1952–1995 Tamil Nadu by-elections

Below is a list of by-elections held in Tamil Nadu from 1952 to 1995.

1993

The by-election took place due to the death of Shri Senapathy.

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1993: Palani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy	278,995	42.4%
	DMK	Smt. Subbulaxmi	234,070	35.6%
	INC	Venugopal	130,626	19.8%
Majority			44,925
Turnout			658,145
	AIADMK hold		Swing

1985

The by-election took place due to the death of Shri K.T. Kosalram.

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1985: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	169,710	62.0%
	JP	P. Vijayaraghavan	93,891	34.3%
Majority			75,819
Turnout			273,776
	INC hold		Swing

1982

The by-election took place due to the death of Shri C.N. Natarajan.

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1982: Periyakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S.T.K. Jakkay	252,377	50.1%
	DMK	C.N Eramaddrishnan	183,117	36.4%
	INC	A.K. Sheik	28,869	5.7%
	CPI	A. Wahab	16,366	3.2%
	Independent	M. Pandian	10,261	2.0%
Majority			69,260
Turnout			503,651
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

1980

The by-election took place due to the death of Shri Karunanithi Thazhai.

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1980: Nagapattinam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Murugaiyan	288,000	51.1%
	AIADMK	M. Mahalingam	272,059	48.3%
Majority			15,941
Turnout			563,400
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 1980: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Singravadivel	309,868	57.5%	4.6%
	AIADMK	P. Dharmalingam	217,020	40.3%	−3.9%
Majority			92,848
Turnout			538,725
	INC hold		Swing

• Note: S. Singravadivel ran as a candidate with Congress (Indira faction).

1973

The by-election took place due to the death of Shri M.Rajangam.

Bye-election, 1973: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Maya Thevar	2,60,824	52.0
	INC(O)	V. C. Sitthan	1,19,032	20.1%
	DMK	Pon Muthu Ramalingam	93,496	18.5%
	INC	Seemaisamy	11,423	2.2%
Majority			1,41,792
Turnout			6,43,704
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing