General elections were held in India in 1989 to elect the members of the 9th Lok Sabha. [1] The incumbent Indian National Congress (I) government under the premiership of Rajiv Gandhi was defeated by the National Front, an alliance forged by Janata Dal, which won a plurality of seats. The alliance formed the government with outside support from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). [2] [3] V. P. Singh was sworn in as the seventh Prime Minister of India on 2 December 1989. [4]
BJP wins 12 seats, Janata Dal wins 11 and Congress wins 3 seats out of a total of 26 seats.
Party | Seats won | |
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BJP | 12 | |
Janata Dal | 11 | |
Congress | 3 | |
No | Constituency | Winner | Party |
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1 | Kachchh | BABU BHAI MEGHJI SHAH | BJP |
2 | Surendranagar | KOLI PATEL SOMABHAI GANDHI | BJP |
3 | Jamnagar | KORADIYA CHANDRESH KUMAR VALJIBHAI (CHANDRESH PATEL) | BJP |
4 | Rajkot | VEKARIA SHIVLAL NAGIBHAI | BJP |
5 | Porbandar | MANVAR BALVANTBHAI BACHUBHAI | JD |
6 | Junagadh | SHEKHADA GOVINDHHAL KANJIBHAI | JD |
7 | Amreli | MANUBHAI KOTADIYA | JD |
8 | Bhavnagar | JAMOD SHASHIKANT MAVJIBHAI | INC |
9 | Dhandhuka (SC) | RATILAL KALIDAS VERMA | BJP |
10 | AHMEDABAD | HARIN PATHAK | BJP |
11 | Gandhinagar | VEGHELA SHANKARJI LAXMANJI | BJP |
12 | Mahesana | A.K.PATEL | BJP |
13 | Patan (SC) | CHAWADA KHEM CHANDBHAI SOMABHAI | JD |
14 | BANASKANTHA | SHAH JAYANTILAL VIRCHANDBHAI | JD |
15 | SABARKANTHA | MAGANBHAI MANIBHAI PATEL | JD |
16 | Kapadvanj | GABHAJI MANGAJI THAKOR | BJP |
17 | DOHAD (ST) | SOMAIBAHI DAMOR | INC |
18 | Godhra | PATEL SHANTILA PURUSHOTTAMDAS | JD |
19 | KAIRA | CHAUHAN PRABHATSINH HATHISINH | JD |
20 | Anand | PATEL NATHUBHAI MANIBHAI | BJP |
21 | Chota Udaipur (ST) | RAHAWA NARANBHAI JAMALBHAI | JD |
22 | BARODA | KOKO ALIAS PRAKASH KANUBHAI BRAHMBHATT | JD |
23 | BROACH | DESHMUKH CHANDUBHAI SHAMBHAI | BJP |
24 | Surat | KASHIRAM RANA | BJP |
25 | MANDAVI (ST) | GHAMIT CHHITUBHAI DEVIBHAI | INC |
26 | BULSAR (ST) | AJUNBHAI LALLUBHAI PATEL | JD |
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