Tamil Nadu, Lok Sabha election 1996
39 constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 63.99% turnout.
Seats
39
Candidates
749
15 women, 0 elected
Turnout
63.99%
2.72 cr of 4.25 cr
Leading party
TMCM
20 of 39 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMCMTMCM | 20 | +20 | 20 | 73,39,982 | 27.00% | — |
| DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 17 | +17 | 17 | 69,67,679 | 25.63% | +2.94 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 2 | +2 | 2 | 6,32,813 | 2.33% | +0.29 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 0 | -28 | 29 | 49,65,364 | 18.26% | -24.30 |
| ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21,30,286 | 7.84% | — |
| MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12,22,415 | 4.50% | — |
| INDIndependent | 0 | 0 | 539 | 8,15,224 | 3.00% | +1.57 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7,95,797 | 2.93% | +1.28 |
| AIICTAIICT | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6,05,565 | 2.23% | — |
| PMKPattali Makkal Katchi | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5,52,118 | 2.03% | -3.11 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4,93,916 | 1.82% | -0.66 |
| JDJanata Dal | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4,15,287 | 1.53% | -1.38 |
| JPJP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,05,816 | 0.76% | +0.59 |
| ATMKATMK | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19,394 | 0.07% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8,556 | 0.03% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4,872 | 0.02% | — |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3,664 | 0.01% | — |
| MELPHCMELPHC | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3,155 | 0.01% | — |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,215 | 0.01% | — |
| RPISRepublican Party of India (Social) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,081 | 0.01% | — |
| PHKPHK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 862 | 0.00% | — |
| PDPJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 691 | 0.00% | — |
| MMSMMS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 572 | 0.00% | — |
| TNHVYKTNHVYK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 422 | 0.00% | — |
| AIDPFAIDPF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 195 | 0.00% | — |
- TMCM20 (51%)
- DMK17 (44%)
- CPI2 (5%)
- TMCM20
- DMK17
- CPI2
- TMCM20
- DMK17
- CPI2
Constituency performance
From the 39 results in Tamil Nadu
Closest contest
SIVAKASI
won by 23,622 (3.05%)
Biggest victory
MADRAS CENTRAL
won by 2,80,467 (47.93%)
Highest turnout
NAGAPATTINAM
70.73%
Lowest turnout
MADRAS NORTH
54.45%
Seat change
Against Tamil Nadu's previous Lok Sabha election (1991), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands39 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 39 changed hands.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Tamil Nadu, every Lok Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- TMCM
- DMK
- CPI
TURNOUT
Constituency results
All 39 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–39 of 39
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARAKKONAM | TMCMVELU.A.M | INCRAVIRAM.R | 2,64,84536.71% | 69.7% |
| CHENGALPATTU | DMKPARASURAMAN.K | INCKRISHNAN.S.M | 2,35,65733.34% | 67.7% |
| CHIDAMBARAM | DMKGANESAN V | PMKELUMALAI.R | 1,76,26625.53% | 67.3% |
| COIMBATORE | DMKRAMANATHAN M. | INCKUPPUSWAMY C.K. | 2,62,78732.18% | 62.0% |
| CUDDALORE | TMCMVENKATESAN P.R.S | INCSANTHAMURTHY V | 2,05,20429.59% | 66.5% |
| DHARMAPURI | TMCMTHEERTHARAMAN.P | INCSUBRAMANIYAM.M.P | 1,31,24618.84% | 62.1% |
| DINDIGUL | TMCMCHITTHAN.N.S.V. | ADMKSREENIVAASAN.C | 2,67,91438.53% | 64.7% |
| GOBICHETTIPALAYAM | DMKSHANMUGASUNDARAM V.P | ADMKNARAYANAN P.G | 1,42,96821.49% | 68.5% |
| KARUR | TMCMNATRAYAN.K | ADMKTHAMBIDURAI.M | 1,68,27423.04% | 68.1% |
| KRISHNAGIRI | TMCMNARASIMHAN C | INCELANKOVAN. E.V.K.S. | 1,94,67629.36% | 61.5% |
| MADRAS CENTRAL | DMKMURASOLI MARAN | INCG.K.J.BHARATHI | 2,80,46747.93% | 56.5% |
| MADRAS NORTH | DMKSOMU N.V.N | INCPANDIAN.D | 3,89,61746.07% | 54.5% |
| MADRAS SOUTH | DMKBAALU T.R | ADMKGANESHAM.H | 3,39,18139.02% | 55.3% |
| MADURAI | TMCMRAM BABU A.G.S | JPSUBRAMANIAN SWAMY | 1,89,80626.40% | 59.9% |
| MAYILADUTURAI | TMCMRAJENDIRAN P.V | INCMANI SHANKAR AIYAR | 1,53,54423.25% | 69.4% |
| NAGAPATTINAM | CPISELVARASU M | INCKANNIVANNAN M | 2,21,34631.87% | 70.7% |
| NAGERCOIL | TMCMDENNIS N. | BJPRADHAKRISHNAN P. | 27,6974.93% | 57.7% |
| NILGIRIS | TMCMBALASUBRAMANIYAN S.R. | INCR.PRABHU | 2,81,37637.22% | 63.0% |
| PALANI | TMCMKAARVENDHAN .S.K | ADMKKUMARASAMY .P | 1,92,63327.26% | 66.2% |
| PERAMBALUR | DMKRAJA A | INCSUBRAMANIAN P.V | 2,14,24731.77% | 68.7% |
| PERIYAKULAM | DMKGNANAGURUSAMY R | ADMKRAMASAMY R | 1,31,33719.74% | 65.1% |
| POLLACHI | TMCMKANDASAMY .V | ADMKANNA NAMBI .R | 1,38,89121.19% | 67.7% |
| PUDUKKOTTAI | DMKSIVA,N. | INCSWAMINATHAN, V.N. | 1,77,87322.54% | 70.2% |
| RAMANATHAPURAM | TMCMUDAYAPPAN, S.P. | INCRAJESHWARAN V | 1,95,30431.26% | 59.8% |
| RASIPURAM | TMCMKANDASAMY K | INCJAYAKUMAR K | 1,93,17829.18% | 63.2% |
| SALEM | TMCMDEVADASS.R | INCTHANGKABALU K.V | 1,20,88518.05% | 62.0% |
| SIVAGANGA | TMCMCHIDAMBARAM P. | INCGOWRISHANKARAN M. | 2,47,30238.26% | 61.1% |
| SIVAKASI | CPIALAGIRISAMY, V. | ADMKSANJAY RAMASAMY | 23,6223.05% | 66.3% |
| SRIPERUMBUDUR | DMKNAGARATNAM.T | INCLATA PRIYAKUMAR | 2,45,71132.96% | 64.5% |
| TENKASI | TMCMARUNACHALAM, M. | INCSELVARAJ V. | 95,92614.85% | 66.4% |
| THANJAVUR | DMKPALANIMANICKAM S.S | INCTHULASIAH VANDAYAR K | 2,00,42830.22% | 68.5% |
| TINDIVANAM | DMKVENKATRAMAN G | INCRAMAMURTHEE K | 1,90,27627.61% | 66.7% |
| TIRUCHENDUR | TMCMDHANUSKODI ATHITHAN R. | INCJUSTIN S. | 2,03,71135.61% | 58.4% |
| TIRUCHENGODE | DMKK.P.RAMALINGAM | ADMKKUMARASAMY A.V. | 1,93,18823.21% | 63.0% |
| TIRUCHIRAPPALLI | TMCMADAIKKALRAJ.L | INCGOPAL K | 2,64,70838.20% | 64.8% |
| TIRUNELVELI | DMKSIVAPRAKASAM D.S.A. | ADMKRAJASELVAM A.R. | 1,18,28018.25% | 63.3% |
| TIRUPPATTUR | DMKVENUGOPAL.D | INCANBARASU.R | 2,40,26434.33% | 65.9% |
| VANDAVASI | TMCMBALARAMAN.L | INCKRISHNASWAMY.M | 1,73,30425.49% | 65.9% |
| VELLORE | DMKSHANMUGAM.P | INCAKBER PASHA.B | 2,11,03531.03% | 64.8% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Tamil Nadu alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.