1999–2000 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1999/2000
5 vacant seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent Chief Minister; M. Karunanidhi; DMK	; ;

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.

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

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

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

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)	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

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

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

References

^ "1999 by-elections".
^ "2000 by-elections".
^ "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)

[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)

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