1991 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991

May–June 1991

39 (of 521) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered39,917,777
Turnout25,514,736 (63.92%) 2.94%
  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 39 0
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 14,981,111 6,823,581
Percentage 60.67% 27.64%
Swing 3.69% 2.48%

1991 Election map (by constituencies)
Green = INC+ (Won all the seats)

Seat wise Result

Prime Minister before election

Chandra Shekhar
SJP

Prime Minister after election

P. V. Narasimha Rao
INC(I)

The 1991 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a repeat landslide victory for Indian National Congress, and its ally All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, winning all 39 seats. The opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which was part of the National Front, lost heavily, not winning a single seat. During this election, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, when campaigning for Margatham Chandrasekar for the Indian National Congress, in the Sriperumbudur constituency.