Tamil Nadu assembly election, May 2001

234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 59.05% turnout.

Seats

234

Candidates

1,860

112 women, 25 elected

Turnout

59.05%

2.8 cr of 4.75 cr

Leading party

ADMK

132 of 234 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	132	+128	141	88,15,387	31.44%	+9.96
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	31	-142	183	86,69,864	30.92%	-11.15
TMCM TMCM	23	-16	32	18,85,726	6.73%	-2.58
PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	20	+16	27	15,57,500	5.56%	+1.72
INC Indian National Congress	7	+7	14	6,96,205	2.48%	-3.13
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	6	+5	8	4,70,736	1.68%	0.00
CPI Communist Party of India	5	-3	8	4,44,710	1.59%	-0.53
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	4	+3	21	8,95,352	3.19%	+1.39
IND Independent	3	+2	978	17,28,440	6.16%	+2.42
MADMK MADMK	2	+2	3	1,29,474	0.46%	—
FBL All India Forward Bloc	1	0	1	39,248	0.14%	-0.14
MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	0	211	13,04,469	4.65%	-1.13
PT PT	0	0	10	3,55,171	1.27%	—
MTD MTD	0	0	6	2,57,126	0.92%	—
PNK PNK	0	0	5	1,96,740	0.70%	—
MGRK MGRK	0	0	2	1,36,916	0.49%	+0.49
PB PB	0	0	24	71,161	0.25%	—
JD(S)JD(S)	0	0	34	64,468	0.23%	—
TB TB	0	0	1	45,002	0.16%	—
CNMK CNMK	0	0	1	40,421	0.14%	—
MNKPLP MNKPLP	0	0	8	35,271	0.13%	—
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	0	0	1	30,497	0.11%	—
JP JP	0	-1	16	25,389	0.09%	-0.46
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	13	21,307	0.08%	—
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	17	19,648	0.07%	+0.02
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	12	14,040	0.05%	+0.02
TYMK TYMK	0	0	6	14,007	0.05%	—
JD(U)JD(U)	0	0	12	13,978	0.05%	—
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	11	12,053	0.04%	—
TDK TDK	0	0	5	9,412	0.03%	—
LJNSP LJNSP	0	0	10	9,340	0.03%	—
UCPI UCPI	0	0	6	7,080	0.03%	-0.02
DFB DFB	0	0	5	3,720	0.01%	—
RLD Rashtriya Lok Dal	0	0	5	2,850	0.01%	—
RPI RPI	0	0	2	1,849	0.01%	-0.05
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	0	1	1,786	0.01%	—
SAP SAP	0	0	3	1,651	0.01%	0.00
TLK TLK	0	0	2	1,560	0.01%	—
SPSP Sardar Patel Siddhant Party	0	0	2	1,556	0.01%	—
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	0	3	1,138	0.00%	—

ADMK132 (56%)
DMK31 (13%)
TMCM23 (10%)
PMK20 (9%)
INC7 (3%)
CPM6 (3%)
Others15 (6%)

ADMK132
DMK31
TMCM23
PMK20
INC7
CPM6
Others15

ADMK132
DMK31
TMCM23
PMK20
INC7
CPM6
CPI5
BJP4
Others6

Constituency performance

From the 234 results in Tamil Nadu

Closest contest

CUDDALORE

won by 34 (0.03%)

Biggest victory

BARGUR

won by 49,306 (39.85%)

Highest turnout

VEDARANYAM

74.16%

Lowest turnout

HARBOUR

39.92%

Seat change

Against Tamil Nadu's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1996), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained50 (21%)
Changed hands184 (79%)

50 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 184 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

ADMK
DMK
TMCM
PMK

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 234 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 234

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ACHARAPAKKAM	PMKSELVARAJ.A	DMKMURUGESAN. T.DR.	15,47815.36%	60.2%
ALANDUR	ADMKVALARMATHI B.	MGRKERAAMA VEERAPPAN	12,5966.34%	47.0%
ALANGUDI	ADMKVENKADACHALAM.A.	DMKSOOSAIRAJ .S.A.	16,73111.97%	68.5%
ALANGULAM	ADMKRAJENDRAN .P.G.	DMKALADI ARUNA	4,1113.44%	65.3%
AMBASAMUDRAM	ADMKSAKTHIVEL MURUGAN.M.	DMKAVUDAIAPPAN.R	4,0204.49%	57.8%
ANAICUT	ADMKPANDURANGAN.K	DMKMALARVIZHI.G	21,05119.30%	60.8%
ANDHIYUR	PMKKRISHNAN.R	DMKSELVARASU.P	18,06218.38%	56.7%
ANDIMADAM	PMKGURU ALIAS GURUNATHAN J.	DMKGNANAMOORTHY M.	27,00224.09%	71.0%
ANDIPATTI	ADMKTHANGA TAMIL SELVAN	DMKAASIYAN.P	25,00922.12%	59.1%
ANNA NAGAR	DMKARCOT VEERASWAMI .N	PMKARUMUGAM.C	5,5783.48%	42.6%
ARANTANGI	MADMKARASAN P.	INCCHANDRASEKARAN. A	20,01815.74%	57.5%
ARAVAKURICHI	ADMKLIYAUDEEN SAIT E.A	DMKLAKSHMI DURAISAMY TMT.	18,32617.08%	60.7%
ARCOT	ADMKNEELAKANDAN P	DMKSUNDARAMOORTHY A.K.	17,70715.96%	69.2%
ARIYALUR	ADMKELAVAZHAGAN. P.	DMKKATHIRAVAN. T.A.	10,3798.08%	70.4%
ARKONAM	ADMKBHAVANI KARUNAKARAN .K	DMKRAVISHANKAR R.	20,25616.65%	63.5%
ARNI	ADMKRAMACHANDRAN.K.	PNKSHANMUGAM A.C.	13,48210.35%	69.0%
ARUPPUKOTTAI	ADMKSIVASAMY K.K.	DMKTHANGAM THENNARASU	6,1525.75%	62.3%
ATHOOR	ADMKNATARAJAAN. P.K.T.	DMKPERIASAMY. I	3,6062.77%	61.3%
ATTUR	ADMKMURUGESAN.A.K.	DMKKARUNANIDHI .MU.RA.	24,74522.05%	65.6%
AVANASHI	ADMKMAHALINGAM.S.	INDM.MOHANKUMAR	21,01217.00%	66.0%
BARGUR	ADMKTHAMBIDURAI.M	DMKSUGAVANAM.E.G	49,30639.85%	63.1%
BHAVANI	ADMKKARUPPANNAN. K.C.	PNKSUDHANANDHEN.J.	32,85929.69%	60.8%
BHAVANISAGAR	ADMKCHITHAMBARAM. P.	DMKSUBRAMANIAM. O.	10,2759.09%	62.7%
BHUVANAGIRI	INDARUL .P.S	MTDGOPALAKRISHANAN.M	3,7643.39%	63.8%
BODINAYAKKANUR	ADMKRAMARAJ.S	DMKSUDALAIMUTHU.A	11,27810.54%	59.1%
CHENGALPATTU	PMKARUMUGAM K	DMKVISWANATHAN V	5,1494.27%	59.1%
CHENGAM	INCPOLUR VARADHAN	MTDSHAMALA.R	12,27710.98%	64.4%
CHEPAUK	DMKKARUNANIDHI M	INCDAMODHARAN R	4,8348.41%	44.8%
CHERANMAHADEVI	ADMKPAUL MANOJ PANDIAN.P.H.	BJPCHOCKALINGAM.N.	10,97511.78%	60.3%
CHEYYAR	PMKULAGARAKSHAGAN. P.S	DMKRAJARAJAN. R.K.P	12,0859.82%	71.8%
CHIDAMBARAM	DMKSARAVANAN DURAI K.	PMKT.ARIVUSELVAN	11,91511.49%	62.1%
CHINNASALEM	ADMKMOHAN .P	DMKMOOKKAPPAN. .R	9,1127.73%	64.2%
COIMBATORE EAST	TMCMLAKSHMANAN V.K.	BJPNANJAPPAN N.R.	3,2113.88%	52.0%
COIMBATORE WEST	INCMAHESWARI.S.	DMKDHANDAPANI. C.T.	10,09112.86%	55.7%
COLACHEL	ADMKPACHAMAL T.	MDMKR. SAMBATH CHANDRA	15,08916.47%	50.0%
COONOOR	TMCMKANDASAMY K	DMKMAHALIAPPAN E.M.	16,64417.49%	53.0%
CUDDALORE	DMKPUGAZHENDI .E	TMCMVENKATESAN .P.R.S.	340.03%	56.5%
CUMBUM	TMCMRAMACHANDRAN O.R	BJPKRISHNAKUMAR N.K.R	4,3863.92%	61.5%
DHARAPURAM	PMKSIVAKAMI. V.	DMKSARESWATHI. R	22,15219.68%	60.7%
DHARMAPURI	PMKPARY MOHAN .K	DMKMANOHARAN.K	10,9749.12%	53.4%
DINDIGUL	CPMNAGALAKSHIMI .K.	DMKBASHEER AHMED . M.	2,7791.85%	53.6%
DR. RADHAKRISHNAN NAGAR	ADMKSEKAR BABU.P.K	DMKSARGUNA PANDIAN.S.P	27,33221.32%	47.0%
EDAPADI	PMKGANESAN. I	DMKKANDASAMY.A.	30,81122.95%	62.0%
EGMORE	DMKPARITHI.ELLAMVAZHUTHI	ADMKB.JOHN PANDIAN	860.12%	44.8%
ERODE	ADMKTHENNARASU K.S.	DMKPERIYASAMY N.K.K.	24,44013.42%	56.7%
GINGEE	ADMKELUMALAI. V	DMKRAJENDRAN ALIAS DHEERAN. A.	29,08625.49%	62.8%
GOBICHETTIPALAYAM	ADMKRAMANEEDHARAN. S.S.	DMKSHANMUGASUNDRAM.V.P	28,94527.15%	64.4%
GUDALUR	ADMKA. MILLER	DMKPANDIARAJ M.	32,69323.83%	59.9%
GUDIYATHAM	ADMKSURYAKALA C.M.	DMKDURAISAMY .S	24,32422.70%	65.0%
GUMMIDIPUNDI	ADMKSUDARSANAM.K.	DMKVENU. K.	24,95819.05%	62.5%

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.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Tamil Nadu assembly election, May 2001?

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won 132 of 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Tamil Nadu assembly election, May 2001?

Turnout was 59.05% — 2.8 cr of 4.75 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Tamil Nadu have?

Tamil Nadu has 234 assembly seats.