Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 1997–98

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1997/98

February 8, 1997 and February 22, 1998

3 vacant seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu

	First party	Second party

Leader	M. Karunanidhi	J. Jayalalithaa
Party	DMK	AIADMK
Alliance	UF	ADMK+
Leader's seat	Chepauk	None
Seats won	3	0
Seat change	-	-
Popular vote	145,842	121,962
Percentage	41.2%	34.4%

Chief Minister before election

M. Karunanidhi
DMK

Chief Minister

M. Karunanidhi
DMK

By-elections to Pudukottai constituency was held in Tamil Nadu on February 8, 1997. Elections for two state assembly constituencies, Coonoor and Aruppukottai were held on February 22, 1998.

The results were a sweep for the DMK. However, all three seats were held by DMK from the 1996 election, and there was a significant improvement by the AIADMK, losing by very small margins in all three constituencies.

Constituents and Results

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

Pudukottai

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1997/98: Pudukottai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	P. Mari Ayya	57,769	40.0%
	AIADMK	S. Chelladurai	45,745	31.7%
	MDMK	V.N. Mani	13,504	9.3%
	Independent	V.O.S. Panneerselvam	12,892	8.9%
	CPI(M)	P. Kumaravel	5,133	3.6%
Majority			12,024	8.3%
Turnout			144,523	66.8%
	DMK hold		Swing

Coonoor

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1997/98: Coonoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	M. Ranganathan	47,850	48.2%
	AIADMK	S. Karuppusamy	37,945	38.2%
	INC	P. Arumugam	7,189	7.2%
	ATMK	G. Guruswami Siddhan	1,144	1.2%
Majority			9,905	10.0%
Turnout			99,348	58.5%
	DMK hold		Swing

Aruppukottai

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1997/98: Aruppukottai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	Thangam Thenarasu	40,223	36.5%
	AIADMK	V.S. Panchavarnam	38,272	34.7%
	PT	P.T. Manickam	12,484	11.3%
	Independent	K. Palaniswamy	9,525	8.6%
	INC	K. Chandran	1,329	1.2%
Majority			1,951	1.8%
Turnout			110,183	65.9%
	DMK hold		Swing

References

Elections in Tamil Nadu

Council elections	1920 1923 1926 1930 1934 1937 1946

Assembly elections	1937 1946 1952 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016

Assembly by-elections	1952–95 1997–98 1999–2000 2002 2006–07 2009–2010

National elections	1951 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014

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