| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Gopinath | INC | 65,034 | 37.79% |
| 2 | S. John Timothy | DMDK | 50,882 | 29.56% |
| 3 | S. A. Sathya | IND | 24,639 | 14.32% |
| 4 | Balakrishnan | BJP | 19,217 | 11.17% |
| 5 | Chitrambalam | IND | 6,325 | 3.68% |
| 6 | S. Ramadevan | IND | 2,018 | 1.17% |
| 7 | G. C. Ramaswamy | IND | 1,517 | 0.88% |
| 8 | H. Sanaulla Shariff | BSP | 1,430 | 0.83% |
| 9 | V. Manjunath | IND | 1,044 | 0.61% |