1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

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All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.95% (Increase3.11%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa
Party DMK AIADMK
Alliance United Front Congress alliance
Leader's seat Chepauk Bargur
(lost)
Seats won 221 4
Seat change Increase219 Decrease216
Popular vote 14,600,748 7,354,723
Percentage 60.77% 27.08%
Swing Increase30.72% Decrease32.71%

1996 election map (by constituencies)

CM before election

J. Jayalalithaa
AIADMK

Elected CM

M. Karunanidhi
DMK

The eleventh legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 2 May 1996. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led front won the election and its leader M. Karunanidhi, became the chief minister. This was his fourth term in office. S. Balakrishnanalso known as So. Balakrishnan of Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), became the Leader of the Opposition.[1] The incumbent All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government was defeated in a landslide manner with its general secretary and outgoing chief minister J. Jayalalithaa losing the election from the Bargur constituency. She became the first Incumbent Chief Minister since M. Bakthavatsalam in 1967 to lose her own constituency.

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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