Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 2006-11

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10 vacant seats in theLegislature of Tamil Nadu
First party Second party Third party   Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa Vijayakanth Party DMK AIADMK DMDK Alliance Democratic Progressive Alliance AIADMK-led Alliance N/A Leader's seat Chepauk Andipatti Vridhachalam Seats won 11 0 0 Seat change 6 6 - Popular vote 111,927 49,727 38,666 Percentage 53.61% 23.82% 18.52% Swing 10.48% 16.01% 6.66%
Chief Minister before election M. Karunanidhi DMK Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi DMK

By-elections to two state assembly constituencies were held inTamil Nadu,India, in two separate phases. Election forMadurai Central was held on 11 October 2006 and forMadurai West was held on 26 June 2007. The election results were not expected to change the prospects of the party in power, theDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and its Chief MinisterM. Karunanidhi.

Both phases of this by-election resulted in a big victory for DMK andIndian National Congress, who were part of theDemocratic Progressive Alliance. Even though in2006 assembly elections, AIADMK and its allies got more votes than DPA, when all the constituencies inMadurai are taken into account, the victory in both Madurai constituencies shows the increase in support by the people of Madurai for the DMK government and its policies since 2006.to nine state assembly constituencies were held inTamil Nadu, in four separate phases. The election forThirumangalam was held on 9 January and forBargur,Thondamuthur,Ilaiyangudi,Cumbum, andSrivaikuntam constituencies on 18 August. Also, the election took place forVandavasi andTiruchendur constituency on 19 December 2009 and finally forPennagaram constituency on 27 March 2010.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) defeatedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in Thirumangalam in the first phase and kept the winning momentum in the followinggeneral election.

In the second phase, DMK-Indian National Congress alliance swept the elections. In the third phase, DMK took advantage by winning both vacant assembly seats.^[2] All three elections witnessed high turnout, 89% in Thirumangalam, average 65% in the four constituencies in the second phase and average 80% in the two constituency in the third phase.^[3][4] Finally, DMK continued their momentum by winning the vacant Pennagaram seat, increasing their number of seats to 100. The results of the first election was declared on 12 January, the second on 21 August, the third on 23 December and the fourth on 30 March 2010. The election results were not expected to change the prospects of the party in power, the DMK, and its Chief MinisterM. Karunanidhi.

On 6 December 2009,M. Karunanidhi hinted that he might retire from active politics in June 2010. This news came before the third by-election, when he gave a speech at the function arranged by Arundathiyar organization.

These results reflect alliances that were present after the second by-election in 2007.

• 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 2006, represents, the alliance, when the VCK/DPI allied with the AIADMK.

This election was necessitated due to the death ofP. T. R. Palanivel Rajan of the DMK, who was a Minister in the current DMK government.

Source: Arasiyal Talk and ThatsTamil^[5][6]

The election was necessitated by the death of AIADMK MLA, S.V. Shanmugam.

Source: Arasiyal Talk^[5]

Source: Express Buzz^[7]

• 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 2007, represents, the alliance, when the PMK, VCK and the left allied with the DMK and were part of theDemocratic Progressive Alliance (DPA).
• PMK walked out of the AIADMK alliance, before the third by-election took place.

In the first by-election, PMK and the left parties, did not support the DMK candidate, which led to the alienation and breakup of the DPA. Citing concerns of the governance ofM. Karunanidhi, and the alienation of his allies, they decided not to support anyone or participate in this by-election.
In the second by-election, three political parties boycotted the elections includingAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam andPattali Makkal Katchi.^[8] AIADMK general secretaryJ. Jayalalithaa cited unreliability of Electronic voting machines as the reason for the poll boycott.^[9] Tamil Nadu Congress party leaderK. V. Thangabalu said that ADMK chose not to contest polls for fear of losing them.^[10]
In the third by-election, AIADMK decided not to boycott the by-election that was set to take place on 19 December 2009 for two constituencies. On 28 November 2009 the PMK decided to boycott the third assembly by-elections.

Source: Express buzz^[11]

The election was necessitated after the previous winnerM. Thambidurai was elected to the Lok Sabha in2009 election.^[12] After the initial rejection ofDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) candidate V. Chandran's candidacy, he was accepted to contest as an independent withMurasu as a symbol, which is the symbol of DMDK. Twenty four of thirty one nominations were rejected. Accepted nominations include K. R. K. Narasimhan (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), K. Asokan (Bharatiya Janata Party), S. Kannu (Communist Party of India),K. Padmarajan (Independent), Maheshwari Kannappan (Independent), S. Sakthivel (Rajini Fans Association) and A. Rajesh (Independent).^[13]

There were four candidates from recognised parties in contest in Thondamuthur constituency - M. Chinnaraju (Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP), M. N. Kandaswamy (Indian National Congress, INC), K. Thangavelu (DMDK) and V. Perumal (CPM).^[14][15]E. R. Easwaran ofKongu Nadu Munnetra Kazhagam (KMK) also contested the election. The seat fell vacant when the sitting memberM. Kannappan resigned after switching parties fromMDMK to DMK.^[16]

Nine contestants were in fray in Ilayankudi constituency. They included three from major political parties, Suba. Mathiarasan of DMK, Azhagu. Balakrishnan of DMDK and P. M. Rajendran of BJP.^[18]

11 candidates were in competition in Srivaikuntam constituency. Candidates from major political parties included M.B. Sudalaiyandi ofIndian National Congress, G. Thanalakshmi ofCommunist Party of India, S. Santhana Kumar ofBharatiya Janata Party and M. Soundarapandi ofDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam.^[20]

15 candidates were contesting the election including four candidates representing political parties. The candidates included N. Ramakrishnan ofDravida Munnetra Kazhagam, M. Sasikumar ofBharatiya Janata Party, K. Rajappan ofCommunist Party of India (Marxist), R. Arun Kumar ofDesiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam and G. Ramaraj of Uzhaippali Makkal Katchi.^[22]

AIADMK decided not to boycott the by-election that was set to take place on 19 December 2009 for two constituencies. This election will not affect the party in power, but gives a chance for both DMK and AIADMK to pick up a seat. Congress has confirmed it will campaign for DMK, while MDMK confirmed that it will campaign for the AIADMK. The left parties (CPI and CPM) have decided to extend their support for the AIADMK. On 23 November, thePattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), who are not in alliance with either DMK or AIADMK, will only contest if the current Chief MinisterM. Karunanidhi, ensures the election is run in a fair manner. The DMDK announced their candidates for the two constituencies on 27 November 2009. On 28 November 2009 the PMK decided to boycott the assembly by-elections. PMK recently walked out of the AIADMK alliance, and was expected to support the DMK candidates, but cited the dominant role of money in recent elections as one of the reasons for this decision.^{[24][25][26][27]}

For the first time, the Election Commission of India, was going to install webcams in the polling booths of the two constituencies, to monitor to see if proper procedures are taking place during voting in the polling booths.^[28]

The election was necessitated after the previous winnerS. P. Jayaraman, representing DMK, died earlier this month. AIADMK announced P. Munusamy as their candidate on 23 November 2009. On 24 November 2009, DMK announced that Kamalakannan is their candidate for this constituency.

The election was necessitated after the resignation previous winnerAnitha R. Radhakrishnan, due to the fact that he switched from AIADMK to DMK. Amman T. Narayanan was announced as the candidate for AIADMK on 23 November 2009. The incumbentAnitha R. Radhakrishnan was announced as the candidate for the DMK on 24 November 2009.

DMK'sP. N. P. Inbasekaran won the by-election for thePennagaram Constituency held on 27 March 2010.^[29] This election was caused by the death of the incumbent DMK MLAP. N. Periannan on 1 December 2009.^[30][31][32] Turn out was 84.95% with 1,70,755 votes polled totally. Inbasekaran (the son of the Periannan) won by a margin of 36,000 votes over PMK's Tamil Kumaran.^[33][34]

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