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.
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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 Allotment
editCongress Front
edit| 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
edit| No. |
Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
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| 1. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  |
M. Karunanidhi | 31 | |
| 2. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | _election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg){kind=small} |
A.Nallasivam | 4 | |
| 3. | Janata Dal |  |
Era.Sezilyan | 2 | |
| 4. | Communist Party of India |  |
P.Manickam | 2 | |
Voting and results
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| Alliance | Party | Popular Vote | Percentage | Swing | Seats won | Seat Change | ||
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| AIADMK+ | Indian National Congress | 10,524,027 | 39.86% | 0.65%
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| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,518,649 | 17.12% | 1.24%
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11 | 1
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| Total | 15,042,676 | 56.98% | 1.89%
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| National Front | Communist Party of India | 539,316 | 2.04% | 1.37%
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1 | 1
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| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7,038,849 | 26.66% | 0.76%
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0 | 2
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| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 965,838 | 3.66% | 0.82%
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| Janata Dal | 374,902 | 1.42% | new party | 0 | new party | |||
| Total | 8,918,905 | 33.78% | 1.63%
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1 | 1
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| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1,536,350 | 5.82% | new party | 0 | new party | |||
| Independents | 599,759 | 2.27% | 0.49%
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| Other Parties (14 parties) | 302,040 | 1.15% | 0 | |||||
| Total | 26,399,730 | 100.00% |
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| 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%
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- The two seats won in 1984 represents seats won by DMK.
List of Elected MPs
editPost-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu
editSource: 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
edit| Minister | Party | Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha | Portfolios |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murasoli Maran | DMK | Rajya Sabha | Minister of Urban Development |
See also
editBibliography
editReferences
edit- ^ Crossette, Barbara (6 December 1989). "New Indian Leader Swears in Cabinet". The New York Times.