1991 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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

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.

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)

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

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

Sl.No.	Constituency	Winner	Party		Margin	Runner-upa	Partya
1	Chennai North	D. Pandian		INC	118,518	Aladi Aruna		DMK
2	Chennai Central	Era Anbarasuc		INC	103,271	N. V. N. Somu		DMK
3	Chennai South	R. Sridharan		AIADMK	162,528	T. R. Balu		DMK
4	Sriperumbudur	Margatham Chandrasekarc		INC	180,572	K. Sundaram		DMK
5	Chengalpattu	S. S. R. Rajendra Kumar		AIADMK	153,206	C. Arumugam		DMK
6	Arakkonam	R. Jeevarathinamc		INC	176,710	M. Kannaiyan		DMK
7	Vellore	B. Akber Pasha		INC	199,169	P. Shanmugam		DMK
8	Tiruppattur	A. Jayamohanc		INC	190,461	K. C. Alagiri		DMK
9	Vandavasi	M. Krishnaswamy		INC	177,095	D. Venugopal		DMK
10	Tindivanam	K. Rama Murthee		INC	170,149	N. Dayanidhi		DMK
11	Cuddalore	P. P. Kaliaperumal		INC	208,057	G. Bhuvarahan		JD
12	Chidambaram	P. Vallalperumanc		INC	136,890	Sulochana Ayyasamy		DMK
13	Dharmapuri	K.V. Thangkabalu		INC	150,489	P. D. Elangovan		PMK
14	Krishnagiri	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy		INC	213,114	R. Manickam		JD
15	Rasipuram	B. Devarajanc		INC	272,985	I. Suganya		DMK
16	Salem	Rangarajan Kumaramangalamc		INC	282,568	K. P. Arthanarisamy		DMK
17	Tiruchengode	K. S. Soundaram		AIADMK	314,481	K. P. Ramalingam		DMK
18	Nilgiris	R. Prabhuc		INC	180,802	S. Doraisamy		DMK
19	Gobichettipalayam	P. G. Narayananc		AIADMK	249,161	G. S. Lakshman Iyer		JD
20	Coimbatore	C. K. Kuppuswamyc		INC	186,064	K. Ramani		CPI(M)
21	Pollachi	B. Rajaravivarma		AIADMK	206,270	C. T. Dhandapani		DMK
22	Palani	A. Senapathi Gounderc		INC	260,142	K. Kumarasamy		DMK
23	Dindigul	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan		AIADMK	224,417	K. Maya Thevar		DMK
24	Madurai	A. G. S. Ram Babuc		INC	242,160	P. Mohan		CPI(M)
25	Periyakulam	R. Ramasamy		AIADMK	213,960	Cumbum Ramakrishnan		DMK
26	Karur	N. Murugesan		AIADMK	269,969	D. Thirunavukkarasu		DMK
27	Tiruchirappalli	L. Adaikalarajc		INC	209,706	T. K. Rangarajan		CPI(M)
28	Perambalur	A. Asokrajc		AIADMK	194,950	S. V. Ramaswamy		DMK
29	Mayiladuturai	Mani Shankar Aiyar		INC	161,937	Kuttalam P. Kalyanam		DMK
30	Nagapattinam	Padma		INC	25,716	M. Selvaraj		CPI
31	Thanjavur	K. Thulasiah Vandayar		INC	162,070	S. Palanimanickam		DMK
32	Pudukkottai	N. Sundararajc		INC	219,721	K. Chandrasekaran		DMK
33	Sivaganga	P. Chidambaramc		INC	228,597	V. Kasinathan		DMK
34	Ramanathapuram	V. Rajeshwaran		INC	171,526	S. Vellaichamy		DMK
35	Sivakasi	R. Kanga Govindarajulu		AIADMK	163,090	A. Srinivasan		CPI
36	Tirunelveli	M. R. Kadambur Janarthanan		AIADMK	153,592	K. P. Kandasamy		DMK
37	Tenkasi	M. Arunachalamc		INC	182,086	T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar		DMK
38	Tiruchendur	R. Dhanuskodi Athithanc		INC	258,776	G. Anton Gomez		JD
39	Nagercoil	N. Dennisc		INC	124,913	P. Mohammad Ismail		JD

^c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1989–1991)

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