1996
199119891984198019771971Total Constituencies: 39
Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election 1996 covered all 39 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The TMC(M) received the highest statewide vote share at 27.00% and won 20 seats, while the DMK received 25.63% of the vote and won 17 seats. The INC won 0 seats with 18.26% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Tamil Nadu.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC(M) | 20 | 20 | 27.00% | 54.56% | 73,39,982 |
| 17 | 17 | 25.63% | 56.80% | 69,67,679 | |
| 29 | 0 | 18.26% | 24.89% | 49,65,364 | |
| 10 | 0 | 7.84% | 29.41% | 21,30,286 | |
| MDMK | 24 | 0 | 4.50% | 7.27% | 12,22,415 |
| IND | 39 | 0 | 3.00% | 3.00% | 8,15,224 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Madras North | Somu N.V.N | DMK | 5,59,048 | Pandian.D | INC | 1,69,431 | 3,89,617 | 46.07 |
| Madras Central | Murasoli Maran | DMK | 4,03,867 | G.K.J.Bharathi | INC | 1,23,400 | 2,80,467 | 47.93 |
| Madras South | Baalu T.R | DMK | 5,38,697 | Ganesham.H | ADMK | 1,99,516 | 3,39,181 | 39.02 |
| Sriperumbudur | Nagaratnam.T | DMK | 4,31,919 | Lata Priyakumar | INC | 1,86,208 | 2,45,711 | 32.96 |
| Chengalpattu | Parasuraman.K | DMK | 4,10,483 | Krishnan.S.M | INC | 1,74,826 | 2,35,657 | 33.34 |
| Arakkonam | Velu.A.M | TMC(M) | 4,25,974 | Raviram.R | INC | 1,61,129 | 2,64,845 | 36.71 |
| Vellore | Shanmugam.P | DMK | 3,91,141 | Akber Pasha.B | INC | 1,80,106 | 2,11,035 | 31.03 |
| Tiruppattur | Venugopal.D | DMK | 4,30,766 | Anbarasu.R | INC | 1,90,502 | 2,40,264 | 34.33 |
| Vandavasi | Balaraman.L | TMC(M) | 3,42,184 | Krishnaswamy.M | INC | 1,68,880 | 1,73,304 | 25.5 |
| Tindivanam | Venkatraman G | DMK | 3,67,308 | Ramamurthee K | INC | 1,77,032 | 1,90,276 | 27.6 |
| Cuddalore | Venkatesan P.R.S | TMC(M) | 3,89,660 | Santhamurthy V | INC | 1,84,456 | 2,05,204 | 29.6 |
| Chidambaram | Ganesan V | DMK | 3,36,164 | Elumalai.R | PMK | 1,59,898 | 1,76,266 | 25.53 |
| Dharmapuri | Theertharaman.P | TMC(M) | 2,97,166 | Subramaniyam.M.P | INC | 1,65,920 | 1,31,246 | 18.83 |
| Krishnagiri | Narasimhan C | TMC(M) | 3,71,009 | Elankovan. E.V.K.S. | INC | 1,76,333 | 1,94,676 | 29.36 |
| Rasipuram | Kandasamy K | TMC(M) | 4,08,791 | Jayakumar K | INC | 2,15,613 | 1,93,178 | 29.19 |
| Salem | Devadass.R | TMC(M) | 3,15,277 | Thangkabalu K.V | INC | 1,94,392 | 1,20,885 | 18.05 |
| Tiruchengode | K.P.Ramalingam | DMK | 4,71,533 | Kumarasamy A.V. | ADMK | 2,78,345 | 1,93,188 | 23.2 |
| Nilgiris | Balasubramaniyan S.R. | TMC(M) | 4,75,515 | R.Prabhu | INC | 1,94,139 | 2,81,376 | 37.23 |
| Gobichettipalayam | Shanmugasundaram V.P | DMK | 3,53,982 | Narayanan P.G | ADMK | 2,11,014 | 1,42,968 | 21.49 |
| Coimbatore | Ramanathan M. | DMK | 4,63,807 | Kuppuswamy C.K. | INC | 2,01,020 | 2,62,787 | 32.18 |
| Pollachi | Kandasamy .V | TMC(M) | 3,61,743 | Anna Nambi .R | ADMK | 2,22,852 | 1,38,891 | 21.19 |
| Palani | Kaarvendhan .S.K | TMC(M) | 4,05,782 | Kumarasamy .P | ADMK | 2,13,149 | 1,92,633 | 27.26 |
| Dindigul | Chitthan.N.S.V. | TMC(M) | 4,44,858 | Sreenivaasan.C | ADMK | 1,76,944 | 2,67,914 | 38.52 |
| Madurai | Ram Babu A.G.S | TMC(M) | 3,34,055 | Subramanian Swamy | JP | 1,44,249 | 1,89,806 | 26.39 |
| Periyakulam | Gnanagurusamy R | DMK | 3,26,665 | Ramasamy R | ADMK | 1,95,328 | 1,31,337 | 19.74 |
| Karur | Natrayan.K | TMC(M) | 4,09,830 | Thambidurai.M | ADMK | 2,41,556 | 1,68,274 | 23.04 |
| Tiruchirappalli | Adaikkalraj.L | TMC(M) | 4,34,149 | Gopal K | INC | 1,69,441 | 2,64,708 | 38.2 |
| Perambalur | Raja A | DMK | 3,99,079 | Subramanian P.V | INC | 1,84,832 | 2,14,247 | 31.78 |
| Mayiladuturai | Rajendiran P.V | TMC(M) | 3,67,778 | Mani Shankar Aiyar | INC | 2,14,234 | 1,53,544 | 23.25 |
| Nagapattinam | Selvarasu M | CPI | 3,94,330 | Kannivannan M | INC | 1,72,984 | 2,21,346 | 31.87 |
| Thanjavur | Palanimanickam S.S | DMK | 3,90,010 | Thulasiah Vandayar K | INC | 1,89,582 | 2,00,428 | 30.22 |
| Pudukkottai | Siva,N. | DMK | 3,98,209 | Swaminathan, V.N. | INC | 2,20,336 | 1,77,873 | 22.54 |
| Sivaganga | Chidambaram P. | TMC(M) | 4,18,774 | Gowrishankaran M. | INC | 1,71,472 | 2,47,302 | 38.26 |
| Ramanathapuram | Udayappan, S.P. | TMC(M) | 3,31,249 | Rajeshwaran V | INC | 1,35,945 | 1,95,304 | 31.26 |
| Sivakasi | Alagirisamy, V. | CPI | 2,38,483 | Sanjay Ramasamy | ADMK | 2,14,861 | 23,622 | 3.05 |
| Tirunelveli | Sivaprakasam D.S.A. | DMK | 2,95,001 | Rajaselvam A.R. | ADMK | 1,76,721 | 1,18,280 | 18.26 |
| Tenkasi | Arunachalam, M. | TMC(M) | 2,90,663 | Selvaraj V. | INC | 1,94,737 | 95,926 | 14.84 |
| Tiruchendur | Dhanuskodi Athithan R. | TMC(M) | 3,17,943 | Justin S. | INC | 1,14,232 | 2,03,711 | 35.6 |
| Nagercoil | Dennis N. | TMC(M) | 1,97,582 | Radhakrishnan P. | BJP | 1,69,885 | 27,697 | 4.93 |
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