1991 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

For State Assembly election, see 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991

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39 (of 521) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	39,917,777
Turnout	25,514,736 (63.92%) 2.94%
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 39 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 14,981,111 6,823,581 Percentage 60.67% 27.64% Swing 3.69% 2.48%
1991 Election map (by constituencies) Green = INC+ (Won all the seats)
Seat wise Result
Prime Minister before election Chandra Shekhar SJP Prime Minister after election P. V. Narasimha Rao INC(I)

The 1991 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a repeat landslide victory for Indian National Congress, and its ally All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, winning all 39 seats. The opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which was part of the National Front, lost heavily, not winning a single seat. During this election, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, when campaigning for Margatham Chandrasekar for the Indian National Congress, in the Sriperumbudur constituency.

Seat sharing of parties

Party/Alliance				Flag	Electoral symbol	Portrait	Leader	Seats contested
	INC-led Alliance		Indian National Congress				Valappaddy K. Ramamurthy	28
			All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam				J. Jayalalithaa	11
	DMK-led Alliance		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam				M. Karunanidhi	29
			Janata Dal				Sivaji Ganesan	5
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)				A. Nallasivam	3
			Communist Party of India				P. Manickam	2

List of Candidates

Constituency
		INC + AIADMK			DMK+			PMK
1	Madras North		INC	D. Pandian		DMK	Aladi Aruna		PMK	R. Ramamuthu Kumar
2	Madras Central		INC	Era. Anbarasu		DMK	N. V. N. Somu		PMK	D. Anbazhagan
3	Madras South		AIADMK	R. Sridharan		DMK	T. R. Baalu		PMK	K. V. S. Sivaraman alias Saidai
4	Sriperumbudur (SC)		INC	Maragatham Chandrasekar		DMK	K. Sundaram
5	Chengalpattu		AIADMK	S. S. R. Rajendra Kumar		DMK	C. Arumugam		PMK	V. Kamalambal
6	Arakkonam		INC	R. Jeevarathinam		DMK	M. Kannaiyan		PMK	S. Subramaniam
7	Vellore		INC	B. Akber Pasha		DMK	P. Shanmugam
8	Tiruppattur		INC	A. Jayamohan		DMK	K. C. Alagiri		PMK	D. P. Chandran
9	Vandavasi		INC	M. Krishnaswamy		DMK	D. Venugopal		PMK	Durai Kasilingam
10	Tindivanam		INC	K. Rama Murthee		DMK	N. Dhayanithi		PMK	S. Shanmugam
11	Cuddalore		INC	P. P. Kaliaperumal		JD	G. Bhuvaraghan		PMK	G. Chinnadhuri
12	Chidambaram (SC)		INC	P. Vallalperuman		DMK	A. Sulochana Ayyasamy		PMK	Dalit Ezhilmalai
13	Dharmapuri		INC	K. V. Thangkabalu		DMK	M. Kandasamy		PMK	P. D. Elangovan
14	Krishnagiri		INC	K. Rama Murthy		JD	R. Manickam		PMK	R. Raju
15	Rasipuram (SC)		INC	B. Devarajan		DMK	I. Suhenya		PMK	P. Jeyapal
16	Salem		INC	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam		DMK	K. P. Arthanarisamy		PMK	K. Arjunan
17	Tiruchengode		AIADMK	K. S. Soundaram		DMK	K. P. Ramalingam		PMK	A. Mannathan
18	Nilgiris		INC	R. Prabhu		DMK	S. Doraisamy
19	Gobichettipalayam		AIADMK	P. G. Narayanan		JD	G. S. Lakshmanaiyer		PMK	S. Chinnadurai
20	Coimbatore		INC	C. K. Kuppuswamy		CPI(M)	K. Ramani
21	Pollachi (SC)		AIADMK	B. Raja Ravi Varma		DMK	C. T. Dhandapani		PMK	G. Selvaraj
22	Palani		INC	A. Senapathi Gounder		DMK	K. Kumarsamy
23	Dindigul		AIADMK	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan		DMK	Maya Thevar		PMK	P. Gopal
24	Madurai		INC	A. G. S. Ram Babu		CPI(M)	P. Mohan		PMK	R. Tamil Selvan
25	Periyakulam		AIADMK	R. Ramasamy		DMK	Cumbam R. Rama Krishnan		PMK	K. Madasamy
26	Karur		AIADMK	N. Murugesan		DMK	D. Thirunavukkarasu		PMK	R. Pakkian
27	Tiruchirappalli		INC	L. Adaikalaraj		CPI(M)	T. K. Rangarajan
28	Perambalur (SC)		AIADMK	A. Asokraj		DMK	S. V. Ramaswamy		PMK	J. Sivagnanamani
29	Mayiladuturai		INC	Mani Shankar Aiyar		DMK	P. Kalayanam Kuttalam
30	Nagapattinam (SC)		INC	Padma		CPI	M. Selvarasu		PMK	U. Kasinathan
31	Thanjavur		INC	K. Thulasiah Vandayar		DMK	S. S. Palanimanickam		PMK	H. Shahul Hameed
32	Pudukkottai		INC	N. Sundarraj		DMK	K. Chandrasekaran		PMK	V. Thiruvarangan
33	Sivaganga		INC	P. Chidambaram		DMK	V. Kasinathan		PMK	A. Sathaiah
34	Ramanathapuram		INC	V. Rajeswaran		DMK	Kadher Batcha
35	Sivakasi		AIADMK	R. Kanga Govindarajulu		CPI	A. Sri Nivasan		PMK	K. Puyal Ponnaiah
36	Tirunelveli		AIADMK	Kadambur R. Janarthanan		DMK	K. P. Kandasamy		PMK	S. Krishnakanthan Yadav
37	Tenkasi (SC)		INC	M. Arunachalam		DMK	T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar		PMK	E. Nambirajan
38	Tiruchendur		INC	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan		JD	G. Anton Gomez		PMK	R. Christa Doss
39	Nagercoil		INC	N. Dennis		JD	P. Muhammadd Ismail		PMK	K. James

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)
AIADMK-INC alliance won all the seats in TN. Below is a breakdown by parties within coalition:

  INC won all the seats in the district

  INC won 67% the seats in the district

  INC won half the seats in the district

  ADMK won all the seats in the district

Alliance		Party		Popular Vote	Percentage	Swing	Seats won	Seat Change
	AIADMK+		Indian National Congress	10,510,569	42.57%	2.71%	28	1
			All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	4,470,542	18.10%	0.98%	11
			Total	14,981,111	60.67%	3.69%	39	1
	National Front		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	5,601,597	22.69%	3.97%	0
			Janata Dal	718,222	2.91%	1.49%	0
			Communist Party of India	503,762	2.04%		0	1
			Total	6,823,581	27.64%	2.48%	0	1
	Pattali Makkal Katchi			1,269,690	5.14%	0.68%	0
	Independents			353,719	1.43%	0.84%	0
	Other Parties (16 parties)			1,264,233	5.12%	0.31%	0
Total				24,692,334	100.00%		39
Valid Votes				24,692,334	96.78%
Invalid Votes				822,402	3.22%
Total Votes				25,514,736	100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout				39,917,777	63.92%	2.94%

List of Elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Madras North	D. Pandian		INC	400,454	54.61	Arunachalam Alias Aladi Aruna		DMK	281,936	38.45	118,518	16.16
2	Madras Central	Era Anbarasu		INC	312,302	56.40	N. V. N. Somu		DMK	209,031	37.75	103,271	18.65
3	Madras South	R. Sridharan		AIADMK	418,493	56.66	T. R. Balu		DMK	255,965	34.66	162,528	22.00
4	Sriperumbudur (SC)	Maragatham Chandrasekar		INC	400,741	61.71	K. Sundaram		DMK	220,169	33.91	180,572	27.80
5	Chengalpattu	S. S. R. Rajendra Kumar		AIADMK	351,613	55.08	C. Arumugam		DMK	198,407	31.08	153,206	24.00
6	Arakkonam	R. Jeevarathinam		INC	348,516	53.90	M. Kannaiyan		DMK	171,806	26.57	176,710	27.33
7	Vellore	B. Akber Pasha		INC	383,177	61.70	P. Shanmugam		DMK	184,008	29.63	199,169	32.07
8	Tiruppattur	A. Jaya Mohan		INC	387,649	60.12	K. C. Alagiri		DMK	197,188	30.58	190,461	29.54
9	Vandavasi	M. Krishnaswamy		INC	354,451	55.55	D. Venugopal		DMK	177,356	27.79	177,095	27.76
10	Tindivanam	K. Rama Murthee		INC	341,971	55.40	N. Dhayanithi		DMK	171,822	27.83	170,149	27.57
11	Cuddalore	P. P. Kaliaperumal		INC	360,445	58.44	G. Bhuvarahan		JD	152,388	24.71	208,057	33.73
12	Chidambaram (SC)	P. Vallalperuman		INC	306,121	48.77	Sulochana Ayyasamy		DMK	169,231	26.96	136,890	21.81
13	Dharmapuri	K. V. Thangka Balu		INC	322,138	51.17	P. D. Elangovan		PMK	171,649	27.27	150,489	23.90
14	Krishnagiri	K. Rama Murthy		INC	353,033	60.72	R. Manickam		JD	139,919	24.06	213,114	36.66
15	Rasipuram (SC)	B. Devarajan		INC	422,400	69.17	I. Suhenya		DMK	149,415	24.47	272,985	44.70
16	Salem	Rangarajanm Kumarā́mangalam		INC	406,042	67.03	K. P. Arthanarisamy		DMK	123,474	20.38	282,568	46.65
17	Tiruchengode	K. S. Soundaram		AIADMK	521,580	66.80	K. P. Ramalingam		DMK	207,099	26.52	314,481	40.28
18	Nilgiris	R. Prabhu		INC	387,707	58.75	S. Doraisamy		DMK	206,905	31.35	180,802	27.40
19	Gobichettipalayam	P. G. Narayanan		AIADMK	397,431	67.16	G. S. Lakshmanaiyer		JD	148,270	25.06	249,161	42.10
20	Coimbatore	C. K. Kuppuswamy		INC	408,891	58.67	K. Ramani		CPI(M)	222,827	31.97	186,064	26.70
21	Pollachi (SC)	B. Rajaravivarma		AIADMK	414,810	65.65	C. T. Dhandapani		DMK	208,540	33.00	206,270	32.65
22	Palani	A. Senapathi Gounder		INC	445,897	69.18	K. Kumarsamy		DMK	185,755	28.82	260,142	40.36
23	Dindigul	C. Srinivasan		AIADMK	416,652	67.04	K. Maya Thevar		DMK	192,235	30.93	224,417	36.11
24	Madurai	A. G. S. Ram Babu		INC	425,769	67.62	P. Mohan		CPI(M)	183,609	29.16	242,160	38.46
25	Periyakulam	R. Ramasamy		AIADMK	382,759	62.61	Rama Krishanan Cumbam		DMK	168,799	27.61	213,960	35.00
26	Karur	N. Murugesan		AIADMK	475,571	68.89	D. Thirunavukkarasu		DMK	205,602	29.78	269,969	39.11
27	Tiruchirappalli	L. Adaikala Raj		INC	414,628	63.99	T. K. Rangarajan		CPI(M)	204,922	31.63	209,706	32.36
28	Perambalur (SC)	A. Asokraj		AIADMK	375,430	58.92	S. V. Ramaswamy		DMK	180,480	28.32	194,950	30.60
29	Mayiladuturai	Mani Shankar Aiyar		INC	364,598	58.98	P. Kalyanam Kuttalam		DMK	202,661	32.78	161,937	26.20
30	Nagapattinam (SC)	Padma		INC	327,413	49.71	M. Selvarasu		CPI	301,697	45.80	25,716	3.91
31	Thanjavur	K. Thulasiah Vandayar		INC	381,932	61.23	S. Palanimanickam		DMK	219,862	35.25	162,070	25.98
32	Pudukkottai	N. Sundararaj		INC	460,795	63.82	K. Chandrasekaran		DMK	241,074	33.39	219,721	30.43
33	Sivaganga	P. Chindambaram		INC	402,029	67.49	V. Kasinathan		DMK	173,432	29.12	228,597	38.37
34	Ramanathapuram	V. Rajeshwaran		INC	348,415	59.25	S. Kather Batcha Alias Vellaichamy		DMK	176,889	30.08	171,526	29.17
35	Sivakasi	R. Kanga Govindarajulu		AIADMK	365,155	55.21	A. Sri Nivasan		CPI	202,065	30.55	163,090	24.66
36	Tirunelveli	M. R. Janarthanan		AIADMK	351,048	62.09	K. P. Kandasamy		DMK	197,456	34.92	153,592	27.17
37	Tenkasi (SC)	M. Arunachalam		INC	381,721	63.56	T. Sadhan Thirumalaikumar		DMK	199,635	33.24	182,086	30.32
38	Tiruchendur	R. Dhanushkodi Athinthan		INC	381,521	73.43	G. Anton Gomez		JD	122,745	23.62	258,776	49.81
39	Nagercoil	N. Dennis		INC	279,813	51.60	P. Muhammadd Ismail		JD	154,900	28.56	124,913	23.04

Key positions held by elected members of parliament

Union ministers of state (independent charge)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected constituency	Portfolio	Term in office			Political party
					Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1		P. Chidambaram (b. 1945)	Sivaganga	Ministry of Commerce	21 June 1991	9 July 1992	2 years, 71 days	Indian National Congress
					10 February 1995	3 April 1996
2		Valappaddy K. Ramamurthy (1940–2002)	Krishnagiri	Ministry of Labour	21 June 1991	30 July 1991	39 days

Union ministers of state

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected constituency	Portfolio	Term in office			Political party		Cabinet Minister
					Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1		M. Arunachalam (1944–2004)	Tenkasi	Ministry of Urban Development	21 June 1991	18 January 1993	1 year, 211 days	Indian National Congress		Sheila Kaul
				Ministry of Small Scale Industries and Agro Industries	18 January 1993	3 April 1996	3 years, 76 days			K. Karunakaran
2		Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (1952–2000)	Salem	Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	21 June 1991	2 July 1992	1 year, 11 days			Ghulam Nabi Azad
				Ministry of Law and Justice and Company Affairs						Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
				Ministry of Science and Technology	2 July 1992	2 December 1993	1 year, 153 days			P. V. Narasimha Rao
				Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs						Ghulam Nabi Azad Vidya Charan Shukla

See also

• Elections in India
• Elections in Tamil Nadu

External links

• Official Website of Election Commission of India
• Election statistics provided by ECI