1991 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

none State Assembly election 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election July 2016 July 2026 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991 India parliamentary no Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989 1989 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996 1996 May–June 1991 39 (of 521) seats in the Lok Sabha 39,917,777 25,514,736 (63.92%) 2.94% J Jayalalithaa.jpg 120 100 120 10 2 M._Karunanidhi_.jpg 120 100 120 10 2 J. Jayalalithaa All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Congress alliance Did not contest 39 1 14,981,111 60.67% 3.69% M. Karunanidhi Did not contest Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam NF+LF 0 1 6,823,581 27.64% 2.48% 1991 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png 200px 1991 Election map (by constituencies) Green = INC+ (Won all the seats) File:Tamilnadu India Parliament 1991.svg 300px Seat wise Result Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party P. V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress (Indira) 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. Seat Allotment Congress Front colspan="8" All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK-led Alliance Party Flag Symbol LeaderSeats Indian National Congress 50px50px Rajiv Gandhi 2728 United Communist Party of India D. Pandian 1 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px 50px J. Jayalalithaa11 Total39 National Front colspan="6" Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK-led Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px 50px M. Karunanidhi 29 Janata Dal 50px Sivaji Ganesan 5 Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes 50px 50px A. Nallasivam 3 Communist Party of India 50px 50px P. Manickam 2 Total39 PMK Front colspan="6" Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK-led Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Pattali Makkal Katchi 50px 50px Dr. Ramdoss 31 Indian Union Muslim League Muslim League (Samad) 50px 50px A. K. A. Abdul Samad 5 Total36 List of Candidates ConstituencyAIADMK+DMK+PMK # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Madras North Indian National Congress D. PandianUCPI United Communist Party of Indua contested on the "Hand" symbol of the Indian National Congress (INC), and is officially recorded as a INC candidate in electoral records. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Aladi Aruna Pattali Makkal Katchi R. Ramamuthu Kumar 2 Madras Central Indian National Congress Era. Anbarasu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. V. N. Somu Pattali Makkal Katchi D. Anbazhagan 3 Madras South All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Sridharan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. R. Baalu Pattali Makkal Katchi K. V. S. Sivaraman4Sriperumbudur (SC)Indian National Congress M. ChandrasekarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Sundaram5ChengalpattuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. S. R. Rajendra KumarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. ArumugamPattali Makkal Katchi V. Kamalambal 6ArakkonamIndian National Congress R. JeevarathinamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. KannaiyanPattali Makkal Katchi S. Subramaniam7VelloreIndian National Congress B. Akber PashaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. ShanmugamIndian Union Muslim League Mohammad Ishaq8TiruppatturIndian National Congress A. JayamohanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. C. AlagiriPattali Makkal Katchi D. P. Chandran9VandavasiIndian National Congress M. KrishnaswamyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam D. VenugopalPattali Makkal Katchi Durai Kasilingam10TindivanamIndian National Congress K. Rama MurtheeDravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. DhayanithiPattali Makkal Katchi S. Shanmugam11CuddaloreIndian National Congress P. P. KaliaperumalJanata Dal G. BhuvaraghanPattali Makkal Katchi G. Chinnadhuri12Chidambaram (SC)Indian National Congress P. VallalperumanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Sulochana Pattali Makkal Katchi Dalit Ezhilmalai13DharmapuriIndian National Congress K. V. ThangkabaluDravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. KandasamyPattali Makkal Katchi P. D. Elangovan14KrishnagiriIndian National Congress K. Rama MurthyJanata Dal R. ManickamPattali Makkal Katchi R. Raju15Rasipuram (SC)Indian National Congress B. DevarajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam I. SuhenyaPattali Makkal Katchi P. Jeyapal16SalemIndian National Congress R. KumaramangalamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. P. ArthanarisamyPattali Makkal Katchi K. Arjunan17TiruchengodeAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. S. SoundaramDravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. P. RamalingamPattali Makkal Katchi A. Mannathan18NilgirisIndian National Congress R. PrabhuDravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. DoraisamyIndian Union Muslim League K. M. Mohammed Zackariah19GobichettipalayamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. G. NarayananJanata Dal G. S. LakshmanaiyerPattali Makkal Katchi S. Chinnadurai20CoimbatoreIndian National Congress C. K. KuppuswamyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) K. RamaniIndian Union Muslim League A. Abeeb Rahman21Pollachi (SC)All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK B. Raja Ravi VarmaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. T. DhandapaniPattali Makkal Katchi G. Selvaraj22PalaniIndian National Congress A. Senapathi GounderDravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Kumarsamy23DindigulAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. SreenivasanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Maya ThevarPattali Makkal Katchi P. Gopal24MaduraiIndian National Congress A. G. S. Ram BabuCommunist Party of India (Marxist) P. MohanPattali Makkal Katchi R. Tamil Selvan25PeriyakulamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. RamasamyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. RamakrishnanPattali Makkal Katchi K. Madasamy26KarurAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK N. MurugesanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam D. ThirunavukkarasuPattali Makkal Katchi R. Pakkian 27TiruchirappalliIndian National Congress L. AdaikalarajCommunist Party of India (Marxist) T. K. Rangarajan28Perambalur (SC)All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. AsokrajDravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. V. RamaswamyPattali Makkal Katchi J. Sivagnanamani29MayiladuthuraiIndian National Congress Mani Shankar AiyarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Kalayanam KuttalamIndian Union Muslim League A. K. A. Abdul Samad30Nagapattinam (SC)Indian National Congress PadmaCommunist Party of India M. SelvarasuPattali Makkal Katchi U. Kasinathan31ThanjavurIndian National Congress K. Thulasiah VandayarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. S. PalanimanickamPattali Makkal Katchi H. Shahul Hameed32PudukkottaiIndian National Congress N. SundarrajDravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. ChandrasekaranPattali Makkal Katchi V. Thiruvarangan33SivagangaIndian National Congress P. ChidambaramDravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. KasinathanPattali Makkal Katchi A. Sathaiah34RamanathapuramIndian National Congress V. RajeswaranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Kadher BatchaIndian Union Muslim League A. A. Abdul Razak35SivakasiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Kanga GovindarajuluCommunist Party of India A. Sri NivasanPattali Makkal Katchi K. Puyal Ponnaiah36TirunelveliAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. JanarthananDravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. P. KandasamyPattali Makkal Katchi S. Krishnakanthan37Tenkasi (SC)Indian National Congress M. ArunachalamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. SadhanPattali Makkal Katchi E. Nambirajan38TiruchendurIndian National Congress R. DhanuskodiJanata Dal G. Anton GomezPattali Makkal Katchi R. Christa Doss39NagercoilIndian National Congress N. DennisJanata Dal P. Md. IsmailPattali Makkal Katchi K. James Voting and results thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left thumb|Election Map (Results reflected as %seats won by districts)AIADMK-INC alliance won all the seats in TN. Below is a breakdown by parties within coalition:#55DDFF INC won all the seats in the district#0000FF INC won 67% the seats in the district#008080 INC won half the seats in the district#008000 ADMK won all the seats in the district AlliancePartyPopular VotePercentageSwingSeats wonSeat ChangeAIADMK+Indian National Congress10,510,56942.57%2.71%281All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,470,54218.10%0.98%11Total14,981,11160.67%3.69%391National FrontDravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,601,59722.69%3.97%0Janata Dal718,2222.91%1.49%0Communist Party of India503,7622.04%01Total6,823,58127.64%2.48%01Pattali Makkal Katchi1,269,6905.14%0.68%0Independents353,7191.43%0.84%0Other Parties (16 parties)1,264,2335.12%0.31%0Total24,692,334100.00%39Valid Votes24,692,33496.78%Invalid Votes822,4023.22%Total Votes25,514,736100.00%Registered Voters/Turnout39,917,77763.92%2.94% List of Elected MPs Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Madras NorthD. PandianIndian National CongressINC400,45454.61Aladi ArunaDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK281,93638.45118,51816.162Madras CentralEra AnbarasuIndian National CongressINC312,30256.40N. V. N. SomuDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK209,03137.75103,27118.653Madras SouthR. SridharanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK418,49356.66T. R. BaluDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK255,96534.66162,52822.004Sriperumbudur (SC)M. ChandrasekarIndian National CongressINC400,74161.71K. SundaramDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK220,16933.91180,57227.805ChengalpattuS. S. R. Rajendra KumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK351,61355.08C. ArumugamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK198,40731.08153,20624.006ArakkonamR. JeevarathinamIndian National CongressINC348,51653.90M. KannaiyanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK171,80626.57176,71027.337VelloreB. Akber PashaIndian National CongressINC383,17761.70P. ShanmugamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK184,00829.63199,16932.078TiruppatturA. Jaya MohanIndian National CongressINC387,64960.12K. C. AlagiriDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK197,18830.58190,46129.549VandavasiM. KrishnaswamyIndian National CongressINC354,45155.55D. VenugopalDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK177,35627.79177,09527.7610TindivanamK. Rama MurtheeIndian National CongressINC341,97155.40N. DhayanithiDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK171,82227.83170,14927.5711CuddaloreP. P. KaliaperumalIndian National CongressINC360,44558.44G. BhuvarahanJanata DalJD152,38824.71208,05733.7312Chidambaram (SC)P. VallalperumanIndian National CongressINC306,12148.77Sulochana AyyasamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK169,23126.96136,89021.8113DharmapuriK. V. Thangka BaluIndian National CongressINC322,13851.17P. D. ElangovanPattali Makkal KatchiPMK171,64927.27150,48923.9014KrishnagiriK. Rama MurthyIndian National CongressINC353,03360.72R. ManickamJanata DalJD139,91924.06213,11436.6615Rasipuram (SC)B. DevarajanIndian National CongressINC422,40069.17I. SuhenyaDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK149,41524.47272,98544.7016SalemR. Kumarā́mangalamIndian National CongressINC406,04267.03K. P. ArthanarisamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK123,47420.38282,56846.6517TiruchengodeK. S. SoundaramAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK521,58066.80K. P. RamalingamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK207,09926.52314,48140.2818NilgirisR. PrabhuIndian National CongressINC387,70758.75S. DoraisamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK206,90531.35180,80227.4019GobichettipalayamP. G. NarayananAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK397,43167.16G. S. LakshmanaiyerJanata DalJD148,27025.06249,16142.1020CoimbatoreC. K. KuppuswamyIndian National CongressINC408,89158.67K. RamaniCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)222,82731.97186,06426.7021Pollachi (SC)B. RajaravivarmaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK414,81065.65C. T. DhandapaniDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK208,54033.00206,27032.6522PalaniA. Senapathi GounderIndian National CongressINC445,89769.18K. KumarsamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK185,75528.82260,14240.3623DindigulC. SrinivasanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK416,65267.04K. Maya ThevarDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK192,23530.93224,41736.1124MaduraiA. G. S. Ram BabuIndian National CongressINC425,76967.62P. MohanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)183,60929.16242,16038.4625PeriyakulamR. RamasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK382,75962.61Rama KrishananDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK168,79927.61213,96035.0026KarurN. MurugesanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK475,57168.89D. ThirunavukkarasuDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK205,60229.78269,96939.1127TiruchirappalliL. Adaikala RajIndian National CongressINC414,62863.99T. K. RangarajanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)204,92231.63209,70632.3628Perambalur (SC)A. AsokrajAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK375,43058.92S. V. RamaswamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK180,48028.32194,95030.6029MayiladuthuraiMani Shankar AiyarIndian National CongressINC364,59858.98P. KalayanamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK202,66132.78161,93726.2030Nagapattinam (SC)PadmaIndian National CongressINC327,41349.71M. SelvarasuCommunist Party of IndiaCPI301,69745.8025,7163.9131ThanjavurK. Thulasiah VandayarIndian National CongressINC381,93261.23S. PalanimanickamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK219,86235.25162,07025.9832PudukkottaiN. SundararajIndian National CongressINC460,79563.82K. ChandrasekaranDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK241,07433.39219,72130.4333SivagangaP. ChindambaramIndian National CongressINC402,02967.49V. KasinathanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK173,43229.12228,59738.3734RamanathapuramV. RajeshwaranIndian National CongressINC348,41559.25S. Kather Batcha Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK176,88930.08171,52629.1735SivakasiR. Kanga GovindarajuluAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK365,15555.21A. Sri NivasanCommunist Party of IndiaCPI202,06530.55163,09024.6636TirunelveliM. R. JanarthananAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK351,04862.09K. P. KandasamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK197,45634.92153,59227.1737Tenkasi (SC)M. ArunachalamIndian National CongressINC381,72163.56T. SadhanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK199,63533.24182,08630.3238TiruchendurR. DhanushkodiIndian National CongressINC381,52173.43G. Anton GomezJanata DalJD122,74523.62258,77649.8139NagercoilN. DennisIndian National CongressINC279,81351.60P. Muhammadd IsmailJanata DalJD154,90028.56124,91323.04 Key positions held by elected members of parliament Union ministers of state (independent charge) No.PortraitName(Birth–Death)Elected constituencyPortfolioTerm in officePolitical partyAssumed officeLeft officeTime in office1100pxP. Chidambaram(b. born in 1945)SivagangaMinistry of Commerce21 June 19919 July 19922 years, 71 daysIndian National Congressrowspan=3 Indian National Congress10 February 19953 April 19962100pxValappaddy K. Ramamurthy(1940–2002)KrishnagiriMinistry of Labour21 June 199130 July 199139 days Union ministers of state No.PortraitName(Birth–Death)Elected constituencyPortfolioTerm in officePolitical partyCabinet MinisterAssumed officeLeft officeTime in office1100pxM. Arunachalam(1944–2004)TenkasiMinistry of Urban Development21 June 199118 January 19931991 06 21 1993 01 18Indian National Congressrowspan=6 Indian National CongressSheila Kaulrowspan=6 Indian National CongressMinistry of Small Scale Industries and Agro Industries18 January 19933 April 19961993 01 18 1996 04 03K. Karunakaran2100pxRangarajan Kumaramangalam(1952–2000)SalemMinistry of Parliamentary Affairs21 June 19912 July 19921 year, 11 daysGhulam Nabi AzadMinistry of Law and Justice and Company AffairsKotla Vijaya Bhaskara ReddyMinistry of Science and Technology2 July 19922 December 19931 year, 153 daysP. V. Narasimha RaoMinistry of Parliamentary AffairsGhulam Nabi Azad Vidya Charan Shukla Bypolls (1991-1996) DistrictConstituencyWinnerRunner upMargin No. Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %DindigulPalaniPalaniyappa Gounder KumarasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam278,995 42.4% Smt. SubbulakshmiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam234,070 35.6%44,925Bypoll held on 18 December 1993 following the death of the incumbent member A. Senapathi Gounder from Indian National Congress on 25 February 1992 See also Elections in India Elections in Tamil Nadu Notes References External links Official Website of Election Commission of India Election statistics provided by ECI collapsed collapsed Tamil Category:Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu Category:1990s in Tamil Nadu