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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001

234 seats · 184 changed party since 1996

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Party standings

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001 · 11 parties won seats

Derived
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 132 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 31 seatsTMCM — 23 seatsPattali Makkal Katchi — 20 seatsIndian National Congress — 7 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 6 seatsCommunist Party of India — 5 seats4 other parties — 10 seats118234of 234 seats
  • AIADMK132
  • DMK31
  • TMCM23
  • PMK20
  • INC7
  • CPM6
  • CPI5
  • Others10

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam13256%88,15,38731.4%141
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam3113%86,69,86430.9%183
TMCMTMCM2310%18,85,7266.7%32
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi209%15,57,5005.6%27
INCIndian National Congress73%6,96,2052.5%14
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)63%4,70,7361.7%8
CPICommunist Party of India52%4,44,7101.6%8
BJPBharatiya Janata Party42%8,95,3523.2%21
INDIndependent31%17,28,4406.2%978
MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam21%14,33,9435.1%214
FBLFBL10%39,2480.1%1
PTPuthiya Tamilagam00%3,55,1711.3%10

+ 36 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001 · winner by seat

234 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 118

2001 · selected
Majority 118
AIADMK132DMK31TMCM23PMK20INC7CPM6CPI5BJP4IND3MDMK2+1 more · 1 seats
1996 · previous
Majority 118

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1996 → 2001

1996 2001· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
21.5
31.4
42.1
30.9
9.3
6.7
3.8
5.6
5.6
2.5
1.8
3.2
3.8
6.2
AIADMKDMKTMCMPMKINCBJPIND

Seat change

2001 seats minus 1996 seats

seats lostseats gained
AIADMK
4 → 132
+128
DMK
173 → 31
−142
TMCM
39 → 23
−16
PMK
4 → 20
+16
INC
0 → 7
+7
CPM
1 → 6
+5
CPI
8 → 5
−3
BJP
1 → 4
+3
IND
1 → 3
+2
MDMK
0 → 2
+2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1996 → 2001

share lostshare gained
AIADMK
21.5% → 31.4%
+10.0%
IND
3.8% → 6.2%
+2.4%
PMK
3.8% → 5.6%
+1.7%
BJP
1.8% → 3.2%
+1.4%
PT
0.0% → 1.3%
+1.3%
MTD
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
PNK
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
MGRK
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
JD
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
JP
0.6% → 0.1%
−0.5%

Biggest AIADMK–DMK swings

Seats where the AIADMK-vs-DMK vote gap moved most, 1996 → 2001. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (AIADMK share − DMK share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward AIADMK; to the left, toward DMK.

toward DMKtoward AIADMK
Thiruvottiyur
+96.5%
Alandur
+90.4%
Mylapore
+89.7%
Pernambattu
+87.7%
Kalasapakkam
+81.2%
Kolathur
+80.2%
Valangiman
+79.6%
Thandarambattu
−77.3%
Pudukkottai
+76.2%
Srirangam
+75.8%
Yercaud
+75.2%
Arakkonam
+74.8%

Closest races · 2001

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 2001

234 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1996