Tamil Nadu assembly election, May 2001
The 8th Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. Polled.
Seats declared
234
118 needed for a majority
Largest party
ADMK
132 seats · majority
Candidates
1,860
112 women, 25 elected
Turnout
59.05%
2.8 cr of 4.75 cr
The house
234 seats, each dot one assembly constituency
- ADMK132
- DMK31
- TMCM23
- PMK20
- INC7
- CPM6
- CPI5
- BJP4
- Others6
Biggest movements
Seat change against the previous Tamil Nadu assembly election (1996)
DMK
-142
ADMK
+128
TMCM
-16
PMK
+16
INC
+7
CPM
+5
CPI
-3
BJP
+3
Parties
Ordered by seats won
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Strike rate | Votes | Share | Share +/− | Deposits lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 132 | +128 | 141 | 52.1% | 88,15,387 | 31.44% | +9.96 | 0 |
| DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 31 | -142 | 183 | 39.0% | 86,69,864 | 30.92% | -11.15 | 2 |
| TMCMTMCM | 23 | -16 | 32 | 47.5% | 18,85,726 | 6.73% | -2.58 | 0 |
| PMKPattali Makkal Katchi | 20 | +16 | 27 | 46.8% | 15,57,500 | 5.55% | +1.72 | 0 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 7 | +7 | 14 | 45.4% | 6,96,205 | 2.48% | -3.13 | 0 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 6 | +5 | 8 | 48.2% | 4,70,736 | 1.68% | 0.00 | 0 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 5 | -3 | 8 | 48.5% | 4,44,710 | 1.59% | -0.53 | 0 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 4 | +3 | 21 | 38.7% | 8,95,352 | 3.19% | +1.39 | 0 |
| INDIndependent | 3 | +2 | 978 | 1.4% | 17,28,440 | 6.17% | +2.42 | 963 |
| MADMKMADMK | 2 | — | 3 | 37.1% | 1,29,474 | 0.46% | — | 0 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43.3% | 39,248 | 0.14% | -0.14 | 0 |
| MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 0 | 0 | 211 | 5.1% | 13,04,469 | 4.65% | -1.13 | 205 |
| PTPT | 0 | — | 10 | 33.8% | 3,55,171 | 1.27% | — | 0 |
| MTDMTD | 0 | — | 6 | 40.9% | 2,57,126 | 0.92% | — | 0 |
| PNKPNK | 0 | — | 5 | 33.5% | 1,96,740 | 0.70% | — | 0 |
| MGRKMGRK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40.8% | 1,36,916 | 0.49% | +0.49 | 0 |
| PBPB | 0 | — | 24 | 2.1% | 71,161 | 0.25% | — | 24 |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 0 | — | 34 | 1.7% | 64,468 | 0.23% | — | 34 |
| TBTB | 0 | — | 1 | 40.0% | 45,002 | 0.16% | — | 0 |
| CNMKCNMK | 0 | — | 1 | 32.4% | 40,421 | 0.14% | — | 0 |
| MNKPLPMNKPLP | 0 | — | 8 | 3.7% | 35,271 | 0.13% | — | 7 |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | — | 1 | 41.7% | 30,497 | 0.11% | — | 0 |
| JPJP | 0 | -1 | 16 | 1.4% | 25,389 | 0.09% | -0.46 | 16 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | — | 13 | 1.2% | 21,307 | 0.08% | — | 13 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.0% | 19,648 | 0.07% | +0.02 | 17 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.8% | 14,040 | 0.05% | +0.02 | 12 |
| TYMKTYMK | 0 | — | 6 | 2.0% | 14,007 | 0.05% | — | 6 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | — | 12 | 1.1% | 13,978 | 0.05% | — | 12 |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | — | 11 | 0.8% | 12,053 | 0.04% | — | 11 |
| TDKTDK | 0 | — | 5 | 1.5% | 9,412 | 0.03% | — | 5 |
| LJNSPLJNSP | 0 | — | 10 | 0.6% | 9,340 | 0.03% | — | 10 |
| UCPIUCPI | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.0% | 7,080 | 0.03% | -0.02 | 6 |
| DFBDFB | 0 | — | 5 | 0.6% | 3,720 | 0.01% | — | 5 |
| RLDRashtriya Lok Dal | 0 | — | 5 | 0.4% | 2,850 | 0.01% | — | 5 |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.8% | 1,849 | 0.01% | -0.05 | 2 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | — | 1 | 1.6% | 1,786 | 0.01% | — | 1 |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.5% | 1,651 | 0.01% | 0.00 | 3 |
| TLKTLK | 0 | — | 2 | 0.5% | 1,560 | 0.01% | — | 2 |
| SPSPSardar Patel Siddhant Party | 0 | — | 2 | 0.5% | 1,556 | 0.01% | — | 2 |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | — | 3 | 0.4% | 1,138 | 0.00% | — | 3 |
Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Tamil Nadu at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one. Showing the 40 largest parties. The full list is at /api/elections/tamil-nadu-2001/parties?limit=500.
Largest victories of May 2001
| Assembly seat | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARGUR | Tamil Nadu | ADMKTHAMBIDURAI.M | DMKSUGAVANAM.E.G | 49,30639.85% |
| KOLATHUR | Tamil Nadu | ADMKKARUPPAYEE DR. A. | PTPALANIAPPAN ALIAS PURACHI KAVIDASAN M | 46,89935.95% |
| PANAMARATHUPATTY | Tamil Nadu | ADMKVIJAYALAKAHMI PALANISAMY .P | DMKSIVALINGAM. S.R. | 42,35034.74% |
| YERCAUD | Tamil Nadu | ADMKELAYAKANNU. K.T. | BJPGOVINDAN.K. | 33,98534.00% |
| PALACODE | Tamil Nadu | ADMKANBALAGAN K.P | DMKVENKATACHALAM G.L. | 40,23233.34% |
| SATHYAMANGALAM | Tamil Nadu | ADMKKANDASAMY K.R. | DMKRAJENDRAN S.K. | 33,43432.18% |
| OOTACAMUND | Tamil Nadu | INCRAJU H.M | BJPHUTCHI GOWDER.J | 29,09030.45% |
| KINATHUKKADAVU | Tamil Nadu | ADMKDAMODARAN. S. | DMKSHANMUGAM. M. | 33,78030.38% |
| BHAVANI | Tamil Nadu | ADMKKARUPPANNAN. K.C. | PNKSUDHANANDHEN.J. | 32,85929.69% |
| NILAKOTTAI | Tamil Nadu | ADMKANBAZHAGAN.G | PTAYYAR.K | 31,49429.63% |
Closest results of May 2001
| Assembly seat | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUDDALORE | Tamil Nadu | DMKPUGAZHENDI .E | TMCMVENKATESAN .P.R.S. | 340.03% |
| EGMORE | Tamil Nadu | DMKPARITHI.ELLAMVAZHUTHI | ADMKB.JOHN PANDIAN | 860.12% |
| MADURAI CENTRAL | Tamil Nadu | TMCMHAKEEM.M.A | DMKPAULRAJ.S | 1470.20% |
| VELLAKOIL | Tamil Nadu | DMKSAMINATHAN.M.P. | ADMKPERIASAMY. V.P. | 7400.65% |
| HARBOUR | Tamil Nadu | DMKANBAZHAGAN.K | CPIPANDIAN.D | 3360.65% |
| TIRUNELVELI | Tamil Nadu | ADMKNAINAR NAGENDRAN. | DMKSUBRAMANIAN.A.L. | 7220.69% |
| MADURAI WEST | Tamil Nadu | ADMKVALARMATHIJEBARAJ. | DMKPALANIVEL RAJAN P.T.R. | 7080.70% |
| POTTAPIDARAM | Tamil Nadu | ADMKSIVAPERUMAL .A. | PTKRISHNASAMY DR. K. | 6510.72% |
| SANKARAPURAM | Tamil Nadu | PMKKASAMPU.P. | DMKUDHAYASURIYAN.T. | 1,0180.81% |
| TIRUVARUR | Tamil Nadu | DMKASOKAN. A. | CPMRENGASAMY .K. | 1,3141.07% |