1989 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

For State Assembly election, see 1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989

←  1984 November 1989 1991  →
39 (of 529) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	40,027,212
Turnout	26,763,788 (66.86%) 6.12%
First party Second party   Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance Congress alliance NF+LF 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)
Seat Wise Result
Prime Minister before election Rajiv Gandhi INC(I) Prime Minister after election V. P. Singh JD

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.

Seat Allotment

Congress Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Indian National Congress		Rajiv Gandhi	28
2.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J. Jayalalithaa	11

National Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	31
2.		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		A.Nallasivam	4
3.		Janata Dal		Era.Sezilyan	2
4.		Communist Party of India		P.Manickam	2

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)

Alliance		Party		Popular Vote	Percentage	Swing	Seats won	Seat Change
	AIADMK+		Indian National Congress	10,524,027	39.86%	0.65%	27	2
			All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	4,518,649	17.12%	1.24%	11	1
			Total	15,042,676	56.98%	1.89%	38	1
	National Front		Communist Party of India	539,316	2.04%	1.37%	1	1
			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	7,038,849	26.66%	0.76%	0	2
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	965,838	3.66%	0.82%	0
			Janata Dal	374,902	1.42%	new party	0	new party
			Total	8,918,905	33.78%	1.63%	1	1
	Pattali Makkal Katchi			1,536,350	5.82%	new party	0	new party
	Independents			599,759	2.27%	0.49%	0
	Other Parties (14 parties)			302,040	1.15%		0
Total				26,399,730	100.00%		39
Valid Votes				26,399,730	98.64%
Invalid Votes				364,058	1.36%
Total Votes				26,763,788	100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout				40,027,212	66.86%	6.12%

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

List of Elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Madras North	D. Pandian		INC	445,197	54.84	N. V. M. Somu		DMK	331,426	40.83	113,771	14.01
2	Madras Central	Era Anbarasu		INC	329,739	53.35	A. Kalinidhi		DMK	263,333	42.61	66,406	10.74
3	Madras South	Vyjayantimala Bali		INC	445,864	53.91	Arunachalam Alias Aladi Aruna		DMK	320,020	38.70	125,844	15.21
4	Sriperumbudur (SC)	Maragatham Chandrasekhar		INC	387,795	54.90	K. Ganesan		DMK	233,244	33.02	154,551	21.88
5	Chengalpattu	Kanchee Paneer		AIADMK	338,711	49.12	M. V. Ramu		DMK	215,844	31.30	122,867	17.82
6	Arakkonam	R. Jeevarathinam		INC	299,587	42.77	K. Murthy		DMK	237,194	33.86	62,393	8.91
7	Vellore	A. K. A. Abdul Samad		INC	356,637	54.20	M. Abdul Latheef		DMK	195,787	29.75	160,850	24.45
8	Tiruppattur	A. Jayamohan		INC	376,733	55.79	K. C. Alagiri		DMK	241,900	35.82	134,833	19.97
9	Vandavasi	L. Balaraman		INC	313,160	47.17	D. Venugopal		DMK	212,988	32.08	100,172	15.09
10	Tindivanam	R. Eramadass		INC	299,184	46.19	N. Dhayanithi		DMK	198,469	30.64	100,715	15.55
11	Cuddalore	P. R. S. Venkatesan		INC	331,617	50.58	G. Bhaskaran		DMK	214,782	32.76	116,835	17.82
12	Chidambaram (SC)	P. Vallalperuman		INC	205,229	30.98	A. Ayyasamy		DMK	176,946	26.71	28,283	4.27
13	Dharmapuri	M. G. Sekhar		AIADMK	315,921	46.52	B. D. Elangovan		PMK	202,901	29.88	113,020	16.64
14	Krishnagiri	K. Ramamoorthy		INC	362,376	61.04	B. Venkataswamy		JD	160,882	27.10	201,494	33.94
15	Rasipuram (SC)	B. Devarajan		INC	421,674	67.01	R. Mayavan		DMK	169,699	26.97	251,975	40.04
16	Salem	Rangarajan Kumarmangalam		INC	400,936	60.85	M. Karthikeyan		DMK	159,166	24.16	241,770	36.69
17	Tiruchengode	K. C. Palanisamy		AIADMK	509,847	63.16	C. Poongothi Thirumathi		DMK	237,576	29.43	272,271	33.73
18	Nilgiris	R. Prabhu		INC	455,411	61.49	S. A. Mahalingam		DMK	281,640	38.03	173,771	23.46
19	Gobichettipalayam	P. G. Narayanan		AIADMK	400,932	64.65	N. K. K. Pariasamy		DMK	174,975	28.21	225,957	36.44
20	Coimbatore	C. K. Kuppusamy		INC	426,721	56.68	R. Umanath		CPI(M)	286,653	38.07	140,068	18.61
21	Pollachi (SC)	B. Raja Ravi Varma		AIADMK	428,704	67.28	M. Aurmugham		CPI	197,395	30.98	231,309	36.30
22	Palani	A. Senapathi Gounder		INC	316,938	50.68	Rajkumar Mandradiar		DMK	236,025	37.74	80,913	12.94
23	Dindigul	C. Srinivasan		AIADMK	434,966	67.24	N. Varatharajan		CPI(M)	199,598	30.86	235,368	36.38
24	Madurai	A. G. S. Ram Babu		INC	456,442	64.12	V. Velusamy		DMK	242,664	34.09	213,778	30.03
25	Periyakulam	R. Mothiah		AIADMK	402,691	61.35	A. K. Cumbum Mahandiran		DMK	181,287	27.62	221,404	33.73
26	Karur	M. Thambithurai		AIADMK	484,492	65.60	K. C. Palanisamy		DMK	245,741	33.27	238,751	32.33
27	Tiruchirappalli	L. Adaikalaraj		INC	429,185	61.06	T. K. Rengarajan		CPI(M)	259,219	36.88	169,966	24.18
28	Perambalur (SC)	A. Asokaraj		AIADMK	357,565	53.41	S. Panovaikaruthazhan		DMK	221,389	33.07	136,176	20.34
29	Mayiladuturai	E. S. M. Pakeer Mohamed Hajee		INC	352,492	52.42	P. Kalyanam		DMK	250,547	37.26	101,945	15.16
30	Nagapattinam (SC)	M. Selvarasu		CPI	341,921	49.32	N. S. Veeramurasu		INC	320,398	46.22	21,523	3.10
31	Thanjavur	S. Singravadivel		INC	371,967	56.37	S. Palanimanickam		DMK	274,820	41.64	97,147	14.73
32	Pudukkottai	N. Sundaraja		INC	518,762	66.65	A. Selvaraj		DMK	247,626	31.82	271,136	34.83
33	Sivaganga	P. Chidambaram		INC	430,290	65.86	A. Ganesan		DMK	210,738	32.26	219,552	33.60
34	Ramanathapuram	V. Rajeshwaran		INC	398,145	63.57	S. P. Thangavelan		DMK	218,601	34.90	179,544	28.67
35	Sivakasi	K. Kalimuthu		AIADMK	450,376	58.21	V. Gopalsamy		DMK	313,308	40.50	137,068	17.71
36	Tirunelveli	Janartanan		AIADMK	394,444	65.01	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam		DMK	203,309	33.51	191,135	31.50
37	Tenkasi (SC)	M. Arunachalam		INC	393,075	62.50	R. Krishan		CPI(M)	220,368	35.04	172,707	27.46
38	Tiruchendur	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan		INC	385,656	67.73	A. Karthikeyan		DMK	173,585	30.48	212,071	37.25
39	Nagercoil	N. Dennis		INC	292,817	53.20	D. Kumaradhass		JD	214,020	38.88	78,797	14.32

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

Minister	Party	Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
Murasoli Maran	DMK	Rajya Sabha	Minister of Urban Development

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

Bibliography

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

References

1. Crossette, Barbara (6 December 1989). "New Indian Leader Swears in Cabinet". The New York Times.

External links

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