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2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Election to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu

Field	Value
election_name	2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
country	India
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
previous_year	1996
next_election	2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
next_year	2006
election_date	10 May 2001
seats_for_election	All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
majority_seats	118
turnout	59.07% ( 7.88%)
image_size	130px
party1	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
image1
leader1	J. Jayalalithaa
leaders_seat1	Andipatti (2002)
alliance1	SDPF+LF
seats1	196
seat_change1	138
popular_vote1	14,043,980
percentage1	50.09%
swing1	23.01%
party2	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
image2
leader2	M. Karunanidhi
alliance2	NDA
leaders_seat2	Chepauk
seats2	37
seat_change2	138
popular_vote2	10,841,157
percentage2	38.67%
swing2	15.10%
map_image
map_size	300px
title	CM
map2_image	Tamil Nadu Assembly Alliance Result 2001.svg
map2_size	300px
map2_caption	Alliance wise Result
before_election	M. Karunanidhi
before_party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
after_election	J.Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
after_party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
colour2

O. Panneerselvam The twelfth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 10 May 2001. 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 nominated as Chief Minister by her party and was ready to serve her second term. But due to criminal and corruption charges from her 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 supposed 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.

Seat allotments

Source: Various Sources

Secular Democratic Progressive Alliance

No.
Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	50x50px]]	J. Jayalalithaa	140
2.				G. K. Moopanar	32
3.				E. V. K. S. Elangovan	14
4.				Dr. Ramdoss	27
5.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	[[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg	50x50px]]	N. Sankaraiah
6.			R. Nallakannu	8
7.				L. Santhanam	1
8.				K. M. Kader Mohideen	1
9.		[[File:No flag.svg	50x50px]]	M. Abdul Latheef	1
10.				P. S. Arul	1
Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the AIADMK ticket
11.				B. John Pandian	1

DMK-NDA Alliance

Source: Oneindia news

No.
Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.				M. Karunanidhi	167
2.				S.P. Kripanidhi	21
3.		[[File:Indian Election Symbol Lock And Key.svg	50x50px]]	K. Krishnasamy	10
4.				S. Kannappan	6
5.		Television and [[File:Indian Election Symbol Bus.png	50x50px]]	A.C. Shanmugham	5
6.		[[File:Ring Symbol.png	50px]]		Su. Thirunavukkarasar	3
7.	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		MGR Kazhagam	Television and [[File:Indian Election Symbol Bus.png	50x50px]]	R. M. Veerappan
8.	All India United Democratic Front}}"		Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi	[[File:Ring Symbol.png	50px]]	'Vettavalam' Manikandan
9.	Indian National Congress}}"		Thondar Congress	Toffee	Kumari Ananthan
10.	Indian National Congress}}"		Thamilar Bhoomi	Bell
Unregistered and Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket
11.		[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	Thol. Thirumavalavan	8
12.	Indian Union Muslim League}}"		Tamizhaga Muslim Iykkya Jamaat	[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	J. M. Aaron Rashid
13.	Tamil Maanila Congress}}"		TMC Jananayaka Peravai (DMK Friends group)	[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	P. Chidambaram
14.	Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"		Tamil Pattali Makkal Katchi	[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	Dheeran
15.	Tipra Motha Party}}"		Tamil Nadu Mutharaiyar Sangam	[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	Kuzha Chelliah
16.		[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	A.M. Raja	1
17.		[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	Dr. Sethuraman	1

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Source: Oneindia News

No.
Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		[[File:Indian Election Symbol Top.png	50px]]	Vaiko	213

List of Candidates

Constituency	AIADMK+	DMK+
Royapuram	D. Jayakumar	K. Nargunan
Harbour	D. Pandian	K. Anbazhagan
Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar	P. K. Sekar Babu	S. P. Sarguna Pandian
Park Town	S. G. Vinayakamurthi	T. Rajendar
Perambur (SC)	K. Mahendran	Chengai Sivam
Purasawalkam	P. Vetriivel	B. Ranganathan
Egmore (SC)	B. John Pandian	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi
Anna Nagar	C. Arumugam	Arcot N. Veeraswami
Theagaraya Nagar	E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath	J. Anbazhagan
Thousand Lights	S. Sekar	M. K. Stalin
Chepauk	R. Damodharan	M. Karunanidhi
Triplicane	S. Rajakumar	S. A. M. Hussain
Mylapore	V. Maitreyan	K. N. Lakshmanan
Saidapet	C. R. Baskaran	V. Perumal
Gummidipundi	K. Sudarsanam	K. Venu
Ponneri (SC)	A. S. Kannan	K. Sundaram
Thiruvottiyur	T. Arumugam	Kumari Ananthan
Villivakkam	Dr. A. Chellakumar	D. Nepoleon
Alandur	B. Valarmathi	Eraama Veerappan
Tambaram	K. Chakkaraipani Reddiar	M. A. Vaithyalingam
Tirupporur (SC)	S. Kanitha Sampath	C. Nagarajan
Chengalpattu	K. Arumugam	V. Viswanathan
Maduranthakam	P. Vasudevan	S. D. Ugamchand
Acharapakkam (SC)	A. Selvaraj	Dr. T. Murugesan
Uthiramerur	V. Somasundaram	K. Sundar
Kancheepuram	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu	A. Sekar
Sriperumbudur (SC)	D. Yasodha	M. Raghavan
Poonamallee	S. Shanmugam	S. Chezhiyan
Tiruvallur	D. Sudarsanam	V. G. Raajendran
Tiruttani	G. Raviraj	E. A. P. Sivaji
Pallipet	P. M. Narasimhan	M. Chakravarthy
Arkonam (SC)	K. Bhavani Karunakaran	R. Ravishankar
Sholinghur	R. Vilvanathan	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar
Ranipet	M. S. Chandrasekaran	R. Gandhi
Arcot	P. Neelakandan	A. K. Sundaramoorthy
Katpadi	A. K. Natarajan	Durai Murugan
Gudiyatham	C. M. Suryakala	S. Duraisamy
Pernambut (SC)	C. Kanagathara (Selvi)	S. Thondral Nayagan
Vaniyambadi	M. Abdul Lathief	J. M. Aaroon Rashid
Natrampalli	S. Natarajan	T. Anbazhagan
Tiruppattur	T. K. Raja	S. Arasu
Chengam (SC)	Polur Varadhan	R. Shamala
Thandarambattu	K. Manivarma	E. V. Velu
Tiruvannamalai	M. Shunmugasundaram	K. Pitchandi
Kalasapakkam	S. Ramachandran	P. S. Thiruvengadam
Polur	Nalini Manokaran	C. Elumalai
Anaicut	K. Pandurangan	G. Malarvizhi
Vellore	C. Gnanasekharan	A. M. Ramalingam
Arni	K. Ramachandran	A. C. Shanmugam
Cheyyar	P. S. Ulagarakhshagan	R. K. P. Rajarajan
Vandavasi (SC)	K. Murugavelrajan	K. Loganathan
Peranamallur	A. K. S. Anbalagan	B. Bose
Melmalayanur	R. Tamilmozhi	Dr. A. Gnanasekaran
Gingee	V. Elumalai	A. Rajendran alias Dheeran
Tindivanam	C. V. Shanmugam	R. Sedunathan
Vanur (SC)	N. Ganapathy	R. Mydili
Kandamangalam (SC)	V. Subramanian	E. Vijayaragavan
Villupuram	R. Pasupathy	K. Ponmudy
Mugaiyur	G. Gothandaram	A. G. Sampath
Thirunavalur	K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy	A. J. Manikannan
Ulundurpet (SC)	N. Ramu	K. Thirunavukkarasu
Nellikuppam	M. C. Sampath	V. C. Shanmugham
Cuddalore	P. R. S. Venkatesan	E. Pugazhendi
Panruti	T. Velmurugan	V. Ramaswamy
Kurinjipadi	K. Sivasubramanian	M. R. K. Panneerselvam
Bhuvanagiri	P. S. Arul	M. Gopalakrishnan
Kattumannarkoil (SC)	R. Sachithanandam	P. Vallalperuman
Chidambaram	T. Arivuselvan	K. Saravanan Durai
Vridhachalam	R. Govindasamy	Kuzhandai Tamizharasan
Mangalore (SC)	S. Puratchimani	Thol. Thirumavalavan
Rishivandiam	S. Sivaraj	T. K. T. Murali
Chinnasalem	P. Mohan	R. Mookkappan
Sankarapuram	P. Kasampu	T. Udhayasuriyan
Hosur	K. Gopinath	B. Venkataswamy
Thalli	S. Raja Reddy	K. V. Muralidharan
Kaveripattinam	K. P. Munusamy	V. C. Govindasamy
Krishnagiri	V. Govindarasu	T. Senguttuvan
Bargur	M. Thambidurai	E. G. Sugavanam
Harur (SC)	V. Krishnamoorthy	D. Periyasamy
Morappur	P. Palaniappan	E. V. Rajasekaran
Palacode	K. P. Anbalagan	G. L. Venkatachalam
Dharmapuri	K. Pary Mohan	K. Manokaran
Pennagaram	G. K. Mani	M. Kumar
Mettur	S. Sundarambal	P. Gopal
Taramangalam	M. P. Kamaraj	S. Ammashi
Omalur	S. Semmalai	Era. Rajendran
Yercaud (ST)	K. T. Elayakannu	K. Govindan
Salem-I	Se. Venkatajalam	M. A. Elangovan
Salem-II	M. Karthe	A. L. Thangavel
Veerapandi	S. K. Selvam	Veerapandy S. Arumugam
Panamarathupatty	P. Vijayalakshmi	S. R. Sivalingam
Attur	A. K. Murugesan	Mu. Ra. Karunanidhi
Talavasal (SC)	V. Alagammal	M. Pandiyarajan
Rasipuram	P. R. Sundaram	K. P. Ramalingam
Sendamangalam (ST)	K. Kalavathi	Chinumathi Chandrasekaran
Namakkal (SC)	K. Jeyakumar	S. Ahilan
Kapilamalai	A. R. Malaiyappasamy	S. Gandhiselvan
Tiruchengode	C. Ponnaiyan	T. P. Arumugam
Sankari (SC)	P. Dhanapal	T. R. Saravanan
Edapadi	I. Ganesan	A. Kandasamy
Mettupalayam	A. K. Selvaraj	B. Arun Kumar
Avanashi (SC)	S. Mahalingam	Thirumathi Radhamani
Thondamuthur	S. R. Balasubramaniam	Tmt. V. R. Sukanya
Singanallur	K. C. Karunakaran	N. Palanisamy
Coimbatore West	S. Maheswari	C. T. Dhandapani
Coimbatore East	V. K. Lakshmanan	N. R. Nanjappan
Perur	M. A. P. A. Krishnakumar alias Rohini	Tmt. N. Nageswari
Kinathukadavu	S. Damodaran	M. Shanmugham
Pollachi	V. Jayaraman	R. Tamil Mani
Valparai (SC)	N. Kovaithangam	K. Krishnasamy
Udumalpet	C. Shanmugavelu	D. Selvaraj
Dharapuram (SC)	V. Sivakami	R. Sareswathi
Vellakoil	V. P. Periasamy	M. P. Saminathan
Pongalur	P. V. Damodaran	K. Chellamuthu
Palladam	S. M. Velusamy	S. S. Ponmudi
Tiruppur	C. Sivasamy	Lalitha Kumaramangalam
Kangayam	Tmt. M. Selvi	N. Rajkumar Manradiyar
Modakurichi	P. C. Ramasami	Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
Perundurai	K. S. Palanisamy	N. Govindaswamy
Erode	K. S. Thennarasu	N. K. K. Periyasamy
Bhavani	K. C. Karuppannan	J. Sudhanandhen
Andhiyur (SC)	R. Krishnan	P. Selvarasu
Gobichettipalayam	S. S. Ramanitharan	V. P. Shanmugasundram
Bhavanisagar	P. Chithambaram	O. Subramaniam
Sathyamangalam	K. R. Kandasamy	S. K. Rajendran
Coonoor (SC)	K. Kandasamy	E. M. Mahaliappan
Ootacamund	H. M. Raju	J. Hutchigowder
Gudalur	A. Miller	M. Pandiaraj
Palani (SC)	M. Chinnasamy	T. Poovendhan
Oddanchatram	A. T. Sellasamy	Ara. Chakkarapani
Periyakulam	O. Panneerselvam	M. Abuthahir
Theni	D. Ganesan	L. Mookaiah
Bodinayakkanur	S. Ramaraj	A. Sudalaimuthu
Cumbum	O. R. Ramachandran	N. K. R. Krishnakumar
Andipatti	Thanga Tamil Selvan	P. Aasiyan
Sedapatti	C. Durairaj	P. V. Bakthavatchalam
Thirumangalam	K. Kalimuthu	T. Ocha Thevar
Usilampatti	L. Santhanam	S. O. Ramasamy
Nilakottai (SC)	G. Anbazhagan	K. Ayyar
Sholavandan	V. R. Rajangam	P. Moorthy
Tirupparankundram	S. M. Seenivel	C. Ramachandran
Madurai West	Valarmathi Jebaraj	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan
Madurai Central	M. A. Hakeem	S. Paulraj
Madurai East	N. Nanmaran	V. Velusamy
Samayanallur (SC)	P. Ponnampalam	Tmt. S. T. Kasthuri Sivasamy
Melur	Melur R. Samy	S. Samayanallur Selavarasu
Natham	R. Viswanathan	Ku. Pa. Krishnan
Dindigul	K. Nagalakshmi	M. Basheer Ahmed
Athoor	P. K. T. Natarajan	I. Periasamy
Vedasandur	P. Andivel	Tmt. R. Kavitha Parthipan
Aravakurichi	E. A. Liyaudeen Sait	Tmt. Lakshmi Duraisamy
Karur	T. N. Sivasubramanian	Vasuki Murugesan
Krishnarayapuram (SC)	R. Sasikala	S. Periyasamy
Marungapuri	V. A. Chelliah	B. M. Senguttuvan
Kulithalai	A. Pappa Sundaram	D. Thirunavukkarasu
Thottiam	P. Annavi	K. Kannaiyan
Uppiliapuram (ST)	R. Saroja	R. Rani
Musiri	C. Malliga	S. Vivekanandan
Lalgudi	S. M. Balan	K. N. Nehru
Perambalur (SC)	P. Rajarathnam	S. Vallaban
Varahur (SC)	A. Arunachalam	K. Thiruvalluvar
Ariyalur	P. Elavazhagan	T. A. Kathiravan
Andimadam	J. Guru alias Gurunathan	M. Gnanamoorthy
Jayankondam	S. Annadurai	K. C. Ganesan
Srirangam	K. K. Balasubramanian	M. Soundarapandian
Tiruchirappalli-I	K. M. Kader Mohideen	B. Paranikumar
Tiruchirappalli-II	P. C. Selvaraj	Anbil Periyasamy
Thiruverumbur	T. K. Rangarajan	K. N. Sekaran
Sirkali (SC)	N. Chandramohan	Tmt. J. Irai Ezhil
Poompuhar	N. Renganathan	M. Mohammed Siddiq
Mayuram	R. Selvaraj	Jaga Veerapandian
Kuttalam	Natarajan	P. Kalyanam
Nannilam (SC)	C. K. Tamizharasan	P. Sakthivel
Tiruvarur (SC)	K. Rengasamy	A. Asokan
Nagapattinam	R. Jeevanantham	S. P. Thangaiya
Vedaranyam	R. Mutharasan	S. K. Vedarathinam
Tiruthuraipundi (SC)	G. Palanisamy	M. Poonguzhali
Mannargudi	V. Sivapunniam	S. Gnanasekaran
Pattukkottai	N. R. Rengarajan	P. Balasubramanian
Peravurani	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam	K. Chellaiah Kuzha
Orathanadu	R. Vaithilingam	P. Rajamanickam
Thiruvonam	C. Rajendran	M. Ramachandran
Thanjavur	R. Rajmohan	S. N. M. Ubayadullah
Tiruvaiyaru	K. Ayyaru Vandayar	Durai Chandrasekaran
Papanasam	M. Ramkumar	S. Kalyanasundaram
Valangiman (SC)	Tmt. M. Boopathi Mariappan	T. Nadaiyazhagan
Kumbakonam	Rama Ramanathan	Ko. Si. Mani
Thiruvidaimarudur	G. Thavamani	S. Ramalingam
Thirumayam	M. Radhakrishnan	S. Regupathy
Kolathur (SC)	Dr. A. Karuppayee	M. Palaniappan alias Purachi Kavidasan
Pudukkottai	Dr. C. Vijayabaskar	Periyannan Arasu
Alangudi	A. Venkatachalam	S. A. Soosairaj
Arantangi	A. Chandrasekaran	P. Arasan
Tiruppattur	K. K. Umadhevan	R. Sivaraman
Karaikudi	S. P. Udayappan	H. Raja
Tiruvadanai	K. R. Ramasamy	S. Rajendran
Ilayangudi	V. D. Nadarajan	Raja Kannappan
Sivaganga	V. Chandran	Pasumpon Tha Kiruttinan
Manamadurai (SC)	K. Paramalai	S. P. Kirubanidhi
Paramakudi (SC)	R. Ramprabhu	S. Chelliah
Ramanathapuram	A. Anwar Rhazza	A. Rahman Khan
Kadaladi	S. Balakrishnan	Suba Thangavelan
Mudukulathur	K. Patinetampatian	S. Pandian
Aruppukottai	K. K. Sivasamy	Thangam Thennarasu
Sattur	A. Rajendran	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
Virudhunagar	S. Dhamodharan	A. R. R. Seenivasan
Sivakasi	A. Rajagopal	V. Thangaraj
Srivilliputhur	R. T. Inbathamilan	S. Mohanrajulu
Rajapalayam (SC)	M. Rajasekar	V. P. Rajan
Vilathikulam	N. K. Perumal	R. K. P. Rajasekaran
Pottapidaram (SC)	A. Sivaperumal	K. Krishnasamy
Koilpatti	S. Rajendran	K. Rajaram
Sankaranayanarkoil (SC)	C. Karuppasamy	P. Duraisamy
Vasudevanallur (SC)	R. Eswaran	S. Thangapandian
Kadayanallur	M. Subbiah Pandian	P. Shahul
Tenkasi	K. Annamalai	Karuppasamy Pandian
Alangulam	P. G. Rajendran	Aladi Aruna
Tirunelveli	Nainar Nagendran	A. L. Subramanian
Palayamcottai	S. Muthu Karuppan	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan
Cheranmahadevi	P. H. Manoj Pandian	N. Chockalingam
Ambasamudram	M. Sakthivel Murugan	R. Avudaiappan
Nanguneri	S. Manickaraj	V. Ramachandran
Radhapuram	S. Jothi	T. Venus Veera Arasu
Sattangulam	S. S. Mani Nadar	A. N. Rajakkannan
Tiruchendur	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	Tmt. J. Jenifer Chandran
Srivaikuntam	S. P. Shunmuganathan	S. David Selvyn
Tuticorin	S. Rajammal	N. Periasamy
Kanniyakumari	Thalavai N. Sundaram	N. Suresh Rajan
Nagercoil	M. Moses	S. Austin
Colachel	K. T. Pachaimal	Era Bernard
Padmanabhapuram	K. P. Rajendra Prasad	C. Velayudham
Thiruvattar	J. Hemachandran	P. Rajamony
Vilavancode	D. Moni	P. Jeevaraj
Killiyoor	D. Kumaradas	C. Santhakumar

Opinion polling

Exit polls

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)

Results

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

14,043,980
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"
! style="background-color: Red"
37
-138
10,841,157
-
DMK
! style="background-color: Red"
31
-142
8,669,864
30.9%
39.0%
-
BJP
! style="background-color: "
4
+3
895,352
3.2%
38.7%
-
MADMK
! style="background-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
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0
–
40,421
0.1%
32.4%
-
IND
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0
–
115,091
0.4%
36.7%
-
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1
–
3,192,598
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MDMK
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0
–
1,304,469
4.7%
5.1%
-
IND
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1
–
1,509,378
6.2%
6.3%
-
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234
–
28,037,314
100%
–
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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

List of elected members

Assembly constituency	Party	Winner	Runner-up	Party	Margin
Acharapakkam (SC)	PMK	A. Selvaraj**	T. D. R. Murugesan	DMK	15,478
Alandur	AIADMK	B. Valarmathi	R. Veerappan	MGRK	12,596
Alangudi	AIADMK	A. Venkadachalam	S. A. Soosairaj	DMK	16,731
Alangulam	AIADMK	P. G. Rajendran	Aladi Aruna	DMK	4,111
Ambasamudram	AIADMK	M. Sakthivel Murugan	R. Avudaiyappan	DMK	4,020
Anaicut	AIADMK	K. Pandurangan	G. Malarvizhi	DMK	21,051
Anthiyur	PMK	R. Krishnan	P. Selvarasu	DMK	18,062
Andimadam	PMK	J. Gurunathan	M. Gnanamoorthy	DMK	27,002
Andipatti	AIAIADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan*	P. Asaiyan	DMK	25,009
Anna Nagar	DMK	Arcot N. Veeraswami	C. Arumugam	PMK	5,578
Arkonam (SC)	AIADMK	K. Bhavani Karunakaran	R. Ravishankar	DMK	20,256
Arantangi	MAIADMK	P. Arasan	A. Chandrasekaran	INC	20,018
Aravakurichi	AIADMK	E. A. Liyaudeen Sait	Lakshmi Duraisamy	DMK	18,326
Arcot	AIADMK	P. Neelakandan	A. K. Sundaramoorthy	DMK	17,707
Ariyalur	AIADMK	P. Elavazhagan	T. A. Kathiravan	DMK	10,379
Arni	AIADMK	K. Ramachandran	A. C. Shanmugam	PNK	13,482
Aruppukottai	AIADMK	K. K. Sivasamy	Thangam Thennarasu	DMK	6,152
Athoor	AIADMK	P. K. T. Natarajaan	I. Periyasamy	DMK	3,606
Attur	AIADMK	A. K. Murugesan	Mu. Ra. Karunanidhi	DMK	24,745
Avanashi (SC)	AIADMK	S. Mahalingam	M. Mohan Kumar	IND	21,012
Bargur	AIADMK	M. Thambidurai	E. G. Sugavanam	DMK	49,306
Bhavani	AIADMK	K. C. Karuppannan	J. Sudhanandhen Mudaliyar	PNK	32,859
Bhavanisagar	AIADMK	P. Chithambaram	O. Subramaniam	DMK	10,275
Bhuvanagiri	IND	P. S. Arul	M. Gopalakrishnan	MTD	3,764
Bodinayakkanur	AIADMK	S. Ramaraj	A. Sudalaimuthu	DMK	11,278
Chengalpattu	PMK	K. Arumugam	V. Viswanathan	DMK	5,149
Chengam (SC)	INC	M. Polur Varadhan	R. Shamala	MTD	12,277
Chepauk	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	R. Damodharan	INC	4,834
Cheranmahadevi	AIADMK	P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian	N. Chockalingam	BJP	10,975
Cheyyar	PMK	P. S. Ulagarakshagan	R. K. P. Rajarajan	DMK	12,085
Chidambaram	DMK	K. Saravanan Durai	T. Arivuselvan	PMK	11,915
Chinnasalem	AIADMK	P. Mohan	R. Mookappan	DMK	9,112
Coimbatore East	TMC	V. K. Lakshmanan	N. R. Nanjappan	BJP	3,211
Coimbatore West	INC	S. Maheswari	C. T. Dhandapani	DMK	10,091
Colachel	AIADMK	T. Pachamal	R. Sambath Chandra	MDMK	15,089
Coonoor (SC)	TMC	K. Kandaswamy	E. M. Mahaliappan	DMK	16,644
Cuddalore	DMK	E. Pugazhendi	P. R. S. Venkatesan	TMC(M)	34
Cumbum	TMC	O. R. Ramachandran	N. K. R. Krishnakumar	BJP	4,386
Dharapuram (SC)	PMK	V. Sivakami	R. Saraswathi	DMK	22,152
Dharmapuri	PMK	K. Pary Mohan	K. Manoharan	DMK	10,974
Dindigul	CPI(M)	K. Nagalakshimi	M. Basheer Ahmed	DMK	2,779
Edapadi	PMK	I. Ganesan	A. Kandasamy	DMK	30,811
Egmore (SC)	DMK	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi	B. John Pandian	AIADMK	86
Erode	AIADMK	K. S. Thennarasu	N. K. K. Periyasamy	DMK	24,440
Gingee	AIADMK	V. Elumalai	Rajendran	DMK	29,086
Gobichettipalayam	AIADMK	S. S. Ramaneedharan	V. P. Shanmugasundaram	DMK	28,945
Gudalur	AIADMK	A. Miller	M. Pandiaraj	DMK	32,693
Gudiyatham	AIADMK	C. M. Suryakala	S. Duraisamy	DMK	24,324
Gummidipundi	AIADMK	K. S. Vijayakumar	K. Venu	DMK	24,958
Harbour	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	D. Pandian	CPI	336
Harur	CPI	V. Krishnamoorthy	D. Periyasamy	DMK	33,479
Hosur	INC	K. Gopinath	B. Venkatasamy	BJP	6,489
Ilaiyangudi	AIADMK	V. D. Nadarajan	S. Kannappan	MTD	4,682
Jayankondam	AIADMK	S. Annadurai	K. C. Ganesan	DMK	25,010
Kadaladi	TMC	S. Balakrishnan	S. P. Thangavelan	DMK	6,115
Kadayanallur	AIADMK	M. Subbiah Pandian	P. M. Shahul	DMK	1,244
Kalasapakkam	AIADMK	S. Ramachandran	P. S. Thiruvengadam	DMK	28,890
Kancheepuram	AIADMK	T. Mythili	A. Sekar	DMK	23,603
Kandamangalam (SC)	AIADMK	V. Subramanian	E. Vijayaraghavan	DMK	22,628
Kangayam	AIADMK	M. Selvi	N. Rajkumar Mandradiar	DMK	11,274
Kanniyakumari	AIADMK	N. Thalavaisundaram	N. Suresh Rajan	DMK	9,536
Kapilamalai	PMK	A. R. Malaiyappasamy	S. Gandhiselvan	DMK	4,312
Karaikudi	BJP	H. Raja	S. P. Udayappan	TMC(M)	1,651
Karur	INC	T. N. Sivasubramanian	Vasuki Murugesan	DMK	23,438
Katpadi	DMK	Durai Murugan	A. K. Natarajan	PMK	8,002
Kattumannarkoil (SC)	CJP	P. Vallalperuman	R. Sachidanandam	INC	16,517
Kaveripattinam	AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy	V. C. Govindasami	DMK	18,517
Killiyoor	TMC	D. Kumaradas	C. Santhakumar	BJP	13,760
Kinathukadavu	AIADMK	S. Damodaran	M. Shanmugam	DMK	33,780
Kolathur (SC)	AIADMK	A. Karuppayee	Palaniappan	PT	46,899
Kovilpatti	CPI	S. Rajendran	K. Rajaram	DMK	9,039
Krishnagiri	AIADMK	V. Govindarasu	T. Senguttuvan	DMK	21,773
Krishnarayapuram (SC)	AIADMK	Sasikala	S. Periyasamy	DMK	21,549
Kulithalai	AIADMK	A. Pappasundaram	D. Thirunavukkarasu	DMK	16,766
Kumbakonam	DMK	Ko. Si. Mani	Rama Ramanathan	AIADMK	6,496
Kurinjipadi	DMK	M. R. K. Panneer Selvam	K. Sivasubramanian	AIADMK	23,863
Kuttalam	AIADMK	Natarajan	P. Kalyanam	DMK	2,644
Lalgudi	AIADMK	S. M. Balan	K. N. Nehru	DMK	1,610
Madurai Central	TMC	M. A. Hakkem	S. Paulraj	DMK	147
Madurai East	CPI(M)	N. Nanmaran	V. Velusamu	DMK	5,304
Madurai West	AIADMK	Valarmathi Jebaraj	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan	DMK	708
Maduranthakam	AIADMK	P. Vasudevan	S. D. Ugamchand	DMK	11,694
Manamadurai	TMC	K. Paramalai	S. P. Kirubanidhi	BJP	20,857
Mangalore (SC)	DMK	V. Ganesan	S. Puratchimani	TMC(M)	1,855
Mannargudi	CPI	V. Sivapunniyam	S. Gnanasekaran	BJP	20,190
Marungapuri	AIADMK	V. A. Chelliah	B. M. Senguttuvan	DMK	25,272
Mayiladuturai	BJP	Jaga Veerapandian	R. Selvaraj	AIADMK	2,452
Mettur	AIADMK	S. Sundarambal	P. Gopal	DMK	8,135
Melmalaiyanur	AIADMK	R. Tamilmozhi	A. Gnanasekaran	DMK	24,587
Melur	AIAIADMK	R. Samy	Samayanallur S. Selvaraj	DMK	26,838
Mettupalayam	AIADMK	A. K. Selvaraj	B. Arun Kumar	DMK	41,078
Modakkurichi	AIADMK	P. C. Ramasami	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan	DMK	34,212
Morappur	AIADMK	P. Palaniappan	E. V. Rajasekaran	DMK	23,316
Mudukulathur	AIADMK	K. Patinetampatian	S. Pandian	MTD	2,669
Mugaiyur	AIADMK	G. Gothandaraman	A. G. Sampath	DMK	10,341
Musiri	AIADMK	C. Malliga	S. Vivekandan	DMK	1,994
Mylapore	BJP	K. N. Lakshmanan	V. Maitreyan	AIADMK	6,047
Nagapattinam	AIADMK	R. Jeevanantham	S. P. Thangaiya	DMK	16,717
Nagercoil	MAIADMK	Suyambu	M. Moses	TMC(M)	3,662
Namakkal	INC	K. Jeyakumar	S. Ahilan	PT	28,992
Nanguneri	AIADMK	S. Manickaraj	V. Ramachandran	MTD	9,161
Nannilam (SC)	TMC	C. K. Amizharasan	P. Sakthivel	DMK	19,212
Natham	AIADMK	R. Viswanathan	Ku. Pa. Krishnan	TB	10,602
Natrampalli	PMK	S. Natarajan	T. Anbazhagan	MGRK	12,088
Nellikkuppam	AIADMK	M. C. Sampath	V. C. Shanmugham	DMK	7,382
Nilakottai	AIADMK	G. Anbazhagan	K. Ayyar	PT	31,494
Oddanchatram	DMK	A. R. A. Chakkarapani	A. T. Sellasamy	AIADMK	1,369
Omalur	AIADMK	S. Semmalai	Era. Rajendran	DMK	31,602
Orathanad	AIADMK	R. Vaithilingam	P. Rajamanickam	DMK	19,844
Ottapidaram	AIADMK	A. Sivaperumal	K. Krishnasamy	PT	651
Padmanabhapuram	AIADMK	K. P. Raajendraprasad	C. Velayudhan	BJP	2,774
Palacode	AIADMK	K. P. Anbalagan	G. L. Venkatachalam	DMK	40,232
Palani	AIADMK	M. Chinnasamy	T. Poovendhan	DMK	20,487
Palayamkottai	DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	S. Muthu Karuppan	AIADMK	14,748
Palladam	AIADMK	S. M. Velusamy	S. S. Ponmudi	DMK	32,474
Pallipattu	AIADMK	P. M. Narasimhan	M. Chakravarthy	BJP	28,240
Panamarathupatti	AIADMK	Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy	S. R. Sivalingam	DMK	42,350
Panruti	PMK	T. Velmurugan	V. Ramaswamy	DMK	5,048
Papanasam	TMC	M. Ramkumar	S. Kalyanasundaram	DMK	6,632
Paramakudi (SC)	TMC	R. Ramprabhu	S. Chelliah	PT	5,807
Park Town	TMC	S. G. Vinayagamurthi	T. Rajendhar	DMK	6,377
Pattukkottai	TMC	N. R. Rengarajan	P. Balasubramanian	DMK	6,950
Pennagaram	PMK	G. K. Mani	K. N. Periannan	IND	14,396
Perambalur (SC)	AIADMK	P. Rajarethinam	S. Vallaban	DMK	20,004
Perambur (SC)	CPI(M)	K. Mahendran	Chengai Sivam	DMK	17,223
Peravurani	TMC	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandham	Kuzha Chelliah	DMK	28,659
Periyakulam	AIADMK	O. Panneer Selvam	M. Abuthahir	DMK	17,920
Peranamallur	AIADMK	A. K. S. Anbalagan	B. Bose	MTD	8,359
Pernambut (SC)	AIADMK	S. C. Kanagathara	S. Thondral Nayagan	BJP	28,855
Perundurai	AIADMK	K. S. Palanisamy	N. Govindasamy	CNMK	31,712
Perur	AIADMK	M. A. P. A. Krishnakumar (Rohini)	N. Nageswari	DMK	35,264
Pollachi	AIADMK	V. Jayaraman	R. Tamil Mani	DMK	32,404
Polur	AIADMK	Nalini Manoharan	C. Elumalai	DMK	10,807
Pongalur	AIADMK	P. V. Damodaran	K. Chellamuthu	IND	21,815
Ponneri (SC)	CPI	A. S. Kannan	K. Sundaram	DMK	27,390
Poombuhar	AIADMK	N. Renganathan	M. Mohammad Siddiq	DMK	7,455
Poonamallee	PMK	S. Shanmugam	S. Chezhiyan	DMK	2,316
Pudukkottai	AIADMK	C. Vijayabaskar	Arasu Periyannan	DMK	28,183
Purasawalkam	CJP	B. Ranganathan	P. Vetrivel	TMC(M)	3,802
Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar	AIADMK	P. K. Sekar Babu	S. P. Sarguna Pandian	DMK	27,332
Radhapuram	IND	M. Appavu	S. Jothi	PMK	18,281
Rajapalayam (SC)	AIADMK	M. Rajasekar	V. P. Rajan	DMK	9,595
Ramanathapuram	AIADMK	A. Anwer Rhazza	A. Rahman Khan	DMK	9,112
Ranipet	AIADMK	M. S. Chandrasekaran	R. Gandhi	DMK	24,963
Rasipuram	AIADMK	P. R. Sundaram	K. P. Ramalingam	DMK	23,029
Royapuram	AIADMK	D. Jayakumar	K. Nargunan	DMK	13,712
Rishivandiyam	TMC	S. Sivaraj	T. K. T. Murali	PNK	25,532
Saidapet	DMK	V. Perumal**	C. R. Baskaran	PMK	3,881
Salem – I	AIADMK	Se. Venkatajalam	M. A. Elangovan	DMK	25,131
Salem – II	PMK	M. Karthe	A. L. Thangavel	DMK	15,085
Samayanallur (SC)	AIADMK	P. Ponnampalam	Kasthuri Sivasamy	DMK	19,924
Sankaranayanarkoil (SC)	AIADMK	C. Karuppasamy	P. Duraisamy	PT	9,262
Sankarapuram	PMK	P. Kasampu	T. Udhayasuriyan	DMK	1,018
Sankari (SC)	AIADMK	P. Dhanabal	T. R. Saravanan	DMK	22,952
Sathyamangalam	AIADMK	K. R. Kandasamy	S. K. Rajendran	DMK	33,434
Sathangulam	TMC	S. S. Mani Nadar	A. N. Rajakkannan	BJP	5,766
Sattur	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	A. Rajendran	INC	4,415
Sedapatti	AIADMK	C. Durairaj	P. V. Bhaktavatchalam	PT	18,435
Sendamangalam (ST)	AIADMK	K. Kalavathi	Chinumathi Chandrasekaran	DMK	17,815
Sholavandan	AIADMK	V. R. Rajangam	P. Moorthy	DMK	19,841
Sholinghur	AIADMK	R. Vilvanathan	A. M. Ponnurangam	PNK	9,795
Singanallur	CPI(M)	K. C. Karunakaran	N. Palanisamy	DMK	20,001
Sirkazhi (SC)	AIADMK	N. Chandramohan	J. Irai Ezhil	DMK	4,430
Sivaganga	AIADMK	V. Chandran	Tha Pasumpon Kiruttinan	DMK	4,273
Sivakasi	TMC	A. Rajagopal	V. Thangaraj	DMK	5,721
Sriperumbudur (SC)	INC	D. Yasodha	M. Raghavan	DMK	17,193
Srirangam	AIADMK	K. K. Balasubramanian	M. Soundrapandian	BJP	12,676
Srivaikuntam	AIADMK	S. P. Shanmuganathan	S. David Selwyn	DMK	2,886
Srivilliputhur	AIADMK	Inbathtamilan	S. Mohanrajulu	BJP	9,174
Talavasal (SC)	AIADMK	V. Alagammal	M. Pandiyarajan	DMK	27,857
Tambaram	DMK	M. A. Vaidialingam	K. Chakkarapani Reddiar	TMC(M)	5,431
Taramangalam	PMK	M. P. Kamaraj	S. Ammasi	DMK	25,458
Tenkasi	AIADMK	K. Annamalai	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	DMK	8,792
Thalli	BJP	K. V. Murali Dharan	S. Raja Reddy	CPI	6,217
Thandarambattu	DMK	E. V. Velu	K. Manivarma	TMC(M)	4,837
Thanjavur	DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	R. Rajmohan	INC	9,590
Theagaraya Nagar	DMK	J. Anbazhagan	E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath	AIADMK	2,499
Theni	AIADMK	D. Ganesan	L. Mookiah	DMK	13,861
Thirumangalam	AIADMK	K. Kalimuthu	T. Ocha Thevar	DMK	18,162
Thirupparankundram	AIADMK	S. M. Seenivel	C. Ramachandran	DMK	9,127
Thiruverambur	DMK	K. N. Sekaran	T. K. Rangarajan	CPM	10,373
Thiruvidamarudur	AIADMK	G. Thavamani	S. Ramalingam	DMK	7,372
Thiruvonam	AIADMK	C. Rajendran	M. Ramachandran	DMK	11,223
Thiruvottiyur	AIADMK	T. Arumugam	Kumari Anandan	IND	34,041
Thondamuthur	TMC	S. R. Balasubramoniyan	V. R. Sukanya	DMK	28,536
Thottiam	AIADMK	P. Annavi	K. Kannaiyan	DMK	13,148
Thousand Lights	DMK	M. K. Stalin	S. Sekar	TMC(M)	7,274
Tindivanam	AIADMK	C. Ve. Shanmugam	R. Sethunathan	DMK	12,148
Tiruchendur	AIADMK	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	S. Jennifer Chandran	DMK	11,193
Tiruchengode	AIADMK	C. Ponnaiyan	T. P. Arumugam	DMK	44,109
Tiruchirappalli – I	DMK	B. Paranikumar	M. Kader Mohideen	MUL	924
Tiruchirappalli – II	DMK	Anbil Periyasamy	P. C. Selvaraj	INC	13,944
Tirumayam	AIADMK	M. Radakrishnan	S. Regupathy	DMK	12,027
Tirunavalur	AIADMK	K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy	A. J. Manikannan	DMK	14,773
Tirunelveli	AIADMK	N. Nainar Nagendran	A. L. Subramanian	DMK	722
Tiruppattur (194)	AIADMK	K. K. Umadhevan	R. Sivaraman	DMK	9,090
Tiruppattur (41)	PMK	T. K. Raja	S. Arasu	DMK	5,761
Tirupporur (SC)	AIADMK	S. Kanitha Sampath	C. Nagarajan	DMK	24,790
Tiruppur	AIADMK	C. Sivasami	Lalitha Kumaramangalam	BJP	46,556
Tiruttani	PMK	G. Raviraj	E. A. P. Shivaji	DMK	13,874
Tiruthuraipundi (SC)	CPI	G. Palanisamy	M. Poonguzhali	DMK	25,059
Tiruvadanai	TMC	K. R. Ramasamy	Jones Russo	IND	2,304
Tiruvaiyaru	AIADMK	Ayyaru Vandayar	Durai Chandrasekaran	DMK	15,689
Tiruvallur	TMC	D. Sudharsanam	V. G. Rajendiran	PNK	19,951
Tiruvannamalai	DMK	K. Pitchandi	M. Shanmugasundaram	PMK	4,090
Tiruvarur (SC)	DMK	A. Asokan	K. Rangasamy	CPM	1,314
Thiruvattar	CPI(M)	J. Hemachandran	P. Rajamony	BJP	19,497
Triplicane	DMK	S. A. M. Hussain	S. Rajakumar	INC	3,676
Tuticorin	AIADMK	S. Rajammal	N. Periasamy	DMK	16,186
Udagamandalam	INC	H. M. Raju	J. Hutchi Gowder	BJP	29,090
Udumalpet	AIADMK	C. Shanmugavelu	D. Selvaraj	DMK	39,908
Ulundurpet (SC)	AIADMK	N. Ramu	K. Thirunavukkarasu	DMK	22,754
Uppiliyapuram (ST)	AIADMK	R. Saroja	R. Rani	DMK	12,351
Usilampatti	AIFB	L. Santhanam	S. O. Ramasamy	DMK	9,067
Uthiramerur	AIADMK	V. Somasundaram	K. Sundar	DMK	27,622
Valangiman (SC)	AIADMK	Boopathi Mariappan	T. Nadaiazhagan	PT	23,477
Valparai (SC)	TMC	Kovai Thangam	K. Krishnaswamy	PT	17,915
Vandavasi (SC)	PMK	K. Murugavelrajan	K. Loganathan	DMK	8,871
Vaniyambadi**	INL	M. Abdul Latheef	J. M. Haroon Rasheed	DMK	11,938
Vanur (SC)	AIADMK	N. Ganapathy	R. Mydili	DMK	21,349
Varahur (SC)	AIADMK	A. Arunachalam	K. Thiruvalluvan	DMK	13,904
Vasudevanallur (SC)	TMC	R. Easwaran	S. Thangapandian	PT	11,552
Vedaranyam	DMK	S. K. Vedarathinam	R. Mutharasan	CPI	15,000
Vedasandur	AIADMK	P. Andivel	R. Kavitha Parthipan	DMK	19,126
Veerapandi	AIADMK	S. K. Selvam	Veerapandy S. Arumugam	DMK	30,012
Vellakoil	DMK	M. P. Saminathan	V. P. Periasamy	AIADMK	740
Vellore	TMC	C. Gnanasekaran	A. M. Ramalingam	DMK	11,124
Veilathikulam	AIADMK	N. K. Perumal	R. K. P. Rajasekaran	DMK	15,243
Vilavancode	CPI(M)	D. Mony	P. Jeevaraj	DMK	22,919
Villivakkam	DMK	D. Napoleon	A. Chellakumar	TMC(M)	9,230
Villupuram	DMK	K. Ponmudy	R. Pasupathy	PMK	2,205
Virudhunagar	TMC	S. Damodharan	A. R. R. Seenivasan	DMK	4,017
Vridhachalam	PMK	R. Govindasamy	Kuzhandai Thamizharasan	DMK	7,128
Yercaud (ST)	AIADMK	E. Elayakannu	K. Govindan	BJP	33,985

*	Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Thanga Tamilselvan, AIADMK legislator from Andipatti, resigned his seat in 2002, to enable Jayalalithaa to contest here. This enabled her to win in a by election in Andipatti, and be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. She succeeded O. Panneerselvam who took over as chief minister for 6 months, until Jayalalithaa's corruption charges were cleared in court.
Due to the death of V. Perumal, actor turned politician Radha Ravi (son of M.R. Radha) was fielded by AIADMK, and defeated the DMK candidate Subramanian, in a by-election, increasing the majority of the AIADMK.
During 31 May 2002, By-election, A. Boovaraghamoorthy of the AIADMK, defeated D. Parvendhan of PMK, which resulted in AIADMK to pick up Acharapakkam (SC).

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 TN Seshan & Vazhappaddu Rammurthi 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)

Main article: 2001–06 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections

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

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