1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

For Lok Sabha election, see 1996 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu.

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

2 May 1996
All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	66.95% ( 3.11%)
First party Second party   Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa Party DMK AIADMK Alliance United Front Congress alliance Leader's seat Chepauk Bargur (lost) Seats won 221 4 Seat change 219 216 Popular vote 14,600,748 7,354,723 Percentage 60.77% 27.08% Swing 30.72% 32.71%
1996 election map (by constituencies)
Alliance wise Result
CM before election J. Jayalalithaa AIADMK Elected CM M. Karunanidhi DMK

The eleventh legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 2 May 1996 to elect members from 234 constituencies for the state legislature. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led front won the election securing 221 seats in the 234 seat Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, and its leader M. Karunanidhi, became the chief minister.

In the tenth Tamil Nadu assembly, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) held the majority with its leader J. Jayalalithaa as the chief minister. The elections resulted in a landslide defeat for the incumbent government, with the AIADMK winning only four seats. Outgoing chief minister Jayalalithaa lost the election from the Bargur, and became the first incumbent chief minister since M. Bakthavatsalam in 1967 to lose the elections.

Background

Anti-Incumbency

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.

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.

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).

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. 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.

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

Seat allotments

DMK-TMC Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	176
2.		Tamil Maanila Congress		G.K. Moopanar	41
3.		Communist Party of India		R.Nallakannu	13
4.		All India Forward Bloc		L. Santhanam	1
Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket
5.		Indian National League		Janab	5

AIADMK-INC Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J. Jayalalithaa	167
2.		Indian National Congress		Kumari Anandan	64
Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the AIADMK ticket
3.		Indian Union Muslim League		Kader Mohideen	1

People's Democratic Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Vaiko	177
2.		Communist Party of India		N.Sankaraiah	40
3.		Janata Dal		V. P. Singh	16

PMK-Tiwari Congress Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Pattali Makkal Katchi		Dr. Ramdoss	116
2.		All India Indira Congress		Vazhappady Ramamurthy	46

List of Candidates

Constituency		DMK+			AIADMK+			MDMK+
No.	Name	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate
1	Royapuram		DMK	R. Mathivanan		AIADMK	D. Jayakumar		MDMK	S. Mohan
2	Harbour		DMK	K. Anbazhagan		INC	Earnest Paul		MDMK	H. Basheer Ahamed
3	Dr. R. K. Nagar		DMK	S. P. Sarkunam		AIADMK	R. M. D. Raveendran		MDMK	G. V. Siva
4	Park Town		DMK	T. Rajhendherr		INC	S. V. Shankar		MDMK	Kootharasan
5	Perambur (SC)		DMK	Chengaisivam		AIADMK	V. Neelakandan		CPI (M)	R. Sarala
6	Purasawalkam		Tamil Maanila Congress	B. Ranganathan		INC	J. Gnanam Kathipara		JD	G. Ethirajan
7	Egmore (SC)		DMK	I. Ellam Vazhuthi		INC	N. Lakshmi		MDMK	M. Kanniappan
8	Anna Nagar		DMK	N. Arcot Veeraswami		INC	R. Balasubramanian		CPI (M)	K. Varadarajan
9	Theagaraya Nagar		Tamil Maanila Congress	A. Chellakumar		AIADMK	S. Vijayan		JD	K. Jagaveera Pandian
10	Thousand Lights		DMK	M. K. Stalin		AIADMK	Zeenath Sheriffdeen		MDMK	K. Thiyagarajan
11	Chepauk		DMK	M. Karuna Nidhi		INC	N. S. S. Nellai Kannan		JD	S. K. Doraiswamy
12	Triplicane		DMK	K. Nanjil Manoharan		AIADMK	A. Wahab		MDMK	O. Sundaram
13	Mylapore		DMK	N. P. Ramajayam		AIADMK	T. K. Sampath		JD	K. S. Srinivasan
14	Saidapet		DMK	K. Saidai Kittu		AIADMK	S. Saidai Duraisamy		MDMK	M. R. Panneerselvam
15	Gummidipundi		DMK	K. Venu		AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam		MDMK	M. Natarajan
16	Ponneri (SC)		DMK	K. Sundaram		AIADMK	G. Gunasekaran		MDMK	R. Krishnamoorthy
17	Thiruvottiyur		DMK	T. C. Vijayan		AIADMK	B. Balraj		CPI (M)	A. Soundararajan
18	Villivakkam		Tamil Maanila Congress	J. M. Haroon Rasheed		INC	M. G. Mohan		MDMK	M. Venugopal
19	Alandur		DMK	C. Shanmugam		AIADMK	K. Purushothaman		MDMK	Vijaya Thayanban
20	Tambaram		DMK	M. A. Vaidyalingam		INC	K. B. Madhavan		MDMK	K. Somasundaram
21	Tirupporur (SC)		DMK	G. Chokkalingam		AIADMK	N. K. Loganathan		MDMK	E. Sathiyaseelan
22	Chengalpattu		DMK	V. Tamilmani		AIADMK	C. V. N. Kumarasamy		MDMK	N. Radhakrishnan
23	Maduranthakam		DMK	S. K. Venkatesan		AIADMK	S. D. U. Kamchand		MDMK	K. R. Veeraraghavan
24	Acharapakkam (SC)		DMK	S. Mathivanan		AIADMK	A. Bhuvaraghamoorthy		JD	A. V. Nagarajan
25	Uthiramerur		DMK	K. Sundar		AIADMK	N. K. Gnanasekaran		MDMK	K. P. Janakiraman
26	Kancheepuram		DMK	P. Murugesan		AIADMK	S. S. Thirunavukarasu		CPI (M)	Y. M. Narayanasamy
27	Sriperumbudur (SC)		DMK	E. Kothandam		INC	K. N. Chinnandi		MDMK	V. Sampath
28	Poonamallee		Tamil Maanila Congress	D. Sudarsanam		INC	P. Krishnamoorthy		MDMK	Anarias @ Anthridoss
29	Tiruvallur		DMK	Subramani @ C. S. Mani		AIADMK	G. Kanagaraaj		MDMK	D. Gajendran
30	Tiruttani		DMK	E. A. P. Sivaji		AIADMK	G. Hari		MDMK	Narasimhan
31	Pallipet		Tamil Maanila Congress	E. S. S. Raman		INC	B. Thangavel		MDMK	K. S. Athyaraj
32	Arkonam (SC)		DMK	R. Thamizh Chelvan		INC	D. Yasodha		MDMK	A. Kesavan
33	Sholinghur		Tamil Maanila Congress	A. M. Munirathinam		INC	R. Jayababu		MDMK	R. Shanmugham
34	Ranipet		DMK	R. Gandhi		AIADMK	M. Masilamani		MDMK	J. Hassain
35	Arcot		DMK	P. N. Subramani		AIADMK	K. V. Ramadoss		MDMK	K. S. Natarajan
36	Katpadi		DMK	Duraimurugan		AIADMK	K. Pandurangan		CPI (M)	T. R. Purushothaman
37	Gudiyatham		DMK	V. G. Dhanapal		INC	S. Ramgopal		MDMK	N. Panneer
38	Pernambut (SC)		DMK	V. Govindan		AIADMK	I. Tamizharasan		JD	R. S. J. Ashok Ilayaraja
39	Vaniayambadi		DMK	M. Abdul Latheef		INC	K. Kuppusamy		JD	K. Jayapal
40	Natrampalli		DMK	R. Mahendran		AIADMK	H. D. Hanumanthan		MDMK	K. Rajendran
41	Tiruppattur		DMK	G. Shanmugam		AIADMK	P. G. Mani		MDMK	K. C. Alagiri
42	Chengam (SC)		DMK	K. V. Nannan		AIADMK	C. K. Thamizharasan		JD	M. Settu
43	Thandarambattu		Tamil Maanila Congress	K. Manivarma		AIADMK	A. P. Kuppusamy		MDMK	V. Jhayabal
44	Tiruvannamalai		DMK	K. Pitchandi		INC	A. Arunachalam		MDMK	T. Elango
45	Kalasapakkam		DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam		INC	M. Sundarasami		MDMK	S. Arivalagan
46	Polur		DMK	A. Rajendran		AIADMK	Agri. S. Krishnamoorthy		MDMK	A. Karthikeyan
47	Anaicut		DMK	C. Gopu		AIADMK	C. M. Suryakala		MDMK	N. M. Murugesan
48	Vellore		Tamil Maanila Congress	C. Gnanasekaran		INC	S. B. Bhaskaran		MDMK	N. Subramani
49	Arni		DMK	R. Sivanandam		AIADMK	M. Chinnakulamdai		MDMK	D. Dhakshinamoorthy
50	Cheyyar		DMK	V. Anbalagan		AIADMK	P. Chandran		MDMK	R. Ramalingam
51	Vandavasi (SC)		DMK	Bala Anandan		AIADMK	V. Gunaseelan		MDMK	V. Rajagopal
52	Peranamallur		DMK	N. Pandurangan		AIADMK	C. Srinivasan		Did not contest
53	Melmalayanur		DMK	A. Gnanasekar		INC	Dharmarasan		MDMK	R. Panchatcharan
54	Gingee		DMK	T. Natarajan		INC	T. N. Muruganandam		MDMK	N. Ramachandran
55	Tindivanam		DMK	R. Sedunathan		INC	D. Rajaram		MDMK	R. Masilamani
56	Vanur (SC)		DMK	A. Marimuthu		AIADMK	S. P. Erasendiran		MDMK	K. Manjini
57	Kandamangalam (SC)		DMK	S. Alaguvelu		AIADMK	V. Subramaniyan		MDMK	P. Venkatachalapathy
58	Villupuram		DMK	Deivasigamani @ Ponmudy		AIADMK	S. S. Panneerselvam		MDMK	M. Panneerselvam
59	Mugaiyur		DMK	A. G. Sampath		AIADMK	T. M. Arangarathan		MDMK	P. Rajagopal
60	Thirunavalur		DMK	A. J. Manikkannan		AIADMK	K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy		MDMK	A. V. Balasubramaniyan
61	Ulundurpet (SC)		DMK	A. Mani		AIADMK	M. Anandan		MDMK	K. Angamuthu
62	Nellikuppam		DMK	A. Mani		AIADMK	M. C. Dhamodaran		MDMK	V. Krishnamoorthi
63	Cuddalore		DMK	E. Pugazhendhi		INC	K. V. Rajendiran		MDMK	S. Padmanaban
64	Panruti		DMK	V. Ramaswamy		AIADMK	R. Rajendran		MDMK	K. Nandagopalakrishnan
65	Kurinjipadi		DMK	M. R. K. Panneerselvam		AIADMK	N. Pandarinathan		CPI (M)	K. Balakrishnan
66	Bhuvanagiri		DMK	A. V. Abdul Naser		AIADMK	P. M. Rasavel		MDMK	D. Anbarasan
67	Kattumannarkoil (SC)		DMK	E. Ramalingam		AIADMK	R. Kousalya		MDMK	Kanagasabai Muthu
68	Chidambaram		Tamil Maanila Congress	S. Azhagiri		INC	A. Radhakrishnan		MDMK	Durai Krishnamoorthy
69	Vridhachalam		DMK	Kuzhandai Tamizharasan		AIADMK	C. Ramanathan		MDMK	M. M. Srinivasan
70	Mangalore (SC)		Tamil Maanila Congress	S. Puratchimani		INC	V. M. S. Saravanakumar		MDMK	G. Soundararajan
71	Rishivandiam		Tamil Maanila Congress	S. Sivaraj		AIADMK	P. Annadurai		MDMK	N. Durairaj
72	Chinnasalem		DMK	R. Mookkappan		AIADMK	P. Mohan		MDMK	K. Venkatapathy
73	Sankarapuram		DMK	T. Udhayasuriyan		AIADMK	A. Saruvar Kasim		CPI (M)	M. Chinnappa
74	Hosur		Tamil Maanila Congress	T. Venkatareddy		INC	K. Gopinath		JD	B. Venkatasamy
75	Thalli		CPI	S. Raja Reddi		INC	Venkatarama Reddi		CPI (M)	M. Lagumiah
76	Kaveripattinam		DMK	P. V. S. Venkatesan		AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy		MDMK	V. C. Govindasamy
77	Krishnagiri		DMK	Kanchana Kamalanathan		AIADMK	K. P. Kathavarayan		MDMK	K. R. Pandiyan
78	Bargur		DMK	E. G. Sugavanam		AIADMK	J. Jayalalitha		MDMK	K. Viswanathan
79	Harur (SC)		DMK	Vedammal		INC	J. Natesan		CPI (M)	P. Shanmugam
80	Morappur		DMK	V. Mullaiventhan		AIADMK	K. Singaram		MDMK	R. Ravanan
81	Palacode		DMK	G. L. Venkatachalam		AIADMK	C. Gopal		MDMK	G. V. Madhaiyan
82	Dharmapuri		DMK	K. Manokaran		INC	Mase Harur		MDMK	K. Devarajan
83	Pennagaram		CPI	M. Arumugam		AIADMK	R. Anbalagan		MDMK	K. E. Sekar
84	Mettur		DMK	P. Gopal		AIADMK	P. Soundram		CPI (M)	M. Rajagopal
85	Taramangalam		DMK	P. Elavarasan		INC	R. Palanisamy		MDMK	P. Kandasamy
86	Omalur		Tamil Maanila Congress	R. R. Sekaran		AIADMK	C. Krishnan		MDMK	A. Sundaram
87	Yercaud (ST)		DMK	V. Perumal		AIADMK	R. Gunasekaran		JD	R. Kuppusamy
88	Salem-I		DMK	K. R. G. Dhanapalan		INC	A. T. Natarajan		MDMK	T. Ravikrishnan
89	Salem-II		DMK	A. L. Thangavel		AIADMK	S. Semmalai		MDMK	K. S. V. Thamarai Kannan
90	Veerapandi		DMK	S. Arumugam		AIADMK	K. Arjunan		MDMK	Anbu Rajendran
91	Panamarathupatty		DMK	S. R. Sivalingam		AIADMK	P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy		MDMK	E. Manickam
92	Attur		DMK	A. M. Ramasamy		AIADMK	A. K. Murugesan		MDMK	M. Manoharan
93	Talavasal (SC)		Tamil Maanila Congress	K. Rani		INC	K. Kaliaperumal		MDMK	M. Singaravel
94	Rasipuram		DMK	R. R. Damayandhi		AIADMK	P. R. Sundaram		MDMK	B. A. R. Elangovan
95	Sendamangalam (ST)		DMK	C. Chandrasekaran		AIADMK	K. Kalavathi		MDMK	S. Thennavan
96	Namakkal (SC)		DMK	K. Veisamy		AIADMK	S. Anbaiagan		MDMK	R. Mayavan
97	Kapilamalai		DMK	K. K. Veerappan		AIADMK	R. Rajalingam		MDMK	M. Kandasamy
98	Tiruchengode		DMK	T. P. Arumugam		AIADMK	S. Chinnusamy		CPI (M)	A. Athi Narayanan
99	Sankari (SC)		DMK	V. Muthu		AIADMK	K. K. Ramasamy		CPI (M)	C. Duraisamy
100	Edapadi		DMK	P. A. Murugesan		AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami		MDMK	G. Anbumathi Selvan
101	Mettupalayam		DMK	B. Arunkumar		AIADMK	K. Doraiswamy		MDMK	T. T. Arangasamy
102	Avanashi (SC)		DMK	G. Elango		AIADMK	M. Thiagarajan		MDMK	R. Shanmuga Sundharam
103	Thondamuthur		DMK	C. R. Ramachandran		AIADMK	T. Malaravan		CPI (M)	U. K. Vellingiri
104	Singanallur		DMK	N. Palaniswamy		AIADMK	R. Duraisamy		MDMK	M. Kannappan
105	Coimbatore West		DMK	C. T. Dhandapani		INC	Raja Thangavel		MDMK	S. Govindharajan
106	Coimbatore East		Tamil Maanila Congress	V. K. Lakshmanan		INC	R. S. Velan		CPI (M)	K. C. Karunakaran
107	Perur		DMK	A. Natarasan		AIADMK	R. Thirumalaisamy		CPI (M)	N. Amirtham
108	Kinathukkadavu		DMK	M. Shanmugham		AIADMK	K. M. Mylswamy		MDMK	K. Kandasamy
109	Pollachi		DMK	S. Raju		AIADMK	V. Jayaraman		MDMK	Andu @ Nachimuthu
110	Valparai (SC)		DMK	V. P. Singaravelu		AIADMK	Kurichimanimaran		MDMK	A. Tamilvanan
111	Udumalpet		DMK	D. Selvaraj		AIADMK	C. Shanmugavel		MDMK	R. T. Mariappan
112	Dharapuram (SC)		DMK	R. Saraswathy		AIADMK	P. Easwaramurthi		MDMK	K. Mayavan
113	Vellakoil		DMK	M. P. Saminathan		AIADMK	Dhurai Ramaswamy		MDMK	V. N. Shanmugam
114	Pongalur		Tamil Maanila Congress	P. Mohan Kandaswamy		INC	Thalapathy Murugesan		MDMK	P. R. Selvaraj
115	Palladam		DMK	S. S. Ponmudi		AIADMK	K. S. Duraimurugan		MDMK	A. Ku. Palanisamy
116	Tiruppur		CPI	K. Subbarayan		AIADMK	C. Sivasamy		MDMK	S. Duraisamy
117	Kangayam		DMK	N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar		AIADMK	N. Ramasamy		MDMK	K. Periyasamy
118	Modakurichi		DMK	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan		AIADMK	R. N. Kittusamy		MDMK	K. Elanchezhian
119	Perundurai		CPI	N. Periyasamy		AIADMK	P. Periyasamy		MDMK	V. M. Kandasamy
120	Erode		DMK	N. K. K. Periasamy		AIADMK	S. Muthusamy		MDMK	A. Genashamurthy
121	Bhavani		Tamil Maanila Congress	S. N. Balasubramanian		AIADMK	K. S. Manivannan		CPI (M)	P. Palanisamy
122	Andhiyur (SC)		DMK	P. Selvarasu		AIADMK	M. Subramaniam		MDMK	Eradha Rukmani
123	Gobichettipalayam		DMK	G. P. Venkidu		AIADMK	K. A. Sengottayan		MDMK	K. R. Kalathinathan
124	Bhavanisagar		DMK	V. A. Andamuthu		AIADMK	V. K. Chinnasamy		MDMK	T. K. Subramaniam
125	Sathyamangalam		DMK	S. K. Rajendran		AIADMK	T. R. Attiannan		CPI (M)	A. M. Kadar
126	Coonoor (SC)		DMK	N. Thangavel		AIADMK	S. Karuppusamy		MDMK	S. Selvaraj
127	Ootacamund		DMK	T. Gundan		INC	H. M. Raju		JD	N. Chickiah
128	Gudalur		DMK	B. M. Mubarak		AIADMK	K. R. Raju		CPI (M)	N. Vasu
129	Palani (SC)		DMK	T. Poovendhan		AIADMK	P. Karuppuchamy		CPI (M)	A. Nagarajan
130	Oddanchatram		DMK	R. Sakkarapani		AIADMK	K. Sellamuthu		MDMK	T. Mohan
131	Periyakulam		DMK	L. Mookaiah		AIADMK	K. M. Kader Mohideen		MDMK	O. Rajangam
132	Theni		Tamil Maanila Congress	N. R. Alagaraja		AIADMK	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan		MDMK	G. Ponnu Pillai
133	Bodinayakkanur		DMK	A. Sudalaimuthu		AIADMK	S. P. Jeyakumar		MDMK	R. Subramani
134	Cumbum		Tamil Maanila Congress	O. R. Ramachandran		INC	K. A. Somasundaram		CPI (M)	S. Dharmaraj
135	Andipatti		DMK	P. Aasiyan		AIADMK	A. Muthiah		MDMK	Sekar @ Balasundaram
136	Sedapatti		DMK	G. Thalapathi		AIADMK	R. Muthiah		MDMK	Pon Muthuramalingam
137	Thirumangalam		DMK	M. Muthuramalingam		AIADMK	S. Andithevar		MDMK	R. Saminathan
138	Usilampatti		AIFB	P. N. Vallarasu		AIADMK	P. Veluchamy		Did not contest
139	Nilakottai (SC)		Tamil Maanila Congress	A. S. Ponnammal		INC	A. Rasu		MDMK	M. Arivazhaghan
140	Sholavandan		DMK	L. Santhanam		AIADMK	A. M. Paramasivan		MDMK	P. S. Manian
141	Tirupparankundram		DMK	C. Ramachandran		AIADMK	S. V. Shanmugam		CPI (M)	K. Kandasamy
142	Madurai West		DMK	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan		INC	R. Muthusamy		JD	K. John Moses
143	Madurai Central		Tamil Maanila Congress	A. Deivanayagam		INC	T. Thangaraj		CPI (M)	N. Nanmaran
144	Madurai East		DMK	V. Velusamy		AIADMK	T. R. Janardhanan		MDMK	V. Muniyandi
145	Samayanallur (SC)		DMK	S. Selvaraj		AIADMK	R. Raja Selvaraj		MDMK	P. Pandiammal
146	Melur		Tamil Maanila Congress	K. V. V. Rajamanickam		INC	C. R. Sundararajan		MDMK	Veera Ilavarasan
147	Natham		Tamil Maanila Congress	M. Andi Ambalam		INC	S. Asai Alangaram		MDMK	P. Chellam
148	Dindigul		DMK	R. Manimaran		AIADMK	V. Marutharaj		CPI (M)	R. S. Rejendran
149	Athoor		DMK	I. Periasamy		AIADMK	C. Chinnamuthu		CPI (M)	K. Nagalakshmi
150	Vedasandur		DMK	S. V. Krishnan		AIADMK	S. Gandhirajan		MDMK	V. P. Balasubramanian
151	Aravakurichi		DMK	S. S. Mohammed Ismail		AIADMK	V. K. Duraisamy		MDMK	P. Monjanur Ramasamy
152	Karur		DMK	Vasuki Murugesan		AIADMK	M. Chinnasamy		MDMK	R. Palanisamy
153	Krishnarayapuram (SC)		DMK	S. Nagarathinam		AIADMK	A. Arivalagan		CPI (M)	S. Thirunavukkarasu
154	Marungapuri		DMK	B. M. Senguttuvan		AIADMK	K. Solairaj		MDMK	A. Durairaj
155	Kulithalai		DMK	R. Selvam		AIADMK	A. Pappasundaram		MDMK	R. Pugalendhi
156	Thottiam		DMK	K. Kannaiyan		AIADMK	N. Nedumaran		MDMK	E. P. Rathinam
157	Uppiliapuram (ST)		DMK	T. Karuppusami		AIADMK	R. Saroja		MDMK	P. Rajendran
158	Musiri		DMK	M. N. Jothi Kannan		AIADMK	C. Mallika Chinnasamy		MDMK	N. Selvaraj
159	Lalgudi		DMK	K. N. Nehru		INC	J. Logambal		MDMK	Pon. Pandian
160	Perambalur (SC)		DMK	M. Devarajan		AIADMK	S. Murugesan		MDMK	M. Vibushnan
161	Varahur (SC)		DMK	Duraisamy		AIADMK	A. Palanimuthu		JD	M. Palanimuthu
162	Ariyalur		Tamil Maanila Congress	D. Amaramoorthy		AIADMK	A. Elavarasan		MDMK	K. Chinnappah
163	Andimadam		DMK	Sivasubramaniyan		INC	Arthur Hellar		MDMK	Ramalingam
164	Jayankondam		DMK	K. C. Ganesan		INC	N. Masilamani		MDMK	Dhana Sekhar
165	Srirangam		DMK	T. P. Mayavan		AIADMK	M. Paranjothi		MDMK	Perur Dharmalingam
166	Tiruchirapalli-I		DMK	B. Baranikumar		AIADMK	Pa. Krishnan		MDMK	A. Malaramannan
167	Tiruchirapalli-II		DMK	Anbil Poyyamozhi		AIADMK	P. Selvaraj		CPI (M)	G. Vijayalakshmi
168	Thiruverambur		DMK	K. Durai		AIADMK	T. Rathinavel		CPI (M)	Mohamed Ali
169	Sirkali (SC)		DMK	M. Panneerselvam		AIADMK	V. Bharathi		MDMK	R. Senthilselvan
170	Poompuhar		DMK	G. Mohanadasan		AIADMK	N. Vijayabalan		MDMK	S. M. Samsudeen
171	Mayuram		Tamil Maanila Congress	M. M. S. Abul Hassan		INC	Rama Chidambaram		MDMK	M. Mahalingam
172	Kuttalam		DMK	P. Kalayanam Kuttalam		AIADMK	M. Rajendran		MDMK	R. Rajamanickam
173	Nannilam (SC)		Tamil Maanila Congress	Padma		AIADMK	K. Gopal		CPI (M)	P. Thangaiyan
174	Tiruvarur (SC)		DMK	A. Asohan		INC	P. Arumuga Pandian		CPI (M)	S. Veerasamy
175	Nagapattinam		DMK	G. Nizamudeen		AIADMK	R. Jeevanantham		CPI (M)	V. Marimuthu
176	Vedaranyam		DMK	S. K. Vedarathinam		INC	P. C. V. Balasubramaniam		MDMK	M. Meenakshisundaram
177	Tiruthuraipundi (SC)		CPI	G. Palanisami		INC	K. Gopalsami		CPI (M)	P. N. Thangarasu
178	Mannargudi		CPI	V. Sivapunniam		AIADMK	K. Kaliyaperumal		MDMK	P. Tamilarasan
179	Pattukkottai		DMK	P. Balasubramanian		AIADMK	Seeni Baskaran		MDMK	G. Renganathan
180	Peravurani		Tamil Maanila Congress	V. Thirugnanasambandam		INC	K. Sakthivel		MDMK	M. K. Lenin
181	Orathanad		DMK	P. Rajamanickam		AIADMK	V. Suriyamoorthy		MDMK	L. Ganesan
182	Thiruvonam		DMK	N. Ramachandran		AIADMK	K. Thangamuthu		MDMK	Durai Balakrishnan
183	Thanjavur		DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah		AIADMK	S. D. Somasundaram		MDMK	K. Veluchamy
184	Tiruvaiyaru		DMK	D. Chandrasekaran		AIADMK	M. Subramanian		CPI (M)	V. Jeevakumar
185	Papanasam		Tamil Maanila Congress	N. Karuppanna Odayar		Did not contest			MDMK	K. Arumugham
186	Valangiman (SC)		DMK	Gomathi Srinivasan		AIADMK	V. Vivekanandan		CPI (M)	M. Malathi
187	Kumbakonam		DMK	K. S. Mani		AIADMK	Erama Eramanatham		MDMK	V. Kaliaperumal
188	Thiruvidaimarudur		DMK	S. Ramalingam		INC	T. R. Loganathan		MDMK	R. Murugan
189	Thirumayam		Tamil Maanila Congress	V. Chinnaiah		AIADMK	S. Regupathy		MDMK	R. Pavanan
190	Kolathur (SC)		DMK	Selvaraj Alias Kavithaipithan		AIADMK	A. Karuppayee		MDMK	R. Gunasekaran
191	Pudukkottai		DMK	A. Periannan		INC	S. C. Swaminathan		MDMK	V. N. Mani
192	Alangudi		CPI	S. Erasasekaran		AIADMK	V. P. Raman		MDMK	K. Chandrasekaran
193	Arantangi		DMK	S. Shanmugam		AIADMK	S. Thirunavukkarasu		MDMK	A. B. R. Janardhanan
194	Tiruppattur		DMK	R. Sivaraman		AIADMK	S. Kannappan		MDMK	S. Sevanthiappan
195	Karaikudi		Tamil Maanila Congress	N. Sundaram		AIADMK	M. Raju		MDMK	K. R. Asokan
196	Tiruvadanai		Tamil Maanila Congress	Kr. Ramasamy		INC	D. Sakthivel		MDMK	M. Mangaleswaran
197	Ilayangudi		DMK	M. Tamilkudimagan		AIADMK	V. D. Nadarajan		MDMK	V. Malaikannan
198	Sivaganga		DMK	Tha. Kiruttinan Pasumpon		AIADMK	K. R. Muruganandam		MDMK	Peri Krishnan
199	Manamadurai (SC)		CPI	K. Thangamani		AIADMK	M. Gunasekaran		CPI (M)	K. Balasubramanian
200	Paramakudi (SC)		DMK	U. Thisaiveeran		AIADMK	S. Sundararaj		MDMK	T. K. Siraimeetan
201	Ramanathapuram		DMK	A. Rahmankhan		AIADMK	S. K. G. Sekar		MDMK	K. Singaraj
202	Kadaladi		DMK	S. P. Thangavelan		AIADMK	V. Sathiyamoorthy		MDMK	A. Piraanavanathan
203	Mudukulathur		Tamil Maanila Congress	S. Balakrishnan		INC	R. Nagalingam		MDMK	P. Villi Thevar
204	Aruppukottai		DMK	V. Thangapandian		AIADMK	K. Sundarapandian		MDMK	R. M. Shanmugasundaram
205	Sattur		DMK	K. M. Vijayakumar		AIADMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran		MDMK	M. Gnanaprakasam
206	Virudhunagar		DMK	A. R. R. Seenivasan		INC	G. Karikolraj		MDMK	B. Boopathirajaram
207	Sivakasi		Tamil Maanila Congress	R. Chokkar		AIADMK	N. Alagarsamy		MDMK	R. Gnanadoss
208	Srivilliputhur		CPI	T. Ramasamy		AIADMK	R. Thamaraikkani		MDMK	M. Sivasubramanian
209	Rajapalayam (SC)		DMK	V. P. Rajan		AIADMK	P. Prabakar		MDMK	T. Sadhan Thirumalikumar
210	Vilathikulam		DMK	K. Ravisankar		AIADMK	N. K. Perumal		MDMK	Vai. Gopalsamy
211	Pottapidaram (SC)		DMK	S. Sundaram		AIADMK	S. Paulraj		MDMK	A. S. Ganesan
212	Koilpatti		CPI	L. Ayyalusamy		AIADMK	L. Radhakrishnan		MDMK	K. S. Radhakrishnan
213	Sankaranayanarkoil (SC)		DMK	S. Rasiah @ Raja		AIADMK	C. Karuppasamy		MDMK	S. Thangavelu
214	Vasudevanallur (SC)		Tamil Maanila Congress	R. Eswaran		INC	P. Suresh Babu		CPI (M)	R. Krishnan
215	Kadayanallur		DMK	K. Naina Mohamed		AIADMK	A. M. Gani		MDMK	M. Sanjeevi
216	Tenkasi		Tamil Maanila Congress	K. Ravi Arunan		INC	Aladi Sankaraiya		MDMK	Asan Ibrahim
217	Alangulam		DMK	Aladi Aruna		INC	M. S. Kamaraj		MDMK	M. P. Murugiah
218	Tirunelveli		DMK	A. L. Subramanian		AIADMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian		MDMK	M. Achiyur Mani
219	Palayamcottai		DMK	Mohamed Kodar Maideen		AIADMK	P. Dharmalingam		MDMK	M. S. Sudarsan
220	Cheranmahadevi		Tamil Maanila Congress	P. Veldurai		AIADMK	M. R. Janarthanan		CPI (M)	S. K. Palanichamy
221	Ambasamudram		DMK	R. Avudaiappan		AIADMK	R. Murugaiah Pandian		MDMK	K. Meena Zacharias
222	Nanguneri		CPI	S. V. Krishnan		AIADMK	A. S. A. Karunakaran		MDMK	R. Vamadevan
223	Radhapuram		Tamil Maanila Congress	M. Appavu		INC	S. K. Chandrasekaran		MDMK	M. Raymond
224	Sattangulam		Tamil Maanila Congress	S. S. Mani Nadar		INC	B. Kasianantham		JD	P. S. Sivasubramanian
225	Tiruchendur		DMK	S. Jennifer Chandran		AIADMK	T. Thamotharan		MDMK	D. Ramachandran
226	Srivaikuntam		DMK	S. David Selwyn		INC	S. Danielraj		CPI (M)	P. Sampath @ Thirugnana Sambantham
227	Tuticorin		DMK	N. Periasamy		AIADMK	R. Henry		MDMK	T. S. M. Sampath Kumar
228	Kanniyakumari		DMK	N. Suresh Rajan		AIADMK	S. Thanu Pillai		MDMK	S. Ramiah Pillai
229	Nagercoil		Tamil Maanila Congress	M. Moses		INC	V. Seluvai Antony		MDMK	S. Retnaraj
230	Colachel		DMK	Era. Bernard		INC	A. Pauliah		MDMK	R. Sambath Chandra
231	Padmanabhapuram		DMK	Bala Janathipathy		AIADMK	K. Lawrance		CPI (M)	S. Noor Mohamed
232	Thiruvattar		DMK	V. Alban		Did not contest			CPI (M)	J. Hema Chandran
233	Vilavancode		DMK	V. Thankaraj		INC	M. Sundaradas		CPI (M)	D. Mony
234	Killiyoor		Tamil Maanila Congress	Kumaradas		INC	A. Selvaraj		JD	Mano Thangaraj

• Constituency 75 (Thalli): In addition to the CPI(M) candidate listed, there was also a JD candidate, B. Ramachandra Reddi, who secured the 6th position in MDMK-led alliance

Opinion poll trends

In the 1996 election, strong anti-incumbency against Jayalalithaa and the strength of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam – Tamil Maanila Congress alliance made their victory predictable. A poll by India Today with Prannoy Roy and Dorab R. Sopariwala projected 11–37 seats for the AIADMK, but it won only four.

A survey conducted by the CSDS in collaboration with NDTV and Frontline found that 60% of the electorate was “not satisfied at all” with then incumbent Jayalalithaa regime, while only 13% reported being “very satisfied.”

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 1996 Indian general election.

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
DMK+ Alliance		221	+214	14,600,748	53.77%
DMK		173	+171	11,423,380	42.07%	54.04%
TMC(M)		39	+39	2,526,474	9.3%	55.21%
CPI		8	+7	575,570	2.12%	42.95%
AIFB		1	+1	75,324	0.28%	76.18%
AIADMK+ alliance		4	-221	7,354,723	27.08%
AIADMK		4	-160	5,831,383	21.47%	29.24%
INC		0	-60	1,523,340	5.61%	21.09%
MDMK+ alliance		2	0	2,143,141	7.89%
MDMK		0	0	1,569,168	5.78%	7.6%
CPI(M)		1	0	456,712	1.68%	9.57%
JD		1	0	117,801	0.43%	7.31%
PMK+ Alliance		4	+3	1,252,275	4.61%
PMK		4	+3	1,042,333	3.84%	7.61%
AIIC(T)		0	0	209,942	0.77%	4.23%
Others		3	+1	1,662,926	6.12%
BJP		1	+1	490,453	1.81%	2.93%
JP		1	+1	150,134	0.55%	2.51%
IND		1	0	1,022,339	3.76%	3.8%
Total		234	–	27,154,721	100%

Constituency wise results

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Royapuram	Era. Mathivanan		DMK	44,893	57.78	D. Jayakumar		AIADMK	27,485	35.37	17,408	22.41
2	Harbour	K. Anbazhagan		DMK	39,263	70.57	Earnest Paul		INC	9,007	16.19	30,256	54.38
3	Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar	S.P. Sarkunam		DMK	75,125	62.12	R.M.D. Raveendran		AIADMK	32,044	26.50	43,081	35.62
4	Park Town	T. Rajhendherr		DMK	44,565	68.43	S.V. Shankar		INC	15,086	23.17	29,479	45.26
5	Perambur (SC)	Chengaisivam		DMK	90,683	67.29	V. Neelakandan		AIADMK	32,332	23.99	58,351	43.30
6	Purasawalkam	B. Ranganathan		TMC(M)	98,157	70.61	J. Kathipara Gnanam		INC	25,543	18.37	72,614	52.24
7	Egmore (SC)	I. Ellam Vazhuthi		DMK	51,061	72.57	N. Lakshmi		INC	13,876	19.72	37,185	52.85
8	Anna Nagar	N. Arcot Veeraswami		DMK	1,03,819	67.05	R. Balasubramanian		INC	34,802	22.48	69,017	44.57
9	Theagaraya Nagar	A. Chellakumar		TMC(M)	76,461	67.16	S. Vijayan		AIADMK	27,463	24.12	48,998	43.04
10	Thousand Lights	M.K. Stalin		DMK	66,905	69.72	Zeenath Sheriffdeen		AIADMK	22,028	22.95	44,877	46.77
11	Chepauk	M. Karunanidhi		DMK	46,097	77.05	N.S.S. Nellai Kannan		INC	10,313	17.24	35,784	59.81
12	Triplicane	K. Nanjil Manoharan		DMK	50,401	70.10	A. Wahab		AIADMK	15,390	21.41	35,011	48.69
13	Mylapore	N.P. Ramajayam		DMK	79,736	67.25	T.K. Sampath		AIADMK	27,932	23.56	51,804	43.69
14	Saidapet	K. Saidai Kittu		DMK	76,031	58.10	S. Saidai Duraisamy		AIADMK	46,178	35.29	29,853	22.81
15	Gummidipundi	K. Venu		DMK	61,946	49.69	R.S. Munirathinam		AIADMK	40,321	32.34	21,625	17.35
16	Ponneri (SC)	K. Sundaram		DMK	87,547	61.72	G. Gunasekaran		AIADMK	42,156	29.72	45,391	32.00
17	Thiruvottiyur	T.C. Vijayan		DMK	1,15,939	64.19	B. Balraj		AIADMK	40,917	22.65	75,022	41.54
18	Villivakkam	J.M. Haroon Rasheed		TMC(M)	1,94,471	70.24	M.G. Mohan		INC	46,724	16.88	1,47,747	53.36
19	Alandur	C. Shanmugam		DMK	1,17,545	66.23	K. Purushothaman		AIADMK	41,551	23.41	75,994	42.82
20	Tambaram	M.A. Vaidyalingam		DMK	1,66,401	64.91	K.B. Madhavan		INC	52,442	20.46	1,13,959	44.45
21	Tirupporur (SC)	G. Chokkalingam		DMK	62,414	50.77	N.K. Loganathan		AIADMK	30,518	24.82	31,896	25.95
22	Chengalpattu	V. Tamilmani		DMK	66,443	57.53	C.V.N. Kumarasamy		AIADMK	29,638	25.66	36,805	31.87
23	Maduranthakam	S.K. Venkatesan		DMK	53,563	49.79	S.D. U. Kamchand		AIADMK	42,970	39.94	10,593	9.85
24	Acharapakkam (SC)	S. Mathivanan		DMK	54,558	56.15	A. Bhuvaraghamoorthy		AIADMK	29,187	30.04	25,371	26.11
25	Uthiramerur	K. Sundar		DMK	66,086	52.84	N.K. Gnanasekaran		AIADMK	32,994	26.38	33,092	26.46
26	Kancheepuram	P. Murugesan		DMK	77,723	55.90	S.S. Thirunavukarasu		AIADMK	45,094	32.43	32,629	23.47
27	Sriperumbudur (SC)	E. Kothandam		DMK	71,575	58.72	K.N. Chinnandi		INC	35,139	28.83	36,436	29.89
28	Poonamallee	D. Sudarsanam		TMC(M)	75,731	53.20	P. Krishnamoorthy		INC	25,220	17.72	50,511	35.48
29	Tiruvallur	C.S. Mani @ Subramani		DMK	65,432	60.78	G. Kanagaraaj		AIADMK	32,178	29.89	33,254	30.89
30	Tiruttani	E.A.P. Sivaji		DMK	58,049	53.90	G. Hari		AIADMK	28,507	26.47	29,542	27.43
31	Pallipet	E.S.S. Raman		TMC(M)	79,848	67.03	B. Thangavel		INC	21,356	17.93	58,492	49.10
32	Arkonam (SC)	R. Thamizh Chelvan		DMK	70,550	58.13	R. Elumalai		PMK	23,730	19.55	46,820	38.58
33	Sholinghur	A.M. Munirathinam		TMC(M)	65,361	54.33	S. Shanmugham		PMK	31,431	26.13	33,930	28.20
34	Ranipet	R. Gandhi		DMK	71,346	50.80	M. Masilamani		AIADMK	37,219	26.50	34,127	24.30
35	Arcot	P.N. Subramani		DMK	62,974	58.74	K.V. Ramadoss		AIADMK	36,567	34.11	26,407	24.63
36	Katpadi	Duraimurugan		DMK	75,439	61.20	K. Pandurangan		AIADMK	34,432	27.93	41,007	33.27
37	Gudiyatham	V.G. Dhanapal		DMK	48,837	48.62	S. Ramgopal		INC	19,701	19.61	29,136	29.01
38	Pernambut (SC)	V. Govindan		DMK	63,655	58.36	I. Tamizharasan		AIADMK	32,481	29.78	31,174	28.58
39	Vaniayambadi	M. Abdul Latheef		DMK	74,223	67.36	K. Kuppusamy		INC	26,970	24.48	47,253	42.88
40	Natrampalli	R. Mahendran		DMK	50,118	39.65	T. Anbazhagan		IND	46,897	37.10	3,221	2.55
41	Tiruppattur	G. Shanmugam		DMK	66,207	53.44	P.G. Mani		AIADMK	34,549	27.89	31,658	25.55
42	Chengam (SC)	K.V. Nannan		DMK	58,958	59.11	C.K. Thamizharasan		AIADMK	32,325	32.41	26,633	26.70
43	Thandarambattu	K. Manivarma		TMC(M)	72,636	62.96	A.P. Kuppusamy		AIADMK	32,822	28.45	39,814	34.51
44	Tiruvannamalai	K. Pitchandi		DMK	83,731	66.55	A. Arunachalam		INC	30,753	24.44	52,978	42.11
45	Kalasapakkam	P.S. Thiruvengadam		DMK	72,177	59.12	M. Sundarasami		INC	37,647	30.83	34,530	28.29
46	Polur	A. Rajendran		DMK	59,070	55.45	Agri. S. Krishnamoorthy		AIADMK	34,917	32.78	24,153	22.67
47	Anaicut	C. Gopu		DMK	58,982	55.79	C.M. Suryakala		AIADMK	27,366	25.89	31,616	29.90
48	Vellore	C. Gnanasekaran		TMC(M)	82,339	70.86	S.B. Bhaskaran		INC	21,451	18.46	60,888	52.40
49	Arni	R. Sivanandam		DMK	63,014	51.29	M. Chinnakulamdai		AIADMK	44,835	36.49	18,179	14.80
50	Cheyyar	V. Anbalagan		DMK	71,416	61.24	P. Chandran		AIADMK	33,930	29.09	37,486	32.15
51	Vandavasi (SC)	Bala Anandan		DMK	65,775	59.97	V. Gunaseelan		AIADMK	26,029	23.73	39,746	36.24
52	Peranamallur	N. Pandurangan		DMK	57,907	52.17	C. Srinivasan		AIADMK	30,114	27.13	27,793	25.04
53	Melmalayanur	A. Gnanasekar		DMK	50,905	45.68	Dharmarasan		INC	22,491	20.18	28,414	25.50
54	Gingee	T. Natarajan		DMK	51,327	42.60	T.N. Muruganandam		INC	25,893	21.49	25,434	21.11
55	Tindivanam	R. Sedunathan		DMK	45,448	45.40	M. Karunanithi		PMK	20,068	20.05	25,380	25.35
56	Vanur (SC)	A. Marimuthu		DMK	58,966	50.23	S.P. Erasendiran		AIADMK	35,024	29.84	23,942	20.39
57	Kandamangalam (SC)	S. Alaguvelu		DMK	64,256	54.32	V. Subramaniyan		AIADMK	34,261	28.96	29,995	25.36
58	Villupuram	Deivasigamani @ Ponmudy		DMK	74,891	58.24	S.S. Panneerselvam		AIADMK	33,305	25.90	41,586	32.34
59	Mugaiyur	A.G. Sampath		DMK	68,215	61.77	T.M. Arangarathan		AIADMK	26,619	24.10	41,596	37.67
60	Thirunavalur	A.J. Manikkannan		DMK	43,983	41.28	K.G.P. Gnanamoorthy		AIADMK	31,547	29.61	12,436	11.67
61	Ulundurpet (SC)	A. Mani		DMK	67,088	54.34	M. Anandan		AIADMK	46,113	37.35	20,975	16.99
62	Nellikuppam	A. Mani		DMK	57,977	53.84	M.C. Dhamodaran		AIADMK	32,594	30.27	25,383	23.57
63	Cuddalore	E. Pugazhendhi		DMK	74,480	62.27	K.V. Rajendiran		INC	25,853	21.62	48,627	40.65
64	Panruti	V. Ramaswamy		DMK	68,021	57.32	R. Rajendran		AIADMK	28,891	24.35	39,130	32.97
65	Kurinjipadi	M.R.K. Panneerselvam		DMK	67,152	54.99	N. Pandarinathan		AIADMK	28,139	23.04	39,013	31.95
66	Bhuvanagiri	A.V. Abdul Naser		DMK	49,457	43.80	P.D. Elangovan		PMK	30,112	26.67	19,345	17.13
67	Kattumannarkoil (SC)	E. Ramalingam		DMK	46,978	45.83	L. Elayaperumal		HRPI	37,159	36.25	9,819	9.58
68	Chidambaram	S. Azhagiri		TMC(M)	52,066	50.52	A. Radhakrishnan		INC	23,050	22.37	29,016	28.15
69	Vridhachalam	Tamizharasan M.A.B.L. Kuzhandai		DMK	49,103	37.42	R. Govindasamy		PMK	42,218	32.18	6,885	5.24
70	Mangalore (SC)	S. Puratchimani		TMC(M)	50,908	42.71	V.M.S. Saravanakumar		INC	31,620	26.53	19,288	16.18
71	Rishivandiam	S. Sivaraj		TMC(M)	65,230	61.34	P. Annadurai		AIADMK	25,166	23.66	40,064	37.68
72	Chinnasalem	R. Mookkappan		DMK	66,981	59.83	P. Mohan		AIADMK	35,336	31.56	31,645	28.27
73	Sankarapuram	T. Udhayasuriyan		DMK	62,673	53.68	A. Saruvar Kasim		AIADMK	40,515	34.70	22,158	18.98
74	Hosur	B. Venkatasamy		JD	41,456	34.89	T. Venkatareddy		TMC(M)	39,719	33.43	1,737	1.46
75	Thalli	S. Raja Reddi		CPI	26,427	28.78	Venkatarama Reddi		INC	18,938	20.63	7,489	8.15
76	Kaveripattinam	P.V.S. Venkatesan		DMK	72,945	62.52	K.P. Munusamy		AIADMK	37,086	31.78	35,859	30.74
77	Krishnagiri	Kanchana Kamalanathan		DMK	67,849	64.11	K.P. Kathavarayan		AIADMK	32,238	30.46	35,611	33.65
78	Bargur	E.G. Sugavanam		DMK	59,148	50.71	J. Jayalalitha		AIADMK	50,782	43.54	8,366	7.17
79	Harur (SC)	Vedammal		DMK	70,561	55.59	J. Natesan		INC	34,158	26.91	36,403	28.68
80	Morappur	V. Mullaiventhan		DMK	59,518	53.98	K. Singaram		AIADMK	31,244	28.34	28,274	25.64
81	Palacode	G.L. Venkatachalam		DMK	56,917	49.74	C. Gopal		AIADMK	34,844	30.45	22,073	19.29
82	Dharmapuri	K. Manokaran		DMK	63,973	55.28	Mase Harur		INC	26,951	23.29	37,022	31.99
83	Pennagaram	G.K. Mani		PMK	34,906	31.63	M. Arumugam		CPI	34,500	31.26	406	0.37
84	Mettur	P. Gopal		DMK	50,799	43.97	R. Balakrishnan		PMK	30,793	26.65	20,006	17.32
85	Taramangalam	P. Govindan		PMK	50,502	44.19	P. Elavarasan		DMK	25,795	22.57	24,707	21.62
86	Omalur	R.R. Sekaran		TMC(M)	41,523	40.62	C. Krishnan		AIADMK	33,593	32.86	7,930	7.76
87	Yercaud (ST)	V. Perumal		DMK	38,964	45.15	R. Gunasekaran		AIADMK	29,570	34.26	9,394	10.89
88	Salem-I	K.R.G. Dhanapalan		DMK	67,566	58.82	A.T. Natarajan		INC	37,299	32.47	30,267	26.35
89	Salem-II	A.L. Thangavel		DMK	63,588	54.93	S. Semmalai		AIADMK	36,097	31.18	27,491	23.75
90	Veerapandi	S. Arumugam		DMK	75,563	54.34	K. Arjunan		AIADMK	54,412	39.13	21,151	15.21
91	Panamarathupatty	S.R. Sivalingam		DMK	56,330	49.76	P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy		AIADMK	43,159	38.12	13,171	11.64
92	Attur	A.M. Ramasamy		DMK	59,353	57.17	A.K. Murugesan		AIADMK	37,057	35.69	22,296	21.48
93	Talavasal (SC)	K. Rani		TMC(M)	63,132	57.71	K. Kaliaperumal		INC	35,750	32.68	27,382	25.03
94	Rasipuram	P.R. Sundaram		AIADMK	42,294	37.93	R.R. Damayandhi		DMK	41,840	37.52	454	0.41
95	Sendamangalam (ST)	C. Chandrasekaran		DMK	58,673	56.14	K. Kalavathi		AIADMK	38,748	37.08	19,925	19.06
96	Namakkal (SC)	K. Veisamy		DMK	76,860	62.15	S. Anbaiagan		AIADMK	38,795	31.37	38,065	30.78
97	Kapilamalai	K.K. Veerappan		DMK	64,605	56.00	R. Rajalingam		AIADMK	34,895	30.25	29,710	25.75
98	Tiruchengode	T.P. Arumugam		DMK	96,456	58.10	S. Chinnusamy		AIADMK	53,836	32.43	42,620	25.67
99	Sankari (SC)	V. Muthu		DMK	64,216	54.43	K.K. Ramasamy		AIADMK	42,880	36.35	21,336	18.08
100	Edapadi	I. Ganesan		PMK	49,465	37.68	P.A. Murugesan		DMK	40,273	30.68	9,192	7.00
101	Mettupalayam	B. Arunkumar		DMK	71,954	55.60	K. Doraiswamy		AIADMK	41,202	31.84	30,752	23.76
102	Avanashi (SC)	G. Elango		DMK	66,006	56.53	M. Thiagarajan		AIADMK	39,549	33.87	26,457	22.66
103	Thondamuthur	C.R. Ramachandran		DMK	1,13,025	60.23	T. Malaravan		AIADMK	50,888	27.12	62,137	33.11
104	Singanallur	N. Palaniswamy		DMK	92,379	60.15	R. Duraisamy		AIADMK	33,967	22.12	58,412	38.03
105	Coimbatore West	C.T. Dhandapani		DMK	51,652	62.47	Raja Thangavel		INC	13,353	16.15	38,299	46.32
106	Coimbatore East	V.K. Lakshmanan		TMC(M)	61,860	68.81	R.S. Velan		INC	14,174	15.77	47,686	53.04
107	Perur	A. Natarasan		DMK	96,507	61.01	R. Thirumalaisamy		AIADMK	38,934	24.61	57,573	36.40
108	Kinathukkadavu	M. Shanmugham		DMK	49,231	49.42	K.M. Mylswamy		AIADMK	35,267	35.40	13,964	14.02
109	Pollachi	S. Raju		DMK	58,709	49.20	V. Jayaraman		AIADMK	36,895	30.92	21,814	18.28
110	Valparai (SC)	V.P. Singaravelu		DMK	55,284	59.50	Kurichimanimaran		AIADMK	30,012	32.30	25,272	27.20
111	Udumalpet	D. Selvaraj		DMK	69,286	52.53	C. Shanmugavel		AIADMK	44,966	34.09	24,320	18.44
112	Dharapuram (SC)	R. Saraswathy		DMK	62,027	55.49	P. Easwaramurthi		AIADMK	38,989	34.88	23,038	20.61
113	Vellakoil	M.P. Saminathan		DMK	57,467	49.37	Dhurai Ramaswamy		AIADMK	50,553	43.43	6,914	5.94
114	Pongalur	P. Mohan Kandaswamy		TMC(M)	51,827	53.25	Thalapathy Murugesan		INC	29,886	30.71	21,941	22.54
115	Palladam	S.S. Ponmudi		DMK	73,901	55.64	K.S. Duraimurugan		AIADMK	41,361	31.14	32,540	24.50
116	Tiruppur	K. Subbarayan		CPI	1,01,392	50.56	C. Sivasamy		AIADMK	60,337	30.09	41,055	20.47
117	Kangayam	N.S. Rajkumar Manraadiar		DMK	63,801	56.67	N. Ramasamy		AIADMK	37,792	33.57	26,009	23.10
118	Modakurichi	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan		DMK	64,436	54.97	R.N. Kittusamy		AIADMK	24,896	21.24	39,540	33.73
119	Perundurai	N. Periyasamy		CPI	60,587	49.79	P. Periyasamy		AIADMK	43,036	35.36	17,551	14.43
120	Erode	N.K.K. Periasamy		DMK	1,04,726	59.80	S. Muthusamy		AIADMK	56,889	32.48	47,837	27.32
121	Bhavani	S.N. Balasubramanian		TMC(M)	57,256	51.23	K.S. Manivannan		AIADMK	28,427	25.43	28,829	25.80
122	Andhiyur (SC)	P. Selvarasu		DMK	52,535	52.97	M. Subramaniam		AIADMK	27,541	27.77	24,994	25.20
123	Gobichettipalayam	G.P. Venkidu		DMK	59,983	53.86	K.A. Sengottayan		AIADMK	45,254	40.63	14,729	13.23
124	Bhavanisagar	V.A. Andamuthu		DMK	63,483	54.89	V.K. Chinnasamy		AIADMK	40,032	34.62	23,451	20.27
125	Sathyamangalam	S.K. Rajendran		DMK	50,885	48.65	T.R. Attiannan		AIADMK	42,101	40.25	8,784	8.40
126	Coonoor (SC)	N. Thangavel		DMK	63,919	64.27	S. Karuppusamy		AIADMK	28,404	28.56	35,515	35.71
127	Ootacamund	T. Gundan		DMK	69,636	70.25	H.M. Raju		INC	22,456	22.65	47,180	47.60
128	Gudalur	B.M. Mubarak		DMK	73,565	59.43	K.R. Raju		AIADMK	27,660	22.35	45,905	37.08
129	Palani (SC)	T. Poovendhan		DMK	68,246	57.87	P. Karuppuchamy		AIADMK	31,586	26.79	36,660	31.08
130	Oddanchatram	R. Sakkarapani		DMK	66,379	58.57	K. Sellamuthu		AIADMK	29,556	26.08	36,823	32.49
131	Periyakulam	L. Mookaiah		DMK	53,427	46.75	K.M. Kader Mohideen		AIADMK	31,520	27.58	21,907	19.17
132	Theni	N.R. Alagaraja		TMC(M)	77,522	62.76	V.R. Nedunchezhiyan		AIADMK	28,378	22.97	49,144	39.79
133	Bodinayakkanur	A. Sudalaimuthu		DMK	54,893	51.26	S.P. Jeyakumar		AIADMK	28,806	26.90	26,087	24.36
134	Cumbum	O.R. Ramachandran		TMC(M)	58,628	54.66	R.T. Gopalan		IND	22,888	21.34	35,740	33.32
135	Andipatti	P. Aasiyan		DMK	50,736	44.90	A. Muthiah		AIADMK	37,035	32.77	13,701	12.13
136	Sedapatti	G. Thalapathi		DMK	48,899	49.69	R. Muthiah		AIADMK	38,698	39.33	10,201	10.36
137	Thirumangalam	M. Muthuramalingam		DMK	56,950	53.41	S. Andithevar		AIADMK	28,025	26.28	28,925	27.13
138	Usilampatti	P.N. Vallarasu		AIFB	75,324	76.18	P. Veluchamy		AIADMK	19,421	19.64	55,903	56.54
139	Nilakottai (SC)	A.S. Ponnammal		TMC(M)	59,541	54.48	A. Rasu		INC	27,538	25.20	32,003	29.28
140	Sholavandan	L. Santhanam		DMK	52,151	49.29	A.M. Paramasivan		AIADMK	33,343	31.52	18,808	17.77
141	Tirupparankundram	C. Ramachandran		DMK	99,379	60.75	S.V. Shanmugam		AIADMK	37,970	23.21	61,409	37.54
142	Madurai West	P.T.R. Palanivel Rajan		DMK	61,723	62.42	R. Muthusamy		INC	17,465	17.66	44,258	44.76
143	Madurai Central	A. Deivanayagam		TMC(M)	38,010	46.69	V.S. Chandraleka		JP	20,069	24.65	17,941	22.04
144	Madurai East	V. Velusamy		DMK	39,478	46.24	T.R. Janardhanan		AIADMK	20,181	23.64	19,297	22.60
145	Samayanallur (SC)	S. Selvaraj		DMK	1,01,807	60.01	R. Raja Selvaraj		AIADMK	46,159	27.21	55,648	32.80
146	Melur	K.V.V. Rajamanickam		TMC(M)	73,999	62.21	C.R. Sundararajan		INC	29,258	24.60	44,741	37.61
147	Natham	M. Andi Ambalam		TMC(M)	62,527	57.33	S. Asai Alangaram		INC	26,891	24.66	35,636	32.67
148	Dindigul	R. Manimaran		DMK	94,353	65.53	V. Marutharaj		AIADMK	29,229	20.30	65,124	45.23
149	Athoor	I. Periasamy		DMK	82,294	64.09	C. Chinnamuthu		AIADMK	32,002	24.92	50,292	39.17
150	Vedasandur	S.V. Krishnan		DMK	60,639	43.98	S. Gandhirajan		AIADMK	39,870	28.92	20,769	15.06
151	Aravakurichi	S.S. Mohammed Ismail		DMK	41,153	38.36	V.K. Duraisamy		AIADMK	32,059	29.89	9,094	8.47
152	Karur	Vasuki Murugesan		DMK	79,302	53.87	M. Chinnasamy		AIADMK	47,294	32.13	32,008	21.74
153	Krishnarayapuram (SC)	S. Nagarathinam		DMK	57,638	50.35	A. Arivalagan		AIADMK	42,461	37.09	15,177	13.26
154	Marungapuri	B.M. Senguttuvan		DMK	56,380	46.86	K. Solairaj		AIADMK	49,986	41.54	6,394	5.32
155	Kulithalai	R. Selvam		DMK	60,521	49.19	A. Pappasundaram		AIADMK	42,771	34.76	17,750	14.43
156	Thottiam	K. Kannaiyan		DMK	74,903	65.22	N. Nedumaran		AIADMK	33,921	29.54	40,982	35.68
157	Uppiliapuram (ST)	T. Karuppusami		DMK	70,372	62.20	R. Saroja		AIADMK	35,804	31.65	34,568	30.55
158	Musiri	M.N. Jothi Kannan		DMK	67,319	51.04	C. Mallika Chinnasamy		AIADMK	39,551	29.99	27,768	21.05
159	Lalgudi	K.N. Nehru		DMK	84,113	68.47	J. Logambal		INC	24,609	20.03	59,504	48.44
160	Perambalur (SC)	M. Devarajan		DMK	64,918	55.07	S. Murugesan		AIADMK	41,517	35.22	23,401	19.85
161	Varahur (SC)	Duraisamy		DMK	56,076	51.97	A. Palanimuthu		AIADMK	34,925	32.37	21,151	19.60
162	Ariyalur	D. Amaramoorthy		TMC(M)	62,157	53.19	A. Elavarasan		AIADMK	37,263	31.89	24,894	21.30
163	Andimadam	Rajendiran @ Deeran		PMK	49,853	47.48	Sivasubramaniyan		DMK	36,451	34.72	13,402	12.76
164	Jayankondam	K.C. Ganesan		DMK	52,421	42.93	Gurunathan Alias Guru		PMK	39,931	32.70	12,490	10.23
165	Srirangam	T.P. Mayavan		DMK	73,371	55.74	M. Paranjothi		AIADMK	43,512	33.06	29,859	22.68
166	Tiruchirapalli-I	B. Baranikumar		DMK	48,045	63.47	Pa. Krishnan		AIADMK	20,535	27.13	27,510	36.34
167	Tiruchirapalli-II	Anbil Poyyamozhi		DMK	71,058	68.24	P. Selvaraj		AIADMK	26,229	25.19	44,829	43.05
168	Thiruverambur	K. Durai		DMK	78,692	62.60	T. Rathinavel		AIADMK	31,939	25.41	46,753	37.19
169	Sirkali (SC)	M. Panneerselvam		DMK	63,975	59.25	V. Bharathi		AIADMK	34,281	31.75	29,694	27.50
170	Poompuhar	G. Mohanadasan		DMK	51,285	49.88	N. Vijayabalan		AIADMK	32,872	31.97	18,413	17.91
171	Mayuram	M.M.S. Abul Hasan		TMC(M)	60,522	58.50	Rama Chidambaram		INC	25,918	25.05	34,604	33.45
172	Kuttalam	P. Kalayanam Kuttalam		DMK	60,940	54.14	M. Rajendran		AIADMK	35,219	31.29	25,721	22.85
173	Nannilam (SC)	Padma		TMC(M)	66,773	61.37	K. Gopal		AIADMK	30,800	28.31	35,973	33.06
174	Tiruvarur (SC)	A. Asohan		DMK	69,212	60.03	P. Arumuga Pandian		INC	24,845	21.55	44,367	38.48
175	Nagapattinam	G. Nizamudeen		DMK	46,533	43.68	R. Jeevanantham		AIADMK	26,805	25.16	19,728	18.52
176	Vedaranyam	S.K. Vedarathinam		DMK	54,185	46.92	P.C.V. Balasubramaniam		INC	31,393	27.19	22,792	19.73
177	Tiruthuraipundi (SC)	G. Palanisami		CPI	79,103	63.39	K. Gopalsami		INC	25,415	20.37	53,688	43.02
178	Mannargudi	V. Sivapunniam		CPI	71,803	59.80	K. Kaliyaperumal		AIADMK	31,969	26.62	39,834	33.18
179	Pattukkottai	P. Balasubramanian		DMK	69,880	59.51	Seeni Baskaran		AIADMK	36,259	30.88	33,621	28.63
180	Peravurani	V. Thirugnanasambandam		TMC(M)	70,112	58.68	K. Sakthivel		INC	30,472	25.50	39,640	33.18
181	Orathanad	P. Rajamanickam		DMK	68,213	57.24	V. Suriyamoorthy		AIADMK	37,864	31.77	30,349	25.47
182	Thiruvonam	N. Ramachandran		DMK	72,403	57.36	K. Thangamuthu		AIADMK	40,853	32.37	31,550	24.99
183	Thanjavur	S.N.M. Ubayadullah		DMK	79,471	65.82	S.D. Somasundaram		AIADMK	34,389	28.48	45,082	37.34
184	Tiruvaiyaru	D. Chandrasekaran		DMK	57,429	56.32	M. Subramanian		AIADMK	30,418	29.83	27,011	26.49
185	Papanasam	N. Karuppanna Odayar		TMC(M)	58,757	56.60	R. Thirunavukkarasu		IND	20,415	19.67	38,342	36.93
186	Valangiman (SC)	Gomathi Srinivasan		DMK	48,019	50.78	V. Vivekanandan		AIADMK	27,508	29.09	20,511	21.69
187	Kumbakonam	K.S. Mani		DMK	69,849	61.69	Erama Eramanatham		AIADMK	34,539	30.51	35,310	31.18
188	Thiruvidaimarudur	S. Ramalingam		DMK	70,500	59.67	T.R. Loganathan		INC	28,559	24.17	41,941	35.50
189	Thirumayam	V. Chinnaiah		TMC(M)	53,552	47.35	S. Regupathy		AIADMK	41,664	36.84	11,888	10.51
190	Kolathur (SC)	Selvaraj Alias Kavithaipithan		DMK	72,706	54.88	A. Karuppayee		AIADMK	48,550	36.65	24,156	18.23
191	Pudukkottai	A. Periannan		DMK	79,205	56.66	S.C. Swaminathan		INC	36,422	26.05	42,783	30.61
192	Alangudi	A. Venkatachalam		IND	35,345	25.58	S. Erasasekaran		CPI	34,693	25.11	652	0.47
193	Arantangi	S. Thirunavukkarasu		AIADMK	70,260	50.10	S. Shanmugam		DMK	56,028	39.95	14,232	10.15
194	Tiruppattur	R. Sivaraman		DMK	58,925	56.76	S. Kannappan		AIADMK	39,648	38.19	19,277	18.57
195	Karaikudi	N. Sundaram		TMC(M)	76,888	62.98	M. Raju		AIADMK	26,504	21.71	50,384	41.27
196	Tiruvadanai	Kr. Ramasamy		TMC(M)	68,837	61.77	D. Sakthivel		INC	17,437	15.65	51,400	46.12
197	Ilayangudi	M. Tamilkudimagan		DMK	43,080	49.37	V.D. Nadarajan		AIADMK	28,276	32.40	14,804	16.97
198	Sivaganga	Tha. Kiruttinan Pasumpon		DMK	64,438	60.65	K.R. Muruganandam		AIADMK	31,437	29.59	33,001	31.06
199	Manamadurai (SC)	K. Thangamani		CPI	49,639	49.82	M. Gunasekaran		AIADMK	31,869	31.99	17,770	17.83
200	Paramakudi (SC)	U. Thisaiveeran		DMK	44,472	43.18	K. Muniasamy		IND	25,571	24.83	18,901	18.35
201	Ramanathapuram	A. Rahmankhan		DMK	59,794	51.22	S.K.G. Sekar		AIADMK	23,903	20.47	35,891	30.75
202	Kadaladi	S.P. Thangavelan		DMK	56,031	53.23	V. Sathiyamoorthy		AIADMK	36,061	34.26	19,970	18.97
203	Mudukulathur	S. Balakrishnan		TMC(M)	41,850	44.71	V. Bose		IND	19,322	20.64	22,528	24.07
204	Aruppukottai	V. Thangapandian		DMK	45,081	43.70	K. Sundarapandian		AIADMK	28,716	27.84	16,365	15.86
205	Sattur	K.M. Vijayakumar		DMK	58,972	43.20	K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran		AIADMK	49,608	36.34	9,364	6.86
206	Virudhunagar	A.R.R. Seenivasan		DMK	47,247	41.53	G. Karikolraj		INC	23,760	20.88	23,487	20.65
207	Sivakasi	R. Chokkar		TMC(M)	61,322	40.14	N. Alagarsamy		AIADMK	42,590	27.88	18,732	12.26
208	Srivilliputhur	R. Thamaraikkani		AIADMK	49,436	38.50	T. Ramasamy		CPI	40,769	31.75	8,667	6.75
209	Rajapalayam (SC)	V.P. Rajan		DMK	49,984	38.62	P. Prabakar		AIADMK	31,045	23.99	18,939	14.63
210	Vilathikulam	K. Ravisankar		DMK	30,190	32.10	Vai. Gopalsamy		MDMK	29,556	31.43	634	0.67
211	Pottapidaram (SC)	K. Krishnasamy		JP	24,585	27.32	S. Paulraj		AIADMK	23,437	26.05	1,148	1.27
212	Koilpatti	L. Ayyalusamy		CPI	39,315	35.19	K.S. Radhakrishnan		MDMK	31,828	28.49	7,487	6.70
213	Sankarankoil (SC)	C. Karuppasamy		AIADMK	37,933	33.94	S. Rasiah @ Raja		DMK	37,333	33.41	600	0.53
214	Vasudevanallur (SC)	R. Eswaran		TMC(M)	32,693	32.50	P. Suresh Babu		INC	32,077	31.89	616	0.61
215	Kadayanallur	K. Naina Mohamed		DMK	49,641	46.58	A.M. Gani		AIADMK	32,949	30.92	16,692	15.66
216	Tenkasi	K. Ravi Arunan		TMC(M)	60,758	52.82	Aladi Sankaraiya		INC	29,998	26.08	30,760	26.74
217	Alangulam	Aladi Aruna		DMK	53,374	46.10	M.S. Kamaraj		INC	29,038	25.08	24,336	21.02
218	Tirunelveli	A.L. Subramanian		DMK	59,914	52.48	V. Karuppasamy Pandian		AIADMK	36,590	32.05	23,324	20.43
219	Palayamcottai	Mohamed Kodar Maideen		DMK	71,303	62.98	P. Dharmalingam		AIADMK	26,939	23.80	44,364	39.18
220	Cheranmahadevi	P. Veldurai		TMC(M)	39,004	39.41	P.H. Pandian		IND	26,897	27.18	12,107	12.23
221	Ambasamudram	R. Avudaiappan		DMK	46,116	48.89	R. Murugaiah Pandian		AIADMK	26,427	28.02	19,689	20.87
222	Nanguneri	S.V. Krishnan		CPI	37,342	40.27	A.S.A. Karunakaran		AIADMK	34,193	36.87	3,149	3.40
223	Radhapuram	M. Appavu		TMC(M)	45,808	46.60	S.K. Chandrasekaran		INC	16,862	17.15	28,946	29.45
224	Sattangulam	S.S. Mani Nadar		TMC(M)	44,376	54.51	B. Kasianantham		INC	19,140	23.51	25,236	31.00
225	Tiruchendur	S. Jennifer Chandran		DMK	59,206	59.22	T. Thamotharan		AIADMK	28,175	28.18	31,031	31.04
226	Srivaikuntam	S. David Selwyn		DMK	36,917	42.57	S. Danielraj		INC	23,708	27.34	13,209	15.23
227	Tuticorin	N. Periasamy		DMK	56,511	38.16	J.L.P. Bono Venture Roche		IND	35,140	23.73	21,371	14.43
228	Kanniyakumari	N. Suresh Rajan		DMK	42,755	43.63	S. Thanu Pillai		AIADMK	20,892	21.32	21,863	22.31
229	Nagercoil	M. Moses		TMC(M)	51,086	48.40	S. Velpandian		BJP	22,608	21.42	28,478	26.98
230	Colachel	Era Bernard		DMK	41,217	42.85	S.P. Kutty		BJP	33,791	35.13	7,426	7.72
231	Padmanabhapuram	C. Velayuthan		BJP	27,443	31.76	Bala Janathipathy		DMK	22,903	26.51	4,540	5.25
232	Thiruvattar	V. Alban		DMK	37,523	41.23	J. Hema Chandran		CPI(M)	25,169	27.66	12,354	13.57
233	Vilavancode	D. Mony		CPI(M)	42,867	43.35	V. Thankaraj		DMK	21,585	21.83	21,282	21.52
234	Killiyoor	Kumaradas		TMC(M)	33,227	41.24	C. Santhakumar		BJP	22,810	28.31	10,417	12.93

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.

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.

See also

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

External links

• Election Commission of India