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2004 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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The 2004 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the Democratic Progressive Alliance, which included the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and its allies the Left Front which won all 39 seats in the state. DMK and its allies were also able to hold on to Pondicherry, which has 1 seat, which allowed the UPA to win all 40 seats in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. The 2 larger partners Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) (16) and Indian National Congress (INC) (10) won the majority of seats, with the junior partners Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) (5) and Marumaralarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) (4) winning the rest. The remaining 4 seats were won by the Left Front parties. Due to the support of the Left Front for the government at the centre, all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu, supported the formation of the UPA-led government.

Long queue of female voters at a polling booth in Madurai of Tamil Nadu on May 10, 2004
Quick facts 39 seats, First party ...
Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2004
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39 seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa
Party DMK AIADMK
Alliance INC+ (post poll UPA)+DPA+LF NDA
Seats won 39 0
Seat change Increase12 Decrease14
Popular vote 1,64,83,390 1,00,02,913
Percentage 57.40% 34.84%
Swing Increase15.73% Decrease11.57%
Prime Minister before election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

 Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

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The DPA was formed, because DMK, PMK and MDMK, left the NDA mostly on the Ayodhya issue and created an alliance that supported the UPA. The NDA paid a price for it, when their BJP-AIADMK alliance could not even win a seat in this state.[1]

Schedule

More information Event, Date ...
Event Date
Date for Nominations 16 April 2004
Last Date for filing Nominations 23 April 2004
Date for scrutiny of nominations 24 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 26 April 2004
Date of poll 10 May 2004
Date of counting 13 May 2004
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Seat allotments

Democratic Progressive Alliance

More information Party, Flag ...
Democratic Progressive Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi 15
Indian Union Muslim League K. M. Kader Mohideen 1
Indian National Congress G. K. Vasan 9
Congress Jananayaka Peravai P. Chidambaram 1
Pattali Makkal Katchi S. Ramadoss 5
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vaiko 4
Communist Party of India R. Nallakannu 2
Communist Party of India (Marxist) N. Varadarajan 2
Total 39
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National Democratic Alliance

More information Party, Flag ...
National Democratic Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. Jayalalithaa 33
Bharatiya Janata Party C. P. Radhakrishnan 6
Total 39
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People's alliance

More information Party, Flag ...
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Thol. Thirumavalavan 8 25
Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi R. S. Raja Kannappan 5
Puthiya Tamilagam K. Krishnasamy 5
Janata Dal (United) George Fernandes 3
Indian National League Janab 3
Puratchi Council 1
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Fourth front

More information Party, Flag ...
Party Flag Election symbol Leader Seats contested
Janata Party Subramanian Swamy 21 31
Puthiya Needhi Katchi A. C. Shanmugam 10
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Note: The janata party and puthiya Needhi Katchi contested in janata party's symbol

List of Candidates

More information Constituency, UPA ...
Constituency UPA NDA
# Name PartyCandidate PartyCandidate
1 Chennai North DMK C. Kuppusami BJP M. N. Sukumaran Nambiyar
2 Chennai Central DMK Dayanidhi Maran ADMK N. Balaganga
3 Chennai South DMK T. R. Baalu ADMK Bader Sayeed
4 Sriperumbudur DMK A. Krishnaswamy ADMK P. Venugopal
5 Chengalpattu PMK A. K. Moorthy ADMK K. N. Ramachandran
6 Arakkonam PMK R. Velu ADMK N. Shanmugham
7 Vellore DMK K. M. Kader Mohideen[a] ADMK A. Santhanam
8 Tiruppattur DMK D. Venugopal ADMK K. G. Subramani
9 Vandavasi MDMK N. Ramachandran Gingee ADMK R. Rajalakshmi
10 Tindivanam PMK K. Dhanaraju ADMK A. Arunmozhithevan
11 Cuddalore DMK K. Venkatapathy ADMK R. Rajendran
12 Chidambaram PMK E. Ponnuswamy BJP Tada N. Periyasamy
13 Dharmapuri PMK R. Senthil BJP P. D. Elangovan
14 Krishnagiri DMK E. G. Sugavanam ADMK K. Nanju Gowda
15 Rasipuram INC K. Rani ADMK S. Anbalagan
16 Salem INC K. V. Thangabalu ADMK A. Rajshekharan
17 Tiruchengode DMK K. Subbulakshmi Jagadisan ADMK Edappadi K. Palanisamy
18 Nilgiris INC R. Prabhu BJP Master Mathan
19 Gobichettipalayam INC E. V. K. S. Elangovan ADMK N. R. Govindarajar
20 Coimbatore CPI K. Subbarayan BJP C. P. Radhakrishnan
21 Pollachi MDMK C. Krishnan ADMK G. Murugan
22 Palani INC S. K. Kharvendhan ADMK K. Kishore Kumar
23 Dindigul INC N. S. V. Chitthan ADMK M. Jeyaraman
24 Madurai CPI(M) P. Mohan ADMK A. K. Bose
25 Periyakulam INC J. M. Aaron Rasheed ADMK T. T. V. Dhinakaran
26 Karur DMK K. C. Palanisamy ADMK N. Palanisamy Raja
27 Tiruchirappalli MDMK L. Ganesan ADMK M. Paranjothi
28 Perambalur DMK A. Raja ADMK M. Sundaram
29 Mayiladuthurai INC Mani Shankar Aiyar ADMK O. S. Manian
30 Nagapattinam DMK A. K. S. Vijayan ADMK P. J. Arjunan
31 Thanjavur DMK S. S. Palanimanickam ADMK K. Thangamuthu
32 Pudukkottai DMK S. Regupathy ADMK A. Ravichandran
33 Sivaganga INC P. Chidambaram[b] ADMK S. P. Karuppaih
34 Ramanathapuram DMK M. S. K. Bhavani Rajendran ADMK C. Murugesan
35 Sivakasi MDMK A. Ravichandran ADMK P. Kannan
36 Tirunelveli INC R. Dhanushkodi Aadhithan ADMK R. Amirtha Ganesan
37 Tenkasi CPI M. Appadurai ADMK S. Murugesan
38 Tiruchendur DMK Radhika Selvi ADMK T. Dhamodharan
39 Nagercoil CPI(M) A. V. Bellarmin BJP Pon Radhakrishnan
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Opinion Polls

More information Polling agency, Date published ...
Polling agency Date published Lead Ref.
DPA NDA Others
Indian Express-NDTV-AC Nielsen April 2004 345 DMK [2]
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Voting and results

See also: Detailed Results of the 2004 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu by assembly constituents

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
More information Alliance, Party ...
Alliance Party Popular Vote Percentage Swing Seats won Seat Change
United Progressive Alliance Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,064,393 24.60% Increase1.47% 16 Increase4
Indian National Congress 4,134,255 14.40% Increase3.30% 10 Increase8
Pattali Makkal Katchi 1,927,367 6.71% Decrease1.50% 5 Steady
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,679,870 5.95% Decrease0.10% 4 Steady
Communist Party of India 852,981 2.97% Increase0.41% 2 Increase2
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 824,524 2.87% Increase0.52% 2 Increase1
Total 16,483,390 57.50% Increase4.10% 39 Increase15
National Democratic Alliance All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,547,014 29.77% Increase3.05% 0 Decrease10
Bharatiya Janata Party 1,455,899 5.07% Decrease2.07% 0 Decrease4
Total 10,002,913 34.84% Increase0.98% 0 Decrease14
Independents 947,938 3.30% Increase2.05% 0 Steady
Other Parties (13 parties) 2,228,212 4.36% Decrease7.13% 0 Decrease1
Total 28,714,515 100.00% Steady 39 Steady
Valid Votes 28,714,515 99.94%
Invalid Votes 18,439 0.06%
Total Votes 28,732,954 100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout 47,252,271 60.81% Increase2.83%
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†: Seat change represents seats won in terms of the current alliances, which is considerably different from the last election. Also the seat change for BJP, includes the merged party MADMK, who won 1 seat in the last election.
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate 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[3]

1999 vs. 2004 Alliance

More information Coalition/Alliance, Parties contesting in Tamil Nadu from the Alliance in 1999 ...
Coalition/Alliance Parties contesting in Tamil Nadu from the Alliance in 1999 Seats won in 1999 Election Parties contesting in Tamil Nadu from the Alliance in 2004 Seats won in 2004 Election Swing
National Democratic Alliance -Bharatiya Janata Party (4)
-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (12)
-Marumaralarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (4)
-Pattali Makkal Katchi (5)
-MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1)		 26 -Bharatiya Janata Party
-All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		 0 −26
United Progressive Alliance* Indian National Congress (2)
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (10)		 12 -Indian National Congress (10)
-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (16)
-Marumaralarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (4)
-Pattali Makkal Katchi (5)		 35 +23
Left Front Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1)		 1 Communist Party of India (2)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (2)		 4 +3
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  • Note: UPA was not in existence in 1999, instead the number of seats won in 1999, represents the seats won by Indian National Congress and its allies.
  • Note: INC affiliated parties, are parties that did not form an alliance or coalition with Congress party, but instead gave outside support.
  • Note: Left front, whose parties were allies of DMK in Tamil Nadu, was not part of the UPA, in 2004, instead gave outside support.

List of Elected MPs

Main article: Results of the 2004 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu by constituency
More information Constituency, Winner ...
Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin %
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Madras North C. Kuppusami DMK 570,122 62.25 Sukumar Nambiar BJP 316,583 34.57 253,539 27.68
2 Madras Central Dayanidhi Maran DMK 316,329 61.68 N. Balaganga ADMK 182,151 35.52 134,178 26.16
3 Madras South T. R. Baalu DMK 564,578 60.41 F. Bader Sayeed ADMK 343,838 36.79 220,740 23.62
4 Sriperumbudur (SC) A. Krishnaswamy DMK 517,617 61.39 Dr. P. Venugopal ADMK 282,271 33.48 235,346 27.91
5 Chengalpattu A. K. Moorthy PMK 431,643 56.86 K. N. Ramachandran ADMK 282,919 37.27 148,724 19.59
6 Arakkonam R. Velu PMK 386,911 49.90 N. Shanmugam ADMK 284,715 36.72 102,196 13.18
7 Vellore K. M. Kader Mohideen DMK 436,642 58.46 A. Santhanam ADMK 258,032 34.55 178,610 23.91
8 Tiruppattur D. Venugopal DMK 453,786 58.47 K. G. Subramani ADMK 272,884 35.16 180,902 23.31
9 Vandavasi N. Ramachandran MDMK 394,903 56.15 R. Rajalakshmi ADMK 243,470 34.62 151,433 21.53
10 Tindivanam K. Dhanaraju PMK 367,849 50.60 A. Arunmozhithevan ADMK 276,685 38.06 91,164 12.54
11 Cuddalore K. Venkatapathy DMK 400,059 52.63 R. Rajendran ADMK 268,707 35.35 131,352 17.28
12 Chidambaram (SC) E. Ponnuswamy PMK 343,424 46.20 Thol. Thirumavalavan JD(U) 255,773 34.41 87,651 11.79
13 Dharmapuri R. Senthil PMK 397,540 55.99 P. D. Elangovan BJP 181,450 25.56 216,090 30.44
14 Krishnagiri E. G. Sugavanam DMK 403,297 54.59 K. Nanje Gowdu ADMK 284,075 38.45 119,222 16.14
15 Rasipuram (SC) K. Rani INC 384,170 55.20 S. Anbalagan ADMK 249,637 35.87 134,533 19.33
16 Salem K. V. Thangkabalu INC 444,591 59.96 A. Rajasekaran ADMK 268,964 36.28 175,627 23.69
17 Tiruchengode Subbulakshmi J. DMK 501,569 58.02 K. Palaniswami ADMK 322,172 37.27 179,397 20.75
18 Nilgiris R. Prabhu INC 494,121 63.28 Master Mathan BJP 257,619 32.99 236,502 30.29
19 Gobichettipalayam E. V. K. S. Elangovan INC 426,826 62.76 N. R. Govindarajar ADMK 212,349 31.22 214,477 31.54
20 Coimbatore K. Subbarayan CPI 504,981 57.46 C. P. Radhakrishnan BJP 340,476 38.74 164,505 18.72
21 Pollachi (SC) C. Krishnan MDMK 364,988 56.76 G. Murugan ADMK 244,067 37.96 120,921 18.81
22 Palani S. K. Kharventhan INC 448,900 64.55 K. Kishore Kumar ADMK 217,407 31.26 231,493 33.29
23 Dindigul N. S. V. Chitthan INC 407,116 58.98 M. Jeyaraman ADMK 251,945 36.50 155,171 22.48
24 Madurai P. Mohan CPI(M) 414,433 56.03 A. K. Bose ADMK 281,593 38.07 132,840 17.96
25 Periyakulam J. M. Aaron Rashid INC 346,851 49.51 T. T. V. Dhinakaran ADMK 325,696 46.49 21,155 3.02
26 Karur K. C. Palanisamy DMK 450,407 60.57 N. Raja Palanichamy ADMK 259,531 34.90 190,876 25.67
27 Tiruchirappalli L. Ganesan MDMK 450,907 63.68 M. Paranjothi ADMK 234,182 33.07 216,725 30.60
28 Perambalur (SC) A. Raja DMK 389,708 55.12 Dr. M. Sundaram ADMK 236,375 33.43 153,333 21.69
29 Mayiladuthurai Mani Shankar Aiyar INC 411,160 59.11 O. S. Manian ADMK 215,469 30.97 195,691 28.13
30 Nagapattinam (SC) A. K. S. Vijayan DMK 463,389 61.67 P J. Archunan ADMK 247,166 32.89 216,223 28.77
31 Thanjavur S. S. Palanimanickam DMK 400,986 56.58 K. Thangamuthu ADMK 281,838 39.77 119,148 16.81
32 Pudukkottai S. Regupathy DMK 466,133 56.83 A. Ravichandran ADMK 309,637 37.75 156,496 19.08
33 Sivaganga P. Chidambaram INC 400,393 60.01 S P. Karuppiah ADMK 237,668 35.62 162,725 24.39
34 Ramanathapuram Bhavani Rajenthiran DMK 335,287 49.72 C. Murugesan ADMK 225,337 33.41 109,950 16.30
35 Sivakasi A. Ravichandran MDMK 469,072 56.47 P. Kannan ADMK 304,555 36.66 164,517 19.81
36 Tirunelveli R. Dhanuskodi Athithan INC 370,127 58.40 R. Amirtha Ganesan ADMK 203,052 32.04 167,075 26.36
37 Tenkasi (SC) M. Appadurai CPI 348,000 48.87 S. Murugesan ADMK 225,824 31.71 122,176 17.16
38 Tiruchendur V. Radhika Selvi DMK 394,484 62.52 T. Thamodaran ADMK 212,803 33.72 181,681 28.79
39 Nagercoil A. V. Bellarmin CPI(M) 410,091 60.88 Pon Radhakrishnan BJP 245,797 36.49 164,294 24.39
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Post Election Analysis

Source: NES Election 2004 Analysis[4]

More information Category, DMK+ ...
Voting Pattern in Tamil Nadu
Category DMK+ AIADMK+ Others
Gender
Male 54% 32% 14%
Female 49% 39% 12%
Locality
Rural 50% 35% 15%
Urban 57% 36% 7%
Social class
Very poor 44% 37% 17%
Poor 55% 31% 14%
Lower middle 57% 37% 6%
Middle 51% 39% 10%
Caste
Upper caste 33% 54% 13%
Thevar 50% 47% 3%
Vanniyars 61% 33% 6%
Chettiyars 47% 30% 23%
Gounders 57% 33% 10%
Nadars 57% 36% 7%
Lower OBCs 55% 33% 12%
Chekkliyars, Pallars, etc. 39% 38% 23%
other Dalits 40% 37% 23%
Muslims 78% 11% 11%
Tell me how good each of the leaders are for Tamil Nadu...
Karunanidhi rated better than Jayalalithaa
Rating J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi
Bad 51% 2%
Average 31% 33%
Good 11% 39%
Very good 3% 23%
Do not know 4% 3%
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Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: The Hindu[5]
After the UPA victory in this election, Tamil Nadu was rewarded with 12 berths in Union Council of Ministers, with 6 cabinet berths, which is the most this state has ever received after an election. 7 of the Ministers were from DMK, 2 from PMK, while the rest were from Congress.

Cabinet Ministers

More information Minister, Party ...
Minister Party Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha Portfolios
P. Chidambaram INC Sivaganga Minister of Finance
Mani Shankar Aiyar INC Mayiladuthurai Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
T. R. Baalu DMK Chennai South Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways
A. Raja DMK Perambalur (SC) Minister of Environment and Forests
Dayanidhi Maran DMK Chennai Central Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Anbumani Ramadoss PMK Rajya Sabha Minister of Health and Family Welfare
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Ministers of State

More information Minister, Party ...
Minister Party Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha Portfolios
S. S. Palanimanickam DMK Thanjavur Minister of Finance
S. Regupathy DMK Pudukkottai Minister of Environment and Forests
K. Venkatapathy DMK Cuddalore Minister of Law and Justice
Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan DMK Tiruchengode Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
E. V. K. S. Elangovan INC Gobichettipalayam Minister of Commerce and Industry
R. Velu PMK Arakkonam Minister of Railways
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Assembly Segment wise lead

More information Party, Assembly segments ...
Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2006 election)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 96 96
Indian National Congress 59 34
Pattali Makkal Katchi 29 18
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 24 6
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12 9
Communist Party of India 12 6
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1 61
Janata Dal (United) 1 0
Others 0 4
Total 234
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Indian Union Muslim League candidate contested on the "Rising Sun" symbol of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and is officially recorded as a DMK candidate in electoral records.
  2. [b]
    Congress Jananayaka Peravai candidate contested on the "Hand" symbol of the Indian National Congress, and is officially recorded as a INC candidate in electoral records.

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