1989 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989
November 1989
39 (of 529) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered40,027,212
Turnout26,763,788 (66.86%) 6.12%
  First party Second party
 
Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance Congress alliance NF+LF
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Seats won 38 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 15,042,676 8,918,905
Percentage 56.98% 33.78%
Swing 1.89% 1.63%
1989 election map (by constituencies)
Green = INC+ (won all the seats)
Seat Wise Result
Prime Minister before election

Rajiv Gandhi
INC(I)

 Prime Minister after election

V. P. Singh
JD

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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