2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

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{{short description|2001 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox election
| 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]]
| image1 = [[File:J Jayalalithaa.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader1 = [[J. Jayalalithaa]]
| leaders_seat1 = Andipatti (2002)
| party1 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| alliance1 = Congress alliance
| seats1 = 196
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}138
| popular_vote1 = 14,043,980
| percentage1 = 50.09%
| swing1 = {{increase}}23.01%
| image2 = [[File:M._Karunanidhi_.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader2 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| party2 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| alliance2 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Chepauk (State Assembly Constituency)|Chepauk]]
| seats2 = 37
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}138
| popular_vote2 = 10,841,157
| percentage2 = 38.67%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}15.10%
| map_image = 2001 tamil nadu legislative election map.png
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = 2001 election map (by constituencies) [[File:2001 tamil nadu legislative election map by parties.png|300px|Election map of results based on parties]]
| title = [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| before_party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| after_election = [[J.Jayalalithaa]] [[O. Panneerselvam]]
| after_party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| majority_seats = 118
| turnout = 59.07% ({{decrease}}7.88%)
}}
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==
{{Citations broken|section|date=February 2020}}The incumbent party, [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], finished its full 5 terms, for the first time since winning the [[1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1967 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 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 [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] and the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2001/05/14/stories/14145501.htm |title=AIADMK sweeps TN poll |publisher=Thehindubusinessline.in |date=2001-05-14 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref>

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<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1809/18090310.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110002123/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1809/18090310.htm|archive-date=2012-11-10|title=The Hindu|url-status=live|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/02/stories/04022239.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021203111936/http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/02/stories/04022239.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2002|title=NDA List of Constituencies|date=2 April 2001|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130126045325/http://www.indiatoday.com/itoday/20010409/tamilnadu2.html]</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/20010330/ina30041.html |title = Latest News, India News, Breaking News, Live News Online, Today Headline's}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/04/08/stories/04082235.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903150444/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/04/08/stories/04082235.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2012-09-03 |title=The Hindu : List of AIADMK constituencies |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |date=2001-04-08 |access-date=2016-12-01 }}</ref>

===DMK-NDA Alliance===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No. 
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] || style="text-align:center;"| Raising Sun|| [[M. Karunanidhi]] || style="text-align:center;"|169
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || style="text-align:center;"| Lotus|| Dr. S.P. Kripanidhi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjptn.org/en/our-party/history-of-tn-bjp.html|title=BJP TN website|website=bjptn.org|access-date=7 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211212802/http://bjptn.org/en/our-party/history-of-tn-bjp.html|archive-date=11 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"|21
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|3. || [[Puthiya Tamilakam]] || style="text-align:center;"| Lock and key|| [[K. Krishnasamy]] || style="text-align:center;"|10
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|4. || [[Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi]] || style="text-align:center;"|Lock and key || [[Raja Kannappan|S. Kannappan]] || style="text-align:center;"|6
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|5. || [[Puthiya Needhi Katchi]] || style="text-align:center;" |T.V.
And

Bus

| [[A.C. Shanmugham]] || style="text-align:center;"|5
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|6. || [[MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] || style="text-align:center;"|Ring || [[Su. Thirunavukkarasar]] || style="text-align:center;"|3
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|7. || [[MGR Kazhagam]] || style="text-align:center;"|T.V
And

Bus
|R.M. Veerappan || style="text-align:center;"|2
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|8. || [[Kongunadu Makkal Katchi]] || style="text-align:center;"| Raising
Sun
|A.M. Raja<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/27/stories/15272239.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110001611/http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/27/stories/15272239.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-10|title=AIADMK vs MDMK in Perundurai|date=2001-04-27|access-date=7 April 2018|last1=Sundaram|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|first1=R.}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"|1
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|9. || [[Thamilar Bhoomi]] || style="text-align:center;"|Bell ||Ku.Pa. Krishnan<ref name="Tamilar Bhoomi">{{Cite web |url=http://thehinduretailplus.in/thehindu/2001/03/20/stories/0420223b.htm |title=Tamizhar Bhoomi unhappy with DMK offer |access-date=2011-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830214241/http://thehinduretailplus.in/thehindu/2001/03/20/stories/0420223b.htm |archive-date=2011-08-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"|1
|- style="height: 55px;"
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|Unregistered parties, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|10. || [[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]] || style="text-align:center;"| Raising
Sun
| [[Thol. Thirumavalavan]] || style="text-align:center;"|8
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|11. || Tamizhaga Muslim Iykkya Jamaat || style="text-align:center;"| Raising
Sun
|J.M. Haroon || style="text-align:center;"|3
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|12. || [[Congress Jananayaka Peravai]] || style="text-align:center;"| Raising
Sun
|[[P. Chidambaram]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/28/stories/2006042806600500.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110002313/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/28/stories/2006042806600500.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 November 2012 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Veeranam, a major poll plank | date=28 April 2006}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|13.
|Tamil Pattali Makkal Katchi
|Raising Sun
|Dheeran
|1
|- style="height: 55px;"
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |Unregistered parties, whose candidates ran as an independent
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.|| Tamil Nadu Mutharaiyar Sangam || style="text-align:center;"| Raising
Sun
|Kuzha Chelliah<ref name="Tamilar Bhoomi" /> || style="text-align:center;"|1
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.||[[Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi]] || style="text-align:center;"|Ring ||'Vettavalam' Manikandan || style="text-align:center;"|1
|- style="height: 55px;"
|style="text-align:right;"| 16.||[[Thondar Congress]] || style="text-align:center;"|Toffee ||[[Kumari Ananthan]] || style="text-align:center;"|1
|}

===AIADMK-INC Alliance===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No. 
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[File:AIADMK_Two_Leaves.png|50x50px]] || [[J. Jayalalithaa]] || style="text-align:center;"|140
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || [[Tamil Maanila Congress]] || style="text-align:center;"| Cycle|| [[G.K. Moopanar]] || style="text-align:center;"|32
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|3. || [[Indian National Congress]] || style="text-align:center;"| Hand|| [[G.K. Moopanar]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/02/stories/04022237.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021203112441/http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/02/stories/04022237.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-12-03|title=Cong. aspirants petition TMC chief|date=2001-04-02|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"|14
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|4. || [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] || style="text-align:center;"| Mango|| [[Dr. Ramdoss]] || style="text-align:center;"|27
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|5. || [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] || style="text-align:center;" | Hammer

| G.Ramakrishnan || style="text-align:center;"|8
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|6. || [[Communist Party of India]] || style="text-align:center;" |

Sickle
| Tha. Pandian || style="text-align:center;"|8
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|7. || [[All India Forward Bloc]] || style="text-align:center;"| Lion|| L. Santhanam || style="text-align:center;"|1
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|8. || [[Indian Union Muslim League]] || style="text-align:center;"| Ladder|| Khader Mohideen<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/01/stories/1501223p.htm |title=The Hindu : CM has stifled democracy: Jayalalitha |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |date=2001-05-01 |access-date=2016-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041228014139/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/01/stories/1501223p.htm |archive-date=2004-12-28 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"|1
|- style="height: 55px;"
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|Unregistered party, whose candidate ran under the AIADMK ticket
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|9. || Tamilaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam || style="text-align:center;"| Two Leaves|| John Pandian || style="text-align:center;"|1
|- style="height: 55px;"
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|Unregistered parties, whose candidates ran as an independent
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|10. || [[Indian National League]] || style="text-align:center;"|Independent || M. Abdul Latheef<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/06/stories/04062234.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021204063925/http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/06/stories/04062234.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-12-04|title=DMK cadres sore over seat allotment in Vellore district|date=2001-04-06|access-date=7 April 2018|last1=Murthy|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|first1=P. v v.}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"|1
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|11. ||[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] || style="text-align:center;"|Banana || P.S. Arul<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/05/04/stories/1504405o.htm |title=The Hindu : Bhuvanagiri: AIADMK-backed Independent on good wicket |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |date=2001-05-04 |access-date=2016-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050214164352/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/05/04/stories/1504405o.htm |archive-date=2005-02-14 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"|1
|}

==Opinion polling==

===Exit polls===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Agency
! Dates
! Results
|-
| [[CNN-IBN]] – [[The Hindu]]
| 11 May 2001 (Reported)
| AIADMK+: 125 seats (48% of the vote) DMK+: 105 seats (47% of the vote) Others: 4 seats (5% of the vote) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/11/stories/02110006.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125161711/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/11/stories/02110006.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=Sweep for UDF, narrow win for AIADMK: exit poll|date=11 May 2001|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2011-04-06}}</ref>
|}

==Results==

===Results by Pre-Poll Alliance ===
[[File:2001 tamil nadu legislative election map by parties.png|thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left]]
{{Election table|title=Summary of the 2001 May [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Assembly]] [[2001 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election|election results]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]}}
|-
! 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"|AIADMK+ alliance
! style="background-color: {{party color|AIADMK}}" |
| '''196'''
| '''+138'''
| '''14,043,980'''
|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | '''50.1%'''
|-
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
! style="background-color: #008000" |
| 132
| +127
| 8,815,387
| 31.4%
| 52.1%
|-
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress|TMC(M)]]
! style="background-color: #008080" |
| 23
| -15
| 1,885,726
| 6.7%
| 47.5%
|-
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
! style="background-color: #800080" |
| 20
| +16
| 1,557,500
| 5.6%
| 46.8%
|-
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! style="background-color: #00FFFF" |
| 7
| +7
| 696,205
| 2.5%
| 45.4%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
! style="background-color: #000080" |
| 6
| +4
| 470,736
| 1.7%
| 48.2%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
! style="background-color: #0000FF" |
| 5
| -3
| 444,710
| 1.6%
| 48.5%
|-
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
! style="background-color: Black" |
| 2
| +2
| 103,971
| 0.4%
| 46.6%
|-
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]]
! style="background-color: #800000" |
| 1
| +1
| 39,248
| 0.1%
| 43.3%
|-
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|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%'''
|-
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
! style="background-color: Red" |
| 31
| -142
| 8,669,864
| 30.9%
| 39.0%
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| 4
| +3
| 895,352
| 3.2%
| 38.7%
|-
|[[MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MADMK]]
! style="background-color: #FFFF00" |
| 2
| +1
| 129,474
| 0.5%
| 37.1%
|-
|[[Puthiya Tamilakam|PT]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 355,171
| 1.3%
| 33.8%
|-
|[[Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi|MTD]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 257,126
| 0.9%
| 40.9%
|-
|[[Puthiya Needhi Katchi|PNK]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 196,740
| 0.7%
| 33.6%
|-
|[[MGR Kazhagam|MGRK]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 136,916
| 0.5%
| 40.8%
|-
|[[Thamilar Bhoomi|TB]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 45,002
| 0.2%
| 40.0%
|-
|[[Kongunadu Makkal Katchi|CNMK]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 40,421
| 0.1%
| 32.4%
|-
|[[Independent politician|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%'''
|-
|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 1,304,469
| 4.7%
| 5.1%
|-
|[[Independent politician|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%
| –
|-
|}{{refbegin}}
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<ref>{{cite web |title = 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |date = 12 May 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006173934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010}}</ref> and Rediff Newspaper
<ref>{{cite web |title =The Assembly Elections 2001: Tamil Nadu | url =http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/may/13tami.htm?h=splitinfinity&d=get&sony}}</ref>
{{refend}}

===Constituency wise results===
{{see also|Twelfth Assembly of Tamil Nadu}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Assembly Constituency
! colspan="2"| Party
! Winner
! Runner-up
! Party
! Margin
|-
| [[Acharapakkam (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Acharapakkam (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[A. Selvaraj]]**
|T. D. R. Murugesan
|DMK
|15,478
|-
| [[Alandur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Alandur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[B. Valarmathi]]
|R. Veerappan
|MGRK
|12,596
|-
| [[Alangudi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Alangudi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[A. Venkadachalam]]
|S. A. Soosairaj
|DMK
|16,731
|-
| [[Alangulam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Alangulam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. G. Rajendran]]
|[[Aladi Aruna]]
|DMK
|4,111
|-
| [[Ambasamudram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Ambasamudram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[M. Sakthivel Murugan]]
|[[R. Avudaiyappan]]
|DMK
|4,020
|-
| [[Anaicut (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Anaicut]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. Pandurangan]]
|G. Malarvizhi
|DMK
|21,051
|-
| [[Andhiyur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Andhiyur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[R. Krishnan (politician)|R. Krishnan]]
|P. Selvarasu
|DMK
|18,062
|-
| [[Andimadam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Andimadam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[J. Gurunathan]]
|M. Gnanamoorthy
|DMK
|27,002
|-
| [[Andipatti (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Andipatti]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIAIADMK
| [[Thanga Tamil Selvan]]*
|[[P. Asaiyan]]
|DMK
|25,009
|-
| [[Anna Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Anna Nagar]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[Arcot N. Veeraswami]]
|C. Arumugam
|PMK
|5,578
|-
| [[Arakkonam (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Arkonam (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. Bhavani Karunakaran]]
|R. Ravishankar
|DMK
|20,256
|-
| [[Arantangi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Arantangi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| MAIADMK
| [[P. Arasan]]
|A. Chandrasekaran
|INC
|20,018
|-
| [[Aravakurichi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Aravakurichi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[E. A. Liyaudeen Sait]]
|Lakshmi Duraisamy
|DMK
|18,326
|-
| [[Arcot (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Arcot]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. Neelakandan]]
|A. K. Sundaramoorthy
|DMK
|17,707
|-
| [[Ariyalur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Ariyalur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. Elavazhagan]]
|T. A. Kathiravan
|DMK
|10,379
|-
| [[Arni (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Arni]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. Ramachandran (Arni MLA)|K. Ramachandran]]
| [[A. C. Shanmugam]]
|PNK
|13,482
|-
| [[Aruppukottai (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Aruppukottai]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. K. Sivasamy]]
|[[Thangam Thennarasu]]
|DMK
|6,152
|-
| [[Athoor (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Athoor]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. K. T. Natarajaan]]
|[[I. Periyasamy]]
|DMK
|3,606
|-
| [[Attur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Attur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[A. K. Murugesan]]
|Mu. Ra. Karunanidhi
|DMK
|24,745
|-
| [[Avanashi (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Avanashi (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. Mahalingam (politician)|S. Mahalingam]]
|M. Mohan Kumar
|IND
|21,012
|-
| [[Bargur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Bargur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[M. Thambidurai]]
|[[E. G. Sugavanam]]
|DMK
|49,306
|-
| [[Bhavani (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Bhavani]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. C. Karuppannan]]
|[[J. Sudhanandhen Mudaliyar]]
|PNK
|32,859
|-
| [[Bhavanisagar (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Bhavanisagar]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. Chithambaram]]
|O. Subramaniam
|DMK
|10,275
|-
| [[Bhuvanagiri (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Bhuvanagiri]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| [[Independent politician|IND]]
| [[P. S. Arul]]
|M. Gopalakrishnan
|MTD
|3,764
|-
| [[Bodinayakkanur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Bodinayakkanur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. Ramaraj]]
|A. Sudalaimuthu
|DMK
|11,278
|-
| [[Chengalpattu (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Chengalpattu]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[K. Arumugam]]
|V. Viswanathan
|DMK
|5,149
|-
| [[Chengam (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Chengam (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| INC
| [[M. Polur Varadhan]]
|R. Shamala
|MTD
|12,277
|-
| [[Chepauk (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Chepauk]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[M. Karunanidhi]]
|R. Damodharan
|INC
|4,834
|-
| [[Cheranmadevi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Cheranmahadevi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian]]
|N. Chockalingam
|BJP
|10,975
|-
| [[Cheyyar (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Cheyyar]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[P. S. Ulagarakshagan]]
|R. K. P. Rajarajan
|DMK
|12,085
|-
| [[Chidambaram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Chidambaram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[K. Saravanan Durai]]
|T. Arivuselvan
|PMK
|11,915
|-
| [[Chinnasalem (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Chinnasalem]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
|[[P. Mohan]]
|R. Mookappan
|DMK
|9,112
|-
| [[Coimbatore East (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Coimbatore East]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[V. K. Lakshmanan]]
|N. R. Nanjappan
|BJP
|3,211
|-
| [[Coimbatore West (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Coimbatore West]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| INC
| [[S. Maheswari]]
|[[C. T. Dhandapani]]
|DMK
|10,091
|-
| [[Colachel (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Colachel]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[T. Pachamal]]
|R. Sambath Chandra
|MDMK
|15,089
|-
| [[Coonoor (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Coonoor (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[K. Kandaswamy]]
|E. M. Mahaliappan
|DMK
|16,644
|-
| [[Cuddalore (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Cuddalore]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[E. Pugazhendi]]
|[[P. R. S. Venkatesan]]
|TMC(M)
|34
|-
| [[Cumbum (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Cumbum]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[O. R. Ramachandran]]
|N. K. R. Krishnakumar
|BJP
|4,386
|-
| [[Dharapuram (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Dharapuram (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[V. Sivakami]]
|R. Saraswathi
|DMK
|22,152
|-
| [[Dharmapuri (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Dharmapuri]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[K. Pary Mohan]]
|K. Manoharan
|DMK
|10,974
|-
| [[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Dindigul]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| CPI(M)
| [[K. Nagalakshimi]]
|M. Basheer Ahmed
|DMK
|2,779
|-
| [[Edapadi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Edapadi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[I. Ganesan]]
|A. Kandasamy
|DMK
|30,811
|-
| [[Egmore (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Egmore (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[Parithi Ellamvazhuthi]]
|B. John Pandian
|AIADMK
|86
|-
| [[Erode (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Erode]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. S. Thennarasu]]
|[[N. K. K. Periyasamy]]
|DMK
|24,440
|-
| [[Gingee (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Gingee]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[V. Elumalai]]
|Rajendran
|DMK
|29,086
|-
| [[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Gobichettipalayam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. S. Ramaneedharan]]
|V. P. Shanmugasundaram
|DMK
|28,945
|-
| [[Gudalur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Gudalur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[A. Miller]]
|M. Pandiaraj
|DMK
|32,693
|-
| [[Gudiyatham (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Gudiyatham]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[C. M. Suryakala]]
|S. Duraisamy
|DMK
|24,324
|-
| [[Gummidipundi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Gummidipundi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. S. Vijayakumar]]
|[[K. Venu (Tamil Nadu politician)|K. Venu]]
|DMK
|24,958
|-
| [[Harbour (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Harbour]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[K. Anbazhagan]]
|D. Pandian
|CPI
|336
|-
| [[Harur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Harur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| CPI
| [[V. Krishnamoorthy]]
|D. Periyasamy
|DMK
|33,479
|-
| [[Hosur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Hosur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| INC
| [[K. Gopinath]]
|B. Venkatasamy
|BJP
| 6,489
|-
| [[Ilaiyangudi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Ilaiyangudi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[V. D. Nadarajan]]
|[[S. Kannappan]]
|MTD
|4,682
|-
| [[Jayankondam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Jayankondam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. Annadurai]]
|K. C. Ganesan
|DMK
|25,010
|-
| [[Kadaladi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kadaladi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[S. Balakrishnan (Mudukulathur MLA)|S. Balakrishnan]]
|S. P. Thangavelan
|DMK
|6,115
|-
| [[Kadayanallur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kadayanallur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[M. Subbiah Pandian]]
|P. M. Shahul
|DMK
|1,244
|-
| [[Kalasapakkam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kalasapakkam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[Panruti S. Ramachandran|S. Ramachandran]]
|[[P. S. Thiruvengadam]]
|DMK
|28,890
|-
| [[Kancheepuram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kancheepuram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[T. Mythili]]
|A. Sekar
|DMK
|23,603
|-
| [[Kandamangalam (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kandamangalam (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[V. Subramanian]]
|E. Vijayaraghavan
|DMK
|22,628
|-
| [[Kangayam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kangayam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[M. Selvi]]
|N. Rajkumar Mandradiar
|DMK
|11,274
|-
| [[Kanyakumari (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kanniyakumari]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[N. Thalavaisundaram]]
|N. Suresh Rajan
|DMK
|9,536
|-
| [[Kapilamalai (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kapilamalai]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[A. R. Malaiyappasamy]]
|S. Gandhiselvan
|DMK
|4,312
|-
| [[Karaikudi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Karaikudi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| BJP
| [[H. Raja]]
|S. P. Udayappan
|TMC(M)
|1,651
|-
| [[Karur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Karur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| INC
| [[T. N. Sivasubramanian]]
|Vasuki Murugesan
|DMK
|23,438
|-
| [[Katpadi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Katpadi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[Durai Murugan]]
|A. K. Natarajan
|PMK
|8,002
|-
| [[Kattumannarkoil (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kattumannarkoil (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| CJP
| [[P. Vallalperuman]]
|R. Sachidanandam
|INC
|16,517
|-
| [[Kaveripattinam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kaveripattinam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. P. Munusamy]]
|[[V. C. Govindasami]]
|DMK
|18,517
|-
| [[Killiyur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Killiyoor]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[D. Kumaradas]]
|C. Santhakumar
|BJP
|13,760
|-
| [[Kinathukadavu (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kinathukadavu]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. Damodaran]]
|M. Shanmugam
|DMK
|33,780
|-
| [[Kolathur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kolathur (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[A. Karuppayee]]
|Palaniappan
|PT
|46,899
|-
| [[Kovilpatti (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kovilpatti]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| CPI
| [[S. Rajendran (CPI politician)|S. Rajendran]]
|K. Rajaram
|DMK
|9,039
|-
| [[Krishnagiri (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Krishnagiri]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[V. Govindarasu]]
|[[T. Senguttuvan]]
|DMK
|21,773
|-
| [[Krishnarayapuram (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Krishnarayapuram (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[Sasikala Pushpa Ramaswamy|Sasikala]]
|S. Periyasamy
|DMK
|21,549
|-
| [[Kulithalai (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kulithalai]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[A. Pappasundaram]]
|D. Thirunavukkarasu
|DMK
|16,766
|-
| [[Kumbakonam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kumbakonam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[Ko. Si. Mani]]
|Rama Ramanathan
|AIADMK
|6,496
|-
| [[Kurinjipadi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kurinjipadi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[M. R. K. Panneer Selvam]]
|K. Sivasubramanian
|AIADMK
|23,863
|-
| [[Kuttalam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Kuttalam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[Natarajan (Kuttalam MLA)|Natarajan]]
|P. Kalyanam
|DMK
|2,644
|-
| [[Lalgudi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Lalgudi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. M. Balan]]
|[[K. N. Nehru]]
|DMK
|1,610
|-
| [[Madurai Central (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Madurai Central]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[M. A. Hakkem]]
|S. Paulraj
|DMK
| 147
|-
| [[Madurai East (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Madurai East]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| CPI(M)
| [[N. Nanmaran]]
|V. Velusamu
|DMK
|5,304
|-
| [[Madurai West (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Madurai West]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[Valarmathi Jebaraj]]
|[[P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan]]
|DMK
|708
|-
| [[Maduranthakam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Maduranthakam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. Vasudevan]]
|[[S. D. Ugamchand]]
|DMK
|11,694
|-
| [[Manamadurai (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Manamadurai]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[K. Paramalai]]
|S. P. Kirubanidhi
|BJP
|20,857
|-
| [[Mangalore (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Mangalore (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[V. Ganesan]]
|S. Puratchimani
|TMC(M)
|1,855
|-
| [[Mannargudi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Mannargudi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| CPI
| [[V. Sivapunniyam]]
|S. Gnanasekaran
|BJP
|20,190
|-
| [[Marungapuri (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Marungapuri]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[V. A. Chelliah]]
|B. M. Senguttuvan
|DMK
|25,272
|-
| [[Mayiladuturai (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Mayiladuturai]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| BJP
| [[Jaga Veerapandian]]
|R. Selvaraj
|AIADMK
|2,452
|-
| [[Mettur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Mettur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. Sundarambal]]
|P. Gopal
|DMK
|8,135
|-
| [[Melmalaiyanur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Melmalaiyanur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[R. Tamilmozhi]]
|A. Gnanasekaran
|DMK
|24,587
|-
| [[Melur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Melur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIAIADMK
| [[R. Samy]]
|Samayanallur S. Selvaraj
|DMK
|26,838
|-
| [[Mettupalayam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Mettupalayam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[A. K. Selvaraj]]
|B. Arun Kumar
|DMK
|41,078
|-
| [[Modakkurichi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Modakkurichi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. C. Ramasami]]
|[[Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan]]
|DMK
|34,212
|-
| [[Morappur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Morappur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. Palaniappan]]
|E. V. Rajasekaran
|DMK
|23,316
|-
| [[Mudukulathur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Mudukulathur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. Patinetampatian]]
|S. Pandian
|MTD
|2,669
|-
| [[Mugaiyur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Mugaiyur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[G. Gothandaraman]]
|A. G. Sampath
|DMK
|10,341
|-
| [[Musiri (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Musiri]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[C. Malliga]]
|S. Vivekandan
|DMK
|1,994
|-
| [[Mylapore (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Mylapore]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| BJP
| [[K. N. Lakshmanan]]
| [[V. Maitreyan]]
|AIADMK
|6,047
|-
| [[Nagapattinam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Nagapattinam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[R. Jeevanantham]]
|S. P. Thangaiya
|DMK
|16,717
|-
| [[Nagercoil (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Nagercoil]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| MAIADMK
| [[Suyambu (Nagercoil MLA)|Suyambu]]
| [[M. Moses]]
|TMC(M)
|3,662
|-
| [[Namakkal (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Namakkal]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| INC
| [[K. Jeyakumar]]
|S. Ahilan
|PT
|28,992
|-
| [[Nanguneri (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Nanguneri]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. Manickaraj]]
|V. Ramachandran
|MTD
|9,161
|-
| [[Nannilam (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Nannilam (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[C. K. Amizharasan]]
|P. Sakthivel
|DMK
|19,212
|-
| [[Natham (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Natham]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[R. Viswanathan]]
|Ku. Pa. Krishnan
|TB
|10,602
|-
| [[Natrampalli (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Natrampalli]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[S. Natarajan]]
|T. Anbazhagan
|MGRK
|12,088
|-
| [[Nellikkuppam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Nellikkuppam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[M. C. Sampath]]
|V. C. Shanmugham
|DMK
|7,382
|-
| [[Nilakottai (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Nilakottai]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[G. Anbazhagan]]
|K. Ayyar
|PT
|31,494
|-
| [[Oddanchatram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Oddanchatram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[A. R. A. Chakkarapani]]
|A. T. Sellasamy
|AIADMK
|1,369
|-
| [[Omalur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Omalur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. Semmalai]]
|Era. Rajendran
|DMK
|31,602
|-
| [[Orathanad (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Orathanad]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[R. Vaithilingam]]
|P. Rajamanickam
|DMK
|19,844
|-
| [[Pottapidaram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Ottapidaram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[A. Sivaperumal]]
|[[K. Krishnasamy]]
|PT
|651
|-
| [[Padmanabhapuram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Padmanabhapuram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. P. Raajendraprasad]]
|[[C. Velayudhan]]
|BJP
|2,774
|-
| [[Palacode (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Palacode]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. P. Anbalagan]]
|G. L. Venkatachalam
|DMK
|40,232
|-
| [[Palani (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Palani]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[M. Chinnasamy]]
|T. Poovendhan
|DMK
|20,487
|-
| [[Palayamkottai (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Palayamkottai]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[T. P. M. Mohideen Khan]]
|S. Muthu Karuppan
|AIADMK
|14,748
|-
| [[Palladam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Palladam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. M. Velusamy]]
|S. S. Ponmudi
|DMK
|32,474
|-
| [[Pallipattu (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Pallipattu]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. M. Narasimhan]]
|M. Chakravarthy
|BJP
|28,240
|-
| [[Panamarathupatti (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Panamarathupatti]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy]]
|S. R. Sivalingam
|DMK
|42,350
|-
| [[Panruti (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Panruti]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[T. Velmurugan]]
|V. Ramaswamy
|DMK
|5,048
|-
| [[Papanasam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Papanasam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[M. Ramkumar]]
|S. Kalyanasundaram
|DMK
|6,632
|-
| [[Paramakudi (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Paramakudi (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[R. Ramprabhu]]
|S. Chelliah
|PT
|5,807
|-
| [[Park Town (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Park Town]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[S. G. Vinayagamurthi]]
|[[T. Rajendhar]]
|DMK
|6,377
|-
| [[Pattukkottai (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Pattukkottai]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[N. R. Rengarajan]]
|P. Balasubramanian
|DMK
|6,950
|-
| [[Pennagaram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Pennagaram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[G. K. Mani]]
|K. N. Periannan
|IND
|14,396
|-
| [[Perambalur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Perambalur (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. Rajarethinam]]
|S. Vallaban
|DMK
|20,004
|-
| [[Perambur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Perambur (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| CPI(M)
| [[K. Mahendran]]
|[[Chengai Sivam]]
|DMK
|17,223
|-
| [[Peravurani (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Peravurani]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[S. V. Thirugnana Sambandham]]
|Kuzha Chelliah
|DMK
|28,659
|- style="background:#add8e6;"
| '''[[Periyakulam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Periyakulam]]'''
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| '''AIADMK'''
| '''[[O. Panneerselvam|O. Panneer Selvam]]'''
|M. Abuthahir
|DMK
|17,920
|-
| [[Peranamallur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Peranamallur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[A. K. S. Anbalagan]]
|B. Bose
|MTD
|8,359
|-
| [[Pernambut (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Pernambut (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. C. Kanagathara]]
|S. Thondral Nayagan
|BJP
|28,855
|-
| [[Perundurai (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Perundurai]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. S. Palanisamy]]
|N. Govindasamy
|CNMK
|31,712
|-
| [[Perur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Perur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[M. A. P. A. Krishnakumar]] (Rohini)
|N. Nageswari
|DMK
|35,264
|-
| [[Pollachi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Pollachi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[V. Jayaraman]]
|R. Tamil Mani
|DMK
|32,404
|-
| [[Polur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Polur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[Nalini Manoharan]]
|C. Elumalai
|DMK
|10,807
|-
| [[Pongalur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Pongalur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. V. Damodaran]]
|K. Chellamuthu
|IND
|21,815
|-
| [[Ponneri (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Ponneri (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| CPI
| [[A. S. Kannan]]
|K. Sundaram
|DMK
|27,390
|-
| [[Poombuhar (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Poombuhar]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[N. Renganathan]]
|M. Mohammad Siddiq
|DMK
|7,455
|-
| [[Poonamallee (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Poonamallee]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[S. Shanmugam]]
|S. Chezhiyan
|DMK
|2,316
|-
| [[Pudukkottai (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Pudukkottai]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[C. Vijayabaskar]]
|Arasu Periyannan
|DMK
|28,183
|-
| [[Purasawalkam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Purasawalkam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| CJP
| [[B. Ranganathan]]
|P. Vetrivel
|TMC(M)
|3,802
|-
| [[Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. K. Sekar Babu]]
|[[S. P. Sarguna Pandian]]
|DMK
|27,332
|-
| [[Radhapuram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Radhapuram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| IND
| [[M. Appavu]]
|S. Jothi
|PMK
|18,281
|-
| [[Rajapalayam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Rajapalayam (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[M. Rajasekar]]
|V. P. Rajan
|DMK
|9,595
|-
| [[Ramanathapuram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Ramanathapuram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[A. Anwer Rhazza]]
|[[A. Rahman Khan]]
|DMK
|9,112
|-
| [[Ranipet (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Ranipet]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[M. S. Chandrasekaran]]
|R. Gandhi
|DMK
|24,963
|-
| [[Rasipuram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Rasipuram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. R. Sundaram]]
|[[K. P. Ramalingam]]
|DMK
|23,029
|-
| [[Royapuram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Royapuram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[D. Jayakumar]]
|K. Nargunan
|DMK
|13,712
|-
| [[Rishivandiyam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Rishivandiyam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[S. Sivaraj]]
|T. K. T. Murali
|PNK
|25,532
|-
| [[Saidapet (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Saidapet]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[V. Perumal]]**
|C. R. Baskaran
|PMK
|3,881
|-
| [[Salem - I (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Salem – I]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[Se. Venkatajalam]]
|M. A. Elangovan
|DMK
|25,131
|-
| [[Salem - II (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Salem – II]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[M. Karthe]]
|A. L. Thangavel
|DMK
|15,085
|-
| [[Samayanallur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Samayanallur (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. Ponnampalam]]
|Kasthuri Sivasamy
|DMK
|19,924
|-
| [[Sankaranayanarkoil (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sankaranayanarkoil (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[C. Karuppasamy]]
|P. Duraisamy
|PT
|9,262
|-
| [[Sankarapuram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sankarapuram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[P. Kasampu]]
|T. Udhayasuriyan
|DMK
|1,018
|-
| [[Sankari (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sankari (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. Dhanabal]]
|T. R. Saravanan
|DMK
|22,952
|-
| [[Sathyamangalam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sathyamangalam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. R. Kandasamy]]
|S. K. Rajendran
|DMK
|33,434
|-
| [[Sattangulam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sathangulam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[S. S. Mani Nadar]]
|A. N. Rajakkannan
|BJP
|5,766
|-
| [[Sattur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sattur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran]]
|A. Rajendran
|INC
|4,415
|-
| [[Sedapatti (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sedapatti]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[C. Durairaj]]
|P. V. Bhaktavatchalam
|PT
|18,435
|-
| [[Sendamangalam (ST) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sendamangalam (ST)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. Kalavathi]]
|Chinumathi Chandrasekaran
|DMK
|17,815
|-
| [[Sholavandan (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sholavandan]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[V. R. Rajangam]]
|P. Moorthy
|DMK
|19,841
|-
| [[Sholinghur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sholinghur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[R. Vilvanathan]]
|A. M. Ponnurangam
|PNK
|9,795
|-
| [[Singanallur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Singanallur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| CPI(M)
| [[K. C. Karunakaran]]
|N. Palanisamy
|DMK
|20,001
|-
| [[Sirkazhi (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sirkazhi (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[N. Chandramohan]]
|J. Irai Ezhil
|DMK
|4,430
|-
| [[Sivaganga (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sivaganga]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[V. Chandran]]
|Tha Pasumpon Kiruttinan
|DMK
|4,273
|-
| [[Sivakasi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sivakasi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[A. Rajagopal]]
|V. Thangaraj
|DMK
|5,721
|-
| [[Sriperumbudur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Sriperumbudur (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| INC
| [[D. Yasodha]]
|M. Raghavan
|DMK
|17,193
|-
| [[Srirangam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Srirangam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. K. Balasubramanian]]
|M. Soundrapandian
|BJP
|12,676
|-
| [[Srivaikuntam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Srivaikuntam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. P. Shanmuganathan]]
|S. David Selwyn
|DMK
|2,886
|-
| [[Srivilliputhur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Srivilliputhur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[Inbathtamilan]]
|S. Mohanrajulu
|BJP
|9,174
|-
| [[Talavasal (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Talavasal (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[V. Alagammal]]
|M. Pandiyarajan
|DMK
|27,857
|-
| [[Tambaram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tambaram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[M. A. Vaidialingam]]
|K. Chakkarapani Reddiar
|TMC(M)
|5,431
|-
| [[Taramangalam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Taramangalam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[M. P. Kamaraj]]
|S. Ammasi
|DMK
|25,458
|-
| [[Tenkasi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tenkasi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. Annamalai]]
|[[V. Karuppasamy Pandian]]
|DMK
|8,792
|-
| [[Thalli (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thalli]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| BJP
| [[K. V. Murali Dharan]]
|S. Raja Reddy
|CPI
|6,217
|-
| [[Thandarambattu (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thandarambattu]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[E. V. Velu]]
|K. Manivarma
|TMC(M)
|4,837
|-
| [[Thanjavur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thanjavur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[S. N. M. Ubayadullah]]
|R. Rajmohan
|INC
|9,590
|-
| [[Theagaraya Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Theagaraya Nagar]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[J. Anbazhagan]]
|[[E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath]]
|AIADMK
|2,499
|-
| [[Theni (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Theni]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[D. Ganesan]]
|L. Mookiah
|DMK
|13,861
|-
| [[Thirumangalam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thirumangalam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. Kalimuthu]]
|T. Ocha Thevar
|DMK
|18,162
|-
| [[Thirupparankundram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thirupparankundram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. M. Seenivel]]
|C. Ramachandran
|DMK
|9,127
|-
| [[Thiruverambur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thiruverambur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[K. N. Sekaran]]
|T. K. Rangarajan
|CPM
|10,373
|-
| [[Thiruvidamarudur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thiruvidamarudur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[G. Thavamani]]
|S. Ramalingam
|DMK
|7,372
|-
| [[Thiruvonam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thiruvonam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[C. Rajendran]]
|M. Ramachandran
|DMK
|11,223
|-
| [[Thiruvottiyur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thiruvottiyur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[T. Arumugam (Thiruvottiyur MLA)|T. Arumugam]]
|[[Kumari Anandan]]
|IND
|34,041
|-
| [[Thondamuthur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thondamuthur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[S. R. Balasubramoniyan]]
|V. R. Sukanya
|DMK
|28,536
|-
| [[Thottiam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thottiam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. Annavi]]
|K. Kannaiyan
|DMK
|13,148
|-
| [[Thousand Lights (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thousand Lights]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[M. K. Stalin]]
|S. Sekar
|TMC(M)
|7,274
|-
| [[Tindivanam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tindivanam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[C. Ve. Shanmugam]]
|R. Sethunathan
|DMK
|12,148
|-
| [[Tiruchendur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruchendur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[Anitha R. Radhakrishnan]]
|[[S. Jennifer Chandran]]
|DMK
|11,193
|-
| [[Tiruchengode (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruchengode]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[C. Ponnaiyan]]
|[[T. P. Arumugam]]
|DMK
|44,109
|-
| [[Tiruchirappalli - I (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruchirappalli – I]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[B. Paranikumar]]
|M. Kader Mohideen
|MUL
|924
|-
| [[Tiruchirappalli - II (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruchirappalli – II]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[Anbil Periyasamy]]
|P. C. Selvaraj
|INC
|13,944
|-
| [[Tirumayam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tirumayam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[M. Radakrishnan]]
|S. Regupathy
|DMK
|12,027
|-
| [[Tirunavalur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tirunavalur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy]]
|A. J. Manikannan
|DMK
|14,773
|-
| [[Tirunelveli (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tirunelveli]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[N. Nainar Nagendran]]
|[[A. L. Subramanian]]
|DMK
|722
|-
| [[Tiruppattur (194) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruppattur (194)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[K. K. Umadhevan]]
|R. Sivaraman
|DMK
|9,090
|-
| [[Tiruppattur (41) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruppattur (41)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[T. K. Raja]]
|S. Arasu
|DMK
|5,761
|-
| [[Tirupporur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tirupporur (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. Kanitha Sampath]]
|C. Nagarajan
|DMK
|24,790
|-
| [[Tiruppur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruppur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[C. Sivasami]]
| [[Lalitha Kumaramangalam]]
| BJP
|46,556
|-
| [[Tiruttani (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruttani]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[G. Raviraj]]
|E. A. P. Shivaji
|DMK
|13,874
|-
| [[Tiruthuraipundi (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruthuraipundi (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| CPI
| [[G. Palanisamy]]
|M. Poonguzhali
|DMK
|25,059
|-
| [[Tiruvadanai (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruvadanai]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[K. R. Ramasamy (politician)|K. R. Ramasamy]]
|Jones Russo
|IND
|2,304
|-
| [[Tiruvaiyaru (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruvaiyaru]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[Ayyaru Vandayar]]
|Durai Chandrasekaran
|DMK
|15,689
|-
| [[Tiruvallur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruvallur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[D. Sudharsanam]]
|V. G. Rajendiran
|PNK
|19,951
|-
| [[Tiruvannamalai (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruvannamalai]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[K. Pitchandi]]
|M. Shanmugasundaram
|PMK
|4,090
|-
| [[Tiruvarur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tiruvarur (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[A. Asokan]]
|K. Rangasamy
|CPM
|1,314
|-
| [[Thiruvattar (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Thiruvattar]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| CPI(M)
| [[J. Hemachandran]]
|P. Rajamony
|BJP
|19,497
|-
| [[Triplicane (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Triplicane]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[S. A. M. Hussain]]
| [[S. Rajakumar]]
|INC
|3,676
|-
| [[Tuticorin (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Tuticorin]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. Rajammal]]
|[[N. Periasamy]]
|DMK
|16,186
|-
| [[Udagamandalam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Udagamandalam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| INC
| [[H. M. Raju]]
|J. Hutchi Gowder
|BJP
|29,090
|-
| [[Udumalpet (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Udumalpet]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[C. Shanmugavelu]]
|D. Selvaraj
|DMK
|39,908
|-
| [[Ulundurpet (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Ulundurpet (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[N. Ramu]]
|K. Thirunavukkarasu
|DMK
|22,754
|-
| [[Uppiliyapuram (ST) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Uppiliyapuram (ST)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[R. Saroja]]
|R. Rani
|DMK
|12,351
|-
| [[Usilampatti (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Usilampatti]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}" |
| AIFB
| [[L. Santhanam]]
|S. O. Ramasamy
|DMK
|9,067
|-
| [[Uthiramerur (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Uthiramerur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[V. Somasundaram]]
|K. Sundar
|DMK
|27,622
|-
| [[Valangiman (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Valangiman (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[Boopathi Mariappan]]
|T. Nadaiazhagan
|PT
|23,477
|-
| [[Valparai (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Valparai (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[Kovai Thangam]]
|[[K. Krishnaswamy]]
|PT
|17,915
|-
| [[Vandavasi (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Vandavasi (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[K. Murugavelrajan]]
|K. Loganathan
|DMK
|8,871
|-
| [[Vaniyambadi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Vaniyambadi]]**
! style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National League}}" |
| [[Indian National League|INL]]
| [[M. Abdul Latheef]]
|J. M. Haroon Rasheed
|DMK
|11,938
|-
| [[Vanur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Vanur (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[N. Ganapathy (Vanur MLA)|N. Ganapathy]]
|R. Mydili
|DMK
|21,349
|-
| [[Varahur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Varahur (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[A. Arunachalam]]
|K. Thiruvalluvan
|DMK
|13,904
|-
| [[Vasudevanallur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Vasudevanallur (SC)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[R. Easwaran]]
|S. Thangapandian
|PT
|11,552
|-
| [[Vedaranyam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Vedaranyam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[S. K. Vedarathinam]]
|R. Mutharasan
|CPI
|15,000
|-
| [[Vedasandur (State Assembly Constituency)#2006 Election results|Vedasandur]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[P. Andivel]]
|R. Kavitha Parthipan
|DMK
|19,126
|-
| [[Veerapandi (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Veerapandi]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[S. K. Selvam]]
|[[Veerapandy S. Arumugam]]
|DMK
|30,012
|-
| [[Vellakoil (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Vellakoil]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[M. P. Saminathan]]
|V. P. Periasamy
|AIADMK
| 740
|-
| [[Vellore (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Vellore]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[C. Gnanasekaran]]
|A. M. Ramalingam
|DMK
|11,124
|-
| [[Vilathikulam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Veilathikulam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[N. K. Perumal]]
|R. K. P. Rajasekaran
|DMK
|15,243
|-
| [[Vilavancode (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Vilavancode]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| CPI(M)
| [[D. Mony]]
|P. Jeevaraj
|DMK
|22,919
|-
| [[Villivakkam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Villivakkam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[D. Napoleon]]
|A. Chellakumar
|TMC(M)
|9,230
|-
| [[Villupuram (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Villupuram]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| DMK
| [[K. Ponmudy]]
|R. Pasupathy
|PMK
|2,205
|-
| [[Virudhunagar (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Virudhunagar]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" |
| TMC
| [[S. Damodharan]]
|A. R. R. Seenivasan
|DMK
|4,017
|-
| [[Vridhachalam (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Vridhachalam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
| PMK
| [[R. Govindasamy]]
|Kuzhandai Thamizharasan
|DMK
|7,128
|-
| [[Yercaud (ST) (State Assembly Constituency)#2006 Election results|Yercaud (ST)]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| AIADMK
| [[E. Elayakannu]]
|K. Govindan
|BJP
|33,985
|}
{| class="wikitable"
| style="background:#add8e6;"|*
|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.<ref>[http://www.flonnet.com/fl1905/19050200.htm Jayalalithaa's victory, Frontline Cover Story (Volume 19 – Issue 05, 02 – 15 Mar. 2002)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220111555/http://flonnet.com/fl1905/19050200.htm |date=2010-02-20 }} '.' Retrieved 19 April 2009.</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20100811132734/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1912/19121270.htm Pro-incumbency pointers, Frontline (Volume 19 – Issue 12, 8–21 June 2002)]}} '.' Retrieved 19 April 2009.</ref>
* 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) (State Assembly Constituency)#2001 Election results|Acharapakkam (SC)]].<ref>[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))] ''accessed'' 19 April 2009</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Elections in Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Legislature of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal|jstor = 4410818|title = Election 2001: Changing Equations|journal = Economic and Political Weekly|volume = 36|issue = 27|pages = 2486–2489|last1 = Thirunavukkarasu|first1 = R.|year = 2001}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090416163306/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp Election Commission of India]
* [http://in.rediff.com/election/2006/apr/10kbk.htm Rediff – Graphic: How Amma swept TN in '01]

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