Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021 Live Updates: DMK Crosses Halfway Mark, Leading In Over 120 Seats Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021 Live Updates: DMK Crosses Halfway Mark, Leading In Over 120 Seats Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 Results live: The opposition DMK now sees a chance to replace the AIADMK in the state where the two parties have ruled every five years in the recent decades. Tamil Nadu election results: There were nearly 4,000 candidates contesting the polls (File) New Delhi: MK Stalin-led DMK has crossed the halfway-mark in Tamil Nadu, taking the lead in over 120 seats, as counting of votes for the assembly elections 2021 began today along with four states that went to polls this year. The counting begins as a raging coronavirus pandemic infects lakhs daily giving rise to fears that the process may lead to rise in cases further. Elections 2021 were held in the 234 assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu in a single phase on April 6. The ruling AIADMK contested 191 seats, with 23 given to the PMK and only 20 for the BJP. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) contested 188 and its ally, the Congress, 25, with the rest going to minor allies.