1996–2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1996-2000
8 vacant seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Source: Election Commission of India^[1]^[2]

Pudukottai[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

1. ECI By-election page

Natham[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly^[3]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "1999 by-elections".
↑ "2000 by-elections".
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[1] "1999 by-elections".

[2] "2000 by-elections".

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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