TAMIL NADU · 1996
Seats39
Electors4.25 Cr
Votes polled2.84 Cr
Median turnout67.5%
Other years: 2024201920142009200419991998199119891984198019771971
Party standings
Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)
20
of 39 seats · 51.3%
majority
Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)
20
Dravida Munetra Kazhagam
17
Communist Party Of India
2
Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes | Margin | Margin % | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madras NorthSC | Somu N.V.N | DMK | 867,464 | 389,617 | 44.9 | 55.9 |
| 2 | Madras Central | Murasoli Maran | DMK | 598,008 | 280,467 | 46.9 | 57.7 |
| 3 | Madras South | Baalu T.R | DMK | 885,229 | 339,181 | 38.3 | 56.3 |
| 4 | Sriperumbudur | Nagaratnam.T | DMK | 779,085 | 245,711 | 31.5 | 67.4 |
| 5 | Chengalpattu | Parasuraman.K | DMK | 738,989 | 235,657 | 31.9 | 70.8 |
| 6 | ArakkonamSC | Velu.A.M | TMCM | 757,483 | 264,845 | 35.0 | 73.2 |
| 7 | Vellore | Shanmugam.P | DMK | 711,693 | 211,035 | 29.7 | 67.8 |
| 8 | Tiruppattur | Venugopal.D | DMK | 732,490 | 240,264 | 32.8 | 69.0 |
| 9 | Vandavasi | Balaraman.L | TMCM | 717,844 | 173,304 | 24.1 | 69.6 |
| 10 | Tindivanam | Venkatraman G | DMK | 724,103 | 190,276 | 26.3 | 70.0 |
| 11 | Cuddalore | Venkatesan P.R.S | TMCM | 729,417 | 205,204 | 28.1 | 70.0 |
| 12 | Chidambaram | Ganesan V | DMK | 725,700 | 176,266 | 24.3 | 70.7 |
| 13 | DharmapuriSC | Theertharaman.P | TMCM | 738,915 | 131,246 | 17.8 | 65.8 |
| 14 | Krishnagiri | Narasimhan C | TMCM | 715,036 | 194,676 | 27.2 | 66.3 |
| 15 | Rasipuram | Kandasamy K | TMCM | 694,523 | 193,178 | 27.8 | 66.3 |
| 16 | Salem | Devadass.R | TMCM | 706,406 | 120,885 | 17.1 | 65.4 |
| 17 | Tiruchengode | K.P.Ramalingam | DMK | 857,452 | 193,188 | 22.5 | 64.9 |
| 18 | Nilgiris | Balasubramaniyan S.R. | TMCM | 796,437 | 281,376 | 35.3 | 66.4 |
| 19 | GobichettipalayamSC | Shanmugasundaram V.P | DMK | 691,388 | 142,968 | 20.7 | 71.1 |
| 20 | Coimbatore | Ramanathan M. | DMK | 848,217 | 262,787 | 31.0 | 64.4 |
| 21 | Pollachi | Kandasamy .V | TMCM | 696,457 | 138,891 | 19.9 | 71.9 |
| 22 | Palani | Kaarvendhan .S.K | TMCM | 735,759 | 192,633 | 26.2 | 68.9 |
| 23 | Dindigul | Chitthan.N.S.V. | TMCM | 725,466 | 267,914 | 36.9 | 67.5 |
| 24 | Madurai | Ram Babu A.G.S | TMCM | 747,383 | 189,806 | 25.4 | 62.3 |
| 25 | Periyakulam | Gnanagurusamy R | DMK | 686,544 | 131,337 | 19.1 | 67.2 |
| 26 | Karur | Natrayan.K | TMCM | 763,924 | 168,274 | 22.0 | 71.2 |
| 27 | TiruchirappalliSC | Adaikkalraj.L | TMCM | 720,232 | 264,708 | 36.8 | 67.3 |
| 28 | Perambalur | Raja A | DMK | 721,728 | 214,247 | 29.7 | 73.5 |
| 29 | MayiladuturaiSC | Rajendiran P.V | TMCM | 690,094 | 153,544 | 22.2 | 72.6 |
| 30 | Nagapattinam | Selvarasu M | CPI | 727,883 | 221,346 | 30.4 | 74.1 |
| 31 | Thanjavur | Palanimanickam S.S | DMK | 700,830 | 200,428 | 28.6 | 72.4 |
| 32 | Pudukkottai | Siva,n. | DMK | 828,411 | 177,873 | 21.5 | 73.7 |
| 33 | Sivaganga | Chidambaram P. | TMCM | 674,687 | 247,302 | 36.7 | 63.8 |
| 34 | Ramanathapuram | Udayappan, S.P. | TMCM | 664,914 | 195,304 | 29.4 | 63.7 |
| 35 | Sivakasi | Alagirisamy, V. | CPI | 808,460 | 23,622 | 2.9 | 69.3 |
| 36 | Tirunelveli | Sivaprakasam D.S.A. | DMK | 669,818 | 118,280 | 17.7 | 65.4 |
| 37 | TenkasiSC | Arunachalam, M. | TMCM | 680,617 | 95,926 | 14.1 | 69.9 |
| 38 | Tiruchendur | Dhanuskodi Athithan R. | TMCM | 596,500 | 203,711 | 34.2 | 60.9 |
| 39 | Nagercoil | Dennis N. | TMCM | 583,299 | 27,697 | 4.7 | 59.9 |