Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026 Dates LIVE: Election Commission to announce polls schedule shortly; check key updates

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Schedule: Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory Puducherry are set to hold the 2026 Assembly Elections along with three more states, with the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday set to announce the schedule of the polls later today.

Elections will be held for the 234 seats of the Tamil Nadu Assembly with incumbent chief minster MK Stalin-led Secular Progressive Alliance seeking a second consecutive term pitted against the BJP-AIADMK-led National Democratic Alliance.

In the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won with 133 seats. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) followed with 66 seats. Congress stood at 18 seats. The state saw a voter turnout of 76.6 per cent.

Prior to that, in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections, AIADMK took the lead with 134 seats, DMK won 89 seats, followed by Congress at 8 seats. The voter turnout was 73.6 per cent.

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