1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

The eleventh legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 2 May 1996. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led front won the election securing 221 seats in the 234 seat Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, and its leader M. Karunanidhi, became the chief minister.

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

← 1991 2 May 1996 2001 →
All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	66.95% ( 3.11%)
First party Second party   Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa Party DMK AIADMK Alliance United Front Congress alliance Leader's seat Chepauk Bargur (lost) Seats won 221 4 Seat change 219 216 Popular vote 14,600,748 7,354,723 Percentage 60.77% 27.08% Swing 30.72% 32.71%
1996 election map (by constituencies)
CM before election J. Jayalalithaa AIADMK Elected CM M. Karunanidhi DMK

In the tenth Tamil Nadu assembly, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) held the majority with its leader J. Jayalalithaa as the chief minister. The elections resulted in a landslide defeat for the incumbent government, with the AIADMK winning only four seats. Outgoing chief minister Jayalalithaa lost the election from the Bargur, and became the first incumbent chief minister since M. Bakthavatsalam in 1967 to lose the elections.

Background

Anti-Jayalalithaa

The J. Jayalalithaa led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government, which had been in power since 1991 was beset with corruption scandals and public discontent. A series of corruption scandals, a growing reputation for high handedness and an extravagant public wedding for Jayalalithaa's foster son Sudhakaran all combined to erode the AIADMK support base and the goodwill she had enjoyed with the electorate in the 1991 elections.^[1][2][3]

Formation of TMC

The AIADMK's alliance with Indian National Congress (INC), which had helped it to win the 1991 elections ran into trouble midway through the AIADMK's term. J. Jayalalithaa terminated the alliance and Congress served as the principal opposition party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. When the 1996 elections drew closer, it was expected that the Congress would contest the elections in alliance with the DMK. However against the wishes of the Tamil Nadu state unit of the Congress, the national congress leader (and then Indian prime minister) P. V. Narasimha Rao announced that the Congress would ally with the AIADMK. This led to a split in the Tamil Nadu Congress with a majority of the party workers and cadre forming the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) led by G. K. Moopanar. The TMC contested the elections in alliance with the DMK.^[4][5]

Formation of MDMK

In 1993, the DMK suffered a split when one of its more prominent second rung leaders, Vaiko was expelled from the party membership. The next year Vaiko floated a new party – the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK).^[6][7]

Coalitions

There were four main coalitions in the 1996 elections. The DMK-TMC front which also included the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the AIADMK-Congress front were the main political groupings in the state. Both fronts had a number of smaller parties as constituents. The Indian National League and the All India Forward Bloc were part of the DMK front, while the AIADMK front also had Muslim Leagues, Forward Block, All India Republic Party, Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi and United Communist Party. Apart from these two fronts, there was a MDMK led coalition which included the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), the Janata Dal (JD) and the Samajwadi Janata Party (SJP). The alliance between Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) (Tiwari Congress) led by Vazhappady Ramamurthy was the fourth coalition that contested the elections. Initially, before the TMC was formed, the DMK put together a seven party alliance comprising itself, PMK, CPI, Tiwari Congress and a few other parties. However, this alliance fell through when the Tiwari Congress and PMK left the front after differences between Karunanidhi and Ramamurthy. After this, Cho Ramaswamy (editor of Thuglak) played a vital role in bringing together the DMK-TMC coalition and obtaining actor Rajinikanth's support for it.^[8][9] There were a few other smaller political formations and parties contesting the election – the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested the elections alone; Subramanian Swamy's Janata Party contested in alliance with the caste organisation Devendra Kula Velalar Sangam led by Dr. K. Krishnasamy.^{[5][10][11][12][13]}

Rajinikanth's support

The DMK-TMC alliance enlisted the popular Tamil film actor Rajinikanth to campaign against the AIADMK in the elections. Rajinikanth declared his support for the DMK-TMC combine and members of his numerous fan clubs campaigned for the DMK front across Tamil Nadu. In a widely watched campaign appearance broadcast in Sun TV, he declared "even God cannot save Tamil Nadu if AIADMK returns to power".Rajinikanth's support gave enormous victory to DMK^[14][15][16]

Seat allotments

DMK-TMC Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	176
2.		Tamil Maanila Congress		G.K. Moopanar	41
3.		Communist Party of India		R.Nallakannu	13
4.		All India Forward Bloc		L. Santhanam	1
Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket
5.		Indian National League		Janab	5

AIADMK-INC Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J. Jayalalithaa	167
2.		Indian National Congress		Kumari Anandan	64
Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the AIADMK ticket
3.		Indian Union Muslim League		Kader Mohideen	1

People's Democratic Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Vaiko	177
2.		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		N.Sankaraiah	40
3.		Janata Dal		V. P. Singh	16

PMK-Tiwari Congress Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Pattali Makkal Katchi		Dr. Ramdoss	116
2.		All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)		Vazhappady Ramamurthy	46

Voting and results

Polling took place on 2 May 1996 and results were announced on 12 May. The turnout among registered voters was 66.95%. The assembly elections were held simultaneously along with the 1996 Indian general election.^[17]

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

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

Summary of the 1996 June Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
DMK+ Alliance		221	+214	14,600,748	53.77%
DMK		173	+171	11,423,380	42.07%	54.04%
TMC(M)		39	+39	2,526,474	9.3%	55.21%
CPI		8	+7	575,570	2.12%	42.95%
AIFB		1	+1	75,324	0.28%	76.18%
AIADMK+ alliance		4	-221	7,354,723	27.08%
AIADMK		4	-160	5,831,383	21.47%	29.24%
INC		0	-60	1,523,340	5.61%	21.09%
MDMK+ alliance		2	0	2,143,141	7.89%
MDMK		0	0	1,569,168	5.78%	7.6%
CPI(M)		1	0	456,712	1.68%	9.57%
JD		1	0	117,801	0.43%	7.31%
PMK+ Alliance		4	+3	1,252,275	4.61%
PMK		4	+3	1,042,333	3.84%	7.61%
AIIC(T)		0	0	209,942	0.77%	4.23%
Others		3	+1	1,662,926	6.12%
BJP		1	+1	490,453	1.81%	2.93%
JP		1	+1	150,134	0.55%	2.51%
IND		1	0	1,022,339	3.76%	3.8%
Total		234	–	27,154,721	100%

Constituency results

List of winners and runners-up by constituency

Assembly Constituency	Winner	Party		Runner-up	Party		Margin
Acharapakkam (SC)	S. Mathivanan		DMK	A. Bhuvaraghamoorthy		AIADMK	25,371
Alandur	C. Shanmugam		DMK	K. Purushothaman		AIADMK	75,994
Alangudi	A. Venkatachalam		Independent	S. Erasasekaran		CPI	652
Alangulam	Aladi Aruna		DMK	M. S. Kamaraj		INC	24,336
Ambasamudram	R. Avudaiappan		DMK	R. Murugaiah Pandian		AIADMK	19,689
Anaicut	C. Gopu		DMK	C. M. Suryakala		AIADMK	31,616
Andhiyur (SC)	P. Selvarasu		DMK	M. Subramaniam		AIADMK	24,994
Andimadam	Rajendiran		PMK	Sivasubramaniyan		DMK	13,402
Andipatti	P. Aasiyan		DMK	A. Muthiah		AIADMK	13,701
Anna Nagar	Arcot N. Veerasami		DMK	R. Balasubramanian		INC	69,017
Arakkonam (SC)	R. Thamizh Selvan		DMK	R. Elumalai		PMK	46,820
Arantaki	S. Thirunavukkarasu		AIADMK	S. Shanmugam		DMK	14,232
Aravakkurichi	S. S. Mohammad Ismail		DMK	V. K. Duraisamy		AIADMK	9,094
Arcot	P. N. Subramani		DMK	K. V. Ramadoss		AIADMK	26,407
Ariyalur	D. Amaramoorthy		TMC(M)	A. Elavarasan		AIADMK	24,894
Arni	R. Sivanandam		DMK	M. Chinnakulandai		AIADMK	18,179
Aruppukottai	V. Thangapandian		DMK	K. Sundarapandian		AIADMK	16,365
Athoor	I. Periasamy		DMK	C. Chinnamuthu		AIADMK	50,292
Attur	A. M. Ramasamy		DMK	A. K. Murugesan		AIADMK	22,296
Avanashi (SC)	G. Elango		DMK	M. Thiagarajan		AIADMK	26,457
Bargur	E. G. Sugavanam		DMK	J. Jayalalithaa		AIADMK	8,366
Bhavani	S. N. Balasubramanian		TMC(M)	K. S. Manivannan		AIADMK	28,829
Bhavanisagar	V. A. Andamuthu		DMK	V. K. Chinnasamy		AIADMK	23,451
Bhuvanagiri	A. V. Abdul Naser		DMK	P. D. Elangovan		PMK	19,345
Bodinayakkanur	A. Sudalaimuthu		DMK	S. P. Jayakumar		AIADMK	26,087
Chengalpattu	V. Tamilmani		DMK	C. V. N. Kumarasamy		AIADMK	36,805
Chengam (SC)	K. V. Nannan		DMK	C. K. Thamizharasan		AIADMK	26,633
Chepauk	M. Karunanidhi		DMK	N. S. S. Nellai Kannan		INC	35,784
Cheranmadevi	P. Veldurai		TMC(M)	P. H. Pandian		Independent	12,107
Cheyyar	V. Anbalagan		DMK	P. Chandran		AIADMK	37,486
Chidambaram	K. S. Alagiri		TMC(M)	A. Radhakrishnan		INC	29,016
Chinnasalem	R. Mookappan		DMK	P. Mohan		AIADMK	31,645
Coimbatore East	V. K. Lakshmanan		TMC(M)	R. S. Velan		INC	47,686
Coimbatore West	C. T. Dhandapani		DMK	Raja Thangavel		INC	38,299
Colachel	Era. Bernard		DMK	S. P. Kutty		BJP	7,426
Coonoor (SC)	N. Thangavel		DMK	S. Kuppusamy		AIADMK	35,515
Cuddalore	E. Pugazhenthi		DMK	K. V. Rajendiran		INC	48,627
Cumbum	O. R. Ramachandran		TMC(M)	R. T. Gopalan		Independent	35,740
Dharapuram (SC)	R. Saraswathy		DMK	P. Easwaramurthy		AIADMK	23,038
Dharmapuri	K. Manokaran		DMK	Mase Harur		INC	37,022
Dindigul	R. Manimaran		DMK	V. Marutharaj		AIADMK	65,124
Edapadi	I. Ganesan		PMK	P. A. Murugesan		DMK	9,192
Egmore (SC)	Parithi Ellam Vazhuthi		DMK	N. Lakshmi		INC	37,185
Erode	N. K. K. Periasamy		DMK	S. Muthusamy		AIADMK	47,837
Gobichettipalayam	G. P. Venkidu		DMK	K. A. Sengottaiyan		AIADMK	14,729
Gingee	T. Natarajan		DMK	T. N. Muruganandam		INC	25,434
Gudalur	B. M. Mubarak		DMK	K. R. Raju		AIADMK	45,905
Gudiyatham	V. G. Dhanapal		DMK	S. Ramgopal		INC	29,136
Gummidipundi	K. Venu		DMK	R. S. Munirathinam		AIADMK	21,625
Harbour	K. Anbazhagan		DMK	Paul Earnest		INC	30,256
Harur (SC)	Vedammal		DMK	J. Natesan		INC	36,403
Hosur	B. Venkatasamy		JD	T. Venkata Reddy		TMC(M)	1,737
Ilayangudi	M. Tamilkudimagan		DMK	V. D. Nadarajan		AIADMK	14,804
Jayankondam	K. C. Ganesan		DMK	Gurunathan		PMK	12,490
Kadaladi	S. P. Thangavelan		DMK	V. Sathiyamoorthy		AIADMK	19,970
Kadayanallur	K. Naina Mohammed		DMK	A. M. Gani		AIADMK	16,692
Kalasapakkam	P. S. Thiruvengadam		DMK	M. Sundarasami		INC	34,530
Kancheepuram	P. Murugesan		DMK	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu		AIADMK	32,629
Kandamangalam (SC)	S. Alaguvelu		DMK	V. Subramaniyan		AIADMK	29,995
Kangayam	N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar		DMK	N. Ramasamy		AIADMK	26,009
Kanyakumari	N. Suresh Rajan		DMK	S. Thanu Pillai		AIADMK	21,863
Kapilamalai	K. K. Veerappan		DMK	R. Rajalingam		AIADMK	29,710
Karaikudi	N. Sundaram		TMC(M)	M. Raju		AIADMK	50,384
Karur	Vasuki Murugesan		DMK	M. Chinnasamy		AIADMK	32,008
Katpadi	Durai Murugan		DMK	K. Pandurangan		AIADMK	41,007
Kattumannarkoil (SC)	E. Ramalingam		DMK	L. Elayaperumal		HRPI	9,819
Kaveripattinam	P. V. S. Venkatesan		DMK	K. P. Munusamy		AIADMK	35,859
Killiyur	D. Kumaradas		TMC(M)	C. Santhakumar		BJP	10,417
Kinathukadavu	M. Shanmugham		DMK	K. M. Mylswamy		AIADMK	13,964
Kolathur (SC)	Selvaraj alias Kavithapithan		DMK	A. Karuppayee		AIADMK	24,156
Kovilpatti	L. Ayyalusamy		CPI	K. S. Radhakrishnan		MDMK	7,487
Krishnagiri	Kanchana Kamalanathan		DMK	K. P. Kathavarayan		AIADMK	35,611
Krishnarayapuram (SC)	S. Nagarathinam		DMK	A. Arivalagan		AIADMK	15,177
Kulittalai	R. Selvam		DMK	A. Pappa Sundaram		AIADMK	17,750
Kumbakonam	K. S. Mani		DMK	Erama Eramanatham		AIADMK	35,310
Kurinjipadi	M. R. K. Panneerselvam		DMK	P. Pandarinathan		AIADMK	39,013
Kuttalam	P. Kalayanam Kuttalam		DMK	M. Rajendiran		AIADMK	25,721
Lalgudi	K. N. Nehru		DMK	J. Logambal		INC	59,504
Maduranthakam	S. K. Venkatesan		DMK	S. D. Ugamchand		AIADMK	10,593
Madurai Central	A. Deivanayagam		TMC(M)	V. S. Chandraleka		JP	17,941
Madurai East	V. Velusamy		DMK	T. R. Janarthanan		AIADMK	19,297
Madurai West	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan		DMK	R. Muthusamy		INC	44,258
Manamadurai (SC)	K. Thangamani		CPI	M. Gunasekaran		AIADMK	17,770
Mangalore (SC)	S. Puratchimani		TMC(M)	V. M. S. Saravanakumar		INC	19,288
Mannargudi	V. Sivapunniam		CPI	K. Kaliyaperumal		AIADMK	39,834
Marungapuri	B. M. Senguttuvan		DMK	K. Solairaj		AIADMK	6,394
Mayiladuturai	M. M. S. Abul Hassan		TMC(M)	Rama Chidambaram		INC	34,604
Melmalayanur	A. Gnanasekar		DMK	Dharmarasan		INC	28,414
Melur	K. V. V. Rajamanickam		TMC(M)	C. R. Sundararajan		INC	44,741
Mettupalayam	B. Arunkumar		DMK	K. Doraiswamy		AIADMK	30,752
Mettur	P. Gopal		DMK	R. Balakrishnan		PMK	20,006
Modakurichi	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan		DMK	R. N. Kittusamy		AIADMK	39,540
Morappur	V. Mullaivendhan		DMK	K. Singaram		AIADMK	28,274
Mudukulathur	S. Balakrishnan		TMC(M)	V. Bose		Independent	22,528
Mugaiyur	A. G. Sampath		DMK	T. M. Aranganathan		AIADMK	41,596
Musiri	M. N. Jothi Kannan		DMK	C. Mallika Chinnasamy		AIADMK	27,768
Mylapore	N. P. Ramajayam		DMK	T. K. Sampath		AIADMK	51,804
Nagapattinam	G. Nizamudeen		DMK	R. Jeevananthan		AIADMK	19,728
Nagercoil	M. Moses		TMC(M)	S. Velpandian		BJP	28,478
Namakkal (SC)	K. Veisamy		DMK	S. Anbalagan		AIADMK	38,065
Nanguneri	S. V. Krishnan		CPI	A. S. A. Karunakaran		AIADMK	3,149
Nannilam (SC)	Padma		TMC(M)	K. Gopal		AIADMK	35,973
Natham	M. Andi Ambalam		TMC(M)	S. Asai Alangaram		INC	35,636
Natrampalli	R. Mahendran		DMK	T. Anbazhagan		Independent	3,221
Nellikuppam	A. Mani		DMK	M. C. Dhamodharan		AIADMK	25,383
Nilakkottai (SC)	A. S. Ponnammal		TMC(M)	A. Rasu		INC	32,003
Oddanchatram	R. Sakkarapani		DMK	K. Sellamuthu		AIADMK	36,823
Omalur	R. R. Sekaran		TMC(M)	C. Krishnan		AIADMK	7,930
Orathanad	P. Rajamanickam		DMK	V. Suriyamoorthy		AIADMK	30,349
Ottapidaram (SC)	K. Krishnasamy		JP	S. Paulraj		AIADMK	1,148
Padmanabhapuram	C. Velayudhan		BJP	Bala Janathipathy		DMK	4,540
Palacode	G. L. Venkatachalam		DMK	C. Gopal		AIADMK	22,073
Palani (SC)	T. Poovendhan		DMK	P. Karuppachamy		AIADMK	36,660
Palayamkottai	Mohamed Kodar Maideen		DMK	P. Dharmalingam		AIADMK	44,364
Palladam	S. S. Ponmudi		DMK	K. S. Duraimurugan		AIADMK	32,540
Pallipet	E. S. S. Raman		TMC(M)	B. Thangavel		INC	58,492
Panamarathupatti	S. R. Sivalingam		DMK	P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy		AIADMK	13,171
Panruti	V. Ramaswamy		DMK	R. Rajendran		AIADMK	39,130
Papanasam	N. Karupanna Odayar		TMC(M)	R. Thirunavukkarasu		Independent	38,342
Paramakudi (SC)	U. Thisaiveeran		DMK	K. Munisamy		Independent	18,901
Park Town	T. Rajendar		DMK	S. V. Shankar		INC	29,479
Pattukkottai	P. Balasubramanian		DMK	Seeni Baskaran		AIADMK	33,621
Pennagaram	G. K. Mani		PMK	M. Arumugam		CPI	406
Perambalur (SC)	M. Devarajan		DMK	S. Murugesan		AIADMK	23,401
Perambur (SC)	Chengai Sivam		DMK	V. Neelakandan		AIADMK	58,351
Peravurani	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam		TMC(M)	K. Sakthivel		INC	39,640
Periyakulam	L. Mookiah		DMK	K. M. Kader Mohideen		AIADMK	21,907
Pernamallur	N. Pandurangan		DMK	C. Srinivasan		AIADMK	27,793
Pernambut (SC)	V. Govindan		DMK	I. Thamizharasan		AIADMK	31,174
Perundurai	N. Periyasamy		CPI	P. Periyasamy		AIADMK	17,551
Perur	A. Natarasan		DMK	R. Thirumalaisamy		AIADMK	57,573
Pollachi	S. Raju		DMK	V. Jayaraman		AIADMK	21,814
Polur	A. Rajendran		DMK	Agri. S. Krishnamoorthy		AIADMK	24,153
Pongalur	P. Mohan Kandaswamy		TMC(M)	Thalapathy Murugesan		INC	21,941
Ponneri (SC)	K. Sundaram		DMK	G. Gunasekaran		AIADMK	45,391
Poombuhar	G. Mohandasan		DMK	N. Vijayabalan		AIADMK	18,413
Poonamallee	D. Sudarsanam		TMC(M)	P. Krishnamoorthy		INC	50,511
Pudukottai	A. Periannan		DMK	S. C. Swaminathan		INC	42,783
Purasawalkam	B. Ranganathan		TMC(M)	Kathipara J. Gnanam		INC	72,614
Radhakrishnan Nagar	S. P. Sarkunam		DMK	R. M. D. Raveendran		AIADMK	43,081
Radhapuram	M. Appavu		TMC(M)	S. K. Chandrasekaran		INC	28,946
Rajapalayam (SC)	V. P. Rajan		DMK	P. Prabakar		AIADMK	18,939
Ramanathapuram	A. Rahman Khan		DMK	S. K. G. Sekar		AIADMK	35,891
Ranipet	R. Gandhi		DMK	M. Masilamani		AIADMK	34,127
Rasipuram	P. R. Sundaram		AIADMK	R. R. Damayandhi		DMK	454
Rishivandiyam	S. Sivaraj		TMC(M)	P. Annadurai		AIADMK	40,064
Royapuram	R. Mathivanan		DMK	D. Jayakumar		AIADMK	17,408
Saidapet	K. Saidai Kittu		DMK	Saidai S. Duraisamy		AIADMK	29,853
Salem – I	K. R. G. Dhanapalan		DMK	A. T. Natarajan		INC	30,267
Salem – II	A. L. Thangavel		DMK	S. Semmalai		AIADMK	27,491
Samayanallur (SC)	S. Selvaraj		DMK	R. Raja Selvaraj		AIADMK	55,648
Sankarapuram	T. Udhayasuriyan		DMK	A. Saruvar Kasim		AIADMK	22,158
Sankarankoil (SC)	C. Karuppasamy		AIADMK	S. Raja		DMK	600
Sankari (SC)	V. Muthu		DMK	K. K. Ramasamy		AIADMK	21,336
Sathankulam	S. S. Mani Nadar		TMC(M)	B. Kasinathan		INC	25,236
Sathyamangalam	S. K. Rajendran		DMK	T. R. Attiannan		AIADMK	8,784
Sattur	K. M. Vijayakumar		DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran		AIADMK	9,364
Sedapatti	G. Thalapathi		DMK	R. Muthiah		AIADMK	10,201
Sendamangalam (ST)	C. Chandrasekaran		DMK	K. Kalavathi		AIADMK	19,925
Sholavandan	L. Santhanam		DMK	A. M. Paramasivan		AIADMK	18,808
Sholinghur	A. M. Munirathinam		TMC(M)	S. Shanmugham		PMK	33,930
Singanallur	N. Palaniswamy		DMK	R. Duraisamy		AIADMK	58,412
Sirkazhi (SC)	M. Panneerselvam		DMK	V. Bharathi		AIADMK	29,694
Sivaganga	Tha. Kiruttinan Pasumpon		DMK	K. R. Muruganandam		AIADMK	33,001
Sivakasi	R. Chokkar		TMC(M)	N. Alagarsamy		AIADMK	18,732
Sriperumbudur (SC)	E. Kothandam		DMK	K. N. Chinnandi		INC	36,436
Srirangam	T. P. Mayavan		DMK	M. Paranjothi		AIADMK	29,859
Srivaikuntam	S. David Selwyn		DMK	S. Danielraj		INC	13,209
Srivilliputhur	R. Tamaraikani		AIADMK	T. Ramasamy		CPI	8,667
Talavasal (SC)	K. Rani		TMC(M)	K. Kaliyaperumal		INC	27,382
Tambaram	M. A. Vaidyalingam		DMK	K. B. Madhavan		INC	11,395
Taramangalam	P. Govindan		PMK	P. Elavarasan		DMK	24,707
Tenkasi	K. Ravi Arunan		TMC(M)	Aladi Sankaraiya		INC	30,760
Thalli	S. Raja Reddy		CPI	Venkatarama Reddi		INC	7,489
Thandarambattu	K. Manivarma		TMC(M)	A. P. Kuppusamy		AIADMK	39,814
Thanjavur	S. N. M. Ubayadullah		DMK	S. D. Somasundaram		AIADMK	45,082
T. Nagar	A. Chellakumar		TMC(M)	S. Vijayan		AIADMK	48,998
Theni	N. R. Alagaraja		TMC(M)	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan		AIADMK	49,144
Thirumangalam	M. Muthuramalingam		DMK	S. Andi Thevar		AIADMK	28,925
Thirumayam	V. Chinniah		TMC(M)	S. Ragupathy		AIADMK	11,888
Thirunavalur	A. J. Manikannan		DMK	K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy		AIADMK	12,436
Thirupparankundram	C. Ramachandran		DMK	S. V. Shanmugam		AIADMK	61,409
Thiruthuraipundi (SC)	G. Palanisami		CPI	K. Gopalsami		INC	53,688
Thiruvadanai	K. R. Ramasamy		TMC(M)	D. Sakthivel		INC	51,400
Thiruvaiyaru	D. Chandrasekaran		DMK	M. Subramanian		AIADMK	27,011
Thiruvattar	V. Alban		DMK	J. Hemachandran		CPI(M)	12,354
Thiruvarur (SC)	A. Asohan		DMK	P. Arumuga Pandian		AIADMK	44,367
Thiruvidaimarudhur	S. Ramalingam		DMK	T. R. Loganathan		INC	41,941
Thiruvonam	M. Ramachandran		DMK	K. Thangamuthu		AIADMK	31,550
Thondamuthur	C. R. Ramachandran		DMK	T. Malaravan		AIADMK	62,137
Thottiam	K. Kannaiyan		DMK	N. Nedumaran		AIADMK	40,982
Thousand Lights	M. K. Stalin		DMK	Zeenath Sheriffdeen		AIADMK	44,877
Tindivanam	R. Sedunathan		DMK	M. Karunanidhi		PMK	25,380
Tiruchendur	S. Jennifer Chandran		DMK	T. Dhamodharan		AIADMK	31,031
Tiruchengode	T. P. Arumugam		DMK	S. Chinnusamy		AIADMK	42,620
Tiruchy – I	B. Baranikumar		DMK	Pa. Krishnan		AIADMK	27,510
Tiruchy – II	Anbil Poyyamozhi		DMK	P. Selvaraj		AIADMK	44,829
Tirunelveli	A. L. Subramanian		DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian		AIADMK	23,324
Tiruppattur (41)	G. Shanmugam		DMK	P. G. Mani		AIADMK	31,658
Tiruppattur (194)	R. Sivaraman		DMK	S. Kannappan		AIADMK	19,277
Tirupporur (SC)	G. Chockalingam		DMK	N. K. Loganathan		AIADMK	31,896
Tiruppur	K. Subbarayan		CPI	C. Sivasamy		AIADMK	41,055
Tiruttani	E. A. P. Sivaji		DMK	G. Hari		AIADMK	29,542
Tiruvallur	C. S. Mani		DMK	G. Kanagaraj		AIADMK	33,254
Tiruvannamalai	K. Pitchandi		DMK	A. Arunachalam		INC	52,978
Thiruvarambur	K. Durai		DMK	T. Rathinavel		AIADMK	46,753
Tiruvottiyur	T. C. Vijayan		DMK	B. Balraj		AIADMK	75,022
Triplicane	K. Nanjil Manoharan		DMK	A. Wahab		AIADMK	35,011
Tuticorin	N. Periasamy		DMK	J. L. B. Bono Venture Roche		Independent	21,371
Udagamandalam	T. Gundan		DMK	H. M. Raju		INC	47,180
Udumalpet	D. Selvaraj		DMK	C. Shanmugavel		AIADMK	24,320
Ulundurpet (SC)	A. Mani		DMK	M. Anandan		AIADMK	20,975
Uppiliapuram (ST)	T. Karuppusami		DMK	R. Saroja		AIADMK	34,568
Usilampatti	P. N. Vallarasu		AIFB	P. Veluchamy		AIADMK	55,903
Uthiramerur	K. Sundar		DMK	N. K. Gnanasekaran		AIADMK	33,092
Valangiman (SC)	Gomathi Srinivasan		TMC(M)	V. Vivekanandan		AIADMK	20,511
Valparai (SC)	V. P. Singaravelu		DMK	Kurichi Manimaran		AIADMK	25,272
Vandavasi (SC)	Bala Anandan		DMK	V. Gunaseelan		AIADMK	39,746
Vaniyambadi	M. Abdul Lathief		DMK	K. Kuppusamy		INC	47,253
Vanur (SC)	A. Marimuthu		DMK	S. P. Erasendiran		AIADMK	23,942
Varahur (SC)	B. Duraisamy		DMK	A. Palanimuthu		AIADMK	21,151
Vasudevanallur (SC)	R. Eswaran		TMC(M)	P. Suresh Babu		INC	616
Vedaranyam	S. K. Vedarathinam		DMK	P. C. V. Balasubramaniam		INC	22,792
Vedasandur	S. V. Krishnan		DMK	S. Gandhirajan		AIADMK	20,769
Veerapandi	S. Arumugam		DMK	K. Arjunan		AIADMK	21,151
Vellakoil	M. P. Saminathan		DMK	Durai Ramaswamy		AIADMK	6,914
Vellore	C. Gnanasekaran		TMC(M)	S. B. Bhaskaran		INC	60,888
Vilathikulam	K. Ravisankar		DMK	V. Gopalsamy		MDMK	634
Vilavancode	D. Mony		CPI(M)	V. Thankaraj		DMK	21,282
Villivakkam	J. M. Haroon Rasheed		TMC(M)	M. G. Mohan		INC	147,747
Villupuram	K. Ponmudy		DMK	S. S. Panneerselvam		AIADMK	41,586
Virudhunagar	A. R. R. Seenivasan		DMK	G. Karikolraj		INC	23,487
Vridachalam	Tamizharasan		DMK	R. Govindasamy		PMK	6,885
Yercaud (ST)	V. Perumal		DMK	R. Gunasekaran		AIADMK	9,394

*	Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

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 constituency. A year after the election, the AIADMK split, when a faction led by the 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 Assembly constituency and the 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 parliamentary elections. The coalition was able to win all 39 parliamentary seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone parliamentary seat in the nearby Pondicherry. This tally of 40 seats enabled the DMK-TMC combine to be part of the United Front government during 1996–98.^{[1][11][12][18]}

Cabinet

S.no	Name	Designation	Party
Chief Minister
1.	M. Karunanidhi	Chief Minister	DMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.	K. Anbazhagan	Minister for Education	DMK
3.	Arcot N. Veerasamy	Minister for Health and Electricity
4.	Nanjil K. MANOHARAN	Minister for Revenue
5.	Ko. Si. Mani	Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration
6.	Veerapandi S. Arurmugam	Minister for Agriculture
7.	Duraimurugan	Minister for Public Works
8.	K. Ponmudy	Minister for Transport
9.	Dr M.Tamizhkudimagan	Minister for Tamil Language & Culture
10.	K.N. Nehru	Minister for Food, PDS and Co-operation
11.	K. Sundaram	Minister for Milk
12.	A. Rahman Khan	Minister for Labour
13.	Aladi Aruna	Minister for Law
14.	V. Thangapandian	Minister for Co-operation
15.	N.K.K.Periyasamy	Minister for Handlooms
16	M.R.K. Panneerselvam	Minister for Backward Classes
17.	Pongalur N. Palanisamy	Minister for Animal Husbandry
18.	K. Pitchandi	Minister for Housing
19.	I. Periasamy	Minister for Rural Industries and Registration
20.	V.Mullaivendan	Minister for Information
21.	Pulavar Senguttuvan	Minister for Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments
22.	S.P. Sarkuna Pandian	Minister for Social Welfare
23.	Samayanallur S. Selvarasu	Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare
24.	N. Suresh Rajan	Minister for Tourism
25.	Andhiyur P. Selvarasu	Minister for Khadi & Printing
26.	S. Jennifer Chandran	Minister for Fisheries

| After the death of the minister Thiru V.Thangapandian there is a Inclusion of Thiru Pasumpon Tha Kirittinan as Minister for Highways and seniority changes done he is placed in No 9 in ministers list and the cabinet re-designated several changes shuffling done.

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu
• Legislature of Tamil Nadu
• Government of Tamil Nadu