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The twelfth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 10 May 2001. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)-led front won the elections and its general secretary, J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister, even though she could not legally run as MLA in this election. She was unanimously nominated as Chief Minister by her party and was ready to serve her second term. But due to criminal and corruption charges from her first term, on 21 September 2001, a five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India ruled in a unanimous verdict that "a person who is convicted for a criminal offense and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two years cannot be appointed the Chief Minister of a State under Article 164 (1) read with (4) and cannot continue to function as such". Thereby, the bench decided that "in the appointment of Dr. J. Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister there has been a clear infringement of a Constitutional provision and that a writ of quo warranto must issue". In effect, her appointment as Chief Minister was declared null and invalid with retrospective effect. Therefore, technically, she was not the Chief Minister in the period between 14 May 2001 and 21 September 2001. After her resignation on 21 September 2001, she put in O. Panneerselvam, as the official 13th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, until she could clear up the charges from her first term, so she can take up the mantle of Chief Minister officially, on 2 March 2002.
The incumbent party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, finished its full 5 terms, for the first time since winning the 1971 state assembly election. According to various sources and exit polls, the incumbent party was supposed to retain power, due to the popularity of its leader M. Karunanidhi. Due to the anti-incumbency factor, problems of development cited by the people in many rural areas of Tamil Nadu, and a broad coalition formed by AIADMK, including Tamil Maanila Congress, who left the alliance of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), because they joined BJP and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Indian National Congress and the left parties, the AIADMK led front, with its general secretary J. Jayalalithaa, won by a landslide, sweeping across the state. [1]
The coalition at the AIADMK led-center would prove to be short-lived, since in less than a year, Pattali Makkal Katchi, and its leader Dr. Ramdoss, left the coalition, citing authoritarian type rule by J. Jayalalithaa. Also the Tamil Maanila Congress, who proved to be an important ally for the victory of AIADMK, would later merge with Indian National Congress, who would later support DMK led front in future elections. The left parties would also end up joining the DMK led front, leaving the AIADMK coalition after this election.
Source: Various Sources [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
No. | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats |
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1. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi | 168 | |
2. | Bharatiya Janata Party | S.P. Kripanidhi [7] | 21 | |
3. | Puthiya Tamilakam | K. Krishnasamy | 10 | |
4. | Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi | S. Kannappan | 6 | |
5. | Puthiya Needhi Katchi | Television | A.C. Shanmugham | 5 |
6. | MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Su. Thirunavukkarasar | 3 | |
7. | MGR Kazhagam | Television | R. M. Veerappan | 2 |
8. | Kongunadu Makkal Katchi | A.M. Raja [8] | 1 | |
9. | Thamilar Bhoomi | Bell | Ku. Pa. Krishnan [9] | 1 |
10. | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | Thol. Thirumavalavan | 8 | |
11. | Tamizhaga Muslim Iykkya Jamaat | J.M. Haroon | 3 | |
12. | Congress Jananayaka Peravai | P. Chidambaram [10] | 2 | |
13. | Tamil Pattali Makkal Katchi | Dheeran | 1 | |
14. | Tamil Nadu Mutharaiyar Sangam | Kuzha Chelliah [9] | 1 | |
15. | Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi | 'Vettavalam' Manikandan | 1 | |
16. | Thondar Congress | Toffee | Kumari Ananthan | 1 |
No. | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats |
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1. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | J. Jayalalithaa | 140 | |
2. | Tamil Maanila Congress | G.K. Moopanar | 32 | |
3. | Indian National Congress | E. V. K. S. Elangovan | 14 | |
4. | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Dr. Ramdoss | 27 | |
5. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | N. Sankaraiah | 8 | |
6. | Communist Party of India | R. Nallakannu | 8 | |
7. | All India Forward Bloc | L. Santhanam | 1 | |
8. | Indian Union Muslim League | Khader Mohideen [11] | 1 | |
9. | Tamilaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam | John Pandian | 1 | |
10. | Indian National League | M. Abdul Latheef [12] | 1 | |
11. | Independent | P.S. Arul [13] | 1 |
No. | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats |
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1. | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Vaiko | 213 | |
Agency | Dates | Results |
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CNN-IBN – The Hindu | 11 May 2001 (Reported) | AIADMK+: 125 seats (48% of the vote) DMK+: 105 seats (47% of the vote) Others: 4 seats (5% of the vote) [14] |
Alliance/Party | Seats won | Change | Popular Vote | Vote % | Adj. %‡ | |
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AIADMK+ alliance | 196 | +138 | 14,043,980 | 50.1% | ||
AIADMK | 132 | +127 | 8,815,387 | 31.4% | 52.1% | |
TMC(M) | 23 | -15 | 1,885,726 | 6.7% | 47.5% | |
PMK | 20 | +16 | 1,557,500 | 5.6% | 46.8% | |
INC | 7 | +7 | 696,205 | 2.5% | 45.4% | |
CPI(M) | 6 | +4 | 470,736 | 1.7% | 48.2% | |
CPI | 5 | -3 | 444,710 | 1.6% | 48.5% | |
IND | 2 | +2 | 103,971 | 0.4% | 46.6% | |
AIFB | 1 | +1 | 39,248 | 0.1% | 43.3% | |
MUL | 0 | -1 | 30,497 | 0.1% | 41.7% | |
DMK+ alliance | 37 | -138 | 10,841,157 | 38.7% | ||
DMK | 31 | -142 | 8,669,864 | 30.9% | 39.0% | |
BJP | 4 | +3 | 895,352 | 3.2% | 38.7% | |
MADMK | 2 | +1 | 129,474 | 0.5% | 37.1% | |
PT | 0 | – | 355,171 | 1.3% | 33.8% | |
MTD | 0 | – | 257,126 | 0.9% | 40.9% | |
PNK | 0 | – | 196,740 | 0.7% | 33.6% | |
MGRK | 0 | – | 136,916 | 0.5% | 40.8% | |
TB | 0 | – | 45,002 | 0.2% | 40.0% | |
CNMK | 0 | – | 40,421 | 0.1% | 32.4% | |
IND | 0 | – | 115,091 | 0.4% | 36.7% | |
Others | 1 | – | 3,192,598 | 11.4% | ||
MDMK | 0 | – | 1,304,469 | 4.7% | 5.1% | |
IND | 1 | – | 1,509,378 | 6.2% | 6.3% | |
Total | 234 | – | 28,037,314 | 100% | – |
Note: Parties that contested under "rising-sun" or "two-leaves" symbol are listed as DMK or AIADMK respectively. Parties that ran their candidates as independents, (e.g. Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi and Thondar Congress in DMK alliance) are listed as IND for their respective alliance.
‡: 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 [15] and Rediff Newspaper [16]
Assembly constituency | Party | Winner | Runner-up | Party | Margin | |
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Acharapakkam (SC) | PMK | A. Selvaraj** | T. D. R. Murugesan | DMK | 15,478 | |
Alandur | AIADMK | B. Valarmathi | R. Veerappan | MGRK | 12,596 | |
Alangudi | AIADMK | A. Venkadachalam | S. A. Soosairaj | DMK | 16,731 | |
Alangulam | AIADMK | P. G. Rajendran | Aladi Aruna | DMK | 4,111 | |
Ambasamudram | AIADMK | M. Sakthivel Murugan | R. Avudaiyappan | DMK | 4,020 | |
Anaicut | AIADMK | K. Pandurangan | G. Malarvizhi | DMK | 21,051 | |
Andhiyur | PMK | R. Krishnan | P. Selvarasu | DMK | 18,062 | |
Andimadam | PMK | J. Gurunathan | M. Gnanamoorthy | DMK | 27,002 | |
Andipatti | AIAIADMK | Thanga Tamil Selvan* | P. Asaiyan | DMK | 25,009 | |
Anna Nagar | DMK | Arcot N. Veeraswami | C. Arumugam | PMK | 5,578 | |
Arkonam (SC) | AIADMK | K. Bhavani Karunakaran | R. Ravishankar | DMK | 20,256 | |
Arantangi | MAIADMK | P. Arasan | A. Chandrasekaran | INC | 20,018 | |
Aravakurichi | AIADMK | E. A. Liyaudeen Sait | Lakshmi Duraisamy | DMK | 18,326 | |
Arcot | AIADMK | P. Neelakandan | A. K. Sundaramoorthy | DMK | 17,707 | |
Ariyalur | AIADMK | P. Elavazhagan | T. A. Kathiravan | DMK | 10,379 | |
Arni | AIADMK | K. Ramachandran | A. C. Shanmugam | PNK | 13,482 | |
Aruppukottai | AIADMK | K. K. Sivasamy | Thangam Thennarasu | DMK | 6,152 | |
Athoor | AIADMK | P. K. T. Natarajaan | I. Periyasamy | DMK | 3,606 | |
Attur | AIADMK | A. K. Murugesan | Mu. Ra. Karunanidhi | DMK | 24,745 | |
Avanashi (SC) | AIADMK | S. Mahalingam | M. Mohan Kumar | IND | 21,012 | |
Bargur | AIADMK | M. Thambidurai | E. G. Sugavanam | DMK | 49,306 | |
Bhavani | AIADMK | K. C. Karuppannan | J. Sudhanandhen Mudaliyar | PNK | 32,859 | |
Bhavanisagar | AIADMK | P. Chithambaram | O. Subramaniam | DMK | 10,275 | |
Bhuvanagiri | IND | P. S. Arul | M. Gopalakrishnan | MTD | 3,764 | |
Bodinayakkanur | AIADMK | S. Ramaraj | A. Sudalaimuthu | DMK | 11,278 | |
Chengalpattu | PMK | K. Arumugam | V. Viswanathan | DMK | 5,149 | |
Chengam (SC) | INC | M. Polur Varadhan | R. Shamala | MTD | 12,277 | |
Chepauk | DMK | M. Karunanidhi | R. Damodharan | INC | 4,834 | |
Cheranmahadevi | AIADMK | P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian | N. Chockalingam | BJP | 10,975 | |
Cheyyar | PMK | P. S. Ulagarakshagan | R. K. P. Rajarajan | DMK | 12,085 | |
Chidambaram | DMK | K. Saravanan Durai | T. Arivuselvan | PMK | 11,915 | |
Chinnasalem | AIADMK | P. Mohan | R. Mookappan | DMK | 9,112 | |
Coimbatore East | TMC | V. K. Lakshmanan | N. R. Nanjappan | BJP | 3,211 | |
Coimbatore West | INC | S. Maheswari | C. T. Dhandapani | DMK | 10,091 | |
Colachel | AIADMK | T. Pachamal | R. Sambath Chandra | MDMK | 15,089 | |
Coonoor (SC) | TMC | K. Kandaswamy | E. M. Mahaliappan | DMK | 16,644 | |
Cuddalore | DMK | E. Pugazhendi | P. R. S. Venkatesan | TMC(M) | 34 | |
Cumbum | TMC | O. R. Ramachandran | N. K. R. Krishnakumar | BJP | 4,386 | |
Dharapuram (SC) | PMK | V. Sivakami | R. Saraswathi | DMK | 22,152 | |
Dharmapuri | PMK | K. Pary Mohan | K. Manoharan | DMK | 10,974 | |
Dindigul | CPI(M) | K. Nagalakshimi | M. Basheer Ahmed | DMK | 2,779 | |
Edapadi | PMK | I. Ganesan | A. Kandasamy | DMK | 30,811 | |
Egmore (SC) | DMK | Parithi Ellamvazhuthi | B. John Pandian | AIADMK | 86 | |
Erode | AIADMK | K. S. Thennarasu | N. K. K. Periyasamy | DMK | 24,440 | |
Gingee | AIADMK | V. Elumalai | Rajendran | DMK | 29,086 | |
Gobichettipalayam | AIADMK | S. S. Ramaneedharan | V. P. Shanmugasundaram | DMK | 28,945 | |
Gudalur | AIADMK | A. Miller | M. Pandiaraj | DMK | 32,693 | |
Gudiyatham | AIADMK | C. M. Suryakala | S. Duraisamy | DMK | 24,324 | |
Gummidipundi | AIADMK | K. S. Vijayakumar | K. Venu | DMK | 24,958 | |
Harbour | DMK | K. Anbazhagan | D. Pandian | CPI | 336 | |
Harur | CPI | V. Krishnamoorthy | D. Periyasamy | DMK | 33,479 | |
Hosur | INC | K. Gopinath | B. Venkatasamy | BJP | 6,489 | |
Ilaiyangudi | AIADMK | V. D. Nadarajan | S. Kannappan | MTD | 4,682 | |
Jayankondam | AIADMK | S. Annadurai | K. C. Ganesan | DMK | 25,010 | |
Kadaladi | TMC | S. Balakrishnan | S. P. Thangavelan | DMK | 6,115 | |
Kadayanallur | AIADMK | M. Subbiah Pandian | P. M. Shahul | DMK | 1,244 | |
Kalasapakkam | AIADMK | S. Ramachandran | P. S. Thiruvengadam | DMK | 28,890 | |
Kancheepuram | AIADMK | T. Mythili | A. Sekar | DMK | 23,603 | |
Kandamangalam (SC) | AIADMK | V. Subramanian | E. Vijayaraghavan | DMK | 22,628 | |
Kangayam | AIADMK | M. Selvi | N. Rajkumar Mandradiar | DMK | 11,274 | |
Kanniyakumari | AIADMK | N. Thalavaisundaram | N. Suresh Rajan | DMK | 9,536 | |
Kapilamalai | PMK | A. R. Malaiyappasamy | S. Gandhiselvan | DMK | 4,312 | |
Karaikudi | BJP | H. Raja | S. P. Udayappan | TMC(M) | 1,651 | |
Karur | INC | T. N. Sivasubramanian | Vasuki Murugesan | DMK | 23,438 | |
Katpadi | DMK | Durai Murugan | A. K. Natarajan | PMK | 8,002 | |
Kattumannarkoil (SC) | CJP | P. Vallalperuman | R. Sachidanandam | INC | 16,517 | |
Kaveripattinam | AIADMK | K. P. Munusamy | V. C. Govindasami | DMK | 18,517 | |
Killiyoor | TMC | D. Kumaradas | C. Santhakumar | BJP | 13,760 | |
Kinathukadavu | AIADMK | S. Damodaran | M. Shanmugam | DMK | 33,780 | |
Kolathur (SC) | AIADMK | A. Karuppayee | Palaniappan | PT | 46,899 | |
Kovilpatti | CPI | S. Rajendran | K. Rajaram | DMK | 9,039 | |
Krishnagiri | AIADMK | V. Govindarasu | T. Senguttuvan | DMK | 21,773 | |
Krishnarayapuram (SC) | AIADMK | Sasikala | S. Periyasamy | DMK | 21,549 | |
Kulithalai | AIADMK | A. Pappasundaram | D. Thirunavukkarasu | DMK | 16,766 | |
Kumbakonam | DMK | Ko. Si. Mani | Rama Ramanathan | AIADMK | 6,496 | |
Kurinjipadi | DMK | M. R. K. Panneer Selvam | K. Sivasubramanian | AIADMK | 23,863 | |
Kuttalam | AIADMK | Natarajan | P. Kalyanam | DMK | 2,644 | |
Lalgudi | AIADMK | S. M. Balan | K. N. Nehru | DMK | 1,610 | |
Madurai Central | TMC | M. A. Hakkem | S. Paulraj | DMK | 147 | |
Madurai East | CPI(M) | N. Nanmaran | V. Velusamu | DMK | 5,304 | |
Madurai West | AIADMK | Valarmathi Jebaraj | P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan | DMK | 708 | |
Maduranthakam | AIADMK | P. Vasudevan | S. D. Ugamchand | DMK | 11,694 | |
Manamadurai | TMC | K. Paramalai | S. P. Kirubanidhi | BJP | 20,857 | |
Mangalore (SC) | DMK | V. Ganesan | S. Puratchimani | TMC(M) | 1,855 | |
Mannargudi | CPI | V. Sivapunniyam | S. Gnanasekaran | BJP | 20,190 | |
Marungapuri | AIADMK | V. A. Chelliah | B. M. Senguttuvan | DMK | 25,272 | |
Mayiladuturai | BJP | Jaga Veerapandian | R. Selvaraj | AIADMK | 2,452 | |
Mettur | AIADMK | S. Sundarambal | P. Gopal | DMK | 8,135 | |
Melmalaiyanur | AIADMK | R. Tamilmozhi | A. Gnanasekaran | DMK | 24,587 | |
Melur | AIAIADMK | R. Samy | Samayanallur S. Selvaraj | DMK | 26,838 | |
Mettupalayam | AIADMK | A. K. Selvaraj | B. Arun Kumar | DMK | 41,078 | |
Modakkurichi | AIADMK | P. C. Ramasami | Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan | DMK | 34,212 | |
Morappur | AIADMK | P. Palaniappan | E. V. Rajasekaran | DMK | 23,316 | |
Mudukulathur | AIADMK | K. Patinetampatian | S. Pandian | MTD | 2,669 | |
Mugaiyur | AIADMK | G. Gothandaraman | A. G. Sampath | DMK | 10,341 | |
Musiri | AIADMK | C. Malliga | S. Vivekandan | DMK | 1,994 | |
Mylapore | BJP | K. N. Lakshmanan | V. Maitreyan | AIADMK | 6,047 | |
Nagapattinam | AIADMK | R. Jeevanantham | S. P. Thangaiya | DMK | 16,717 | |
Nagercoil | MAIADMK | Suyambu | M. Moses | TMC(M) | 3,662 | |
Namakkal | INC | K. Jeyakumar | S. Ahilan | PT | 28,992 | |
Nanguneri | AIADMK | S. Manickaraj | V. Ramachandran | MTD | 9,161 | |
Nannilam (SC) | TMC | C. K. Amizharasan | P. Sakthivel | DMK | 19,212 | |
Natham | AIADMK | R. Viswanathan | Ku. Pa. Krishnan | TB | 10,602 | |
Natrampalli | PMK | S. Natarajan | T. Anbazhagan | MGRK | 12,088 | |
Nellikkuppam | AIADMK | M. C. Sampath | V. C. Shanmugham | DMK | 7,382 | |
Nilakottai | AIADMK | G. Anbazhagan | K. Ayyar | PT | 31,494 | |
Oddanchatram | DMK | A. R. A. Chakkarapani | A. T. Sellasamy | AIADMK | 1,369 | |
Omalur | AIADMK | S. Semmalai | Era. Rajendran | DMK | 31,602 | |
Orathanad | AIADMK | R. Vaithilingam | P. Rajamanickam | DMK | 19,844 | |
Ottapidaram | AIADMK | A. Sivaperumal | K. Krishnasamy | PT | 651 | |
Padmanabhapuram | AIADMK | K. P. Raajendraprasad | C. Velayudhan | BJP | 2,774 | |
Palacode | AIADMK | K. P. Anbalagan | G. L. Venkatachalam | DMK | 40,232 | |
Palani | AIADMK | M. Chinnasamy | T. Poovendhan | DMK | 20,487 | |
Palayamkottai | DMK | T. P. M. Mohideen Khan | S. Muthu Karuppan | AIADMK | 14,748 | |
Palladam | AIADMK | S. M. Velusamy | S. S. Ponmudi | DMK | 32,474 | |
Pallipattu | AIADMK | P. M. Narasimhan | M. Chakravarthy | BJP | 28,240 | |
Panamarathupatti | AIADMK | Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy | S. R. Sivalingam | DMK | 42,350 | |
Panruti | PMK | T. Velmurugan | V. Ramaswamy | DMK | 5,048 | |
Papanasam | TMC | M. Ramkumar | S. Kalyanasundaram | DMK | 6,632 | |
Paramakudi (SC) | TMC | R. Ramprabhu | S. Chelliah | PT | 5,807 | |
Park Town | TMC | S. G. Vinayagamurthi | T. Rajendhar | DMK | 6,377 | |
Pattukkottai | TMC | N. R. Rengarajan | P. Balasubramanian | DMK | 6,950 | |
Pennagaram | PMK | G. K. Mani | K. N. Periannan | IND | 14,396 | |
Perambalur (SC) | AIADMK | P. Rajarethinam | S. Vallaban | DMK | 20,004 | |
Perambur (SC) | CPI(M) | K. Mahendran | Chengai Sivam | DMK | 17,223 | |
Peravurani | TMC | S. V. Thirugnana Sambandham | Kuzha Chelliah | DMK | 28,659 | |
Periyakulam | AIADMK | O. Panneer Selvam | M. Abuthahir | DMK | 17,920 | |
Peranamallur | AIADMK | A. K. S. Anbalagan | B. Bose | MTD | 8,359 | |
Pernambut (SC) | AIADMK | S. C. Kanagathara | S. Thondral Nayagan | BJP | 28,855 | |
Perundurai | AIADMK | K. S. Palanisamy | N. Govindasamy | CNMK | 31,712 | |
Perur | AIADMK | M. A. P. A. Krishnakumar (Rohini) | N. Nageswari | DMK | 35,264 | |
Pollachi | AIADMK | V. Jayaraman | R. Tamil Mani | DMK | 32,404 | |
Polur | AIADMK | Nalini Manoharan | C. Elumalai | DMK | 10,807 | |
Pongalur | AIADMK | P. V. Damodaran | K. Chellamuthu | IND | 21,815 | |
Ponneri (SC) | CPI | A. S. Kannan | K. Sundaram | DMK | 27,390 | |
Poombuhar | AIADMK | N. Renganathan | M. Mohammad Siddiq | DMK | 7,455 | |
Poonamallee | PMK | S. Shanmugam | S. Chezhiyan | DMK | 2,316 | |
Pudukkottai | AIADMK | C. Vijayabaskar | Arasu Periyannan | DMK | 28,183 | |
Purasawalkam | CJP | B. Ranganathan | P. Vetrivel | TMC(M) | 3,802 | |
Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar | AIADMK | P. K. Sekar Babu | S. P. Sarguna Pandian | DMK | 27,332 | |
Radhapuram | IND | M. Appavu | S. Jothi | PMK | 18,281 | |
Rajapalayam (SC) | AIADMK | M. Rajasekar | V. P. Rajan | DMK | 9,595 | |
Ramanathapuram | AIADMK | A. Anwer Rhazza | A. Rahman Khan | DMK | 9,112 | |
Ranipet | AIADMK | M. S. Chandrasekaran | R. Gandhi | DMK | 24,963 | |
Rasipuram | AIADMK | P. R. Sundaram | K. P. Ramalingam | DMK | 23,029 | |
Royapuram | AIADMK | D. Jayakumar | K. Nargunan | DMK | 13,712 | |
Rishivandiyam | TMC | S. Sivaraj | T. K. T. Murali | PNK | 25,532 | |
Saidapet | DMK | V. Perumal** | C. R. Baskaran | PMK | 3,881 | |
Salem – I | AIADMK | Se. Venkatajalam | M. A. Elangovan | DMK | 25,131 | |
Salem – II | PMK | M. Karthe | A. L. Thangavel | DMK | 15,085 | |
Samayanallur (SC) | AIADMK | P. Ponnampalam | Kasthuri Sivasamy | DMK | 19,924 | |
Sankaranayanarkoil (SC) | AIADMK | C. Karuppasamy | P. Duraisamy | PT | 9,262 | |
Sankarapuram | PMK | P. Kasampu | T. Udhayasuriyan | DMK | 1,018 | |
Sankari (SC) | AIADMK | P. Dhanabal | T. R. Saravanan | DMK | 22,952 | |
Sathyamangalam | AIADMK | K. R. Kandasamy | S. K. Rajendran | DMK | 33,434 | |
Sathangulam | TMC | S. S. Mani Nadar | A. N. Rajakkannan | BJP | 5,766 | |
Sattur | DMK | K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran | A. Rajendran | INC | 4,415 | |
Sedapatti | AIADMK | C. Durairaj | P. V. Bhaktavatchalam | PT | 18,435 | |
Sendamangalam (ST) | AIADMK | K. Kalavathi | Chinumathi Chandrasekaran | DMK | 17,815 | |
Sholavandan | AIADMK | V. R. Rajangam | P. Moorthy | DMK | 19,841 | |
Sholinghur | AIADMK | R. Vilvanathan | A. M. Ponnurangam | PNK | 9,795 | |
Singanallur | CPI(M) | K. C. Karunakaran | N. Palanisamy | DMK | 20,001 | |
Sirkazhi (SC) | AIADMK | N. Chandramohan | J. Irai Ezhil | DMK | 4,430 | |
Sivaganga | AIADMK | V. Chandran | Tha Pasumpon Kiruttinan | DMK | 4,273 | |
Sivakasi | TMC | A. Rajagopal | V. Thangaraj | DMK | 5,721 | |
Sriperumbudur (SC) | INC | D. Yasodha | M. Raghavan | DMK | 17,193 | |
Srirangam | AIADMK | K. K. Balasubramanian | M. Soundrapandian | BJP | 12,676 | |
Srivaikuntam | AIADMK | S. P. Shanmuganathan | S. David Selwyn | DMK | 2,886 | |
Srivilliputhur | AIADMK | Inbathtamilan | S. Mohanrajulu | BJP | 9,174 | |
Talavasal (SC) | AIADMK | V. Alagammal | M. Pandiyarajan | DMK | 27,857 | |
Tambaram | DMK | M. A. Vaidialingam | K. Chakkarapani Reddiar | TMC(M) | 5,431 | |
Taramangalam | PMK | M. P. Kamaraj | S. Ammasi | DMK | 25,458 | |
Tenkasi | AIADMK | K. Annamalai | V. Karuppasamy Pandian | DMK | 8,792 | |
Thalli | BJP | K. V. Murali Dharan | S. Raja Reddy | CPI | 6,217 | |
Thandarambattu | DMK | E. V. Velu | K. Manivarma | TMC(M) | 4,837 | |
Thanjavur | DMK | S. N. M. Ubayadullah | R. Rajmohan | INC | 9,590 | |
Theagaraya Nagar | DMK | J. Anbazhagan | E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath | AIADMK | 2,499 | |
Theni | AIADMK | D. Ganesan | L. Mookiah | DMK | 13,861 | |
Thirumangalam | AIADMK | K. Kalimuthu | T. Ocha Thevar | DMK | 18,162 | |
Thirupparankundram | AIADMK | S. M. Seenivel | C. Ramachandran | DMK | 9,127 | |
Thiruverambur | DMK | K. N. Sekaran | T. K. Rangarajan | CPM | 10,373 | |
Thiruvidamarudur | AIADMK | G. Thavamani | S. Ramalingam | DMK | 7,372 | |
Thiruvonam | AIADMK | C. Rajendran | M. Ramachandran | DMK | 11,223 | |
Thiruvottiyur | AIADMK | T. Arumugam | Kumari Anandan | IND | 34,041 | |
Thondamuthur | TMC | S. R. Balasubramoniyan | V. R. Sukanya | DMK | 28,536 | |
Thottiam | AIADMK | P. Annavi | K. Kannaiyan | DMK | 13,148 | |
Thousand Lights | DMK | M. K. Stalin | S. Sekar | TMC(M) | 7,274 | |
Tindivanam | AIADMK | C. Ve. Shanmugam | R. Sethunathan | DMK | 12,148 | |
Tiruchendur | AIADMK | Anitha R. Radhakrishnan | S. Jennifer Chandran | DMK | 11,193 | |
Tiruchengode | AIADMK | C. Ponnaiyan | T. P. Arumugam | DMK | 44,109 | |
Tiruchirappalli – I | DMK | B. Paranikumar | M. Kader Mohideen | MUL | 924 | |
Tiruchirappalli – II | DMK | Anbil Periyasamy | P. C. Selvaraj | INC | 13,944 | |
Tirumayam | AIADMK | M. Radakrishnan | S. Regupathy | DMK | 12,027 | |
Tirunavalur | AIADMK | K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy | A. J. Manikannan | DMK | 14,773 | |
Tirunelveli | AIADMK | N. Nainar Nagendran | A. L. Subramanian | DMK | 722 | |
Tiruppattur (194) | AIADMK | K. K. Umadhevan | R. Sivaraman | DMK | 9,090 | |
Tiruppattur (41) | PMK | T. K. Raja | S. Arasu | DMK | 5,761 | |
Tirupporur (SC) | AIADMK | S. Kanitha Sampath | C. Nagarajan | DMK | 24,790 | |
Tiruppur | AIADMK | C. Sivasami | Lalitha Kumaramangalam | BJP | 46,556 | |
Tiruttani | PMK | G. Raviraj | E. A. P. Shivaji | DMK | 13,874 | |
Tiruthuraipundi (SC) | CPI | G. Palanisamy | M. Poonguzhali | DMK | 25,059 | |
Tiruvadanai | TMC | K. R. Ramasamy | Jones Russo | IND | 2,304 | |
Tiruvaiyaru | AIADMK | Ayyaru Vandayar | Durai Chandrasekaran | DMK | 15,689 | |
Tiruvallur | TMC | D. Sudharsanam | V. G. Rajendiran | PNK | 19,951 | |
Tiruvannamalai | DMK | K. Pitchandi | M. Shanmugasundaram | PMK | 4,090 | |
Tiruvarur (SC) | DMK | A. Asokan | K. Rangasamy | CPM | 1,314 | |
Thiruvattar | CPI(M) | J. Hemachandran | P. Rajamony | BJP | 19,497 | |
Triplicane | DMK | S. A. M. Hussain | S. Rajakumar | INC | 3,676 | |
Tuticorin | AIADMK | S. Rajammal | N. Periasamy | DMK | 16,186 | |
Udagamandalam | INC | H. M. Raju | J. Hutchi Gowder | BJP | 29,090 | |
Udumalpet | AIADMK | C. Shanmugavelu | D. Selvaraj | DMK | 39,908 | |
Ulundurpet (SC) | AIADMK | N. Ramu | K. Thirunavukkarasu | DMK | 22,754 | |
Uppiliyapuram (ST) | AIADMK | R. Saroja | R. Rani | DMK | 12,351 | |
Usilampatti | AIFB | L. Santhanam | S. O. Ramasamy | DMK | 9,067 | |
Uthiramerur | AIADMK | V. Somasundaram | K. Sundar | DMK | 27,622 | |
Valangiman (SC) | AIADMK | Boopathi Mariappan | T. Nadaiazhagan | PT | 23,477 | |
Valparai (SC) | TMC | Kovai Thangam | K. Krishnaswamy | PT | 17,915 | |
Vandavasi (SC) | PMK | K. Murugavelrajan | K. Loganathan | DMK | 8,871 | |
Vaniyambadi** | INL | M. Abdul Latheef | J. M. Haroon Rasheed | DMK | 11,938 | |
Vanur (SC) | AIADMK | N. Ganapathy | R. Mydili | DMK | 21,349 | |
Varahur (SC) | AIADMK | A. Arunachalam | K. Thiruvalluvan | DMK | 13,904 | |
Vasudevanallur (SC) | TMC | R. Easwaran | S. Thangapandian | PT | 11,552 | |
Vedaranyam | DMK | S. K. Vedarathinam | R. Mutharasan | CPI | 15,000 | |
Vedasandur | AIADMK | P. Andivel | R. Kavitha Parthipan | DMK | 19,126 | |
Veerapandi | AIADMK | S. K. Selvam | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | DMK | 30,012 | |
Vellakoil | DMK | M. P. Saminathan | V. P. Periasamy | AIADMK | 740 | |
Vellore | TMC | C. Gnanasekaran | A. M. Ramalingam | DMK | 11,124 | |
Veilathikulam | AIADMK | N. K. Perumal | R. K. P. Rajasekaran | DMK | 15,243 | |
Vilavancode | CPI(M) | D. Mony | P. Jeevaraj | DMK | 22,919 | |
Villivakkam | DMK | D. Napoleon | A. Chellakumar | TMC(M) | 9,230 | |
Villupuram | DMK | K. Ponmudy | R. Pasupathy | PMK | 2,205 | |
Virudhunagar | TMC | S. Damodharan | A. R. R. Seenivasan | DMK | 4,017 | |
Vridhachalam | PMK | R. Govindasamy | Kuzhandai Thamizharasan | DMK | 7,128 | |
Yercaud (ST) | AIADMK | E. Elayakannu | K. Govindan | BJP | 33,985 |
* | Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu |
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