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1989 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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Field	Value
election_name	Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989
country	India
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984
previous_year	1984
next_election	Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991
next_year	1991
election_date	November 1989
seats_for_election	39 (of 529) seats in the Lok Sabha
registered	40,027,212
turnout	26,763,788 (66.86%) 6.12%
image1
leader1	J. Jayalalithaa
party1	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
alliance1	Congress alliance
leaders_seat1	Did not contest
seats1	38
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	15,042,676
percentage1	56.98%
swing1	1.89%
image2
leader2	M. Karunanidhi
leaders_seat2	Did not contest
party2	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
alliance2	NF+LF
seats2	1
seat_change2	1
popular_vote2	8,918,905
percentage2	33.78%
swing2	1.63%
map2_image	Tamilnadu India Parliament 1989.svg
map2_size	300px
map_image	1989 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png
map2_caption	Seat Wise Result
map_size	200px
map_caption	1989 election map (by constituencies)
Green = INC+ (won all the seats)
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	Rajiv Gandhi
before_party	Indian National Congress (Indira)
after_election	V. P. Singh
after_party	JD
leader4		image4 = INC	party4 = Indian National Congress

Green = INC+ (won all the seats)

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.

Seat Allotment

Congress Front

No.
Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		[[File:Hand_INC.svg	50x50px]]	Rajiv Gandhi	28
2.		[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	50x50px]]	J. Jayalalithaa	11

National Front

No.
Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	M. Karunanidhi	31
2.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	[[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg	50x50px]]	A.Nallasivam
3.		[[File:Janata Dal symbol.svg	50px]]	Era.Sezilyan	2
4.		[[File:CPI symbol.svg	50x50px]]	P.Manickam	2

Voting and results

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

DMK-JP-CPI alliance won the lone seat in this district (Nagapattinam)}}

Alliance	Party	Popular Vote	Percentage	Swing	Seats won	Seat Change
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		AIADMK+	Indian National Congress}}"		Indian National Congress	10,524,027	39.86%	0.65%
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		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
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		National Front	Communist Party of India}}"		Communist Party of India	539,316	2.04%	1.37%
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	7,038,849	26.66%	0.76%	0	2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	965,838	3.66%	0.82%	0
Janata Dal}}"		Janata Dal	374,902	1.42%	new party	0	new party
	Total	8,918,905	33.78%	1.63%	1	1
Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"		Pattali Makkal Katchi	1,536,350	5.82%	new party	0	new party
Independent politician}}"		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

Constituency	Winner	Margin	Candidate	Party	Votes	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	1
Madras North	D. Pandian	INC	445,197	54.84	N. V. M. Somu	DMK	331,426	40.83	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	113,771	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	14.01
Madras Central	Era Anbarasu	INC	329,739	53.35	A. Kalinidhi	DMK	263,333	42.61	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	66,406	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	10.74
Madras South	Vyjayantimala Bali	INC	445,864	53.91	Arunachalam Alias Aladi Aruna	DMK	320,020	38.70	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	125,844	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	15.21
Sriperumbudur (SC)	Maragatham Chandrasekhar	INC	387,795	54.90	K. Ganesan	DMK	233,244	33.02	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	154,551	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	21.88
Chengalpattu	Kanchee Paneer	AIADMK	338,711	49.12	M. V. Ramu	DMK	215,844	31.30	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	122,867	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	17.82
Arakkonam	R. Jeevarathinam	INC	299,587	42.77	K. Murthy	DMK	237,194	33.86	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	62,393	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	8.91
Vellore	A. K. A. Abdul Samad	INC	356,637	54.20	M. Abdul Latheef	DMK	195,787	29.75	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	160,850	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	24.45
Tiruppattur	A. Jayamohan	INC	376,733	55.79	K. C. Alagiri	DMK	241,900	35.82	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	134,833	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	19.97
Vandavasi	L. Balaraman	INC	313,160	47.17	D. Venugopal	DMK	212,988	32.08	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	100,172	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	15.09
Tindivanam	R. Eramadass	INC	299,184	46.19	N. Dhayanithi	DMK	198,469	30.64	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	100,715	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	15.55
Cuddalore	P. R. S. Venkatesan	INC	331,617	50.58	G. Bhaskaran	DMK	214,782	32.76	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	116,835	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	17.82
Chidambaram (SC)	P. Vallalperuman	INC	205,229	30.98	A. Ayyasamy	DMK	176,946	26.71	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	28,283	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	4.27
Dharmapuri	M. G. Sekhar	AIADMK	315,921	46.52	B. D. Elangovan	PMK	202,901	29.88	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	113,020	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	16.64
Krishnagiri	K. Ramamoorthy	INC	362,376	61.04	B. Venkataswamy	JD	160,882	27.10	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	201,494	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	33.94
Rasipuram (SC)	B. Devarajan	INC	421,674	67.01	R. Mayavan	DMK	169,699	26.97	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	251,975	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	40.04
Salem	Rangarajan Kumarmangalam	INC	400,936	60.85	M. Karthikeyan	DMK	159,166	24.16	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	241,770	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	36.69
Tiruchengode	K. C. Palanisamy	AIADMK	509,847	63.16	C. Poongothi Thirumathi	DMK	237,576	29.43	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	272,271	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	33.73
Nilgiris	R. Prabhu	INC	455,411	61.49	S. A. Mahalingam	DMK	281,640	38.03	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	173,771	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	23.46
Gobichettipalayam	P. G. Narayanan	AIADMK	400,932	64.65	N. K. K. Pariasamy	DMK	174,975	28.21	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	225,957	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	36.44
Coimbatore	C. K. Kuppusamy	INC	426,721	56.68	R. Umanath	CPI(M)	286,653	38.07	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	140,068	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	18.61
Pollachi (SC)	B. Raja Ravi Varma	AIADMK	428,704	67.28	M. Aurmugham	CPI	197,395	30.98	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	231,309	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	36.30
Palani	A. Senapathi Gounder	INC	316,938	50.68	Rajkumar Mandradiar	DMK	236,025	37.74	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	80,913	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	12.94
Dindigul	C. Srinivasan	AIADMK	434,966	67.24	N. Varatharajan	CPI(M)	199,598	30.86	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	235,368	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	36.38
Madurai	A. G. S. Ram Babu	INC	456,442	64.12	V. Velusamy	DMK	242,664	34.09	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	213,778	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	30.03
Periyakulam	R. Mothiah	AIADMK	402,691	61.35	A. K. Cumbum Mahandiran	DMK	181,287	27.62	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	221,404	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	33.73
Karur	M. Thambithurai	AIADMK	484,492	65.60	K. C. Palanisamy	DMK	245,741	33.27	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	238,751	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	32.33
Tiruchirappalli	L. Adaikalaraj	INC	429,185	61.06	T. K. Rengarajan	CPI(M)	259,219	36.88	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	169,966	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	24.18
Perambalur (SC)	A. Asokaraj	AIADMK	357,565	53.41	S. Panovaikaruthazhan	DMK	221,389	33.07	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	136,176	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	20.34
Mayiladuturai	E. S. M. Pakeer Mohamed Hajee	INC	352,492	52.42	P. Kalyanam	DMK	250,547	37.26	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	101,945	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	15.16
Nagapattinam (SC)	M. Selvarasu	CPI	341,921	49.32	N. S. Veeramurasu	INC	320,398	46.22	Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"	21,523	Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"	3.10
Thanjavur	S. Singravadivel	INC	371,967	56.37	S. Palanimanickam	DMK	274,820	41.64	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	97,147	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	14.73
Pudukkottai	N. Sundaraja	INC	518,762	66.65	A. Selvaraj	DMK	247,626	31.82	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	271,136	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	34.83
Sivaganga	P. Chidambaram	INC	430,290	65.86	A. Ganesan	DMK	210,738	32.26	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	219,552	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	33.60
Ramanathapuram	V. Rajeshwaran	INC	398,145	63.57	S. P. Thangavelan	DMK	218,601	34.90	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	179,544	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	28.67
Sivakasi	K. Kalimuthu	AIADMK	450,376	58.21	V. Gopalsamy	DMK	313,308	40.50	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	137,068	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	17.71
Tirunelveli	Janartanan	AIADMK	394,444	65.01	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	DMK	203,309	33.51	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	191,135	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	31.50
Tenkasi (SC)	M. Arunachalam	INC	393,075	62.50	R. Krishan	CPI(M)	220,368	35.04	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	172,707	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	27.46
Tiruchendur	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	INC	385,656	67.73	A. Karthikeyan	DMK	173,585	30.48	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	212,071	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	37.25
Nagercoil	N. Dennis	INC	292,817	53.20	D. Kumaradhass	JD	214,020	38.88	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	78,797	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	14.32

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

width:180px"	Minister	Party	Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
Murasoli Maran	DMK	Rajya Sabha	Minister of Urban Development

Bibliography

Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha

References

(6 December 1989). "New Indian Leader Swears in Cabinet". The New York Times.

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