Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2001

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2001

May 10, 2001
All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
First party Second party   Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance INC+ NDA Leader's seat could not contest Chepauk Seats won 196 37 Seat change 138 138 Popular vote 14,043,980 10,841,157 Percentage 50.09% 38.67% Swing 23.01% 15.10%
2001 election map (by constituencies)
Chief Minister before election M. Karunanidhi DMK Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam AIADMK

The twelfth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on May 10, 2001. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK)-led front won the elections and its leader, J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister, even though she could not legally run as MLA in this election. She was unanimously nominated as Chief Minister by her party and was ready to serve her second term. But due to criminal and corruption charges from her first term, on September 21, 2001, a five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India ruled in a unanimous verdict that "a person who is convicted for a criminal offence and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of not less than two years cannot be appointed the Chief Minister of a State under Article 164 (1) read with (4) and cannot continue to function as such". Thereby, the bench decided that "in the appointment of Ms. Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister there has been a clear infringement of a Constitutional provision and that a writ of quo warranto must issue". In effect her appointment as Chief Minister was declared null and invalid with retrospective effect. Therefore, technically, she was not the Chief Minister in the period between May 14, 2001 and September 21, 2001. After her resignation on September 21, 2001, she put in O. Panneerselvam, as the official 13th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, until she could clear up the charges from her first term, so she can take up the mantle of Chief Minister officially, on March 2, 2002.

Background and Coalition

The incumbent party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, finished its full 5 terms, for the first time since winning the 1971 state assembly election. According to various sources and exit polls, the incumbent party was supposed to retain power, due to the popularity of its leader M. Karunanidhi. Due to the anti-incumbency factor, problems of development cited by the people in many areas of Tamil Nadu, and a broad coalition formed by ADMK, including Tamil Maanila Congress, who left the alliance of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), because they joined BJP and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Indian National Congress and the left parties, the ADMK led front, with its leader J. Jayalalithaa, won by a landslide, sweeping across the state.

The coalition at the ADMK led-center would prove to be short-lived, since in less than a year, Pattali Makkal Katchi, and its leader Dr. Ramdoss, left the coalition, citing authoritarian type rule by J. Jayalalithaa. Also the Tamil Maanila Congress, who proved to be an important ally for the victory of ADMK, would later merge with Indian National Congress, who would later support DMK led front in future elections. The left parties would also end up joining the DMK led front, leaving the ADMK after this election. No more election have been conducted by DMK.

Seat allotments

Source: Various Sources

DMK-NDA Alliance

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	169
2.	Bharatiya Janata Party		Dr. S.P. Kripanidhi	21
3.	Puthiya Tamilakam		K. Krishnasamy	10
4.	Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi		S. Kannappan	6
5.	Puthiya Needhi Katchi		A.C. Shanmugham	5
6.	MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Su. Thirunavukkarasar	3
7.	MGR Kazhagam		R.M. Veerappan	2
8.	Kongunadu Makkal Katchi		A.M. Raja	1
9.	Thamilar Bhoomi		Ku.Pa. Krishnan	1
Unregistered parties, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket
10.	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi		Thol. Thirumavalavan	8
11.	Tamizhaga Muslim Iykkya Jamaat		J.M. Haroon	3
12.	Congress Jananayaka Peravai		P. Chidambaram	2
13.	Tamil Nadu Mutharaiyar Sangam		Kuzha Chelliah	1
Unregistered parties, whose candidates ran as an independent
14.	Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi		'Vettavalam' Manikandan	1
15.	Thondar Congress		Kumari Ananthan	1

AIADMK-INC Alliance

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J.Jayalalithaa	140
2.	Tamil Maanila Congress		G.K. Moopanar	32
3.	Indian National Congress		G.K. Moopanar	14
4.	Pattali Makkal Katchi		Dr. Ramdoss	27
5.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)		G.Ramakrishnan	8
6.	Communist Party of India		Tha. Pandian	8
7.	All India Forward Bloc		L. Santhanam	1
8.	Indian Union Muslim League		Khader Mohideen	1
Unregistered party, whose candidate ran under the AIADMK ticket
9.	Tamizhaga Makkal Katchi		John Pandian	1
Unregistered parties, whose candidates ran as an independent
10.	Indian National League		M. Abdul Latheef	1
11.	Independent		P.S. Arul	1

Opinion polling

Exit polls

Agency	Dates	Results
CNN-IBN - The Hindu	11 May 2001 (Reported)	AIADMK+: 125 seats (48% of the vote) DMK+: 105 seats (47% of the vote) Others: 4 seats (5% of the vote)

Results

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

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Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

 Summary of the 2001 May Assembly election results in TN
Sources: Election Commission of India and Rediff Newspaper

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
AIADMK+ alliance		196	+138	14,043,980	50.1%
AIADMK		132	+127	8,815,387	31.4%	52.1%
TMC(M)		23	-15	1,885,726	6.7%	47.5%
PMK		20	+16	1,557,500	5.6%	46.8%
INC		7	+7	696,205	2.5%	45.4%
CPI(M)		6	+4	470,736	1.7%	48.2%
CPI		5	-3	444,710	1.6%	48.5%
IND		2	+2	103,971	0.4%	46.6%
AIFB		1	+1	39,248	0.1%	43.3%
MUL		0	-1	30,497	0.1%	41.7%
DMK+ alliance		37	-138	10,841,157	38.7%
DMK		31	-142	8,669,864	30.9%	39.0%
BJP		4	+3	895,352	3.2%	38.7%
MADMK		2	+1	129,474	0.5%	37.1%
PT		0	–	355,171	1.3%	33.8%
MTD		0	–	257,126	0.9%	40.9%
PNK		0	–	196,740	0.7%	33.6%
MGRK		0	–	136,916	0.5%	40.8%
TB		0	–	45,002	0.2%	40.0%
CNMK		0	–	40,421	0.1%	32.4%
IND		0	–	115,091	0.4%	36.7%
Others		1	–	3,192,598	11.4%
MDMK		0	–	1,304,469	4.7%	5.1%
IND		1	–	1,509,378	6.2%	6.3%
Total		234	–	28,037,314	100%	–

Note: Parties that contested under "rising-sun" or "two-leaves" symbol are listed as DMK or AIADMK respectively. Parties that ran their candidates as independents, (e.g. Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi and Thondar Congress in DMK alliance) are listed as IND for their respective alliance.
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the average % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.

Constituency wise results

See also: Twelfth Assembly of Tamil Nadu

List of winners and runners-up by constituency

Assembly Constituency		Party	Winner	Runner-up	Party	Margin
Acharapakkam (SC)		PMK	A. Selvaraj**	T. D. R. Murugesan	DMK	15,478
Alandur		ADMK	B. Valarmathi	R. Veerappan	MGRK	12,596
Alangudi		ADMK	A. Venkadachalam	S. A. Soosairaj	DMK	16,731
Alangulam		ADMK	P. G. Rajendran	Aladi Aruna	DMK	4,111
Ambasamudram		ADMK	M. Sakthivel Murugan	R. Avudaiyappan	DMK	4,020
Anaicut		ADMK	K. Pandurangan	G. Malarvizhi	DMK	21,051
Andhiyur		PMK	R. Krishnan	P. Selvarasu	DMK	18,062
Andimadam		PMK	J. Gurunathan	M. Gnanamoorthy	DMK	27,002
Andipatti		AIADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan*	P. Asaiyan	DMK	25,009
Anna Nagar		DMK	Arcot N. Veeraswami	C. Arumugam	PMK	5,578
Arkonam (SC)		ADMK	K. Bhavani Karunakaran	R. Ravishankar	DMK	20,256
Arantangi		MADMK	P. Arasan	A. Chandrasekaran	INC	20,018
Aravakurichi		ADMK	E. A. Liyaudeen Sait	Lakshmi Duraisamy	DMK	18,326
Arcot		ADMK	P. Neelakandan	A. K. Sundaramoorthy	DMK	17,707
Ariyalur		ADMK	P. Elavazhagan	T. A. Kathiravan	DMK	10,379
Arni		ADMK	K. Ramachandran	A. C. Shanmugam	PNK	13,482
Aruppukottai		ADMK	K. K. Sivasamy	Thangam Thennarasu	DMK	6,152
Athoor		ADMK	P. K. T. Natarajaan	I. Periyasamy	DMK	3,606
Attur		ADMK	A. K. Murugesan	Mu. Ra. Karunanidhi	DMK	24,745
Avanashi (SC)		ADMK	S. Mahalingam	M. Mohan Kumar	IND	21,012
Bargur		ADMK	M. Thambidurai	E. G. Sugavanam	DMK	49,306
Bhavani		ADMK	K. C. Karuppannan	J. Sudhanandhan	PNK	32,859
Bhavanisagar		ADMK	P. Chithambaram	O. Subramaniam	DMK	10,275
Bhuvanagiri		IND	P. S. Arul	M. Gopalakrishnan	MTD	3,764
Bodinayakkanur		ADMK	S. Ramaraj	A. Sudalaimuthu	DMK	11,278
Chengalpattu		PMK	K. Arumugam	V. Viswanathan	DMK	5,149
Chengam (SC)		INC	M. Polur Varadhan	R. Shamala	MTD	12,277
Chepauk		DMK	M. Karunanidhi	R. Damodharan	INC	4,834
Cheranmahadevi		ADMK	P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian	N. Chockalingam	BJP	10,975
Cheyyar		PMK	P. S. Ulagarakshagan	R. K. P. Rajarajan	DMK	12,085
Chidambaram		DMK	K. Saravanan Durai	T. Arivuselvan	PMK	11,915
Chinnasalem		ADMK	P. Mohan	R. Mookappan	DMK	9,112
Coimbatore East		TMC	V. K. Lakshmanan	N. R. Nanjappan	BJP	3,211
Coimbatore West		INC	S. Maheswari	C. T. Dhandapani	DMK	10,091
Colachel		ADMK	T. Pachamal	R. Sambath Chandra	MDMK	15,089
Coonoor (SC)		TMC	K. Kandaswamy	E. M. Mahaliappan	DMK	16,644
Cuddalore		DMK	E. Pugazhendi	P. R. S. Venkatesan	TMC(M)	34
Cumbum		TMC	O. R. Ramachandran	N. K. R. Krishnakumar	BJP	4,386
Dharapuram (SC)		PMK	V. Sivakami	R. Saraswathi	DMK	22,152
Dharmapuri		PMK	K. Pary Mohan	K. Manoharan	DMK	10,974
Dindigul		CPI(M)	K. Nagalakshimi	M. Basheer Ahmed	DMK	2,779
Edapadi		PMK	I. Ganesan	A. Kandasamy	DMK	30,811
Egmore (SC)		DMK	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi	B. John Pandian	ADMK	86
Erode		ADMK	K. S. Thennarasu	N. K. K. Periyasamy	DMK	24,440
Gingee		ADMK	V. Elumalai	Rajendran	DMK	29,086
Gobichettipalayam		ADMK	S. S. Ramaneedharan	V. P. Shanmugasundaram	DMK	28,945
Gudalur		ADMK	A. Miller	M. Pandiaraj	DMK	32,693
Gudiyatham		ADMK	C. M. Suryakala	S. Duraisamy	DMK	24,324
Gummidipundi		ADMK	K. S. Vijayakumar	K. Venu	DMK	24,958
Harbour		DMK	K. Anbazhagan	D. Pandian	CPI	336
Harur		CPI	V. Krishnamoorthy	D. Periyasamy	DMK	33,479
Hosur		INC	K. Gopinath	B. Venkatasamy	BJP	6,489
Ilaiyangudi		ADMK	V. D. Nadarajan	S. Kannappan	MTD	4,682
Jayankondam		ADMK	S. Annadurai	K. C. Ganesan	DMK	25,010
Kadaladi		TMC	S. Balakrishnan	S. P. Thangavelan	DMK	6,115
Kadayanallur		ADMK	M. Subbiah Pandian	P. M. Shahul	DMK	1,244
Kalasapakkam		ADMK	S. Ramachandran	P. S. Thiruvengadam	DMK	28,890
Kancheepuram		ADMK	T. Mythili	A. Sekar	DMK	23,603
Kandamangalam (SC)		ADMK	V. Subramanian	E. Vijayaraghavan	DMK	22,628
Kangayam		ADMK	M. Selvi	N. Rajkumar Mandradiar	DMK	11,274
Kanniyakumari		ADMK	N. Thalavaisundaram	N. Suresh Rajan	DMK	9,536
Kapilamalai		PMK	A. R. Malaiyappasamy	S. Gandhiselvan	DMK	4,312
Karaikudi		BJP	H. Raja	S. P. Udayappan	TMC(M)	1,651
Karur		INC	T. N. Sivasubramanian	Vasuki Murugesan	DMK	23,438
Katpadi		DMK	Durai Murugan	A. K. Natarajan	PMK	8,002
Kattumannarkoil (SC)		DMK	P. Vallalperuman	R. Sachidanandam	INC	16,517
Kaveripattinam		ADMK	K. P. Munusamy	V. C. Govindasami	DMK	18,517
Killiyoor		TMC	D. Kumaradas	C. Santhakumar	BJP	13,760
Kinathukadavu		ADMK	S. Damodaran	M. Shanmugam	DMK	33,780
Kolathur (SC)		ADMK	A. Karuppayee	Palaniappan	PT	46,899
Kovilpatti		CPI	S. Rajendran	K. Rajaram	DMK	9,039
Krishnagiri		ADMK	V. Govindarasu	T. Senguttuvan	DMK	21,773
Krishnarayapuram (SC)		ADMK	Sasikala	S. Periyasamy	DMK	21,549
Kulithalai		ADMK	A. Pappasundaram	D. Thirunavukkarasu	DMK	16,766
Kumbakonam		DMK	Ko. Si. Mani	Rama Ramanathan	ADMK	6,496
Kurinjipadi		DMK	M. R. K. Panneer Selvam	K. Sivasubramanian	ADMK	23,863
Kuttalam		ADMK	Natarajan	P. Kalyanam	DMK	2,644
Lalgudi		ADMK	S. M. Balan	K. N. Nehru	DMK	1,610
Madurai Central		TMC	M. A. Hakkem	S. Paulraj	DMK	147
Madurai East		CPI(M)	N. Nanmaran	V. Velusamu	DMK	5,304
Madurai West		ADMK	Valarmathi Jebaraj	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan	DMK	708
Maduranthakam		ADMK	P. Vasudevan	S. D. Ugamchand	DMK	11,694
Manamadurai		TMC	K. Paramalai	S. P. Kirubanidhi	BJP	20,857
Mangalore (SC)		DMK	V. Ganesan	S. Puratchimani	TMC(M)	1,855
Mannargudi		CPI	V. Sivapunniyam	S. Gnanasekaran	BJP	20,190
Marungapuri		ADMK	V. A. Chelliah	B. M. Senguttuvan	DMK	25,272
Mayiladuturai		BJP	Jaga Veerapandian	R. Selvaraj	ADMK	2,452
Mettur		ADMK	S. Sundarambal	P. Gopal	DMK	8,135
Melmalaiyanur		ADMK	R. Tamilmozhi	A. Gnanasekaran	DMK	24,587
Melur		AIADMK	R. Samy	Samayanallur S. Selvaraj	DMK	26,838
Mettupalayam		ADMK	A. K. Selvaraj	B. Arun Kumar	DMK	41,078
Modakkurichi		ADMK	P. C. Ramasami	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan	DMK	34,212
Morappur		ADMK	P. Palaniappan	E. V. Rajasekaran	DMK	23,316
Mudukulathur		ADMK	K. Patinetampatian	S. Pandian	MTD	2,669
Mugaiyur		ADMK	G. Gothandaraman	A. G. Sampath	DMK	10,341
Musiri		ADMK	C. Malliga	S. Vivekandan	DMK	1,994
Mylapore		BJP	K. N. Lakshmanan	V. Maitreyan	ADMK	6,047
Nagapattinam		ADMK	R. Jeevanantham	S. P. Thangaiya	DMK	16,717
Nagercoil		MADMK	Austin	M. Moses	TMC(M)	3,662
Namakkal		INC	K. Jeyakumar	S. Ahilan	PT	28,992
Nanguneri		ADMK	S. Manickaraj	V. Ramachandran	MTD	9,161
Nannilam (SC)		TMC	C. K. Amizharasan	P. Sakthivel	DMK	19,212
Natham		ADMK	R. Viswanathan	Ku. Pa. Krishnan	TB	10,602
Natrampalli		PMK	S. Natarajan	T. Anbazhagan	MGRK	12,088
Nellikkuppam		ADMK	M. C. Sampath	V. C. Shanmugham	DMK	7,382
Nilakottai		ADMK	G. Anbazhagan	K. Ayyar	PT	31,494
Oddanchatram		DMK	A. R. A. Chakkarapani	A. T. Sellasamy	ADMK	1,369
Omalur		ADMK	S. Semmalai	Era. Rajendran	DMK	31,602
Orathanad		ADMK	R. Vaithilingam	P. Rajamanickam	DMK	19,844
Ottapidaram		ADMK	A. Sivaperumal	K. Krishnasamy	PT	651
Padmanabhapuram		ADMK	K. P. Raajendraprasad	C. Velayudhan	BJP	2,774
Palacode		AIADMK	K. P. Anbalagan	G. L. Venkatachalam	DMK	40,232
Palani		ADMK	M. Chinnasamy	T. Poovendhan	DMK	20,487
Palayamkottai		DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	S. Muthu Karuppan	ADMK	14,748
Palladam		ADMK	S. M. Velusamy	S. S. Ponmudi	DMK	32,474
Pallipattu		ADMK	P. M. Narasimhan	M. Chakravarthy	BJP	28,240
Panamarathupatti		ADMK	Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy	S. R. Sivalingam	DMK	42,350
Panruti		PMK	T. Velmurugan	V. Ramaswamy	DMK	5,048
Papanasam		TMC	M. Ramkumar	S. Kalyanasundaram	DMK	6,632
Paramakudi (SC)		TMC	R. Ramprabhu	S. Chelliah	PT	5,807
Park Town		TMC	S. G. Vinayagamurthi	T. Rajendhar	DMK	6,377
Pattukkottai		TMC	N. R. Rengarajan	P. Balasubramanian	DMK	6,950
Pennagaram		PMK	G. K. Mani	K. N. Periannan	IND	14,396
Perambalur (SC)		ADMK	P. Rajarethinam	S. Vallaban	DMK	20,004
Perambur (SC)		CPI(M)	K. Mahendran	Chengai Sivam	DMK	17,223
Peravurani		TMC	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandham	Kuzha Chelliah	DMK	28,659
Periyakulam		ADMK	O. Panneer Selvam	M. Abuthahir	DMK	17,920
Peranamallur		ADMK	A. K. S. Anbalagan	B. Bose	MTD	8,359
Pernambut (SC)		ADMK	S. C. Kanagathara	S. Thondral Nayagan	BJP	28,855
Perundurai		ADMK	K. S. Palanisamy	N. Govindasamy	CNMK	31,712
Perur		ADMK	M. A. P. A. Krishnakumar (Rohini)	N. Nageswari	DMK	35,264
Pollachi		ADMK	V. Jayaraman	R. Tamil Mani	DMK	32,404
Polur		ADMK	Nalini Manoharan	C. Elumalai	DMK	10,807
Pongalur		ADMK	P. V. Damodaran	K. Chellamuthu	IND	21,815
Ponneri (SC)		CPI	A. S. Kannan	K. Sundaram	DMK	27,390
Poombuhar		ADMK	N. Renganathan	M. Mohammad Siddiq	DMK	7,455
Poonamallee		PMK	S. Shanmugam	S. Chezhiyan	DMK	2,316
Pudukkottai		ADMK	C. Vijayabaskar	Arasu Periyannan	DMK	28,183
Purasawalkam		TMC	B. Ranganathan	P. Vetrivel	TMC(M)	3,802
Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar		ADMK	P. K. Sekar Babu	S. P. Sarguna Pandian	DMK	27,332
Radhapuram		IND	M. Appavu	S. Jothi	PMK	18,281
Rajapalayam (SC)		ADMK	M. Rajasekar	V. P. Rajan	DMK	9,595
Ramanathapuram		ADMK	A. Anwer Rhazza	A. Rahman Khan	DMK	9,112
Ranipet		ADMK	M. S. Chandrasekaran	R. Gandhi	DMK	24,963
Rasipuram		ADMK	P. R. Sundaram	K. P. Ramalingam	DMK	23,029
Royapuram		ADMK	D. Jayakumar	K. Nargunan	DMK	13,712
Rishivandiyam		TMC	S. Sivaraj	T. K. T. Murali	PNK	25,532
Saidapet		DMK	V. Perumal**	C. R. Baskaran	PMK	3,881
Salem - I		ADMK	Se. Venkatajalam	M. A. Elangovan	DMK	25,131
Salem - II		PMK	M. Karthe	A. L. Thangavel	DMK	15,085
Samayanallur (SC)		ADMK	P. Ponnampalam	Kasthuri Sivasamy	DMK	19,924
Sankaranayanarkoil (SC)		ADMK	C. Karuppasamy	P. Duraisamy	PT	9,262
Sankarapuram		PMK	P. Kasampu	T. Udhayasuriyan	DMK	1,018
Sankari (SC)		ADMK	P. Dhanabal	T. R. Saravanan	DMK	22,952
Sathyamangalam		ADMK	K. R. Kandasamy	S. K. Rajendran	DMK	33,434
Sathangulam		TMC (M)	S. S. Mani Nadar	A. N. Rajakkannan	BJP	5,766
Sattur		DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	A. Rajendran	INC	4,415
Sedapatti		ADMK	C. Durairaj	P. V. Bhaktavatchalam	PT	18,435
Sendamangalam (ST)		ADMK	K. Kalavathi	Chinumathi Chandrasekaran	DMK	17,815
Sholavandan		ADMK	V. R. Rajangam	P. Moorthy	DMK	19,841
Sholinghur		ADMK	R. Vilvanathan	A. M. Ponnurangam	PNK	9,795
Singanallur		CPI(M)	K. C. Karunakaran	N. Palanisamy	DMK	20,001
Sirkazhi (SC)		ADMK	N. Chandramohan	J. Irai Ezhil	DMK	4,430
Sivaganga		ADMK	V. Chandran	Tha Pasumpon Kiruttinan	DMK	4,273
Sivakasi		TMC	A. Rajagopal	V. Thangaraj	DMK	5,721
Sriperumbudur (SC)		INC	D. Yasodha	M. Raghavan	DMK	17,193
Srirangam		ADMK	K. K. Balasubramanian	M. Soundrapandian	BJP	12,676
Srivaikuntam		ADMK	S. P. Shanmuganathan	S. David Selwyn	DMK	2,886
Srivilliputhur		ADMK	Inbathtamilan	S. Mohanrajulu	BJP	9,174
Talavasal (SC)		ADMK	V. Alagammal	M. Pandiyarajan	DMK	27,857
Tambaram		DMK	M. A. Vaidialingam	K. Chakkarapani Reddiar	TMC(M)	5,431
Taramangalam		PMK	M. P. Kamaraj	S. Ammasi	DMK	25,458
Tenkasi		ADMK	K. Annamalai	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	DMK	8,792
Thalli		BJP	K. V. Murali Dharan	S. Raja Reddy	CPI	6,217
Thandarambattu		DMK	E. V. Velu	K. Manivarma	TMC(M)	4,837
Thanjavur		DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	R. Rajmohan	INC	9,590
Theagaraya Nagar		DMK	J. Anbazhagan	E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath	ADMK	2,499
Theni		AIADMK	D. Ganesan	L. Mookiah	DMK	13,861
Thirumangalam		ADMK	K. Kalimuthu	T. Ocha Thevar	DMK	18,162
Thirupparankundram		ADMK	S. M. Seenivel	C. Ramachandran	DMK	9,127
Thiruverambur		DMK	K. N. Sekaran	T. K. Rangarajan	CPM	10,373
Thiruvidamarudur		ADMK	G. Thavamani	S. Ramalingam	DMK	7,372
Thiruvonam		ADMK	C. Rajendran	M. Ramachandran	DMK	11,223
Thiruvottiyur		ADMK	T. Arumugam	Kumari Anandan	IND	34,041
Thondamuthur		TMC	S. R. Balasubramoniyan	V. R. Sukanya	DMK	28,536
Thottiam		ADMK	P. Annavi	K. Kannaiyan	DMK	13,148
Thousand Lights		DMK	M. K. Stalin	S. Sekar	TMC(M)	7,274
Tindivanam		ADMK	C. Ve. Shanmugam	R. Sethunathan	DMK	12,148
Tiruchendur		ADMK	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	S. Jennifer Chandran	DMK	11,193
Tiruchengode		ADMK	C. Ponnaiyan	T. P. Arumugam	DMK	44,109
Tiruchirappalli - I		DMK	B. Paranikumar	M. Kader Mohideen	MUL	924
Tiruchirappalli - II		DMK	Anbil Periyasamy	P. C. Selvaraj	INC	13,944
Tirumayam		ADMK	M. Radakrishnan	S. Regupathy	DMK	12,027
Tirunavalur		ADMK	K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy	A. J. Manikannan	DMK	14,773
Tirunelveli		ADMK	N. Nainar Nagendran	A. L. Subramanian	DMK	722
Tiruppattur (194)		ADMK	K. K. Umadhevan	R. Sivaraman	DMK	9,090
Tiruppattur (41)		PMK	T. K. Raja	S. Arasu	DMK	5,761
Tirupporur (SC)		ADMK	S. Kanitha Sampath	C. Nagarajan	DMK	24,790
Tiruppur		ADMK	C. Sivasami	Lalitha Kumaramangalam	BJP	46,556
Tiruttani		PMK	G. Raviraj	E. A. P. Shivaji	DMK	13,874
Tiruthuraipundi (SC)		CPI	G. Palanisamy	M. Poonguzhali	DMK	25,059
Tiruvadanai		TMC	K. R. Ramasamy	Jones Russo	IND	2,304
Tiruvaiyaru		ADMK	Ayyaru Vandayar	Durai Chandrasekaran	DMK	15,689
Tiruvallur		TMC	D. Sudharsanam	V. G. Rajendiran	PNK	19,951
Tiruvannamalai		DMK	K. Pitchandi	M. Shanmugasundaram	PMK	4,090
Tiruvarur (SC)		DMK	A. Asokan	K. Rangasamy	CPM	1,314
Thiruvattar		CPI(M)	J. Hemachandran	P. Rajamony	BJP	19,497
Triplicane		DMK	S. A. M. Hussain	S. Rajakumar	INC	3,676
Tuticorin		ADMK	S. Rajammal	N. Periasamy	DMK	16,186
Udagamandalam		INC	H. M. Raju	J. Hutchi Gowder	BJP	29,090
Udumalpet		ADMK	C. Shanmugavelu	D. Selvaraj	DMK	39,908
Ulundurpet (SC)		ADMK	N. Ramu	K. Thirunavukkarasu	DMK	22,754
Uppiliyapuram (ST)		ADMK	R. Saroja	R. Rani	DMK	12,351
Usilampatti		FBL	L. Santhanam	S. O. Ramasamy	DMK	9,067
Uthiramerur		ADMK	V. Somasundaram	K. Sundar	DMK	27,622
Valangiman (SC)		ADMK	Boopathi Mariappan	T. Nadaiazhagan	PT	23,477
Valparai (SC)		TMC	Kovai Thangam	K. Krishnaswamy	PT	17,915
Vandavasi (SC)		PMK	K. Murugavelrajan	K. Loganathan	DMK	8,871
Vaniyambadi**		IND (INL)	M. Abdul Latheef	J. M. Haroon Rasheed	DMK	11,938
Vanur (SC)		ADMK	N. Ganapathy	R. Mydili	DMK	21,349
Varahur (SC)		ADMK	A. Arunachalam	K. Thiruvalluvan	DMK	13,904
Vasudevanallur (SC)		TMC (M)	R. Easwaran	S. Thangapandian	PT	11,552
Vedaranyam		DMK	S. K. Vedarathinam	R. Mutharasan	CPI	15,000
Vedasandur		ADMK	P. Andivel	R. Kavitha Parthipan	DMK	19,126
Veerapandi		ADMK	S. K. Selvam	Veerapandy S. Arumugam	DMK	30,012
Vellakoil		DMK	M. P. Saminathan	V. P. Periasamy	ADMK	740
Vellore		TMC	C. Gnanasekaran	A. M. Ramalingam	DMK	11,124
Veilathikulam		ADMK	N. K. Perumal	R. K. P. Rajasekaran	DMK	15,243
Vilavancode		CPI(M)	D. Mony	P. Jeevaraj	DMK	22,919
Villivakkam		DMK	D. Napoleon	A. Chellakumar	TMC(M)	9,230
Villupuram		DMK	K. Ponmudy	R. Pasupathy	PMK	2,205
Virudhunagar		TMC	S. Damodharan	A. R. R. Seenivasan	DMK	4,017
Vridhachalam		PMK	R. Govindasamy	Kuzhandai Thamizharasan	DMK	7,128
Yercaud (ST)		AIADMK	E. Elayakannu	K. Govindan	BJP	33,985

*	Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

• Thanga Tamilselvan, AIADMK legislator from Andipatti, resigned his seat in 2002, to enable Jayalalithaa to contest here. This enabled her to win in a by election in Andipatti, and be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. She succeeded O. Panneerselvam who took over as chief minister for 6 months, until Jayalalithaa's corruption charges were cleared in court.
• Due to the death of V. Perumal, actor turned politician Radha Ravi (son of M.R. Radha) was fielded by ADMK, and defeated the DMK candidate Subramanian, in a by-election, increasing the majority of the ADMK.
• During May 31, 2002, By-election, A. Boovaraghamoorthy of the AIADMK, defeated D. Parvendhan of PMK, which resulted in AIADMK to pick up Acharapakkam (SC).

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu
• Legislature of Tamil Nadu
• Government of Tamil Nadu

External links

• Election Commission of India
• Rediff - Graphic: How Amma swept TN in '01
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