Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996

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39 seats
First party Second party   Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa Party DMK AIADMK Alliance UF INC+ Seats won 39 0 Seat change 39 39 Popular vote 14,940,474 7,095,650 Percentage 54.96% 26.10% Swing 27.32% 39.16%
1996 Election map (by constituencies) Red = United Front (won all the seats)

The Indian general election, 1996 polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide for the newly formed alliance between Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) and its leader G.K. Moopanar, and the left parties who ended up getting all 39 seats. Post election, the newly formed United Front, ended up getting all the seats from Tamil Nadu, since DMK and TMC joined it, with outside support from Indian National Congress (INC). The results in Tamil Nadu is a reflection of the results nationally, where INC, ended up losing the most seats. This election was seen as redemption for Moopanar and TMC, since they left Congress, on grounds that they formed an alliance with ADMK, even though J. Jayalalithaa, leader of ADMK, was accused of many corruption charges. This led to a disastrous showing, for ADMK and Congress in Tamil Nadu, since they lost all 39 seats from the last election, and TMC reaping the benefits by getting the most seats, in this election with 20 seats.

Note: TMC(M) is a spliter-group of INC, who carried with them 6 incumbent MPs from previous election
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the average % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.

^c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1991–1996)

Source: Thinkquest Library