1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:	1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Country:	India
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:	1991
Next Election:	2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:	2001
Election Date:	2 May 1996
Seats For Election:	All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
Majority Seats:	118
Turnout:	66.95% (3.11%)
Party1:	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Image1:	M._Karunanidhi_.jpg
Leader1:	M. Karunanidhi
Alliance1:	United Front
Leaders Seat1:	Chepauk
Seats1:	221
Seat Change1:	219
Popular Vote1:	14,600,748
Percentage1:	60.77%
Swing1:	30.72%
Party2:	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Leader2:	J. Jayalalithaa
Leaders Seat2:	Bargur (lost)
Alliance2:	Congress alliance
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	216
Popular Vote2:	7,354,723
Percentage2:	27.08%
Swing2:	32.71%
Map Size:	200px
CM
Before Election:	J. Jayalalithaa
Before Party:	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
After Election:	M. Karunanidhi
After Party:	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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. Balakrishnanalso known as So. Balakrishnan of Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), became the Leader of the Opposition.^[1] The incumbent All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government was defeated in a landslide manner with its general secretary and outgoing chief minister J. Jayalalithaa losing the election from the Bargur constituency. She became the first Incumbent Chief Minister since M. Bakthavatsalam in 1967 to lose her own constituency.

Background

Anti-Jayalalithaa

The J. Jayalalithaa led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) 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 Jayalalithaa's foster son Sudhakaran all combined to erode the AIADMK support base and the goodwill she had enjoyed with the electorate in the 1991 elections.^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Formation of TMC

The AIADMK's alliance with Indian National Congress (INC), which had helped it to win the 1991 elections ran into trouble midway through the AIADMK's term. J. Jayalalithaa 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 AIADMK. 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.^[5]

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).^[6] ^[7]

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 AIADMK-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 AIADMK 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.^[8] ^[9] 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 Velalar Sangam led by Dr. K. Krishnasamy.^[10] ^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14]

Rajinikanth's support

The DMK-TMC alliance enlisted the popular Tamil film actor Rajinikanth to campaign against the AIADMK 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 AIADMK returns to power".Rajinikanth's support gave enormous victory to DMK^[15] ^[16] ^[17]

Seat allotments

DMK-TMC Front

No.	Election Symbol	Leader
1.		176
2.		41
3.	R.Nallakannu	13
4.	L. Santhanam	1
Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket
5.	Janab	5

AIADMK-INC Front

No.	Election Symbol	Leader
1.		167
2.		64
Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the AIADMK ticket
3.	Kader Mohideen	1

People's Democratic Front

No.	Election Symbol	Leader
1.		177
2.	N.Sankaraiah	40
3.	V. P. Singh	16

PMK-Tiwari Congress Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.				116
2.				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.^[18]

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:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ Alliance! style="background-color: " ||221|+214|14,600,748|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |53.77%|-|DMK! style="background-color: #FF0000" ||173| +171|11,423,380|42.07%|54.04%|-|TMC(M)! style="background-color: #008080" ||39| +39|2,526,474|9.3%|55.21%|-|CPI! style="background-color: #0000FF" ||8| +7|575,570|2.12%|42.95%|-|AIFB! style="background-color: #800000" ||1| +1|75,324|0.28%|76.18%|-! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance! style="background-color: " | |4|-221|7,354,723|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |27.08%|-|AIADMK! style="background-color: #008000" ||4| -160|5,831,383|21.47%|29.24%|-|INC! style="background-color: #00FFFF" ||0| -60|1,523,340|5.61%|21.09%|-

! style="background-color:#ff2a00 ; color:black"|MDMK+ alliance! style="background-color:#ff2a00 ||2|0|2,143,141|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |7.89%|-|MDMK! style="background-color: #ff2a00" ||0|0|1,569,168|5.78%|7.6%|-|CPI(M)! style="background-color: #000080" ||1|0|456,712|1.68%|9.57%|-|JD! style="background-color: " ||1|0|117,801|0.43%|7.31%|-! style="background-color:yellow; color:black"|PMK+ Alliance! style="background-color:yellow" ||4|+3|1,252,275|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |4.61%|-|PMK! style="background-color: #800080" ||4| +3|1,042,333|3.84%|7.61%|-|AIIC(T)! style="background-color: " ||0|0|209,942|0.77%|4.23%|-! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others! style="background-color:gray" ||3|+1|1,662,926|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 6.12%|-|BJP! style="background-color: " ||1| +1|490,453|1.81%|2.93%|-|JP! style="background-color: " ||1| +1|150,134|0.55%|2.51%|-|IND! style="background-color: " ||1|0|1,022,339|3.76%|3.8%|-| style="text-align:center;" |Total! style="background-color: " || 234| –|27,154,721|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 100%|-|}

Constituency results

List of winners and runners-up by constituency

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

	Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Impact

AIADMK suffered a rout in the elections. Most of sitting ministers of the AIADMK government, including the chief minister Jayalalithaa lost their seats. Jayalalithaa lost to DMK's E. G. Sugavanam by a margin of 8,366 votes in the Bargur constituency. A year after the election, the AIADMK 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. 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.^[2] ^[12] ^[13] ^[19]

Cabinet

S.no	Name	Designation	Party
Chief Minister
1.	M. Karunanidhi	Chief Minister	DMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.	K. Anbazhagan	Minister for Education	DMK
3.	Arcot N. Veerasamy	Minister for Health and Electricity
4.	Nanjil K. MANOHARAN	Minister for Revenue
5.	Ko. Si. Mani	Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration
6.	Veerapandi S. Arurmugam	Minister for Agriculture
7.	Duraimurugan	Minister for Public Works
8.	K. Ponmudy	Minister for Transport
9.	Dr M.Tamizhkudimagan	Minister for Tamil Language & Culture
10.	K.N. Nehru	Minister for Food, PDS and Co-operation
11.	K. Sundaram	Minister for Milk
12.	A. Rahman Khan	Minister for Labour
13.	Aladi Aruna	Minister for Law
14.	V. Thangapandian	Minister for Co-operation
15.	N.K.K.Periyasamy	Minister for Handlooms
16	M.R.K. Panneerselvam	Minister for Backward Classes
17.	Pongalur N. Palanisamy	Minister for Animal Husbandry
18.	K. Pitchandi	Minister for Housing
19.	I. Periasamy	Minister for Rural Industries and Registration
20.	V.Mullaivendan	Minister for Information
21.	Pulavar Senguttuvan	Minister for Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments
22.	S.P. Sarkuna Pandian	Minister for Social Welfare
23.	Samayanallur S. Selvarasu	Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare
24.	N. Suresh Rajan	Minister for Tourism
25.	Andhiyur P. Selvarasu	Minister for Khadi & Printing
26.	S. Jennifer Chandran	Minister for Fisheries

| After the death of the minister Thiru V.Thangapandian there is a Inclusion of Thiru Pasumpon Tha Kirittinan as Minister for Highways and seniority changes done he is placed in No 9 in ministers list and the cabinet re-designated several changes shuffling done.

External links

Election Commission of India

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