1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election information
Elections to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu
1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
← 1991
2 May 1996
2001 →
All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
66.95%
(3.11%)
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
219
216
Popular vote
14,600,748
7,354,723
Percentage
60.77%
27.08%
Swing
30.72%
32.71%
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. Balakrishnan, also 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 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.
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