2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Table:
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

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