2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:	2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Country:	India
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:	1996
Next Election:	2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:	2006
Election Date:	10 May 2001
Seats For Election:	All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
Majority Seats:	118
Turnout:	59.07% (7.88%)
Party1:	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Image1:	J Jayalalithaa.jpg
Leader1:	J. Jayalalithaa
Leaders Seat1:	Andipatti (2002)
Alliance1:	Secular Front
Seats1:	196
Seat Change1:	138
Popular Vote1:	14,043,980
Percentage1:	50.09%
Swing1:	23.01%
Party2:	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Leader2:	M. Karunanidhi
Alliance2:	NDA
Leaders Seat2:	Chepauk
Seats2:	37
Seat Change2:	138
Popular Vote2:	10,841,157
Percentage2:	38.67%
Swing2:	15.10%
Map Size:	300px
CM
Before Election:	M. Karunanidhi
Before Party:	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
After Election:	J.Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam
After Party:	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

The twelfth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 10 May 2001. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)-led front won the elections and its general secretary, J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister, even though she could not legally run as MLA in this election. She was unanimously nominated as Chief Minister by her party and was ready to serve her second term. But due to criminal and corruption charges from her first term, on 21 September 2001, a five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India ruled in a unanimous verdict that "a person who is convicted for a criminal offense and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two years cannot be appointed the Chief Minister of a State under Article 164 (1) read with (4) and cannot continue to function as such". Thereby, the bench decided that "in the appointment of Dr. J. Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister there has been a clear infringement of a Constitutional provision and that a writ of quo warranto must issue". In effect, her appointment as Chief Minister was declared null and invalid with retrospective effect. Therefore, technically, she was not the Chief Minister in the period between 14 May 2001 and 21 September 2001. After her resignation on 21 September 2001, she put in O. Panneerselvam, as the official 13th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, until she could clear up the charges from her first term, so she can take up the mantle of Chief Minister officially, on 2 March 2002.

Background and Coalition

The incumbent party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, finished its full 5 terms, for the first time since winning the 1971 state assembly election. According to various sources and exit polls, the incumbent party was supposed to retain power, due to the popularity of its leader M. Karunanidhi. Due to the anti-incumbency factor, problems of development cited by the people in many rural areas of Tamil Nadu, and a broad coalition formed by AIADMK, including Tamil Maanila Congress, who left the alliance of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), because they joined BJP and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Indian National Congress and the left parties, the AIADMK led front, with its general secretary J. Jayalalithaa, won by a landslide, sweeping across the state.^[1]

Aftermath

The coalition at the AIADMK led-center would prove to be short-lived, since in less than a year, Pattali Makkal Katchi, and its leader Dr. Ramdoss, left the coalition, citing authoritarian type rule by J. Jayalalithaa. Also the Tamil Maanila Congress, who proved to be an important ally for the victory of AIADMK, would later merge with Indian National Congress, who would later support DMK led front in future elections. The left parties would also end up joining the DMK led front, leaving the AIADMK coalition after this election.

Seat allotments

Source: Various Sources^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Secular Democratic Progressive Alliance

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.				140
2.				32
3.				14
4.				27
5.				N. Sankaraiah	8
6.			R. Nallakannu	8
7.			L. Santhanam	1
8.			K. M. Kader Mohideen^[7]	1
9.			M. Abdul Latheef^[8]	1
10.			P. S. Arul^[9]	1
Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the AIADMK ticket
11.				1

DMK-NDA Alliance

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.				168
2.			S.P. Kripanidhi^[10]	21
3.				10
4.				6
5.		Television and		5
6.				3
7.		Television and		2
8.			'Vettavalam' Manikandan	1
9.		Toffee		1
10.			Ku. Pa. Krishnan^[11]	1
Unregistered (or) Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket
11.				8
12.				3
13.			P. Chidambaram^[12]	2
14.			Dheeran	1
15.			Kuzha Chelliah	1
16.			A.M. Raja^[13]	1

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Opinion polling

Exit polls

Results

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

|-!colspan=10||-! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party!style="width:4px" |! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote %! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %^‡|-! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|! style="background-color: " || 196| +138| 14,043,980|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 50.1%|-|AIADMK! style="background-color: #008000" | | 132| +127| 8,815,387| 31.4%| 52.1%|-|TMC(M)! style="background-color: #008080" || 23| -15| 1,885,726| 6.7%| 47.5%|-|PMK! style="background-color: #800080" || 20| +16| 1,557,500| 5.6%| 46.8%|-|INC! style="background-color: #00FFFF" || 7| +7| 696,205| 2.5%| 45.4%|-|CPI(M)! style="background-color: #000080" || 6| +4| 470,736| 1.7%| 48.2%|-|CPI! style="background-color: #0000FF" || 5| -3| 444,710| 1.6%| 48.5%|-|IND! style="background-color: Black" || 2| +2| 103,971| 0.4%| 46.6%|-|AIFB! style="background-color: #800000" || 1| +1| 39,248| 0.1%| 43.3%|-|MUL! style="background-color: " || 0| -1| 30,497| 0.1%| 41.7%|-! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ alliance! style="background-color: Red" || 37| -138| 10,841,157|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 38.7%|-|DMK! style="background-color: Red" || 31| -142| 8,669,864| 30.9%| 39.0%|-|BJP! style="background-color: " || 4| +3| 895,352| 3.2%| 38.7%|-|MADMK! style="background-color: " | | 2| +1| 129,474| 0.5%| 37.1%|-|PT! style="background-color: " || 0| –| 355,171| 1.3%| 33.8%|-|MTD! style="background-color: " || 0| –| 257,126| 0.9%| 40.9%|-|PNK! style="background-color: " || 0| –| 196,740| 0.7%| 33.6%|-|MGRK! style="background-color: " || 0| –| 136,916| 0.5%| 40.8%|-|TB! style="background-color: " || 0| –| 45,002| 0.2%| 40.0%|-|CNMK! style="background-color: " || 0| –| 40,421| 0.1%| 32.4%|-|IND! style="background-color: " || 0| –| 115,091| 0.4%| 36.7%|-! style="background-color:Black; color:white"|Others! style="background-color: Black" || 1| –| 3,192,598|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |11.4%|-|MDMK! style="background-color: " || 0| –| 1,304,469| 4.7%| 5.1%|-|IND! style="background-color: #4d4d4d" || 1| –| 1,509,378| 6.2%| 6.3%|-| style="text-align:center;" |Total! style="background-color: " || 234| –| 28,037,314| 100%| –|-|}Note: Parties that contested under "rising-sun" or "two-leaves" symbol are listed as DMK or AIADMK respectively. Parties that ran their candidates as independents, (e.g. Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi and Thondar Congress in DMK alliance) are listed as IND for their respective alliance.
‡: 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.
Sources: Election Commission of India^[15] and Rediff Newspaper^[16]

Constituency wise results

See also: Twelfth Assembly of Tamil Nadu.

Assembly constituency	Party		Winner	Runner-up	Party	Margin
Acharapakkam (SC)		PMK	A. Selvaraj	T. D. R. Murugesan	DMK	15,478
Alandur		AIADMK	B. Valarmathi	R. Veerappan	MGRK	12,596
Alangudi		AIADMK	A. Venkadachalam	S. A. Soosairaj	DMK	16,731
Alangulam		AIADMK	P. G. Rajendran	Aladi Aruna	DMK	4,111
Ambasamudram		AIADMK	M. Sakthivel Murugan	R. Avudaiyappan	DMK	4,020
Anaicut		AIADMK	K. Pandurangan	G. Malarvizhi	DMK	21,051
Andhiyur		PMK	R. Krishnan	P. Selvarasu	DMK	18,062
Andimadam		PMK	J. Gurunathan	M. Gnanamoorthy	DMK	27,002
Andipatti		AIAIADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan	P. Asaiyan	DMK	25,009
Anna Nagar		DMK	Arcot N. Veeraswami	C. Arumugam	PMK	5,578
Arkonam (SC)		AIADMK	K. Bhavani Karunakaran	R. Ravishankar	DMK	20,256
Arantangi		MAIADMK	P. Arasan	A. Chandrasekaran	INC	20,018
Aravakurichi		AIADMK	E. A. Liyaudeen Sait	Lakshmi Duraisamy	DMK	18,326
Arcot		AIADMK	P. Neelakandan	A. K. Sundaramoorthy	DMK	17,707
Ariyalur		AIADMK	P. Elavazhagan	T. A. Kathiravan	DMK	10,379
Arni		AIADMK	K. Ramachandran	A. C. Shanmugam	PNK	13,482
Aruppukottai		AIADMK	K. K. Sivasamy	Thangam Thennarasu	DMK	6,152
Athoor		AIADMK	P. K. T. Natarajaan	I. Periyasamy	DMK	3,606
Attur		AIADMK	A. K. Murugesan	Mu. Ra. Karunanidhi	DMK	24,745
Avanashi (SC)		AIADMK	S. Mahalingam	M. Mohan Kumar	IND	21,012
Bargur		AIADMK	M. Thambidurai	E. G. Sugavanam	DMK	49,306
Bhavani		AIADMK	K. C. Karuppannan	J. Sudhanandhen Mudaliyar	PNK	32,859
Bhavanisagar		AIADMK	P. Chithambaram	O. Subramaniam	DMK	10,275
Bhuvanagiri		IND	P. S. Arul	M. Gopalakrishnan	MTD	3,764
Bodinayakkanur		AIADMK	S. Ramaraj	A. Sudalaimuthu	DMK	11,278
Chengalpattu		PMK	K. Arumugam	V. Viswanathan	DMK	5,149
Chengam (SC)		INC	M. Polur Varadhan	R. Shamala	MTD	12,277
Chepauk		DMK	M. Karunanidhi	R. Damodharan	INC	4,834
Cheranmahadevi		AIADMK	P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian	N. Chockalingam	BJP	10,975
Cheyyar		PMK	P. S. Ulagarakshagan	R. K. P. Rajarajan	DMK	12,085
Chidambaram		DMK	K. Saravanan Durai	T. Arivuselvan	PMK	11,915
Chinnasalem		AIADMK	P. Mohan	R. Mookappan	DMK	9,112
Coimbatore East		TMC	V. K. Lakshmanan	N. R. Nanjappan	BJP	3,211
Coimbatore West		INC	S. Maheswari	C. T. Dhandapani	DMK	10,091
Colachel		AIADMK	T. Pachamal	R. Sambath Chandra	MDMK	15,089
Coonoor (SC)		TMC	K. Kandaswamy	E. M. Mahaliappan	DMK	16,644
Cuddalore		DMK	E. Pugazhendi	P. R. S. Venkatesan	TMC(M)	34
Cumbum		TMC	O. R. Ramachandran	N. K. R. Krishnakumar	BJP	4,386
Dharapuram (SC)		PMK	V. Sivakami	R. Saraswathi	DMK	22,152
Dharmapuri		PMK	K. Pary Mohan	K. Manoharan	DMK	10,974
Dindigul		CPI(M)	K. Nagalakshimi	M. Basheer Ahmed	DMK	2,779
Edapadi		PMK	I. Ganesan	A. Kandasamy	DMK	30,811
Egmore (SC)		DMK	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi	B. John Pandian	AIADMK	86
Erode		AIADMK	K. S. Thennarasu	N. K. K. Periyasamy	DMK	24,440
Gingee		AIADMK	V. Elumalai	Rajendran	DMK	29,086
Gobichettipalayam		AIADMK	S. S. Ramaneedharan	V. P. Shanmugasundaram	DMK	28,945
Gudalur		AIADMK	A. Miller	M. Pandiaraj	DMK	32,693
Gudiyatham		AIADMK	C. M. Suryakala	S. Duraisamy	DMK	24,324
Gummidipundi		AIADMK	K. S. Vijayakumar	K. Venu	DMK	24,958
Harbour		DMK	K. Anbazhagan	D. Pandian	CPI	336
Harur		CPI	V. Krishnamoorthy	D. Periyasamy	DMK	33,479
Hosur		INC	K. Gopinath	B. Venkatasamy	BJP	6,489
Ilaiyangudi		AIADMK	V. D. Nadarajan	S. Kannappan	MTD	4,682
Jayankondam		AIADMK	S. Annadurai	K. C. Ganesan	DMK	25,010
Kadaladi		TMC	S. Balakrishnan	S. P. Thangavelan	DMK	6,115
Kadayanallur		AIADMK	M. Subbiah Pandian	P. M. Shahul	DMK	1,244
Kalasapakkam		AIADMK	S. Ramachandran	P. S. Thiruvengadam	DMK	28,890
Kancheepuram		AIADMK	T. Mythili	A. Sekar	DMK	23,603
Kandamangalam (SC)		AIADMK	V. Subramanian	E. Vijayaraghavan	DMK	22,628
Kangayam		AIADMK	M. Selvi	N. Rajkumar Mandradiar	DMK	11,274
Kanniyakumari		AIADMK	N. Thalavaisundaram	N. Suresh Rajan	DMK	9,536
Kapilamalai		PMK	A. R. Malaiyappasamy	S. Gandhiselvan	DMK	4,312
Karaikudi		BJP	H. Raja	S. P. Udayappan	TMC(M)	1,651
Karur		INC	T. N. Sivasubramanian	Vasuki Murugesan	DMK	23,438
Katpadi		DMK	Durai Murugan	A. K. Natarajan	PMK	8,002
Kattumannarkoil (SC)		CJP	P. Vallalperuman	R. Sachidanandam	INC	16,517
Kaveripattinam		AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy	V. C. Govindasami	DMK	18,517
Killiyoor		TMC	D. Kumaradas	C. Santhakumar	BJP	13,760
Kinathukadavu		AIADMK	S. Damodaran	M. Shanmugam	DMK	33,780
Kolathur (SC)		AIADMK	A. Karuppayee	Palaniappan	PT	46,899
Kovilpatti		CPI	S. Rajendran	K. Rajaram	DMK	9,039
Krishnagiri		AIADMK	V. Govindarasu	T. Senguttuvan	DMK	21,773
Krishnarayapuram (SC)		AIADMK	Sasikala	S. Periyasamy	DMK	21,549
Kulithalai		AIADMK	A. Pappasundaram	D. Thirunavukkarasu	DMK	16,766
Kumbakonam		DMK	Ko. Si. Mani	Rama Ramanathan	AIADMK	6,496
Kurinjipadi		DMK	M. R. K. Panneer Selvam	K. Sivasubramanian	AIADMK	23,863
Kuttalam		AIADMK	Natarajan	P. Kalyanam	DMK	2,644
Lalgudi		AIADMK	S. M. Balan	K. N. Nehru	DMK	1,610
Madurai Central		TMC	M. A. Hakkem	S. Paulraj	DMK	147
Madurai East		CPI(M)	N. Nanmaran	V. Velusamu	DMK	5,304
Madurai West		AIADMK	Valarmathi Jebaraj	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan	DMK	708
Maduranthakam		AIADMK	P. Vasudevan	S. D. Ugamchand	DMK	11,694
Manamadurai		TMC	K. Paramalai	S. P. Kirubanidhi	BJP	20,857
Mangalore (SC)		DMK	V. Ganesan	S. Puratchimani	TMC(M)	1,855
Mannargudi		CPI	V. Sivapunniyam	S. Gnanasekaran	BJP	20,190
Marungapuri		AIADMK	V. A. Chelliah	B. M. Senguttuvan	DMK	25,272
Mayiladuturai		BJP	Jaga Veerapandian	R. Selvaraj	AIADMK	2,452
Mettur		AIADMK	S. Sundarambal	P. Gopal	DMK	8,135
Melmalaiyanur		AIADMK	R. Tamilmozhi	A. Gnanasekaran	DMK	24,587
Melur		AIAIADMK	R. Samy	Samayanallur S. Selvaraj	DMK	26,838
Mettupalayam		AIADMK	A. K. Selvaraj	B. Arun Kumar	DMK	41,078
Modakkurichi		AIADMK	P. C. Ramasami	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan	DMK	34,212
Morappur		AIADMK	P. Palaniappan	E. V. Rajasekaran	DMK	23,316
Mudukulathur		AIADMK	K. Patinetampatian	S. Pandian	MTD	2,669
Mugaiyur		AIADMK	G. Gothandaraman	A. G. Sampath	DMK	10,341
Musiri		AIADMK	C. Malliga	S. Vivekandan	DMK	1,994
Mylapore		BJP	K. N. Lakshmanan	V. Maitreyan	AIADMK	6,047
Nagapattinam		AIADMK	R. Jeevanantham	S. P. Thangaiya	DMK	16,717
Nagercoil		MAIADMK	Suyambu	M. Moses	TMC(M)	3,662
Namakkal		INC	K. Jeyakumar	S. Ahilan	PT	28,992
Nanguneri		AIADMK	S. Manickaraj	V. Ramachandran	MTD	9,161
Nannilam (SC)		TMC	C. K. Amizharasan	P. Sakthivel	DMK	19,212
Natham		AIADMK	R. Viswanathan	Ku. Pa. Krishnan	TB	10,602
Natrampalli		PMK	S. Natarajan	T. Anbazhagan	MGRK	12,088
Nellikkuppam		AIADMK	M. C. Sampath	V. C. Shanmugham	DMK	7,382
Nilakottai		AIADMK	G. Anbazhagan	K. Ayyar	PT	31,494
Oddanchatram		DMK	A. R. A. Chakkarapani	A. T. Sellasamy	AIADMK	1,369
Omalur		AIADMK	S. Semmalai	Era. Rajendran	DMK	31,602
Orathanad		AIADMK	R. Vaithilingam	P. Rajamanickam	DMK	19,844
Ottapidaram		AIADMK	A. Sivaperumal	K. Krishnasamy	PT	651
Padmanabhapuram		AIADMK	K. P. Raajendraprasad	C. Velayudhan	BJP	2,774
Palacode		AIADMK	K. P. Anbalagan	G. L. Venkatachalam	DMK	40,232
Palani		AIADMK	M. Chinnasamy	T. Poovendhan	DMK	20,487
Palayamkottai		DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	S. Muthu Karuppan	AIADMK	14,748
Palladam		AIADMK	S. M. Velusamy	S. S. Ponmudi	DMK	32,474
Pallipattu		AIADMK	P. M. Narasimhan	M. Chakravarthy	BJP	28,240
Panamarathupatti		AIADMK	Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy	S. R. Sivalingam	DMK	42,350
Panruti		PMK	T. Velmurugan	V. Ramaswamy	DMK	5,048
Papanasam		TMC	M. Ramkumar	S. Kalyanasundaram	DMK	6,632
Paramakudi (SC)		TMC	R. Ramprabhu	S. Chelliah	PT	5,807
Park Town		TMC	S. G. Vinayagamurthi	T. Rajendhar	DMK	6,377
Pattukkottai		TMC	N. R. Rengarajan	P. Balasubramanian	DMK	6,950
Pennagaram		PMK	G. K. Mani	K. N. Periannan	IND	14,396
Perambalur (SC)		AIADMK	P. Rajarethinam	S. Vallaban	DMK	20,004
Perambur (SC)		CPI(M)	K. Mahendran	Chengai Sivam	DMK	17,223
Peravurani		TMC	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandham	Kuzha Chelliah	DMK	28,659
Periyakulam		AIADMK	O. Panneer Selvam	M. Abuthahir	DMK	17,920
Peranamallur		AIADMK	A. K. S. Anbalagan	B. Bose	MTD	8,359
Pernambut (SC)		AIADMK	S. C. Kanagathara	S. Thondral Nayagan	BJP	28,855
Perundurai		AIADMK	K. S. Palanisamy	N. Govindasamy	CNMK	31,712
Perur		AIADMK	M. A. P. A. Krishnakumar (Rohini)	N. Nageswari	DMK	35,264
Pollachi		AIADMK	V. Jayaraman	R. Tamil Mani	DMK	32,404
Polur		AIADMK	Nalini Manoharan	C. Elumalai	DMK	10,807
Pongalur		AIADMK	P. V. Damodaran	K. Chellamuthu	IND	21,815
Ponneri (SC)		CPI	A. S. Kannan	K. Sundaram	DMK	27,390
Poombuhar		AIADMK	N. Renganathan	M. Mohammad Siddiq	DMK	7,455
Poonamallee		PMK	S. Shanmugam	S. Chezhiyan	DMK	2,316
Pudukkottai		AIADMK	C. Vijayabaskar	Arasu Periyannan	DMK	28,183
Purasawalkam		CJP	B. Ranganathan	P. Vetrivel	TMC(M)	3,802
Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar		AIADMK	P. K. Sekar Babu	S. P. Sarguna Pandian	DMK	27,332
Radhapuram		IND	M. Appavu	S. Jothi	PMK	18,281
Rajapalayam (SC)		AIADMK	M. Rajasekar	V. P. Rajan	DMK	9,595
Ramanathapuram		AIADMK	A. Anwer Rhazza	A. Rahman Khan	DMK	9,112
Ranipet		AIADMK	M. S. Chandrasekaran	R. Gandhi	DMK	24,963
Rasipuram		AIADMK	P. R. Sundaram	K. P. Ramalingam	DMK	23,029
Royapuram		AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	K. Nargunan	DMK	13,712
Rishivandiyam		TMC	S. Sivaraj	T. K. T. Murali	PNK	25,532
Saidapet		DMK	V. Perumal	C. R. Baskaran	PMK	3,881
Salem – I		AIADMK	Se. Venkatajalam	M. A. Elangovan	DMK	25,131
Salem – II		PMK	M. Karthe	A. L. Thangavel	DMK	15,085
Samayanallur (SC)		AIADMK	P. Ponnampalam	Kasthuri Sivasamy	DMK	19,924
Sankaranayanarkoil (SC)		AIADMK	C. Karuppasamy	P. Duraisamy	PT	9,262
Sankarapuram		PMK	P. Kasampu	T. Udhayasuriyan	DMK	1,018
Sankari (SC)		AIADMK	P. Dhanabal	T. R. Saravanan	DMK	22,952
Sathyamangalam		AIADMK	K. R. Kandasamy	S. K. Rajendran	DMK	33,434
Sathangulam		TMC	S. S. Mani Nadar	A. N. Rajakkannan	BJP	5,766
Sattur		DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	A. Rajendran	INC	4,415
Sedapatti		AIADMK	C. Durairaj	P. V. Bhaktavatchalam	PT	18,435
Sendamangalam (ST)		AIADMK	K. Kalavathi	Chinumathi Chandrasekaran	DMK	17,815
Sholavandan		AIADMK	V. R. Rajangam	P. Moorthy	DMK	19,841
Sholinghur		AIADMK	R. Vilvanathan	A. M. Ponnurangam	PNK	9,795
Singanallur		CPI(M)	K. C. Karunakaran	N. Palanisamy	DMK	20,001
Sirkazhi (SC)		AIADMK	N. Chandramohan	J. Irai Ezhil	DMK	4,430
Sivaganga		AIADMK	V. Chandran	Tha Pasumpon Kiruttinan	DMK	4,273
Sivakasi		TMC	A. Rajagopal	V. Thangaraj	DMK	5,721
Sriperumbudur (SC)		INC	D. Yasodha	M. Raghavan	DMK	17,193
Srirangam		AIADMK	K. K. Balasubramanian	M. Soundrapandian	BJP	12,676
Srivaikuntam		AIADMK	S. P. Shanmuganathan	S. David Selwyn	DMK	2,886
Srivilliputhur		AIADMK	Inbathtamilan	S. Mohanrajulu	BJP	9,174
Talavasal (SC)		AIADMK	V. Alagammal	M. Pandiyarajan	DMK	27,857
Tambaram		DMK	M. A. Vaidialingam	K. Chakkarapani Reddiar	TMC(M)	5,431
Taramangalam		PMK	M. P. Kamaraj	S. Ammasi	DMK	25,458
Tenkasi		AIADMK	K. Annamalai	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	DMK	8,792
Thalli		BJP	K. V. Murali Dharan	S. Raja Reddy	CPI	6,217
Thandarambattu		DMK	E. V. Velu	K. Manivarma	TMC(M)	4,837
Thanjavur		DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	R. Rajmohan	INC	9,590
Theagaraya Nagar		DMK	J. Anbazhagan	E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath	AIADMK	2,499
Theni		AIADMK	D. Ganesan	L. Mookiah	DMK	13,861
Thirumangalam		AIADMK	K. Kalimuthu	T. Ocha Thevar	DMK	18,162
Thirupparankundram		AIADMK	S. M. Seenivel	C. Ramachandran	DMK	9,127
Thiruverambur		DMK	K. N. Sekaran	T. K. Rangarajan	CPM	10,373
Thiruvidamarudur		AIADMK	G. Thavamani	S. Ramalingam	DMK	7,372
Thiruvonam		AIADMK	C. Rajendran	M. Ramachandran	DMK	11,223
Thiruvottiyur		AIADMK	T. Arumugam	Kumari Anandan	IND	34,041
Thondamuthur		TMC	S. R. Balasubramoniyan	V. R. Sukanya	DMK	28,536
Thottiam		AIADMK	P. Annavi	K. Kannaiyan	DMK	13,148
Thousand Lights		DMK	M. K. Stalin	S. Sekar	TMC(M)	7,274
Tindivanam		AIADMK	C. Ve. Shanmugam	R. Sethunathan	DMK	12,148
Tiruchendur		AIADMK	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	S. Jennifer Chandran	DMK	11,193
Tiruchengode		AIADMK	C. Ponnaiyan	T. P. Arumugam	DMK	44,109
Tiruchirappalli – I		DMK	B. Paranikumar	M. Kader Mohideen	MUL	924
Tiruchirappalli – II		DMK	Anbil Periyasamy	P. C. Selvaraj	INC	13,944
Tirumayam		AIADMK	M. Radakrishnan	S. Regupathy	DMK	12,027
Tirunavalur		AIADMK	K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy	A. J. Manikannan	DMK	14,773
Tirunelveli		AIADMK	N. Nainar Nagendran	A. L. Subramanian	DMK	722
Tiruppattur (194)		AIADMK	K. K. Umadhevan	R. Sivaraman	DMK	9,090
Tiruppattur (41)		PMK	T. K. Raja	S. Arasu	DMK	5,761
Tirupporur (SC)		AIADMK	S. Kanitha Sampath	C. Nagarajan	DMK	24,790
Tiruppur		AIADMK	C. Sivasami	Lalitha Kumaramangalam	BJP	46,556
Tiruttani		PMK	G. Raviraj	E. A. P. Shivaji	DMK	13,874
Tiruthuraipundi (SC)		CPI	G. Palanisamy	M. Poonguzhali	DMK	25,059
Tiruvadanai		TMC	K. R. Ramasamy	Jones Russo	IND	2,304
Tiruvaiyaru		AIADMK	Ayyaru Vandayar	Durai Chandrasekaran	DMK	15,689
Tiruvallur		TMC	D. Sudharsanam	V. G. Rajendiran	PNK	19,951
Tiruvannamalai		DMK	K. Pitchandi	M. Shanmugasundaram	PMK	4,090
Tiruvarur (SC)		DMK	A. Asokan	K. Rangasamy	CPM	1,314
Thiruvattar		CPI(M)	J. Hemachandran	P. Rajamony	BJP	19,497
Triplicane		DMK	S. A. M. Hussain	S. Rajakumar	INC	3,676
Tuticorin		AIADMK	S. Rajammal	N. Periasamy	DMK	16,186
Udagamandalam		INC	H. M. Raju	J. Hutchi Gowder	BJP	29,090
Udumalpet		AIADMK	C. Shanmugavelu	D. Selvaraj	DMK	39,908
Ulundurpet (SC)		AIADMK	N. Ramu	K. Thirunavukkarasu	DMK	22,754
Uppiliyapuram (ST)		AIADMK	R. Saroja	R. Rani	DMK	12,351
Usilampatti		AIFB	L. Santhanam	S. O. Ramasamy	DMK	9,067
Uthiramerur		AIADMK	V. Somasundaram	K. Sundar	DMK	27,622
Valangiman (SC)		AIADMK	Boopathi Mariappan	T. Nadaiazhagan	PT	23,477
Valparai (SC)		TMC	Kovai Thangam	K. Krishnaswamy	PT	17,915
Vandavasi (SC)		PMK	K. Murugavelrajan	K. Loganathan	DMK	8,871
Vaniyambadi		INL	M. Abdul Latheef	J. M. Haroon Rasheed	DMK	11,938
Vanur (SC)		AIADMK	N. Ganapathy	R. Mydili	DMK	21,349
Varahur (SC)		AIADMK	A. Arunachalam	K. Thiruvalluvan	DMK	13,904
Vasudevanallur (SC)		TMC	R. Easwaran	S. Thangapandian	PT	11,552
Vedaranyam		DMK	S. K. Vedarathinam	R. Mutharasan	CPI	15,000
Vedasandur		AIADMK	P. Andivel	R. Kavitha Parthipan	DMK	19,126
Veerapandi		AIADMK	S. K. Selvam	Veerapandy S. Arumugam	DMK	30,012
Vellakoil		DMK	M. P. Saminathan	V. P. Periasamy	AIADMK	740
Vellore		TMC	C. Gnanasekaran	A. M. Ramalingam	DMK	11,124
Veilathikulam		AIADMK	N. K. Perumal	R. K. P. Rajasekaran	DMK	15,243
Vilavancode		CPI(M)	D. Mony	P. Jeevaraj	DMK	22,919
Villivakkam		DMK	D. Napoleon	A. Chellakumar	TMC(M)	9,230
Villupuram		DMK	K. Ponmudy	R. Pasupathy	PMK	2,205
Virudhunagar		TMC	S. Damodharan	A. R. R. Seenivasan	DMK	4,017
Vridhachalam		PMK	R. Govindasamy	Kuzhandai Thamizharasan	DMK	7,128
Yercaud (ST)		AIADMK	E. Elayakannu	K. Govindan	BJP	33,985

Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

• Thanga Tamilselvan, AIADMK legislator from Andipatti, resigned his seat in 2002, to enable Jayalalithaa to contest here. This enabled her to win in a by election in Andipatti, and be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. She succeeded O. Panneerselvam who took over as chief minister for 6 months, until Jayalalithaa's corruption charges were cleared in court.^[17]
• Due to the death of V. Perumal, actor turned politician Radha Ravi (son of M.R. Radha) was fielded by AIADMK, and defeated the DMK candidate Subramanian, in a by-election, increasing the majority of the AIADMK.^[18]
• During 31 May 2002, By-election, A. Boovaraghamoorthy of the AIADMK, defeated D. Parvendhan of PMK, which resulted in AIADMK to pick up Acharapakkam (SC).^[19]

See also

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

Further reading

• 4410818. Election 2001: Changing Equations. Economic and Political Weekly. 36. 27. 2486–2489. Thirunavukkarasu. R.. 2001.

External links

• Election Commission of India
• Rediff – Graphic: How Amma swept TN in '01

Notes and References

1. Web site: AIADMK sweeps TN poll . Thehindubusinessline.in . 2001-05-14 . 2016-12-01.
2. News: The Hindu. https://web.archive.org/web/20121110002123/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1809/18090310.htm. 2012-11-10. dead. Chennai, India.
3. News: NDA List of Constituencies. https://web.archive.org/web/20021203111936/http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/02/stories/04022239.htm. dead. 3 December 2002. 2 April 2001. The Hindu. Chennai, India.
4. Web site: Tamil Nadu . www.indiatoday.com . 26 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20130126045325/http://www.indiatoday.com/itoday/20010409/tamilnadu2.html . 26 January 2013 . dead.
5. Web site: Latest News, India News, Breaking News, Live News Online, Today Headline's.
6. Web site: The Hindu : List of AIADMK constituencies . https://archive.today/20120903150444/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/04/08/stories/04082235.htm . dead . 2012-09-03 . Hinduonnet.com . 2001-04-08 . 2016-12-01 .
7. Web site: The Hindu : CM has stifled democracy: Jayalalitha . Hinduonnet.com . 2001-05-01 . 2016-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041228014139/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/01/stories/1501223p.htm . 2004-12-28 . dead .
8. News: DMK cadres sore over seat allotment in Vellore district. https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063925/http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/06/stories/04062234.htm. dead. 2002-12-04. 2001-04-06. 7 April 2018. Murthy. The Hindu. P. v v..
9. Web site: The Hindu : Bhuvanagiri: AIADMK-backed Independent on good wicket . Hinduonnet.com . 2001-05-04 . 2016-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050214164352/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/05/04/stories/1504405o.htm . 2005-02-14 . dead .
10. Web site: BJP TN website. bjptn.org. 7 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20110211212802/http://bjptn.org/en/our-party/history-of-tn-bjp.html. 11 February 2011. dead.
11. Web site: Tamizhar Bhoomi unhappy with DMK offer . 2011-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110830214241/http://thehinduretailplus.in/thehindu/2001/03/20/stories/0420223b.htm . 2011-08-30 . dead .
12. News: Veeranam, a major poll plank . https://web.archive.org/web/20121110002313/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/28/stories/2006042806600500.htm . dead . 10 November 2012 . Chennai, India . . 28 April 2006.
13. News: AIADMK vs MDMK in Perundurai. https://web.archive.org/web/20121110001611/http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/27/stories/15272239.htm. dead. 2012-11-10. 2001-04-27. 7 April 2018. Sundaram. The Hindu. R..
14. Web site: Sweep for UDF, narrow win for AIADMK: exit poll. https://archive.today/20130125161711/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/11/stories/02110006.htm. dead. 25 January 2013. 11 May 2001. The Hindu. 2011-04-06.
15. Web site: 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results . 12 May 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006173934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf . 6 October 2010.
16. Web site: The Assembly Elections 2001: Tamil Nadu .
17. Web site: Jayalalithaa's victory . Frontline . https://web.archive.org/web/20100220111555/http://flonnet.com/fl1905/19050200.htm . 2010-02-20 . 19 April 2009 . dead.
18. https://web.archive.org/web/20100811132734/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1912/19121270.htm Pro-incumbency pointers, Frontline
19. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104033354/http://www.hindu.com/2002/06/03/stories/2002060303150100.htm AIADMK wrests two seats (The Hindu newspaper (3 June 2002))