Indian general election, 1989 (Tamil Nadu)

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989
India
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
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

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[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

  1. http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/06/world/new-indian-leader-swears-in-cabinet.html

External links

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