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All Stories for 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election
DMDK may lose party status; vote share down to 2.4 per cent in 2016 polls
• 9 years agoDMDK has failed to meet the requirement of having secured eight per cent of total votes both in the last Lok Sabha elections or Assembly polls.
Jayalalithaa does an MGR on Karunanidhi, banishes him from power for a decade
Pramod • 9 years agoBesides the AIADMK and DMK fronts, there were three more players in the fray this time.
A sense of dèja vu: How TV election analysis errs time and time again
Yogendra_yadav • 9 years agoThursday's television analysis repeated four fatal errors of election analysis that I have seen (and sometimes participated in, I'm ashamed to say) over the past two decades
Jayalalithaa breaks 32-year old jinx: AIADMK retains Tamil Nadu
Fppolitics • 9 years agoThe visuals of a long queue of people greeting J Jayalalithaa with floral bouquets defined the day for Tamil Nadu on Thursday.
Amma wave: Jaya proves exit polls wrong, set for consecutive term as Tamil Nadu CM
Fp Staff • 9 years agoTamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa is all set to retain power. This is the first time in 32 years that an incumbent CM has returned to power.
'We lost because of the Congress': Who said what after Assembly election results
Fp Staff • 9 years agoAs votes were being counted on Thursday and results started trickling in, scores of congratulatory messages started trickling in from political parties and leaders.
Tamil Nadu is the only surprise in otherwise predictable electoral outcomes
Nalini R Mohanty • 9 years agoThe electoral outcomes in three states – Assam, West Bengal and Kerala – have gone on expected lines, but Tamil Nadu sprung a surprise.
BJP corrects its past mistakes: Congress-mukt Bharat within reach
Jagannathan • 9 years agoThe Modi pull may have played only a marginal role in 2016, but in a national election the logic will work the other way.
Tamil Nadu: Tracing Jayalalithaa's journey from starlet to chief minister
• 9 years agoAIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa has cemented her image as a fighter despite challenges that haunted her in the form of corruption cases.
Chennai: AIADMK office celebrates as Jayalalithaa looks at second term as CM
Fp Staff • 9 years agoAccording to latest trends, the ruling AIADMK is leading in 139 seats, while the DMK-led front in 90 seats, in the TN Assembly Election 2016