2004 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2004

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39 seats
First party Second party   Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa Party DMK AIADMK Alliance INC+ (post poll UPA)+DPA+LF NDA Seats won 39 0 Seat change 12 14 Popular vote 1,64,83,390 1,00,02,913 Percentage 57.40% 34.84% Swing 15.73% 11.57%
Partywise structure Alliance-wise structure
Prime Minister before election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The 2004 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the Democratic Progressive Alliance, which included the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and its allies the Left Front which won all 39 seats in the state. DMK and its allies were also able to hold on to Pondicherry, which has 1 seat, which allowed the UPA to win all 40 seats in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. The 2 larger partners Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) (16) and Indian National Congress (INC) (10) won the majority of seats, with the junior partners Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) (5) and Marumaralarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) (4) winning the rest. The remaining 4 seats were won by the Left Front parties. Due to the support of the Left Front for the government at the centre, all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu, supported the formation of the UPA-led government.

The DPA was formed, because DMK, PMK and MDMK, left the NDA mostly on the Ayodhya issue and created an alliance that supported the UPA. The NDA paid a price for it, when their BJP-AIADMK alliance couldn't even win a seat in this state. ^[1]

Seat allotments

Democratic Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			M. Karunanidhi	15
	Indian National Congress			G. K. Vasan	9
	Pattali Makkal Katchi			S. Ramadoss	5
	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			Vaiko	4
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			N. Varadarajan	2
	Communist Party of India			R. Nallakannu	2
Unrecognized party, whose candidate ran under the DMK ticket
	Indian Union Muslim League			K. M. Kader Mohideen	1
Unrecognized party, whose candidate ran under the INC ticket
	Congress Jananayaka Peravai			P. Chidambaram	1

National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Election symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			J. Jayalalithaa	33
	Bharatiya Janata Party			C. P. Radhakrishnan	6

People's alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi			Thol. Thirumavalavan	8	25
	Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi			R. S. Raja Kannappan	5
	Puthiya Tamilagam			K. Krishnasamy	5
	Janata Dal (United)			George Fernandes	3
	Indian National League			Janab	3
	Puratchi Council				1

Fourth front

Party		Flag	Election symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Janata Party			Subramanian Swamy	21	31
	Puthiya Needhi Katchi			A. C. Shanmugam	10

Note: The janata party and puthiya Needhi Katchi contested in janata party's symbol

List of Candidates

Constituency
		UPA			NDA
1	Chennai North		DMK	C. Kuppusami		BJP	M. N. Sukumaran Nambiyar
2	Chennai Central		DMK	Dayanidhi Maran		AIADMK	N. Balaganga
3	Chennai South		DMK	T. R. Baalu		AIADMK	Bader Sayeed
4	Sriperumbudur		DMK	A. Krishnaswamy		AIADMK	P. Venugopal
5	Chengalpattu		PMK	A. K. Moorthy		AIADMK	K. N. Ramachandran
6	Arakkonam		PMK	R. Velu		AIADMK	N. Shanmugham
7	Vellore		DMK	K. M. Kader Mohideen		AIADMK	A. Santhanam
8	Tiruppattur		DMK	D. Venugopal		AIADMK	K. G. Subramani
9	Vandavasi		MDMK	N. Ramachandran Gingee		AIADMK	R. Rajalakshmi
10	Tindivanam		PMK	K. Dhanraju		AIADMK	A. Arunmozhithevan
11	Cuddalore		DMK	K. Venkatapathy		AIADMK	R. Rajendran
12	Chidambaram		PMK	E. Ponnuswamy		BJP	Tada N. Periyasamy
13	Dharmapuri		PMK	R. Senthil		BJP	P. D. Elangovan
14	Krishnagiri		DMK	E. G. Sugavanam		AIADMK	K. Nanju Gowda
15	Rasipuram		INC	K. Rani		AIADMK	S. Anbalagan
16	Salem		INC	K. V. Thangabalu		AIADMK	A. Rajshekharan
17	Tiruchengode		DMK	K. Subbulakshmi Jagadisan		AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palanisamy
18	Nilgiris		INC	R. Prabhu		BJP	M. Master Mathan
19	Gobichettipalayam		INC	E. V. K. S. Elangovan		AIADMK	N. R. Govindarajar
20	Coimbatore		CPI	K. Subbarayan		BJP	C. P. Radhakrishnan
21	Pollachi		MDMK	C. Krishnan		AIADMK	G. Murugan
22	Palani		INC	S. K. Kharvendhan		AIADMK	K. Kishore Kumar
23	Dindigul		INC	N. S. V. Chitthan		AIADMK	M. Jeyaraman
24	Madurai		CPI(M)	P. Mohan		AIADMK	A. K. Bose
25	Periyakulam		INC	J. M. Aaron Rasheed		AIADMK	T. T. V. Dhinakaran
26	Karur		DMK	K. C. Palanisamy		AIADMK	N. Palanisamy Raja
27	Tiruchirappalli		MDMK	L. Ganesan		AIADMK	M. Paranjothi
28	Perambalur		DMK	A. Raja		AIADMK	M. Sundaram
29	Mayiladuturai		INC	Mani Shankar Aiyar		AIADMK	O. S. Manian
30	Nagapattinam		DMK	A. K. S. Vijayan		AIADMK	P. J. Arjunan
31	Thanjavur		DMK	S. S. Palanimanickam		AIADMK	K. Thangamuthu
32	Pudukkottai		DMK	S. Regupathy		AIADMK	A. Ravichandran
33	Sivaganga		INC	P. Chidambaram		AIADMK	S. P. Karuppaih
34	Ramanathapuram		DMK	M. S. K. Bhavani Rajendran		AIADMK	C. Murugesan
35	Sivakasi		MDMK	A. Ravichandran		AIADMK	P. Kannan
36	Tirunelveli		INC	R. Dhanushkodi Aadhithan		AIADMK	R. Amirtha Ganesan
37	Tenkasi		CPI	M. Appadurai		AIADMK	S. Murugesan
38	Tiruchendur		DMK	Radhika Selvi		AIADMK	T. Dhamodharan
39	Nagercoil		CPI(M)	A. V. Bellarmin		BJP	Pon Radhakrishnan

Voting and results

See also: Detailed Results of the 2004 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu by assembly constituents

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

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

Alliance		Party		Popular Vote	Percentage	Swing	Seats won	Seat Change
	United Progressive Alliance		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	7,064,393	24.60%	1.47%	16	4
			Indian National Congress	4,134,255	14.40%	3.30%	10	8
			Pattali Makkal Katchi	1,927,367	6.71%	1.50%	5
			Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1,679,870	5.95%	0.10%	4
			Communist Party of India	852,981	2.97%	0.41%	2	2
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	824,524	2.87%	0.52%	2	1
			Total	16,483,390	57.50%	4.10%	39	15
	National Democratic Alliance		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	8,547,014	29.77%	3.05%	0	10
			Bharatiya Janata Party	1,455,899	5.07%	2.07%	0	4
			Total	10,002,913	34.84%	0.98%	0	14
	Independents			947,938	3.30%	2.05%	0
	Other Parties (13 parties)			2,228,212	4.36%	7.13%	0	1
Total				28,714,515	100.00%		39
Valid Votes				28,714,515	99.94%
Invalid Votes				18,439	0.06%
Total Votes				28,732,954	100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout				47,252,271	60.81%	2.83%

†: Seat change represents seats won in terms of the current alliances, which is considerably different from the last election. Also the seat change for BJP, includes the merged party MADMK, who won 1 seat in the last 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 % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India ^[2]

1999 vs. 2004 Alliance

Coalition/Alliance	Parties contesting in Tamil Nadu from the Alliance in 1999	Seats won in 1999 Election	Parties contesting in Tamil Nadu from the Alliance in 2004	Seats won in 2004 Election	Swing
National Democratic Alliance	-Bharatiya Janata Party (4) -Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (12) -Marumaralarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (4) -Pattali Makkal Katchi (5) -MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1)	26	-Bharatiya Janata Party -All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	−26
United Progressive Alliance*	Indian National Congress (2) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (10)	12	-Indian National Congress (10) -Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (16) -Marumaralarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (4) -Pattali Makkal Katchi (5)	35	+23
Left Front	Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1)	1	Communist Party of India (2) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (2)	4	+3

• Note: UPA was not in existence in 1999, instead the number of seats won in 1999, represents the seats won by Indian National Congress and its allies.
• Note: INC affiliated parties, are parties that did not form an alliance or coalition with Congress party, but instead gave outside support.
• Note: Left front, whose parties were allies of DMK in Tamil Nadu, was not part of the UPA, in 2004, instead gave outside support.

List of Elected MPs

Voting Pattern in Tamil Nadu

Karunanidhi rated better than Jayalalithaa

Category	DMK+	AIADMK+	Others
Gender
Male	54%	32%	14%
Female	49%	39%	12%
Locality
Rural	50%	35%	15%
Urban	57%	36%	7%
Social class
Very poor	44%	37%	17%
Poor	55%	31%	14%
Lower middle	57%	37%	6%
Middle	51%	39%	10%
Caste
Upper caste	33%	54%	13%
Thevar	50%	47%	3%
Vanniyars	61%	33%	6%
Chettiyars	47%	30%	23%
Gounders	57%	33%	10%
Nadars	57%	36%	7%
Lower OBCs	55%	33%	12%
Chekkliyars, Pallars, etc.	39%	38%	23%
other Dalits	40%	37%	23%
Muslims	78%	11%	11%
Tell me how good each of the leaders are for Tamil Nadu...
Rating	J. Jayalalithaa	M. Karunanidhi
Bad	51%	2%
Average	31%	33%
Good	11%	39%
Very good	3%	23%
Do not know	4%	3%

Source: NES Election 2004 Analysis ^[3]

Constituency	Winner	Party		% of Votes	Alliance	Runner-up	Party
1. Chennai North	C. Kuppusami		DMK	62.25	UPA	M. N. Sukumar Nambiar		BJP
2. Chennai Central	Dayanidhi Maran		DMK	61.68	UPA	N. Balaganga		AIADMK
3. Chennai South	T. R. Baalu		DMK	60.37	UPA	Bader Sayeed		AIADMK
4. Sriperumbudur	A. Krishnaswamy		DMK	61.39	UPA	P. Venugopal		AIADMK
5. Chengalpattu	A. K. Moorthy		PMK	56.85	UPA	K. N. Ramachandran		AIADMK
6. Arakkonam	R. Velu		PMK	49.88	UPA	N. Shanmugam		AIADMK
7. Vellore	K. M. Kader Mohideen		DMK	58.38	UPA	A. Santhanam		AIADMK
8. Tiruppattur	D. Venugopal		DMK	58.43	UPA	K. G. Subramani		AIADMK
9. Vandavasi	N. Ramachandran Gingee		MDMK	56.12	UPA	R. Rajalakshmi		AIADMK
10. Tindivanam	K. Dhanaraju		PMK	50.40	UPA	A. Arunmozhithevan		AIADMK
11. Cuddalore	K. Venkatapathy		DMK	52.63	UPA	R. Rajendran		AIADMK
12. Chidambaram	E. Ponnuswamy		PMK	46.17	UPA	Thol. Thirumavalavan		JD(U)
13. Dharmapuri	R. Senthil		PMK	55.93	UPA	P. D. Elangovan		BJP
14. Krishnagiri	E. G. Sugavanam		DMK	54.51	UPA	K. Nanje Gowdu		AIADMK
15. Rasipuram	K. Rani		INC	55.20	UPA	S. Anbalagan		AIADMK
16. Salem	K. V. Thangkabalu		INC	59.93	UPA	A. Rajasekaran		AIADMK
17. Tiruchengode	Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan		DMK	58.00	UPA	K. Palaniswami		AIADMK
18. Nilgiris	R. Prabhu		INC	63.26	UPA	Master M. Mathan		BJP
19. Gobichettipalayam	E. V. K. S. Elangovan		INC	62.75	UPA	N. R. Govindarajar		AIADMK
20. Coimbatore	K. Subbarayan		CPI	57.43	LF	C. P. Radhakrishnan		BJP
21. Pollachi	C. Krishnan		MDMK	56.76	UPA	G. Murugan		AIADMK
22. Palani	S. K. Kharventhan		INC	64.50	UPA	K. Kishore Kumar		AIADMK
23. Dindigul	N. S. V. Chitthan		INC	58.92	UPA	M. Jeyaraman		AIADMK
24. Madurai	P. Mohan		CPI(M)	56.01	LF	A. K. Bose		AIADMK
25. Periyakulam	J. M. Aaron Rashid		INC	49.51	UPA	T. T. V. Dhinakaran		AIADMK
26. Karur	K. C. Palanisamy		DMK	60.43	UPA	N. Palanichamy Raja		AIADMK
27. Tiruchirappalli	L. Ganesan		MDMK	63.59	UPA	M. Paranjothi		AIADMK
28. Perambalur	A. Raja		DMK	55.01	UPA	M. Sundaram		AIADMK
29. Mayiladuturai	Mani Shankar Aiyar		INC	59.08	UPA	O. S. Manian		AIADMK
30. Nagapattinam	A. K. S. Vijayan		DMK	61.66	UPA	P. J. Arjunan		AIADMK
31. Thanjavur	S. S. Palanimanickam		DMK	56.56	UPA	K. Thangamuthu		AIADMK
32. Pudukkottai	S. Regupathy		DMK	56.82	UPA	A. Ravichandran		AIADMK
33. Sivaganga	P. Chidambaram		INC	60.00	UPA	S. P. Karuppiah		AIADMK
34. Ramanathapuram	M. S. K. Bhavani Rajenthiran		DMK	49.66	UPA	C. Murugesan		AIADMK
35. Sivakasi	A. Ravichandran		MDMK	56.44	UPA	P. Kannan		AIADMK
36. Tirunelveli	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan		INC	58.39	UPA	R. Amirtha Ganesan		AIADMK
37. Tenkasi	M. Appadurai		CPI	48.85	LF	S. Murugesan		AIADMK
38. Tiruchendur	V. Radhika Selvi		DMK	62.50	UPA	T. Dhamodharan		AIADMK
39. Nagercoil	A. V. Bellarmin		CPI(M)	60.87	LF	Pon. Radhakrishnan		BJP

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: The Hindu ^[4]
After the UPA victory in this election, Tamil Nadu was rewarded with 12 berths in Union Council of Ministers, with 6 cabinet berths, which is the most this state has ever received after an election. 7 of the Ministers were from DMK, 2 from PMK, while the rest were from Congress.

Cabinet Ministers

Minister	Party	Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
P. Chidambaram	INC	Sivaganga	Minister of Finance
Mani Shankar Aiyar	INC	Mayiladuturai	Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
T. R. Baalu	DMK	Chennai South	Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways
A. Raja	DMK	Perambalur (SC)	Minister of Environment and Forests
Dayanidhi Maran	DMK	Chennai Central	Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Anbumani Ramadoss	PMK	Rajya Sabha	Minister of Health and Family Welfare

Ministers of State

Minister	Party	Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
S. S. Palanimanickam	DMK	Thanjavur	Minister of Finance
S. Regupathy	DMK	Pudukkottai	Minister of Environment and Forests
K. Venkatapathy	DMK	Cuddalore	Minister of Law and Justice
Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan	DMK	Tiruchengode	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
E. V. K. S. Elangovan	INC	Gobichettipalayam	Minister of Commerce and Industry
R. Velu	PMK	Arakkonam	Minister of Railways

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2006 election)
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	96	96
	Indian National Congress	59	34
	Pattali Makkal Katchi	29	18
	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	24	6
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	12	9
	Communist Party of India	12	6
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1	61
	Janata Dal (United)	1	0
	Others	0	4
Total		234

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

References

1. "The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : Ayodhya one reason for quitting NDA, says Karunanidhi". Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
2. "Election Commission of India" . Retrieved 2 October 2009.
3. Thsks (20 May 2004). "The Hindu : State by State : Alliance effect, swing factor propelled DPA victory". Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
4. "The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : Tamil Nadu secures 12 berths". Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2009.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090304134828/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf
• Website of Election Commission of India
• Volume I, 2004 Indian general election, 14th Lok Sabha
• Voters' fury against AIADMK ^{[ usurped ]}