1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
List of winners and runners-up by constituency

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Section Title: List of winners and runners-up by constituency
Table Section Text: None

Assembly Constituency	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party	Margin

Acharapakkam (SC)	S. Mathivanan	DMK	A. Bhuvaraghamoorthy	ADMK	25,371

Alandur	C. Shanmugam	DMK	K. Purushothaman	ADMK	75,994

Alangudi	A. Venkatachalam	IND	S. Erasasekaran	CPI	652

Alangulam	Aladi Aruna	DMK	M. S. Kamaraj	INC	24,336

Ambasamudram	R. Avudaiappan	DMK	R. Murugaiah Pandian	ADMK	19,689

Anaicut	C. Gopu	DMK	C. M. Suryakala	ADMK	31,616

Andhiyur (SC)	P. Selvarasu	DMK	M. Subramaniam	ADMK	24,994

Andimadam	Rajendiran	PMK	Sivasubramaniyan	DMK	13,402

Andipatti	P. Aasiyan	DMK	A. Muthiah	ADMK	13,701

Anna Nagar	Arcot N. Veerasami	DMK	R. Balasubramanian	INC	69,017

Arakkonam (SC)	R. Thamizh Selvan	DMK	R. Elumalai	PMK	46,820

Arantaki	S. Thirunavukkarasu	ADMK	S. Shanmugam	DMK	14,232

Aravakkurichi	S. S. Mohammad Ismail	DMK	V. K. Duraisamy	ADMK	9,094

Arcot	P. N. Subramani	DMK	K. V. Ramadoss	ADMK	26,407

Ariyalur	D. Amaramoorthy	TMC(M)	A. Elavarasan	ADMK	24,894

Arni	R. Sivanandam	DMK	M. Chinnakulandai	ADMK	18,179

Aruppukottai	V. Thangapandian	DMK	K. Sundarapandian	ADMK	16,365

Athoor	I. Periasamy	DMK	C. Chinnamuthu	ADMK	50,292

Attur	A. M. Ramasamy	DMK	A. K. Murugesan	ADMK	22,296

Avanashi (SC)	G. Elango	DMK	M. Thiagarajan	ADMK	26,457

Bargur	E. G. Sugavanam	DMK	J. Jayalalitha	ADMK	8,366

Bhavani	S. N. Balasubramanian	TMC(M)	K. S. Manivannan	ADMK	28,829

Bhavanisagar	V. A. Andamuthu	DMK	V. K. Chinnasamy	ADMK	23,451

Bhuvanagiri	A. V. Abdul Naser	DMK	P. D. Elangovan	PMK	19,345

Bodinayakkanur	A. Sudalaimuthu	DMK	S. P. Jayakumar	ADMK	26,087

Chengalpattu	V. Tamilmani	DMK	C. V. N. Kumarasamy	ADMK	36,805

Chengam (SC)	K. V. Nannan	DMK	C. K. Thamizharasan	ADMK	26,633

Chepauk	M. Karunanidhi	DMK	N. S. S. Nellai Kannan	INC	35,784

Cheranmadevi	P. Veldurai	TMC(M)	P. H. Pandian	IND	12,107

Cheyyar	V. Anbalagan	DMK	P. Chandran	ADMK	37,486

Chidambaram	S. Azhagiri	TMC(M)	A. Radhakrishnan	INC	29,016

Chinnasalem	R. Mookappan	DMK	P. Mohan	ADMK	31,645

Coimbatore East	V. K. Lakshmanan	TMC(M)	R. S. Velan	INC	47,686

Coimbatore West	C. T. Dhandapani	DMK	Raja Thangavel	INC	38,299

Colachel	Era. Bernard	DMK	S. P. Kutty	BJP	7,426

Coonoor (SC)	N. Thangavel	DMK	S. Kuppusamy	ADMK	35,515

Cuddalore	E. Pugazhenthi	DMK	K. V. Rajendiran	INC	48,627

Cumbum	O. R. Ramachandran	TMC(M)	R. T. Gopalan	IND	35,740

Dharapuram (SC)	R. Saraswathy	DMK	P. Easwaramurthy	ADMK	23,038

Dharmapuri	K. Manokaran	DMK	Mase Harur	INC	37,022

Dindigul	R. Manimaran	DMK	V. Marutharaj	ADMK	65,124

Edapadi	I. Ganesan	PMK	P. A. Murugesan	DMK	9,192

Egmore (SC)	Parithi Ellam Vazhuthi	DMK	N. Lakshmi	INC	37,185

Erode	N. K. K. Periasamy	DMK	S. Muthusamy	ADMK	47,837

Gobichettipalayam	G. P. Venkidu	DMK	K. A. Sengottaiyan	AMDK	14,729

Gingee	T. Natarajan	DMK	T. N. Muruganandam	INC	25,434

Gudalur	B. M. Mubarak	DMK	K. R. Raju	ADMK	45,905

Gudiyatham	V. G. Dhanapal	DMK	S. Ramgopal	INC	29,136

Gummidipundi	K. Venu	DMK	R. S. Munirathinam	ADMK	21,625

Harbour	K. Anbazhagan	DMK	Paul Earnest	INC	30,256

Harur (SC)	Vedammal	DMK	J. Natesan	INC	36,403

Hosur	B. Venkatasamy	JD	T. Venkata Reddy	TMC(M)	1,737

Ilayangudi	M. Tamilkudimagan	DMK	V. D. Nadarajan	ADMK	14,804

Jayankondam	K. C. Ganesan	DMK	Gurunathan	PMK	12,490

Kadaladi	S. P. Thangavelan	DMK	V. Sathiyamoorthy	ADMK	19,970

Kadayanallur	K. Naina Mohammed	DMK	A. M. Gani	ADMK	16,692

Kalasapakkam	P. S. Thiruvengadam	DMK	M. Sundarasami	INC	34,530

Kancheepuram	P. Murugesan	DMK	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu	ADMK	32,629

Kandamangalam (SC)	S. Alaguvelu	DMK	V. Subramaniyan	ADMK	29,995

Kangayam	N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar	DMK	N. Ramasamy	ADMK	26,009

Kanyakumari	N. Suresh Rajan	DMK	S. Thanu Pillai	ADMK	21,863

Kapilamalai	K. K. Veerappan	DMK	R. Rajalingam	ADMK	29,710

Karaikudi	N. Sundaram	TMC(M)	M. Raju	ADMK	50,384

Karur	Vasuki Murugesan	DMK	M. Chinnasamy	ADMK	32,008

Katpadi	Durai Murugan	DMK	K. Pandurangan	ADMK	41,007

Kattumannarkoil (SC)	E. Ramalingam	DMK	L. Elayaperumal	HRPI	9,819

Kaveripattinam	P. V. S. Venkatesan	DMK	K. P. Munusamy	ADMK	35,859

Killiyur	D. Kumaradas	TMC(M)	C. Santhakumar	BJP	10,417

Kinathukadavu	M. Shanmugham	DMK	K. M. Mylswamy	ADMK	13,964

Kolathur (SC)	Selvaraj alias Kavithapithan	DMK	A. Karuppayee	ADMK	24,156

Kovilpatti	L. Ayyalusamy	CPI	K. S. Radhakrishnan	MDMK	7,487

Krishnagiri	Kanchana Kamalanathan	DMK	K. P. Kathavarayan	ADMK	35,611

Krishnarayapuram (SC)	S. Nagarathinam	DMK	A. Arivalagan	ADMK	15,177

Kulittalai	R. Selvam	DMK	A. Pappa Sundaram	ADMK	17,750

Kumbakonam	K. S. Mani	DMK	Erama Eramanatham	ADMK	35,310

Kurinjipadi	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	DMK	P. Pandarinathan	ADMK	39,013

Kuttalam	P. Kalayanam Kuttalam	DMK	M. Rajendiran	ADMK	25,721

Lalgudi	K. N. Nehru	DMK	J. Logambal	INC	59,504

Maduranthakam	S. K. Venkatesan	DMK	S. D. Ugamchand	ADMK	10,593

Madurai Central	A. Deivanayagam	TMC(M)	V. S. Chandraleka	JP	17,941

Madurai East	V. Velusamy	DMK	T. R. Janarthanan	ADMK	19,297

Madurai West	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan	DMK	R. Muthusamy	INC	44,258

Manamadurai (SC)	K. Thangamani	CPI	M. Gunasekaran	ADMK	17,770

Mangalore (SC)	S. Puratchimani	TMC(M)	V. M. S. Saravanakumar	INC	19,288

Mannargudi	V. Sivapunniam	CPI	K. Kaliyaperumal	ADMK	39,834

Marungapuri	B. M. Senguttuvan	DMK	K. Solairaj	ADMK	6,394

Mayiladuturai	M. M. S. Abul Hassan	TMC(M)	Rama Chidambaram	INC	34,604

Melmalayanur	A. Gnanasekar	DMK	Dharmarasan	INC	28,414

Melur	K. V. V. Rajamanickam	TMC(M)	C. R. Sundararajan	INC	44,741

Mettupalayam	B. Arunkumar	DMK	K. Doraiswamy	ADMK	30,752

Mettur	P. Gopal	DMK	R. Balakrishnan	PMK	20,006

Modakurichi	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan	DMK	R. N. Kittusamy	ADMK	39,540

Morappur	V. Mullaivendhan	DMK	K. Singaram	ADMK	28,274

Mudukulathur	S. Balakrishnan	TMC(M)	V. Bose	IND	22,528

Mugaiyur	A. G. Sampath	DMK	T. M. Aranganathan	ADMK	41,596

Musiri	M. N. Jothi Kannan	DMK	C. Mallika Chinnasamy	ADMK	27,768

Mylapore	N. P. Ramajayam	DMK	T. K. Sampath	ADMK	51,804

Nagapattinam	G. Nizamudeen	DMK	R. Jeevananthan	ADMK	19,728

Nagercoil	M. Moses	TMC(M)	S. Velpandian	BJP	28,478

Namakkal (SC)	K. Veisamy	DMK	S. Anbalagan	ADMK	38,065

Nanguneri	S. V. Krishnan	CPI	A. S. A. Karunakaran	ADMK	3,149

Nannilam (SC)	Padma	TMC(M)	K. Gopal	ADMK	35,973

Natham	M. Andi Ambalam	TMC(M)	S. Asai Alangaram	INC	35,636

Natrampalli	R. Mahendran	DMK	T. Anbazhagan	IND	3,221

Nellikuppam	A. Mani	DMK	M. C. Dhamodharan	ADMK	25,383

Nilakkottai (SC)	A. S. Ponnammal	TMC(M)	A. Rasu	INC	32,003

Oddanchatram	R. Sakkarapani	DMK	K. Sellamuthu	ADMK	36,823

Omalur	R. R. Sekaran	TMC(M)	C. Krishnan	ADMK	7,930

Orathanad	P. Rajamanickam	DMK	V. Suriyamoorthy	ADMK	30,349

Ottapidaram (SC)	K. Krishnasamy	JP	S. Paulraj	ADMK	1,148

Padmanabhapuram	C. Velayudhan	BJP	Bala Janathipathy	DMK	4,540

Palacode	G. L. Venkatachalam	DMK	C. Gopal	ADMK	22,073

Palani (SC)	T. Poovendhan	DMK	P. Karuppachamy	ADMK	36,660

Palayamkottai	Mohamed Kodar Maideen	DMK	P. Dharmalingam	ADMK	44,364

Palladam	S. S. Ponmudi	DMK	K. S. Duraimurugan	ADMK	32,540

Pallipet	E. S. S. Raman	TMC(M)	B. Thangavel	INC	58,492

Panamarathupatti	S. R. Sivalingam	DMK	P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy	ADMK	13,171

Panruti	V. Ramaswamy	DMK	R. Rajendran	ADMK	39,130

Papanasam	N. Karupanna Odayar	TMC(M)	R. Thirunavukkarasu	IND	38,342

Paramakudi (SC)	U. Thisaiveeran	DMK	K. Munisamy	IND	18,901

Park Town	T. Rajendar	DMK	S. V. Shankar	INC	29,479

Pattukkottai	P. Balasubramanian	DMK	Seeni Baskaran	ADMK	33,621

Pennagaram	G. K. Mani	PMK	M. Arumugam	CPI	406

Perambalur (SC)	M. Devarajan	DMK	S. Murugesan	ADMK	23,401

Perambur (SC)	Chengai Sivam	DMK	V. Neelakandan	ADMK	58,351

Peravurani	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam	TMC(M)	K. Sakthivel	INC	39,640

Periyakulam	L. Mookiah	DMK	K. M. Kader Mohideen	ADMK	21,907

Pernamallur	N. Pandurangan	DMK	C. Srinivasan	ADMK	27,793

Pernambut (SC)	V. Govindan	DMK	I. Thamizharasan	ADMK	31,174

Perundurai	N. Periyasamy	CPI	P. Periyasamy	ADMK	17,551

Perur	A. Natarasan	DMK	R. Thirumalaisamy	ADMK	57,573

Pollachi	S. Raju	DMK	V. Jayaraman	ADMK	21,814

Polur	A. Rajendran	DMK	Agri. S. Krishnamoorthy	ADMK	24,153

Pongalur	P. Mohan Kandaswamy	TMC(M)	Thalapathy Murugesan	INC	21,941

Ponneri (SC)	K. Sundaram	DMK	G. Gunasekaran	ADMK	45,391

Poombuhar	G. Mohandasan	DMK	N. Vijayabalan	ADMK	18,413

Poonamallee	D. Sudarsanam	TMC(M)	P. Krishnamoorthy	INC	50,511

Pudukottai	A. Periannan	DMK	S. C. Swaminathan	INC	42,783

Purasawalkam	B. Ranganathan	TMC(M)	Kathipara J. Gnanam	INC	72,614

Radhakrishnan Nagar	S. P. Sarkunam	DMK	R. M. D. Raveendran	ADMK	43,081

Radhapuram	M. Appavu	TMC(M)	S. K. Chandrasekaran	INC	28,946

Rajapalayam (SC)	V. P. Rajan	DMK	P. Prabakar	ADMK	18,939

Ramanathapuram	A. Rahman Khan	DMK	S. K. G. Sekar	ADMK	35,891

Ranipet	R. Gandhi	DMK	M. Masilamani	ADMK	34,127

Rasipuram	P. R. Sundaram	ADMK	R. R. Damayandhi	DMK	454

Rishivandiyam	S. Sivaraj	TMC(M)	P. Annadurai	ADMK	40,064

Royapuram	R. Mathivanan	DMK	D. Jayakumar	ADMK	17,408

Saidapet	K. Saidai Kittu	DMK	Saidai S. Duraisamy	ADMK	29,853

Salem - I	K. R. G. Dhanapalan	DMK	A. T. Natarajan	INC	30,267

Salem - II	A. L. Thangavel	DMK	S. Semmalai	ADMK	27,491

Samayanallur (SC)	S. Selvaraj	DMK	R. Raja Selvaraj	ADMK	55,648

Sankarapuram	T. Udhayasuriyan	DMK	A. Saruvar Kasim	ADMK	22,158

Sankarankoil (SC)	C. Karuppasamy	ADMK	S. Raja	DMK	600

Sankari (SC)	V. Muthu	DMK	K. K. Ramasamy	ADMK	21,336

Sathankulam	S. S. Mani Nadar	TMC(M)	B. Kasinathan	INC	25,236

Sathyamangalam	S. K. Rajendran	DMK	T. R. Attiannan	ADMK	8,784

Sattur	K. M. Vijayakumar	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	ADMK	9,364

Sedapatti	G. Thalapathi	DMK	R. Muthiah	ADMK	10,201

Sendamangalam (ST)	C. Chandrasekaran	DMK	K. Kalavathi	ADMK	19,925

Sholavandan	L. Santhanam	DMK	A. M. Paramasivan	ADMK	18,808

Sholinghur	A. M. Munirathinam	TMC(M)	S. Shanmugham	PMK	33,930

Singanallur	N. Palaniswamy	DMK	R. Duraisamy	ADMK	58,412

Sirkazhi (SC)	M. Panneerselvam	DMK	V. Bharathi	ADMK	29,694

Sivaganga	Tha. Kiruttinan Pasumpon	DMK	K. R. Muruganandam	ADMK	33,001

Sivakasi	R. Chokkar	TMC(M)	N. Alagarsamy	ADMK	18,732

Sriperumbudur (SC)	E. Kothandam	DMK	K. N. Chinnandi	INC	36,436

Srirangam	T. P. Mayavan	DMK	M. Paranjothi	ADMK	29,859

Srivaikuntam	S. David Selwyn	DMK	S. Danielraj	INC	13,209

Srivilliputhur	R. Tamaraikani	ADMK	T. Ramasamy	CPI	8,667

Talavasal (SC)	K. Rani	TMC(M)	K. Kaliyaperumal	INC	27,382

Tambaram	M. A. Vaidyalingam	DMK	K. B. Madhavan	INC	11,395

Taramangalam	P. Govindan	PMK	P. Elavarasan	DMK	24,707

Tenkasi	K. Ravi Arunan	TMC(M)	Aladi Sankaraiya	INC	30,760

Thalli	S. Raja Reddy	CPI	Venkatarama Reddi	INC	7,489

Thandarambattu	K. Manivarma	TMC(M)	A. P. Kuppusamy	ADMK	39,814

Thanjavur	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	DMK	S. D. Somasundaram	ADMK	45,082

T. Nagar	A. Chellakumar	TMC(M)	S. Vijayan	ADMK	48,998

Theni	N. R. Alagaraja	TMC(M)	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	ADMK	49,144

Thirumangalam	M. Muthuramalingam	DMK	S. Andi Thevar	ADMK	28,925

Thirumayam	V. Chinniah	TMC(M)	S. Ragupathy	ADMK	11,888

Thirunavalur	A. J. Manikannan	DMK	K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy	ADMK	12,436

Thirupparankundram	C. Ramachandran	DMK	S. V. Shanmugam	ADMK	61,409

Thiruthuraipundi (SC)	G. Palanisami	CPI	K. Gopalsami	INC	53,688

Thiruvadanai	K. R. Ramasamy	TMC(M)	D. Sakthivel	INC	51,400

Thiruvaiyaru	D. Chandrasekaran	DMK	M. Subramanian	ADMK	27,011

Thiruvattar	V. Alban	DMK	J. Hemachandran	CPM	12,354

Thiruvarur (SC)	A. Asohan	DMK	P. Arumuga Pandian	ADMK	44,367

Thiruvidaimarudhur	S. Ramalingam	DMK	T. R. Loganathan	INC	41,941

Thiruvonam	M. Ramachandran	DMK	K. Thangamuthu	ADMK	31,550

Thondamuthur	C. R. Ramachandran	DMK	T. Malaravan	ADMK	62,137

Thottiam	K. Kannaiyan	DMK	N. Nedumaran	ADMK	40,982

Thousand Lights	M. K. Stalin	DMK	Zeenath Sheriffdeen	ADMK	44,877

Tindivanam	R. Sedunathan	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	PMK	25,380

Tiruchendur	S. Jennifer Chandran	DMK	T. Dhamodharan	ADMK	31,031

Tiruchengode	T. P. Arumugam	DMK	S. Chinnusamy	ADMK	42,620

Tiruchy - I	B. Baranikumar	DMK	Pa. Krishnan	ADMK	27,510

Tiruchy - II	Anbil Poyyamozhi	DMK	P. Selvaraj	ADMK	44,829

Tirunelveli	A. L. Subramanian	DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	ADMK	23,324

Tiruppattur (41)	G. Shanmugam	DMK	P. G. Mani	ADMK	31,658

Tiruppattur (194)	R. Sivaraman	DMK	S. Kannappan	ADMK	19,277

Tirupporur (SC)	G. Chockalingam	DMK	N. K. Loganathan	ADMK	31,896

Tiruppur	K. Subbarayan	CPI	C. Sivasamy	ADMK	41,055

Tiruttani	E. A. P. Sivaji	DMK	G. Hari	ADMK	29,542

Tiruvallur	C. S. Mani	DMK	G. Kanagaraj	ADMK	33,254

Tiruvannamalai	K. Pitchandi	DMK	A. Arunachalam	INC	52,978

Thiruvarambur	K. Durai	DMK	T. Rathinavel	ADMK	46,753

Tiruvottiyur	T. C. Vijayan	DMK	B. Balraj	ADMK	75,022

Triplicane	K. Nanjil Manoharan	DMK	A. Wahab	ADMK	35,011

Tuticorin	N. Periasamy	DMK	J. L. B. Bono Venture Roche	IND	21,371

Udagamandalam	T. Gundan	DMK	H. M. Raju	INC	47,180

Udumalpet	D. Selvaraj	DMK	C. Shanmugavel	ADMK	24,320

Ulundurpet (SC)	A. Mani	DMK	M. Anandan	ADMK	20,975

Uppiliapuram (ST)	T. Karuppusami	DMK	R. Saroja	ADMK	34,568

Usilampatti	P. N. Vallarasu	FBL	P. Veluchamy	ADMK	55,903

Uthiramerur	K. Sundar	DMK	N. K. Gnanasekaran	ADMK	33,092

Valangiman (SC)	Gomathi Srinivasan	TMC(M)	V. Vivekanandan	ADMK	20,511

Valparai (SC)	V. P. Singaravelu	DMK	Kurichi Manimaran	ADMK	25,272

Vandavasi (SC)	Bala Anandan	DMK	V. Gunaseelan	ADMK	39,746

Vaniyambadi	M. Abdul Lathief	DMK	K. Kuppusamy	INC	47,253

Vanur (SC)	A. Marimuthu	DMK	S. P. Erasendiran	ADMK	23,942

Varahur (SC)	B. Duraisamy	DMK	A. Palanimuthu	ADMK	21,151

Vasudevanallur (SC)	R. Eswaran	TMC(M)	P. Suresh Babu	INC	616

Vedaranyam	S. K. Vedarathinam	DMK	P. C. V. Balasubramaniam	INC	22,792

Vedasandur	S. V. Krishnan	DMK	S. Gandhirajan	ADMK	20,769

Veerapandi	S. Arumugam	DMK	K. Arjunan	ADMK	21,151

Vellakoil	M. P. Saminathan	DMK	Durai Ramaswamy	ADMK	6,914

Vellore	C. Gnanasekaran	TMC(M)	S. B. Bhaskaran	INC	60,888

Vilathikulam	K. Ravisankar	DMK	V. Gopalsamy	MDMK	634

Vilavancode	D. Mony	CPM	V. Thankaraj	DMK	21,282

Villivakkam	J. M. Haroon Rasheed	TMC(M)	M. G. Mohan	INC	147,747

Villupuram	K. Ponmudy	DMK	S. S. Panneerselvam	ADMK	41,586

Virudhunagar	A. R. R. Seenivasan	DMK	G. Karikolraj	INC	23,487

Vridachalam	Tamizharasan	DMK	R. Govindasamy	PMK	6,885

Yercaud (ST)	V. Perumal	DMK	R. Gunasekaran	ADMK	9,394

Sentence(s)

The Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) government was defeated with J. Jayalalitha, losing the election from the Bargur constituency.

final_sentence: The Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) government was defeated with J. Jayalalitha, losing the election from the Bargur constituency.