
- Voter turnout in the 2026 Assembly election was 85.91%, compared with 73.45% in 2021.
- The average vote share of winners in 2026 was 38.99%, while in 2021 it was 48.37%.
- Only 23 women won among the 234 winners, and V. Sathyabama (TVK) from Tiruppur (North) had the highest women-winner vote share at 49.88%.
- Out of 4,93,24,125 votes polled, NOTA received 1,99,805 votes, or 0.41%.
Exam lens
TN polity and election-data MCQ focus: turnout, average vote share, women representation, NOTA, and constituency count. TNPSC may ask which report found 220 winners below 50% vote share or the 85.91% turnout figure.