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.
November 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 (of 529) seats in the Lok Sabha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 40,027,212 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 26,763,788 (66.86%) 6.12% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1989 election map (by constituencies) Green = INC+ (won all the seats) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seat Wise Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seat Allotment
Congress Front
| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress | Rajiv Gandhi | 28 | ||
| 2. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | J. Jayalalithaa | 11 | ||
National Front
| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi | 31 | ||
| 2. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | A.Nallasivam | 4 | ||
| 3. | Janata Dal | Era.Sezilyan | 2 | ||
| 4. | Communist Party of India | P.Manickam | 2 | ||
Voting and results
| Alliance | Party | Popular Vote | Percentage | Swing | Seats won | Seat Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK+ | Indian National Congress | 10,524,027 | 39.86% | 0.65% | 27 | 2 | ||
| 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 | |||
| National Front | Communist Party of India | 539,316 | 2.04% | 1.37% | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7,038,849 | 26.66% | 0.76% | 0 | 2 | |||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 965,838 | 3.66% | 0.82% | 0 | ||||
| Janata Dal | 374,902 | 1.42% | new party | 0 | new party | |||
| Total | 8,918,905 | 33.78% | 1.63% | 1 | 1 | |||
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1,536,350 | 5.82% | new party | 0 | new party | |||
| 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 | Runner-up | 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 | 113,771 | 14.01 | ||
| 2 | Madras Central | Era Anbarasu | INC | 329,739 | 53.35 | A. Kalinidhi | DMK | 263,333 | 42.61 | 66,406 | 10.74 | ||
| 3 | Madras South | Vyjayantimala Bali | INC | 445,864 | 53.91 | Arunachalam Alias Aladi Aruna | DMK | 320,020 | 38.70 | 125,844 | 15.21 | ||
| 4 | Sriperumbudur (SC) | Maragatham Chandrasekhar | INC | 387,795 | 54.90 | K. Ganesan | DMK | 233,244 | 33.02 | 154,551 | 21.88 | ||
| 5 | Chengalpattu | Kanchee Paneer | AIADMK | 338,711 | 49.12 | M. V. Ramu | DMK | 215,844 | 31.30 | 122,867 | 17.82 | ||
| 6 | Arakkonam | R. Jeevarathinam | INC | 299,587 | 42.77 | K. Murthy | DMK | 237,194 | 33.86 | 62,393 | 8.91 | ||
| 7 | Vellore | A. K. A. Abdul Samad | INC | 356,637 | 54.20 | M. Abdul Latheef | DMK | 195,787 | 29.75 | 160,850 | 24.45 | ||
| 8 | Tiruppattur | A. Jayamohan | INC | 376,733 | 55.79 | K. C. Alagiri | DMK | 241,900 | 35.82 | 134,833 | 19.97 | ||
| 9 | Vandavasi | L. Balaraman | INC | 313,160 | 47.17 | D. Venugopal | DMK | 212,988 | 32.08 | 100,172 | 15.09 | ||
| 10 | Tindivanam | R. Eramadass | INC | 299,184 | 46.19 | N. Dhayanithi | DMK | 198,469 | 30.64 | 100,715 | 15.55 | ||
| 11 | Cuddalore | P. R. S. Venkatesan | INC | 331,617 | 50.58 | G. Bhaskaran | DMK | 214,782 | 32.76 | 116,835 | 17.82 | ||
| 12 | Chidambaram (SC) | P. Vallalperuman | INC | 205,229 | 30.98 | A. Ayyasamy | DMK | 176,946 | 26.71 | 28,283 | 4.27 | ||
| 13 | Dharmapuri | M. G. Sekhar | AIADMK | 315,921 | 46.52 | B. D. Elangovan | PMK | 202,901 | 29.88 | 113,020 | 16.64 | ||
| 14 | Krishnagiri | K. Ramamoorthy | INC | 362,376 | 61.04 | B. Venkataswamy | JD | 160,882 | 27.10 | 201,494 | 33.94 | ||
| 15 | Rasipuram (SC) | B. Devarajan | INC | 421,674 | 67.01 | R. Mayavan | DMK | 169,699 | 26.97 | 251,975 | 40.04 | ||
| 16 | Salem | Rangarajan Kumarmangalam | INC | 400,936 | 60.85 | M. Karthikeyan | DMK | 159,166 | 24.16 | 241,770 | 36.69 | ||
| 17 | Tiruchengode | K. C. Palanisamy | AIADMK | 509,847 | 63.16 | C. Poongothi Thirumathi | DMK | 237,576 | 29.43 | 272,271 | 33.73 | ||
| 18 | Nilgiris | R. Prabhu | INC | 455,411 | 61.49 | S. A. Mahalingam | DMK | 281,640 | 38.03 | 173,771 | 23.46 | ||
| 19 | Gobichettipalayam | P. G. Narayanan | AIADMK | 400,932 | 64.65 | N. K. K. Pariasamy | DMK | 174,975 | 28.21 | 225,957 | 36.44 | ||
| 20 | Coimbatore | C. K. Kuppusamy | INC | 426,721 | 56.68 | R. Umanath | CPI(M) | 286,653 | 38.07 | 140,068 | 18.61 | ||
| 21 | Pollachi (SC) | B. Raja Ravi Varma | AIADMK | 428,704 | 67.28 | M. Aurmugham | CPI | 197,395 | 30.98 | 231,309 | 36.30 | ||
| 22 | Palani | A. Senapathi Gounder | INC | 316,938 | 50.68 | Rajkumar Mandradiar | DMK | 236,025 | 37.74 | 80,913 | 12.94 | ||
| 23 | Dindigul | C. Srinivasan | AIADMK | 434,966 | 67.24 | N. Varatharajan | CPI(M) | 199,598 | 30.86 | 235,368 | 36.38 | ||
| 24 | Madurai | A. G. S. Ram Babu | INC | 456,442 | 64.12 | V. Velusamy | DMK | 242,664 | 34.09 | 213,778 | 30.03 | ||
| 25 | Periyakulam | R. Mothiah | AIADMK | 402,691 | 61.35 | A. K. Cumbum Mahandiran | DMK | 181,287 | 27.62 | 221,404 | 33.73 | ||
| 26 | Karur | M. Thambithurai | AIADMK | 484,492 | 65.60 | K. C. Palanisamy | DMK | 245,741 | 33.27 | 238,751 | 32.33 | ||
| 27 | Tiruchirappalli | L. Adaikalaraj | INC | 429,185 | 61.06 | T. K. Rengarajan | CPI(M) | 259,219 | 36.88 | 169,966 | 24.18 | ||
| 28 | Perambalur (SC) | A. Asokaraj | AIADMK | 357,565 | 53.41 | S. Panovaikaruthazhan | DMK | 221,389 | 33.07 | 136,176 | 20.34 | ||
| 29 | Mayiladuturai | E. S. M. Pakeer Mohamed Hajee | INC | 352,492 | 52.42 | P. Kalyanam | DMK | 250,547 | 37.26 | 101,945 | 15.16 | ||
| 30 | Nagapattinam (SC) | M. Selvarasu | CPI | 341,921 | 49.32 | N. S. Veeramurasu | INC | 320,398 | 46.22 | 21,523 | 3.10 | ||
| 31 | Thanjavur | S. Singravadivel | INC | 371,967 | 56.37 | S. Palanimanickam | DMK | 274,820 | 41.64 | 97,147 | 14.73 | ||
| 32 | Pudukkottai | N. Sundaraja | INC | 518,762 | 66.65 | A. Selvaraj | DMK | 247,626 | 31.82 | 271,136 | 34.83 | ||
| 33 | Sivaganga | P. Chidambaram | INC | 430,290 | 65.86 | A. Ganesan | DMK | 210,738 | 32.26 | 219,552 | 33.60 | ||
| 34 | Ramanathapuram | V. Rajeshwaran | INC | 398,145 | 63.57 | S. P. Thangavelan | DMK | 218,601 | 34.90 | 179,544 | 28.67 | ||
| 35 | Sivakasi | K. Kalimuthu | AIADMK | 450,376 | 58.21 | V. Gopalsamy | DMK | 313,308 | 40.50 | 137,068 | 17.71 | ||
| 36 | Tirunelveli | Janartanan | AIADMK | 394,444 | 65.01 | D. S. A. Sivaprakasam | DMK | 203,309 | 33.51 | 191,135 | 31.50 | ||
| 37 | Tenkasi (SC) | M. Arunachalam | INC | 393,075 | 62.50 | R. Krishan | CPI(M) | 220,368 | 35.04 | 172,707 | 27.46 | ||
| 38 | Tiruchendur | R. Dhanuskodi Athithan | INC | 385,656 | 67.73 | A. Karthikeyan | DMK | 173,585 | 30.48 | 212,071 | 37.25 | ||
| 39 | Nagercoil | N. Dennis | INC | 292,817 | 53.20 | D. Kumaradhass | JD | 214,020 | 38.88 | 78,797 | 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
| 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
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