The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by its general secretary J. Jayalalithaa won a spectacular victory, taking 37 of the 39 seats.

The seats were allotted on 20 March 2014 in Chennai by the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Rajnath Singh.

[13] The Indian National Congress under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi stated that they would decide the prime ministerial candidate after the election.

[17][18] The ruling AIADMK, after winning 37 out of 39 seats, emerged as the third largest party in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.

Prominent DMK leaders and former union cabinet ministers T. R. Baalu, A. Raja, and Dayanidhi Maran lost their respective seats.

[26] However, AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa ruled out joining the new government of India led by the BJP-led NDA.