Indian general election, 1989 (Tamil Nadu)

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989

November 1989
39 seats
First party Second party   Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance INC+ NF Seats won 38 1 Seat change +1 −1 Popular vote 15,042,676 8,918,905 Percentage 56.98% 33.78%
1989 election map (by constituencies) Green = INC+ (won all the seats)

The Indian general election, 1989 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 Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, winning 38 out of 39 seats. This election marked the dominance of INC-ADMK 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

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

File:Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election 1989.png

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
ADMK	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

Constituency	Winner	Party	Margin	Runner-upa	Partya
Madras North	D. Pandian	INC	113,771	N. V. N. Somu	DMK
Madras Central	Era. Anbarasu	INC	66,406	A. Kalanidhi	DMK
Madras South	Vyjayanthimala	INC	125,844	Aladi Aruna	DMK
Sriperumbudur	Maragatham Chandrasekar	INC	154,551	K. Ganesan	DMK
Chengalpattu	Kanchi Panneerselvam	ADMK	122,867	M. V. Ramu	DMK
Arakkonam	R. Jeevarathinam	INC	62,393	K. Murthy	DMK
Vellore	A. K. A. Abdul Samad	INC	160,850	M.Abdul Lathief	DMK
Tiruppattur	A. Jayamohan	INC	134,833	K. C. Alagiri	DMK
Vandavasi	L. Balaraman	INC	100,172	D. Venugopal	DMK
Tindivanam	R. Ramadoss	INC	100,715	N. Dayanidhi	DMK
Cuddalore	P. R. S. Venkatesan	INC	116,835	G. Bhaskaran	DMK
Chidambaram	P. Vallalperuman	INC	28,283	A. Ayyasamy	DMK
Dharmapuri	M. G. Sekhar	ADMK	113,020	B. D. Elangovan	PMK
Krishnagiri	K. Ramamurthy	INC	201,494	B. Venkataswamy	JD
Rasipuram	B. Devarajan	INC	251,975	R. Mayavan	DMK
Salem	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	INC	241,770	M. Karthikeyan	DMK
Tiruchengode	K. C. Palanisamy	ADMK	272,271	C. Poongothai	DMK
Nilgiris	R. Prabhu	INC	173,771	S. A. Mahalingam	DMK
Gobichettipalayam	P. G. Narayanan	ADMK	225,957	N. K. K. Periasamy	DMK
Coimbatore	C. K. Kuppuswamy	INC	140,068	R. Umanath	CPM
Pollachi	B. Raja Ravi Varma	ADMK	231,309	M. Arumugham	CPI
Palani	A. Senapathi Gounder	INC	80,913	Rajkumar Mandradiar	DMK
Dindigul	C. Srinivasan	ADMK	235,368	N. Varatharajan	CPM
Madurai	A. G. S. Ram Babu	INC	213,778	V. Velusamy	DMK
Periyakulam	R. Muthiah	ADMK	221,404	Cumbum A. K. Mahendiran	DMK
Karur	M. Thambi Thurai	ADMK	238,751	K. C. Palanisamy	DMK
Tiruchirappalli	L. Adaikalaraj	INC	169,966	T. Rangarajan	CPM
Perambalur	A. Asokaraj	ADMK	136,176	S. Panovaikaruthazhvan	DMK
Mayiladuthurai	E. S. M. Pakeer Mohammad	INC	101,945	P. Kalyanam	DMK
Nagapattinam	M. Selvarasu	CPI	21,523	N. S. Veeramurasu	INC
Thanjavur	S. Singaravadivel	INC	97,147	S. Palnimanickam	DMK
Pudukkottai	N. Sundararaj	INC	271,136	A. Selvaraj	DMK
Sivaganga	P. Chidambaram	INC	219,552	A. Ganesan	DMK
Ramanathapuram	V. Rajeshwaran	INC	179,544	S. P. Thangavelan	DMK
Sivakasi	K. Kalimuthu	ADMK	137,068	V. Gopalsamy	DMK
Tirunelveli	M. R. Janardhanan	ADMK	191,135	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	DMK
Tenkasi	M. Arunachalam	INC	172,707	R. Krishnan	CPM
Tiruchendur	R. Dhanushkodi Adithan	INC	212,071	A. Karthikeyan	DMK
Nagercoil	N. Dennis	INC	78,797	D. Kumaradoss	JD

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: New York Times
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

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History