2004
199919981996199119891984198019771971Total Constituencies: 39
Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election 2004 covered all 39 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The ADMK received the highest statewide vote share at 29.77% and won 0 seats, while the DMK received 24.60% of the vote and won 16 seats. The INC won 10 seats with 14.40% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 0 | 29.77% | 35.59% | 85,47,014 | |
| 16 | 16 | 24.60% | 58.24% | 70,64,393 | |
| 10 | 10 | 14.40% | 59.22% | 41,34,255 | |
| PMK | 5 | 5 | 6.71% | 51.88% | 19,27,367 |
| MDMK | 4 | 4 | 5.85% | 58.23% | 16,79,870 |
| 6 | 0 | 5.07% | 30.96% | 14,55,899 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Madras North | Kuppusami. C | DMK | 5,70,122 | Sukumar Nambiar. M N | BJP | 3,16,583 | 2,53,539 | 27.68 |
| Madras Central | Dayanidhi Maran | DMK | 3,16,329 | Balaganga N. | ADMK | 1,82,151 | 1,34,178 | 26.16 |
| Madras South | Baalu, T. R. | DMK | 5,64,578 | Bader Sayeed ( Tmt) | ADMK | 3,43,838 | 2,20,740 | 23.62 |
| Sriperumbudur | Krishnaswamy. A | DMK | 5,17,617 | Venugopal. Dr. P | ADMK | 2,82,271 | 2,35,346 | 27.91 |
| Chengalpattu | Moorthy, A.K. | PMK | 4,31,643 | Ramachandran. K N | ADMK | 2,82,919 | 1,48,724 | 19.59 |
| Arakkonam | Velu, R. | PMK | 3,86,911 | Shanmugam. N | ADMK | 2,84,715 | 1,02,196 | 13.18 |
| Vellore | Kader Mohideen, K. M | DMK | 4,36,642 | Santhanam. A | ADMK | 2,58,032 | 1,78,610 | 23.91 |
| Tiruppattur | Venugopal, D. | DMK | 4,53,786 | Subramani. K. G | ADMK | 2,72,884 | 1,80,902 | 23.31 |
| Vandavasi | Ramachandran Gingee, N. | MDMK | 3,94,903 | Rajalakshmi. R | ADMK | 2,43,470 | 1,51,433 | 21.53 |
| Tindivanam | Dhanaraju. K | PMK | 3,67,849 | Arunmozhithevan. A | ADMK | 2,76,685 | 91,164 | 12.54 |
| Cuddalore | Venkatapathy. K | DMK | 4,00,059 | Rajendran. R | ADMK | 2,68,707 | 1,31,352 | 17.28 |
| Chidambaram | Ponnuswamy, E. | PMK | 3,43,424 | Thirumaavalavan Thol | JD(U) | 2,55,773 | 87,651 | 11.79 |
| Dharmapuri | Senthil, Dr. R. | PMK | 3,97,540 | Elangovan. P. D. | BJP | 1,81,450 | 2,16,090 | 30.43 |
| Krishnagiri | Sugavanam. E. G | DMK | 4,03,297 | Nanje Gowdu. K | ADMK | 2,84,075 | 1,19,222 | 16.14 |
| Rasipuram | Rani. K | INC | 3,84,170 | Anbalagan. S | ADMK | 2,49,637 | 1,34,533 | 19.33 |
| Salem | Thangkabalu K. V. | INC | 4,44,591 | Rajasekaran. A | ADMK | 2,68,964 | 1,75,627 | 23.68 |
| Tiruchengode | Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan | DMK | 5,01,569 | Palaniswami. K | ADMK | 3,22,172 | 1,79,397 | 20.75 |
| Nilgiris | Prabhu R. | INC | 4,94,121 | Mathan. M @ Master Mathan. M | BJP | 2,57,619 | 2,36,502 | 30.29 |
| Gobichettipalayam | Elangovan, E. V. K. S. | INC | 4,26,826 | Govindarajar, N. R. | ADMK | 2,12,349 | 2,14,477 | 31.54 |
| Coimbatore | Subbarayan, K. | CPI | 5,04,981 | Radhakishnan. C. P | BJP | 3,40,476 | 1,64,505 | 18.72 |
| Pollachi | Krishnan, Dr. C | MDMK | 3,64,988 | Murugan. G | ADMK | 2,44,067 | 1,20,921 | 18.8 |
| Palani | Kharventhan, S. K. | INC | 4,48,900 | Kishore Kumar. K | ADMK | 2,17,407 | 2,31,493 | 33.29 |
| Dindigul | Chitthan, N. S. V. | INC | 4,07,116 | Jeyaraman. M | ADMK | 2,51,945 | 1,55,171 | 22.48 |
| Madurai | Mohan, P. | CPM | 4,14,433 | Bose, A K. | ADMK | 2,81,593 | 1,32,840 | 17.96 |
| Periyakulam | Aaron Rashid J. M. | INC | 3,46,851 | Dhinakaran. T T V | ADMK | 3,25,696 | 21,155 | 3.02 |
| Karur | Palanisamy, K. C. | DMK | 4,50,407 | Palanichamy, Raja. N | ADMK | 2,59,531 | 1,90,876 | 25.67 |
| Tiruchirappalli | Ganesan. L | MDMK | 4,50,907 | Paranjothi. M | ADMK | 2,34,182 | 2,16,725 | 30.61 |
| Perambalur | Raja, A. | DMK | 3,89,708 | Sundaram. Dr. M. | ADMK | 2,36,375 | 1,53,333 | 21.69 |
| Mayiladuturai | Mani Shankar Aiyar | INC | 4,11,160 | Manian. O S | ADMK | 2,15,469 | 1,95,691 | 28.14 |
| Nagapattinam | Vijayan, A. K. S. | DMK | 4,63,389 | Archunan. P J | ADMK | 2,47,166 | 2,16,223 | 28.78 |
| Thanjavur | Palanimanickam. S. S. | DMK | 4,00,986 | Thangamuthu. K | ADMK | 2,81,838 | 1,19,148 | 16.81 |
| Pudukkottai | Regupathy, S. | DMK | 4,66,133 | Ravichandran. A | ADMK | 3,09,637 | 1,56,496 | 19.08 |
| Sivaganga | Chidambaram, P. | INC | 4,00,393 | Karuppiah. S P | ADMK | 2,37,668 | 1,62,725 | 24.39 |
| Ramanathapuram | Bhavani Rajenthiran. M. S. K. | DMK | 3,35,287 | Murugesan. C | ADMK | 2,25,337 | 1,09,950 | 16.31 |
| Sivakasi | Ravichandran, A | MDMK | 4,69,072 | Kannan. P | ADMK | 3,04,555 | 1,64,517 | 19.81 |
| Tirunelveli | Dhanuskodi Athithan, R. | INC | 3,70,127 | Amirtha Ganesan, R. | ADMK | 2,03,052 | 1,67,075 | 26.36 |
| Tenkasi | Appadurai, M. | CPI | 3,48,000 | Murugesan. S | ADMK | 2,25,824 | 1,22,176 | 17.16 |
| Tiruchendur | Radhika Selvi. V | DMK | 3,94,484 | Thamodaran. T | ADMK | 2,12,803 | 1,81,681 | 28.8 |
| Nagercoil | Bellarmin. A. V. | CPM | 4,10,091 | Radhakrishnan. P | BJP | 2,45,797 | 1,64,294 | 24.39 |
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