How many elections are there in Tamil Nadu?
Elections in Tamil Nadu are conducted every five years to elect the State assembly and its share of members to the Lok Sabha. There are 234 assembly constituencies and 39 Lok Sabha constituencies. The state has conducted 15 assembly elections and 16 Lok Sabha elections since independence.
Which party is ruling in Tamilnadu 2019?
The 2019 elections for Tamil Nadu’s 39 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha were held on 18 April, in the second phase of the 2019 Indian general elections. The United Progressive Alliance, led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, won a landslide victory, taking 38 of the 39 seats.
Which party came second in the 1967 Lok Sabha general election How many seats did it win?
Results. The INC suffered setbacks in seven states, which included Gujarat, where INC won 11 out of 24 seats while Swatantra Party won 12 seats; Madras, where INC won 3 out of 39 seats and DMK won 25 seats; Orissa, where they won 6 out of 20 seats and Swatantra Party won 8 seats.
Who is current Governor of Tamilnadu?
R. N. RaviSince 2021
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How many voters are there in Tamilnadu?
There were over 5.79 crore voters in the electoral rolls and 65,616 polling stations in Tamil Nadu. A special purification drive of electoral rolls between 15 and 29 February 2016 in all poll-bound States including Tamil Nadu was held, in which door-to-door verification was undertaken involving booth-level agents.
Will Gopi Shankar Madurai be the first openly intersex candidate in Tamil Nadu?
On 4 April, AIADMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu. On 14 April, DMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu. Gopi Shankar Madurai, a 25 years old gender activist made a bid to contest as one of the youngest candidates in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election and also the first openly Intersex & Genderqueer person to do so.
How many VVPAT booths are in Tamil Nadu?
Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be in place in 4,000 booths. At the 2011 India census, Tamil Nadu had a population of 7,21,47,030.
What is the percentage of Other Backward Classes in Tamil Nadu?
Other Backward Classes (OBCs) form 68\% of the population. As per the religious census of 2011, Tamil Nadu had 87.6\% Hindus, 5.9\% Muslims, 6.1\% Christians, 0.1\% Jains and 0.3\% following other religions or no religion.