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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1996-2000<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = parliamentary<br />
| ongoing = yes<br />
| previous_election = Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1991-96<br />
| previous_year = 1991-96<br />
| next_election = 2001–06 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections<br />
| next_year = 2001-06<br />
| election_date = 8 February 1997 and 22 February 1998, 5 and 11 September 1999 and 17 February 2000<br />
| seats_for_election = 8 vacant seats in the [[Legislature of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=M. Karunanidhi .jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=5}}<br />
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=J Jayalalithaa.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=5}}<br />
| leader1 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]<br />
| party1 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
| alliance1 = DMK Alliance <br />
| leaders_seat1 = [[Chepauk Assembly constituency|Chepauk]]<br />
| seats1 = 6 <br />
| seat_change1 = -<br />
| popular_vote1 = <br />
| percentage1 =<br />
| swing1 = <br />
| leader2 = [[J. Jayalalithaa]]<br />
| leaders_seat2 = ''did not stand''<br />
| party2 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam <br />
| alliance2 = AIADMK alliance<br />
| seats2 = 1 <br />
| seat_change2 = -<br />
| popular_vote2 = <br />
| percentage2 = <br />
| swing2 = <br />
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| party3 = <br />
| alliance3 = <br />
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| title = [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]]<br />
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]]<br />
| before_election = [[M. Karunanidhi]]<br />
| before_party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam <br />
| after_election = [[M. Karunanidhi]]<br />
| after_party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
}}<br />
'''By-elections''' to [[Natham Assembly constituency|Natham]] and [[Thiruvattar Assembly constituency|Thiruvattar]] constituencies were held in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]], on 5 and 11 September 1999 respectively. Elections for three state assembly constituencies, [[Nellikuppam Assembly constituency|Nellikuppam]], [[Tiruchirappalli - II Assembly constituency|Tiruchirappalli - II]] and [[Arantangi Assembly constituency|Arantangi]] were held on 17 February 2000.<br />
<br />
In the first phase, TMC lost a seat to AIADMK and [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) lost a seat to [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI (M)). In the second phase, AIADMK splinter party MADMK, was able to pick up a seat from AIADMK and DMK was able to hold on to its seats.<br />
<br />
==Results==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! style="background-color:#FF9900; color:white"|DMK+<br />
! style="background-color:#FF9900; color:white"|SEATS<br />
! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|ADMK+<br />
! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|SEATS<br />
! style="background-color:blue; color:white"|TMC+<br />
! style="background-color:blue; color:white"|SEATS<br />
! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|OTHERS<br />
! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|SEATS<br />
|---- <br />
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]<br />
|172 (-1)<br />
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]<br />
|4<br />
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress|TMC]]<br />
|38 (-1)<br />
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
|8<br />
|---- <br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
|1<br />
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]<br />
|4<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]<br />
|2 (+1)<br />
|---- <br />
|[[MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MADMK]]<br />
|1 (+1)<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|0<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|[[Forward Bloc|FBL]]<br />
|1<br />
|---- <br />
|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]<br />
|0<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|[[Janata Dal|JD]]<br />
|1<br />
|---- <br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|[[Janata Party|JP]]<br />
|1<br />
|---- <br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]<br />
|1<br />
|---- <br />
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|TOTAL (2000)<br />
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|174<br />
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|TOTAL (2000)<br />
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|8<br />
| bgcolor=white|TOTAL (2000)<br />
| bgcolor=white|38<br />
| bgcolor=gray|TOTAL (2000)<br />
| bgcolor=gray|14<br />
|---- <br />
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|TOTAL (1996)<br />
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|221<br />
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|TOTAL (1996)<br />
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|8<br />
| bgcolor=white|TOTAL (1996)<br />
| bgcolor=white|n/a<br />
| bgcolor=gray|TOTAL (1996)<br />
| bgcolor=gray|5<br />
|}<br />
* The number on the left, in the table, represents the total number of MLAs after the by-election, and the number in parentheses represents the seats picked up or lost due to the by-election<br />
* The numbers presented for 1996, represents, the alliance, when the TMC and the left allied with the DMK.<br />
<br />
==Constituents and results==<br />
Source: Election Commission of India<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/ByeSept1999/index.htm|title=1999 by-elections}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/ByeFeb2000/index.htm|title=2000 by-elections}}</ref><br />
===Pudukottai===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1997/98: Pudukottai}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = P. Mari Ayya<br />
|votes = 57,769<br />
|percentage = 40.0%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = S. Chelladurai<br />
|votes = 45,745<br />
|percentage = 31.7%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = V.N. Mani<br />
|votes = 13,504<br />
|percentage = 9.3%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = V.O.S. Panneerselvam<br />
|votes = 12,892<br />
|percentage = 8.9%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = markxist<br />
|candidate = P. Kumaravel<br />
|votes = 5,133<br />
|percentage = 3.6%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 12,024<br />
|percentage = 8.3%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 144,523<br />
|percentage = 66.8%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===Coonoor===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1997/98: Coonoor}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = M. Ranganathan<br />
|votes = 47,850<br />
|percentage = 48.2%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = S. Karuppusamy<br />
|votes = 37,945<br />
|percentage = 38.2%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = P. Arumugam<br />
|votes = 7,189<br />
|percentage = 7.2%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Anaithinthiya Thamizhaga Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = G. Guruswami Siddhan<br />
|votes = 1,144<br />
|percentage = 1.2%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 9,905<br />
|percentage = 10.0%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 99,348<br />
|percentage = 58.5%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===Aruppukottai===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1997/98: Aruppukottai}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = [[Thangam Thenarasu]]<br />
|votes = 40,223<br />
|percentage = 36.5%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = V.S. Panchavarnam<br />
|votes = 38,272<br />
|percentage = 89.40<br />
<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Puthiya Tamilagam<br />
|candidate = P.T. Manickam<br />
|votes = 12,484<br />
|percentage = 11.3%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = K. Palaniswamy<br />
|votes = 9,525<br />
|percentage = 8.6%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = K. Chandran<br />
|votes = 1,329<br />
|percentage = 1.2%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 1,951<br />
|percentage = 1.8%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 110,183<br />
|percentage = 65.9%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
1. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/bye_election.asp ECI By-election page]<br />
<br />
<br />
===Natham===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Natham}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = [[Natham R. Viswanathan|R. Viswanathan]]<br />
|votes = 38,764<br />
|percentage = 34.2%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = [[P. Chellam]]<br />
|votes = 31,220<br />
|percentage = 27.6%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Tamil Maanila Congress<br />
|candidate = [[M. Andi Ambalam]]<br />
|votes = 28,465<br />
|percentage = 25.1%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = [[S.R. Balasubramanian]]<br />
|votes = 14,168<br />
|percentage = 12.5%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 7,544<br />
|percentage = 8.3%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 113,233<br />
|percentage = 62.0%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|loser = Tamil Maanila Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===Thiruvattar===<br />
Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/sessions/resumes/13_08.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 December 2009 |archive-date=5 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105101057/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/sessions/resumes/13_08.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin | title=Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Thiruvattar}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|candidate = [[J. Hemachandran]]<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = Dr. J. Pushpaleela<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Tamil Maanila Congress<br />
|candidate = S. Philomin Dhas<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = C. Stanley Babu Raj<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|loser = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===Nellikuppam===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Nellikuppam}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = V.C. Shanmugam <br />
|votes = 62,256<br />
|percentage = 56.1%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = M. Velayutham<br />
|votes = 47,367<br />
|percentage = 42.7%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Puthiya Tamilagam<br />
|candidate = Selvarasu<br />
|votes = 900<br />
|percentage = 0.8%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 14,889<br />
|percentage = 13.4%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 112,123<br />
|percentage = 65.5%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===Tiruchirappalli - II===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Tiruchirappalli - II}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = [[Anbil Periyasamy]]<br />
|votes = 60,990 <br />
|percentage = 57.9%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = T. Rathinavel<br />
|votes = 41,330<br />
|percentage = 39.2%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Puthiya Tamilagam<br />
|candidate = M. Ramesh<br />
|votes = 1,283 <br />
|percentage = 1.22%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 19,660<br />
|percentage = 18.7%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 105,338<br />
|percentage = 47.5%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===Arantangi===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Arantangi}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = C. Anbarasan<br />
|votes = 71,491 <br />
|percentage = 53.8%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = Raja Paramasivam<br />
|votes = 44,733<br />
|percentage = 33.7%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Puthiya Tamilagam<br />
|candidate = M. Jesuraj<br />
|votes = 8,211 <br />
|percentage = 6.2%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 26,758<br />
|percentage = 20.2%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 134,066<br />
|percentage = 50.7%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
1. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/bye_election.asp ECI By-election page]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
{{Tamil Nadu assembly elections|state=expanded}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamil Nadu legislative assembly by-election, 1999-2000}}<br />
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:1990s in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:2000s in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:By-elections in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:1999 State Assembly elections in India]]<br />
[[Category:2000 State Assembly elections in India]]</div>
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