2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Template:Infobox election The twelfth legislative assembly election was held on 10 May 2001 in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)-led front won the elections and its general secretary, J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister, even though she could not legally run as MLA in this election. She was unanimously elected as the leader of the 132-member AIADMK Legislative Party, and was subsequently nominated as Chief Minister by the party, preparing to assume office for her second term. The AIADMK-led front won a decisive victory, securing 196 constituencies. The AIADMK alone achieved a simple majority with 132 seats, enabling it to form the government without coalition support. The DMK won 31 seats and Its NDA allies won 6 seats. Political analysts attributed the results primarily to alliance arithmetic, with the broad coalition led by the AIADMK playing a decisive role in securing victory over the Incumbent DMK. 15 ministers from the outgoing Karunanidhi cabinet were defeated in their respective constituencies.

Due to criminal and corruption charges from Jayalalithaa's first term, on 21 September 2001, a five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India ruled in a unanimous verdict that "a person who is convicted for a criminal offense and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two years cannot be appointed the Chief Minister of a State under Article 164 (1) read with (4) and cannot continue to function as such". Thereby, the bench decided that "in the appointment of Dr. J. Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister there has been a clear infringement of a Constitutional provision and that a writ of quo warranto must issue". In effect, her appointment as Chief Minister was declared null and invalid with retrospective effect. Therefore, technically, she was not the Chief Minister in the period between 14 May 2001 and 21 September 2001. After her resignation on 21 September 2001, she put in O. Panneerselvam, as the official 13th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, until she could clear up the charges from her first term, so she can take up the mantle of Chief Minister officially, on 2 March 2002.

Schedule

Event	Date
Date for Nominations	16 April 2001
Last Date for filing Nominations	23 April 2001
Date for scrutiny of nominations	24 April 2001
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	26 April 2001
Date of poll	10 May 2001
Date of counting	13 May 2001

Background and Coalition

The incumbent party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, finished its full 5 terms, for the first time since winning the 1971 state assembly election. According to various sources and exit polls, the incumbent party was expexted to retain power, due to the popularity of its leader M. Karunanidhi. Due to the anti-incumbency factor, problems of development cited by the people in many rural areas of Tamil Nadu, and a broad coalition formed by AIADMK, including Tamil Maanila Congress, who left the alliance of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), because they joined BJP and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Indian National Congress and the left parties, the AIADMK-led front, with its general secretary J. Jayalalithaa, won by a landslide, sweeping across the state. In this election, J. Jayalalithaa described the contest as a “life-and-death battle” for her political future.

On 24 April 2001, the nomination papers of ADMK General Secretary Jayalalithaa for Bargur and Andipatti, filed on 18 April, along with nominations filed on her behalf in Pudukkottai and Bhuvanagiri minutes before the April 23 deadline, were rejected during scrutiny due to her conviction in the TANSI land deal case.Under Section 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, her sentence disqualified J. Jayalalithaa from contesting. Some critics, however, argued that filing multiple nominations was aimed at projecting their rejection as part of a conspiracy involving Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. In response, Chief Minister Karunanidhi, who had earlier indicated that her nominations might be rejected, remarked: “There is nothing for me to rejoice about. The law has taken its course. Senior advocate Siddhartha Shankar Ray and M. Thambidurai represented her before the Returning Officer at Krishnagiri, and her dummy candidates became the official AIADMK nominees of those seats. Following the rejection, Jayalalithaa campaigned from an open vehicle in Pudukkottai, accusing Karunanidhi of conspiracy, stating: “conspiring Karunanidhi” and alleging he pressured officials to block her candidature to promote his son M. K. Stalin. She declared: “It’s time we put an end to his efforts to establish a dynasty.” Despite her disqualification, she told voters: “I have faith in you and only you can give the final verdict. you should consider that I am contesting in all the 141 constituencies where the AIADMK has put up candidates.” She also invoked lines from a Tamil film song from the 1971 film Rickshawkaran starring her mentor MGR: “Angey sirippavargal sirikkattum. adhu aanava sirippu. nalla theerppai ulagam sollum naal varumpothu, angey sirippavar yaar azhubavar yaar theriyum appothu” (“Let those who laugh there, laugh. it is the laughter of arrogance; when the world delivers the true verdict, it will be known who laughs and who weeps”). The episode significantly shaped the political narrative of the election, with Jayalalithaa portraying herself as a victim of a political conspiracy, a stance that drew continued support and sympathy from her alliance partners and sections of the electorate.

Seat allotments

Source: Various Sources

Secular Democratic Progressive Alliance

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	J. Jayalalithaa	140
2.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png	G. K. Moopanar	32
3.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Hand INC.svg	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	14
4.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Indian Election Symbol Mango SVG.svg	Dr. Ramdoss	27
5.	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg	N. Sankaraiah	8
6.	Template:Full party name with color	File:CPI symbol.svg	R. Nallakannu	8
7.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg	L. Santhanam	1
8.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg	K. M. Kader Mohideen	1
9.	Template:Full party name with color	File:No flag.svg	M. Abdul Latheef	1
10.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Indian Election Symbol Banana.svg	P. S. Arul	1
Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the AIADMK ticket
11.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	B. John Pandian	1

DMKTemplate:NdashNDA Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
Template:Party color cell	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	File:Flag DMK.svg	File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	M. Karunanidhi	167	184
Template:Party color cell	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	File:Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi banner.png		Thol. Thirumavalavan	8
Template:Party color cell	Tamizhaga Muslim Iykkya Jamaat			J. M. Aaroon Rashid	3
Template:Party color cell	TMC Jananayaka Peravai			P. Chidambaram	2
Template:Party color cell	Tamil Pattali Makkal Katchi			Dheeran	1
Template:Party color cell	Tamil Nadu Mutharaiyar Sangam			Kuzha Chelliah	1
Template:Party color cell	Kongunadu Makkal Katchi	File:Flag of Kongunadu.svg		A. M. Raja	1
Template:Party color cell	All India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam			Dr. Sethuraman	1
Template:Party color cell	Bharatiya Janata Party	File:BJP Flag.svg	File:Lotus flower symbol.svg	S. P. Kripanidhi	21
Template:Party color cell	Puthiya Tamilagam	File:Puthiya Tamilagam Party Flag.jpg	File:Indian Election Symbol Lock And Key.svg	K. Krishnasamy	10
Template:Party color cell	Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi		File:Indian Election Symbol Lock And Key.svg	S. Kannappan	6
Template:Party color cell	Puthiya Needhi Katchi		Television & File:Indian Election Symbol Bus.png	A. C. Shanmugam	5
Template:Party color cell	MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		File:Ring Symbol.png	Su. Thirunavukkarasar	3
Template:Party color cell	MGR Kazhagam		Television & File:Indian Election Symbol Bus.png	R. M. Veerappan	2
Template:Party color cell	Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi		File:Ring Symbol.png	'Vettavalam' Manikandan	1
Template:Party color cell	Thondar Congress		Toffee	Kumari Ananthan	1
Template:Party color cell	Thamilar Bhoomi		Bell	Ku. Pa. Krishnan	1
Total					234

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Source: Oneindia News

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Indian Election Symbol Top.png	Vaiko	213

Opinion polling

Exit polls

A post poll survey conducted by the CSDS in collaboration with NDTV and Frontline found that, at the end of its five-year (1996-2001) term, the DMK government did not face major public disapproval and its performance ratings compared favourably with Left front governments in West Bengal and Kerala. About 42% of respondents preferred the government led by Karunanidhi over the previous AIADMK regime, while Jayalalithaa trailed slightly behind Karunanidhi in chief ministerial preference. Although both leaders were widely perceived as corrupt, with 61% describing Jayalalithaa and 51% Karunanidhi as such, corruption did not become a decisive election issue due to the lack of a clear alternative. The survey also indicated that Jayalalithaa’s disqualification had limited electoral impact, with only 7% saying it influenced their vote, resulting in a net gain of about 1% for the AIADMK-led Alliance.

Agency	Dates	Results
CNN-IBN – The Hindu	11 May 2001 (Reported)	AIADMK+: 125 seats (48% of the vote) DMK+: 105 seats (47% of the vote) Others: 4 seats (5% of the vote)
India Today-ORG-Marg	13 May 2001 (Reported)	AIADMK+: 120-130 seats (48% of the vote) DMK+: 105-115 seats (46% of the vote) Others: 2-5 seats (6% of the vote)

Results

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

File:2001 tamil nadu legislative election map by parties.png

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

Template:Election table |- !colspan=10|File:India Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2001.svg |- ! 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-led Alliance|Template:White]] ! style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 196 | +138 | 14,043,980 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 50.1% |- |AIADMK ! style="background-color: #008000" | | 132 | +127 | 8,815,387 | 31.4% | 52.1% |- |TMC(M) ! style="background-color: #008080" | | 23 | -15 | 1,885,726 | 6.7% | 47.5% |- |PMK ! style="background-color: #800080" | | 20 | +16 | 1,557,500 | 5.6% | 46.8% |- |INC ! style="background-color: #00FFFF" | | 7 | +7 | 696,205 | 2.5% | 45.4% |- |CPI(M) ! style="background-color: #000080" | | 6 | +4 | 470,736 | 1.7% | 48.2% |- |CPI ! style="background-color: #0000FF" | | 5 | -3 | 444,710 | 1.6% | 48.5% |- |IND ! style="background-color: Black" | | 2 | +2 | 103,971 | 0.4% | 46.6% |- |AIFB ! style="background-color: #800000" | | 1 | +1 | 39,248 | 0.1% | 43.3% |- |MUL ! style="background-color: " | | 0 | -1 | 30,497 | 0.1% | 41.7% |- ! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ alliance ! style="background-color: Red" | | 37 | -138 | 10,841,157 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 38.7% |- |DMK ! style="background-color: Red" | | 31 | -142 | 8,669,864 | 30.9% | 39.0% |- |BJP ! style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 4 | +3 | 895,352 | 3.2% | 38.7% |- |MADMK ! style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2 | +1 | 129,474 | 0.5% | 37.1% |- |PT ! style="background-color: " | | 0 | – | 355,171 | 1.3% | 33.8% |- |MTD ! style="background-color: " | | 0 | – | 257,126 | 0.9% | 40.9% |- |PNK ! style="background-color: " | | 0 | – | 196,740 | 0.7% | 33.6% |- |MGRK ! style="background-color: " | | 0 | – | 136,916 | 0.5% | 40.8% |- |TB ! style="background-color: " | | 0 | – | 45,002 | 0.2% | 40.0% |- |CNMK ! style="background-color: " | | 0 | – | 40,421 | 0.1% | 32.4% |- |IND ! style="background-color: " | | 0 | – | 115,091 | 0.4% | 36.7% |- ! style="background-color:Black; color:white"|Others ! style="background-color: Black" | | 1 | – | 3,192,598 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |11.4% |- |MDMK ! style="background-color: " | | 0 | – | 1,304,469 | 4.7% | 5.1% |- |IND ! style="background-color: #4d4d4d" | | 1 | – | 1,509,378 | 6.2% | 6.3% |- | style="text-align:center;" |Total ! style="background-color: " | | 234 | – | 28,037,314 | 100% | – |- |}Template:Refbegin Note: Parties that contested under "rising-sun" or "two-leaves" symbol are listed as DMK or AIADMK respectively. Parties that ran their candidates as independents, (e.g. Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi and Thondar Congress in DMK alliance) are listed as IND for their respective alliance.
‡: 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 and Rediff Newspaper Template:Refend

Result Analysis

Following the previous 1999 Lok Sabha elections, the DMK-led NDA alliance under M. Karunanidhi, which had secured 47% vote share and leads in 147 Assembly segments, weakened due to defections. The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) shifted to the AIADMK alliance, while the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) led by Vaiko and the Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress (TRC) led by Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy were excluded, resulting in an estimated 15% loss. Despite inducting Puthiya Tamilagam and the Dalit Panthers of India (DPI), the alliance still faced a net decline of about 11% points. In contrast, the AIADMK-led Secular Democratic Progressive Alliance under J. Jayalalithaa gained strength by inducting PMK and aligning with the Tamil Maanila Congress led by G. K. Moopanar, resulting in an estimated 15% gain and significantly improving its electoral position.

List of elected members

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Royapuram	D. Jayakumar	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	44,465	56.76	K. Nargunan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	30,753	39.26	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13,712	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.50
2	Harbour	K. Anbazhagan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	24,225	46.98	D. Pandian	Template:Party color cell	CPI	23,889	46.33	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|336	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|0.65
3	Dr. R. K. Nagar	P. K. Sekar Babu	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	74,888	58.43	S.P. Sarguna Pandian	Template:Party color cell	DMK	47,556	37.10	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,332	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.33
4	Park Town	S.G. Vinayakamurthi	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	33,031	51.40	T. Rajhendharr	Template:Party color cell	DMK	26,654	41.47	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,377	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.93
5	Perambur (SC)	K. Mahendran	Template:Party color cell	CPI(M)	69,613	52.42	Chengai Sivam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	52,390	39.45	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17,223	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.97
6	Purasawalkam	B. Ranganathan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	69,681	48.53	P. Vetriivel	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	65,879	45.89	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3,802	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.64
7	Egmore (SC)	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi	Template:Party color cell	DMK	33,189	47.69	B. John Pandian	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	33,103	47.57	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|86	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|0.12
8	Anna Nagar	N. Arcot Veeraswami	Template:Party color cell	DMK	77,353	48.20	C. Arumugam	Template:Party color cell	PMK	71,775	44.73	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5,578	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.47
9	Theagaraya Nagar	J. Anbazhagan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	57,875	48.55	E.V.K. Sulochana Sampath	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	55,376	46.45	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2,499	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.10
10	Thousand Lights	M.K. Stalin	Template:Party color cell	DMK	49,056	51.41	S. Sekar	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	41,782	43.78	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7,274	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.63
11	Chepauk	M. Karunanidhi	Template:Party color cell	DMK	29,836	51.91	R. Damodharan	Template:Party color cell	INC	25,002	43.50	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,834	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8.41
12	Triplicane	S.A.M. Hussain	Template:Party color cell	DMK	34,943	49.79	S. Rajakumar	Template:Party color cell	INC	31,267	44.55	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3,676	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.24
13	Mylapore	K.N. Lakshmanan	Template:Party color cell	BJP	60,996	51.09	V. Maitreyan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	54,949	46.03	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,047	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.06
14	Saidapet	V. Perumal	Template:Party color cell	DMK	62,118	48.13	C.R. Baskaran	Template:Party color cell	PMK	58,237	45.12	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3,881	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.01
15	Gummidipundi	K. Sudarsanam	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	73,467	56.07	K. Venu	Template:Party color cell	DMK	48,509	37.02	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,958	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.05
16	Ponneri (SC)	A.S. Kannan	Template:Party color cell	CPI	81,408	54.58	K. Sundaram	Template:Party color cell	DMK	54,018	36.22	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,390	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.36
17	Thiruvottiyur	T. Arumugam	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	1,13,808	54.94	Kumari Anandan	Template:Party color cell	IND	79,767	38.50	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34,041	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.44
18	Villivakkam	D. Nepoleon	Template:Party color cell	DMK	1,64,787	48.21	Dr. A. Chellakumar	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	1,55,557	45.51	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,230	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.70
19	Alandur	B. Valarmathi	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	94,554	47.59	Eraama Veerappan	Template:Party color cell	MGRK	81,958	41.25	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12,596	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6.34
20	Tambaram	M.A. Vaidialingam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	1,50,961	46.86	Thiru K. Chakkaraipani Reddiar	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	1,45,530	45.18	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5,431	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.68
21	Tirupporur (SC)	S. Kanitha Sampath	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	74,716	54.64	C. Nagarajan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	49,926	36.51	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,790	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.13
22	Chengalpattu	K. Arumugam	Template:Party color cell	PMK	52,465	43.50	V. Viswanathan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	47,316	39.23	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|5,149	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|4.27
23	Maduranthakam	P. Vasudevan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	57,610	51.10	S.D. Ugamchand	Template:Party color cell	DMK	45,916	40.73	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,694	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.37
24	Acharapakkam (SC)	A. Selvaraj	Template:Party color cell	PMK	54,114	53.69	Dr. T. Murugesan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	38,636	38.33	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|15,478	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|15.36
25	Uthiramerur	V. Somasundaram	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	73,824	56.48	K. Sundar	Template:Party color cell	DMK	46,202	35.35	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,622	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.13
26	Kancheepuram	S.S. Thirunavukkarasu	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	84,246	55.81	A. Sekar	Template:Party color cell	DMK	60,643	40.17	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,603	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.64
27	Sriperumbudur (SC)	D. Yasodha	Template:Party color cell	INC	70,663	49.93	M. Raghavan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	53,470	37.78	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17,193	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.15
28	Poonamallee	S. Shanmugam	Template:Party color cell	PMK	62,220	37.51	S. Chezhiyan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	59,904	36.12	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|2,316	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|1.39
29	Tiruvallur	D. Sudharsanam	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	47,899	42.90	V.G. Rajendiran	Template:Party color cell	PNK	27,948	25.03	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,951	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.87
30	Tiruttani	G. Raviraj	Template:Party color cell	PMK	58,549	50.01	E.A.P. Shivaji	Template:Party color cell	DMK	44,675	38.16	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|13,874	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|11.85
31	Pallipet	P.M. Narasimhan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	62,289	49.42	M. Chakravarthy	Template:Party color cell	BJP	34,049	27.02	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,240	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.40
32	Arkonam (SC)	K. Bhavani Karunakaran	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	67,034	55.09	R. Ravishankar	Template:Party color cell	DMK	46,778	38.44	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,256	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.65
33	Sholinghur	R. Vilvanathan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	62,576	50.12	A.M. Ponnurangam	Template:Party color cell	PNK	52,781	42.28	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,795	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.84
34	Ranipet	M.S. Chandrasekaran	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	83,250	56.37	R. Gandhi	Template:Party color cell	DMK	58,287	39.47	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,963	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.90
35	Arcot	P. Neelakandan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	61,474	55.39	A.K. Sundaramoorthy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	43,767	39.44	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17,707	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.95
36	Katpadi	Duraimurugan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	64,187	49.47	A.K. Natarajan	Template:Party color cell	PMK	56,185	43.30	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8,002	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6.17
37	Gudiyatham	C.M. Suryakala	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	61,128	57.05	S. Duraisamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	36,804	34.35	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,324	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.70
38	Pernambut (SC)	C. Kanagathara (Selvi)	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	65,366	59.07	S. Thondral Nayagan	Template:Party color cell	BJP	36,511	32.99	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,855	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26.08
39	Vaniayambadi	M. Abdul Latheef	Template:Party color cell	IND	54,218	48.26	J.M. Haroon Rasheed	Template:Party color cell	DMK	42,280	37.63	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|11,938	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|10.63
40	Natrampalli	S. Natarajan	Template:Party color cell	PMK	67,046	48.96	T. Anbazhagan	Template:Party color cell	MGRK	54,958	40.13	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|12,088	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|8.83
41	Tiruppattur	T.K. Raja	Template:Party color cell	PMK	59,840	46.15	S. Arasu	Template:Party color cell	DMK	54,079	41.70	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|5,761	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|4.45
42	Chengam (SC)	Polur Varadhan	Template:Party color cell	INC	54,145	48.43	R. Shamala	Template:Party color cell	MTD	41,868	37.45	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12,277	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.98
43	Thandarambattu	Velu	Template:Party color cell	DMK	63,599	48.86	K. Manivarma	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	58,762	45.14	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,837	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.72
44	Tiruvannamalai	K. Pitchandi	Template:Party color cell	DMK	64,115	47.75	M. Shunmugasundaram	Template:Party color cell	PMK	60,025	44.70	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,090	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.05
45	Kalasapakkam	S. Ramachandran	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	75,880	58.05	P.S. Thiruvengadam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	46,990	35.95	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,890	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.10
46	Polur	Nalini Manokaran	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	59,678	51.31	C. Elumalai	Template:Party color cell	DMK	48,871	42.02	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10,807	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.29
47	Anaicut	K. Pandurangan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	61,333	56.24	G. Malarvizhi	Template:Party color cell	DMK	40,282	36.93	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21,051	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.31
48	Vellore	C. Gnanasekaran	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	60,697	52.46	A.M. Ramalingam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	49,573	42.84	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,124	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.62
49	Arni	K. Ramachandran	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	66,371	50.98	A.C. Shanmugam	Template:Party color cell	PNK	52,889	40.62	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13,482	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.36
50	Cheyyar	P.S. Ulagarakshagan	Template:Party color cell	PMK	62,615	50.90	R.K.P. Rajarajan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	50,530	41.07	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|12,085	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|9.83
51	Vandavasi (SC)	K. Murugavelrajan	Template:Party color cell	PMK	55,773	49.14	K. Loganathan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	46,902	41.33	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|8,871	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|7.81
52	Peranamallur	A.K.S. Anbalagan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	52,625	45.62	B. Bose	Template:Party color cell	MTD	44,266	38.37	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8,359	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.25
53	Melmalayanur	R. Tamilmozhi	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	55,309	51.02	Dr. A. Gnanasekaran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	30,722	28.34	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,587	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.68
54	Gingee	V. Elumalai	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	58,564	51.33	A. Rajendran Alias Dheeran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	29,478	25.84	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29,086	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25.49
55	Tindivanam	C.Ve. Shanmugm	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	54,884	53.31	R. Sethunathan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	42,736	41.51	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12,148	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.80
56	Vanur (SC)	N. Ganapathy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	68,421	55.65	R. Mydili	Template:Party color cell	DMK	47,072	38.28	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21,349	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.37
57	Kandamangalam (SC)	V. Subramanian	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	67,574	56.29	E. Vijayaragavan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	44,946	37.44	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22,628	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.85
58	Villupuram	K. Ponmudy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	65,693	47.45	R. Pasupathy	Template:Party color cell	PMK	63,488	45.86	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2,205	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.59
59	Mugaiyur	G. Gothandaraman	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	57,484	51.30	A. Gee. Sampath	Template:Party color cell	DMK	47,143	42.07	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10,341	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.23
60	Thirunavalur	K.G.P. Gnanamoorthy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	59,115	52.51	A.J. Manikkannan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	44,342	39.39	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14,773	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13.12
61	Ulundurpet (SC)	N. Ramu	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	73,384	55.09	K. Thirunavukkarasu	Template:Party color cell	DMK	50,630	38.01	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22,754	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.08
62	Nellikuppam	M.C. Sampath	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	56,349	50.93	V.C. Shanmugham	Template:Party color cell	DMK	48,967	44.26	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7,382	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6.67
63	Cuddalore	E. Pugazhendi	Template:Party color cell	DMK	54,671	45.61	P.R.S. Venkatesan	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	54,637	45.58	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|0.03
64	Panruti	T. Velmurugan	Template:Party color cell	PMK	45,963	37.67	V. Ramaswamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	40,915	33.54	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|5,048	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|4.13
65	Kurinjipadi	M.R.K. Panneer Selvam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	65,425	55.78	K. Sivasubramanian	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	41,562	35.44	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,863	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.34
66	Bhuvanagiri	P.S. Arul	Template:Party color cell	IND	49,753	44.85	M. Gopalakrishanan	Template:Party color cell	MTD	45,989	41.46	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|3,764	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|3.39
67	Kattumannarkoil (SC)	P. Vallalperuman	Template:Party color cell	DMK	55,444	55.37	R. Sachithanandam	Template:Party color cell	INC	38,927	38.87	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,517	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.50
68	Chidambaram	K. Saravanan Durai	Template:Party color cell	DMK	54,647	52.70	T. Arivuselvan	Template:Party color cell	PMK	42,732	41.21	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,915	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.49
69	Vridhachalam	Dr. R. Govindasamy	Template:Party color cell	PMK	68,905	50.13	M. Kuzhandai Tamizharasan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	61,777	44.95	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|7,128	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|5.18
70	Mangalore (SC)	E.R.A. Thirumavalavan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	64,627	47.87	S. Puratchimani	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	62,772	46.49	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1,855	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.38
71	Rishivandiam	S. Sivaraj	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	57,108	52.37	T.K.T. Murali	Template:Party color cell	PNK	31,576	28.96	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25,532	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23.41
72	Chinnasalem	P. Mohan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	60,554	51.35	R. Mookkappan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	51,442	43.63	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,112	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.72
73	Sankarapuram	P. Kasampu	Template:Party color cell	PMK	56,971	45.12	T. Udhayasuriyan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	55,953	44.31	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|1,018	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|0.81
74	Hosur	K. Gopinath	Template:Party color cell	INC	45,865	35.24	B. Venkatasamy	Template:Party color cell	BJP	39,376	30.25	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,489	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4.99
75	Thalli	K.V. Murali Dharan	Template:Party color cell	BJP	36,738	38.33	S. Raja Reddy	Template:Party color cell	CPI	30,521	31.84	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,217	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6.49
76	Kaveripattinam	K.P. Munusamy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	67,241	54.75	V.C. Govindasami	Template:Party color cell	DMK	48,724	39.67	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18,517	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.08
77	Krishnagiri	V. Govindarasu	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	65,197	56.59	T. Senguttuvan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	43,424	37.69	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21,773	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.90
78	Bargur	M. Thambidurai	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	82,039	66.31	E.G. Sugavanam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	32,733	26.46	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|49,306	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39.85
79	Harur (SC)	V. Krishnamoorthy	Template:Party color cell	CPI	70,433	53.04	D. Periyasamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	36,954	27.83	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33,479	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25.21
80	Morappur	P. Palaniappan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	62,266	56.31	E.V. Rajasekaran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	38,950	35.22	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,316	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.09
81	Palacode	K.P. Anbalagan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	75,284	62.38	G.L. Venkatachalam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	35,052	29.04	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40,232	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33.34
82	Dharmapuri	K. Pary Mohan	Template:Party color cell	PMK	56,147	46.65	K. Manoharan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	45,173	37.54	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|10,974	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|9.11
83	Pennagaram	G.K. Mani	Template:Party color cell	PMK	49,125	44.08	K.N. Periannan	Template:Party color cell	IND	34,729	31.16	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|14,396	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|12.92
84	Mettur	S. Sundarambal	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	49,504	42.25	P. Gopal	Template:Party color cell	DMK	41,369	35.31	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8,135	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6.94
85	Taramangalam	M.P. Kamaraj	Template:Party color cell	PMK	67,012	56.09	S. Ammasi	Template:Party color cell	DMK	41,554	34.78	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|25,458	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|21.31
86	Omalur	S. Semmalai	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	65,861	59.39	Era. Rajendran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	34,259	30.89	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31,602	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.50
87	Yercaud (ST)	K.T. Elayakannu	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	64,319	64.35	K. Govindan	Template:Party color cell	BJP	30,334	30.35	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33,985	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34.00
88	Salem-I	Se. Venkatajalam	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	66,365	60.01	M.A. Elangovan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	41,234	37.29	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25,131	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.72
89	Salem-II	M. Karthe	Template:Party color cell	PMK	62,306	54.25	A.L. Thangavel	Template:Party color cell	DMK	47,221	41.11	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|15,085	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|13.14
90	Veerapandi	S.K. Selvam	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	85,657	58.38	S. Arumugam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	55,645	37.92	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30,012	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.46
91	Panamarathupatty	P. Vijayalakahmi Palanisamy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	78,642	64.51	S.R. Sivalingam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	36,292	29.77	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42,350	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34.74
92	Attur	A.K. Murugesan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	64,936	57.85	Mu.Ra. Karunanidhi	Template:Party color cell	DMK	40,191	35.81	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,745	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.04
93	Talavasal (SC)	V. Alagammal	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	67,682	58.24	M. Pandiyarajan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	39,825	34.27	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,857	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23.97
94	Rasipuram	P.R. Sundaram	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	67,332	57.48	Dr. K.P. Ramalingam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	44,303	37.82	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,029	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.66
95	Sendamangalam (ST)	K. Kalavathi	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	61,312	55.64	Chinumathi Chandrasekaran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	43,497	39.48	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17,815	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.16
96	Namakkal (SC)	K. Jayakumar	Template:Party color cell	INC	67,215	58.14	S. Ahilan	Template:Party color cell	PT	38,223	33.06	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,992	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25.08
97	Kapilamalai	A.R. Malaiyappasamy	Template:Party color cell	PMK	48,447	41.75	S. Gandhiselvan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	44,135	38.03	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|4,312	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|3.72
98	Tiruchengode	C. Ponnaiyan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	1,07,898	59.55	T.P. Arumugam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	63,789	35.20	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|44,109	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24.35
99	Sankari (SC)	P. Dhanabal	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	70,312	56.41	T.R. Saravanan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	47,360	38.00	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22,952	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.41
100	Edapadi	I. Ganesan	Template:Party color cell	PMK	74,375	55.40	A. Kandasamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	43,564	32.45	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|30,811	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|22.95
101	Mettupalayam	A.K. Selvaraj	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	85,578	60.02	B. Arun Kumar	Template:Party color cell	DMK	44,500	31.21	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41,078	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.81
102	Avanashi (SC)	S. Mahalingam	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	59,571	48.20	M. Mohankumar	Template:Party color cell	IND	38,559	31.20	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21,012	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.00
103	Thondamuthur	S.R. Balasubramoniyan	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	96,959	50.57	V.R. Sukanya	Template:Party color cell	DMK	68,423	35.68	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,536	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14.89
104	Singanallur	K.C. Karunakaran	Template:Party color cell	CPI(M)	82,773	49.57	N. Palanisamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	62,772	37.59	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,001	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.98
105	Coimbatore West	S. Maheswari	Template:Party color cell	INC	40,372	51.44	C.T. Dhandapani	Template:Party color cell	DMK	30,281	38.58	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10,091	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.86
106	Coimbatore East	V.K. Lakshmanan	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	41,419	50.08	N.R. Nanjappan	Template:Party color cell	BJP	38,208	46.19	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3,211	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.89
107	Perur	M.A.P.A. Krishnakumar Alias Rohini	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	94,607	55.50	N. Nageswari	Template:Party color cell	DMK	59,343	34.81	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35,264	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.69
108	Kinathukkadavu	S. Damodaran	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	55,958	50.33	M. Shanmugam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	22,178	19.95	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33,780	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30.38
109	Pollachi	V. Jayaraman	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	64,648	52.48	R. Tamil Mani	Template:Party color cell	DMK	32,244	26.18	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,404	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26.30
110	Valparai (SC)	M. Kovai Thangam	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	47,428	53.21	Dr. K. Krishnaswamy	Template:Party color cell	PT	29,513	33.11	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17,915	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.10
111	Udumalpet	C. Shanmugavelu	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	78,938	56.92	D. Selvaraj	Template:Party color cell	DMK	39,030	28.14	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39,908	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28.78
112	Dharapuram (SC)	V. Sivakami	Template:Party color cell	PMK	56,835	50.49	R. Sareswathi	Template:Party color cell	DMK	34,683	30.81	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|22,152	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|19.68
113	Vellakoil	M.P. Saminathan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	37,571	32.99	V.P. Periasamy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	36,831	32.34	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|740	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|0.65
114	Pongalur	P.V. Damodaran	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	57,139	53.56	K. Chellamuthu	Template:Party color cell	IND	35,324	33.11	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21,815	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.45
115	Palladam	S.M. Velusamy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	82,592	55.86	S.S. Ponmudi	Template:Party color cell	DMK	50,118	33.89	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,474	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.97
116	Tiruppur	C. Sivasami	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	1,27,224	59.91	Lalithakumaramangalam	Template:Party color cell	BJP	80,668	37.98	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46,556	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.93
117	Kangayam	M. Selvi	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	58,700	51.06	N. Rajkumar Manradiyar	Template:Party color cell	DMK	47,426	41.25	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,274	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.81
118	Modakurichi	P.C. Ramasami	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	74,296	55.24	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	40,084	29.81	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34,212	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25.43
119	Perundurai	K.S. Palanisamy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	72,133	57.88	N. Govindaswamy	Template:Party color cell	CNMK	40,421	32.43	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31,712	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25.45
120	Erode	K.S. Thennarasu	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	95,450	52.40	N.K.K. Periyasamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	71,010	38.98	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,440	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13.42
121	Bhavani	K.C. Karuppannan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	64,405	58.20	J. Sudhanandhen	Template:Party color cell	PNK	31,546	28.50	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,859	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.70
122	Andhiyur (SC)	R. Krishnan	Template:Party color cell	PMK	53,436	54.38	P. Selvarasu	Template:Party color cell	DMK	35,374	36.00	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|18,062	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|18.38
123	Gobichettipalayam	S.S. Ramaneedharan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	60,826	57.05	V.P. Shanmugasundram	Template:Party color cell	DMK	31,881	29.90	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,945	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27.15
124	Bhavanisagar	P. Chithambaram	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	53,879	47.67	O. Subramaniam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	43,604	38.58	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10,275	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.09
125	Sathyamangalam	K.R. Kandasamy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	54,252	52.21	S.K. Rajendran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	20,818	20.04	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33,434	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32.17
126	Coonoor (SC)	K. Kandasamy	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	53,156	55.86	E.M. Mahaliappan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	36,512	38.37	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,644	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.49
127	Ootacamund	H.M. Raju	Template:Party color cell	INC	59,872	62.67	J. Hutchi Gowder	Template:Party color cell	BJP	30,782	32.22	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29,090	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30.45
128	Gudalur	A. Miller	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	78,809	57.43	M. Pandiaraj	Template:Party color cell	DMK	46,116	33.61	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,693	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23.82
129	Palani (SC)	M. Chinnasamy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	63,611	55.65	T. Poovendhan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	43,124	37.73	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,487	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.92
130	Oddanchatram	Ara. Chakkarapani	Template:Party color cell	DMK	52,896	46.40	A.T. Sellasamy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	51,527	45.20	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1,369	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.20
131	Periyakulam	O. Panneer Selvam	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	62,125	54.28	M. Abuthahir	Template:Party color cell	DMK	44,205	38.62	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17,920	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.66
132	Theni	D. Ganesan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	60,115	48.88	L. Mookaiah	Template:Party color cell	DMK	46,254	37.61	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13,861	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.27
133	Bodinayakkanur	S. Ramaraj	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	53,410	49.94	A. Sudalaimuthu	Template:Party color cell	DMK	42,132	39.39	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,278	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.55
134	Cumbum	O.R. Ramachandran	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	56,823	50.73	N.K.R. Krishnakumar	Template:Party color cell	BJP	52,437	46.82	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,386	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.91
135	Andipatti	Thanga Tamil Selvan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	60,817	53.78	P. Aasiyan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	35,808	31.67	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25,009	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.11
136	Sedapatti	C. Durairaj	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	45,393	47.51	P.V. Bakthavatchalam	Template:Party color cell	PT	26,958	28.21	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18,435	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.30
137	Thirumangalam	K. Kalimuthu	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	58,080	52.67	T. Ocha Thevar	Template:Party color cell	DMK	39,918	36.20	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18,162	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.47
138	Usilampatti	L. Santhanam	Template:Party color cell	FBL	39,248	43.32	S.O. Ramasamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	30,181	33.31	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,067	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.01
139	Nilakottai (SC)	G. Anbazhagan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	60,972	57.36	K. Ayyar	Template:Party color cell	PT	29,478	27.73	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31,494	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.63
140	Sholavandan	V.R. Rajangam	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	54,392	51.59	P. Moorthy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	34,551	32.77	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,841	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.82
141	Tirupparankundram	S.M. Seenivel	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	83,167	48.93	C. Ramachandran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	74,040	43.56	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,127	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.37
142	Madurai West	Valarmathijebaraj	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	48,465	48.06	P.T.R. Palanivel Rajan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	47,757	47.36	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|708	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|0.70
143	Madurai Central	M.A. Hakeem	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	34,393	46.53	S. Paulraj	Template:Party color cell	DMK	34,246	46.33	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|147	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|0.20
144	Madurai East	N. Nanmaran	Template:Party color cell	CPI(M)	32,461	43.29	V. Velusamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	27,157	36.22	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5,304	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.07
145	Samayanallur (SC)	P. Ponnampalam	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	97,060	52.67	S. Kasthuri Sivasamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	77,136	41.86	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,924	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.81
146	Melur	R. Samy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	58,010	46.32	S. Samayanallur Selavarasu	Template:Party color cell	DMK	31,172	24.89	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,838	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.43
147	Natham	R. Viswanathan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	55,604	49.41	Ku.Pa. Krishnan	Template:Party color cell	TB	45,002	39.99	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10,602	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.42
148	Dindigul	K. Nagalakshimi	Template:Party color cell	CPI(M)	71,003	47.37	M. Basheer Ahmed	Template:Party color cell	DMK	68,224	45.52	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2,779	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.85
149	Athoor	P.K.T. Natarajaan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	64,053	49.13	I. Periasamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	60,447	46.36	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3,606	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.77
150	Vedasandur	P. Andivel	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	65,415	49.01	R. Kavitha Parthipan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	46,289	34.68	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,126	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14.33
151	Aravakurichi	E.A. Liyaudeen Sait	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	51,535	48.03	Lakshmi Duraisamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	33,209	30.95	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18,326	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.08
152	Karur	T.N. Sivasubramanian	Template:Party color cell	INC	82,012	53.36	Vasuki Murugesan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	58,574	38.11	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,438	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.25
153	Krishnarayapuram (SC)	R. Sasikala	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	64,046	55.09	S. Periyasamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	42,497	36.56	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21,549	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.53
154	Marungapuri	V.A. Chelliah	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	65,619	53.92	B.M. Senguttuvan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	40,347	33.16	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25,272	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.76
155	Kulithalai	A. Pappasundaram	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	66,406	52.78	D. Thirunavukkarasu	Template:Party color cell	DMK	49,640	39.46	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,766	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13.32
156	Thottiam	P. Annavi	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	57,449	49.38	K. Kannaiyan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	44,301	38.08	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13,148	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.30
157	Uppiliapuram (ST)	R. Sarojaa	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	58,810	50.47	R. Rani	Template:Party color cell	DMK	46,459	39.87	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12,351	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.60
158	Musiri	C. Malliga	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	47,946	34.83	S. Vivekanandan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	45,952	33.38	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1,994	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.45
159	Lalgudi	S.M. Balan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	58,288	47.11	K.N. Nehru	Template:Party color cell	DMK	56,678	45.81	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1,610	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.30
160	Perambalur (SC)	P. Rajarethinam	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	67,074	53.45	S. Vallaban	Template:Party color cell	DMK	47,070	37.51	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,004	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.94
161	Varahur (SC)	A. Arunachalam	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	61,064	52.76	K. Thiruvalluvan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	47,160	40.75	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13,904	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.01
162	Ariyalur	P. Elavazhagan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	52,676	41.03	T.A. Kathiravan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	42,297	32.95	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10,379	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8.08
163	Andimadam	J. Guru Alias Gurunathan	Template:Party color cell	PMK	66,576	59.41	M. Gnanamoorthy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	39,574	35.31	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|27,002	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|24.10
164	Jayankondam	S. Annadurai	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	70,948	56.60	K.C. Ganesan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	45,938	36.65	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25,010	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.95
165	Srirangam	K.K. Balasubramanian	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	72,993	53.07	M. Soundarapandian	Template:Party color cell	BJP	60,317	43.86	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12,676	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.21
166	Tiruchirapalli-I	B. Paranikumor	Template:Party color cell	DMK	31,421	42.93	M. Kadher Mohideen	Template:Party color cell	IUML	30,497	41.67	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|924	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.26
167	Tiruchirapalli-II	Anbil Periasamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	56,598	52.06	P.C. Selvaraj	Template:Party color cell	INC	42,654	39.23	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13,944	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.83
168	Thiruverambur	K.N. Sekaran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	61,254	47.30	T.K. Rangarajan	Template:Party color cell	CPI(M)	50,881	39.29	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10,373	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8.01
169	Sirkali (SC)	N. Chandramohan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	52,759	49.31	J. Irai Ezhil	Template:Party color cell	DMK	48,329	45.17	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,430	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4.14
170	Poompuhar	N. Renganathan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	53,760	50.55	M. Mohammed Siddiq	Template:Party color cell	DMK	46,305	43.54	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7,455	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.01
171	Mayuram	Jaga Veerapandian	Template:Party color cell	BJP	51,303	49.51	R. Selvaraj	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	48,851	47.14	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2,452	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.37
172	Kuttalam	Natarajan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	55,921	48.64	P. Kalyanam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	53,277	46.34	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2,644	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.30
173	Nannilam (SC)	C.K. Tamizharasan	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	52,450	46.11	P. Sakthivel	Template:Party color cell	DMK	33,238	29.22	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,212	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.89
174	Tiruvarur (SC)	A. Asokan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	58,425	47.63	K. Rengasamy	Template:Party color cell	CPI(M)	57,111	46.56	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1,314	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.07
175	Nagapattinam	R. Jeevanantham	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	59,808	53.55	S.P. Thangaiya	Template:Party color cell	DMK	43,091	38.59	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,717	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14.96
176	Vedaranyam	S.K. Vedarathinam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	63,568	53.71	R. Mutharasan	Template:Party color cell	CPI	48,568	41.04	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15,000	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.67
177	Tiruthuraipundi (SC)	G. Palanisamy	Template:Party color cell	CPI	73,451	56.76	M. Poonguzhali	Template:Party color cell	DMK	48,392	37.39	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25,059	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.37
178	Mannargudi	V. Sivapunniyam	Template:Party color cell	CPI	70,644	56.40	S. Gnanasekaran	Template:Party color cell	BJP	50,454	40.28	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,190	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.12
179	Pattukkottai	N.R. Rengarajan	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	55,474	47.49	P. Balasubramanian	Template:Party color cell	DMK	48,524	41.54	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,950	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.95
180	Peravurani	S.V. Thirugnana Sambandham	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	64,076	54.70	Kuzha Chellaiah	Template:Party color cell	DMK	35,417	30.24	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,659	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24.46
181	Orathanad	R. Vaithilingam	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	63,836	53.34	P. Rajamanickam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	43,992	36.76	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,844	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.58
182	Thiruvonam	C. Rajendran	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	67,094	52.21	M. Ramachandran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	55,871	43.48	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,223	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8.73
183	Thanjavur	S.N.M. Ubayadullah	Template:Party color cell	DMK	55,782	50.96	R. Rajmohan	Template:Party color cell	INC	46,192	42.20	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,590	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8.76
184	Tiruvaiyaru	K. Ayyaru Vandayar	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	55,579	54.75	Durai Chandrasekaran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	39,890	39.29	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15,689	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.46
185	Papanasam	M. Ramkumar	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	55,830	50.37	S. Kalyanasundaram	Template:Party color cell	DMK	49,198	44.38	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,632	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.99
186	Valangiman (SC)	Boopathi Mariappan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	54,677	57.93	T. Nadaiyazhagan	Template:Party color cell	PT	31,200	33.06	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,477	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24.87
187	Kumbakonam	Ko.Si. Mani	Template:Party color cell	DMK	60,515	51.18	Rama Eramanathan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	54,019	45.69	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,496	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.49
188	Thiruvidamarudur	G. Thavamani	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	61,235	50.22	S. Ramalingam	Template:Party color cell	DMK	53,863	44.17	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7,372	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6.05
189	Thirumayam	M. Radakrishnan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	58,394	51.56	S. Regupathy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	46,367	40.94	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12,027	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.62
190	Kolathur (SC)	Dr. A. Karuppayee	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	80,855	61.98	M. Palaniappan Alias Purachi Kavidasan	Template:Party color cell	PT	33,956	26.03	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46,899	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35.95
191	Pudukkottai	Dr. C. Vijayabasker	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	77,627	53.96	Periyannan Arasu	Template:Party color cell	DMK	49,444	34.37	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,183	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19.59
192	Alangudi	A. Venkadachalam	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	59,631	42.67	S.A. Soosairaj	Template:Party color cell	DMK	42,900	30.70	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,731	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.97
193	Arantangi	P. Arasan	Template:Party color cell	MADMK	58,499	45.99	A. Chandrasekaran	Template:Party color cell	INC	38,481	30.25	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,018	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.74
194	Tiruppattur	K.K. Umadhevan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	50,165	50.87	R. Sivaraman	Template:Party color cell	DMK	41,075	41.65	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,090	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.22
195	Karaikudi	H. Raja	Template:Party color cell	BJP	54,093	48.40	S.P. Udayappan	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	52,442	46.93	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1,651	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.47
196	Tiruvadanai	K.R. Ramasamy	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	43,536	39.12	Jones Russo	Template:Party color cell	IND	41,232	37.05	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2,304	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.07
197	Ilayangudi	V.D. Nadarajan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	45,342	47.86	S. Kannappan	Template:Party color cell	MTD	40,660	42.92	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,682	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4.94
198	Sivaganga	V. Chandran	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	51,708	48.68	Tha. Pasumpon Kiruttinan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	47,435	44.65	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,273	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4.03
199	Manamadurai (SC)	K. Paramalai	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	56,508	57.06	S.P. Kirubanidhi	Template:Party color cell	BJP	35,651	36.00	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,857	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.06
200	Paramakudi (SC)	R. Ramprabhu	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	53,746	49.58	S. Chelliah	Template:Party color cell	PT	47,939	44.22	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5,807	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.36
201	Ramanathapuram	A. Anwer Rhazza	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	59,824	50.21	A. Rahman Khan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	50,712	42.56	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,112	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.65
202	Kadaladi	S. Balakrishnan	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	51,142	48.10	S.P. Thangavelan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	45,027	42.35	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,115	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.75
203	Mudukulathur	K. Patinetampatian	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	49,554	46.99	S.M. Pandian	Template:Party color cell	MTD	46,885	44.46	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2,669	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.53
204	Aruppukottai	K.K. Sivasamy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	49,307	46.07	Thangam Thennarasu	Template:Party color cell	DMK	43,155	40.32	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,152	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.75
205	Sattur	K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	57,953	42.91	A. Rajendran	Template:Party color cell	INC	53,538	39.64	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,415	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.27
206	Virudhunagar	S. Damodaran	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	49,413	42.67	A.R.R. Seenivasan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	45,396	39.20	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,017	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.47
207	Sivakasi	A. Rajagopal	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	65,954	42.45	V. Thangaraj	Template:Party color cell	DMK	60,233	38.77	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5,721	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.68
208	Srivilliputhur	R.T. Enbathamilan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	53,095	43.88	S. Mohanrajulu	Template:Party color cell	BJP	43,921	36.30	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,174	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.58
209	Rajapalayam (SC)	M. Rajasekar	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	61,740	47.63	V.P. Rajan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	52,145	40.23	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,595	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.40
210	Vilathikulam	N.K. Perumal	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	44,415	48.16	R.K.P. Rajasekaran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	29,172	31.63	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15,243	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.53
211	Pottapidaram (SC)	A. Sivaperumal	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	39,350	43.30	Dr. K. Krishnasamy	Template:Party color cell	PT	38,699	42.59	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|651	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|0.71
212	Koilpatti	S. Rajendran	Template:Party color cell	CPI	45,796	40.27	K. Rajaram	Template:Party color cell	DMK	36,757	32.32	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,039	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.95
213	Sankaranayanarkoil (SC)	C. Karuppasamy	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	52,000	43.51	P. Duraisamy	Template:Party color cell	PT	42,738	35.76	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,262	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.75
214	Vasudevanallur (SC)	R. Easwaran	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	48,019	47.05	S. Thangapandian	Template:Party color cell	PT	36,467	35.73	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,552	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.32
215	Kadayanallur	M. Subbiah Pandian	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	48,220	45.57	P.M. Shahul	Template:Party color cell	DMK	46,976	44.39	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1,244	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.18
216	Tenkasi	K. Annamalai	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	62,454	51.41	V. Karuppasami Pandian	Template:Party color cell	DMK	53,662	44.18	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8,792	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.23
217	Alangulam	P.G. Rajendran	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	58,498	48.95	Aladi Aruna	Template:Party color cell	DMK	54,387	45.51	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,111	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.44
218	Tirunelveli	Nainar Nagendran	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	42,765	40.93	A.L. Subramanian	Template:Party color cell	DMK	42,043	40.24	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|722	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|0.69
219	Palayamcottai	T.P.M. Mohideen Khan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	55,934	53.13	S. Muthu Karuppan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	41,186	39.12	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14,748	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14.01
220	Cheranmahadevi	P.H. Paul Manoj Pandian	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	49,873	53.51	N. Chockalingam	Template:Party color cell	BJP	38,898	41.74	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10,975	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.77
221	Ambasamudram	M. Sakthivel Murugan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	43,021	48.04	R. Avudaiappan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	39,001	43.55	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,020	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4.49
222	Nanguneri	S. Manickaraj	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	46,619	51.54	V. Ramachandran	Template:Party color cell	MTD	37,458	41.41	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,161	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.13
223	Radhapuram	M. Appavu	Template:Party color cell	IND	44,619	45.40	S. Jothi	Template:Party color cell	PMK	26,338	26.80	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|18,281	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|18.60
224	Sattangulam	S.S. Maninadar	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	38,308	49.42	A.N. Rajakkannan	Template:Party color cell	BJP	32,542	41.98	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5,766	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.44
225	Tiruchendur	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	52,990	53.01	S. Jenifer Chandran	Template:Party color cell	DMK	41,797	41.81	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,193	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.20
226	Srivaikuntam	S.P. Shunmuganathan	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	39,739	46.58	S. David Selwyn	Template:Party color cell	DMK	36,853	43.19	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2,886	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.39
227	Tuticorin	S. Rajammal	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	73,286	51.40	N. Periasamy	Template:Party color cell	DMK	57,100	40.05	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,186	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.35
228	Kanniyakumari	N. Thalavaisundaram	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	55,650	51.32	N. Sureshrajan	Template:Party color cell	DMK	46,114	42.52	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,536	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8.80
229	Nagercoil	Austin	Template:Party color cell	MADMK	48,583	44.11	M. Moses	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	44,921	40.78	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3,662	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.33
230	Colachel	T. Pachamal	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	42,354	46.23	R. Sambath Chandra	Template:Party color cell	MDMK	27,265	29.76	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15,089	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.47
231	Padmanabhapuram	K.P. Raajendraprasad	Template:Party color cell	AIADMK	36,223	42.94	C. Velayuthan	Template:Party color cell	BJP	33,449	39.66	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2,774	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.28
232	Thiruvattar	J. Hemachandran	Template:Party color cell	CPI(M)	47,807	50.06	P. Rajamony	Template:Party color cell	BJP	28,310	29.64	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,497	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.42
233	Vilavancode	D. Mony	Template:Party color cell	CPI(M)	59,087	56.75	P. Jeevaraj	Template:Party color cell	DMK	36,168	34.74	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22,919	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.01
234	Killiyoor	Dr. Kumaradas	Template:Party color cell	TMC(M)	40,075	49.16	C. Santhakumar	Template:Party color cell	BJP	26,315	32.28	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13,760	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.88

Aftermath

The coalition at the AIADMK led-center would prove to be short-lived, since in less than a year, Pattali Makkal Katchi, and its leader Dr. Ramdoss, left the coalition, citing authoritarian type rule by J. Jayalalithaa (It is noteworthy that this is the first time in Indian history that a person has taken oath as the Chief Minister of a state the day after the counting of votes has been completed.) (Former election commissioner T. N. Seshan & Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy recommended governor to make Jayalalithaa as CM). Also the Tamil Maanila Congress, who proved to be an important ally for the victory of AIADMK, would later merge with Indian National Congress, who would later support DMK led front in future elections. The left parties would also end up joining the DMK led front, leaving the AIADMK coalition after this election.

Bypolls (2001-2006)

Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
21 February 2002	Andipatti	Thanga Tamil Selvan	Template:Full party name with color	J. Jayalalithaa	Template:Full party name with color
31 May 2002	Saidapet	V. Perumal	Template:Full party name with color	Radha Ravi
	Vaniyambadi	M. Abdul Lathief	Template:Party name with color	R. Vadivel
	Acharapakkam	A. Selvaraj	Template:Full party name with color	A. Boovaragamoorthy
26 February 2003	Sathankulam	S. S. Mani Nadar	Template:Full party name with color	Neelamega Varnan
10 May 2004	Mangalore	Thol. Thirumavalavan	Template:Full party name with color	C. V. Ganesan	Template:Full party name with color
14 May 2005	Gummidipoondi	K. Sudarsanam	Template:Full party name with color	K. S. Vijayakumar	Template:Full party name with color
	Kancheepuram	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu	Mythili Thirunavukkarasu

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu
• Legislature of Tamil Nadu
• Government of Tamil Nadu

Further reading

• Election 2001: Changing Equations. Economic and Political Weekly({Template:Year).

External links

• Election Commission of India
• Rediff – Graphic: How Amma swept TN in '01