Tamil Nadu assembly election, Feb 1996
234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 63.91% turnout.
Seats
234
Candidates
4,008
130 women, 9 elected
Turnout
63.91%
2.71 cr of 4.25 cr
Leading party
DMK
173 of 234 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 173 | +171 | 182 | 1,14,23,380 | 42.08% | +19.61 |
| TMCMTMCM | 39 | +39 | 40 | 25,26,474 | 9.31% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 8 | +7 | 11 | 5,75,570 | 2.12% | +0.88 |
| ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4 | +4 | 168 | 58,31,383 | 21.48% | — |
| PMKPattali Makkal Katchi | 4 | +3 | 116 | 10,42,333 | 3.84% | -2.06 |
| INDIndependent | 1 | 0 | 2848 | 10,16,918 | 3.75% | +2.19 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 1 | +1 | 143 | 4,90,453 | 1.81% | +0.11 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | 0 | 40 | 4,56,172 | 1.68% | -1.47 |
| JPJP | 1 | +1 | 50 | 1,50,134 | 0.55% | +0.34 |
| JDJanata Dal | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1,17,801 | 0.43% | -1.25 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 1 | +1 | 1 | 75,324 | 0.28% | +0.12 |
| MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 0 | 0 | 177 | 15,69,168 | 5.78% | — |
| INCIndian National Congress | 0 | -60 | 64 | 15,23,340 | 5.61% | -9.58 |
| AIICTAIICT | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2,09,942 | 0.77% | — |
| HRPIHRPI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55,019 | 0.20% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14,847 | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14,402 | 0.05% | +0.04 |
| KMKKMK | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12,800 | 0.05% | — |
| UCPIUCPI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11,717 | 0.04% | — |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8,907 | 0.03% | — |
| MGRMMGRM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7,099 | 0.03% | — |
| ATMKATMK | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5,557 | 0.02% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2,444 | 0.01% | — |
| ICSIndian Congress (Socialist) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2,203 | 0.01% | — |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1,990 | 0.01% | — |
| TLJTLJ | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,357 | 0.00% | — |
| PJPPJP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 984 | 0.00% | — |
| AIVMKAIVMK | 0 | 0 | 3 | 366 | 0.00% | — |
| RPISRepublican Party of India (Social) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 283 | 0.00% | — |
| MGRKMGRK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 207 | 0.00% | — |
| APMKAPMK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 0.00% | — |
| TNMCTNMC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 0.00% | — |
| TNKMITNKMI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 0.00% | — |
| THMMTHMM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 0.00% | — |
| MELPHCMELPHC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 0.00% | — |
| MMSMMS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 0.00% | — |
| TZPTZP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0.00% | — |
| BMCBMC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0.00% | — |
| TNHVYKTNHVYK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0.00% | — |
- DMK173 (74%)
- TMCM39 (17%)
- CPI8 (3%)
- ADMK4 (2%)
- PMK4 (2%)
- IND1 (0%)
- Others5 (2%)
- DMK173
- TMCM39
- CPI8
- ADMK4
- PMK4
- IND1
- Others5
- DMK173
- TMCM39
- CPI8
- ADMK4
- PMK4
- IND1
- BJP1
- CPM1
- Others3
Constituency performance
From the 234 results in Tamil Nadu
Closest contest
PENNAGARAM
won by 406 (0.37%)
Biggest victory
CHEPAUK
won by 35,784 (59.81%)
Highest turnout
VEDARANYAM
74.54%
Lowest turnout
VILLIVAKKAM
50.16%
Seat change
Against Tamil Nadu's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1991), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained3 (1%)
- Changed hands231 (99%)
3 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 231 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 Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- DMK
- TMCM
- CPI
- ADMK
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 234 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 234
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHARAPAKKAM | DMKMATHIVANAN, S. | ADMKBHUVARAGHAMOORTHY, A. | 25,37126.11% | 66.0% |
| ALANDUR | DMKSHANMUGAM, C. | ADMKPURUSHOTHAMAN, K. | 75,99442.82% | 56.0% |
| ALANGUDI | INDVENKATACHALAM A. | CPIERASASEKARAN S. | 6520.47% | 71.0% |
| ALANGULAM | DMKALADI ARUNA | INCKAMARAJ, M.S. | 24,33621.02% | 69.0% |
| AMBASAMUDRAM | DMKR. AVUDAIAPPAN | ADMKR. MURUGAIAH PANDIAN | 19,68920.87% | 65.0% |
| ANAICUT | DMKGOPU, C. | ADMKSURYAKALA, C.M. | 31,61629.91% | 61.2% |
| ANDHIYUR | DMKSELVARASU, P. | ADMKSUBRAMANIAM, M. | 24,99425.20% | 64.5% |
| ANDIMADAM | PMKRAJENDIRAN @ DEERAN | DMKSIVASUBRAMANIYAN | 13,40212.76% | 72.9% |
| ANDIPATTI | DMKAASIYAN, P. | ADMKMUTHIAH, A. | 13,70112.12% | 64.3% |
| ANNA NAGAR | DMKARCOT VEERASWAMI,N. | INCBALASUBRAMANIAN, R. | 69,01744.57% | 53.5% |
| ARANTANGI | ADMKTHIRUNAVUKKARASU, S. | DMKSHANMUGAM, S. | 14,23210.15% | 68.3% |
| ARAVAKURICHI | DMKMOHAMMED ISMAIL, S.S. | ADMKDURAISAMY, V.K. | 9,0948.48% | 63.2% |
| ARCOT | DMKSUBRAMANI, P.N. | ADMKRAMADOSS, K.V. | 26,40724.63% | 69.6% |
| ARIYALUR | TMCMAMARAMOORTHY, D. | ADMKELAVARASAN, A. | 24,89421.30% | 73.2% |
| ARKONAM | DMKTHAMIZH CHELVAN, R. | PMKELUMALAI, R. | 46,82038.57% | 66.4% |
| ARNI | DMKR. SIVANANDAM | ADMKCHINNAKULAMDAI, M. | 18,17914.80% | 71.9% |
| ARUPPUKOTTAI | DMKTHANGAPANDIAN, V. | ADMKSUNDARAPANDIAN, K. | 16,36515.86% | 64.8% |
| ATHOOR | DMKPERIASAMY, I. | ADMKCHINNAMUTHU, C. | 50,29239.17% | 66.3% |
| ATTUR | DMKRAMASAMY, A.M. | ADMKMURUGESAN, A.K. | 22,29621.47% | 65.6% |
| AVANASHI | DMKG. ELANGO | ADMKM. THIAGARAJAN | 26,45722.66% | 66.1% |
| BARGUR | DMKSUGAVANAM, E.G. | ADMKJAYALALITHA, J. | 8,3667.17% | 64.8% |
| BHAVANI | TMCMBALASUBRAMANIAN, S.N. | ADMKMANIVANNAN, K.S. | 28,82925.79% | 69.0% |
| BHAVANISAGAR | DMKANDAMUTHU, V.A. | ADMKCHINNASAMY, V.K. | 23,45120.28% | 70.4% |
| BHUVANAGIRI | DMKA.V. ABDUL NASER | PMKP.D. ELANGOVAN | 19,34517.13% | 69.3% |
| BODINAYAKKANUR | DMKSUDALAIMUTHU, A. | ADMKJEYAKUMAR, S.P. | 26,08724.36% | 63.3% |
| CHENGALPATTU | DMKTAMILMANI, V. | ADMKKUMARASAMY, C.V.N. | 36,80531.87% | 66.2% |
| CHENGAM | DMKNANNAN, K.V. | ADMKTHAMIZHARASAN, C.K. | 26,63326.70% | 63.7% |
| CHEPAUK | DMKM.KARUNA NIDHI | INCN.S.S.NELLAI KANNAN | 35,78459.81% | 60.3% |
| CHERANMAHADEVI | TMCMVELDURAI, P. | INDPANDIAN, P.H. | 12,10712.23% | 68.2% |
| CHEYYAR | DMKV. ANBALAGAN | ADMKP. CHANDRAN | 37,48632.14% | 72.3% |
| CHIDAMBARAM | TMCMS. AZHAGIRI | INCA. RADHAKRISHNAN | 29,01628.16% | 67.8% |
| CHINNASALEM | DMKR. MOOKKAPPAN | ADMKP. MOHAN | 31,64528.27% | 66.4% |
| COIMBATORE EAST | TMCMV.K. LAKSHMANAN | INCR.S. VELAN | 47,68653.04% | 58.5% |
| COIMBATORE WEST | DMKDHANDAPANI, C.T. | INCRAJA THANGAVEL | 38,29946.32% | 61.3% |
| COLACHEL | DMKBERNARD, ERA | BJPS.P. KUTTY | 7,4267.72% | 58.0% |
| COONOOR | DMKTHANGAVEL, N. | ADMKKARUPPUSAMY, S. | 35,51535.71% | 61.8% |
| CUDDALORE | DMKE. PUGAZHENDHI | INCK.V. RAJENDIRAN | 48,62740.66% | 64.5% |
| CUMBUM | TMCMRAMACHANDRAN, O.R. | INDGOPALAN, R.T. | 35,74033.32% | 65.2% |
| DHARAPURAM | DMKR. SARASWATHY | ADMKP. EASWARAMURTHI | 23,03820.61% | 68.1% |
| DHARMAPURI | DMKMANOKARAN, K. | INCMASE HARUR | 37,02231.99% | 58.3% |
| DINDIGUL | DMKMANIMARAN, R. | ADMKMARUTHARAJ, V. | 65,12445.23% | 62.5% |
| DR. RADHAKRISHNAN NAGAR | DMKSARKUNAM, S.P. | ADMKRAVEENDRAN,R.M.D. | 43,08135.63% | 54.8% |
| EDAPADI | PMKGANESAN, I. | DMKMURUGESAN, P.A. | 9,1927.00% | 65.3% |
| EGMORE | DMKELLAM VAZHUTHI,I. | INCLAKSHMI,N. | 37,18552.85% | 57.2% |
| ERODE | DMKN.K.K. PERIASAMY | ADMKS. MUTHUSAMY | 47,83727.36% | 61.8% |
| GINGEE | DMKT. NATARAJAN | INCT.N. MURUGANANDAM | 25,43421.11% | 68.0% |
| GOBICHETTIPALAYAM | DMKVENKIDU, G.P. | ADMKSENGOTTAYAN, K.A. | 14,72913.22% | 72.6% |
| GUDALUR | DMKMUBARAK, B.M. | ADMKRAJU, K.R. | 45,90537.08% | 62.0% |
| GUDIYATHAM | DMKDHANAPAL, V.G. | INCRAMGOPAL, S. | 29,13629.00% | 62.5% |
| GUMMIDIPUNDI | DMKVENU, K. | ADMKMUNIRATHINAM, R.S. | 21,62517.35% | 67.8% |
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.