Indian general election, 1996 (Tamil Nadu)

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996

April–May 1996
39 seats
First party Second party   Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa Party DMK AIADMK Alliance UF INC+ Seats won 39 0 Seat change 39 39 Popular vote 14,940,474 7,095,650 Percentage 54.96% 26.10% Swing 27.32% 39.16%
1996 Election map (by constituencies) Red = United Front (won all the seats)

The Indian general election, 1996 polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide for the newly formed alliance between Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) and its leader G.K. Moopanar, and the left parties who ended up getting all 39 seats. Post election, the newly formed United Front, ended up getting all the seats from Tamil Nadu, since DMK and TMC joined it, with outside support from Indian National Congress (INC). The results in Tamil Nadu is a reflection of the results nationally, where INC, ended up losing the most seats. This election was seen as redemption for Moopanar and TMC, since they left Congress, on grounds that they formed an alliance with ADMK, even though J. Jayalalithaa, leader of ADMK, was accused of many corruption charges. This led to a disastrous showing, for ADMK and Congress in Tamil Nadu, since they lost all 39 seats from the last election, and TMC reaping the benefits by getting the most seats, in this election with 20 seats.

Seat allotments

Congress Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Indian National Congress		P.V. Narasimha Rao	29
2.	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J.Jayalalithaa	10

United Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Tamil Maanila Congress		G.K. Moopanar	20
2.	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	17
3.	Communist Party of India		Tha. Pandian	2

MDMK-CPI(M) Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Vaiko	24
2.	Janata Dal			8
3.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)		G.Ramakrishnan	7

PMK-Tiwari Congress Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Pattali Makkal Katchi		Dr. Ramdoss	15
2.	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)		Vazhappady Ramamurthy	12

Voting and results

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

File:Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election 1996.png

Election Map (Results reflected as %seats won by districts)
DMK-TMC-CPI alliance won all the seats in Tamil Nadu and the following represent the breakdown:

  DMK won all the seats in this district

  TMC won all the seats in this district

  DMK won 67% of the seats in this district, while TMC got the rest

  DMK won 50% of the seats in this district, while TMC got the rest

  CPI won all of the seats in this district

  TMC won 50% of the seats in this district, while CPI got the rest

Results by alliance

 Summary of the 1996 April-May Lok Sabha election results in the state of Tamil Nadu
Sources: Election Commission of India

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
United Front		39	+33	14,940,474	55.0%
TMC(M)		20	+14	7,339,982	27.0%	54.6%
DMK		17	+17	6,967,679	25.6%	56.2%
CPI		2	+2	632,813	2.3%	43.1%
Congress alliance		0	-33	7,095,650	26.1%
INC		0	-22	4,965,364	18.3%
AIADMK		0	-11	2,130,286	7.8%	29.4%
MDMK+ alliance		0	–	2,131,618	7.8%
MDMK		0	–	1,222,415	4.5%	7.2%
CPI(M)		0	–	493,916	1.8%
JD		0	–	415,287	1.5%
PMK+ alliance		0	–	1,157,683	4.3%
AIIC(T)		0	–	605,565	2.2%
PMK		0	–	552,118	2.0%	5.2%
Others		0	–	1,863,516	6.9%
BJP		0	–	795,797	2.9%
JP		0	–	205,816	0.8%
IND		0	–	815,224	3.0%
Total		39	–	27,188,941	100%	–

Note: TMC(M) is a spliter-group of INC, who carried with them 6 incumbent MPs from previous election
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the average % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.

List of Elected MPs

Constituency	Winner	Party	Margin	Runner-upa	Partya
1. Chennai North	N. V. N. Somu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	389,617	D. Pandian	INC
2. Chennai Central	Murasoli Maran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	280,467	G. K. J. Bharathi	INC
3. Chennai South	T.R. Baalu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	339,181	H. Ganesham	ADMK
4. Sriperumbudur	T. Nagaratnam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	245,711	Lata Priyakumar	INC
5. Chengalpattu	K. Parasuraman	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	235,657	S. M. Krishnan	INC
6. Arakkonam	A. M. Velu	Tamil Maanila Congress	264,845	R. Raviram	INC
7. Vellore	P. Shanmugam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	211,035	B. Akbar Pasha	INC
8. Tiruppattur	D. Venugopal	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	240,264	R. Anbarasu	INC
9. Vandavasi	L. Balaraman	Tamil Maanila Congress	173,304	M. Krishnaswamy	INC
10. Tindivanam	G. Venkatraman	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	190,276	K. Ramamurthy	INC
11. Cuddalore	P. R. S. Venkatesan	Tamil Maanila Congress	205,204	V. Sathyamurthy	INC
12. Chidambaram	V. Ganesan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	176,266	R. Elumalai	PMK
13. Dharmapuri	P. Theertharaman	Tamil Maanila Congress	131,246	M. P. Subramanyam	INC
14. Krishnagiri	C. Narasimhan	Tamil Maanila Congress	194,676	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	INC
15. Rasipuram	K. Kandasamy	Tamil Maanila Congress	193,178	K. Jayakumar	INC
16. Salem	R. Devadass	Tamil Maanila Congress	120,885	K. V. Thankabalu	INC
17. Tiruchengode	K. P. Ramalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	194,188	A. V. Kumarasamy	ADMK
18. Nilgiris	S.R. Balasubramoniyan	Tamil Maanila Congress	281,376	R. Prabhu	INC
19. Gobichettipalayam	V. P. Shanmugasundaram	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	142,968	P. G. Narayanan	ADMK
20. Coimbatore	M. Ramanathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	262,787	C. K. Kuppuswamy	INC
21. Pollachi	V. Kandasamy	Tamil Maanila Congress	138,891	R. Anna Nambi	ADMK
22. Palani	Salarapatty Kuppusamy Kaarvendhan	Tamil Maanila Congress	192,633	P. Kumarasamy	ADMK
23. Dindigul	N. S. V. Chitthan	Tamil Maanila Congress	267,914	C. Srinivasan	ADMK
24. Madurai	A. G. S. Ram Babuc	Tamil Maanila Congress	189,806	Subramanian Swamy	JP
25. Periyakulam	R. Gnanagurusamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	131,337	R. Ramasamy	ADMK
26. Karur	K. Natrayan	Tamil Maanila Congress	168,274	M. Thambi Durai	ADMK
27. Tiruchirappalli	L. Adaikalarajc	Tamil Maanila Congress	264,708	K. Gopal	INC
28. Perambalur	A. Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	214,247	P. V. Subramanian	INC
29. Mayiladuturai	P. V. Rajendran	Tamil Maanila Congress	153,544	Mani Shankar Iyer	INC
30. Nagapattinam	M. Selvarasu	Communist Party of India	221,346	M. Kannivannan	INC
31. Thanjavur	S. S. Palanimanickam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	200,428	K. Thulasiah Vandyar	INC
32. Pudukkottai	N. Siva	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	177,873	V. N. Swaminathan	INC
33. Sivaganga	P. Chidambaramc	Tamil Maanila Congress	247,302	M. Gowrishankaran	INC
34. Ramanathapuram	S. P. Udayappan	Tamil Maanila Congress	195,304	V. Rajeshwaran	INC
35. Sivakasi	V. Alagirisamy	Communist Party of India	23,622	Sanjay Ramasamy	ADMK
36. Tirunelveli	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	118,280	A. R. Rajaselvam	ADMK
37. Tenkasi	M. Arunachalamc	Tamil Maanila Congress	95,926	V. Selvaraj	INC
38. Tiruchendur	R. Dhanuskodi Athithanc	Tamil Maanila Congress	203,711	S. Justin	INC
39. Nagercoil	N. Dennisc	Tamil Maanila Congress	27,697	Pon. Radhakrishnan	BJP

^c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1991-1996)

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: Thinkquest Library

Cabinet Ministers

Minister	Party	Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
Murasoli Maran	DMK	Chennai Central	Minister of Commerce and Industry
G. Venkatraman	DMK	Tindivanam	Minister of Surface Transport
M. Arunachalam	TMC	Tenkasi	Minister of Urban Development (few months) Minister of Labour
P. Chidambaram	TMC	Sivaganga	Minister of Finance

Ministers of State

Minister	Party	Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
T.R. Baalu	DMK	Chennai South	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	TMC	Tiruchendur	Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports
N. V. N. Somu	DMK	Chennai North	Minister of Defence

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History