Indian general election, 1996 (Tamil Nadu)

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996

April–May 1996

39 seats   First party Second party   Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa Party DMK AIADMK Alliance UF INC+ Seats won 39 0 Seat change 39 39 Popular vote 14,940,474 7,095,650 Percentage 54.96% 26.10% Swing 27.32% 39.16%

1996 Election map (by constituencies) Red = United Front (won all the seats)

The Indian general election, 1996 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 ADMK, even though J. Jayalalithaa, leader of ADMK, was accused of many corruption charges. This led to a disastrous showing, for ADMK and Congress in Tamil Nadu, since they lost all 39 seats from the last election, and TMC reaping the benefits by getting the most seats, in this election with 20 seats.

Seat allotments

Congress Front

United Front

MDMK-CPI(M) Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Vaiko	24
2.	Janata Dal			8
3.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)		G.Ramakrishnan	7

PMK-Tiwari Congress Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Pattali Makkal Katchi		Dr. Ramdoss	15
2.	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)		Vazhappady Ramamurthy	12

Voting and results

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

Election Map (Results reflected as %seats won by districts)
DMK-TMC-CPI alliance won all the seats in Tamil Nadu and the following represent the breakdown:

  DMK won all the seats in this district

  TMC won all the seats in this district

  DMK won 67% of the seats in this district, while TMC got the rest

  DMK won 50% of the seats in this district, while TMC got the rest

  CPI won all of the seats in this district

  TMC won 50% of the seats in this district, while CPI got the rest

Results by alliance

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.

List of Elected MPs

^c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1991–1996)

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: Thinkquest Library^[2]

Cabinet Ministers

Ministers of State

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

References

1. ↑ "ECI: Statistical Report 1998" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-06-16. 
2. ↑ Indian Union – Council of Ministers

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History