3,352 candidates forfeit deposit in T.N. Assembly polls

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Of the 4,032 candidates who contested successful the Assembly elections held successful Tamil Nadu connected April 23, 3,352 mislaid their deposit magnitude arsenic they failed to unafraid one-sixth of the full fig of votes polled successful their respective constituencies.

In Karur, of the 79 candidates who contested, 76 of them forfeited their deposit. Perambur, wherever 45 mislaid their deposit, Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar (36 candidates), and Kolathur (33 candidates) are the constituencies are among the constituencies wherever implicit 30 candidates mislaid their deposit.

Among the large governmental parties, the AIADMK candidates mislaid their deposit successful 19 constituencies, portion the BJP candidates mislaid their deposits successful five. The NTK mislaid its deposit successful each 234 constituencies. The Congress, CPI, CPI (M), DMDK, DMK, and VCK did not suffer deposit successful immoderate of the constituencies they had contested in. Except for 1 autarkic candidate, 2,208 autarkic candidates forfeited their deposits. The TVK besides did not suffer deposit successful immoderate of the 233 constituencies.

According to figures from the Election Commission of India (EC), the polling percent (State) stood astatine 86.03%, though the polling percent (excluding postal ballots) was 85.01%. Of the full 5,86,954 postal votes received, 65,047 oregon 11.08% of the full postal votes were rejected. The TVK candidates secured 1,72,26,209 votes crossed 233 constituencies, portion the DMK, which contested successful 176 seats, got 1,19,29,144 votes, and AIADMK that contested successful 172 Assembly segments received 1,04,62,146 votes.

As for sex distribution, of the 108 TVK candidates who secured a win, 13 are women, portion six of the 47 AIADMK candidates were women. The lone winning DMDK candidate, 1 of the 2 winning CPI(M) candidates, and 1 of the 5 winning Congress candidates are women.

One of the 4 PMK candidates who secured a triumph is simply a woman. None of the candidates who won from the AMMK, BJP, CPI, DMK, and the VCK are women.

Published - May 09, 2026 12:59 americium IST

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