2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Election to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

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All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 59.07% ( 7.88%)
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Leader  | J. Jayalalithaa | M. Karunanidhi
Party  | AIADMK | DMK
Alliance  | SDPF+LF | NDA
Leader's seat  | Andipatti (2002)  | 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%

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2001 election map (by constituencies)

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| CM before election

M. Karunanidhi
DMK

| Elected CM

J.Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
AIADMK

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The twelfth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 10 May 2001. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)-led front won the elections and its general secretary, 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 21 September 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 offense and sentenced to imprisonment for 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 Dr. J. 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 14 May 2001 and 21 September 2001. After her resignation on 21 September 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 2 March 2002.

## Background and Coalition

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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 rural areas of Tamil Nadu, and a broad coalition formed by AIADMK, 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 AIADMK led front, with its general secretary J. Jayalalithaa, won by a landslide, sweeping across the state.[1]

## Aftermath

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The coalition at the AIADMK 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 AIADMK, 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 AIADMK coalition after this election.

## Seat allotments

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Source: Various Sources[2][3][4][5][6]

### Secular Democratic Progressive Alliance

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No.
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1. |  | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  | J. Jayalalithaa | 140
2. |  | Tamil Maanila Congress |

| G. K. Moopanar | 32
3. |  | Indian National Congress |

| E. V. K. S. Elangovan | 14
4. |  | Pattali Makkal Katchi |

| Dr. Ramdoss | 27
5\.  |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  | N. Sankaraiah | 8
6. |  | Communist Party of India |

| R. Nallakannu | 8
7. |  | All India Forward Bloc |

| L. Santhanam | 1
8. |  | Indian Union Muslim League |

| K. M. Kader Mohideen[7] | 1
9. |  | Indian National League |  | M. Abdul Latheef[8] | 1
10. |  | Independent |

| P. S. Arul[9] | 1
Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the AIADMK ticket
11. |  | Tamilaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam |

| B. John Pandian | 1

### DMK-NDA Alliance

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No.
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1. |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

| M. Karunanidhi | 168
2. |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |

| S.P. Kripanidhi[10] | 21
3. |  | Puthiya Tamilagam |  | K. Krishnasamy | 10
4. |  | Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi |

| S. Kannappan | 6
5. |  | Puthiya Needhi Katchi |

Television and

| A.C. Shanmugham | 5
6. |  | MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  | Su. Thirunavukkarasar | 3
7. |  | MGR Kazhagam | Television and  | R. M. Veerappan | 2
8. |  | Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi |

| 'Vettavalam' Manikandan | 1
9. |  | Thondar Congress | Toffee | Kumari Ananthan | 1
10. |  | Thamilar Bhoomi |  | Ku. Pa. Krishnan[11] | 1
Unregistered (or) Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket
11. |  | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi |  | Thol. Thirumavalavan | 8
12. |  | Tamizhaga Muslim Iykkya Jamaat |  | J. M. Aaron Rashid | 3
13. |  | TMC Jananayaka Peravai |  | P. Chidambaram[12] | 2
14\.  |  | Tamil Pattali Makkal Katchi  |  | Dheeran  | 1
15. |  | Tamil Nadu Mutharaiyar Sangam |  | Kuzha Chelliah[11] | 1
16. |  | Kongunadu Makkal Katchi |  | A.M. Raja[13] | 1

### Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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No.
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1. |  | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  | Vaiko | 213

## Opinion polling

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### Exit polls

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Agency  | Dates  | Results

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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) [14]

## Results

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### 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 Tamil Nadu

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.
Sources: Election Commission of India[15] and Rediff Newspaper [16]

### Constituency wise results

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See also: Twelfth Assembly of Tamil Nadu

Assembly constituency  | Party  | Winner  | Runner-up  | Party  | Margin

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Acharapakkam (SC) |  | PMK  | A. Selvaraj**  | T. D. R. Murugesan  | DMK  | 15,478
Alandur |  | AIADMK  | B. Valarmathi | R. Veerappan  | MGRK  | 12,596
Alangudi |  | AIADMK  | A. Venkadachalam | S. A. Soosairaj  | DMK  | 16,731
Alangulam |  | AIADMK  | P. G. Rajendran | Aladi Aruna | DMK  | 4,111
Ambasamudram |  | AIADMK  | M. Sakthivel Murugan | R. Avudaiyappan | DMK  | 4,020
Anaicut |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIAIADMK  | Thanga Tamil Selvan*  | P. Asaiyan | DMK  | 25,009
Anna Nagar |  | DMK  | Arcot N. Veeraswami | C. Arumugam  | PMK  | 5,578
Arkonam (SC) |  | AIADMK  | K. Bhavani Karunakaran | R. Ravishankar  | DMK  | 20,256
Arantangi |  | MAIADMK  | P. Arasan | A. Chandrasekaran  | INC  | 20,018
Aravakurichi |  | AIADMK  | E. A. Liyaudeen Sait | Lakshmi Duraisamy  | DMK  | 18,326
Arcot |  | AIADMK  | P. Neelakandan | A. K. Sundaramoorthy  | DMK  | 17,707
Ariyalur |  | AIADMK  | P. Elavazhagan | T. A. Kathiravan  | DMK  | 10,379
Arni |  | AIADMK  | K. Ramachandran | A. C. Shanmugam | PNK  | 13,482
Aruppukottai |  | AIADMK  | K. K. Sivasamy | Thangam Thennarasu | DMK  | 6,152
Athoor |  | AIADMK  | P. K. T. Natarajaan | I. Periyasamy | DMK  | 3,606
Attur |  | AIADMK  | A. K. Murugesan | Mu. Ra. Karunanidhi  | DMK  | 24,745
Avanashi (SC) |  | AIADMK  | S. Mahalingam | M. Mohan Kumar  | IND  | 21,012
Bargur |  | AIADMK  | M. Thambidurai | E. G. Sugavanam | DMK  | 49,306
Bhavani |  | AIADMK  | K. C. Karuppannan | J. Sudhanandhen Mudaliyar | PNK  | 32,859
Bhavanisagar |  | AIADMK  | P. Chithambaram | O. Subramaniam  | DMK  | 10,275
Bhuvanagiri |  | IND | P. S. Arul | M. Gopalakrishnan  | MTD  | 3,764
Bodinayakkanur |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK  | 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  | AIADMK  | 86
Erode |  | AIADMK  | K. S. Thennarasu | N. K. K. Periyasamy | DMK  | 24,440
Gingee |  | AIADMK  | V. Elumalai | Rajendran  | DMK  | 29,086
Gobichettipalayam |  | AIADMK  | S. S. Ramaneedharan | V. P. Shanmugasundaram  | DMK  | 28,945
Gudalur |  | AIADMK  | A. Miller | M. Pandiaraj  | DMK  | 32,693
Gudiyatham |  | AIADMK  | C. M. Suryakala | S. Duraisamy  | DMK  | 24,324
Gummidipundi |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK  | V. D. Nadarajan | S. Kannappan | MTD  | 4,682
Jayankondam |  | AIADMK  | S. Annadurai | K. C. Ganesan  | DMK  | 25,010
Kadaladi |  | TMC  | S. Balakrishnan | S. P. Thangavelan  | DMK  | 6,115
Kadayanallur |  | AIADMK  | M. Subbiah Pandian | P. M. Shahul  | DMK  | 1,244
Kalasapakkam |  | AIADMK  | S. Ramachandran | P. S. Thiruvengadam | DMK  | 28,890
Kancheepuram |  | AIADMK  | T. Mythili | A. Sekar  | DMK  | 23,603
Kandamangalam (SC) |  | AIADMK  | V. Subramanian | E. Vijayaraghavan  | DMK  | 22,628
Kangayam |  | AIADMK  | M. Selvi | N. Rajkumar Mandradiar  | DMK  | 11,274
Kanniyakumari |  | AIADMK  | 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) |  | CJP  | P. Vallalperuman | R. Sachidanandam  | INC  | 16,517
Kaveripattinam |  | AIADMK  | K. P. Munusamy | V. C. Govindasami | DMK  | 18,517
Killiyoor |  | TMC  | D. Kumaradas | C. Santhakumar  | BJP  | 13,760
Kinathukadavu |  | AIADMK  | S. Damodaran | M. Shanmugam  | DMK  | 33,780
Kolathur (SC) |  | AIADMK  | A. Karuppayee | Palaniappan  | PT  | 46,899
Kovilpatti |  | CPI  | S. Rajendran | K. Rajaram  | DMK  | 9,039
Krishnagiri |  | AIADMK  | V. Govindarasu | T. Senguttuvan | DMK  | 21,773
Krishnarayapuram (SC) |  | AIADMK  | Sasikala | S. Periyasamy  | DMK  | 21,549
Kulithalai |  | AIADMK  | A. Pappasundaram | D. Thirunavukkarasu  | DMK  | 16,766
Kumbakonam |  | DMK  | Ko. Si. Mani | Rama Ramanathan  | AIADMK  | 6,496
Kurinjipadi |  | DMK  | M. R. K. Panneer Selvam | K. Sivasubramanian  | AIADMK  | 23,863
Kuttalam |  | AIADMK  | Natarajan | P. Kalyanam  | DMK  | 2,644
Lalgudi |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK  | Valarmathi Jebaraj | P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan | DMK  | 708
Maduranthakam |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK  | V. A. Chelliah | B. M. Senguttuvan  | DMK  | 25,272
Mayiladuturai |  | BJP  | Jaga Veerapandian | R. Selvaraj  | AIADMK  | 2,452
Mettur |  | AIADMK  | S. Sundarambal | P. Gopal  | DMK  | 8,135
Melmalaiyanur |  | AIADMK  | R. Tamilmozhi | A. Gnanasekaran  | DMK  | 24,587
Melur |  | AIAIADMK  | R. Samy | Samayanallur S. Selvaraj  | DMK  | 26,838
Mettupalayam |  | AIADMK  | A. K. Selvaraj | B. Arun Kumar  | DMK  | 41,078
Modakkurichi |  | AIADMK  | P. C. Ramasami | Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan | DMK  | 34,212
Morappur |  | AIADMK  | P. Palaniappan | E. V. Rajasekaran  | DMK  | 23,316
Mudukulathur |  | AIADMK  | K. Patinetampatian | S. Pandian  | MTD  | 2,669
Mugaiyur |  | AIADMK  | G. Gothandaraman | A. G. Sampath  | DMK  | 10,341
Musiri |  | AIADMK  | C. Malliga | S. Vivekandan  | DMK  | 1,994
Mylapore |  | BJP  | K. N. Lakshmanan | V. Maitreyan | AIADMK  | 6,047
Nagapattinam |  | AIADMK  | R. Jeevanantham | S. P. Thangaiya  | DMK  | 16,717
Nagercoil |  | MAIADMK  | Suyambu | M. Moses | TMC(M)  | 3,662
Namakkal |  | INC  | K. Jeyakumar | S. Ahilan  | PT  | 28,992
Nanguneri |  | AIADMK  | S. Manickaraj | V. Ramachandran  | MTD  | 9,161
Nannilam (SC) |  | TMC  | C. K. Amizharasan | P. Sakthivel  | DMK  | 19,212
Natham |  | AIADMK  | R. Viswanathan | Ku. Pa. Krishnan  | TB  | 10,602
Natrampalli |  | PMK  | S. Natarajan | T. Anbazhagan  | MGRK  | 12,088
Nellikkuppam |  | AIADMK  | M. C. Sampath | V. C. Shanmugham  | DMK  | 7,382
Nilakottai |  | AIADMK  | G. Anbazhagan | K. Ayyar  | PT  | 31,494
Oddanchatram |  | DMK  | A. R. A. Chakkarapani | A. T. Sellasamy  | AIADMK  | 1,369
Omalur |  | AIADMK  | S. Semmalai | Era. Rajendran  | DMK  | 31,602
Orathanad |  | AIADMK  | R. Vaithilingam | P. Rajamanickam  | DMK  | 19,844
Ottapidaram |  | AIADMK  | A. Sivaperumal | K. Krishnasamy | PT  | 651
Padmanabhapuram |  | AIADMK  | K. P. Raajendraprasad | C. Velayudhan | BJP  | 2,774
Palacode |  | AIADMK  | K. P. Anbalagan | G. L. Venkatachalam  | DMK  | 40,232
Palani |  | AIADMK  | M. Chinnasamy | T. Poovendhan  | DMK  | 20,487
Palayamkottai |  | DMK  | T. P. M. Mohideen Khan | S. Muthu Karuppan  | AIADMK  | 14,748
Palladam |  | AIADMK  | S. M. Velusamy | S. S. Ponmudi  | DMK  | 32,474
Pallipattu |  | AIADMK  | P. M. Narasimhan | M. Chakravarthy  | BJP  | 28,240
Panamarathupatti |  | AIADMK  | 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) |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK | O. Panneer Selvam | M. Abuthahir  | DMK  | 17,920
Peranamallur |  | AIADMK  | A. K. S. Anbalagan | B. Bose  | MTD  | 8,359
Pernambut (SC) |  | AIADMK  | S. C. Kanagathara | S. Thondral Nayagan  | BJP  | 28,855
Perundurai |  | AIADMK  | K. S. Palanisamy | N. Govindasamy  | CNMK  | 31,712
Perur |  | AIADMK  | M. A. P. A. Krishnakumar (Rohini)  | N. Nageswari  | DMK  | 35,264
Pollachi |  | AIADMK  | V. Jayaraman | R. Tamil Mani  | DMK  | 32,404
Polur |  | AIADMK  | Nalini Manoharan | C. Elumalai  | DMK  | 10,807
Pongalur |  | AIADMK  | P. V. Damodaran | K. Chellamuthu  | IND  | 21,815
Ponneri (SC) |  | CPI  | A. S. Kannan | K. Sundaram  | DMK  | 27,390
Poombuhar |  | AIADMK  | N. Renganathan | M. Mohammad Siddiq  | DMK  | 7,455
Poonamallee |  | PMK  | S. Shanmugam | S. Chezhiyan  | DMK  | 2,316
Pudukkottai |  | AIADMK  | C. Vijayabaskar | Arasu Periyannan  | DMK  | 28,183
Purasawalkam |  | CJP  | B. Ranganathan | P. Vetrivel  | TMC(M)  | 3,802
Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar |  | AIADMK  | P. K. Sekar Babu | S. P. Sarguna Pandian | DMK  | 27,332
Radhapuram |  | IND  | M. Appavu | S. Jothi  | PMK  | 18,281
Rajapalayam (SC) |  | AIADMK  | M. Rajasekar | V. P. Rajan  | DMK  | 9,595
Ramanathapuram |  | AIADMK  | A. Anwer Rhazza | A. Rahman Khan | DMK  | 9,112
Ranipet |  | AIADMK  | M. S. Chandrasekaran | R. Gandhi  | DMK  | 24,963
Rasipuram |  | AIADMK  | P. R. Sundaram | K. P. Ramalingam | DMK  | 23,029
Royapuram |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK  | Se. Venkatajalam | M. A. Elangovan  | DMK  | 25,131
Salem – II |  | PMK  | M. Karthe | A. L. Thangavel  | DMK  | 15,085
Samayanallur (SC) |  | AIADMK  | P. Ponnampalam | Kasthuri Sivasamy  | DMK  | 19,924
Sankaranayanarkoil (SC) |  | AIADMK  | C. Karuppasamy | P. Duraisamy  | PT  | 9,262
Sankarapuram |  | PMK  | P. Kasampu | T. Udhayasuriyan  | DMK  | 1,018
Sankari (SC) |  | AIADMK  | P. Dhanabal | T. R. Saravanan  | DMK  | 22,952
Sathyamangalam |  | AIADMK  | K. R. Kandasamy | S. K. Rajendran  | DMK  | 33,434
Sathangulam |  | TMC  | S. S. Mani Nadar | A. N. Rajakkannan  | BJP  | 5,766
Sattur |  | DMK  | K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran | A. Rajendran  | INC  | 4,415
Sedapatti |  | AIADMK  | C. Durairaj | P. V. Bhaktavatchalam  | PT  | 18,435
Sendamangalam (ST) |  | AIADMK  | K. Kalavathi | Chinumathi Chandrasekaran  | DMK  | 17,815
Sholavandan |  | AIADMK  | V. R. Rajangam | P. Moorthy  | DMK  | 19,841
Sholinghur |  | AIADMK  | R. Vilvanathan | A. M. Ponnurangam  | PNK  | 9,795
Singanallur |  | CPI(M)  | K. C. Karunakaran | N. Palanisamy  | DMK  | 20,001
Sirkazhi (SC) |  | AIADMK  | N. Chandramohan | J. Irai Ezhil  | DMK  | 4,430
Sivaganga |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK  | K. K. Balasubramanian | M. Soundrapandian  | BJP  | 12,676
Srivaikuntam |  | AIADMK  | S. P. Shanmuganathan | S. David Selwyn  | DMK  | 2,886
Srivilliputhur |  | AIADMK  | Inbathtamilan | S. Mohanrajulu  | BJP  | 9,174
Talavasal (SC) |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK  | 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 | AIADMK  | 2,499
Theni |  | AIADMK  | D. Ganesan | L. Mookiah  | DMK  | 13,861
Thirumangalam |  | AIADMK  | K. Kalimuthu | T. Ocha Thevar  | DMK  | 18,162
Thirupparankundram |  | AIADMK  | S. M. Seenivel | C. Ramachandran  | DMK  | 9,127
Thiruverambur |  | DMK  | K. N. Sekaran | T. K. Rangarajan  | CPM  | 10,373
Thiruvidamarudur |  | AIADMK  | G. Thavamani | S. Ramalingam  | DMK  | 7,372
Thiruvonam |  | AIADMK  | C. Rajendran | M. Ramachandran  | DMK  | 11,223
Thiruvottiyur |  | AIADMK  | T. Arumugam | Kumari Anandan | IND  | 34,041
Thondamuthur |  | TMC  | S. R. Balasubramoniyan | V. R. Sukanya  | DMK  | 28,536
Thottiam |  | AIADMK  | P. Annavi | K. Kannaiyan  | DMK  | 13,148
Thousand Lights |  | DMK  | M. K. Stalin | S. Sekar  | TMC(M)  | 7,274
Tindivanam |  | AIADMK  | C. Ve. Shanmugam | R. Sethunathan  | DMK  | 12,148
Tiruchendur |  | AIADMK  | Anitha R. Radhakrishnan | S. Jennifer Chandran | DMK  | 11,193
Tiruchengode |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK  | M. Radakrishnan | S. Regupathy  | DMK  | 12,027
Tirunavalur |  | AIADMK  | K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy | A. J. Manikannan  | DMK  | 14,773
Tirunelveli |  | AIADMK  | N. Nainar Nagendran | A. L. Subramanian | DMK  | 722
Tiruppattur (194) |  | AIADMK  | K. K. Umadhevan | R. Sivaraman  | DMK  | 9,090
Tiruppattur (41) |  | PMK  | T. K. Raja | S. Arasu  | DMK  | 5,761
Tirupporur (SC) |  | AIADMK  | S. Kanitha Sampath | C. Nagarajan  | DMK  | 24,790
Tiruppur |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK  | 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 |  | AIADMK  | S. Rajammal | N. Periasamy | DMK  | 16,186
Udagamandalam |  | INC  | H. M. Raju | J. Hutchi Gowder  | BJP  | 29,090
Udumalpet |  | AIADMK  | C. Shanmugavelu | D. Selvaraj  | DMK  | 39,908
Ulundurpet (SC) |  | AIADMK  | N. Ramu | K. Thirunavukkarasu  | DMK  | 22,754
Uppiliyapuram (ST) |  | AIADMK  | R. Saroja | R. Rani  | DMK  | 12,351
Usilampatti |  | AIFB  | L. Santhanam | S. O. Ramasamy  | DMK  | 9,067
Uthiramerur |  | AIADMK  | V. Somasundaram | K. Sundar  | DMK  | 27,622
Valangiman (SC) |  | AIADMK  | 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**  |  | INL | M. Abdul Latheef | J. M. Haroon Rasheed  | DMK  | 11,938
Vanur (SC) |  | AIADMK  | N. Ganapathy | R. Mydili  | DMK  | 21,349
Varahur (SC) |  | AIADMK  | A. Arunachalam | K. Thiruvalluvan  | DMK  | 13,904
Vasudevanallur (SC) |  | TMC  | R. Easwaran | S. Thangapandian  | PT  | 11,552
Vedaranyam |  | DMK  | S. K. Vedarathinam | R. Mutharasan  | CPI  | 15,000
Vedasandur |  | AIADMK  | P. Andivel | R. Kavitha Parthipan  | DMK  | 19,126
Veerapandi |  | AIADMK  | S. K. Selvam | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | DMK  | 30,012
Vellakoil |  | DMK  | M. P. Saminathan | V. P. Periasamy  | AIADMK  | 740
Vellore |  | TMC  | C. Gnanasekaran | A. M. Ramalingam  | DMK  | 11,124
Veilathikulam |  | AIADMK  | 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.[17]
* Due to the death of V. Perumal, actor turned politician Radha Ravi (son of M.R. Radha) was fielded by AIADMK, and defeated the DMK candidate Subramanian, in a by-election, increasing the majority of the AIADMK.[18]
* During 31 May 2002, By-election, A. Boovaraghamoorthy of the AIADMK, defeated D. Parvendhan of PMK, which resulted in AIADMK to pick up Acharapakkam (SC).[19]

## See also

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* Elections in Tamil Nadu
* Legislature of Tamil Nadu
* Government of Tamil Nadu

## References

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1. ^ "AIADMK sweeps TN poll". Thehindubusinessline.in. 14 May 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
2. ^ "The Hindu". Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.
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4. ^ "Tamil Nadu". www.indiatoday.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
5. ^ "Latest News, India News, Breaking News, Live News Online, Today Headline's".
6. ^ "The Hindu : List of AIADMK constituencies". Hinduonnet.com. 8 April 2001. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
7. ^ "The Hindu : CM has stifled democracy: Jayalalitha". Hinduonnet.com. 1 May 2001. Archived from the original on 28 December 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
8. ^ Murthy, P. v v. (6 April 2001). "DMK cadres sore over seat allotment in Vellore district". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 December 2002. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
9. ^ "The Hindu : Bhuvanagiri: AIADMK-backed Independent on good wicket". Hinduonnet.com. 4 May 2001. Archived from the original on 14 February 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
10. ^ "BJP TN website". bjptn.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
11. ^ a b "Tamizhar Bhoomi unhappy with DMK offer". Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
12. ^ "Veeranam, a major poll plank". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 28 April 2006. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.
13. ^ Sundaram, R. (27 April 2001). "AIADMK vs MDMK in Perundurai". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
14. ^ "Sweep for UDF, narrow win for AIADMK: exit poll". The Hindu. 11 May 2001. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
15. ^ "2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
16. ^ "The Assembly Elections 2001: Tamil Nadu".
17. ^ "Jayalalithaa's victory". Frontline. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
18. ^ Pro-incumbency pointers, Frontline (Volume 19 – Issue 12, 8–21 June 2002) Retrieved 19 April 2009.
19. ^ AIADMK wrests two seats (The Hindu newspaper (3 June 2002)) accessed 19 April 2009

## Further reading

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* Thirunavukkarasu, R. (2001). "Election 2001: Changing Equations". Economic and Political Weekly. 36 (27): 2486–2489\. JSTOR 4410818.2486-2489&rft.date=2001&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4410818#id-name=JSTOR&rft.aulast=Thirunavukkarasu&rft.aufirst=R.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:2001+Tamil+Nadu+Legislative+Assembly+election" class="Z3988">

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