The 2014 Lok Sabha (Parliament) election in Tamil Nadu was held to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) from 39 parliamentary constituencies in the state. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam emerged as the leading party, winning 37 seats. Bharatiya Janta Party came second with 1 seats.
A total of 55,114,505 electors were registered to vote across the state. Of these, 40,620,440 votes were polled, resulting in an overall voter turnout of 73.7%. The average victory margin across all constituencies was 169,266 votes, with the closest contest decided by just 42,016 votes and the largest margin reaching 323,430 votes.
A total of 3 political parties won at least one seat in this election. India's Lok Sabha elections use the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, where the candidate with the most votes in each constituency wins the seat. The party or coalition winning a majority of Lok Sabha seats forms the central government and appoints the Prime Minister.
Seat data is not available for this selection.
Seat breakdown: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (37), Bharatiya Janta Party (1), Pattali Makkal Katchi (1).
Click on any constituency name to view the full candidate-wise breakdown with individual vote counts, vote share percentages, and party affiliations.
| Sno. | Constituency | Type | State | Winner | Party | Electors | Votes | Turnout | Margin | Margin% | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 346-Thiruvallur | SC | Tamil Nadu | Venugopal.P.(DR) | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1702833 | 1254440 | 73.70% | 323430 | 25.80% | 2014 |
| 2 | 347-Chennai North | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Venkatesh Babu .T.G | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1422386 | 910114 | 64.00% | 99704 | 11.00% | 2014 |
| 3 | 348-Chennai South | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Dr. J. Jayavardhan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1795780 | 1081163 | 60.20% | 136625 | 12.60% | 2014 |
| 4 | 349-Chennai Central | GEN | Tamil Nadu | S.R. Vijayakumar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1328027 | 814894 | 61.40% | 45841 | 5.60% | 2014 |
| 5 | 350-Sriperumbudur | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Ramachandran K.N. Thiru | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1946503 | 1286647 | 66.10% | 102646 | 8.00% | 2014 |
| 6 | 351-Kancheepuram | SC | Tamil Nadu | Maragatham K | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1480123 | 1128399 | 76.20% | 146866 | 13.00% | 2014 |
| 7 | 352-Arakkonam | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Hari G. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1401545 | 1089052 | 77.70% | 240766 | 22.10% | 2014 |
| 8 | 353-Vellore | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Senguttuvan B. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1312251 | 974770 | 74.30% | 59393 | 6.10% | 2014 |
| 9 | 354-Krishnagiri | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Ashok Kumar.K | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1379957 | 1068391 | 77.40% | 206591 | 19.30% | 2014 |
| 10 | 355-Dharmapuri | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Anbumani Ramadoss | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1358273 | 1101345 | 81.10% | 77146 | 7.00% | 2014 |
| 11 | 356-Tiruvannamalai | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Vanaroja R | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1352966 | 1067447 | 78.90% | 168606 | 15.80% | 2014 |
| 12 | 357-Arani | GEN | Tamil Nadu | V.Elumalai | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1369668 | 1096046 | 80.00% | 243844 | 22.20% | 2014 |
| 13 | 358-Villupuram | SC | Tamil Nadu | Rajendran S | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1387007 | 1067641 | 77.00% | 193367 | 18.10% | 2014 |
| 14 | 359-Kallakurichi | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Kamaraj. K | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1412499 | 1107241 | 78.40% | 223507 | 20.20% | 2014 |
| 15 | 360-Salem | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Pannerselvam.V | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1498350 | 1150296 | 76.80% | 267610 | 23.30% | 2014 |
| 16 | 361-Namakkal | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Sundaram P.R | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1329552 | 1058755 | 79.60% | 294374 | 27.80% | 2014 |
| 17 | 362-Erode | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Selvakumara Chinnayan S | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1321395 | 1008582 | 76.30% | 211563 | 21.00% | 2014 |
| 18 | 363-Tiruppur | GEN | Tamil Nadu | V.Sathyabama | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1375589 | 1050190 | 76.30% | 179315 | 17.10% | 2014 |
| 19 | 364-Nilgiris | SC | Tamil Nadu | Gopalakrishnan C. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1269163 | 933076 | 73.50% | 104940 | 11.20% | 2014 |
| 20 | 365-Coimbatore | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Nagarajan P. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1720211 | 1176620 | 68.40% | 42016 | 3.60% | 2014 |
| 21 | 366-Pollachi | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Mahendran.C | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1381505 | 1012667 | 73.30% | 140974 | 13.90% | 2014 |
| 22 | 367-Dindigul | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Udhaya Kumar .M | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1400531 | 1083364 | 77.40% | 127845 | 11.80% | 2014 |
| 23 | 368-Karur | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Thambiduraim. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1298322 | 1046534 | 80.60% | 195247 | 18.70% | 2014 |
| 24 | 369-Tiruchirappalli | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Kumar.P | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1387140 | 988250 | 71.20% | 150476 | 15.20% | 2014 |
| 25 | 370-Perambalur | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Marutharajaa R.P. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1285434 | 1030826 | 80.20% | 213048 | 20.70% | 2014 |
| 26 | 371-Cuddalore | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Arunmozhithevan.A | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1247908 | 984538 | 78.90% | 203125 | 20.60% | 2014 |
| 27 | 372-Chidambaram | SC | Tamil Nadu | Chandrakasi M | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1366189 | 1088423 | 79.70% | 128495 | 11.80% | 2014 |
| 28 | 373-Mayiladuturai | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Bharathi Mohan R.K | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1350318 | 1025538 | 76.00% | 277050 | 27.00% | 2014 |
| 29 | 374-Nagapattinam | SC | Tamil Nadu | Gopal. Dr. K | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1210626 | 942202 | 77.80% | 106079 | 11.30% | 2014 |
| 30 | 375-Thanjavur | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Parasuraman.K | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1340050 | 1012258 | 75.50% | 144119 | 14.20% | 2014 |
| 31 | 376-Sivaganga | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Senthilnathan Pr | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1412373 | 1027036 | 72.70% | 229385 | 22.30% | 2014 |
| 32 | 377-Madurai | GEN | Tamil Nadu | R.Gopalakrishnan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1441434 | 978346 | 67.90% | 197436 | 20.20% | 2014 |
| 33 | 378-Theni | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Parthipan R. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1441302 | 1075583 | 74.60% | 314532 | 29.20% | 2014 |
| 34 | 379-Virudhunagar | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Radhakrishnan T | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1350495 | 1010930 | 74.90% | 145551 | 14.40% | 2014 |
| 35 | 380-Ramanathapuram | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Anwhar Raajhaa.A | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1455891 | 1001048 | 68.80% | 119324 | 11.90% | 2014 |
| 36 | 381-Thoothukudi | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Jeyasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee.J | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1310597 | 916778 | 70.00% | 124002 | 13.50% | 2014 |
| 37 | 382-Tenkasi | SC | Tamil Nadu | Vasanthi.M | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1382081 | 1017938 | 73.70% | 161774 | 15.90% | 2014 |
| 38 | 383-Tirunelveli | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Prabakaran.K.R.P | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1420435 | 962330 | 67.80% | 126099 | 13.10% | 2014 |
| 39 | 384-Kanyakumari | GEN | Tamil Nadu | Radhakrishnan P. | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1467796 | 990742 | 67.50% | 128662 | 13.00% | 2014 |
Data-driven analysis of the 2014 Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha election results, covering competitiveness, candidate performance, and voter behaviour.
The victory margin is the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the runner-up. A constituency with a margin under 5,000 votes is considered closely fought. The average margin in Tamil Nadu 2014 was 169,266 votes.
The 10 parliamentary constituencies decided by the narrowest margins.
| Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin |
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Candidates receiving less than one-sixth (16.67%) of valid votes forfeit their security deposit. A high forfeiture rate indicates a party fielded candidates in constituencies with little voter support.
NOTA (None of the Above) allows voters to reject all candidates. When NOTA votes exceed the victory margin, it signals significant voter dissatisfaction.
| Constituency | NOTA Votes | Win Margin | NOTA > Margin? |
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The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's Parliament. Members of Parliament (MPs) are directly elected by voters in their respective parliamentary constituencies through universal adult suffrage.
Tamil Nadu is divided into 39 parliamentary constituencies. The constituencies are categorized as: GEN (32 seats), SC (7 seats). SC and ST reserved constituencies ensure representation for historically marginalized communities.
India follows the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes wins the seat. Elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).