1998 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Parliamentary election in India July 2016 July 2016 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998 India parliamentary no Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996 1996 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999 1999 16, 22 and 28 February 1998 39 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha 4,55,77,788 2,64,10,702 (57.95%) 8.98% J Jayalalithaa.jpg 120 100 120 10 2 M._Karunanidhi_.jpg 120 100 120 10 2 J. Jayalalithaa All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance (India) 30 30 1,21,69,812 47.53% 29.47% M. Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UF+LF 9 30 1,09,37,809 42.72% 12.24% 1998 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png 200px 1998 Election map (by constituencies)Saffron = NDA and Red = UF 350px Partywise structure 350px Alliance-wise structure Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Inder Kumar Gujral JD Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party The 1998 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. New elections were called when Indian National Congress (INC) left the United Front government led by I. K. Gujral, after they refused to drop the regional Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party from the government after the DMK was linked by an investigative panel to Sri Lankan separatists blamed for the killing of Rajiv Gandhi.http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-757497.html Government Falls, Indian Premier Quits; Coalition Splits Amid Gandhi Assassination Debate 3 November 2012 HighBeam Research subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20121103054302/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-757497.html The Washington Post usurped 3 November 2012 The result was a landslide victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) winning 30 seats, which helped result in Atal Bihari Vajpayee being sworn in as the 16th Prime Minister of India. J. Jayalalithaa and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, broke off from their long alliance with Indian National Congress and formed an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party, by joining the National Democratic Alliance. This state proved to be very important in determining the prime minister, since the 18 seats of AIADMK proved valuable for BJP to hold power. That was short-lived, since the AIADMK left the alliance in less than a year, and BJP lost the vote of confidence resulting in fresh elections being called. Election schedule Poll eventPhaseIIIIIINotification date20 January 199821 January 199828 January 1998Last date for filing nomination27 January 199828 January 19984 February 1998Scrutiny of nomination28 January 199829 January 19985 February 1998Last Date for withdrawal of nomination30 January 199831 January 19987 February 1998Date of poll16 February 199822 February 199828 February 1998Date of counting of votes/Result 7 March 1998No. of constituencies14241 Voting PhasesI (14 seats)II (24 seats)III (1 seat)Chennai North Chennai Central Chennai South Sriperumbudur Chengalpattu Arakkonam Vellore Tiruppattur Vandavasi Dharmapuri Krishnagiri Salem Tiruchengode GobichettipalayamTindivanam Cuddalore Chidambaram Rasipuram Nilgiris Pollachi Palani Dindigul Periyakulam Madurai Karur Tiruchirappalli Perambalur Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam Thanjavur Pudukkottai Sivaganga Ramanathapuram Sivakasi Tirunelveli Tenkasi Tiruchendur NagercoilCoimbatore Seat allotments Source: FrontlineOf Polls and Prediction National Democratic Alliance Source: Indian Expresshttp://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980120/02050674.html Jaya grabs the lions share in TN colspan="6" National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px 50px J. Jayalalithaa 22 Pattali Makkal Katchisymbol Since, Pattali Makkal Katchi had not been recognised as a state party until the election and it's elephant symbol was replaced by an Independent Symbol Mango, And Same symbol contested by MGR ADMK, but both of them did not contest against each other, then after 1998, Mango Symbol was given to PMK after its State Recognition 50px Dr. Ramdoss 5 Bharatiya Janata Party 50px 50px K. N. Lakshmanan 5 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px 50px Vaiko 5 Janata Party Subramanian Swamy 1 Tamizhaga Rajiv CongressTRC Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress candidate Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy ran as an independent. 50px Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy 1 Total39 United Front colspan="6" Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK-led AllianceUF Even though CPI(M) originally wanted to contest in support of the United Front, it decided to contest alone when only 1 seat (Coimbatore) was offered. After the fallout, CPI(M) wanted to contest 6 seats in Tamil Nadu on its own, but eventually only contested 2 seats and decided to support DMK-TMC front in the other 37 seats. This was done to keep out the possibility of any vote splitting that might result in NDA gaining seats.http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980123/02350434.html Piqued CPM to stay away from Front in TN Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 50px 50px G. K. Moopanar 20 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px 50px M. Karunanidhi 17 Communist Party of India 50px 50px R. Nallakannu 2 Total39 Congress alliance colspan="6" Indian National Congress INC-led Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Indian National Congress 50px 50px Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy 35 MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagamsymbol 50px 50px Su. Thirunavukkarasar 3 United Communist Party of India 50px D. Pandian 1 Total39 List of Candidates ConstituencyNDAUnited FrontINC+ # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Chennai North Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. T. Sabapathy Mohan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Kuppusami Indian National Congress G. K. J. Bharathi 2 Chennai Central All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK D. Jayakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Murasoli Maran Indian National Congress Era. Anbarasu 3 Chennai South Bharatiya Janata Party Jana Krishnamoorthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. R. Baalu Indian National Congress M. P. Subramaniam 4 Sriperumbudur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Venugopal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. Nagaratnam Indian National Congress K. Jeyakumar 5 Chengalpattu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Panneerselvam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Parasuraman Indian National Congress T. N. Muruganandam 6 Arakkonam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Gopal Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC A. M. Velu Indian National Congress R. Dhamotharan 7 Vellore Pattali Makkal Katchi N. T. Shanmugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. A. Md. Saqhe Indian National Congress B. Akber Pasha 8 Tiruppattur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Krishnamoorthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam D. Venugopal Indian National Congress R. Kannabiran 9 Vandavasi Pattali Makkal Katchi M. Durai Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC L. Balaraman Indian National Congress M. Krishnasamy 10 Tindivanam Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Ramachandran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Venkatraman Indian National Congress K. Ramamurthy 11 Cuddalore All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. C. Dhamodaran Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC P. R. S. Venkatesan Indian National Congress Dr. R Eramadass 12 Chidambaram Pattali Makkal Katchi R. Ezhilmalai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Ganesan Indian National Congress P. Vallalperuman 13 Dharmapuri Pattali Makkal Katchi K. Pary Mohan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC P. Theertharaman United Communist Party of India P. K. Pattabiraman 14 Krishnagiri All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. P. Munusamy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC D. R. Rajaram Indian National Congress Aga. Krishnamurthy 15 Rasipuram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Saroja Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC K. Kandasamy Indian National Congress K. Thenmozhi 16 Salem Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress TRC K. RamamurthyTRC Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC R. Devadass Indian National Congress K. V. Thangkabalu 17 Tiruchengode All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Palanisamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. P. Ramalingam Indian National Congress P. Palanisamy 18 Nilgiris Bharatiya Janata Party M. Master Mathan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC Balasubramaniam Indian National Congress R. Prabhu 19 Gobichettipalayam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. K. Chinnasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Ramasamy Indian National Congress E. V. K. S. Elangovan 20 Coimbatore Bharatiya Janata Party C. P. Radhakrishnan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. R. Subbian Indian National Congress R. Krishnan 21 Pollachi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Thiyagarajan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC Kovai Thangam Indian National Congress R. Eswaravelu 22 Palani Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Ganeshamurthi Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC S. K. Kharvendhan Indian National Congress K. S. Venugopal 23 Dindigul All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Sreenivasan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC N. S. V. Chitthan MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Latha 24 Madurai Janata Party Subramaniyam Swamy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC A. G. S. Ram Babu Indian National Congress D. Pandian 25 Periyakulam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Sedapatti Muthaih Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Gandhimathi Indian National Congress M. Veeraprakash 26 Karur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Thambidurai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Natrayan Indian National Congress Shanmugasundaram 27 Tiruchirappalli Bharatiya Janata Party R. Kumaramangalam Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC L. Adaikalaraj Indian National Congress Subbha Somu 28 Perambalur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Rajarathinam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Raja Indian National Congress P. V. Subramanian 29 Mayiladuthurai Pattali Makkal Katchi P. D. Arul Mozhi Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMCK. Krishnamoorthy Indian National Congress R. Thirunavukkarasu 30 Nagapattinam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Dr. K. Gopal Communist Party of India M. Selvarasu Indian National Congress M. Thiagarajan 31 Thanjavur Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam L. Ganesan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. S. Palanimanickam Indian National Congress Mathiyalagan 32 Pudukkottai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Raja Paramasivam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. N. Siva MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Su. Thirunavukkarasar 33 Sivaganga All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Kalimuthu Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC P. Chidambaram Indian National Congress M. Gowrishankaran 34 Ramanathapuram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Sathyamoorthy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC S. P. Udaiyappan Indian National Congress V. Rajeshwaren 35 Sivakasi Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vaiko Communist Party of India V. Alagirisamy Indian National Congress K. Rajendran 36 Tirunelveli All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. R. Janardhanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Sarath Kumar MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. R. Edmund 37 Tenkasi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Murugesan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC M. Arunachalam Indian National Congress V. Selvaraj 38 Tiruchendur All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Ramarajan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC Dhanushkodi Indian National Congress Kumari Ananthan 39 Nagercoil Bharatiya Janata Party Pon Radhakrishnan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC N. Dennis Indian National Congress P. S. Stanislaus Opinion poll Polling agencyDate publishedLeadRef.DMK+NDAINCOthersFrontline-Apt Research GroupFebruary 199833 6 0 0 27DMKhttps://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article30160912.ece DMK-TMC front set to sweep Tamil Nadu 21 February 1998 Frontline Voting and results thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left thumb|Election Map (Results reflected as %seats won by districts)#FF7F2A AIADMK-BJP alliance won all the seats in this district #FFB380 AIADMK-BJP alliance won 67% of the seats (Vellore)black DMK-TMC-CPI alliance won all the seats in this district AlliancePartyPopular VotePercentageSwingSeats wonSeat ChangeNational Democratic AllianceAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam6,628,92825.89%18.05%1818Pattali Makkal Katchi1,548,9766.05%4.02%44Bharatiya Janata Party1,757,6456.86%3.93%33Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,602,5046.26%1.76%33Janata Party266,2021.04%0.28%11Tamizhaga Rajiv CongressTRC365,5571.43%1 1Total12,169,81247.53%29.47%3030United FrontDravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,140,26620.08%5.55%512Tamil Maanila Congress5,169,18320.19%6.81%317Communist Party of India628,3602.45%0.12%11Total10,937,80942.72%12.24%930INC+Indian National Congress1,223,1024.78%13.48%0MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam278,3241.09%new party0new partyUnited Communist Party of India10,0180.04%new party0new partyTotal1,511,4445.91%12.35%0Independents265,0291.03%1.97%0Other Parties (10 parties)719,7042.81%2.91%0Total25,603,798100.00%39Valid Votes25,603,79896.94%Invalid Votes806,9043.06%Total Votes26,410,702100.00%Registered Voters/Turnout45,577,78857.95%8.98% †: Seat change represents seats won in terms of the current alliances, which is considerably different from the last election. ‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate in Tamil Nadu that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested. Sources: Election Commission of IndiaECI: Statistical Report 1998 http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf 2011-06-14 List of Elected MPs Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Poll % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Madras North46.58%C. KuppusamiDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK401,32247.11R. T. M. Sabapathy MohanMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMDMK332,22939.0069,0938.112Madras Central49.50%Murasoli MaranDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK300,77451.73D. JayakumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK229,04739.3971,72712.343Madras South47.35%T. R. BaaluDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK432,91348.17Jana KrishnamurthiBharatiya Janata PartyBJP412,89945.9420,0142.234Sriperumbudur (SC)57.23%K. VenugopalAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK326,52846.89T. NagaratnamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK302,73343.4823,7953.415Chengalpattu60.67%K. PanneerselvamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK329,23949.10K. ParasuramanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK306,32345.6822,9163.426Arakkonam67.26%C. GopalAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK359,43151.56A. M. VeluTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC309,94344.4649,4887.107Vellore62.98%N. T. ShanmugamPattali Makkal KatchiPMK331,03549.12T. A. Mohammed Saqhy Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK304,63045.2026,4053.928Tiruppattur63.99%D. VenugopalDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK322,99047.88S. KrishnamoorthyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK322,71647.832740.059Vandavasi62.03%M. DuraiPattali Makkal KatchiPMK327,01050.66L. BalaramanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC261,93540.5865,07510.0810Tindivanam63.39%G. N. RamachandranMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMDMK320,14149.36G. VenkatramanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK288,68844.5131,4534.8511Cuddalore61.17%S. DamodaranAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK309,98548.84P. R. S. VenkatesanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC282,85644.5627,1294.2812Chidambaram (SC)64.87%Dalit EzhilmalaiPattali Makkal KatchiPMK305,37245.81C. V. GanesanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK297,41744.627,9551.1913Dharmapuri54.42%K. Pary Mohan Pattali Makkal KatchiPMK341,91755.04P. Theertharaman Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC242,49039.0399,42716.0114Krishnagiri58.08%K. P. MunusamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK315,76250.71D. R. RajaramTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC266,41342.7849,3497.9315Rasipuram (SC)54.74%V. SarojaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK302,80152.35K. KandasamyTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC248,42442.9554,3779.4016Salem57.70%V. K. RamamurthyTRCIndependentIND365,55755.47R. Devadass Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC229,67734.85135,88020.6217Tiruchengode53.54%K. PalaniswamiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK414,99254.70K. P. RamalingamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK310,18340.89104,80913.8118Nilgiris55.50%Master MathanBharatiya Janata PartyBJP322,81846.49S. R. BalasubramaniamTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC262,43337.8060,3858.6919Gobichettipalayam61.43%V. K. ChinnasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK329,75354.73N. Ramasamy Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK215,11135.71114,64219.0220Coimbatore55.28%C. P. RadhakrishnanBharatiya Janata PartyBJP449,26955.85K. R. Subbian Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK304,59337.86144,67617.9921Pollachi (SC)56.42%M. Thiyagarajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK306,08355.22Kovai ThangamTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC210,68238.0195,40117.2122Palani47.08%A. GaneshamurthiMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMDMK286,30047.08S. K. KharventhanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC258,86342.5727,4374.5123Dindigul53.47%Dindigul C. SreenivasanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK276,10646.55N. S. V. ChitthanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC260,90743.9815,1992.5724Madurai50.12%Subramanian SwamyJanata PartyJNP266,20240.48A. G. S. Ram BabuTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC245,30537.3020,8973.1825Periyakulam57.18%Sedapatti R. MuthiahAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK319,67253.06R. Gandhimathy Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK249,09241.3470,58011.7226Karur59.84%M. ThambiduraiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK327,48050.39K. Natrayan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC283,80743.6743,6736.7227Tiruchirappalli54.97%R. KumaramangalamBharatiya Janata PartyBJP305,23348.39L. AdaikalarajTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC293,77846.5711,4551.8228Perambalur (SC)64.56%P. Rajarethinam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK341,11853.37A. RajaDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK280,68243.9160,4369.4629Mayiladuthurai64.97%K. KrishnamoorthyTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC286,09845.68P. D. Arulmozhi Pattali Makkal KatchiPMK243,64238.9042,4566.7830Nagapattinam (SC)64.75%M. SelvarasuCommunist Party of IndiaCPI375,58958.77Dr. K. Gopal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK244,28638.23131,30320.5431Thanjavur63.71%S. S. PalanimanickamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK324,34451.81L. GanesanMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMDMK276,14044.1148,2047.7032Pudukkottai66.81%Paramasivam RajaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK288,07237.25P. N. Siva Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK257,55233.3030,5203.9533Sivaganga57.45%P. ChidambaramTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC303,85451.15K. KalimuthuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK244,71341.1959,1419.9634Ramanathapuram56.87%V. SathiamoorthyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK258,97843.83S. P. Udayappan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC234,88639.7624,0924.0735Sivakasi64.95%VaikoMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMDMK387,69450.68V. AlagirisamyCommunist Party of IndiaCPI252,77133.05134,92317.6336Tirunelveli56.68%R. JanarthananAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK247,82341.44R. SarathkumarDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK240,91940.296,9041.1537Tenkasi (SC)65.29%S. MurugesanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK270,05341.84M. ArunachalamTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC172,78626.7797,26715.0738Tiruchendur53.95%RamarajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK264,29049.34R. Dhanuskodi AthithanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC217,43540.5946,8558.7539Nagercoil58.32%N. DennisTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC296,61150.00Pon RadhakrishnanBharatiya Janata PartyBJP267,42645.0829,1854.92 Strike Rate Strike rate is determined by calculating the number of seats won by a party of the number of seats it contested. Alliance/ PartySeats contestedSeats WonStrike Raterowspan="7" National Democratic AllianceNDAAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAIADMK221881.81%Pattali Makkal KatchiPMK5480%Bharatiya Janata PartyBJP5360%Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMDMK5360%Janata PartyJNP11100%Tamizhaga Rajiv CongressTRC11100%Total393076.92%rowspan="5" Janata DalUFTamil Maanila CongressTMC(M)20315.00%Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK17529.41%Communist Party of IndiaCPI2150.00%Total39923.07% Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu Source: The Tribunehttps://www.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/19bjp.htm Rediff On The NeT: Elections '98: Finance for Sinha, defence for Fernandes www.rediff.comhttps://www.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/20bjp1.htm Rediff On The NeT Elections '98: Vajpayee shows a generous hand to Jayalalitha in new portfolio allocation www.rediff.com #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1P. R. KumaramangalamTiruchirappalliCabinet MinisterPower19 March199813 October1999Bharatiya Janata Party 4Parliamentary Affairs30 January1999Non-Conventional Energy Sources3 February1999Law, Justice and Company Affairs9 April19998 June19992Vazhappady K. RamamurthySalemPetroleum and Natural Gas19 March199813 October1999Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress TRC3M. ThambiduraiKarurLaw, Justice and Company Affairs19 March19988 April1999All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3Surface Transport8 April19984R. MuthiahMuthiah R. Muthiah resigned in just 20 days in office, due to his assets coming into question by the high court in Madras.https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/apr/08muth.htm Rediff On The NeT: Union surface transport minister quits www.rediff.com In a year, cabinet ministers M. Thambidurai resigned along with M.R. Janarthanam, who was the replacement of R. Muthiah, as part of AIADMK's withdrawal from NDA, to start up fresh elections in 1999. Vazhappady Ramamurthy also refused to quit his cabinet ministership, and quit his relationship with AIADMK while keeping its relationship with NDA.PeriyakulamSurface Transport19 March19988 April19985Dalit EzhilmalaiChidambaram (SC)MoS(I/C)Health and Family Welfare20 March199814 August1999Pattali Makkal Katchi6R. K. KumarRajya Sabha(Tamil Nadu)MoSFinance20 March199822 May1998All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4Parliamentary Affairs19 March19987Kadambur R. JanarthananTirunelveliPersonnel, Public Grievances and Pensions20 March19988 April1999Finance22 May1998 See also Elections in Tamil Nadu Bibliography Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha Notes External links Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History Of Polls and Prediction expanded Tamil Nadu Category:Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu Category:1990s in Tamil Nadu