The 1996 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide for the newly formed alliance between Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) and its leader G. K. Moopanar, and the left parties who ended up getting all 39 seats. Post election, the newly formed United Front, ended up getting all the seats from Tamil Nadu, since DMK and TMC joined it, with outside support from Indian National Congress (INC). The results in Tamil Nadu is a reflection of the results nationally, where INC, ended up losing the most seats. This election was seen as redemption for Moopanar and TMC, since they left Congress, on grounds that they formed an alliance with AIADMK, even though J. Jayalalithaa, general secretary of AIADMK, was accused of many corruption charges. This led to a disastrous showing, for AIADMK and Congress in Tamil Nadu, since they lost all 39 seats from the last election, and TMC reaping the benefits by getting the most seats, in this election with 20 seats.

Seat allotments

United Front colspan="6" DMK-led Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats G. K. Moopanar 20 M. Karunanidhi 17 R. Nallakannu 2 Total39

Congress Front colspan="8" AIADMK-led Alliance Party Flag Symbol LeaderSeats P. V. Narasimha Rao 2829 D. Pandian 1 J. Jayalalithaa10 Total39

People's Democratic Front colspan="8" People's Democratic Front Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Vaiko 2324 Mulayam Singh Yadav 1 Ram Vilas Paswan 8 N. Sankaraiah7 Total232

PMK-Tiwari Congress Front colspan="6" PMK-led Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Dr. Ramdoss 15 Vazhappady Ramamurthy 12 Total27

List of Candidates ConstituencyDMK+AIADMK+MDMK+ # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Madras North N. V. N. Somu D. Pandian W. R. Varada Rajan 2 Madras Central Murasoli Maran G. K. J. Bharathi Prof. S. Krishnasamy 3 Madras South T. R. Baalu H. Ganesham R. Senguttuvan 4 Sriperumbudur (SC) T. Nagaratnam Lata Priyakumar Kavinger Kudiyarasu 5 Chengalpattu K. Parasuraman S. M. Krishnan C. Arumugam 6 Arakkonam A. M. Velu R. Raviram Jayakaran Joseph 7 Vellore P. Shanmugam B. Akber Pasha R. Abdul Hakim 8 Tiruppattur D. Venugopal Era. Anbarasu G. Vanagamudi 9 Vandavasi L. Balaraman M. Krishnasamy A. Chinnadurai 10 Tindivanam G. Venkatraman K. Ramamurthy D. Durai 11 Cuddalore P. R. S. Venkatesan V. Santhamurthy R. T. Sabapathy Mohan 12 Chidambaram (SC) C. V. Ganesan P. Vallalperuman P. S. Mahalingam 13 Dharmapuri P. Theertharaman M. P. Subramaniam P. Krishnan 14 Krishnagiri C. Narasimhan E. V. K. S. Elangovan G. A. Vadivelu 15 Rasipuram (SC) K. Kandasamy K. Jayakumar V. Chakravarthi 16 Salem R. Devadass K. V. Thangkabalu B. Mohanraj 17 Tiruchengode K. P. Ramalingam A. V. Kumarasamy P. Balakrishnan 18 Nilgiris Balasubramaniam R. Prabhu C. V. Kandasamy 19 Gobichettipalayam V. P. Shanmugasundaram P. G. Narayanan B. Palanisamy 20 Coimbatore M. Ramanathan C. K. Kuppuswamy P. R. Natarajan 21 Pollachi (SC) V. Kandasamy R. Anna Nambi K. N. Rajan 22 Palani S. K. Kharventhan P. Kumarasamy V. Ponniyin Selvan 23 Dindigul N. S. V. Chitthan C. Sreenivasan S. Pasumponpandian 24 Madurai A. G. S. Ram Babu V. K. Boominathan P. Mohan 25 Periyakulam R. Gnanagurusamy R. Ramasamy N. Eramakrishnan 26 Karur K. Natrayan M. Thambidurai T. P. Moorthy 27 Tiruchirappalli L. Adaikalaraj K. Gopal T. K. Rangarajan 28 Perambalur (SC) A. Raja P. V. Subramanian S. Durairajan 29 Mayiladuthurai P. V. Rajendiran Mani Shankar Aiyar A. Venkatesan 30 Nagapattinam (SC) M. Selvarasu M. Kannivannan V. Thambusamy 31 Thanjavur S. S. Palanimanickam K. Thulasiah Vandayar A. Thanjai Ramamurthi 32 Pudukkottai Tiruchi Siva V. N. Swaminathan R. Karthikeyan 33 Sivaganga P. Chidambaram M. Gowri Shankaran A. Ganesan 34 Ramanathapuram S. P. Udayappan V. Rajeshwaran R. Baluchamy 35 Sivakasi V. Alagirisamy Sanjay Ramasamy Vaiko 36 Tirunelveli Sivaprakasam A. R. Rajaselvam Shunmuga Chidambaram 37 Tenkasi (SC) M. Arunachalam V. Selvaraj P. Jeyaraj 38 Tiruchendur R. Dhanuskodi S. Justin Anton Gomez 39 Nagercoil N. Dennis Kumari Ananthan P. Mohammad Ismail

Voting and results

AlliancePartyPopular VotePercentageSwingSeats wonSeat ChangeUnited FrontTamil Maanila Congress7,339,98227.00%new party20new partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam6,967,67925.63%2.94%1717Communist Party of India632,8132.33%0.29%22Total14,940,47454.96%30.23%3939AIADMK+Indian National Congress4,965,36418.26%24.31%028All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,130,2867.84%10.26%011Total7,095,65026.10%34.57%039MDMK+Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,222,4154.50%new party0new partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)632,8132.33%0.29%0Janata Dal415,2871.53%1.38%0Total2,270,5158.36%3.41%0PMK+All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)605,5652.23%new party0new partyPattali Makkal Katchi552,1182.03%3.09%0Total1,157,6834.26%0.86%0Independents815,2243.00%1.57%0Other Parties (14 parties)909,3953.32%0.22%0Total27,188,941100.00%39Valid Votes27,188,94195.60%Invalid Votes1,249,9444.40%Total Votes28,438,885100.00%Registered Voters/Turnout42,488,02266.93%3.01%

Note: TMC(M) is a spliter-group of INC, who carried with them 6 incumbent MPs from previous election ‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the average % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested. Sources: Election Commission of India

List of Elected MPs Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Madras NorthN. V. N. SomuDMK559,04866.11D. PandianINC169,43120.04389,61746.072Madras CentralMurasoli MaranDMK403,86769.02G. K. J. BharathiINC123,40021.09280,46747.933Madras SouthT. R. BaaluDMK538,69761.97H. GaneshamADMK199,51622.95339,18139.024Sriperumbudur (SC)T. NagaratnamDMK431,91957.94Lata PriyakumarINC186,20824.98245,71132.965ChengalpattuK. ParasuramanDMK410,48358.07S. M. KrishnanINC174,82624.73235,65733.346ArakkonamA. M. VeluTMC425,97459.05R. RaviramINC161,12922.34264,84536.717VelloreP. ShanmugamDMK391,14157.52B. Akber PashaINC180,10626.49211,03531.038TiruppatturD. VenugopalDMK430,76661.55R. AnbarasuINC190,50227.22240,26434.339VandavasiL. BalaramanTMC342,18450.34M. KrishnaswamyINC168,88024.84173,30425.5010TindivanamG. VenkatramanDMK367,30853.29K. RamamurtheeINC177,03225.69190,27627.6011CuddaloreP. R. S. VenkatesanTMC389,66056.20V. SanthamurthyINC184,45626.60205,20429.6012Chidambaram (SC)V. GanesanDMK336,16448.69R. ElumalaiPMK159,89823.16176,26625.5313DharmapuriP. TheertharamanTMC297,16642.65M. P. SubramaniyamINC165,92023.82131,24618.8314KrishnagiriC. NarasimhanTMC371,00955.95E. V. K. S. ElankovanINC176,33326.59194,67629.3615Rasipuram (SC)K. KandasamyTMC408,79161.76K. JayakumarINC215,61332.57193,17829.1916SalemR. DevadassTMC315,27747.07K. V. ThangkabaluINC194,39229.02120,88518.0517TiruchengodeK. P. RamalingamDMK471,53356.64A. V. KumarasamyADMK278,34533.44193,18823.2018NilgirisS. R. BalasubramaniyanTMC475,51562.91R. PrabhuINC194,13925.68281,37637.2319GobichettipalayamV. P. ShanmugasundaramDMK353,98253.20P. G. NarayananADMK211,01431.71142,96821.4920CoimbatoreM. RamanathanDMK463,80756.79C. K. KuppuswamyINC201,02024.61262,78732.1821Pollachi (SC)V. KandasamyTMC361,74355.18R. Anna NambiADMK222,85233.99138,89121.1922PalaniS. K. KaarvendhanTMC405,78257.43P. KumarasamyADMK213,14930.17192,63327.2623DindigulN. S. V. ChitthanTMC444,85863.97C. SreenivaasanADMK176,94425.45267,91438.5224MaduraiA. G. S. Ram BabuTMC334,05546.45Subramanian SwamyJP144,24920.06189,80626.3925PeriyakulamR. GnanagurusamyDMK326,66549.09R. RamasamyADMK195,32829.35131,33719.7426KarurK. NatrayanTMC409,83056.12M. ThambiduraiADMK241,55633.08168,27423.0427TiruchirappalliL. AdaikkalrajTMC434,14962.65K. GopalINC169,44124.45264,70838.2028Perambalur (SC)A. RajaDMK399,07959.19P. V. SubramanianINC184,83227.41214,24731.7829MayiladuthuraiP. V. RajendiranTMC367,77855.70Mani Shankar AiyarINC214,23432.45153,54423.2530Nagapattinam (SC)M. SelvarasuCPI394,33056.77M. KannivannanINC172,98424.90221,34631.8731ThanjavurS. S. PalanimanickamDMK390,01058.80K. Thulasiah VandayarINC189,58228.58200,42830.2232PudukkottaiN. SivaDMK398,20950.46V. N. SwaminathanINC220,33627.92177,87322.5433SivagangaP. ChidambaramTMC418,77464.79M. GowrishankaranINC171,47226.53247,30238.2634RamanathapuramS. P. UdayappanTMC331,24953.02V. RajeshwaranINC135,94521.76195,30431.2635SivakasiV. AlagirisamyCPI238,48330.80Sanjay RamasamyADMK214,86127.7523,6223.0536TirunelveliD. S. A. SivaprakasamDMK295,00145.53A. R. RajaselvamADMK176,72127.27118,28018.2637Tenkasi (SC)M. ArunachalamTMC290,66344.98V. SelvarajINC194,73730.1495,92614.8438TiruchendurR. Dhanuskodi AthithanTMC317,94355.57S. JustinINC114,23219.97203,71135.6039NagercoilN. DennisTMC197,58235.18P. RadhakrishnanBJP169,88530.2527,6974.93

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu Source: Thinkquest Library

Cabinet Ministers MinisterPartyLok Sabha Constituency/Rajya SabhaPortfoliosMurasoli MaranChennai CentralMinister of Commerce and IndustryG. VenkatramanTindivanam Minister of Surface TransportM. ArunachalamTenkasi Minister of Urban Development (few months) Minister of LabourP. ChidambaramSivaganga Minister of Finance

Ministers of State MinisterPartyLok Sabha Constituency/Rajya SabhaPortfoliosT.R. BaaluChennai South Minister of Petroleum and Natural GasR. Dhanuskodi AthithanTiruchendurMinister of Youth Affairs & SportsN. V. N. SomuChennai North Minister of Defence

See also Elections in Tamil Nadu

Notes

References

External links Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History