1996–2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1996-2000

8 February 1997 and 22 February 1998, 5 and 11 September 1999 and 17 February 2000
8 vacant seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa Party DMK AIADMK Alliance DMK Alliance AIADMK alliance Leader's seat Chepauk did not stand
Incumbent Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi DMK

By-elections to Natham and Thiruvattar constituencies were held in Tamil Nadu, India, on 5 and 11 September 1999 respectively. Elections for three state assembly constituencies, Nellikuppam, Tiruchirappalli - II and Arantangi were held on 17 February 2000.

In the first phase, TMC lost a seat to AIADMK and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost a seat to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)). In the second phase, AIADMK splinter party MADMK, was able to pick up a seat from AIADMK and DMK was able to hold on to its seats.

Results

DMK+	SEATS	ADMK+	SEATS	TMC+	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
DMK	172 (-1)	AIADMK	4	TMC	38 (-1)	CPI	8
BJP	1	PMK	4			CPM	2 (+1)
MADMK	1 (+1)	INC	0			FBL	1
MDMK	0					JD	1
						JP	1
						IND	1
TOTAL (2000)	174	TOTAL (2000)	8	TOTAL (2000)	38	TOTAL (2000)	14
TOTAL (1996)	221	TOTAL (1996)	8	TOTAL (1996)	n/a	TOTAL (1996)	5

• The number on the left, in the table, represents the total number of MLAs after the by-election, and the number in parentheses represents the seats picked up or lost due to the by-election
• The numbers presented for 1996, represents, the alliance, when the TMC and the left allied with the DMK.

Constituents and results

Source: Election Commission of India

Pudukottai

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1997/98: Pudukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Mari Ayya	57,769	40.0%
	AIADMK	S. Chelladurai	45,745	31.7%
	MDMK	V.N. Mani	13,504	9.3%
	Independent	V.O.S. Panneerselvam	12,892	8.9%
	markxist	P. Kumaravel	5,133	3.6%
Majority			12,024	8.3%
Turnout			144,523	66.8%
	DMK hold		Swing

Coonoor

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1997/98: Coonoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Ranganathan	47,850	48.2%
	AIADMK	S. Karuppusamy	37,945	38.2%
	INC	P. Arumugam	7,189	7.2%
	ATMK	G. Guruswami Siddhan	1,144	1.2%
Majority			9,905	10.0%
Turnout			99,348	58.5%
	DMK hold		Swing

Aruppukottai

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1997/98: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thangam Thenarasu	40,223	36.5%
	AIADMK	V.S. Panchavarnam	38,272	89.40
	PT	P.T. Manickam	12,484	11.3%
	Independent	K. Palaniswamy	9,525	8.6%
	INC	K. Chandran	1,329	1.2%
Majority			1,951	1.8%
Turnout			110,183	65.9%
	DMK hold		Swing

See also

1. ECI By-election page

Natham

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Natham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Viswanathan	38,764	34.2%
	MDMK	P. Chellam	31,220	27.6%
	TMC(M)	M. Andi Ambalam	28,465	25.1%
	Independent	S.R. Balasubramanian	14,168	12.5%
Majority			7,544	8.3%
Turnout			113,233	62.0%
	AIADMK gain from TMC		Swing

Thiruvattar

Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Thiruvattar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	J. Hemachandran
	DMK	Dr. J. Pushpaleela
	TMC(M)	S. Philomin Dhas
	Independent	C. Stanley Babu Raj
Majority
Turnout
	CPI (M) gain from DMK		Swing

Nellikuppam

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Nellikuppam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V.C. Shanmugam	62,256	56.1%
	AIADMK	M. Velayutham	47,367	42.7%
	PT	Selvarasu	900	0.8%
Majority			14,889	13.4%
Turnout			112,123	65.5%
	DMK hold		Swing

Tiruchirappalli - II

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Tiruchirappalli - II

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Anbil Periyasamy	60,990	57.9%
	AIADMK	T. Rathinavel	41,330	39.2%
	PT	M. Ramesh	1,283	1.22%
Majority			19,660	18.7%
Turnout			105,338	47.5%
	DMK hold		Swing

Arantangi

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Arantangi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MADMK	C. Anbarasan	71,491	53.8%
	AIADMK	Raja Paramasivam	44,733	33.7%
	PT	M. Jesuraj	8,211	6.2%
Majority			26,758	20.2%
Turnout			134,066	50.7%
	MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam gain from AIADMK		Swing

See also

1. ECI By-election page