1999–2000 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections

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

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000

← 1997-98 5 and 11 September 1999 and 17 February 2000 2002-03 →

5 vacant seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
 
Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa
Party DMK AIADMK
Alliance NDA ADMK alliance
Leader's seat Chepauk None

Incumbent Chief Minister

M. Karunanidhi
DMK



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

Results

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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 parentheses 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

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

Natham

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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) 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(M) Swing

Thiruvattar

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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(M) S. Philomin Dhas
Independent C. Stanley Babu Raj
Majority
Turnout
CPI(M) gain from DMK Swing

Nellikuppam

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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

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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

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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

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1. ECI By-election page

References

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  1. ^ "1999 by-elections".
  2. ^ "2000 by-elections".
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)