DOWNFALL OF CONGRESS PARTY IN TAMIL NADU

YEAR                SEAT CONTESTED                      SEATS WON

1967                   232                                                   51

1971                   201(Cong:O)                                    15

1977                   198                                                    27

1980                    114                                                   31

1984                     73                                                     61

1989                    214                                                    26

1991                      65                                                    60

1996                      64                                                    NIL

2001                     14                                                        7

2006                      48                                                     34

2011                      63                                                       5