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

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

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

See also

1. ECI By-election page