Next Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election

All 234 elected seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 118 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader M. K. Stalin O. Panneerselvam Party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Alliance SPA National Democratic Alliance Leader since 2018 2017 Last election 159 75 Seats won TBD TBD

The 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held on or before May 2026, to elect the 234 members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

Schedule

Election Event	Date	Day
Date of issue of gazette notification	TBD	TBD
Last date for filing nomination	TBD	TBD
Scrutiny of nomination	TBD	TBD
Last date of withdrawal of candidature	TBD	TBD
Date of polling	TBD	TBD
Date of counting	TBD	TBD

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party			Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
style="background-color:Template:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color;" width=10px | "|	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	File:AIADMK Official Flag.png		O. Panneerselvam & Edappadi K. Palaniswami	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Pattali Makkal Katchi/meta/color;" width=10px | "|	Pattali Makkal Katchi	PMK			S. Ramadoss	TBD
style="background-color:#FF9933;" width=10px | "|	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP			L. Murugan	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Tamil Maanila Congress/meta/color;" width=10px | " |	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)	TMC(M)			G. K. Vasan	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi/meta/color;" width=10px | " |	Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi	PTMK			N. R. Dhanapalan	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color;" width=10px | " |	Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam	TMMK			B. John Pandian	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Moovendar Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color;" width=10px | " |	Moovendar Munnetra Kazhagam	MMK			Sridhar Vandayar	TBD
style="background-color:Template:All India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam/meta/color;" width=10px | " |	All India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam	AIMMK			N. Sethuraman	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Puratchi Bharatham/meta/color;" width=10px | " |	Puratchi Bharatham Katchi	PBK			M. Jaganmoorthy	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Pasumpon Desiya Kazhagam/meta/color;" width=10px | " |	Pasumpon Desiya Kazhagam	PDK			Jothi Muthuramalingam	TBD

  Secular Progressive Alliance

Party			Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
style="background-color:Template:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color;" width=10px | "|	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK			M. K. Stalin	TBD
style="background-color:#00BFFF;" width=10px | "|	Indian National Congress	INC			K. S. Alagiri	TBD
style="background-color:#FF0000;" width=10px | "|	Communist Party of India	CPI			R. Mutharasan	TBD
style="background-color:#FF0000;" width=10px | "|	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)			K. Balakrishnan	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi/meta/color;" width=10px | "|	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	VCK			Thol. Thirumavalavan	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color;" width=10px | "|	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	MDMK			Vaiko	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Indian Union Muslim League/meta/color;" width=10px | "|	Indian Union Muslim League	IUML			K. M. Kader Mohideen	TBD
	Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi	KMDK			E. R. Eswaran	TBD
	Manithaneya Makkal Katchi	MMK			M. H. Jawahirullah	TBD
style="background-color:red;" width=10px | "|	All India Forward Bloc	AIFB			P. V. Kathiravan	TBD
	Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi	TVK			T. Velmurugan	TBD
	Makkal Viduthalai Katchi	MVK			S. K. Murugavel Rajan	TBD
	Aathi Thamizhar Peravai	ATP			R. Athiyamaan	TBD

  AMMK+

Party			Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
style="background-color:Template:Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam/meta/color;" width=10px | " |	Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam	AMMK	File:AMMK Flag.jpg	File:Pressure Cooker symbol.png	T. T. V. Dhinakaran	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam/meta/color;" width=10px | " |	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	DMDK	File:Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam flag.PNG		Vijayakanth	TBD
style="background-color:tomato;" width=10px | " |	Social Democratic Party of India	SDPI		File:Pressure Cooker symbol.png	V. M. S. Mohamed Mubarak	TBD
style="background-color:Template:All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen/meta/color;" width=10px | " |	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	AIMIM			T. S. Vakeel Ahmed	TBD
	Gokula Makkal Katchi	GMK			M. V. Sekar Yadav	TBD
	Marudhu Senai Sangam	MSS			Karu. Athi Narayanan	TBD
	Viduthalai Tamil Puligal Katchi	VTPK			J. Kudanthai Arasan	TBD
	Makkal Arasu Katchi	MAK			S. Rajinikanth (A) Arunmozhi Varman	TBD

  Makkal Needhi Maiyam Kootani

Party			Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
style="background-color:#900C3F;" width=10px | " |	Makkal Needhi Maiam	MNM			Kamal Haasan	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi/meta/color;" width=10px | " |	Indiya Jananayaka Katchi	IJK		File:Indian Election Symbol Auto Rickshaw.png	T. R. Paarivendhar	TBD
	All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi	AISMK			R. Sarathkumar	TBD
	Tamilaga Makkal Jananayaka Katchi	TMJK			K.M. Shareef	TBD
style="background-color:Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color;" width=10px | " |	Janata Dal (Secular)	JD(S)			H. D. Deve Gowda

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