1989 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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

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.

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

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

Sl.No.	Constituency	Winner	Party		Margin	Runner-upa	Partya
1	Madras North	D. Pandian		INC	113,771	N. V. N. Somu		DMK
2	Madras Central	Era. Anbarasu		INC	66,406	A. Kalanidhi		DMK
3	Madras South	Vyjayanthimala		INC	125,844	Aladi Aruna		DMK
4	Sriperumbudur	Maragatham Chandrasekar		INC	154,551	K. Ganesan		DMK
5	Chengalpattu	Kanchi Panneerselvam		AIADMK	122,867	M. V. Ramu		DMK
6	Arakkonam	R. Jeevarathinam		INC	62,393	K. Murthy		DMK
7	Vellore	A. K. A. Abdul Samad		INC	160,850	M.Abdul Lathief		DMK
8	Tiruppattur	A. Jayamohan		INC	134,833	K. C. Alagiri		DMK
9	Vandavasi	L. Balaraman		INC	100,172	D. Venugopal		DMK
10	Tindivanam	R. Ramadoss		INC	100,715	N. Dayanidhi		DMK
11	Cuddalore	P. R. S. Venkatesan		INC	116,835	G. Bhaskaran		DMK
12	Chidambaram	P. Vallalperuman		INC	28,283	A. Ayyasamy		DMK
13	Dharmapuri	M. G. Sekhar		AIADMK	113,020	B. D. Elangovan		PMK
14	Krishnagiri	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy		INC	201,494	B. Venkataswamy		JD
15	Rasipuram	B. Devarajan		INC	251,975	R. Mayavan		DMK
16	Salem	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam		INC	241,770	M. Karthikeyan		DMK
17	Tiruchengode	K. C. Palanisamy		AIADMK	272,271	C. Poongothai		DMK
18	Nilgiris	R. Prabhu		INC	173,771	S. A. Mahalingam		DMK
19	Gobichettipalayam	P. G. Narayanan		AIADMK	225,957	N. K. K. Periasamy		DMK
20	Coimbatore	C. K. Kuppuswamy		INC	140,068	R. Umanath		CPI(M)
21	Pollachi	B. Raja Ravi Varma		AIADMK	231,309	M. Arumugham		CPI
22	Palani	A. Senapathi Gounder		INC	80,913	Rajkumar Mandradiar		DMK
23	Dindigul	Dindigul C.Sreenivasan		AIADMK	235,368	N. Varadarajan		CPI(M)
24	Madurai	A. G. S. Ram Babu		INC	213,778	V. Velusamy		DMK
25	Periyakulam	R. Muthiah		AIADMK	221,404	Cumbum A. K. Mahendiran		DMK
26	Karur	M. Thambidurai		AIADMK	238,751	K. C. Palanisamy		DMK
27	Tiruchirappalli	L. Adaikalaraj		INC	169,966	T. Rangarajan		CPI(M)
28	Perambalur	A. Asokaraj		AIADMK	136,176	S. Panovaikaruthazhvan		DMK
29	Mayiladuthurai	E. S. M. Pakeer Mohammad		INC	101,945	P. Kalyanam		DMK
30	Nagapattinam	M. Selvarasu		CPI	21,523	N. S. Veeramurasu		INC
31	Thanjavur	S. Singaravadivel		INC	97,147	S. Palnimanickam		DMK
32	Pudukkottai	N. Sundararaj		INC	271,136	A. Selvaraj		DMK
33	Sivaganga	P. Chidambaram		INC	219,552	A. Ganesan		DMK
34	Ramanathapuram	V. Rajeshwaran		INC	179,544	S. P. Thangavelan		DMK
35	Sivakasi	K. Kalimuthu		AIADMK	137,068	V. Gopalsamy		DMK
36	Tirunelveli	M. R. Janardhanan		AIADMK	191,135	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam		DMK
37	Tenkasi	M. Arunachalam		INC	172,707	R. Krishnan		CPI(M)
38	Tiruchendur	R. Dhanushkodi Adithan		INC	212,071	A. Karthikeyan		DMK
39	Nagercoil	N. Dennis		INC	78,797	D. Kumaradoss		JD

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