2009 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2009
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39 seats
Turnout73.03%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa Vijayakanth
Party DMK AIADMK DMDK
Alliance UPA Third Front
None
Seats won 27 12 0
Seat change Increase1 Increase12 New
Popular vote 1,29,29,043 1,15,44,419 3,126,117
Percentage 42.54% 37.99% 10.29%
Swing Decrease8.96% Increase32.09% New
2009 Election map (by constituencies)
Green = UPA and Red = Third Front

The

United National Progressive Alliance
.

After counting on 16 May 2009, the results to everyone surprise, showed the DMK and its allies,

Pondicherry, which has one seat. Many expected, before the election, through opinion polling and voters on the ground, that AIADMK, and its allies, who were formerly with the UPA (PMK, MDMK, Left Front) in 2004, would win in a landslide, but due to the late surge of support for the DMK, and the nationwide support of the UPA government, the DMK and its allies, ended up winning the most seats, and this victory, proved crucial, for Congress to form the government on its own, without the Left Front
.

Madurai, and won his debut run in national politics. Out of the 24 incumbents from the 2004 Election, who ran again in this election, only 10 incumbents won, with 7 of the members from the DMK and 3 of the members from the Indian National Congress
(INC).

Even though it was a big victory for DMK and allies, Congress fared poorly in the state compared to DMK, where cabinet minister

Sivaganga constituency
, for past 25 years, lost according to the first counting, and won during the recount, barely winning his constituency.

Even though the opposition party failed to get more seats than the DMK and its allies, AIADMK, improved its tally to 9 seats, from winning no seats in 2004. But the opposition allies (PMK, MDMK and Left Parties), significantly lost seats compared to the 2004 election, when they allied with DMK. PMK especially lost all 6 of its seats that it got in the last Lok Sabha, coming out as the biggest loser of this election in Tamil Nadu.

Seat allotments

Election map of seat allotments based on parties contesting under the UPA alliance. Colours are based on the UPA-front table on the left

United Progressive Alliance

No.
 Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi 21
2. Indian National Congress K. V. Thangkabalu 15
3. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Thol. Thirumavalavan 2
Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket
4. Indian Union Muslim League K. M. Kader Mohideen 1

Third Front

Election map of seat allotments based on parties contesting under the Third Front alliance. Colours are based on the TF-front table on the left
No.
 Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. Jayalalithaa 23
2. Pattali Makkal Katchi
Dr. Ramdoss
 6
3. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vaiko 4
4. Communist Party of India (Marxist) N. Varadarajan 3
5. Communist Party of India Tha. Pandian 3

Voting and results

See also:
Results of the 2009 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu by state assembly constituents

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
Alliance Party Popular Vote Percentage Swing Seats won Seat Change
United Progressive Alliance Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,264,923 23.90% Decrease0.70% 17 Increase1
Indian National Congress 4,567,779 15.03% Increase0.63% 8 Decrease2
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 732,833 2.41% new party 1 new party
Indian Union Muslim League 360,474 1.19% 1
Total 12,926,009 42.53% Increase3.53% 27 Increase1
Third Front All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,953,591 22.88% Decrease6.89% 9 Increase9
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,112,908 3.66% Decrease2.29% 1 Decrease3
Communist Party of India 865,029 2.85% Decrease0.12% 1 Decrease1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 669,058 2.20% Decrease0.67% 1 Decrease1
Pattali Makkal Katchi 1,736,000 5.71% Decrease1.00% 0 Decrease5
Total 11,336,586 37.30% Decrease10.97% 34 Decrease1
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 3,126,117 10.29% new party 0 new party
Others 3,002,248 9.88% Decrease2.85% 0 Steady
Valid Votes 30,390,960 99.96%
Invalid Votes 12,787 0.04%
Total Votes 30,403,747 100.00%
Reigstered Voters/Turnout 41,620,460 73.05% Increase12.24%

†: 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 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[1]

List of elected MPs

Source: Election Commission of India[1]
24 Incumbents (7 (DMK), 8 (INC), 5 (PMK), 1 (MDMK), 1 (CPM) from the 2004 Lok Sabha election ran in this election, either for the same constituency, or a different constituency. Since the UPA and the Left Front swept the last election, all of the incumbents were either from UPA or Left Front. 15 of them are now currently running for the UPA, while the other 7 candidates, from PMK, MDMK and CPM, are running for the Third Front.

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
No Constituency Party Candidate Party Candidate
1
Thiruvallur (SC)
 AIADMK P. Venugopal DMK S. Gayathri 31,673
2
Chennai North
 DMK T.K.S. Elangovan CPI D. Pandian 19,153
3
Chennai South
 AIADMK C. Rajendran DMK R. S. Bharathy 32,935
4
Chennai Central
 DMK Dayanidhi Maran* AIADMK S. M. K. Mogamed Ali Jinnah 33,454
5
Sriperumbudur
 DMK
T.R. Baalu
* 		PMK A. K. Moorthy* 25,036
6
Kancheepuram (SC)
 INC P. Viswanathan AIADMK E. Ramakrishnan 13,103
7
Arakkonam
 DMK Jagathrakshakan PMK R. Velu* 109,796
8
Vellore
 DMK Abdulrahman AIADMK L. K. M. B. Vasu 107,393
9
Krishnagiri
 DMK
E.G. Sugavanam
* 		AIADMK K. Nanjegowdu 76,598
10
Dharmapuri
 DMK R. Thamaraiselvan PMK R. Senthil* 135,942
11
Tiruvannamalai
 DMK D. Venugopal* PMK J. Gurunathan 148,300
12
Arani
 INC M. Krishnasamy AIADMK N. Subramaniyan 106,830
13
Viluppuram (SC)
 AIADMK M. Anandan VCK K. Swamidurai 2,797
14
Kallakurichi
 DMK Sankar Adhi PMK K. Dhanaraju* 108,608
15
Salem
 AIADMK S. Semmalai INC K. V. Thangkabalu* 46,491
16
Namakkal
 DMK S. Gandhiselvan AIADMK V. Vairam Tamilarasi 102,431
17
Erode
 MDMK A. Ganeshamurthi INC E. V. K. S. Elangovan* 49,336
18
Tiruppur
 AIADMK C. Sivasami INC S. K. Kharventhan* 85,346
19
Nilgiris (SC)
 DMK A. Raja* MDMK
Dr. C. Krishnan
* 		86,021
20
Coimbatore
 CPI(M) P.R. Natarajan INC R. Prabhu* 38,664
21
Pollachi
 AIADMK K. Sugumar DMK K. Shanmugasundaram 46,025
22
Dindigul
 INC
N.S.V. Chitthan
* 		AIADMK P. Balasubramani 54,347
23
Karur
 AIADMK M. Tambidurai DMK K. C. Palanisamy 47,254
24
Tiruchirappalli
 AIADMK P. Kumar INC Sarubala R. Thondaiman 4,335
25
Perambalur
 DMK D. Napoleon AIADMK K. K. Balasubramanian 77,604
26
Cuddalore
 INC S. Alagiri AIADMK M. C. Sampath 23,532
27
Chidambaram (SC)
 VCK
Thol. Thirumaavalavan
 PMK E. Ponnuswamy* 99,083
28
Mayiladuturai
 AIADMK O. S. Manian INC Mani Shankar Aiyar* 36,854
29
Nagapattinam (SC)
 DMK
A.K.S. Vijayan
* 		CPI M. Selvaraj 47,962
30
Thanjavur
 DMK
S.S. Palanimanickam
* 		MDMK Durai Balakrishnan 101,787
31
Sivaganga
 INC P. Chidambaram* AIADMK R. S. Raja Kannappan 3,354
32
Madurai
 DMK
M.K. Azhagiri
 CPI(M) P. Mohan* 140,985
33
Theni
 INC
J.M. Aaron Rashid
* 		AIADMK Thanga Tamilselvan 6,302
34
Virudhunagar
 INC Manicka Tagore MDMK Vaiko 15,764
35
Ramanathapuram
 DMK Sivakumar AIADMK V. Sathiamoorthy 69,915
36
Thoothukkudi
 DMK S.R. Jeyadurai AIADMK Dr. Cynthia Pandian 76,649
37
Tenkasi (SC)
 CPI P. Lingam INC K. Vellaipandi 34,677
38
Tirunelveli
 INC S. Ramasubbu AIADMK K. Annamalai 21,303
39
Kanniyakumari
 DMK J. Helen Davidson BJP P. Radhakrishnan 65,687

* – represents incumbents in previous Lok Sabha (2004–2009) from Tamil Nadu.
a – Defeated candidate and party represents candidate and party that got the second most votes.


Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Cabinet Ministers

Minister Party Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha Portfolios
P. Chidambaram INC
Sivaganga
 Ministry of Home
Dayanidhi Maran[2] DMK
Chennai Central
Minister of Textiles
A. Raja[1] DMK
Nilgiris (SC)
 Minister of Communications and Information Technology
M. K. Azhagiri
[3] 		DMK
Madurai
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ministers of State

Minister Party Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha Portfolios
S. S. Palanimanickam[3] DMK
Thanjavur
 Ministry of Finance
D. Napoleon[3] DMK
Perambalur
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
S. Jagathrakshakan[3] DMK
Arakkonam
 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
S. Gandhiselvan[3] DMK
Namakkal
 Minister of state for Health and Family Welfare

[1] – Due to his involvement with the 2G spectrum allocation case, A. Raja resigned as cabinet minister and MP on 14 November 2010.[2] (See Spectrum Scandal)
[2] – Resigned on 7 July 2011 due to the CBI investigation on his involvement as Telecom minister in 2006.[3]
[3] – Resigned on 20 March 2013 as party withdraw from the government.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Election Commission of India". Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  2. ^ Hindustan Times DMK blinks, Raja quits – Hindustan Times
  3. ^ [1] 2G scam: Dayanidhi Maran resigns from cabinet, to be quizzed by CBI
  4. ^ J. Balaji (20 March 2013). "DMK Ministers meet PM, resign". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

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