Indian general election, 1989 (Tamil Nadu)

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989

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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 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

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%
Reigstered Voters/Turnout				40,027,212	66.86%	6.12%

• 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