1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

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Template:Infobox election The tenth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 15 June 1991, to elect representatives from the 234 constituencies in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) – Indian National Congress (INC) alliance won the elections in a landslide manner and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa became the chief minister on 24 June 1991. This was her first term in office. The united strength of AIADMK after the merger of J.Jayalalithaa, V.N Janaki Ramachandran and R.M Veerappan faction, who was made Joint General Secretary of AIADMK, the alliance with the Congress, and the wave of public sympathy in the wake of Rajiv Gandhi assassination combined to produce a massive victory for the AIADMK. The DMK could only win 2 seats. This was the worst performance of the DMK since it entered electoral politics in the 1957 Madras State Legislative Assembly elections.

Background

President's rule

On 30 January 1991, the DMK government which had come to power after winning the 1989 assembly election, was dismissed by the Indian Prime minister Chandra Shekhar using Article 356 of the Indian Constitution. President's rule was imposed on Tamil Nadu from 31 January. The reason cited for the dismissal was the deterioration of law and order in the state. The dismissal followed pressure on the Chandra Shekhar government by the Congress and AIADMK to dismiss the DMK government. The Chandra Shekhar government fell in March 1991 after the Congress withdrew its outside support. Fresh elections for both the Indian parliament and Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly were scheduled for June 1991.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Unification of AIADMK

The AIADMK which had contested and lost the 1989 elections as two different factions reunited under the leadership of Jayalalithaa in February 1989. The V. N. Janaki Ramachandran faction merged with the Jayalalithaa faction to form a single united party and Janaki retired from politics. The reunited party regained the popular "Two Leaves" symbol of the AIADMK. (The Election Commission of India had frozen the symbol for the 1989 elections due to the split). The united AIADMK was able to prove its strength immediately by winning the elections held for two constituencies -Marungapuri and Madurai East on 11 March 1989. (for these two constituencies elections had been postponed earlier due to technical reasons).The AIADMK then allied with the Congress for the 1989 Parliamentary elections. The AIADMK-Congress alliance won 38 of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in that election routing the DMK-Janata Dal led National Front.[8][9]

Formation of PMK

The 1991 elections was the first state elections contested by the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), S. Ramadoss, the leader of the Vanniyar caste organisation which demanded proportional reservation in education and employment based on population ratio of each community – the Vanniyar Sangam converted into a political party and entered electoral politics with the 1989 parliamentary elections. The emergence of PMK cut into the DMK's political base in the northern districts of Tamil Nadu.[6][10]

Formation of TMK

In 1991, the Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam (TMK) was formed by the actor-politician Vijaya T. Rajendar after he split from the DMK. Later, some of the second rung leaders of the ADMK including Su. Thirunavukkarasar, K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran, S. D. Ugamchand, V. Karuppasamy Pandian split from the party. For the 1991 elections they formed a pact with T. Rajendar and contested as TMK candidates.[11][12][13]

Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

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On 21 May 1991, leader of the Indian National Congress and its prime ministerial candidate for the 1991 general elections was assassinated by a LTTE suicide bomber. The assassination took place at a campaign meeting at Sriperumpudur where he was campaigning for the Congress candidate Maragatham Chandrasekar.

Coalitions

The two main political formations in this election were the DMK and AIADMK led fronts. The DMK coalition comprised the Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), Janata Dal (JD) and Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam (TMK). The AIADMK front had only two major parties – itself and the Congress. The AIADMK also backed the ICS (SCS) candidate Sanjay Ramasamy in the Virudhunagar constituency. Several smaller parties like the PMK contested the elections alone.[14][15]

Seat allotments

No.
Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Template:Full party name with color J. Jayalalithaa 168
2. Template:Full party name with color

Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy 65
3. Template:Full party name with color Sarat Chandra Sinha 1
No.
Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Template:Full party name with color M. Karunanidhi 176
2. Template:Full party name with color A. Nallasivan 22
3. Template:Full party name with color Sivaji Ganesan 15
4. Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam Vijaya T. Rajendar 11
5. Template:Full party name with color P. Manickam 10

During the 1991 election, India Today conducted a poll with MARG, predicting a win for the Jayalalithaa led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, the AIADMK–Congress alliance went on to secure a landslide victory, exceeding the poll's projections.[16]

Voting and results

The polling for the state assembly elections were held simultaneously with the polling for the 1991 Parliamentary elections on 15 June 1991. The voter turnout was 63.92%.[17][18][14]

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Template:Election table !colspan=10| |- ! 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:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance ! style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 225 | +172 | 14,738,042 | colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| 59.8% |- |AIADMK ! style="background-color: #008000" | | 164 | +137 | 10,940,966 | 44.4% | 61.1% |- |INC ! style="background-color: #00FFFF" | | 60 | +34 | 3,743,859 | 15.2% | 56.2% |- |ICS(SCS) ! style="background-color: #800000" | | 1 | +1 | 53,217 | 0.2% | 56.1% |- ! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ alliance ! style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 7 | -164 | 7,405,935 | colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| 30.0% |- |DMK ! style="background-color: #FF0000" | | 2 | −148 | 5,535,668 | 22.5% | 29.9% |- |TMK ! style="background-color: #FF00FF" | | 2 | −1 | 371,645 | 1.5% | 31.0% |- |CPI(M) ! style="background-color: #000080" | | 1 | −14 | 777,532 | 3.2% | 31.2% |- |JD ! style="background-color: #FFFF00" | | 1 | +1 | 415,947 | 1.7% | 28.3% |- |CPI ! style="background-color: #0000FF" | | 1 | −2 | 305,143 | 1.2% | 29.9% |- ! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others ! style="background-color:gray" | | 2 | -8 | 2,505,431 | colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| 10.2% |- |PMK ! style="background-color: #800080" | | 1 | +1 | 1,452,982 | 5.9% | 7.0% |- |JP ! style="background-color: " | | 0 | −4 | 51,564 | 0.2% | 0.7% |- |IND ! style="background-color: #666666" | | 1 | −5 | 390,227 | 1.6% | 1.7% |- | style="text-align:center;" |Total ! style="background-color: " | | 234 | – | 24,649,408 | 100% | style="text-align:center;" | – |- |}Template:Refbegin : ICS(SCS) contested in 13 different constituencies, but only the one contested by Sanjay Ramaswamy was endorsed by AIADMK.
: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India[19] Template:Refend

Constituency wise results

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Royapuram D. Jayakumar Template:Party color cell AIADMK 46,218 59.04 R. Mathivanan Template:Party color cell DMK 29,565 37.77 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,653 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.27
2 Harbour M. Karunanidhi Template:Party color cell DMK 30,932 48.66 K. M. Suppu Template:Party color cell INC 30,042 47.26 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|890 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.40
3 Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar E. Madhusudhnan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 66,710 60.30 V. Rajasekaran Template:Party color cell JD 41,758 37.74 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,952 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.56
4 Park Town U. Balaraman Template:Party color cell INC 37,747 55.05 A. Rahmankhan Template:Party color cell DMK 25,912 37.79 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,835 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.26
5 Perambur (SC) Dr. M. P. Sekar Template:Party color cell AIADMK 62,759 54.06 Chengai Sivam Template:Party color cell DMK 47,307 40.75 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15,452 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13.31
6 Purasawalkam B. Ranganathan Template:Party color cell INC 71,391 55.78 Arcot N. Veeraswamy Template:Party color cell DMK 48,559 37.94 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22,832 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.84
7 Egmore (SC) Elamvazhuthi Template:Party color cell DMK 23,139 50.47 D. Yasodha Template:Party color cell INC 21,936 47.84 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1,203 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.63
8 Anna Nagar A. Chellakumar Template:Party color cell INC 75,512 57.29 S. M. Ramachandran Template:Party color cell DMK 48,214 36.58 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,298 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.71
9 Theagaraya Nagar S. Jayakumar Template:Party color cell AIADMK 64,460 61.19 S. A. Ganesan Template:Party color cell DMK 33,147 31.47 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31,313 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.72
10 Thousand Lights K. A. Krishnaswamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 55,426 56.50 M. K. Stalin Template:Party color cell DMK 38,445 39.19 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,981 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.31
11 Chepauk Zeenath Sheriffdeen Template:Party color cell INC 29,605 50.62 K. Anbazhagan Template:Party color cell DMK 25,149 43.00 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,456 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.62
12 Triplicane Mohamad Asif Template:Party color cell AIADMK 39,028 55.07 Nanjil K. Manoharan Template:Party color cell DMK 26,576 37.50 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12,452 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.57
13 Mylapore T. M. Rangarajan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 62,845 59.31 Nirmala Suresh Template:Party color cell DMK 36,149 34.12 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,696 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25.19
14 Saidapet M. K. Balan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 63,235 57.37 R. S. Sridhar Template:Party color cell DMK 40,473 36.72 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22,762 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.65
15 Gummidipundi R. Sakkubai Template:Party color cell AIADMK 61,063 54.77 K. Venu Template:Party color cell DMK 28,144 25.24 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,919 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.53
16 Ponneri (SC) E. Ravikumar Template:Party color cell AIADMK 77,374 64.74 K. Parthasarathy Template:Party color cell DMK 36,121 30.22 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41,253 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34.52
17 Thiruvottiyur K. Kuppan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 85,823 56.54 T. K. Pallanisamy Template:Party color cell DMK 58,501 38.54 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,322 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.00
18 Villivakkam E. Kalan Template:Party color cell INC 1,18,196 55.49 W. R. Varadarajan Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 71,963 33.79 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46,233 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.70
19 Alandur S. Annamalai Template:Party color cell AIADMK 88,432 58.45 Pammal Nallathambi Template:Party color cell DMK 53,521 35.37 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34,911 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23.08
20 Tambaram S. M. Krishnan Template:Party color cell INC 1,11,588 57.82 M. A. Vaidiallingam Template:Party color cell DMK 64,740 33.54 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46,848 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24.28
21 Tirupporur (SC) M. Dhanapal Template:Party color cell AIADMK 60,262 56.55 G. Chockalingam Template:Party color cell DMK 29,698 27.87 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30,564 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.68
22 Chengalpattu C. D. Vardarajan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 51,694 48.65 V. Tamilmani Template:Party color cell DMK 34,896 32.84 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,798 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.81
23 Maduranthakam P. Chockalingam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 53,752 54.11 S. D. Ogamchand TMK 35,349 35.59 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18,403 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.52
24 Acharapakkam (SC) M. Ramakrishnan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 52,494 56.30 M. Jayapal Template:Party color cell DMK 27,769 29.78 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,725 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26.52
25 Uthiramerur Kanchi Panneerselvam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 63,367 55.46 K. Sundar Template:Party color cell DMK 29,273 25.62 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34,094 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.84
26 Kancheepuram C. P. Pattabiraman Template:Party color cell AIADMK 66,429 56.03 P. Murugesan Template:Party color cell DMK 39,163 33.03 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,266 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23.00
27 Sriperumbudur (SC) Polur Varadhan Template:Party color cell INC 63,656 60.95 E. Godandam Template:Party color cell DMK 31,220 29.89 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,436 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31.06
28 Poonamallee D. Sudarsanam Template:Party color cell INC 68,392 55.50 D. Rajarathanam Template:Party color cell DMK 44,240 35.90 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,152 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.60
29 Tiruvallur D. Sakkubai Devaraj Template:Party color cell AIADMK 54,267 56.91 C. Subramani Template:Party color cell DMK 27,847 29.20 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,420 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27.71
30 Tiruttani K. Rasanbabu Alias Thanigai Babu Template:Party color cell AIADMK 50,037 53.20 C. Chinrajeevulu Naidu Template:Party color cell JD 27,845 29.61 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22,192 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23.59
31 Pallipet A. Eakambara Reddy Template:Party color cell INC 48,516 50.24 L. S. Annamalai Template:Party color cell IND 17,776 18.41 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30,740 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31.83
32 Arkonam (SC) Lata Priyakumar Template:Party color cell INC 61,314 55.24 G. Mani Template:Party color cell DMK 30,332 27.33 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30,982 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27.91
33 Sholinghur A. M. Munirathinam Template:Party color cell INC 58,563 53.90 C. Manickam Template:Party color cell DMK 24,453 22.51 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34,110 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31.39
34 Ranipet N. G. Venugopal Template:Party color cell AIADMK 65,204 53.29 M. Abdul Latheef Template:Party color cell DMK 32,332 26.42 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,872 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26.87
35 Arcot G. Viswanathan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 61,712 61.16 T. R. Gajapathi Template:Party color cell DMK 27,439 27.20 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34,273 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33.96
36 Katpadi K. M. Kalaiselvi Template:Party color cell AIADMK 63,005 56.43 Duraimurugan Template:Party color cell DMK 36,866 33.02 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,139 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23.41
37 Gudiyatham V. Dhandayudapani Template:Party color cell INC 63,796 64.41 R. Paramasivam Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 28,897 29.17 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34,899 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35.24
38 Pernambut (SC) J. Parandaman Template:Party color cell AIADMK 67,398 67.54 V. Govindan Template:Party color cell DMK 24,900 24.95 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42,498 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42.59
39 Vaniayambadi E. Sampath Template:Party color cell INC 53,354 54.98 A. Abdul Hameed Template:Party color cell DMK 33,523 34.54 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,831 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.44
40 Natrampalli R. Indrakumari Template:Party color cell AIADMK 81,446 68.05 N. K. Raja Template:Party color cell DMK 33,917 28.34 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|47,529 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39.71
41 Tiruppattur A. K. C. Sundarvel Template:Party color cell AIADMK 69,402 62.24 B. Sundaram Template:Party color cell DMK 33,498 30.04 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35,904 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32.20
42 Chengam (SC) P. Veera Pandiyan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 54,611 59.31 K. Munusamy Template:Party color cell JD 16,994 18.46 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37,617 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40.85
43 Thandarambattu M. K. Sundaram Template:Party color cell AIADMK 69,433 64.26 D. Ponmudi Template:Party color cell DMK 32,570 30.14 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36,863 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34.12
44 Tiruvannamalai V. Kannan Template:Party color cell INC 67,034 58.94 K. Pitchandi Template:Party color cell DMK 38,115 33.51 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,919 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25.43
45 Kalasapakkam M. Sundarasami Template:Party color cell INC 65,096 57.35 P. S. Thiruvengadam Template:Party color cell DMK 32,152 28.33 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,944 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.02
46 Polur T. Vediyappan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 60,262 62.13 A. Rejendran Template:Party color cell DMK 21,637 22.31 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38,625 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39.82
47 Anaicut K. Dharamalingam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 54,413 57.59 S. P. Kannan Template:Party color cell DMK 18,880 19.98 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35,533 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37.61
48 Vellore C. Gnanasekaran Template:Party color cell INC 60,698 58.30 A. M. Ramalingam Template:Party color cell DMK 37,632 36.15 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,066 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.15
49 Arni I. R. Jaison Jacob Template:Party color cell AIADMK 66,355 58.51 E. Selvarasu Template:Party color cell DMK 32,043 28.26 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34,312 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30.25
50 Cheyyar A. Devaraj Template:Party color cell AIADMK 66,061 60.59 V. Anbazhagan Template:Party color cell DMK 30,106 27.61 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35,955 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32.98
51 Vandavasi (SC) C.K. Thamazharasan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 55,990 53.34 V. Rajagopal Template:Party color cell DMK 26,496 25.24 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29,494 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.10
52 Peranamallur A.K. Srinivasan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 56,653 54.55 G. Subramaniyan Template:Party color cell DMK 29,481 28.39 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,172 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26.16
53 Melmalayanur G. Janakiramam Template:Party color cell INC 56,864 52.95 R. Panchatcharam Template:Party color cell DMK 30,372 28.28 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,492 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24.67
54 Gingee S.S.R. Eramasass Template:Party color cell INC 57,390 51.75 N. Ramachandaran Template:Party color cell DMK 33,916 30.58 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,474 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.17
55 Tindivanam S. Pannirselvam Template:Party color cell INC 48,317 50.58 R. Masilamani Template:Party color cell DMK 29,282 30.65 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,035 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.93
56 Vanur (SC) S. Arumugam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 60,128 56.30 N.V. Jayaseelan Template:Party color cell DMK 23,659 22.15 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36,469 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34.15
57 Kandamangalam (SC) V. Subramaniam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 60,628 57.16 S. Alaguvelu Template:Party color cell DMK 25,348 23.90 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35,280 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33.26
58 Villupuram D. Janaardhanan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 55,105 48.82 K. Deivasigamani Alias Ponmudi Template:Party color cell DMK 37,665 33.37 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17,440 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.45
59 Mugaiyur R. Savithiri Ammal Template:Party color cell AIADMK 56,118 55.91 A.G. Sampath Template:Party color cell DMK 30,698 30.58 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25,420 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25.33
60 Thirunavalur J. Panneerselvam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 56,353 58.80 A.V. Balasubramaniyam Template:Party color cell DMK 28,367 29.60 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,986 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.20
61 Ulundurpet (SC) M. Anandan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 71,785 65.19 Pon Mayilvahanan Template:Party color cell DMK 26,500 24.06 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|45,285 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41.13
62 Nellikuppam C. Damotharan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 57,373 59.61 C. Govindarajan Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 22,265 23.13 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35,108 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36.48
63 Cuddalore P.R.S. Venkatesan Template:Party color cell INC 51,459 48.60 E. Pugazhendhi Template:Party color cell DMK 36,284 34.27 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15,175 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14.33
64 Panruti S. Ramachandaran Template:Party color cell PMK 39,911 37.51 R. Devasundaram Template:Party color cell AIADMK 38,789 36.45 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|1,122 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|1.06
65 Kurinjipadi K. Sivasubramanian Template:Party color cell AIADMK 51,313 46.92 N. Ganeshmoorthy Template:Party color cell DMK 38,842 35.52 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12,471 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.40
66 Bhuvanagiri G. Malliga Template:Party color cell AIADMK 48,164 46.38 R.T. Sabapathy Mohan Template:Party color cell DMK 27,530 26.51 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,634 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.87
67 Kattumannarkoil (SC) N.R. Rajendiran Template:Party color cell AIADMK 48,103 52.11 G. Vetriveeran Template:Party color cell PMK 21,785 23.60 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,318 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.51
68 Chidambaram S. Alagiri Template:Party color cell INC 48,767 51.20 M.R.K. Panneerselvam Template:Party color cell DMK 29,114 30.57 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,653 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.63
69 Vridhachalam R.D. Aranganathan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 51,931 45.05 A. Rajendiran Alias Deeran Template:Party color cell PMK 37,634 32.65 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14,297 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.40
70 Mangalore (SC) S. Puratchimani Template:Party color cell INC 62,302 55.63 V. Ganesan Template:Party color cell DMK 26,549 23.71 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35,753 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31.92
71 Rishivandiam M. Govindasraju Template:Party color cell AIADMK 58,030 61.56 M. Thangam Template:Party color cell DMK 24,899 26.41 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33,131 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35.15
72 Chinnasalem R.P. Paramasivam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 66,942 64.43 R. Mookkappan Template:Party color cell DMK 27,900 26.85 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39,042 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37.58
73 Sankarapuram C. Ramaswamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 71,688 68.06 S. Arunachalam Template:Party color cell DMK 26,610 25.26 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|45,078 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42.80
74 Hosur K.A. Manoharan Template:Party color cell INC 47,346 47.64 B. Venkataswamy Template:Party color cell JD 38,600 38.84 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8,746 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8.80
75 Thalli M. Venkataramareddy Template:Party color cell INC 38,831 45.88 V. Rangareddy Template:Party color cell BJP 28,270 33.41 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10,561 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.47
76 Kaveripattinam K.P. Munusamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 70,136 69.67 V.C. Govindasamy Template:Party color cell DMK 22,900 22.75 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|47,236 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46.92
77 Krishnagiri K. Munivektatappan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 63,729 69.92 T.H. Musta Ahmed Template:Party color cell DMK 23,761 26.07 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39,968 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|43.85
78 Bargur J. Jayalalitha Template:Party color cell AIADMK 67,680 65.18 T. Rajhendher TMK 30,465 29.34 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37,215 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35.84
79 Harur (SC) P. Abaranji Template:Party color cell INC 66,636 58.56 P.V. Kariyamal Template:Party color cell PMK 24,172 21.24 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42,464 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37.32
80 Morappur K. Singaram Template:Party color cell AIADMK 53,477 53.29 A. Arunachalam Template:Party color cell PMK 23,973 23.89 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29,504 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.40
81 Palacode M.G. Sekhar Template:Party color cell AIADMK 63,170 62.17 K. Arunachalam Template:Party color cell JD 23,911 23.53 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39,259 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38.64
82 Dharmapuri P. Ponnusamy Template:Party color cell INC 53,910 51.11 R. Chinnasamy Template:Party color cell DMK 27,017 25.61 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,893 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25.50
83 Pennagaram V. Purushothaman Template:Party color cell AIADMK 49,585 51.79 N.M. Subramaniam Template:Party color cell PMK 30,757 32.12 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18,828 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.67
84 Mettur S. Sundarambal Template:Party color cell AIADMK 53,368 49.30 G.K. Mani Template:Party color cell PMK 26,825 24.78 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,543 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24.52
85 Taramangalam R. Palanisamy Template:Party color cell INC 50,538 47.66 S. Ammasi Template:Party color cell PMK 42,204 39.80 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8,334 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.86
86 Omalur C. Krishnan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 60,783 65.78 K. Sadasivam Template:Party color cell PMK 23,430 25.36 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37,353 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40.42
87 Yercaud (ST) C. Perumal Template:Party color cell AIADMK 59,324 72.33 Dhanakodi Vedan Template:Party color cell DMK 13,745 16.76 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|45,579 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|55.57
88 Salem-I S.R. Jayaraman Template:Party color cell INC 72,792 65.97 G.K. Subash Template:Party color cell DMK 31,698 28.73 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41,094 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37.24
89 Salem-II M. Natesan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 66,904 63.90 S. Arumugam Template:Party color cell DMK 26,997 25.79 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39,907 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38.11
90 Veerapandi K. Arjunan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 79,725 68.12 P. Venkatachalam Template:Party color cell DMK 23,451 20.04 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|56,274 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|48.08
91 Panamarathupatty K. Rajaram Template:Party color cell AIADMK 70,025 69.12 S.R. Sivalingam Template:Party color cell DMK 19,670 19.42 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|50,355 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|49.70
92 Attur V. Tamilarasu Template:Party color cell AIADMK 61,060 64.49 A.M. Ramasamy Template:Party color cell DMK 24,475 25.85 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36,585 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38.64
93 Talavasal (SC) K. Kandasamy Template:Party color cell INC 74,204 73.74 S. Gunasekaran Template:Party color cell DMK 20,757 20.63 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|53,447 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|53.11
94 Rasipuram K. Palaniammal Template:Party color cell AIADMK 75,855 72.15 B.A.R. Elangoavan Template:Party color cell DMK 25,625 24.37 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|50,230 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|47.78
95 Sendamangalam (ST) K. Chinnasamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 72,877 76.19 S. Sivappirakasam TMK 17,316 18.10 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|55,561 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|58.09
96 Namakkal (SC) S. Anbalagan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 79,683 70.72 R. Mayavan Template:Party color cell DMK 29,788 26.44 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|49,895 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|44.28
97 Kapilamalai P. Saraswathi Template:Party color cell AIADMK 72,903 67.03 S. Moorthy Template:Party color cell DMK 29,050 26.71 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|43,853 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40.32
98 Tiruchengode T.M. Selvaganapathi Template:Party color cell AIADMK 1,13,545 74.10 V. Ramasamy Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 34,886 22.77 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|78,659 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|51.33
99 Sankari (SC) V. Saroja Template:Party color cell AIADMK 79,039 70.01 R. Varadarajan Template:Party color cell DMK 27,080 23.99 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|51,959 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46.02
100 Edapadi K. Palanisamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 72,379 58.24 P. Kolandai Gounder Template:Party color cell PMK 31,113 25.03 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41,266 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33.21
101 Mettupalayam L. Sulochana Template:Party color cell AIADMK 72,912 60.82 B. Arunkumar Template:Party color cell DMK 31,173 26.01 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41,739 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34.81
102 Avanashi (SC) M. Seeniammal Template:Party color cell AIADMK 69,774 69.67 M. Arumugham Template:Party color cell CPI 23,625 23.59 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46,149 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46.08
103 Thondamuthur C. Aranganayagam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 92,362 61.95 U.K. Vellingiri Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 45,218 30.33 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|47,144 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31.62
104 Singanallur P. Govindaraj Template:Party color cell AIADMK 68,069 55.46 R. Sengaliappan Template:Party color cell JD 46,099 37.56 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21,970 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.90
105 Coimbatore West K. Selvaraj Template:Party color cell INC 41,194 51.08 M. Ramanathan Template:Party color cell DMK 24,696 30.63 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,498 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.45
106 Coimbatore East V.K. Lakshmanan Template:Party color cell INC 46,544 55.56 K.C. Karunakaran Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 29,019 34.64 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17,525 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.92
107 Perur K.P. Raju Template:Party color cell AIADMK 76,676 57.55 A. Natarasan Template:Party color cell DMK 47,017 35.29 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29,659 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.26
108 Kinathukkadavu N.S. Palanisamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 64,358 65.88 K. Kandasamy Template:Party color cell DMK 31,792 32.54 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,566 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33.34
109 Pollachi V.P. Chandrasekar Template:Party color cell AIADMK 72,736 63.32 M.N. Andu Alias Nachimuthu Template:Party color cell DMK 40,195 34.99 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,541 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.33
110 Valparai (SC) A. Sridharan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 55,284 60.71 A.T. Karuppaiah Template:Party color cell CPI 34,100 37.45 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21,184 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23.26
111 Udumalpet K.P. Manivasagam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 75,262 60.42 R.T. Mariappan Template:Party color cell DMK 44,990 36.12 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30,272 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24.30
112 Dharapuram (SC) P. Eswaramurthi Template:Party color cell AIADMK 66,490 65.49 T. Shanthakumari Template:Party color cell DMK 28,545 28.11 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37,945 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37.38
113 Vellakoil Dhurai Ramaswammy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 68,225 62.85 Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan Template:Party color cell DMK 38,638 35.59 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29,587 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27.26
114 Pongalur S.R. Balasubramaniyam Template:Party color cell INC 64,588 67.09 P. Vijayalakshmi Template:Party color cell DMK 23,526 24.44 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41,062 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42.65
115 Palladam K.S. Duraimurugan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 69,803 61.03 M. Kannappan Template:Party color cell DMK 37,079 32.42 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,724 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.61
116 Tiruppur V. Palanisamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 92,509 57.92 C. Govindasamy Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 55,868 34.98 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36,641 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.94
117 Kangayam J. Jayalalitha Template:Party color cell AIADMK 69,050 63.44 N.S. Rajkumar Mandradiar Template:Party color cell DMK 35,759 32.85 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33,291 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30.59
118 Modakurichi Kavinilavu Dharmaraj Template:Party color cell AIADMK 78,653 61.98 K. Elanchezhian Template:Party color cell DMK 42,178 33.24 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36,475 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.74
119 Perundurai V.N. Subramanian Template:Party color cell AIADMK 77,277 70.28 T.K. Naliappan Template:Party color cell CPI 24,060 21.88 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|53,217 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|48.40
120 Erode C. Manickam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 96,226 63.11 A. Ganeshamurthy Template:Party color cell DMK 52,538 34.46 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|43,688 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.65
121 Bhavani S. Muthusamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 61,337 61.24 M.C. Duraisamy Template:Party color cell DMK 20,867 20.84 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40,470 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40.40
122 Andhiyur (SC) V. Periasamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 52,592 59.68 Eradharukmani Template:Party color cell DMK 21,530 24.43 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31,062 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35.25
123 Gobichettipalayam K.A. Sengottayan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 66,423 68.18 V.P. Shanmogasundaram Template:Party color cell DMK 27,211 27.93 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39,212 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40.25
124 Bhavanisagar V.K. Chinnasamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 63,474 62.74 O. Subramaniam Template:Party color cell DMK 20,887 20.65 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42,587 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42.09
125 Sathyamangalam A.T. Saraswathi Template:Party color cell AIADMK 63,739 67.21 T.K. Subramaniam Template:Party color cell DMK 26,801 28.26 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36,938 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38.95
126 Coonoor (SC) M. Karuppusamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 53,608 59.40 E.M. Mahaliappan Template:Party color cell DMK 31,457 34.86 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22,151 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24.54
127 Ootacamund H.M. Raju Template:Party color cell INC 53,389 60.79 H. Natraj Template:Party color cell DMK 27,502 31.31 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25,887 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.48
128 Gudalur K.R. Raju Template:Party color cell AIADMK 54,766 48.46 T.P. Kamalatchan Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 42,460 37.57 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12,306 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.89
129 Palani (SC) A. Subburathinam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 70,404 68.14 V. Balasekar Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 30,591 29.61 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39,813 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38.53
130 Oddanchatram A.T. Chellamuthu Template:Party color cell AIADMK 72,669 69.83 T. Mohan Template:Party color cell DMK 30,205 29.02 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42,464 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40.81
131 Periyakulam M. Periyaveeran Template:Party color cell AIADMK 70,760 67.45 L. Mookiah Template:Party color cell DMK 28,718 27.37 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42,042 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40.08
132 Theni V.R. Nedunchezhian Template:Party color cell AIADMK 67,739 61.51 L.S.R. Krishnan Template:Party color cell DMK 26,439 24.01 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41,300 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37.50
133 Bodinayakkanur V. Panneer Selvam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 63,297 62.98 G. Ponnu Pillai Template:Party color cell DMK 26,253 26.12 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37,044 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36.86
134 Cumbum O.R. Ramachandaran Template:Party color cell INC 59,263 57.21 P. Eramar Template:Party color cell DMK 35,060 33.84 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,203 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23.37
135 Andipatti K. Thavasi Template:Party color cell AIADMK 66,110 64.25 P. Asaiyan Template:Party color cell DMK 23,843 23.17 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42,267 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41.08
136 Sedapatti R. Muthiah Template:Party color cell AIADMK 52,627 58.85 A. Athiyaman Template:Party color cell DMK 28,158 31.49 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,469 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27.36
137 Thirumangalam T.K. Radhakrishnan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 62,774 64.87 R. Saminathan Template:Party color cell DMK 31,511 32.56 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31,263 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32.31
138 Usilampatti R. Pandiammal Template:Party color cell AIADMK 41,654 50.30 P.N. Vallarasu Template:Party color cell FBL 38,460 46.44 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3,194 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.86
139 Nilakottai (SC) A.S. Ponnammal Template:Party color cell INC 62,110 65.75 M. Arivazhagan Template:Party color cell DMK 25,050 26.52 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37,060 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39.23
140 Sholavandan A.M. Paramasivan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 66,100 67.34 A.M.M. Ambikapathy Template:Party color cell DMK 30,787 31.36 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35,313 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35.98
141 Tirupparankundram S. Andi Thevar Template:Party color cell AIADMK 83,180 59.60 C. Ramachandran Template:Party color cell DMK 52,923 37.92 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30,257 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.68
142 Madurai West S.V. Shanmugam Template:Party color cell INC 59,586 63.35 Ponmuthuramalingam Template:Party color cell DMK 32,664 34.73 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,922 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.62
143 Madurai Central A. Deivanayagam Template:Party color cell INC 47,325 62.27 M. Tamilkudimagan Template:Party color cell DMK 26,717 35.16 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,608 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27.11
144 Madurai East O.S. Amarnath Template:Party color cell AIADMK 50,336 64.00 P.M. Kumar Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 20,248 25.74 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30,088 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38.26
145 Samayanallur (SC) M. Kalirajan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 93,161 69.98 N. Soundrapandian Template:Party color cell DMK 37,705 28.32 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|55,456 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41.66
146 Melur K.V.V. Rajamanickam Template:Party color cell INC 80,348 72.33 N. Palanisamy Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 27,576 24.82 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|52,772 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|47.51
147 Natham M. Andi Ambalam Template:Party color cell INC 71,902 73.02 P. Cheliam Template:Party color cell DMK 24,124 24.50 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|47,778 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|48.52
148 Dindigul B. Nirmala Template:Party color cell AIADMK 80,795 64.00 S.A. Thangarajan Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 36,791 29.14 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|44,004 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34.86
149 Athoor S.M. Durai Template:Party color cell AIADMK 81,394 68.74 I. Periyasamy Template:Party color cell DMK 35,297 29.81 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46,097 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38.93
150 Vedasandur S. Gandhirajan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 94,937 76.47 P. Muthusamy Template:Party color cell DMK 27,847 22.43 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|67,090 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|54.04
151 Aravakurichi Mariyamul Asia Template:Party color cell AIADMK 57,957 55.60 P. Monjanur Ramasamy Template:Party color cell DMK 37,005 35.50 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,952 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.10
152 Karur M. Chinnasamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 89,351 64.69 M. Vasuki Template:Party color cell DMK 45,259 32.77 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|44,092 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31.92
153 Krishnarayapuram (SC) A. Arivalagan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 80,676 76.04 R. Natarajan Template:Party color cell DMK 24,240 22.85 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|56,436 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|53.19
154 Marungapuri K. Ponnusamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 76,476 66.88 N. Selvaraj Template:Party color cell DMK 34,572 30.23 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41,904 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36.65
155 Kulithalai A. Pappa Sundaram Template:Party color cell AIADMK 80,499 69.83 S. P. Sethiraman Template:Party color cell DMK 33,158 28.76 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|47,341 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41.07
156 Thottiam N. R. Sivapathi Template:Party color cell AIADMK 79,594 73.51 K. Kannaiyan Template:Party color cell DMK 26,868 24.81 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|52,726 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|48.70
157 Uppiliapuram (ST) V. Ravichandaran Template:Party color cell AIADMK 69,748 67.46 M. Sundravadanam Template:Party color cell DMK 32,392 31.33 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37,356 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36.13
158 Musiri M. Thangavel Template:Party color cell AIADMK 70,812 62.83 R. Natarasan Template:Party color cell DMK 39,568 35.11 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31,244 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27.72
159 Lalgudi J. Logambal Template:Party color cell INC 65,742 54.88 K. N. Nheru Template:Party color cell DMK 52,225 43.59 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13,517 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.29
160 Perambalur (SC) T. Sezhian Template:Party color cell AIADMK 76,202 70.69 M. Devarajan Template:Party color cell DMK 25,868 24.00 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|50,334 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46.69
161 Varahur (SC) E. T. Ponnuvelu Template:Party color cell AIADMK 59,384 57.70 C. Thiyagarajan Template:Party color cell DMK 31,155 30.27 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,229 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27.43
162 Ariyalur S. Manimegalai Template:Party color cell AIADMK 64,680 57.00 K. Chinnappa Template:Party color cell DMK 41,551 36.62 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,129 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.38
163 Andimadam R. Thangarajulk Template:Party color cell INC 40,816 42.19 M. Gnanamoorthy Template:Party color cell PMK 33,144 34.26 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7,672 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.93
164 Jayankondam K. K. Chinnappan Template:Party color cell INC 49,406 44.69 S. Durairaju Template:Party color cell PMK 33,238 30.06 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,168 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14.63
165 Srirangam P. A. Krishnan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 82,462 70.51 R. Jayabalan Template:Party color cell JD 30,918 26.44 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|51,544 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|44.07
166 Tiruchirapalli-I S. Arokiasamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 42,774 56.68 A. Malaramannan Template:Party color cell DMK 27,839 36.89 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14,935 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.79
167 Tiruchirapalli-II G. R. Mala Selvi Template:Party color cell AIADMK 54,664 57.18 Anbil Poyyamozhi Template:Party color cell DMK 34,120 35.69 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,544 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.49
168 Thiruverambur T. Rathinavel Template:Party color cell AIADMK 69,596 59.76 Pappa Umanath Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 43,074 36.99 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,522 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.77
169 Sirkali (SC) T. Moorthy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 62,321 61.29 M. Pannerselvam Template:Party color cell DMK 28,337 27.87 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33,984 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33.42
170 Poompuhar M. Poorasamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 52,478 53.47 M. Mohamed Siddik Template:Party color cell DMK 33,107 33.74 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,371 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.73
171 Mayuram M. M. S. Abul Hassan Template:Party color cell INC 54,516 55.34 A. Senguttivan Template:Party color cell DMK 31,208 31.68 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,308 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23.66
172 Kuttalam S. Asaimani Template:Party color cell AIADMK 60,617 57.02 Ko. Si. Mani Template:Party color cell DMK 37,866 35.62 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22,751 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.40
173 Nannilam (SC) K. Gopal Template:Party color cell AIADMK 60,623 56.79 M. Manimaran Template:Party color cell DMK 43,415 40.67 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17,208 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.12
174 Tiruvarur (SC) V. Thambusamy Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 55,653 51.22 M. Ramasamy Template:Party color cell INC 50,406 46.39 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5,247 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4.83
175 Nagapattinam R. Kodimari Template:Party color cell AIADMK 53,050 52.20 G. Veerajyan Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 43,116 42.42 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,934 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.78
176 Vedaranyam P. V. Rajendran Template:Party color cell INC 55,957 49.22 M. Meenashi Sundaram Template:Party color cell DMK 39,089 34.39 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,868 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14.83
177 Tiruthuraipundi (SC) G. Palanisamy Template:Party color cell CPI 62,863 53.58 V. Vedaiyan Template:Party color cell INC 50,797 43.30 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12,066 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.28
178 Mannargudi K. Srinivasan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 58,194 52.32 V. Veerasenan Template:Party color cell CPI 50,798 45.67 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7,396 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6.65
179 Pattukkottai K. Balasubramaniam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 67,764 62.07 K. Annadurai Template:Party color cell DMK 39,028 35.75 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,736 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26.32
180 Peravurani R. Singaram Template:Party color cell INC 77,504 67.56 M. R. Govendhan Template:Party color cell DMK 32,962 28.73 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|44,542 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38.83
181 Orathanad Alaguthirunavukkabasu Template:Party color cell AIADMK 68,208 58.75 L. Ganesan Template:Party color cell DMK 47,328 40.77 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,880 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.98
182 Thiruvonam K. Thangamuthu Template:Party color cell AIADMK 75,141 64.73 M. Ramachandran Template:Party color cell DMK 40,173 34.61 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34,968 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30.12
183 Thanjavur S. D. Somasundaram Template:Party color cell AIADMK 64,363 58.65 S. N. M. Ubayadullah Template:Party color cell DMK 44,502 40.55 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,861 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.10
184 Tiruvaiyaru P. Kalaiperumal Template:Party color cell AIADMK 57,648 59.68 Durai Chandrasekaran Template:Party color cell DMK 37,249 38.56 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,399 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.12
185 Papanasam S. Rajaraman Template:Party color cell INC 54,445 56.14 S. Kalayanasundaram Template:Party color cell DMK 32,520 33.53 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21,925 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.61
186 Valangiman (SC) K. Panchavarnam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 58,504 64.59 S. Senthamil Chelvan Template:Party color cell DMK 30,816 34.02 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,688 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30.57
187 Kumbakonam R. Eramanathan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 67,271 65.15 S. Kumarasamy Template:Party color cell JD 30,962 29.99 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36,309 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35.16
188 Thiruvidamarudur N. Fanneerselvam Template:Party color cell INC 62,523 56.24 S. Ramalingam Template:Party color cell DMK 37,392 33.64 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25,131 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.60
189 Thirumayam S. Regupathy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 72,701 70.38 Erama Govindarasan TMK 27,970 27.08 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|44,731 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|43.30
190 Kolathur (SC) C. Kulandaivelu Template:Party color cell AIADMK 91,350 76.51 V. Raju TMK 26,038 21.81 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|65,312 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|54.70
191 Pudukkottai C. Swaminathan Template:Party color cell INC 82,205 66.44 V. N. Mani Template:Party color cell DMK 38,806 31.36 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|43,399 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35.08
192 Alangudi S. Shanmuganathan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 88,684 68.83 S. Chirtrarasu Template:Party color cell DMK 38,983 30.26 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|49,701 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38.57
193 Arantangi S. Thirunavukkarasu TMK 73,571 56.46 Kuzha Chelliah Template:Party color cell AIADMK 52,150 40.02 21,421 16.44
194 Tiruppattur S. Kannappan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 63,297 66.06 S. Seventhiappan Template:Party color cell DMK 31,841 33.23 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31,456 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32.83
195 Karaikudi M. Karpagam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 71,912 65.68 C. T. Chidambaram Template:Party color cell DMK 33,601 30.69 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38,311 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34.99
196 Tiruvadanai Ramasamy Ambalam Template:Party color cell INC 65,723 62.92 Sornalingam Template:Party color cell JD 35,187 33.68 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30,536 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.24
197 Ilayangudi Ma. Sa. Ma. Ramachandran Template:Party color cell AIADMK 52,994 61.92 N. Nallasethupathi Template:Party color cell DMK 28,864 33.73 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,130 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.19
198 Sivaganga K. R. Muruganandam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 69,506 72.69 B. Manoharan Template:Party color cell DMK 23,635 24.72 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|45,871 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|47.97
199 Manamadurai (SC) V. M. Subramanian Template:Party color cell AIADMK 66,823 69.77 K. Kasilingam Template:Party color cell DMK 28,535 29.79 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38,288 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39.98
200 Paramakudi (SC) S. Sundararaj Template:Party color cell AIADMK 63,577 66.72 N. Chandran Template:Party color cell CPI 25,111 26.35 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38,466 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40.37
201 Ramanathapuram M. Thennavan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 62,004 59.00 M. A. Kader Template:Party color cell DMK 31,635 30.10 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30,369 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.90
202 Kadaladi V. Sathiamoorthy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 56,552 55.65 K. Kalimuthu Template:Party color cell DMK 27,098 26.67 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29,454 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.98
203 Mudukulathur S. Balakrishnan Template:Party color cell INC 40,065 41.74 S. John Pandian Template:Party color cell PMK 29,021 30.24 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,044 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.50
204 Aruppukottai V. G. Manimeghalai Template:Party color cell AIADMK 56,985 58.91 R. M. Shanmuga Sundaram Template:Party color cell DMK 37,066 38.32 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,919 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.59
205 Sattur K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandaran TMK 59,942 48.63 Sannasi Karuppasamy Template:Party color cell AIADMK 57,703 46.81 2,239 1.82
206 Virudhunagar Sanjay Ramaswamy Template:Party color cell ICS(SCS) 53,217 56.07 G. Veerasamy Template:Party color cell JD 33,816 35.63 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|19,401 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|20.44
207 Sivakasi J. Balagangadharan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 84,785 66.75 B. Boopathi Rajaram Template:Party color cell DMK 37,059 29.17 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|47,726 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37.58
208 Srivilliputhur R. Thamaraikkani Template:Party color cell IND 38,908 34.28 R. Vinayagamoorthi Template:Party color cell AIADMK 37,739 33.25 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|1,169 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|1.03
209 Rajapalayam (SC) T. Sathiah Template:Party color cell AIADMK 68,657 63.45 K. Dhunuskedi TMK 37,169 34.35 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31,488 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.10
210 Vilathikulam N. C. Kanagavalli Template:Party color cell AIADMK 53,713 62.10 S. Mavelraj Template:Party color cell DMK 32,004 37.00 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21,709 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25.10
211 Pottapidaram (SC) S. X. Rajamannar Template:Party color cell AIADMK 52,360 66.28 C. Chelladurai Template:Party color cell DMK 25,035 31.69 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,325 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34.59
212 Koilpatti R. Shymala Template:Party color cell AIADMK 58,535 61.81 L. Aiyalusamy Template:Party color cell CPI 30,284 31.98 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,251 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.83
213 Sankaranayanarkoil (SC) V. Gopalakrishnan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 65,620 61.88 S. Thangavelu Template:Party color cell DMK 38,772 36.56 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,848 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25.32
214 Vasudevanallur (SC) R. Eswaran Template:Party color cell INC 54,688 58.28 R. Krishnan Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 34,374 36.63 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,314 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.65
215 Kadayanallur S. Nagoormeeran Template:Party color cell AIADMK 55,681 56.59 Samsudeen Alias Kathiravan Template:Party color cell DMK 27,971 28.43 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,710 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.16
216 Tenkasi S. Peter Alphonse Template:Party color cell INC 65,142 62.10 S. Ramakrishnan Template:Party color cell DMK 28,263 26.94 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36,879 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35.16
217 Alangulam S. S. Ramasubbu Template:Party color cell INC 66,637 62.69 S. Gurunathan Template:Party color cell DMK 35,487 33.39 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31,150 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.30
218 Tirunelveli D. Veliah Template:Party color cell AIADMK 63,138 62.81 A. L. Subramanian Template:Party color cell DMK 32,853 32.68 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30,285 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30.13
219 Palayamcottai P. Dharamalingam Template:Party color cell AIADMK 45,141 46.11 V. Karuppasamy Pandian TMK 38,250 39.07 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,891 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.04
220 Cheranmahadevi R. Puthunainar Athithan Template:Party color cell AIADMK 59,358 65.44 P. H. Pandian Template:Party color cell IND 24,890 27.44 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34,468 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38.00
221 Ambasamudram R. Murukgaiah Pandian Template:Party color cell AIADMK 57,433 65.33 S. Chellappa Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 28,219 32.10 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29,214 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33.23
222 Nanguneri V. Natesan Paulbaj Template:Party color cell AIADMK 65,514 72.90 M. Mani Achiyur Template:Party color cell DMK 21,294 23.69 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|44,220 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|49.21
223 Radhapuram Ramani Nallathambi Template:Party color cell INC 51,331 62.83 N. Sargunaraj Template:Party color cell DMK 18,600 22.77 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,731 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40.06
224 Sattangulam Kumari Anathan Template:Party color cell INC 52,719 72.09 M. A. Ganesa Pandiyan Template:Party color cell JD 16,894 23.10 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35,825 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|48.99
225 Tiruchendur A. Chelladurai Template:Party color cell AIADMK 54,442 58.63 A. S. Pandian Template:Party color cell DMK 27,794 29.93 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,648 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.70
226 Srivaikuntam S. Daniel Raj Template:Party color cell INC 50,800 62.54 S. David Selvin Template:Party color cell DMK 23,486 28.91 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,314 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33.63
227 Tuticorin V. P. R. Ramesh Template:Party color cell AIADMK 79,552 66.09 N. Periasamy Template:Party color cell DMK 38,157 31.70 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41,395 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34.39
228 Kanniyakumari M. Ammamuthu Template:Party color cell AIADMK 54,194 60.14 C. Krishnan Template:Party color cell DMK 19,835 22.01 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34,359 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|38.13
229 Nagercoil M. Moses Template:Party color cell INC 56,363 56.81 S. Retnaraj Template:Party color cell DMK 26,311 26.52 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30,052 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30.29
230 Colachel A. Pauliah Template:Party color cell INC 52,641 60.01 R. Bathakbishnan Template:Party color cell JD 19,626 22.37 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33,015 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37.64
231 Padmanabhapuram K. Lawrence Template:Party color cell AIADMK 42,950 51.85 S. Noor Mohamed Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 19,657 23.73 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,293 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.12
232 Thiruvattar R. Nadesan Template:Party color cell INC 45,591 50.49 J. Hemachandran Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 28,762 31.86 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,829 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.63
233 Vilavancode M. Sundaradas Template:Party color cell INC 50,151 48.86 D. Mony Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 38,842 37.85 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,309 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.01
234 Killiyoor D. Kumaradas Template:Party color cell JD 26,818 34.25 Pon. Robert Singh Template:Party color cell INC 25,650 32.76 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1,168 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.49

Analysis

The AIADMK coalition won a massive victory in this election capturing 225 of 234 seats. The DMK coalition was routed with only 7 victories. DMK itself could win only 2 seats including that of its leader M. Karunanidhi. Though Karunanidhi won from the Harbour constituency, he resigned his seat immediately. The victory of AIADMK-Congress has been attributed mainly to the sympathy wave following the Rajiv Gandhi assassination. Other factors which helped their victory were the consolidation of the AIADMK votes under the unified AIADMK party, successful projection by Jayalalithaa as the true political heir to M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R), successful portrayal of DMK as anti-woman (by playing up the events in the Assembly on 25 March 1989) and the PMK cutting into the DMK's vote bank in the northern districts. This election saw the first electoral success of the PMK, when its candidate Panruti Ramachandran was elected from the Panruti constituency.[1][6][20][21]

See also

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