Next Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election

By April–May 2026

All 234 elected seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
118 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
Leader M. K. Stalin Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Party DMK AIADMK
Alliance SPA NDA
Leader since 2018 2017
Leader's seat Kolathur Edappadi
Last election 37.70%, 133 seats 33.29%, 66 seats
Current seats 159 74
Seats needed 44

 
Leader Vijay Seeman
Party TVK NTK
Leader since 2024 2010
Leader's seat TBD TBD
Last election New 6.58%, 0 seats
Current seats 0 0
Seats needed 118 118

Map of the assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu

Incumbent Chief Minister

M. K. Stalin
DMK



The Seventeenth Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election is expected to be held in April–May 2026 to elect all 234 members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. M. K. Stalin is the incumbent Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.