1989 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989

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39 (of 529) seats to the Lok Sabha
First party Second party   Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance Congress alliance National Front (India) Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Seats won 38 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 15,042,676 8,918,905 Percentage 56.98% 33.78% Swing 1.89% 1.63%
1989 election map (by constituencies) Green = INC+ (won all the seats)

The 1989 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for Indian National Congress, and its ally All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, winning 38 out of 39 seats. This election marked the dominance of INC-AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, till 1996. The opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam failed to win a single seat, resulting in the party's downturn in national and state politics for the coming years. Because National Front won at the national level, Rajya Sabha member Murasoli Maran got a cabinet berth in the new V. P. Singh administration.

Voting and results[]

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Election Map (Results reflected as %seats won by districts)

  ADMK-INC alliance won all the seats in this district

  DMK-JP-CPI alliance won the lone seat in this district (Nagapattinam)

Results by Alliance[]

• The two seats won in 1984 represents seats won by DMK.

List of Elected MPs[]

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu[]

Source: New York Times^[1]
Due to the fact, that the DMK-JD were routed in Tamil Nadu, VP Singh had to choose Rajya Sabha member, Murasoli Maran to represent Tamil Nadu in his cabinet.

Cabinet Ministers[]

See also[]

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

Bibliography[]

• Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha

References[]

External links[]

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History