1996 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

For State Assembly election, see 1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996

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39 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	42,488,022
Turnout	28,438,885 (66.93%) 3.01%
First party Second party   Leader G. K. Moopanar J. Jayalalithaa Party TMC(M) AIADMK Alliance United Front Congress alliance Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Seats won 39 0 Seat change 39 39 Popular vote 14,940,474 7,095,650 Percentage 54.96% 26.10% Swing 30.23% 34.57%   Third party   DMK Party DMK
1996 Election map (by constituencies) Red = United Front (won all the seats)
Seat wise Result
Prime Minister before election P. V. Narasimha Rao INC Prime Minister after election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP

The 1996 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide for the newly formed alliance between Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) and its leader G. K. Moopanar, and the left parties who ended up getting all 39 seats. Post election, the newly formed United Front, ended up getting all the seats from Tamil Nadu, since DMK and TMC joined it, with outside support from Indian National Congress (INC). The results in Tamil Nadu is a reflection of the results nationally, where INC, ended up losing the most seats. This election was seen as redemption for Moopanar and TMC, since they left Congress, on grounds that they formed an alliance with AIADMK, even though J. Jayalalithaa, general secretary of AIADMK, was accused of many corruption charges. This led to a disastrous showing, for AIADMK and Congress in Tamil Nadu, since they lost all 39 seats from the last election, and TMC reaping the benefits by getting the most seats, in this election with 20 seats.

Seat allotments

United Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Tamil Maanila Congress		G. K. Moopanar	20
2.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	17
3.		Communist Party of India		R. Nallakannu	2

Congress Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Indian National Congress		P.V. Narasimha Rao	29
2.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J. Jayalalithaa	10

MDMK-CPI(M) Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Vaiko	24
2.		Janata Dal			8
3.		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		N. Sankaraiah	7

PMK-Tiwari Congress Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Pattali Makkal Katchi		Dr. Ramdoss	15
2.		All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)		Vazhappady Ramamurthy	12

List of Candidates

Constituency
		United Front			Congress Front			MDMK + JD + CPI(M)
1	Madras North		DMK	N. V. N. Somu		INC	Pandian D.		CPI(M)	Varada Rajan W.R
2	Madras Central		DMK	Murasoli Maran		INC	G.K.J. Bharathi		MDMK	Prof. S. Krishnasamy
3	Madras South		DMK	T. R. Baalu		AIADMK	Ganesham H.		MDMK	Senguttuvan R.
4	Sriperumbudur (SC)		DMK	Nagaratnam T.		INC	Lata Priyakumar		MDMK	Kavinger Kudiyarasu
5	Chengalpattu		DMK	Parasuraman K.		INC	Krishnan S.M		MDMK	Arumugam C.
6	Arakkonam		TMC(M)	Velu A.M		INC	Raviram R.		JD	Jayakaran Joseph
7	Vellore		DMK	Shanmugam P.		INC	Akber Pasha B.		JD	Abdul Hakim R.
8	Tiruppattur		DMK	Venugopal D.		INC	Anbarasu R.		MDMK	Vanagamudi G.
9	Vandavasi		TMC(M)	Balaraman L.		INC	Krishnaswamy M.		MDMK	Chinnadurai A.
10	Tindivanam		DMK	Venkatraman G.		INC	Ramamurthee K.		MDMK	Durai D.
11	Cuddalore		TMC(M)	Venkatesan P.R.S		INC	Santhamurthy V.		MDMK	R.T. Sabapathy Mohan
12	Chidambaram (SC)		DMK	Ganesan V.		INC	Vallal Peruman P.		CPI(M)	Mahalingam P.S
13	Dharmapuri		TMC(M)	Theertharaman P.		INC	Subramaniyam M.P		MDMK	Krishnan P.
14	Krishnagiri		TMC(M)	Narasimhan C.		INC	Elankovan E.V.K.S		JD	Vadivelu G.A
15	Rasipuram (SC)		TMC(M)	Kandasamy K.		INC	Jayakumar K.		MDMK	Chakravarthi V.
16	Salem		TMC(M)	Devadass R.		INC	Thangkabalu K.V		MDMK	Mohanraj B.
17	Tiruchengode		DMK	K. P. Ramalingam		AIADMK	Kumarasamy A.V.		MDMK	P. Balakrishnan
18	Nilgiris		TMC(M)	S. R. Balasubramaniam		INC	R. Prabhu		JD	C.V. Kandasamy
19	Gobichettipalayam		DMK	Shanmugasundaram V.P		AIADMK	Narayanan P.G		MDMK	Palanisamy B.
20	Coimbatore		DMK	Ramanathan M.		INC	Kuppuswamy C.K.		CPI(M)	Natarajan P.R.
21	Pollachi (SC)		TMC(M)	Kandasamy V.		AIADMK	Anna Nambi R.		JD	Rajan K.N
22	Palani		TMC(M)	Kaarvendhan S.K		AIADMK	Kumarasamy P.		MDMK	Ponniyin Selvan V.
23	Dindigul		TMC(M)	N. S. V. Chitthan		AIADMK	Sreenivaasan C.		MDMK	Pasumponpandian S.
24	Madurai		TMC(M)	A. G. S. Ram Babu		INC	Boominathan V.K		CPI(M)	Mohan P.
25	Periyakulam		DMK	R. Gnanagurusamy		AIADMK	Ramasamy R.		MDMK	Eramakrishnan N.
26	Karur		TMC(M)	Natrayan K.		AIADMK	M. Thambidurai		MDMK	Moorthy T.P
27	Tiruchirappalli		TMC(M)	Adaikkalraj L.		INC	Gopal K.		CPI(M)	Rangarajan T.K
28	Perambalur (SC)		DMK	A. Raja		INC	Subramanian P.V		MDMK	Durairajan S.
29	Mayiladuthurai		TMC(M)	Rajendiran P.V		INC	Mani Shankar Aiyar		MDMK	Venkatesan A.
30	Nagapattinam (SC)		CPI	Selvasu M.		INC	Kannivannan M.		CPI(M)	Thambusamy V.
31	Thanjavur		DMK	S. S. Palanimanickam		INC	Thulasiah Vandayar K.		JD	Ramamurthi A. Thanjai
32	Pudukkottai		DMK	Siva N.		INC	Swaminathan V.N		MDMK	Karthikeyan R.
33	Sivaganga		TMC(M)	P. Chidambaram		INC	Gowrishankaran M.		MDMK	Ganesan A.
34	Ramanathapuram		TMC(M)	Udayappan S.P		INC	Rajeswaran V.		MDMK	Baluchamy R.
35	Sivakasi		CPI	Alagirisamy V.		AIADMK	Sanjay Ramasamy		MDMK	Gopalsamy Vai
36	Tirunelveli		DMK	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam		AIADMK	Rajaselvam A.R		MDMK	Kutty alias Shunmuga Chidambaram C.A.R
37	Tenkasi (SC)		TMC(M)	M. Arunachalam		INC	Selvaraj V.		CPI(M)	Jeyaraj P.
38	Tiruchendur		TMC(M)	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan		INC	Justin S.		JD	Anton Gomez
39	Nagercoil		TMC(M)	N. Dennis		INC	Kumari Ananthan		JD	P. Mohammad Ismail

Voting and results

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

Election Map (Results reflected as %seats won by districts)
DMK-TMC-CPI alliance won all the seats in Tamil Nadu and the following represent the breakdown:

  DMK won all the seats in this district

  TMC won all the seats in this district

  DMK won 67% of the seats in this district, while TMC got the rest

  DMK won 50% of the seats in this district, while TMC got the rest

  CPI won all of the seats in this district

  TMC won 50% of the seats in this district, while CPI got the rest

Alliance		Party		Popular Vote	Percentage	Swing	Seats won	Seat Change
	United Front		Tamil Maanila Congress	7,339,982	27.00%	new party	20	new party
			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	6,967,679	25.63%	2.94%	17	17
			Communist Party of India	632,813	2.33%	0.29%	2	2
			Total	14,940,474	54.96%	30.23%	39	39
	AIADMK+		Indian National Congress	4,965,364	18.26%	24.31%	0	28
			All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2,130,286	7.84%	10.26%	0	11
			Total	7,095,650	26.10%	34.57%	0	39
	MDMK+		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1,222,415	4.50%	new party	0	new party
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	632,813	2.33%	0.29%	0
			Janata Dal	415,287	1.53%	1.38%	0
			Total	2,270,515	8.36%	3.41%	0
	PMK+		All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)	605,565	2.23%	new party	0	new party
			Pattali Makkal Katchi	552,118	2.03%	3.09%	0
			Total	1,157,683	4.26%	0.86%	0
	Independents			815,224	3.00%	1.57%	0
	Other Parties (14 parties)			909,395	3.32%	0.22%	0
Total				27,188,941	100.00%		39
Valid Votes				27,188,941	95.60%
Invalid Votes				1,249,944	4.40%
Total Votes				28,438,885	100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout				42,488,022	66.93%	3.01%

Note: TMC(M) is a spliter-group of INC, who carried with them 6 incumbent MPs from previous election
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the average % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India ^[1]

List of Elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Madras North	N. V. N. Somu		DMK	559,048	66.11	D. Pandian		INC	169,431	20.04	389,617	46.07
2	Madras Central	Murasoli Maran		DMK	403,867	69.02	G. K. J. Bharathi		INC	123,400	21.09	280,467	47.93
3	Madras South	T. R. Baalu		DMK	538,697	61.97	H. Ganesham		AIADMK	199,516	22.95	339,181	39.02
4	Sriperumbudur (SC)	T. Nagaratnam		DMK	431,919	57.94	Lata Priyakumar		INC	186,208	24.98	245,711	32.96
5	Chengalpattu	K. Parasuraman		DMK	410,483	58.07	S. M. Krishnan		INC	174,826	24.73	235,657	33.34
6	Arakkonam	A. M. Velu		TMC(M)	425,974	59.05	R. Raviram		INC	161,129	22.34	264,845	36.71
7	Vellore	P. Shanmugam		DMK	391,141	57.52	B. Akber Pasha		INC	180,106	26.49	211,035	31.03
8	Tiruppattur	D. Venugopal		DMK	430,766	61.55	R. Anbarasu		INC	190,502	27.22	240,264	34.33
9	Vandavasi	L. Balaraman		TMC(M)	342,184	50.34	M. Krishnaswamy		INC	168,880	24.84	173,304	25.50
10	Tindivanam	G. Venkatraman		DMK	367,308	53.29	K. Ramamurthee		INC	177,032	25.69	190,276	27.60
11	Cuddalore	P. R. S. Venkatesan		TMC(M)	389,660	56.20	V. Santhamurthy		INC	184,456	26.60	205,204	29.60
12	Chidambaram (SC)	V. Ganesan		DMK	336,164	48.69	R. Elumalai		PMK	159,898	23.16	176,266	25.53
13	Dharmapuri	P. Theertharaman		TMC(M)	297,166	42.65	M. P. Subramaniyam		INC	165,920	23.82	131,246	18.83
14	Krishnagiri	C. Narasimhan		TMC(M)	371,009	55.95	E. V. K. S. Elankovan		INC	176,333	26.59	194,676	29.36
15	Rasipuram (SC)	K. Kandasamy		TMC(M)	408,791	61.76	K. Jayakumar		INC	215,613	32.57	193,178	29.19
16	Salem	R. Devadass		TMC(M)	315,277	47.07	K. V. Thangkabalu		INC	194,392	29.02	120,885	18.05
17	Tiruchengode	K. P. Ramalingam		DMK	471,533	56.64	A. V. Kumarasamy		AIADMK	278,345	33.44	193,188	23.20
18	Nilgiris	S. R. Balasubramaniyan		TMC(M)	475,515	62.91	R. Prabhu		INC	194,139	25.68	281,376	37.23
19	Gobichettipalayam	V. P. Shanmugasundaram		DMK	353,982	53.20	P. G. Narayanan		AIADMK	211,014	31.71	142,968	21.49
20	Coimbatore	M. Ramanathan		DMK	463,807	56.79	C. K. Kuppuswamy		INC	201,020	24.61	262,787	32.18
21	Pollachi (SC)	V. Kandasamy		TMC(M)	361,743	55.18	R. Anna Nambi		AIADMK	222,852	33.99	138,891	21.19
22	Palani	S. K. Kaarvendhan		TMC(M)	405,782	57.43	P. Kumarasamy		AIADMK	213,149	30.17	192,633	27.26
23	Dindigul	N. S. V. Chitthan		TMC(M)	444,858	63.97	C. Sreenivaasan		AIADMK	176,944	25.45	267,914	38.52
24	Madurai	A. G. S. Ram Babu		TMC(M)	334,055	46.45	Subramanian Swamy		JP	144,249	20.06	189,806	26.39
25	Periyakulam	R. Gnanagurusamy		DMK	326,665	49.09	R. Ramasamy		AIADMK	195,328	29.35	131,337	19.74
26	Karur	K. Natrayan		TMC(M)	409,830	56.12	M. Thambidurai		AIADMK	241,556	33.08	168,274	23.04
27	Tiruchirappalli	L. Adaikkalraj		TMC(M)	434,149	62.65	K. Gopal		INC	169,441	24.45	264,708	38.20
28	Perambalur (SC)	A. Raja		DMK	399,079	59.19	P. V. Subramanian		INC	184,832	27.41	214,247	31.78
29	Mayiladuturai	P. V. Rajendiran		TMC(M)	367,778	55.70	Mani Shankar Aiyar		INC	214,234	32.45	153,544	23.25
30	Nagapattinam (SC)	M. Selvarasu		CPI	394,330	56.77	M. Kannivannan		INC	172,984	24.90	221,346	31.87
31	Thanjavur	S. S. Palanimanickam		DMK	390,010	58.80	K. Thulasiah Vandayar		INC	189,582	28.58	200,428	30.22
32	Pudukkottai	N. Siva		DMK	398,209	50.46	V. N. Swaminathan		INC	220,336	27.92	177,873	22.54
33	Sivaganga	P. Chidambaram		TMC(M)	418,774	64.79	M. Gowrishankaran		INC	171,472	26.53	247,302	38.26
34	Ramanathapuram	S. P. Udayappan		TMC(M)	331,249	53.02	V. Rajeshwaran		INC	135,945	21.76	195,304	31.26
35	Sivakasi	V. Alagirisamy		CPI	238,483	30.80	Sanjay Ramasamy		AIADMK	214,861	27.75	23,622	3.05
36	Tirunelveli	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam		DMK	295,001	45.53	A. R. Rajaselvam		AIADMK	176,721	27.27	118,280	18.26
37	Tenkasi (SC)	M. Arunachalam		TMC(M)	290,663	44.98	V. Selvaraj		INC	194,737	30.14	95,926	14.84
38	Tiruchendur	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan		TMC(M)	317,943	55.57	S. Justin		INC	114,232	19.97	203,711	35.60
39	Nagercoil	N. Dennis		TMC(M)	197,582	35.18	P. Radhakrishnan		BJP	169,885	30.25	27,697	4.93

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: Thinkquest Library ^[2]

Cabinet Ministers

Minister	Party		Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
Murasoli Maran		DMK	Chennai Central	Minister of Commerce and Industry
G. Venkatraman		DMK	Tindivanam	Minister of Surface Transport
M. Arunachalam		TMC(M)	Tenkasi	Minister of Urban Development (few months) Minister of Labour
P. Chidambaram		TMC(M)	Sivaganga	Minister of Finance

Ministers of State

Minister	Party		Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
T.R. Baalu		DMK	Chennai South	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
R. Dhanuskodi Athithan		TMC(M)	Tiruchendur	Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports
N. V. N. Somu		DMK	Chennai North	Minister of Defence

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

References

1. "ECI: Statistical Report 1998" (PDF). Retrieved 16 June 2011.
2. "Indian Union – Council of Ministers". Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009.

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History