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Elections in the Republic of India in 1989 included the 1989 Indian general election, elections to eight state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.
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Elections in the Republic of India in 1989 included the 1989 Indian general election, elections to eight state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Indian National Congress | 118,894,702 | 39.53 | 197 | |
| Janata Dal | 53,518,521 | 17.79 | 143 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 34,171,477 | 11.36 | 85 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19,691,309 | 6.55 | 33 | |
| Telugu Desam Party | 9,909,728 | 3.29 | 2 | |
| Communist Party of India | 7,734,697 | 2.57 | 12 | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7,196,099 | 2.39 | 0 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 6,213,390 | 2.07 | 3 | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,518,649 | 1.50 | 11 | |
| Janata Party | 3,029,743 | 1.01 | 0 | |
| Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) | 2,318,872 | 0.77 | 6 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1,854,276 | 0.62 | 4 | |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1,561,371 | 0.52 | 0 | |
| Doordarshi Party | 1,338,566 | 0.45 | 0 | |
| All India Forward Bloc | 1,261,310 | 0.42 | 3 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1,032,276 | 0.34 | 3 | |
| Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha | 978,377 | 0.33 | 1 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 974,234 | 0.32 | 2 | |
| Indian People's Front | 737,551 | 0.25 | 1 | |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 636,589 | 0.21 | 0 | |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 617,376 | 0.21 | 1 | |
| Lok Dal (Bahuguna) | 602,110 | 0.20 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Republican Paksha | 572,434 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha | 495,565 | 0.16 | 0 | |
| Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 468,615 | 0.16 | 0 | |
| Gorkha National Liberation Front | 435,070 | 0.14 | 1 | |
| Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) | 427,609 | 0.14 | 0 | |
| Jharkhand Dal | 367,838 | 0.12 | 0 | |
| Kerala Congress (M) | 352,191 | 0.12 | 1 | |
| Shiv Sena | 339,426 | 0.11 | 1 | |
| Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 247,013 | 0.08 | 1 | |
| Nagaland People's Council | 239,124 | 0.08 | 0 | |
| Hindu Mahasabha | 217,514 | 0.07 | 1 | |
| Manipur Peoples Party | 147,128 | 0.05 | 0 | |
| Republican Party of India | 129,300 | 0.04 | 0 | |
| Humanist Party of India | 122,947 | 0.04 | 0 | |
| All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 120,159 | 0.04 | 0 | |
| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 116,392 | 0.04 | 1 | |
| Kuki National Assembly | 108,085 | 0.04 | 0 | |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 100,570 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava) | 100,300 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| People's Party of Arunachal | 96,181 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Uttar Pradesh Republican Party | 91,740 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 91,608 | 0.03 | 1 | |
| Amra Bangali | 80,834 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 71,194 | 0.02 | 3 | |
| Mizo National Front | 70,749 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Kerala Congress | 68,811 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Tharasu Makkal Mandaram | 64,885 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | 43,667 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Shoshit Samaj Dal | 42,282 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal | 39,465 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) | 38,937 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Muslim Majlis Uttar Pradesh | 25,839 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Proutist Bloc Of India | 23,331 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party | 22,625 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 22,446 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Karnataka Gana Parishad | 19,593 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Socialist Party (Lohiya) | 17,639 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Tamiliar Kazhagam | 12,859 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rising Sun Party | 12,858 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Indian Congress (J) Trikha Group | 12,539 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Socialist Party | 12,430 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India | 8,747 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| All India Garib Congress | 7,635 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Hul Jharkhand Party | 6,663 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bhatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh | 5,895 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Lok Party | 4,731 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bhartiya Gorkha League (Budhiman Gurung) | 4,426 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Shoshit Samaj Party | 3,756 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Scientific Vedic Revolutionary Party | 3,470 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Deseeya Karshaka Party | 3,059 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 2,998 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Barat Desam Labour Party | 2,944 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Progressive Hul Jharkhand | 2,890 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Republicon Presidium Party | 2,791 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| West Orissa Peoples Front | 2,682 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| West Bengal Socialist Party (Biman Mitra) | 2,411 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| All India Shiromani Baba Jiwan Singh Mazhbi Dal | 2,368 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bhartiya Hindustani Krantikari Samajwadi Party | 2,263 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Green Party of India | 2,142 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Baratiya Pichhra Varg Party | 2,055 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Tamil Nadu Peoples Welfare Association | 1,964 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Sadharam Rajya Parishad | 1,928 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Indian National Congress (O) Anti-Merger Group | 1,735 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Gujarat Janata Parishad | 1,577 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| All India Justice Party | 1,428 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Peoples Democracy of India | 1,392 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Punjab Peoples Party | 1,374 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Hindustan Janata Party | 1,361 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatha Makkal Congress | 1,357 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Deccan Congress | 1,332 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bhartiya Lok Tantrik Party | 1,272 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Vijaya Shakti | 1,093 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bhartiya Loktantrik Mazdoor Dal | 1,035 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Pandav Dal | 918 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| National Republican Party | 839 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bhartiya Loktantrik Mazdoor Sangh | 703 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Mahabharat Peoples Party | 694 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League (IML) | 687 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Manipur Peoples Council | 677 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Vishal Bharat Pary | 621 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Republican Party of India (Gavai Group) | 539 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Punjab Kairon Dal | 493 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Peoples Party of India | 478 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Indian Labour Party | 406 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Socialist Labour League | 391 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Krantikari Kisan Sang | 367 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Kamaraj Desiya Congress | 322 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Punjab Naya Front | 314 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Hindu Shiv Sena | 160 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bhartiya Lok Kalyan Dal | 145 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Labour Party of India | 99 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Independents | 15,793,781 | 5.25 | 12 | |
| Nominated Anglo-Indians | 2 | |||
| Total | 300,776,423 | 100.00 | 531 | |
| Valid votes | 300,776,423 | 97.32 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,274,072 | 2.68 | ||
| Total votes | 309,050,495 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 498,906,129 | 61.95 | ||
| Source: ECI [1] | ||||
Source: [2]
| No | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Seats change | Vote Share | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian National Congress | 287 | 181 | +131 | 47.09% | +3.67% |
| 2 | Telugu Desam Party | 241 | 74 | -128 | 36.54% | -9.67% |
| 3 | Communist Party of India | 19 | 8 | -3 | 2.31% | -0.05% |
| 4 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 15 | 6 | -5 | 2.46% | +0.15% |
| 5 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 12 | 5 | -3 | 1.78% | +0.46% |
| 6 | Janata Dal | 4 | 1 | +1 | 0.37% | +0.37% |
| 7 | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 35 | 4 | +4 | 1.99 | +1.99% |
| 8 | Independent (politician) | 15 | +6 | 6.58% | -2.52% | |
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 204,321 | 40.52 | 20 | |
| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 195,533 | 38.78 | 18 | |
| Gomantak Lok Party | 15,894 | 3.15 | 0 | |
| Janata Dal | 7,045 | 1.40 | 0 | |
| Shiv Sena | 4,960 | 0.98 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of India | 2,882 | 0.57 | 0 | |
| Bhartiya Janata Party | 1,985 | 0.39 | 0 | |
| Gomantak Bahujan Samaj Parishad | 896 | 0.18 | 0 | |
| Janata Party | 246 | 0.05 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 105 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Independents | 70,338 | 13.95 | 2 | |
| Total | 504,205 | 100.00 | 40 | |
| Valid votes | 504,205 | 97.64 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 12,207 | 2.36 | ||
| Total votes | 516,412 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 712,562 | 72.47 | ||
| Source: ECI | ||||
| Political Party | Seats contested | Seats won | Number of Votes | % of Votes | Seat change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 221 | 178 | 7,990,142 | 43.76% |  113 | |
| Janata Dal | 209 | 24 | 4,943,854 | 27.08% | New Party | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 118 | 4 | 755,032 | 4.14% | 2 | |
| Janata Party (JP) | 217 | 2 | 2,070,341 | 11.34% |  137 | |
| Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha | 105 | 2 | 654,801 | 3.59% | New Party | |
| AIADMK | 1 | 1 | 32,928 | 0.18% | 1 | |
| Muslim League | 13 | 1 | 80,612 | 0.44% | New Party | |
| Independents | 1088 | 12 | 1,482,482 | 8.12% | 1 | |
| Total | 2043 | 224 | 18,257,909 |
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 93,561 | 34.85 | 23 | 10 | |
| Mizo National Front | 94,763 | 35.29 | 14 | 10 | |
| Mizoram People's Conference | 52,813 | 19.67 | 1 | 2 | |
| Independents | 27,353 | 10.19 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 268,490 | 100.00 | 40 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 268,490 | 98.95 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,849 | 1.05 | |||
| Total votes | 271,339 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 333,733 | 81.30 | |||
| Source: ECI [4] | |||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 253,792 | 51.45 | 36 | +2 | |
| Nagaland People's Conference | 205,283 | 41.61 | 24 | New | |
| National People's Party | 13,596 | 2.76 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 20,625 | 4.18 | 0 | –7 | |
| Total | 493,296 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 493,296 | 98.89 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 5,526 | 1.11 | |||
| Total votes | 498,822 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 582,416 | 85.65 | |||
| Source: ECI [5] | |||||
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 94,078 | 70.41 | 32 | +2 | |
| Indian National Congress | 24,121 | 18.05 | 0 | –1 | |
| Rising Sun Party | 11,472 | 8.59 | 0 | New | |
| Denzong Peoples Chogpi | 298 | 0.22 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 3,650 | 2.73 | 0 | –1 | |
| Total | 133,619 | 100.00 | 32 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 133,619 | 95.97 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 5,608 | 4.03 | |||
| Total votes | 139,227 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 192,619 | 72.28 | |||
| Source: ECI | |||||
| Alliance/Party | Seats won | Change | Popular Vote | Vote % | Adj. %‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK+ alliance | 169 | +137 | 9,135,220 | 37.9% | ||
| DMK | 150 | +126 | 8,001,222 | 33.2% | 38.7% | |
| CPI(M) | 15 | +10 | 851,351 | 3.5% | 36.5% | |
| JNP | 4 | +1 | 282,647 | 1.2% | 29.1% | |
| AIADMK+ alliance | 34 | -100 | 7,757,452 | 32.2% | ||
| AIADMK(J) | 27 | -101 | 5,098,687 | 22.2% | 25.0% | |
| AIADMK(JA) | 2 | 2,214,965 | 9.2% | 12.2% | ||
| AIADMK(United) | 2 | 148,630 | 0.6% | 37.4% | ||
| CPI | 3 | +1 | 295,170 | 1.2% | 21.3% | |
| Others | 31 | -37 | 7,218,796 | 29.9% | ||
| INC | 26 | -37 | 4,780,714 | 19.8% | 21.8% | |
| IND | 5 | +1 | 2,164,484 | 9.0% | 9.1% | |
| Total | 234 | – | 24,111,468 | 100% | – | |
†: Seat change reflects 33 MLAs that supported Jayalalithaa faction and 97 MLAs that supported Janaki faction (2 MLAs that supported her had their constituency election in a later March by-election after the merge). It also reflects GKC merging with INC and AKD not winning a seat after winning a seat in 1984.
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India [6]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Janata Dal | 11,571,462 | 29.71 | 208 | New | |
| Indian National Congress | 10,866,428 | 27.90 | 94 | –175 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 4,522,867 | 11.61 | 57 | +41 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 3,664,417 | 9.41 | 13 | +13 | |
| Communist Party of India | 606,885 | 1.56 | 6 | 0 | |
| Lok Dal (B) | 464,555 | 1.19 | 2 | New | |
| Janata Party (JP) | 289,154 | 0.74 | 1 | New | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 142,763 | 0.37 | 2 | 0 | |
| Shoshit Samaj Dal | 71,763 | 0.18 | 1 | New | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 68,943 | 0.18 | 1 | +1 | |
| Other Parties | 655,972 | 1.68 | 0 | – | |
| Independents | 6,020,921 | 15.46 | 40 | +17 | |
| Total | 38,946,130 | 100.00 | 425 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 38,946,130 | 95.18 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,971,832 | 4.82 | |||
| Total votes | 40,917,962 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 79,560,897 | 51.43 | |||
| Source: ECI [7] [8] | |||||
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