1998 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998
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16, 22 and 28 February 1998
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39 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered4,55,77,788
Turnout2,64,10,702 (57.95%) Decrease8.98%
  First party Second party
 
Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance NDA UF+LF
Seats won 30 9
Seat change Increase30 Decrease30
Popular vote 1,21,69,812 1,09,37,809
Percentage 47.53% 42.72%
Swing Increase29.47% Decrease12.24%
  Third party
 
INC
Party Congress (I)
1998 Election map (by constituencies)
Saffron = NDA and Red = UF
Prime Minister before election

Inder Kumar Gujral
JD

Prime Minister after election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

The 1998 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. New elections were called when Indian National Congress (INC) left the United Front government led by I. K. Gujral, after they refused to drop the regional Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party from the government after the DMK was linked by an investigative panel to Sri Lankan separatists blamed for the killing of Rajiv Gandhi.[1] The result was a landslide victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) winning 30 seats, which helped result in Atal Bihari Vajpayee being sworn in as the 16th Prime Minister of India. J. Jayalalithaa and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, broke off from their long alliance with Indian National Congress and formed an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party, by joining the National Democratic Alliance. This state proved to be very important in determining the prime minister, since the 18 seats of AIADMK proved valuable for BJP to hold power. That was short-lived, since the AIADMK left the alliance in less than a year, and BJP lost the vote of confidence resulting in fresh elections being called.

Seat allotments

Source: Frontline [2]

National Democratic Alliance

Source: Indian Express[3]

National Democratic Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. Jayalalithaa 22
Pattali Makkal Katchi Dr. Ramdoss 5
Bharatiya Janata Party K. N. Lakshmanan 5
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vaiko 5
Janata Party Subramanian Swamy 1
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy 1
Total 39

NOTE: Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress candidate ran as an independent.

United Front

DMK-led Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Tamil Maanila Congress G. K. Moopanar 20
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi 17
Communist Party of India R. Nallakannu 2
Total 39
  • Note: Even though CPI(M) originally wanted to contest in support of the United Front, it decided to contest alone when only 1 seat (Coimbatore) was offered.
  • After the fallout, CPM wanted to contest 6 seats in Tamil Nadu on its own, but eventually only contested 2 seats and decided to support DMK-TMC front in the other 37 seats.
  • This was done to keep out the possibility of any vote splitting that might result in NDA gaining seats.[4]

Congress alliance

INC-led Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Indian National Congress Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy 35
MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Su. Thirunavukkarasar 3
United Communist Party of India D. Pandian 1
Total 39

List of Candidates

Constituency NDA United Front INC+
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Chennai North MDMK R. T. Sabapathy Mohan DMK C. Kuppusami INC G. K. J. Bharathi
2 Chennai Central AIADMK D. Jayakumar DMK Murasoli Maran INC Era. Anbarasu
3 Chennai South BJP Jana Krishnamoorthy DMK T. R. Baalu INC M. P. Subramaniam
4 Sriperumbudur AIADMK K. Venugopal DMK T. Nagaratnam INC K. Jeyakumar
5 Chengalpattu AIADMK Kanchi Panneerselvam DMK K. Parasuraman INC T. N. Muruganandam
6 Arakkonam AIADMK C. Gopal TMC(M) A. M. Velu INC R. Dhamotharan
7 Vellore PMK N. T. Shanmugam DMK T. A. Mohammad Saqhe INC B. Akber Pasha
8 Tiruppattur AIADMK S. Krishnamoorthy DMK D. Venugopal INC R. Kannabiran
9 Vandavasi PMK M. Durai TMC(M) L. Balaraman INC M. Krishnasamy
10 Tindivanam MDMK N. Ramachandran Gingee DMK G. Venkatraman INC K. Ramamurthee
11 Cuddalore AIADMK M. C. Dhamodaran TMC(M) P. R. S. Venkatesan INC Dr. R Eramadass
12 Chidambaram PMK R. Ezhilmalai DMK V. Ganesan INC P. Vallalperuman
13 Dharmapuri PMK K. Pary Mohan TMC(M) P. Theertharaman UCPI P. K. Pattabiraman
14 Krishnagiri AIADMK K. P. Munusamy TMC(M) D. R. Rajaram INC Aga. Krishnamurthy
15 Rasipuram AIADMK V. Saroja TMC(M) K. Kandasamy INC K. Thenmozhi
16 Salem TRC K. Ramamurthy TMC(M) R. Devadass INC K. V. Thangkabalu
17 Tiruchengode AIADMK Edappadi K. Palanisamy DMK K. P. Ramalingam INC P. Palanisamy
18 Nilgiris BJP M. Master Mathan TMC(M) S. R. Balasubramaniam INC R. Prabhu
19 Gobichettipalayam AIADMK V. K. Chinnasamy DMK N. Ramasamy INC E. V. K. S. Elangovan
20 Coimbatore BJP C. P. Radhakrishnan DMK K. R. Subbian INC R. Krishnan
21 Pollachi AIADMK M. Thiyagarajan TMC(M) Kovai Thangam INC R. Eswaravelu
22 Palani MDMK A. Ganeshamurthi TMC(M) S. K. Kharvendhan INC K. S. Venugopal
23 Dindigul AIADMK Dindigul C. Sreenivasan TMC(M) N. S. V. Chitthan MADMK S. Latha
24 Madurai JP Subramaniyam Swamy TMC(M) A. G. S. Rambabu INC D. Pandian
25 Periyakulam AIADMK Sedapatti Muthaih DMK R. Gandhimathi INC M. Veeraprakash
26 Karur AIADMK M. Thambidurai DMK K. Natrayan INC K. P Shanmuga Sundaram
27 Tiruchirappalli BJP Rangarajan Kumaramangalam TMC(M) L. Adaikalaraj INC Subbha Somu
28 Perambalur AIADMK P. Rajarathinam DMK A. Raja INC P. V. Subramanian
29 Mayiladuturai PMK P. D. Arul Mozhi TMC(M) K. Krishnamoorthy INC R. Thirunavukkarasu
30 Nagapattinam AIADMK Dr. K. Gopal CPI M. Selvarasu INC M. Thiagarajan
31 Thanjavur MDMK L. Ganesan DMK S. S. Palanimanickam INC Mathiyalagan
32 Pudukkottai AIADMK Raja Paramasivam DMK P. N. Siva MADMK Su. Thirunavukkarasar
33 Sivaganga AIADMK K. Kalimuthu TMC(M) P. Chidambaram INC M. Gowrishankaran
34 Ramanathapuram AIADMK V. Sathyamoorthy TMC(M) S. P. Udaiyappan INC V. Rajeshwaren
35 Sivakasi MDMK Vaiko CPI V. Alagirisamy INC K. Rajendran
36 Tirunelveli AIADMK M. R. Kadambur Janardhanan DMK R. Sarath Kumar MADMK G. R. Edmund
37 Tenkasi AIADMK S. Murugesan TMC(M) M. Arunachalam INC V. Selvaraj
38 Tiruchendur AIADMK Ramarajan TMC(M) Dhanushkodi Aadhithan INC Kumari Ananthan
39 Nagercoil BJP Pon Radhakrishnan TMC(M) N. Dennis INC P. S. Stanislaus

Voting and results

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
Election Map (Results reflected as %seats won by districts)
  AIADMK-BJP alliance won all the seats in this district

  AIADMK-BJP alliance won 67% of the seats (Vellore)

  DMK-TMC-CPI alliance won all the seats in this district
Alliance Party Popular Vote Percentage Swing Seats won Seat Change
National Democratic Alliance All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,628,928 25.89% Increase18.05% 18 Increase18
Pattali Makkal Katchi 1,548,976 6.05% Increase4.02% 4 Increase4
Bharatiya Janata Party 1,757,645 6.86% Increase3.93% 3 Increase3
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,602,504 6.26% Increase1.76% 3 Increase3
Janata Party 266,202 1.04% Increase0.28% 1 Increase1
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress 365,557 1.43% 1 Increase 1
Total 12,169,812 47.53% Increase29.47% 30 Increase30
United Front Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,140,266 20.08% Decrease5.55% 5 Decrease12
Tamil Maanila Congress 5,169,183 20.19% Decrease6.81% 3 Decrease17
Communist Party of India 628,360 2.45% Increase0.12% 1 Decrease1
Total 10,937,809 42.72% Decrease12.24% 9 Decrease30
INC+ Indian National Congress 1,223,102 4.78% Decrease13.48% 0 Steady
MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 278,324 1.09% new party 0 new party
United Communist Party of India 10,018 0.04% new party 0 new party
Total 1,511,444 5.91% Decrease12.35% 0 Steady
Independents 265,029 1.03% Decrease1.97% 0 Steady
Other Parties (10 parties) 719,704 2.81% Decrease2.91% 0 Steady
Total 25,603,798 100.00% Steady 39 Steady
Valid Votes 25,603,798 96.94%
Invalid Votes 806,904 3.06%
Total Votes 26,410,702 100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout 45,577,788 57.95% Decrease8.98%

†: Seat change represents seats won in terms of the current alliances, which is considerably different from the last election.
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate in Tamil Nadu that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India[5]

List of Elected MPs

Constituency V% Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Madras North 46.58% C. Kuppusami DMK 401,322 47.11 R. T. M. Sabapathy Mohan MDMK 332,229 39.00 69,093 8.11
2 Madras Central 49.50% Murasoli Maran DMK 300,774 51.73 D. Jayakumar ADMK 229,047 39.39 71,727 12.34
3 Madras South 47.35% T. R. Baalu DMK 432,913 48.17 Jana Krishnamurthi BJP 412,899 45.94 20,014 2.23
4 Sriperumbudur (SC) 57.23% K. Venugopal ADMK 326,528 46.89 T. Nagaratnam DMK 302,733 43.48 23,795 3.41
5 Chengalpattu 60.67% Kanchi Panneerselvam ADMK 329,239 49.10 K. Parasuraman DMK 306,323 45.68 22,916 3.42
6 Arakkonam 67.26% C. Gopal ADMK 359,431 51.56 A. M. Velu TMC 309,943 44.46 49,488 7.10
7 Vellore 62.98% N. T. Shanmugam PMK 331,035 49.12 T. A. Mohammed Saqhy DMK 304,630 45.20 26,405 3.92
8 Tiruppattur 63.99% D. Venugopal DMK 322,990 47.88 S. Krishnamoorthy ADMK 322,716 47.83 274 0.05
9 Vandavasi 62.03% M. Durai PMK 327,010 50.66 L. Balaraman TMC 261,935 40.58 65,075 10.08
10 Tindivanam 63.39% Gingee N. Ramachandran MDMK 320,141 49.36 G. Venkatraman DMK 288,688 44.51 31,453 4.85
11 Cuddalore 61.17% S. Damodaran ADMK 309,985 48.84 P. R. S. Venkatesan TMC 282,856 44.56 27,129 4.28
12 Chidambaram (SC) 64.87% Dalit Ezhilmalai PMK 305,372 45.81 C. V. Ganesan DMK 297,417 44.62 7,955 1.19
13 Dharmapuri 54.42% K. Pary Mohan PMK 341,917 55.04 P. Theertharaman TMC 242,490 39.03 99,427 16.01
14 Krishnagiri 58.08% K. P. Munusamy ADMK 315,762 50.71 D. R. Rajaram TMC 266,413 42.78 49,349 7.93
15 Rasipuram (SC) 54.74% V. Saroja ADMK 302,801 52.35 K. Kandasamy TMC 248,424 42.95 54,377 9.40
16 Salem 57.70% Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy IND 365,557 55.47 R. Devadass TMC 229,677 34.85 135,880 20.62
17 Tiruchengode 53.54% Edappadi K. Palaniswami ADMK 414,992 54.70 K. P. Ramalingam DMK 310,183 40.89 104,809 13.81
18 Nilgiris 55.50% Master Mathan BJP 322,818 46.49 S. R. Balasubramaniam TMC 262,433 37.80 60,385 8.69
19 Gobichettipalayam 61.43% V. K. Chinnasamy ADMK 329,753 54.73 N. Ramasamy DMK 215,111 35.71 114,642 19.02
20 Coimbatore 55.28% C. P. Radhakrishnan BJP 449,269 55.85 K. R. Subbian DMK 304,593 37.86 144,676 17.99
21 Pollachi (SC) 56.42% M. Thiyagarajan ADMK 306,083 55.22 Kovai Thangam TMC 210,682 38.01 95,401 17.21
22 Palani 47.08% A. Ganeshamurthi MDMK 286,300 47.08 S. K. Kharventhan TMC 258,863 42.57 27,437 4.51
23 Dindigul 53.47% Dindigul C. Sreenivasan ADMK 276,106 46.55 N. S. V. Chitthan TMC 260,907 43.98 15,199 2.57
24 Madurai 50.12% Subramanian Swamy JNP 266,202 40.48 A. G. S. Ram Babu TMC 245,305 37.30 20,897 3.18
25 Periyakulam 57.18% Sedapatti R. Muthiah ADMK 319,672 53.06 R. Gandhimathy DMK 249,092 41.34 70,580 11.72
26 Karur 59.84% M. Thambidurai ADMK 327,480 50.39 K. Natrayan TMC 283,807 43.67 43,673 6.72
27 Tiruchirappalli 54.97% Rangarajan Kumaramangalam BJP 305,233 48.39 L. Adaikalaraj TMC 293,778 46.57 11,455 1.82
28 Perambalur (SC) 64.56% P. Rajarethinam ADMK 341,118 53.37 A. Raja DMK 280,682 43.91 60,436 9.46
29 Mayiladuturai 64.97% K. Krishnamoorthy TMC 286,098 45.68 P. D. Arulmozhi PMK 243,642 38.90 42,456 6.78
30 Nagapattinam (SC) 64.75% M. Selvarasu CPI 375,589 58.77 Dr. K. Gopal ADMK 244,286 38.23 131,303 20.54
31 Thanjavur 63.71% S. S. Palanimanickam DMK 324,344 51.81 L. Ganesan MDMK 276,140 44.11 48,204 7.70
32 Pudukkottai 66.81% Paramasivam Raja ADMK 288,072 37.25 P. N. Siva DMK 257,552 33.30 30,520 3.95
33 Sivaganga 57.45% P. Chidambaram TMC 303,854 51.15 K. Kalimuthu ADMK 244,713 41.19 59,141 9.96
34 Ramanathapuram 56.87% V. Sathiamoorthy ADMK 258,978 43.83 S. P. Udayappan TMC 234,886 39.76 24,092 4.07
35 Sivakasi 64.95% Vaiko MDMK 387,694 50.68 V. Alagirisamy CPI 252,771 33.05 134,923 17.63
36 Tirunelveli 56.68% Kadambur R. Janarthanan ADMK 247,823 41.44 R. Sarathkumar DMK 240,919 40.29 6,904 1.15
37 Tenkasi (SC) 65.29% S. Murugesan ADMK 270,053 41.84 M. Arunachalam TMC 172,786 26.77 97,267 15.07
38 Tiruchendur 53.95% Ramarajan ADMK 264,290 49.34 R. Dhanuskodi Athithan TMC 217,435 40.59 46,855 8.75
39 Nagercoil 58.32% N. Dennis TMC 296,611 50.00 Pon Radhakrishnan BJP 267,426 45.08 29,185 4.92

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: The Tribune[6][7]

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 P. R. Kumaramangalam Tiruchirappalli Cabinet Minister Power 19 March
1998 		13 October
1999 		BJP
Parliamentary Affairs 30 January
1999
Non-Conventional Energy Sources 3 February
1999
Law, Justice and Company Affairs 9 April
1999 		8 June
1999
2 Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy Salem Petroleum and Natural Gas 19 March
1998 		13 October
1999 		TRC
3 M. Thambidurai Karur Law, Justice and Company Affairs 19 March
1998 		8 April
1999 		AIADMK
Surface Transport 8 April
1998
4 R. Muthiah Periyakulam Surface Transport 19 March
1998 		8 April
1998
5 Dalit Ezhilmalai Chidambaram (SC) MoS(I/C) Health and Family Welfare 20 March
1998 		14 August
1999 		PMK
6 R. K. Kumar Rajya Sabha
(Tamil Nadu) 		MoS Finance 20 March
1998 		22 May
1998 		AIADMK
Parliamentary Affairs 19 March
1998
7 Kadambur R. Janarthanan Tirunelveli Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 20 March
1998 		8 April
1999
Finance 22 May
1998
  • Note: R. Muthiah resigned in just 20 days in office, due to his assets coming into question by the high court in Madras.[8] In a year, cabinet ministers M. Thambidurai resigned along with M.R. Janarthanam, who was the replacement of R. Muthiah, as part of AIADMK's withdrawal from NDA, to start up fresh elections in 1999. Vazhappady Ramamurthy also refused to quit his cabinet ministership, and quit his relationship with AIADMK while keeping its relationship with NDA.[6]

See also

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