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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991
| previous_year = 1991
| next_election = Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998
| next_year = 1998
| election_date = April–May 1996
| seats_for_election = 39 (of 543) seats to the Lok Sabha
| image1 = [[File:M._Karunanidhi_.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader1 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| party1 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| alliance1 = United Front (India)
| leaders_seat1 = ''Did not contest''
| seats1 = 39
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 39
| popular_vote1 = 14,940,474
| percentage1 = 54.96%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 30.23%

| image2 = [[File:J Jayalalithaa.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader2 = [[J. Jayalalithaa]]
| leaders_seat2 = ''Did not contest''
| party2 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| alliance2 = Congress alliance
| seats2 = 0
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 39
| popular_vote2 = 7,095,650
| percentage2 = 26.10%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 34.57%

| map_image = 1996 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = 1996 Election map (by constituencies) Red = United Front (won all the seats)

| title =
| posttitle =
| before_election =
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election =
| after_party = United Front (India)
}}

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 (India)|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 ==

===Congress Front===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No. 
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || [[Indian National Congress]] || style="text-align:center;"| || [[P.V. Narasimha Rao]] || style="text-align:center;"|29
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[File:AIADMK_Two_Leaves.png|50px]] || [[J. Jayalalithaa]] || style="text-align:center;"|10
|}

===United Front===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No. 
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || [[Tamil Maanila Congress]] || style="text-align:center;"| || [[G. K. Moopanar]] || style="text-align:center;"|20
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] || style="text-align:center;"| || [[M. Karunanidhi]] || style="text-align:center;"|17
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|3. || [[Communist Party of India]] || style="text-align:center;"| || Tha. Pandian || style="text-align:center;"|2
|}

===MDMK-CPI(M) Front===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No. 
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] || style="text-align:center;"| || [[Vaiko]] || style="text-align:center;"|24
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || [[Janata Dal]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[File:No flag.svg|50x50px]] || || style="text-align:center;"|8
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|3. || [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] || style="text-align:center;"| || G. Ramakrishnan || style="text-align:center;"|7
|}

===PMK-Tiwari Congress Front===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No. 
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] || style="text-align:center;"| || [[Dr. Ramdoss]] || style="text-align:center;"|15
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || [[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)|Tiwari Congress]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[File:No flag.svg|50x50px]] || [[Vazhappady Ramamurthy]] || style="text-align:center;"|12
|}

==Voting and results==
[[File:1996 tamil nadu lok sabha election map by parties.png|thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left]]
[[File:Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election 1996.png|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: {{legend|Red|DMK won all the seats in this district}} {{legend|Aqua|TMC won all the seats in this district}} {{legend|#FF8080|DMK won 67% of the seats in this district, while TMC got the rest}} {{legend|Purple|DMK won 50% of the seats in this district, while TMC got the rest}} {{legend|Maroon|CPI won all of the seats in this district}} {{legend|Fuchsia|TMC won 50% of the seats in this district, while CPI got the rest}}]]

===Results by alliance===
{{Election table|title=Summary of the 1996 April-May [[Lok Sabha]] [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996|election results]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]]}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party
!style="width:4px" |
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular vote
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %‡
|-
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|United Front
! style="background-color: {{party color|DMK}}" |
| '''39'''
| '''+33'''
| '''14,940,474'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| '''55.0%'''
|-
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress|TMC(M)]]
! style="background-color: #008080" |
| 20
| +14
| 7,339,982
| 27.0%
| 54.6%
|-
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
! style="background-color: Red" |
| 17
| +17
| 6,967,679
| 25.6%
| 56.2%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
! style="background-color: #0000FF" |
| 2
| +2
| 632,813
| 2.3%
| 43.1%
|-
! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|Congress alliance
! style="background-color: {{party color|AIADMK}}" |
| '''0'''
| '''-33'''
| '''7,095,650'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| '''26.1%'''
|-
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| -22
| 4,965,364
| 18.3%
|
|-
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| -11
| 2,130,286
| 7.8%
| 29.4%
|-
! style="background-color:Black; color:white"|MDMK+ alliance
! style="background-color: Black" |
| '''0'''
| '''–'''
| '''2,131,618'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"|'''7.8%'''
|-
|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 1,222,415
| 4.5%
| 7.2%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 493,916
| 1.8%
|
|-
|[[Janata Dal|JD]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 415,287
| 1.5%
|
|-
! style="background-color:Purple; color:white"|PMK+ alliance
! style="background-color: Purple" |
| '''0'''
| '''–'''
| '''1,157,683'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"|'''4.3%'''
|-
|[[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)|AIIC(T)]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 605,565
| 2.2%
|
|-
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 552,118
| 2.0%
| 5.2%
|-
! style="background-color:Gray; color:white"|Others
! style="background-color: Gray" |
| '''0'''
| '''–'''
| '''1,863,516'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"|'''6.9%'''
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 795,797
| 2.9%
|
|-
|[[Janata Party|JP]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 205,816
| 0.8%
|
|-
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
! style="background-color: " |
| 0
| –
| 815,224
| 3.0%
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |'''Total'''
! style="background-color: " |
| 39
| –
| 27,188,941
| 100%
| –
|-
|}{{refbegin}}
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<ref name="eci-website">{{cite web|title=ECI: Statistical Report 1998|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf|access-date=2011-06-16}}</ref>
{{refend}}

==List of Elected MPs==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9; vertical-align:top;"|Constituency
! style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9; vertical-align:top;"|Winner
! style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;"|Party
! style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;"|Margin
! style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;"|Runner-upa
! style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;"|Partya
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)|1. Chennai North]]
|[[N. V. N. Somu]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|389,617
|[[D. Pandian]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|2. Chennai Central]]
|[[Murasoli Maran]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|280,467
|[[G. K. J. Bharathi]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency)|3. Chennai South]]
|[[T.R. Baalu]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|339,181
|[[H. Ganesham]]
|AIADMK
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)|4. Sriperumbudur]]
|[[T. Nagaratnam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|245,711
|[[Lata Priyakumar]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Chengalpattu (Lok Sabha constituency)|5. Chengalpattu]]
|[[K. Parasuraman]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|235,657
|[[S. M. Krishnan]]
|INC
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency)|6. Arakkonam]]
|[[A. M. Velu]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|264,845
|[[R. Raviram]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|7. Vellore]]
|[[P. Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu)|P. Shanmugam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|211,035
|[[B. Akbar Pasha]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Tiruppattur (Lok Sabha constituency)|8. Tiruppattur]]
|[[D. Venugopal]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|240,264
|[[R. Anbarasu]]
|INC
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Vandavasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|9. Vandavasi]]
|[[L. Balaraman]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|173,304
|[[M. Krishnaswamy]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Tindivanam (Lok Sabha constituency)|10. Tindivanam]]
|[[G. Venkatraman]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|190,276
|[[K. Ramamurthy]]
|INC
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|11. Cuddalore]]
|[[P. R. S. Venkatesan]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|205,204
|[[V. Sathyamurthy]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|12. Chidambaram]]
|[[V. Ganesan]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|176,266
|[[R. Elumalai]]
|PMK
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|13. Dharmapuri]]
|[[P. Theertharaman]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|131,246
|[[M. P. Subramanyam]]
|INC
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|14. Krishnagiri]]
|[[C. Narasimhan]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|194,676
|[[E. V. K. S. Elangovan]]
|INC
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Rasipuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|15. Rasipuram]]
|[[K. Kandasamy]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|193,178
|[[K. Jayakumar]]
|INC
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)|16. Salem]]
|[[R. Devadass]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|120,885
|[[K. V. Thankabalu]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Tiruchengode (Lok Sabha constituency)|17. Tiruchengode]]
|[[K. P. Ramalingam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|194,188
|[[A. V. Kumarasamy]]
|AIADMK
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Nilgiris (Lok Sabha constituency)|18. Nilgiris]]
|[[S. R. Balasubramaniam]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|281,376
|[[R. Prabhu]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Gobichettipalayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|19. Gobichettipalayam]]
|[[V. P. Shanmugasundaram]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|142,968
|[[P. G. Narayanan]]
|AIADMK
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)|20. Coimbatore]]
|[[M. Ramanathan]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|262,787
|[[C. K. Kuppuswamy]]
|INC
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Pollachi (Lok Sabha constituency)|21. Pollachi]]
|[[V. Kandasamy]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|138,891
|[[R. Anna Nambi]]
|AIADMK
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Palani (Lok Sabha constituency)|22. Palani]]
|[[Salarapatty Kuppusamy Kaarvendhan]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|192,633
|[[P. Kumarasamy]]
|AIADMK
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency)|23. Dindigul]]
|[[N. S. V. Chitthan]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|267,914
|[[C. Srinivasan|Dindigul C. Sreenivasan]]
|AIADMK
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Madurai (Lok Sabha constituency)|24. Madurai]]
|[[A. G. S. Ram Babu]]'''c'''
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|189,806
|[[Subramanian Swamy]]
|JP
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Periyakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|25. Periyakulam]]
|[[R. Gnanagurusamy]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|131,337
|[[R. Ramasamy]]
|AIADMK
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)|26. Karur]]
|[[K. Natrayan]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|168,274
|[[M. Thambi Durai]]
|AIADMK
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency)|27. Tiruchirappalli]]
|[[L. Adaikalaraj]]'''c'''
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|264,708
|[[K. Gopal]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Perambalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|28. Perambalur]]
|[[A. Raja]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|214,247
|[[P. V. Subramanian]]
|INC
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Mayiladuturai (Lok Sabha constituency)|29. Mayiladuturai]]
|[[P. V. Rajendran]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|153,544
|[[Mani Shankar Iyer]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ddd;"
|[[Nagapattinam (Lok Sabha constituency)|30. Nagapattinam]]
|[[M. Selvarasu]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|221,346
|[[M. Kannivannan]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Thanjavur (Lok Sabha constituency)|31. Thanjavur]]
|[[S. S. Palanimanickam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|200,428
|[[K. Thulasiah Vandyar]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Pudukkottai (Lok Sabha constituency)|32. Pudukkottai]]
|[[N. Siva]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|177,873
|[[V. N. Swaminathan]]
|INC
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)|33. Sivaganga]]
|[[P. Chidambaram]]'''c'''
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|247,302
|[[M. Gowrishankaran]]
|INC
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Ramanathapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|34. Ramanathapuram]]
|[[S. P. Udayappan]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|195,304
|[[V. Rajeshwaran]]
|INC
|- style="background:#ddd;"
|[[Sivakasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|35. Sivakasi]]
|[[V. Alagirisamy]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|23,622
|[[Sanjay Ramasamy]]
|AIADMK
|- style="background:#ffe6e6;"
|[[Tirunelveli (Lok Sabha constituency)|36. Tirunelveli]]
|[[D. S. A. Sivaprakasam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|118,280
|[[A. R. Rajaselvam]]
|AIADMK
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|37. Tenkasi]]
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]'''c'''
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|95,926
|[[V. Selvaraj]]
|INC
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Tiruchendur (Lok Sabha constituency)|38. Tiruchendur]]
|[[R. Dhanuskodi Athithan]]'''c'''
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|203,711
|[[S. Justin]]
|INC
|- style="background:#0ff;"
|[[Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency)|39. Nagercoil]]
|[[N. Dennis]]'''c'''
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|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<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://library.thinkquest.org/11372/data/ministers.htm |title=Indian Union – Council of Ministers |access-date=12 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308063132/http://library.thinkquest.org/11372/data/ministers.htm |archive-date=8 March 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Cabinet Ministers===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; font-size:x-big; font-family:verdana;"
|-
! style="background:#666; color:white; width:180px;"|Minister
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Party
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Portfolios
|-
|[[Murasoli Maran]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai Central]]
|[[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of Commerce and Industry]]
|-
|[[G. Venkatraman]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[Tindivanam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tindivanam]]
| [[Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways (India)|Minister of Surface Transport]]
|-
|[[M. Arunachalam (politician)|M. Arunachalam]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress|TMC]]
|[[Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tenkasi]]
| [[Ministry of Urban Development (India)|Minister of Urban Development]] (few months) [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Minister of Labour]]
|-
|[[P. Chidambaram]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress|TMC]]
|[[Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivaganga]]
| [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]
|}

===Ministers of State===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; font-size:x-big; font-family:verdana;"
|-
! style="background:#666; color:white; width:180px;"|Minister
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Party
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Portfolios
|-
|[[T.R. Baalu]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai South]]
| [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (India)|Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas]]
|-
|[[R. Dhanuskodi Athithan]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress|TMC]]
|[[Tiruchendur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchendur]]
|[[Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (India)|Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports]]
|-
|[[N. V. N. Somu]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai North]]
| [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[Elections in Tamil Nadu]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://eci.nic.in/ Website of Election Commission of India]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303040541/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/stats.php CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History]

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