1996 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996
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39 (of 543) seats to the Lok Sabha
  First party Second party
  M. Karunanidhi .jpg J Jayalalithaa.jpg
Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa
Party DMK AIADMK
Alliance United Front (India) Congress alliance
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Seats won 39 0
Seat change Increase 39 Decrease 39
Popular vote 14,940,474 7,095,650
Percentage 54.96% 26.10%
Swing Increase 30.23% Decrease 34.57%
1996 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png
1996 Election map (by constituencies)
Red = United Front (won all the seats)

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[]

Congress Front[]

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

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 Tha. Pandian 2

MDMK-CPI(M) Front[]

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

PMK-Tiwari Congress Front[]

No.
 Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Pattali Makkal Katchi Dr. Ramdoss 15
2. Tiwari Congress No flag.svg Vazhappady Ramamurthy 12

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

Results by alliance[]

Summary of the 1996 April-May Lok Sabha election results in the state of Tamil Nadu
Alliance/Party Seats won Change Popular vote Vote % Adj. %‡
United Front 39 +33 14,940,474 55.0%
TMC(M) 20 +14 7,339,982 27.0% 54.6%
DMK 17 +17 6,967,679 25.6% 56.2%
CPI 2 +2 632,813 2.3% 43.1%
Congress alliance 0 -33 7,095,650 26.1%
INC 0 -22 4,965,364 18.3%
AIADMK 0 -11 2,130,286 7.8% 29.4%
MDMK+ alliance 0 – 2,131,618 7.8%
MDMK 0 – 1,222,415 4.5% 7.2%
CPI(M) 0 – 493,916 1.8%
JD 0 – 415,287 1.5%
PMK+ alliance 0 – 1,157,683 4.3%
AIIC(T) 0 – 605,565 2.2%
PMK 0 – 552,118 2.0% 5.2%
Others 0 – 1,863,516 6.9%
BJP 0 – 795,797 2.9%
JP 0 – 205,816 0.8%
IND 0 – 815,224 3.0%
Total 39 – 27,188,941 100% –

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 Party Margin Runner-upa Partya
1. Chennai North N. V. N. Somu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 389,617 D. Pandian INC
2. Chennai Central Murasoli Maran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 280,467 INC
3. Chennai South T.R. Baalu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 339,181 AIADMK
4. Sriperumbudur T. Nagaratnam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 245,711 Lata Priyakumar INC
5. Chengalpattu K. Parasuraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 235,657 INC
6. Arakkonam A. M. Velu Tamil Maanila Congress 264,845 INC
7. Vellore P. Shanmugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 211,035 INC
8. Tiruppattur D. Venugopal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 240,264 R. Anbarasu INC
9. Vandavasi L. Balaraman Tamil Maanila Congress 173,304 INC
10. Tindivanam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 190,276 K. Ramamurthy INC
11. Cuddalore P. R. S. Venkatesan Tamil Maanila Congress 205,204 INC
12. Chidambaram Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 176,266 PMK
13. Dharmapuri Tamil Maanila Congress 131,246 INC
14. Krishnagiri Tamil Maanila Congress 194,676 E. V. K. S. Elangovan INC
15. Rasipuram K. Kandasamy Tamil Maanila Congress 193,178 K. Jayakumar INC
16. Salem Tamil Maanila Congress 120,885 K. V. Thankabalu INC
17. Tiruchengode K. P. Ramalingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 194,188 AIADMK
18. Nilgiris S. R. Balasubramaniam Tamil Maanila Congress 281,376 R. Prabhu INC
19. Gobichettipalayam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 142,968 P. G. Narayanan AIADMK
20. Coimbatore M. Ramanathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 262,787 C. K. Kuppuswamy INC
21. Pollachi Tamil Maanila Congress 138,891 AIADMK
22. Palani Tamil Maanila Congress 192,633 AIADMK
23. Dindigul N. S. V. Chitthan Tamil Maanila Congress 267,914 Dindigul C. Sreenivasan AIADMK
24. Madurai A. G. S. Ram Babuc Tamil Maanila Congress 189,806 Subramanian Swamy JP
25. Periyakulam R. Gnanagurusamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 131,337 AIADMK
26. Karur Tamil Maanila Congress 168,274 M. Thambi Durai AIADMK
27. Tiruchirappalli L. Adaikalarajc Tamil Maanila Congress 264,708 K. Gopal INC
28. Perambalur A. Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 214,247 INC
29. Mayiladuturai P. V. Rajendran Tamil Maanila Congress 153,544 INC
30. Nagapattinam M. Selvarasu Communist Party of India 221,346 INC
31. Thanjavur S. S. Palanimanickam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 200,428 INC
32. Pudukkottai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 177,873 INC
33. Sivaganga P. Chidambaramc Tamil Maanila Congress 247,302 INC
34. Ramanathapuram Tamil Maanila Congress 195,304 V. Rajeshwaran INC
35. Sivakasi V. Alagirisamy Communist Party of India 23,622 Sanjay Ramasamy AIADMK
36. Tirunelveli D. S. A. Sivaprakasam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 118,280 AIADMK
37. Tenkasi M. Arunachalamc Tamil Maanila Congress 95,926 V. Selvaraj INC
38. Tiruchendur R. Dhanuskodi Athithanc Tamil Maanila Congress 203,711 INC
39. Nagercoil N. Dennisc Tamil Maanila Congress 27,697 Pon. Radhakrishnan BJP

c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1991–1996)

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
DMK Tindivanam Minister of Surface Transport
M. Arunachalam TMC Tenkasi Minister of Urban Development (few months)
Minister of Labour
P. Chidambaram TMC 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 Tiruchendur Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports
N. V. N. Somu DMK Chennai North Minister of Defence

See also[]

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.

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