1999–2000 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections
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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]
DMK+ | SEATS | ADMK+ | SEATS | TMC+ | SEATS | OTHERS | SEATS |
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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 parenthesis 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]
Source: Election Commission of India[1][2]
Natham[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | R. Viswanathan | 38,764 | 34.2% | ||
MDMK | P. Chellam | 31,220 | 27.6% | ||
TMC | 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]
Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI (M) | J. Hemachandran | ||||
DMK | Dr. J. Pushpaleela | ||||
TMC | S. Philomin Dhas | ||||
Independent | C. Stanley Babu Raj | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
CPI (M) gain from DMK | Swing |
Nellikuppam[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | V.C. Shanmugam | 62,256 | 56.1% | ||
AIADMK | M. Velayutham | 47,367 | 42.7% | ||
style="background-color: Template:Puthiya Tamizhagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Puthiya Tamizhagam|Template:Puthiya Tamizhagam/meta/shortname]] | Selvarasu | 900 | 0.8% | |
Majority | 14,889 | 13.4% | |||
Turnout | 112,123 | 65.5% | |||
DMK hold | Swing |
Tiruchirappalli - II[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | Anbil Periyasamy | 60,990 | 57.9% | ||
AIADMK | T. Rathinavel | 41,330 | 39.2% | ||
style="background-color: Template:Puthiya Tamizhagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Puthiya Tamizhagam|Template:Puthiya Tamizhagam/meta/shortname]] | M. Ramesh | 1,283 | 1.22% | |
Majority | 19,660 | 18.7% | |||
Turnout | 105,338 | 47.5% | |||
DMK hold | Swing |
Arantangi[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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style="background-color: Template:MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|Template:MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/shortname]] | C. Anbarasan | 71,491 | 53.8% | |
AIADMK | Raja Paramasivam | 44,733 | 33.7% | ||
style="background-color: Template:Puthiya Tamizhagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Puthiya Tamizhagam|Template:Puthiya Tamizhagam/meta/shortname]] | 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[edit]
References[edit]
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