Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 1999–2000

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000

September 5 and 11, 1999 and February 17, 2000

5 vacant seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu


Leader	M. Karunanidhi	J. Jayalalithaa
Party	DMK	AIADMK
Alliance	NDA	ADMK+
Leader's seat	Chepauk	None

Incumbent Chief Minister

M. Karunanidhi
DMK

By-elections to Natham and Thiruvattar constituencies were held in Tamil Nadu, India, on September 5 and 11, 1999 respectively. Elections for three state assembly constituencies, Nellikuppam, Tiruchirappalli - II and Arantangi were held on February 17, 2000.

In the first phase, TMC lost a seat to ADMK and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost a seat to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)). In the second phase, ADMK splinter party MADMK, was able to pick up a seat from ADMK and DMK was able to hold on to its seats.

Results

DMK+	SEATS	ADMK+	SEATS	TMC+	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
DMK	172 (-1)	AIADMK	4	TMC	38 (-1)	CPI	8
BJP	1	PMK	4			CPM	2 (+1)
MADMK	1 (+1)	INC	0			FBL	1
MDMK	0					JD	1
						JP	1
						IND	1

TOTAL (2000)	174	TOTAL (2000)	8	TOTAL (2000)	38	TOTAL (2000)	14
TOTAL (1996)	221	TOTAL (1996)	8	TOTAL (1996)	n/a	TOTAL (1996)	5

The number on the left, in the table, represents the total number of MLAs after the by-election, and the number in parenthesis represents, the seats picked up or lost due to the by-election
The numbers presented for 1996, represents, the alliance, when the TMC and the left allied with the DMK.

Constituents and results

Source: Election Commission of India^[1]^[2]

Natham

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Natham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Viswanathan	38,764	34.2%
	MDMK	P. Chellam	31,220	27.6%
	TMC	M. Andi Ambalam	28,465	25.1%
	Independent	S.R. Balasubramanian	14,168	12.5%
Majority			7,544	8.3%
Turnout			113,233	62.0%
	AIADMK gain from TMC		Swing

Thiruvattar

Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly^[3]

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Thiruvattar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	J. Hemachandran
	DMK	Dr. J. Pushpaleela
	TMC	S. Philomin Dhas
	Independent	C. Stanley Babu Raj
Majority
Turnout
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing

Nellikuppam

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Nellikuppam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V.C. Shanmugam	62,256	56.1%
	AIADMK	M. Velayutham	47,367	42.7%
	PT	Selvarasu	900	0.8%
Majority			14,889	13.4%
Turnout			112,123	65.5%
	DMK hold		Swing

Tiruchirappalli - II

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Tiruchirappalli - II
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Anbil Periyasamy	60,990	57.9%
	AIADMK	T. Rathinavel	41,330	39.2%
	PT	M. Ramesh	1,283	1.22%
Majority			19,660	18.7%
Turnout			105,338	47.5%
	DMK hold		Swing

Arantangi

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000: Arantangi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MADMK	C. Anbarasan	71,491	53.8%
	AIADMK	Raja Paramasivam	44,733	33.7%
	PT	M. Jesuraj	8,211	6.2%
Majority			26,758	20.2%
Turnout			134,066	50.7%
	MADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

References

Elections in Tamil Nadu

Council elections	1920 1923 1926 1930 1934 1937 1946

Assembly elections	1937 1946 1952 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016

Assembly by-elections	1952–95 1997–98 1999–2000 2002 2006–07 2009–2010

National elections	1951 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014

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