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 201–234 of 234

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
TIRUPPUR	ADMKSIVASAMI. C.	BJPLALITHAKUMARAMANGALAM.	46,55621.92%	53.4%
TIRUTHURAIPUNDI	CPIPALANISAMY . G	DMKPOONGUZHALI. M	25,05919.36%	71.0%
TIRUTTANI	PMKRAVIRAJ G	DMKSHIVAJI E.A.P.	13,87411.85%	67.3%
TIRUVADANAI	TMCMRAMASAMY K.R.	INDJONES RUSSO	2,3042.07%	59.8%
TIRUVAIYARU	ADMKAYYARU VANDAYAR K.	DMKCHANDRASEKARAN DURAI	15,68915.45%	64.8%
TIRUVALLUR	TMCMSUDHARSANAM.D	PNKRAJENDIRAN. V.G.	19,95117.87%	57.7%
TIRUVANNAMALAI	DMKPITCHANDI.K.	PMKSHUNMUGASUNDARAM.M.	4,0903.05%	60.1%
TIRUVARUR	DMKASOKAN. A.	CPMRENGASAMY .K.	1,3141.07%	66.7%
TRIPLICANE	DMKHUSSAIN.S.A.M.	INCRAJAKUMAR.S	3,6765.24%	43.1%
TUTICORIN	ADMKRAJAMMAL.S	DMKPERIASAMY.N	16,18611.35%	50.0%
UDUMALPET	ADMKSHANMUGAVELU.C	DMKSELVARAJ. D.	39,90828.78%	65.6%
ULUNDURPET	ADMKRAMU.N.	DMKTHIRUNAVUKKARASU.K.	22,75417.08%	62.3%
UPPILIAPURAM	ADMKSAROJAA R.	DMKRANI .R	12,35110.60%	62.1%
USILAMPATTI	FBLSANTHANAM.L	DMKRAMASAMY.S.O	9,06710.01%	55.0%
UTHIRAMERUR	ADMKSOMASUNDARAM. V	DMKSUNDAR. K	27,62221.13%	66.6%
VALANGIMAN	ADMKBOOPATHI MARIAPPAN TMT	PTNADAIYAZHAGAN .T	23,47724.87%	66.4%
VALPARAI	TMCMKOVAI THANGAM.	PTKRISHNASWAMY . DR. K.	17,91520.10%	63.3%
VANDAVASI	PMKMURUGAVELRAJAN.K	DMKLOGANATHAN .K.	8,8717.82%	63.4%
VANIAYAMBADI	INDABDUL LATHEEF. M.	DMKHAROON RASHEED. J.M.	11,93810.63%	57.7%
VANUR	ADMKGANAPATHY N.	DMKMYDILI R.	21,34917.36%	60.2%
VARAHUR	ADMKARUNACHALAM.A	DMKTHIRUVALLUVAN.K	13,90412.01%	64.8%
VASUDEVANALLUR	TMCMEASWARAN R	PTTHANGAPANDIAN S	11,55211.32%	60.9%
VEDARANYAM	DMKVEDARATHINAM .S.K	CPIMUTHARASAN.R	15,00012.67%	74.2%
VEDASANDUR	ADMKANDIVEL.P	DMKKAVITHA PARTHIPAN.TMT.R	19,12614.33%	61.7%
VEERAPANDI	ADMKSELVAM.S.K	DMKARUMUGAM.S	30,01220.45%	71.0%
VELLAKOIL	DMKSAMINATHAN.M.P.	ADMKPERIASAMY. V.P.	7400.65%	66.8%
VELLORE	TMCMGNANASEKARAN.C	DMKRAMALINGAM..A.M	11,1249.61%	54.5%
VILATHIKULAM	ADMKPERUMAL .N.K	DMKRAJASEKARAN .R.K.P	15,24316.53%	60.8%
VILAVANCODE	CPMMONY.D.	DMKJEEVARAJ.P.	22,91922.01%	51.5%
VILLIVAKKAM	DMKNEPOLEON .D	TMCMCHELLAKUMAR.A.DR.	9,2302.70%	41.7%
VILLUPURAM	DMKPONMUDY.K	PMKR.PASUPATHY	2,2051.59%	61.4%
VIRUDHUNAGAR	TMCMDAMODARAN S.	DMKA.R.R.SEENIVASAN	4,0173.47%	60.2%
VRIDHACHALAM	PMKGOVINDASAMY. DR.R	DMKKUZHANDAI TAMIZHARASAN.	7,1285.19%	67.9%
YERCAUD	ADMKELAYAKANNU. K.T.	BJPGOVINDAN.K.	33,98534.00%	61.1%

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.