| Election Name: | Next Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | Legislative |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Vote Type: | party |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Year: | 2031 |
| Election Date: | By April–May 2026 |
| Seats For Election: | All 234 elected seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 118 |
| Outgoing Members: | 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly |
| Leader3: | Joseph Vijay |
| Leader Since3: | 2024 |
| Leaders Seat3: | TBA |
| Last Election3: | New |
| Party3: | TVK |
| Alliance3: | None |
| Leader2: | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| Leader Since2: | 2017 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Edappadi |
| Last Election2: | 33.29%, 66 seats |
| Party2: | AIADMK |
| Alliance2: | ALA |
| Image1 Size: | 130px |
| Leader1: | M. K. Stalin |
| Leader Since1: | 2018 |
| Party1: | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Alliance1: | Secular Progressive Alliance |
| Leaders Seat1: | Kolathur |
| Last Election1: | 37.70%, 133 seats |
| Chief Minister | |
| Before Election: | M. K. Stalin |
| Before Party: | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Seats Before1: | 133 |
| Seats Before2: | 62 |
| Seats Needed2: | 56 |
| Seats Before3: | 0 |
The Next 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.[1] M. K. Stalin is the incumbent Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
In the previous assembly elections, The DMK won 133 constituencies on its own, receiving an absolute majority in the sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, whereas its SPA alliance saw victory in a total of 159 constituencies. Meanwhile, the NDA alliance captured 75 constituencies, out of which the AIADMK had won 66. Other parties, alliances, and independent candidates did not secure any seats. After spending a decade as the opposition party, the DMK won Tamil Nadu from the AIADMK, which reigned the state for two consecutive terms (2011-2021). After the victory, M. K. Stalin became the next chief minister of the state. The AIADMK led by Edappadi K. Palaniswami assumed the position of the opposition party at the sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
| Poll Event | Schedule | |
|---|---|---|
| Notification Date | TBD | |
| Last Date for filing nomination | TBD | |
| Scrutiny of nomination | TBD | |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | TBD | |
| Date of Poll | TBD | |
| Date of Counting of Votes | TBD |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naam Tamilar Katchi | Senthamizhan Seeman | TBD | |||||
| Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam | Joseph Vijay | TBD | |||||