1989 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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
November 1989
39 (of 529) seats to the Lok Sabha
  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 Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 15,042,676 8,918,905
Percentage 56.98% 33.78%
Swing Decrease 1.89% Increase 1.63%
1989 election map (by constituencies)
Green = INC+ (won all the seats)

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)

Results by Alliance
INC+ SEATS NF SEATS OTHERS SEATS
INC 27 DMK 0 PMK 0
AIADMK 11 CPI 1 IND 0
CPM 0
JD 0
TOTAL (1989) 38 TOTAL (1989) 1 TOTAL (1989) 0
TOTAL (1984) 37 TOTAL (1984) 2* TOTAL (1984) 0
  • 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

Bibliography

References
  1. Crossette, Barbara (6 December 1989). "New Indian Leader Swears in Cabinet". The New York Times.
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