2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Assembly Constituency Party Winner Runner-up Party
Acharapakkam ( SC ) DMK Sankaravalli M. Saraswathi ADMK
Alandur DMK T. M. Anbarasan B. Valarmathi ADMK
Alangudi CPI S. Rajasekaran A. Venkatachalam ADMK
Alangulam DMK Poongothai Aladiaruna M. Pandiaraj ADMK
Ambasamudram DMK R. Avudaiyappan R. Murugiah Pandian ADMK
Anaicut AIADMK K. Pandurangan M. Varalakshmi PMK
Andhiyur DMK S. Gurusamy M. Subramaniam ADMK
Andimadam DMK S. S. Sivasankar K. Panneerselvam ADMK
Andipatti AIADMK J. Jayalalithaa Seeman DMK
Anna Nagar DMK Arcot N. Veeraswami Vijaya Thayanban MDMK
Arakkonam ( SC ) DMK M. Jaganmoorthy S. Ravi ADMK
Arantangi DMK Udayam Shanmugam Y. Karthikeyan ADMK
Aravakurichi DMK M. A. Khaleelur Rahman P. Monjanur Ramasamy MDMK
Arcot PMK K. L. Elavazhagan V. R. Chandran ADMK
Ariyalur INC D. Amaramoorthy M. Ravichandran ADMK
Arni DMK R. Sivanandam A. Santhanam ADMK
Aruppukottai DMK Thangam Thenarasu K. Murugan ADMK
Athoor DMK I. Periasamy C. Sreenivasan ADMK
Attur INC M. R. Sundaram A. K. Murugesan ADMK
Avanashi ( SC ) AIADMK R. Prema M. Arumugam CPI
The following table lists the winners and margin of victory in all constituencies . [ 15 ]
The thirteenth legislative assembly election, of Tamil Nadu was held on May 8, 2006. It was held for all 234 constituencies to elect the government in the state of for the following five years. The votes were counted three days later on May 11, 2006 and all the results were out by the end of the day. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led (DMK) front won the elections, with the DMK emerging as the single-largest party with 96 seats, and its leader, M Karunanidhi was sworn in as Chief Minister for a fifth and final term. This election marked the first time the state saw a hung assembly with no party gaining a majority of its own. As a result, DMK formed a minority government with its allies, which is the first in the state since the 1952 election. 13th Assembly was instituted due to this election. The election marked the electoral debut of actor Vijayakanth and his political outfit, the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK). Though the party could only gain a single seat, it cut into the vote share of both DMK and AIADMK and emerged as a third alternative to the existing two Dravidian parties.