Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 1996

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 1996

2 May 1996
All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
First party Second party   Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa Party DMK AIADMK Alliance UF INC+ Leader's seat Chepauk Bargur (lost) Seats won 221 4 Seat change 219 216 Popular vote 14,600,748 7,354,723 Percentage 53.77% 27.08% Swing 23.72% 32.71%
1996 election map (by constituencies)
Chief Minister before election J. Jayalalithaa AIADMK Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi DMK

The eleventh legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 2 May 1996. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led front won the election and its leader M. Karunanidhi, became the chief minister.This was his fourth term in office. S.Balakrishnan, also known as So.Balakrishnan, of Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) became the Leader of the Opposition. The incumbent Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) government was defeated in a landslide with its leader and outgoing chief minister J. Jayalalitha losing the election from the Bargur constituency.

Background

Anti-incumbency

The J. Jayalalithaa led Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) government, which had been in power since 1991 was beset with corruption scandals and public discontent. A series of corruption scandals, a growing reputation for high handedness and an extravagant public wedding for Jayalalitha's foster son Sudhakaran all combined together to erode the ADMK support base and the goodwill she had enjoyed with the electorate in the 1991 elections.

Formation of TMC

The ADMK's alliance with Indian National Congress (INC), which had helped it to win the 1991 elections ran into trouble mid way through the ADMK's term. Jayalalitha terminated the alliance and Congress served as the principal opposition party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. When the 1996 elections drew closer, it was expected that the Congress would contest the elections in alliance with the DMK. However against the wishes of the Tamil Nadu state unit of the Congress, the national congress leader (and then Indian prime minister) P. V. Narasimha Rao announced that the Congress would ally with the ADMK. This led to a split in the Tamil Nadu Congress with a majority of the party workers and cadre forming the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) led by G. K. Moopanar. The TMC contested the elections in alliance with the DMK.

Formation of MDMK

In 1993, the DMK suffered a split when one of its more prominent second rung leaders, Vaiko was expelled from the party membership. The next year Vaiko floated a new party - the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK).

Coalitions

There were four main coalitions in the 1996 elections. The DMK-TMC front which also included the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the ADMK-Congress front were the main political groupings in the state. Both fronts had a number of smaller parties as constituents. The Indian National League and the All India Forward Bloc were part of the DMK front, while the ADMK front also had Muslim Leagues, Forward Block, All India Republic Party, Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi and United Communist Party. Apart from these two fronts, there was a MDMK led coalition which included the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), the Janata Dal (JD) and the Samajwadi Janata Party (SJP). The alliance between Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) (Tiwari Congress) led by Vazhappady Ramamurthy was the fourth coalition that contested the elections. Initially, before the TMC was formed, the DMK put together a seven party alliance comprising itself, PMK, CPI, Tiwari Congress and a few other parties. However, this alliance fell through when the Tiwari Congress and PMK left the front after differences between Karunanidhi and Ramamurthy. After this, Cho Ramaswamy (editor of Thuglak) played a vital role in bringing together the DMK-TMC coalition and obtaining actor Rajinikanth's support for it. There were a few other smaller political formations and parties contesting the election - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested the elections alone; Subramanian Swamy's Janata Party contested in alliance with the caste organisation Devendra Kula Vellar Sangam led by Dalit leader K. Krishnasamy.

Rajinikanth's support

The DMK-TMC alliance enlisted the popular Tamil film actor Rajinikanth to campaign against the ADMK in the elections. Rajinikanth declared his support for the DMK-TMC combine and members of his numerous fan clubs campaigned for the DMK front across Tamil Nadu. In a widely watched campaign appearance broadcast in Sun TV, he declared "even God cannot save Tamil Nadu if ADMK returns to power". Rajinikanth's support played a key role in the DMK front's victory.

Seat allotments

AIADMK-INC Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J.Jayalalithaa	168
2.	Indian National Congress		Kumari Anandan	64

DMK-TMC Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	156
2.	Tamil Maanila Congress		G.K. Moopanar	41
3.	Communist Party of India		R.Nallakannu	31
4.	All India Forward Bloc			1
Unregistered party, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket
5.	Indian National League		Janab	5

MDMK-CPI(M) Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Vaiko	177
2.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)		N.Sankaraiah	40
3.	Janata Dal			16

PMK-Tiwari Congress Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Pattali Makkal Katchi		Dr. Ramdoss	116
2.	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)		Vazhappady Ramamurthy	46

Voting and Results

Polling took place on 2 May 1996 and results were announced on 12 May. The turnout among registered voters was 66.95%. The assembly elections were held simultaneously along with the Indian parliamentary elections.

Constituency wise results

List of winners and runners-up by constituency

Assembly Constituency	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party	Margin
Acharapakkam (SC)	S. Mathivanan	DMK	A. Bhuvaraghamoorthy	ADMK	25,371
Alandur	C. Shanmugam	DMK	K. Purushothaman	ADMK	75,994
Alangudi	A. Venkatachalam	IND	S. Erasasekaran	CPI	652
Alangulam	Aladi Aruna	DMK	M. S. Kamaraj	INC	24,336
Ambasamudram	R. Avudaiappan	DMK	R. Murugaiah Pandian	ADMK	19,689
Anaicut	C. Gopu	DMK	C. M. Suryakala	ADMK	31,616
Andhiyur (SC)	P. Selvarasu	DMK	M. Subramaniam	ADMK	24,994
Andimadam	Rajendiran	PMK	Sivasubramaniyan	DMK	13,402
Andipatti	P. Aasiyan	DMK	A. Muthiah	ADMK	13,701
Anna Nagar	Arcot N. Veerasami	DMK	R. Balasubramanian	INC	69,017
Arakkonam (SC)	R. Thamizh Selvan	DMK	R. Elumalai	PMK	46,820
Arantaki	S. Thirunavukkarasu	ADMK	S. Shanmugam	DMK	14,232
Aravakkurichi	S. S. Mohammad Ismail	DMK	V. K. Duraisamy	ADMK	9,094
Arcot	P. N. Subramani	DMK	K. V. Ramadoss	ADMK	26,407
Ariyalur	D. Amaramoorthy	TMC(M)	A. Elavarasan	ADMK	24,894
Arni	R. Sivanandam	DMK	M. Chinnakulandai	ADMK	18,179
Aruppukottai	V. Thangapandian	DMK	K. Sundarapandian	ADMK	16,365
Athoor	I. Periasamy	DMK	C. Chinnamuthu	ADMK	50,292
Attur	A. M. Ramasamy	DMK	A. K. Murugesan	ADMK	22,296
Avanashi (SC)	G. Elango	DMK	M. Thiagarajan	ADMK	26,457
Bargur	E. G. Sugavanam	DMK	J. Jayalalitha	ADMK	8,366
Bhavani	S. N. Balasubramanian	TMC(M)	K. S. Manivannan	ADMK	28,829
Bhavanisagar	V. A. Andimuthu	DMK	V. K. Chinnasamy	ADMK	23,451
Bhuvanagiri	A. V. Abdu Naser	DMK	P. D. Elangovan	PMK	19,345
Bodinayakkanur	A. Sudalaimuthu	DMK	S. P. Jayakumar	ADMK	26,087
Chengalpattu	V. Tamilmani	DMK	C. V. N. Kumarasamy	ADMK	36,805
Chengam (SC)	K. V. Nannan	DMK	C. K. Thamizharasan	ADMK	26,633
Chepauk	M. Karunanidhi	DMK	N. S. S. Nellai Kannan	INC	35,784
Cheranmadevi	P. Veldurai	TMC(M)	P. H. Pandian	IND	12,107
Cheyyar	V. Anbalagan	DMK	P. Chandran	ADMK	37,486
Chidambaram	S. Azhagiri	TMC(M)	A. Radhakrishnan	INC	29,016
Chinnasalem	R. Mookappan	DMK	P. Mohan	ADMK	31,645
Coimbatore East	V. K. Lakshmanan	TMC(M)	R. S. Velan	INC	47,686
Coimbatore West	C. T. Dhanapandi	DMK	Raja Thangavel	INC	38,299
Colachel	Era. Bernard	DMK	S. P. Kutty	BJP	7,426
Coonoor (SC)	N. Thangavel	DMK	S. Kuppusamy	ADMK	35,515
Cuddalore	E. Pugazhenthi	DMK	K. V. Rajendiran	INC	48,627
Cumbum	O. R. Ramachandran	TMC(M)	R. T. Gopalan	IND	35,740
Dharapuram (SC)	R. Saraswathy	DMK	P. Easwaramurthy	ADMK	23,038
Dharmapuri	K. Manoharan	DMK	Mase Harur	INC	37,022
Dindigul	R. Manimaran	DMK	V. Marutharaj	ADMK	65,124
Edapadi	I. Ganesan	PMK	P. A. Murugesan	DMK	9,192
Egmore (SC)	Parithi Ellam Vazhuthi	DMK	N. Lakshmi	INC	37,185
Erode	N. K. K. Periasamy	DMK	S. Muthusamy	ADMK	47,837
Gobichettipalayam	G. P. Venkidu	DMK	K. A. Sengottaiyan	AMDK	14,729
Gingee	T. Natarajan	DMK	T. N. Muruganandam	INC	25,434
Gudalur	B. M. Mubarak	DMK	K. R. Raju	ADMK	45,905
Gudiyatham	V. G. Dhanapal	DMK	S. Ramgopal	INC	29,136
Gummidipundi	K. Venu	DMK	R. S. Munirathinam	ADMK	21,625
Harbour	K. Anbazhagan	DMK	Paul Earnest	INC	30,256
Harur (SC)	Vedammal	DMK	J. Natesan	INC	36,403
Hosur	B. Venkatasamy	JD	T. Venkata Reddy	TMC(M)	1,737
Ilayangudi	N. Thamilkudimagan	DMK	V. D. Nadarajan	ADMK	14,804
Jayankondam	K. C. Ganesan	DMK	Gurunathan	PMK	12,490
Kadaladi	S. P. Thangavelan	DMK	V. Sathiyamoorthy	ADMK	19,970
Kadayanallur	K. Naina Mohammed	DMK	A. M. Gani	ADMK	16,692
Kalasapakkam	P. S. Thiruvengadam	DMK	M. Sundarasami	INC	34,530
Kancheepuram	P. Murugesan	DMK	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu	ADMK	32,629
Kandamangalam (SC)	S. Alaguvelu	DMK	V. Subramaniyan	ADMK	29,995
Kangayam	N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar	DMK	N. Ramasamy	ADMK	26,009
Kanyakumari	N. Suresh Rajan	DMK	S. Thanu Pillai	ADMK	21,863
Kapilamalai	K. K. Veerappan	DMK	R. Rajalingam	ADMK	29,710
Karaikudi	N. Sundaram	TMC(M)	M. Raju	ADMK	50,384
Karur	Vasuki Murugesan	DMK	M. Chinnasamy	ADMK	32,008
Katpadi	Durai Murugan	DMK	K. Pandurangan	ADMK	41,007
Kattumannarkoil (SC)	E. Ramalingam	DMK	L. Elayaperumal	HRPI	9,819
Kaveripattinam	P. V. S. Venkatesan	DMK	K. P. Munusamy	ADMK	35,859
Killiyur	D. Kumaradas	TMC(M)	C. Santhakumar	BJP	10,417
Kinathukadavu	M. Shanmugham	DMK	K. M. Mylswamy	ADMK	13,964
Kolathur (SC)	Selvaraj	DMK	A. Karuppayee	ADMK	24,156
Kovilpatti	L. Ayyalusamy	CPI	K. S. Radhakrishnan	MDMK	7,487
Krishnagiri	Kanchana Kamalanathan	DMK	K. P. Kathavarayan	ADMK	35,611
Krishnarayapuram (SC)	S. Nagarathinam	DMK	A. Arivalagan	ADMK	15,177
Kulittalai	R. Selvam	DMK	A. Pappa Sundaram	ADMK	17,750
Kumbakonam	K. S. Mani	DMK	Erama Eramanatham	ADMK	35,310
Kurinjipadi	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	DMK	P. Pandarinathan	ADMK	39,013
Kuttalam	P. Kalyanam Kuttalam	DMK	M. Rajendiran	ADMK	25,721
Lalgudi	K. N. Nehru	DMK	J. Logambal	INC	59,504
Maduranthakam	S. K. Venkatesan	DMK	S. D. Ugamchand	ADMK	10,593
Madurai Central	A. Deivanayagam	TMC(M)	V. S. Chandraleka	JP	17,941
Madurai East	V. Velusamy	DMK	T. R. Janarthanan	ADMK	19,297
Madurai West	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan	DMK	R. Muthusamy	INC	44,258
Manamadurai (SC)	K. Thangamani	CPI	M. Gunasekaran	ADMK	17,770
Mangalore (SC)	S. Puratchimani	TMC(M)	V. M. S. Saravanakumar	INC	19,288
Mannargudi	V. Sivapunniam	CPI	K. Kaliyaperumal	ADMK	39,834
Marungapuri	B. M. Senguttuvan	DMK	K. Solairaj	ADMK	6,394
Mayiladuturai	M. M. S. Abul Hassan	TMC(M)	Rama Chidambaram	INC	34,604
Melmalayanur	A. Gnanasekar	DMK	Dharmarasan	INC	28,414
Melur	K. V. V. Rajamanickam	TMC(M)	C. R. Sundararajan	INC	44,741
Mettupalayam	B. Arunkumar	DMK	K. Doraiswamy	ADMK	30,752
Mettur	P. Gopal	DMK	R. Balakrishnan	PMK	20,006
Modakurichi	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan	DMK	R. N. Kittusamy	ADMK	39,540
Morappur	V. Mullai Vendan	DMK	K. Singaram	ADMK	28,274
Mudukulathur	S. Balakrishnan	TMC(M)	V. Bose	IND	22,528
Mugaiyur	A. G. Sampath	DMK	T. M. Aranganathan	ADMK	41,596
Musiri	M. N. Jothi Kannan	DMK	C. Mallika Chinnasamy	ADMK	27,768
Mylapore	N. P. Ramajayam	DMK	T. K. Sampath	ADMK	51,804
Nagapattinam	G. Nizamudeen	DMK	R. Jeevananthan	ADMK	19,728
Nagercoil	M. Moses	TMC(M)	S. Velpandian	BJP	28,478
Namakkal (SC)	K. Veisamy	DMK	S. Anbalagan	ADMK	38,065
Nanguneri	S. V. Krishnan	CPI	A. S. A. Karunakaran	ADMK	3,149
Nannilam (SC)	Padma	TMC(M)	K. Gopal	ADMK	35,973
Natham	M. Andi Ambalam	TMC(M)	S. Asai Alangaram	INC	35,636
Natrampalli	R. Mahendran	DMK	T. Anbazhagan	IND	3,221
Nellikuppam	A. Mani	DMK	M. C. Dhamodharan	ADMK	25,383
Nilakkottai (SC)	A. S. Ponnammal	TMC(M)	A. Rasu	INC	32,003
Oddanchatram	R. Sakkarapani	DMK	K. Sellamuthu	ADMK	36,823
Omalur	R. R. Sekaran	TMC(M)	C. Krishnan	ADMK	7,930
Orathanad	P. Rajamanickam	DMK	V. Suriyamoorthy	ADMK	30,349
Ottapidaram (SC)	K. Krishnasamy	JP	S. Paulraj	ADMK	1,148
Padmanabhapuram	C. Velayudhan	BJP	Bala Janathipathy	DMK	4,540
Palacode	G. L. Venkatachalam	DMK	C. Gopal	ADMK	22,073
Palani (SC)	T. Poovendhan	DMK	P. Karuppachamy	ADMK	36,660
Palayamkottai	Mohammad Khader Moideen	DMK	P. Dharmalingam	ADMK	44,364
Palladam	S. S. Ponmudi	DMK	K. S. Duraimurugan	ADMK	32,540
Pallipet	E. S. S. Raman	TMC(M)	B. Thangavel	INC	58,492
Panamarathupatti	S. R. Sivalingam	DMK	P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy	ADMK	13,171
Panruti	V. Ramaswamy	DMK	R. Rajendran	ADMK	39,130
Papanasam	N. Karupanna Odayar	TMC(M)	R. Thirunavukkarasu	IND	38,342
Paramakudi (SC)	U. Thisaiveeran	DMK	K. Munisamy	IND	18,901
Park Town	T. Rajendar	DMK	S. V. Shankar	INC	29,479
Pattukkottai	P. Balasubramanian	CPI	Seeni Baskaran	ADMK	33,621
Pennagaram	G. K. Mani	PMK	M. Arumugam	CPI	406
Perambalur (SC)	M. Devarajan	DMK	S. Murugesan	ADMK	23,401
Perambur (SC)	Chengai Sivam	DMK	V. Neelakandan	ADMK	58,351
Peravurani	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam	TMC(M)	K. Sakthivel	INC	39,640
Periyakulam	L. Mookiah	DMK	K. M. Kader Mohideen	ADMK	21,907
Pernamallur	N. Pandurangan	DMK	C. Srinivasan	ADMK	27,793
Pernambut (SC)	V. Govindan	DMK	I. Thamizharasan	ADMK	31,174
Perundurai	N. Periyasamy	CPI	P. Periyasamy	ADMK	17,551
Perur	A. Natarasan	DMK	R. Thirumalaisamy	ADMK	57,573
Pollachi	S. Raju	DMK	V. Jayaraman	ADMK	21,814
Polur	A. Rajendran	DMK	Agri. S. Krishnamoorthy	ADMK	24,153
Pongalur	P. Mohan Kandaswamy	TMC(M)	Thalapathy Murugesan	INC	21,941
Ponneri (SC)	K. Sundaram	DMK	G. Gunasekaran	ADMK	45,391
Poombuhar	G. Mohandasan	DMK	N. Vijayabalan	ADMK	18,413
Poonamallee	D. Sudarsanam	TMC(M)	P. Krishnamoorthy	INC	50,511
Pudukottai	A. Periannan	DMK	S. C. Swaminathan	INC	42,783
Purasawalkam	B. Ranganathan	TMC(M)	Kathipara J. Gnanam	INC	72,614
Radhakrishnan Nagar	S. P. Sarkunam	DMK	R. M. D. Raveendran	ADMK	43,081
Radhapuram	M. Appavu	TMC(M)	S. K. Chandrasekaran	INC	28,946
Rajapalayam (SC)	V. P. Rajan	DMK	P. Prabakar	ADMK	18,939
Ramanathapuram	A. Rahman Khan	DMK	S. K. G. Sekar	ADMK	35,891
Ranipet	R. Gandhi	DMK	M. Masilamani	ADMK	34,127
Rasipuram	P. R. Sundaram	ADMK	R. R. Damayandhi	DMK	454
Rishivandiyam	S. Sivaraj	TMC(M)	P. Annadurai	ADMK	40,064
Royapuram	R. Mathivanan	DMK	D. Jayakumar	ADMK	17,408
Saidapet	K. Saidai Kittu	DMK	Saidai S. Duraisamy	ADMK	29,853
Salem - II	K. R. G. Dhanapalan	DMK	A. T. Natarajan	INC	30,267
Salem - II	A. L. Thangavel	DMK	S. Semmalai	ADMK	27,491
Samayanallur (SC)	S. Selvaraj	DMK	R. Raja Selvaraj	ADMK	55,648
Sankarapuram	T. Udhayasuriyan	DMK	A. Saruvar Kasim	ADMK	22,158
Sankarankoil (SC)	C. Karuppasamy	ADMK	S. Raja	DMK	600
Sankari (SC)	V. Muthu	DMK	K. K. Ramasamy	ADMK	21,336
Sathankulam	S. S. Mani Nadar	TMC(M)	B. Kasinathan	INC	25,236
Sathyamangalam	S. K. Rajendran	DMK	T. R. Attiannan	ADMK	8,784
Sattur	K. M. Vijayakumar	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	ADMK	9,364
Sedapatti	G. Thalapathi	DMK	R. Muthiah	ADMK	10,201
Sendamangalam (ST)	C. Chandrasekaran	DMK	K. Kalavathi	ADMK	19,925
Sholavandan	L. Santhanam	DMK	A. M. Paramasivan	ADMK	18,808
Sholinghur	A. M. Munirathinam	TMC(M)	S. Shanmugham	PMK	33,930
Singanallur	N. Palaniswamy	DMK	R. Duraisamy	ADMK	58,412
Sirkazhi (SC)	M. Panneerselvam	DMK	V. Bharathi	ADMK	29,694
Sivaganga	Tha. Kiruttinan Pasumpon	DMK	K. R. Muruganandam	ADMK	33,001
Sivakasi	R. Chokkar	TMC(M)	N. Alagarsamy	ADMK	18,732
Sriperumbudur (SC)	E. Kothandam	DMK	K. N. Chinnandi	INC	36,436
Srirangam	T. P. Mayavan	DMK	M. Paranjothi	ADMK	29,859
Srivaikuntam	S. David Selwyn	DMK	S. Danielraj	INC	13,209
Srivilliputhur	R. Tamaraikani	ADMK	T. Ramasamy	CPI	8,667
Talavasal (SC)	K. Rani	TMC(M)	K. Kaliyaperumal	INC	27,382
Tambaram	M. A. Vaidyalingam	DMK	K. B. Madhavan	INC	11,395
Taramangalam	P. govindan	PMK	P. Elavarasan	DMK	24,707
Tenkasi	K. Ravi Arunan	TMC(M)	Aladi Sankaraiya	INC	30,760
Thalli	S. Raja Reddy	CPI	Venkatarama Reddi	INC	7,489
Thandarambattu	K. Manivarma	TMC(M)	A. P. Kuppusamy	ADMK	39,814
Thanjavur	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	DMK	S. D. Somasundaram	ADMK	45,082
T. Nagar	A. Chellakumar	TMC(M)	S. Vijayan	ADMK	48,998
Theni	N. R. Alagaraja	TMC(M)	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	ADMK	49,144
Thirumangalam	M. Muthuramalingam	DMK	S. Andi Thevar	ADMK	28,925
Thirumayam	V. Chinniah	TMC(M)	S. Ragupathy	ADMK	11,888
Thirunavalur	A. G. Manikannan	DMK	K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy	ADMK	12,436
Thirupparankundram	C. Ramachandran	DMK	S. V. Shanmugam	ADMK	61,409
Thiruthuraipundi (SC)	G. Palanisami	CPI	K. Gopalsami	INC	53,688
Thiruvadanai	K. R. Ramasamy	TMC(M)	D. Sakthivel	INC	51,400
Thiruvaiyaru	D. Chandrasekaran	DMK	M. Subramanian	ADMK	27,011
Thiruvattar	V. Alban	DMK	J. Hemachandran	CPM	12,354
Thiruvarur (SC)	A. Asohan	DMK	P. Arumuga Pandian	ADMK	44,367
Thiruvidaimarudhur	S. Ramalingam	DMK	T. R. Loganathan	INC	41,941
Thiruvonam	N. Ramachandran	DMK	K. Thangamuthu	ADMK	31,550
Thondamuthur	C. R. Ramachandran	DMK	T. Malaravan	ADMK	62,137
Thottiam	K. Kannaiyan	DMK	N. Nedumaran	ADMK	40,982
Thousand Lights	M. K. Stalin	DMK	Zeenath Sheriffdeen	ADMK	44,877
Tindivanam	R. Sedunathan	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	PMK	25,380
Tiruchendur	S. Jennifer Chandran	DMK	T. Dhamodharan	ADMK	31,031
Tiruchengode	T. P. Arumugam	DMK	S. Chinnusamy	ADMK	42,620
Tiruchy - I	B. Baranikumar	DMK	Pa. Krishnan	ADMK	27,510
Tiruchy - II	Anbil Poyyamozhi	DMK	P. Selvaraj	ADMK	44,829
Tirunelveli	A. L. Subramanian	DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	ADMK	23,324
Tiruppattur (41)	G. Shanmugam	DMK	P. G. Mani	ADMK	31,658
Tiruppattur (194)	R. Sivaraman	DMK	S. Kannappan	ADMK	19,277
Tirupporur (SC)	G. Chockalingam	DMK	N. K. Loganathan	ADMK	31,896
Tiruppur	K. Subbarayan	CPI	C. Sivasamy	ADMK	41,055
Tiruttani	E. A. P. Sivaji	DMK	G. Hari	ADMK	29,542
Tiruvallur	C. S. Mani	DMK	G. Kanagaraj	ADMK	33,254
Tiruvannamalai	K. Pitchandi	DMK	A. Arunachalam	INC	52,978
Thiruvarambur	K. Durai	DMK	T. Rathinavel	ADMK	46,753
Tiruvottiyur	T. C. Vijayan	DMK	B. Balraj	ADMK	75,022
Triplicane	K. Nanjil Manoharan	DMK	A. Wahab	ADMK	35,011
Tuticorin	N. Periasamy	DMK	J. L. B. Bono Venture Roche	IND	21,371
Udagamandalam	T. Gundan	DMK	H. M. Raju	INC	47,180
Udumalpet	D. Selvaraj	DMK	C. Shanmugavel	ADMK	24,320
Ulundurpet (SC)	A. Mani	DMK	M. Anandan	ADMK	20,975
Uppiliapuram (ST)	T. Karuppusami	DMK	R. Saroja	ADMK	34,568
Usilampatti	P. N. Vallarasu	FBL	P. Veluchamy	ADMK	55,903
Uthiramerur	K. Sundar	DMK	N. K. Gnanasekaran	ADMK	33,092
Valangiman (SC)	Gomathi Srinivasan	TMC(M)	V. Vivekanandan	ADMK	20,511
Valparai (SC)	V. P. Singaravelu	DMK	Kurichi Manimaran	ADMK	25,272
Vandavasi (SC)	Bala Anandan	DMK	V. Gunaseelan	ADMK	39,746
Vaniyambadi	M. Abdul Latheef	DMK	K. Kuppusamy	INC	47,253
Vanur (SC)	A. Marimuthu	DMK	S. P. Erasendiran	ADMK	23,942
Varahur (SC)	Duraisamy	DMK	A. Palanimuthu	ADMK	21,151
Vasudevanallur (SC)	R. Eswaran	TMC(M)	P. Suresh Babu	INC	616
Vedaranyam	S. K. Vedarathinam	DMK	P. C. V. Balasubramaniam	INC	22,792
Vedasandur	S. V. Krishnan	DMK	S. Gandhirajan	ADMK	20,769
Veerapandi	S. Arumugam	DMK	K. Arjunan	ADMK	21,151
Vellakoil	M. P. Saminathan	DMK	Durai Ramaswamy	ADMK	6,914
Vellore	C. Gnanasekaran	TMC(M)	S. B. Bhaskaran	INC	60,888
Vilathikulam	K. Ravisankar	DMK	V. Gopalsamy	MDMK	634
Vilavancode	D. Mony	CPM	V. Thankaraj	DMK	21,282
Villivakkam	J. M. Haroon Rasheed	TMC(M)	M. G. Mohan	INC	147,747
Villupuram	K. Ponmudy	DMK	S. S. Panneerselvam	ADMK	41,586
Virudhunagar	A. R. R. Seenivasan	DMK	G. Karikolraj	INC	23,487
Vridachalam	Tamizharasan	DMK	R. Govindasamy	PMK	6,885
Yercaud (ST)	V. Perumal	DMK	R. Gunasekaran	ADMK	9,394

*	Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Impact

ADMK suffered a rout in the elections. Most of sitting ministers of the ADMK government, including the chief minister Jayalalithaa lost their seats. Jayalalitha lost to DMK's E. G. Sugavanam by a margin of 8,366 votes in the Bargur constituency. A year after the election, the ADMK split, when a faction led by the Arantaki MLA Su. Thirunavukkarasar broke away from the party. The MDMK which was contesting its first statewide elections since its formation in 1994 drew a blank. MDMK leader Vaiko was defeated in both the Vilathikulam assembly constituency and the Sivakasi parliamentary constituency. This election also saw the PMK electing four members to the assembly. This was the last election PMK contested without being in alliance with DMK or ADMK. Except for the 2016 Legislative assembly election, PMK has always been a part of the DMK or ADMK led coalitions. The massive victory of the DMK-TMC-CPI combine in the assembly elections spilled over to the parliamentary elections. The coalition was able to win all 39 parliamentary seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone parliamentary seat in the nearby Pondicherry. This tally of 40 seats enabled the DMK-TMC combine to be part of the United Front government during 1996-98.

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu
• Legislature of Tamil Nadu
• Government of Tamil Nadu

External links

• Election Commission of India