1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Difference between revisions

==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 (State Assembly Constituency)|Bargur constituency]]. A year after the election, the AIADMK split, when a faction led by the [[Arantanki (State Assembly Constituency)|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 (State Assembly Constituency)|Vilathikulam assembly constituency]] and the [[Sivakasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|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 [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996|parliamentary elections]]. The coalition was able to win all 39 parliamentary seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone parliamentary seat in the nearby [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]]. This tally of 40 seats enabled the DMK-TMC combine to be part of the [[United Front (India)|United Front government]] during 1996–98.<ref name="bhagat"/><ref name="tehelka"/><ref name="businessline2"/><ref name="outlook4">{{cite news | last= Panneerselvan| first= A. S. | title=MGR's Foot-Soldiers | date=4 June 1997| url =http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?203657| work =[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]| access-date = 2010-01-18}}</ref>

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