1991 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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
May–June 1991
39 (of 521) 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 39 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 14,981,111 6,823,581
Percentage 60.67% 27.64%
Swing Increase 3.69% Decrease 2.48%
1991 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)
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

Results by Alliance
INC+ SEATS NF SEATS OTHERS SEATS
INC 28 DMK 0 BJP 0
AIADMK 11 JD 0 PMK 0
CPI 0
TOTAL (1991) 39 TOTAL (1991) 0 TOTAL (1991) 0
TOTAL (1989) 38 TOTAL (1989) 0 TOTAL (1989) 1

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)

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: Even though Congress and AIADMK swept Tamil Nadu, which proved to be an important state for Narasimha Rao and Congress to have a minority government at the national level, no cabinet berths were given to members from Tamil Nadu. Also all 4 council of ministers were from the Congress party.

Ministers of State (Independent charge)
Minister Party Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha Portfolios
P. Chidambaram INC Sivaganga Minister of Commerce and Industry
K. Ramamurthy INC Krishnagiri Minister of Labour and Employment[1]

Ministers of State
Minister Party Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha Portfolios
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam INC Salem Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
M. Arunachalam INC Tenkasi Minister of Urban Development[2]

See also

References
  1. "Rediff On The NeT: Tricky ties kick up confusion". www.rediff.com.
  2. "Fact File". arunachalam.net. Archived from the original on 11 February 2005.

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