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 51–100 of 234

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
HARBOUR	DMKANBAZHAGAN.K	CPIPANDIAN.D	3360.65%	39.9%
HARUR	CPIKRISHNAMOORTHY V	DMKPERIYASAMY D	33,47925.21%	58.8%
HOSUR	INCGOPINATH .K	BJPVENKATASAMY B	6,4894.99%	55.2%
ILAYANGUDI	ADMKNADARAJAN. V.D.	MTDKANNAPPAN. S	4,6824.94%	62.1%
JAYANKONDAM	ADMKANNADURAI.S.	DMKGANESAN K.C.	25,01019.95%	70.3%
KADALADI	TMCMBALAKRISHNAN.S	DMKTHANGAVELAN S.P	6,1155.75%	54.3%
KADAYANALLUR	ADMKSUBBIAH PANDIAN.M.	DMKSHAHUL P.M.	1,2441.18%	60.6%
KALASAPAKKAM	ADMKRAMACHANDRAN.S	DMKTHIRUVENGADAM P.S.	28,89022.10%	69.1%
KANCHEEPURAM	ADMKTHIRUNAVUKKARASU SS	DMKSEKAR A	23,60315.64%	60.0%
KANDAMANGALAM	ADMKSUBRAMANIAN.V	DMKVIJAYARAGAVAN.E.	22,62818.85%	63.4%
KANGAYAM	ADMKSELVI.M.	DMKRAJKUMAR MANRADIYAR.N	11,2749.81%	65.4%
KANNIYAKUMARI	ADMKTHALAVAISUNDARAM.N	DMKSURESHRAJAN.N	9,5368.79%	57.6%
KAPILAMALAI	PMKMALAIYAPPASAMY A.R.	DMKGANDHISELVAN S	4,3123.72%	63.2%
KARAIKUDI	BJPRAJA. H	TMCMUDAYAPPAN. SP	1,6511.48%	59.1%
KARUR	INCSIVASUBRAMANIAN.T.N.	DMKVASUKI MURUGESAN	23,43815.25%	64.1%
KATPADI	DMKDURAIMURUGAN	PMKNATARAJAN A.K.	8,0026.17%	66.9%
KATTUMANNARKOIL	DMKVALLALPERUMAN. P.	INCSACHITHANANDAM.R.	16,51716.49%	62.7%
KAVERIPATTINAM	ADMKMUNUSAMY. K.P.	DMKGOVINDASAMI. V.C.	18,51715.08%	65.3%
KILLIYOOR	TMCMKUMARADAS DR.	BJPSANTHAKUMAR C	13,76016.88%	51.0%
KINATHUKKADAVU	ADMKDAMODARAN. S.	DMKSHANMUGAM. M.	33,78030.38%	65.8%
KOILPATTI	CPIRAJENDRAN .S.	DMKRAJARAM .K	9,0397.95%	58.7%
KOLATHUR	ADMKKARUPPAYEE DR. A.	PTPALANIAPPAN ALIAS PURACHI KAVIDASAN M	46,89935.95%	62.2%
KRISHNAGIRI	ADMKGOVINDARASU V.	DMKT.SENGUTTUVAN	21,77318.90%	59.5%
KRISHNARAYAPURAM	ADMKSASIKALA R.	DMKPERIYASAMY S.	21,54918.54%	65.8%
KULITHALAI	ADMKPAPPASUNDARAM.A	DMKTHIRUNAVUKKARASU.D	16,76613.33%	69.9%
KUMBAKONAM	DMKMANI KO.SI.	ADMKERAMANATHAN.RAMA	6,4965.49%	60.1%
KURINJIPADI	DMKPANNEER SELVAM M.R.K	ADMKSIVASUBRAMANIAN K	23,86320.35%	60.2%
KUTTALAM	ADMKNATARAJAN	DMKKALYANAM.P.	2,6442.30%	69.0%
LALGUDI	ADMKBALAN .S.M.	DMKNEHRU .K.N	1,6101.30%	67.1%
MADURAI CENTRAL	TMCMHAKEEM.M.A	DMKPAULRAJ.S	1470.20%	52.1%
MADURAI EAST	CPMNANMARAN .N	DMKVELUSAMY .V	5,3047.07%	54.9%
MADURAI WEST	ADMKVALARMATHIJEBARAJ.	DMKPALANIVEL RAJAN P.T.R.	7080.70%	49.0%
MADURANTHAKAM	ADMKVASUDEVAN .P.	DMKUGAMCHAND .S.D.	11,69410.37%	62.0%
MANAMADURAI	TMCMPARAMALAI.K	BJPKIRUBANIDHI..S.P	20,85721.06%	56.1%
MANGALORE	DMKTHIRUMAVALAVAN. E.R.A	TMCMPURATCHIMANI. S	1,8551.37%	69.3%
MANNARGUDI	CPISIVAPUNNIYAM .V	BJPGNANASEKARAN.S	20,19016.12%	67.3%
MARUNGAPURI	ADMKCHELLIAH.V.A	DMKSENGUTTUVAN.B.M.	25,27220.77%	63.3%
MAYURAM	BJPVEERAPANDIAN.JAGA	ADMKSELVARAJ.R	2,4522.37%	60.4%
MELMALAYANUR	ADMKTAMILMOZHI .R.	DMKGNANASEKARAN DR.A.	24,58722.68%	63.9%
MELUR	ADMKSAMY.R	DMKSAMAYANALLUR SELAVARASU.S	26,83821.43%	66.3%
METTUPALAYAM	ADMKSELVARAJ A.K.	DMKB.ARUN KUMAR	41,07828.81%	64.9%
METTUR	ADMKSUNDARAMBAL .S	DMKP.GOPAL	8,1356.94%	55.8%
MODAKURICHI	ADMKRAMASAMI P.C.	DMKSUBBULAKSHMI JEGADEESAN TMT.	34,21225.44%	61.0%
MORAPPUR	ADMKPALANIAPPAN. P	DMKRAJASEKARAN E.V.	23,31621.09%	61.1%
MUDUKULATHUR	ADMKPATINETAMPATIAN. K	MTDPANDIAN.S.	2,6692.53%	59.4%
MUGAIYUR	ADMKGOTHANDARAMAN G.	DMKA.GEE.SAMPATH	10,3419.23%	62.4%
MUSIRI	ADMKMALLIGA C.	DMKS.VIVEKANANDAN	1,9941.45%	66.2%
MYLAPORE	BJPLAKSHMANAN.K.N	ADMKMAITREYAN.V	6,0475.07%	41.4%
NAGAPATTINAM	ADMKJEEVANANTHAM R	DMKTHANGAIYA S.P	16,71714.97%	66.8%
NAGERCOIL	MADMKAUSTIN	TMCMMOSES.M.	3,6623.32%	50.2%

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.