1996 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

none July 2016 July 2016 State Assembly election 1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996 India parliamentary no Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991 1991 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998 1998 April–May 1996 39 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha 42,488,022 28,438,885 (66.93%) 3.01% File:GK_Moopanar_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg G. K. Moopanar Tamil Maanila Congress United Front Did not contest 39 39 14,940,474 54.96% 30.23% File:J_Jayalalithaa.jpg J. Jayalalithaa Did not contest All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Congress alliance 0 39 7,095,650 26.10% 34.57% 1996 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png 200px 1996 Election map (by constituencies) Red = United Front (won all the seats) File:Tamilnadu India Parliament 1996.svg Seat wise Result 300px Prime Minister Prime Minister after election P. V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party 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 United Front colspan="6" Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK-led Alliance 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 Front colspan="8" All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK-led Alliance Party Flag Symbol LeaderSeats Indian National Congress 50px50px P. V. Narasimha Rao 2829 United Communist Party of India D. Pandian 1 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px 50px J. Jayalalithaa10 Total39 People's Democratic Front colspan="8" Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam People's Democratic Front Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px50px Vaiko 2324 Samajwadi PartySP ECI had allotted cycle symbol to TMC, so it had contested on MDMK symbol. 50px Mulayam Singh Yadav 1 Janata Dal 50px Ram Vilas Paswan 8 Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes 50px 50px N. Sankaraiah7 Total232 PMK-Tiwari Congress Front colspan="6" Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK-led Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Pattali Makkal Katchi 50px 50px Dr. Ramdoss 15 All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) yes 50px Vazhappady Ramamurthy 12 Total27 List of Candidates ConstituencyDMK+AIADMK+MDMK+ # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Madras North Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. V. N. Somu Indian National Congress D. PandianUCPI United Communist Party of Indua contested on the "Hand" symbol of the Indian National Congress (INC), and is officially recorded as a INC candidate in electoral records. Communist Party of India (Marxist) W. R. Varada Rajan 2 Madras Central Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Murasoli Maran Indian National Congress G. K. J. Bharathi Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Prof. S. Krishnasamy 3 Madras South Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. R. Baalu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK H. Ganesham Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Senguttuvan 4 Sriperumbudur (SC) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. Nagaratnam Indian National Congress Lata Priyakumar Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Kavinger Kudiyarasu 5 Chengalpattu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Parasuraman Indian National Congress S. M. Krishnan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Arumugam 6 Arakkonam Tamil Maanila Congress TMC A. M. Velu Indian National Congress R. Raviram Janata Dal Jayakaran Joseph 7 Vellore Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Shanmugam Indian National Congress B. Akber Pasha Janata Dal R. Abdul Hakim 8 Tiruppattur Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam D. Venugopal Indian National Congress Era. Anbarasu Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Vanagamudi 9 Vandavasi Tamil Maanila Congress TMC L. Balaraman Indian National Congress M. Krishnasamy Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Chinnadurai 10 Tindivanam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Venkatraman Indian National Congress K. Ramamurthy Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam D. Durai 11 Cuddalore Tamil Maanila Congress TMC P. R. S. Venkatesan Indian National Congress V. Santhamurthy Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. T. Sabapathy Mohan 12 Chidambaram (SC) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. V. Ganesan Indian National Congress P. Vallalperuman Communist Party of India (Marxist) P. S. Mahalingam 13 Dharmapuri Tamil Maanila Congress TMC P. Theertharaman Indian National Congress M. P. Subramaniam Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Krishnan 14 Krishnagiri Tamil Maanila Congress TMC C. Narasimhan Indian National Congress E. V. K. S. Elangovan Janata Dal G. A. Vadivelu 15 Rasipuram (SC) Tamil Maanila Congress TMC K. Kandasamy Indian National Congress K. Jayakumar Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Chakravarthi 16 Salem Tamil Maanila Congress TMC R. Devadass Indian National Congress K. V. Thangkabalu Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam B. Mohanraj 17 Tiruchengode Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. P. Ramalingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. V. Kumarasamy Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Balakrishnan 18 Nilgiris Tamil Maanila Congress TMC Balasubramaniam Indian National Congress R. Prabhu Janata Dal C. V. Kandasamy 19 Gobichettipalayam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. P. Shanmugasundaram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. G. Narayanan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam B. Palanisamy 20 Coimbatore Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Ramanathan Indian National Congress C. K. Kuppuswamy Communist Party of India (Marxist) P. R. Natarajan 21 Pollachi (SC) Tamil Maanila Congress TMC V. Kandasamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Anna Nambi Janata Dal K. N. Rajan 22 Palani Tamil Maanila Congress TMC S. K. Kharventhan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Kumarasamy Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Ponniyin Selvan 23 Dindigul Tamil Maanila Congress TMC N. S. V. Chitthan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Sreenivasan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Pasumponpandian 24 Madurai Tamil Maanila Congress TMC A. G. S. Ram Babu Indian National Congress V. K. Boominathan Communist Party of India (Marxist) P. Mohan 25 Periyakulam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Gnanagurusamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Ramasamy Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Eramakrishnan 26 Karur Tamil Maanila Congress TMC K. Natrayan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Thambidurai Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. P. Moorthy 27 Tiruchirappalli Tamil Maanila Congress TMC L. Adaikalaraj Indian National Congress K. Gopal Communist Party of India (Marxist) T. K. Rangarajan 28 Perambalur (SC) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Raja Indian National Congress P. V. Subramanian Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Durairajan 29 Mayiladuthurai Tamil Maanila Congress TMC P. V. Rajendiran Indian National Congress Mani Shankar Aiyar Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Venkatesan 30 Nagapattinam (SC) Communist Party of India M. Selvarasu Indian National Congress M. Kannivannan Communist Party of India (Marxist) V. Thambusamy 31 Thanjavur Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. S. Palanimanickam Indian National Congress K. Thulasiah Vandayar Janata Dal A. Thanjai Ramamurthi 32 Pudukkottai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Tiruchi Siva Indian National Congress V. N. Swaminathan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Karthikeyan 33 Sivaganga Tamil Maanila Congress TMC P. Chidambaram Indian National Congress M. Gowri Shankaran Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Ganesan 34 Ramanathapuram Tamil Maanila Congress TMC S. P. Udayappan Indian National Congress V. Rajeshwaran Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Baluchamy 35 Sivakasi Communist Party of India V. Alagirisamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Sanjay Ramasamy Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vaiko 36 Tirunelveli Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Sivaprakasam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. R. Rajaselvam Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Shunmuga Chidambaram 37 Tenkasi (SC) Tamil Maanila Congress TMC M. Arunachalam Indian National Congress V. Selvaraj Communist Party of India (Marxist) P. Jeyaraj 38 Tiruchendur Tamil Maanila Congress TMC R. Dhanuskodi Indian National Congress S. Justin Janata Dal Anton Gomez 39 Nagercoil Tamil Maanila Congress TMC N. Dennis Indian National Congress Kumari Ananthan Janata Dal P. Mohammad Ismail 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)DMK-TMC-CPI alliance won all the seats in Tamil Nadu and the following represent the breakdown:Red DMK won all the seats in this districtAqua TMC won all the seats in this district#FF8080 DMK won 67% of the seats in this district, while TMC got the restPurple DMK won 50% of the seats in this district, while TMC got the restMaroon CPI won all of the seats in this districtFuchsia TMC won 50% of the seats in this district, while CPI got the rest AlliancePartyPopular VotePercentageSwingSeats wonSeat ChangeUnited FrontTamil Maanila Congress7,339,98227.00%new party20new partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam6,967,67925.63%2.94%1717Communist Party of India632,8132.33%0.29%22Total14,940,47454.96%30.23%3939AIADMK+Indian National Congress4,965,36418.26%24.31%028All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,130,2867.84%10.26%011Total7,095,65026.10%34.57%039MDMK+Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,222,4154.50%new party0new partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)632,8132.33%0.29%0Janata Dal415,2871.53%1.38%0Total2,270,5158.36%3.41%0PMK+All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)605,5652.23%new party0new partyPattali Makkal Katchi552,1182.03%3.09%0Total1,157,6834.26%0.86%0Independents815,2243.00%1.57%0Other Parties (14 parties)909,3953.32%0.22%0Total27,188,941100.00%39Valid Votes27,188,94195.60%Invalid Votes1,249,9444.40%Total Votes28,438,885100.00%Registered Voters/Turnout42,488,02266.93%3.01% 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 IndiaECI: Statistical Report 1998 http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf 2011-06-16 List of Elected MPs Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Madras NorthN. V. N. SomuDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK559,04866.11D. PandianIndian National CongressINC169,43120.04389,61746.072Madras CentralMurasoli MaranDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK403,86769.02G. K. J. BharathiIndian National CongressINC123,40021.09280,46747.933Madras SouthT. R. BaaluDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK538,69761.97H. GaneshamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK199,51622.95339,18139.024Sriperumbudur (SC)T. NagaratnamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK431,91957.94Lata PriyakumarIndian National CongressINC186,20824.98245,71132.965ChengalpattuK. ParasuramanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK410,48358.07S. M. KrishnanIndian National CongressINC174,82624.73235,65733.346ArakkonamA. M. VeluTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC425,97459.05R. RaviramIndian National CongressINC161,12922.34264,84536.717VelloreP. ShanmugamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK391,14157.52B. Akber PashaIndian National CongressINC180,10626.49211,03531.038TiruppatturD. VenugopalDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK430,76661.55R. AnbarasuIndian National CongressINC190,50227.22240,26434.339VandavasiL. BalaramanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC342,18450.34M. KrishnaswamyIndian National CongressINC168,88024.84173,30425.5010TindivanamG. VenkatramanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK367,30853.29K. RamamurtheeIndian National CongressINC177,03225.69190,27627.6011CuddaloreP. R. S. VenkatesanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC389,66056.20V. SanthamurthyIndian National CongressINC184,45626.60205,20429.6012Chidambaram (SC)V. GanesanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK336,16448.69R. ElumalaiPattali Makkal KatchiPMK159,89823.16176,26625.5313DharmapuriP. TheertharamanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC297,16642.65M. P. SubramaniyamIndian National CongressINC165,92023.82131,24618.8314KrishnagiriC. NarasimhanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC371,00955.95E. V. K. S. ElankovanIndian National CongressINC176,33326.59194,67629.3615Rasipuram (SC)K. KandasamyTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC408,79161.76K. JayakumarIndian National CongressINC215,61332.57193,17829.1916SalemR. DevadassTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC315,27747.07K. V. ThangkabaluIndian National CongressINC194,39229.02120,88518.0517TiruchengodeK. P. RamalingamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK471,53356.64A. V. KumarasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK278,34533.44193,18823.2018NilgirisS. R. BalasubramaniyanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC475,51562.91R. PrabhuIndian National CongressINC194,13925.68281,37637.2319GobichettipalayamV. P. ShanmugasundaramDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK353,98253.20P. G. NarayananAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK211,01431.71142,96821.4920CoimbatoreM. RamanathanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK463,80756.79C. K. KuppuswamyIndian National CongressINC201,02024.61262,78732.1821Pollachi (SC)V. KandasamyTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC361,74355.18R. Anna NambiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK222,85233.99138,89121.1922PalaniS. K. KaarvendhanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC405,78257.43P. KumarasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK213,14930.17192,63327.2623DindigulN. S. V. ChitthanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC444,85863.97C. SreenivaasanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK176,94425.45267,91438.5224MaduraiA. G. S. Ram BabuTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC334,05546.45Subramanian SwamyJanata PartyJP144,24920.06189,80626.3925PeriyakulamR. GnanagurusamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK326,66549.09R. RamasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK195,32829.35131,33719.7426KarurK. NatrayanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC409,83056.12M. ThambiduraiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK241,55633.08168,27423.0427TiruchirappalliL. AdaikkalrajTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC434,14962.65K. GopalIndian National CongressINC169,44124.45264,70838.2028Perambalur (SC)A. RajaDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK399,07959.19P. V. SubramanianIndian National CongressINC184,83227.41214,24731.7829MayiladuthuraiP. V. RajendiranTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC367,77855.70Mani Shankar AiyarIndian National CongressINC214,23432.45153,54423.2530Nagapattinam (SC)M. SelvarasuCommunist Party of IndiaCPI394,33056.77M. KannivannanIndian National CongressINC172,98424.90221,34631.8731ThanjavurS. S. PalanimanickamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK390,01058.80K. Thulasiah VandayarIndian National CongressINC189,58228.58200,42830.2232PudukkottaiN. SivaDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK398,20950.46V. N. SwaminathanIndian National CongressINC220,33627.92177,87322.5433SivagangaP. ChidambaramTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC418,77464.79M. GowrishankaranIndian National CongressINC171,47226.53247,30238.2634RamanathapuramS. P. UdayappanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC331,24953.02V. RajeshwaranIndian National CongressINC135,94521.76195,30431.2635SivakasiV. AlagirisamyCommunist Party of IndiaCPI238,48330.80Sanjay RamasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK214,86127.7523,6223.0536TirunelveliD. S. A. SivaprakasamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK295,00145.53A. R. RajaselvamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK176,72127.27118,28018.2637Tenkasi (SC)M. ArunachalamTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC290,66344.98V. SelvarajIndian National CongressINC194,73730.1495,92614.8438TiruchendurR. Dhanuskodi AthithanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC317,94355.57S. JustinIndian National CongressINC114,23219.97203,71135.6039NagercoilN. DennisTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC197,58235.18P. RadhakrishnanBharatiya Janata PartyBJP169,88530.2527,6974.93 Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu Source: Thinkquest Libraryhttp://library.thinkquest.org/11372/data/ministers.htm Indian Union – Council of Ministers 12 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090308063132/http://library.thinkquest.org/11372/data/ministers.htm 8 March 2009 dead dmy-all Cabinet Ministers MinisterPartyLok Sabha Constituency/Rajya SabhaPortfoliosMurasoli MaranDravida Munnetra KazhagamChennai CentralMinister of Commerce and IndustryG. VenkatramanDravida Munnetra KazhagamTindivanam Minister of Surface TransportM. ArunachalamTamil Maanila CongressTenkasi Minister of Urban Development (few months) Minister of LabourP. ChidambaramTamil Maanila CongressSivaganga Minister of Finance Ministers of State MinisterPartyLok Sabha Constituency/Rajya SabhaPortfoliosT.R. BaaluDravida Munnetra KazhagamChennai South Minister of Petroleum and Natural GasR. Dhanuskodi AthithanTamil Maanila CongressTiruchendurMinister of Youth Affairs & SportsN. V. N. SomuDravida Munnetra KazhagamChennai North Minister of Defence See also Elections in Tamil Nadu Notes References External links Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History expanded Tamil Nadu Category:Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu Category:1990s in Tamil Nadu