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 Congress Front MDMK-CPI(M) Front PMK-Tiwari Congress Front 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
Alliance Party Popular Vote Percentage Swing Seats won Seat Change United Front Tamil Maanila Congress 7,339,982 27.00% new party 20 new party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,967,679 25.63% 2.94% 17 17 Communist Party of India 632,813 2.33% 0.29% 2 2 Total 14,940,474 54.96% 30.23% 39 39 AIADMK+ Indian National Congress 4,965,364 18.26% 24.31% 0 28 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,130,286 7.84% 10.26% 0 11 Total 7,095,650 26.10% 34.57% 0 39 MDMK+ Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,222,415 4.50% new party 0 new party Communist Party of India (Marxist) 632,813 2.33% 0.29% 0 Janata Dal 415,287 1.53% 1.38% 0 Total 2,270,515 8.36% 3.41% 0 PMK+ All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) 605,565 2.23% new party 0 new party Pattali Makkal Katchi 552,118 2.03% 3.09% 0 Total 1,157,683 4.26% 0.86% 0 Independents 815,224 3.00% 1.57% 0 Other Parties (14 parties) 909,395 3.32% 0.22% 0 Total 27,188,941 100.00% 39 Valid Votes 27,188,941 95.60% Invalid Votes 1,249,944 4.40% Total Votes 28,438,885 100.00% Reigstered Voters/Turnout 42,488,022 66.93% 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 India[1]
List of Elected MPs Constituency Winner Party Margin Runner-upa Partya 1. Chennai North N. V. N. Somu DMK 389,617 D. Pandian INC 2. Chennai Central Murasoli Maran DMK 280,467 G. K. J. Bharathi INC 3. Chennai South T.R. Baalu DMK 339,181 H. Ganesham AIADMK 4. Sriperumbudur T. Nagaratnam DMK 245,711 Lata Priyakumar INC 5. Chengalpattu K. Parasuraman DMK 235,657 S. M. Krishnan INC 6. Arakkonam A. M. Velu TMC(M) 264,845 R. Raviram INC 7. Vellore P. Shanmugam DMK 211,035 B. Akbar Pasha INC 8. Tiruppattur D. Venugopal DMK 240,264 R. Anbarasu INC 9. Vandavasi L. Balaraman TMC(M) 173,304 M. Krishnaswamy INC 10. Tindivanam G. Venkatraman DMK 190,276 K. Ramamurthy INC 11. Cuddalore P. R. S. Venkatesan TMC(M) 205,204 V. Sathyamurthy INC 12. Chidambaram V. Ganesan DMK 176,266 R. Elumalai PMK 13. Dharmapuri P. Theertharaman TMC(M) 131,246 M. P. Subramanyam INC 14. Krishnagiri C. Narasimhan TMC(M) 194,676 E. V. K. S. Elangovan INC 15. Rasipuram K. Kandasamy TMC(M) 193,178 K. Jayakumar INC 16. Salem R. Devadass TMC(M) 120,885 K. V. Thankabalu INC 17. Tiruchengode K. P. Ramalingam DMK 194,188 A. V. Kumarasamy AIADMK 18. Nilgiris S. R. Balasubramaniam TMC(M) 281,376 R. Prabhu INC 19. Gobichettipalayam V. P. Shanmugasundaram DMK 142,968 P. G. Narayanan AIADMK 20. Coimbatore M. Ramanathan DMK 262,787 C. K. Kuppuswamy INC 21. Pollachi V. Kandasamy TMC(M) 138,891 R. Anna Nambi AIADMK 22. Palani Salarapatty Kuppusamy Kaarvendhan TMC(M) 192,633 P. Kumarasamy AIADMK 23. Dindigul N. S. V. Chitthan TMC(M) 267,914 Dindigul C. Sreenivasan AIADMK 24. Madurai A. G. S. Ram Babu c TMC(M) 189,806 Subramanian Swamy JP 25. Periyakulam R. Gnanagurusamy DMK 131,337 R. Ramasamy AIADMK 26. Karur K. Natrayan TMC(M) 168,274 M. Thambi Durai AIADMK 27. Tiruchirappalli L. Adaikalaraj c TMC(M) 264,708 K. Gopal INC 28. Perambalur A. Raja DMK 214,247 P. V. Subramanian INC 29. Mayiladuturai P. V. Rajendran TMC(M) 153,544 Mani Shankar Iyer INC 30. Nagapattinam M. Selvarasu CPI 221,346 M. Kannivannan INC 31. Thanjavur S. S. Palanimanickam DMK 200,428 K. Thulasiah Vandyar INC 32. Pudukkottai N. Siva DMK 177,873 V. N. Swaminathan INC 33. Sivaganga P. Chidambaram c TMC(M) 247,302 M. Gowrishankaran INC 34. Ramanathapuram S. P. Udayappan TMC(M) 195,304 V. Rajeshwaran INC 35. Sivakasi V. Alagirisamy CPI 23,622 Sanjay Ramasamy AIADMK 36. Tirunelveli D. S. A. Sivaprakasam DMK 118,280 A. R. Rajaselvam AIADMK 37. Tenkasi M. Arunachalamc TMC(M) 95,926 V. Selvaraj INC 38. Tiruchendur R. Dhanuskodi Athithan c TMC(M) 203,711 S. Justin INC 39. Nagercoil N. Dennis c TMC(M) 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 G. Venkatraman DMK Tindivanam Minister of Surface Transport M. Arunachalam TMC(M) Tenkasi Minister of Urban Development (few months) Minister of Labour P. Chidambaram TMC(M) Sivaganga Minister of Finance
Ministers of State See also References ^ "ECI: Statistical Report 1998" (PDF) . Retrieved 16 June 2011 . ^ "Indian Union – Council of Ministers". Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009 . External links Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History