Elections in Tamil Nadu largely ceremonial. The Lok Sabha is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of India. As of 2014 there have been sixteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India. Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha constituencies. The Madras state was created in 1950 when India became a republic. In 1968, the name of Madras state was changed to Tamil Nadu. END †: Indicates a coalition government, since no single party could gain a majority of seats. 15 Lok Sabha elections have been contested in India since independence starting 1951. The elections held in Tamil Nadu are listed below.
History of Tamil Nadu in the Indian Union, Tamil Nadu was the seventh largest economy in 2005 among the states of India. The growing demands for skilled labour has caused increased number of educational institutions in Tamil Nadu. The widespread application of caste based affirmative action caused the state to have 69% of all educational and employment vacancies to be reserved to the backward castes. Such caste-based reservations have huge public support in Tamil Nadu, with no popular protests organised against its implementation. The politics of Tamil Nadu have gone through three distinct phases since independence. The domination of the Congress Party after 1947