1989 Indian general election

none gov Parlamentswahl in Indien 1989 May 2026 July 2016 November 2019 India parliamentary 1984 Indian general election 1984 1991 Indian general election 1991 22 and 26 November 1989 529 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha 265 61.95% ( 2.06pp) 498,906,129 Rajiv Gandhi at 7 Race course road 1988 (cropped).jpg 140 130 150 0 05 Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress (Indira) 46.86%, 414 seats 197 217 118,894,702 39.53% 7.33pp Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg 130 130 150 0 0 V. P. Singh Janata Dal 13.50%, 14 seats 143 129 53,518,521 17.79% 4.29pp L K Advani in 2004.jpg 130 130 150 0 0 Lal Krishna Advani Bharatiya Janata Party 7.74%, 2 seats 85 83 34,171,477 11.36% 3.62pp E. M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg 130 130 150 0 0 E. M. S. Namboodiripad Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5.87%, 22 seats 33 11 19,691,309 6.55% 0.68pp Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress (Indira) V. P. Singh JD Wahlergebnisse Indien 1989.svg Results by constituency List of members of the 8th Lok Sabha List of members of the 9th Lok Sabha General elections were held in India on 22 and 26 November 1989 to elect the members of the ninth Lok Sabha.INDIA: Parliamentary elections Lok Sabha, 1989 Inter-Parliamentary Union http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2145_89.htm 26 April 2009 The incumbent Indian National Congress (Indira) government under the premiership of Rajiv Gandhi lost its mandate, even though it was still the largest single party in the Lok Sabha.Krishna, India since Independence 2011 343Sumeda 2024-04-06 How the 1989 Lok Sabha election changed Indian politics https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/1989-election-coalition-politics-india-congress-loss-victory-rajiv-gandhi-vp-singh/article67679186.ece 2024-05-19 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X V. P. Singh, the leader of the second largest party Janata Dal (which also headed the National Front) was invited by the President of India to form the government.Krishna, India since Independence 2011 p. 349: 'The Rashtrapati Bhawan communiqué that evening was a commentary on the fractured nature of the mandate: "Since the Congress (I), elected to the Ninth Lok Sabha with the largest membership, has opted not to stake its claim for forming the Government, the President invited Mr. V. P. Singh, leader of the second largest party/group, namely the Janata Dal/National Front to form the Government and take a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha within 30 days of his assuming office."' The government was formed with outside support from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Communist parties led by CPI(M).Krishna, India since Independence 2011 347 V. P. Singh was sworn in as the seventh Prime Minister of India on 2 December 1989. Background The 1989 elections were held after the Lok Sabha elected in 1984 completed its five-year term. Although Rajiv Gandhi had won the 1984 elections by an unprecedented landslide (mainly due to an overwhelming outpour of popular grief for to his mother's assassination), by 1989 he was trying to fight off scandals that had marred his administration. The Bofors scandal, Gandhi's supposed attempt at shielding Adil Shahryar, who had been involved in the 1984 Bhopal tragedy, allegations of Muslim appeasement in the wake of the Shah Bano case, rising insurgency in Assam, insurrection in Punjab, Indian involvement in the Sri Lankan civil war were just some of the problems that stared at his government. Rajiv's biggest critic was Vishwanath Pratap Singh, who held the portfolios of the finance ministry and the defence ministry in the government. But Singh was soon sacked from the Cabinet and he then resigned from his memberships in the Congress and the Lok Sabha. He formed the Jana Morcha with Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammad Khan and re-entered the Lok Sabha as an Independent MP from Allahabad. Witnessing V. P. Singh's meteoric rise on national stage, Rajiv tried to counterPhilip A. J. Opinion: A gentleman among politicians The Tribune (Chandigarh) 7 September 2006 https://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060907/edit.htm 1 January 2016 13 October 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20061013081719/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060907/edit.htm live him with another prominent Rajput stalwart Satyendra Narain Singh but failed eventually. On 11 October 1988, the birth anniversary of Jayprakasha Narayan, V. P Singh made Jana Morcha merge with the Janata Party & some of its breakaway factions like the Janata Party (Secular), Lok Dal & Congress (Jagjivan) to form the Janata Dal. Singh then formed the National Front consisting of the Janata Dal, Congress (Socialist) of Sarat Chandra Sinha, TDP of N. T. Rama Rao, DMK of M. Karunanidhi & AGP of Prafulla Mahanta. The National Front also received outside support of Lal Krishna Advani from the Bharatiya Janata Party (which had also been formed out of the Janata Party) & Jyoti Basu from the Communist Party of India (Marxist). To remove the allegations of Muslim appeasement against the Congress (I) party, Rajiv Gandhi took the step of unlocking the gates of the disputed Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1986,Staff T. N. M. 2024-01-03 How Rajiv Gandhi fell for bad advice to open Babri Masjid locks in 1986 https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/how-rajiv-gandhi-fell-for-bad-advice-to-open-babri-masjid-locks-in-1986 2024-06-16 The News Minute en which inadvertently caused increased public consciousness about the dispute over the site. The BJP was able to galvanize significant support from the country's Hindu majority towards itself by its electoral promise of constructing a Hindu temple at the site after tearing down the mosque. Voting was not held in Assam due to rising unrest and a rebellion of Bodos, culminating into a massacre of 535 people at Gohpur. The Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu was split into Goa and Daman & Diu with Goa retaining its two seats and the latter gaining a seat, resulting in the total number of Lok Sabha seats increasing by one to a total of 543. As elections were not held in Assam, only 529 seats were contested. Results 350px Indian National Congress (Indira) 118894702 197 Janata Dal 53518521 143 Bharatiya Janata Party 34171477 85 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19691309 33 Telugu Desam Party 9909728 2 Communist Party of India 7734697 12 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7196099 0 Bahujan Samaj Party 6213390 3 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4518649 11 Janata Party 3029743 0 Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) 2318872 6 Revolutionary Socialist Party 1854276 4 Pattali Makkal Katchi 1561371 0 Doordarshi Party 1338566 0 All India Forward Bloc 1261310 3 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1032276 3 Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha 978377 1 Indian Union Muslim League 974234 2 Indian People's Front 737551 1 Peasants and Workers Party of India 636589 0 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 617376 1 Lok Dal (Bahuguna) 602110 0 Bharatiya Republican Paksha 572434 0 Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha 495565 0 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 468615 0 Gorkha National Liberation Front 435070 1 Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) 427609 0 Jharkhand Dal 367838 0 Kerala Congress (M) 352191 1 Shiv Sena 339426 1 Marxist Co-ordination Committee 247013 1 Nagaland People's Council 239124 0 Hindu Mahasabha 217514 1 Manipur Peoples Party 147128 0 Republican Party of India 129300 0 Humanist Party of India 122947 0 All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh 120159 0 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 116392 1 Kuki National Assembly 108085 0 Shiromani Akali Dal 100570 0 Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava) 100300 0 People's Party of Arunachal 96181 0 Uttar Pradesh Republican Party 91740 0 Sikkim Sangram Parishad 91608 1 Amra Bangali 80834 0 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 71194 3 Mizo National Front 70749 0 Kerala Congress 68811 0 Tharasu Makkal Mandaram 64885 0 Democratic Party 43667 0 Shoshit Samaj Dal 42282 0 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal 39465 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) 38937 0 Muslim Majlis Uttar Pradesh 25839 0 Proutist Bloc Of India 23331 0 Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party 22625 0 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 22446 0 Karnataka Gana Parishad 19593 0 Socialist Party (Lohiya) 17639 0 Tamiliar Kazhagam 12859 0 Rising Sun Party 12858 0 Indian Congress (J) Trikha Group 12539 0 Socialist Party 12430 0 Socialist Unity Centre of India 8747 0 All India Garib Congress 7635 0 Hul Jharkhand Party 6663 0 Bhatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh 5895 0 Lok Party 4731 0 Akhil Bhartiya Gorkha League (Budhiman Gurung) 4426 0 Shoshit Samaj Party 3756 0 Scientific Vedic Revolutionary Party 3470 0 Deseeya Karshaka Party 3059 0 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 2998 0 Barat Desam Labour Party 2944 0 Progressive Hul Jharkhand 2890 0 Republicon Presidium Party 2791 0 West Orissa Peoples Front 2682 0 West Bengal Socialist Party (Biman Mitra) 2411 0 All India Shiromani Baba Jiwan Singh Mazhbi Dal 2368 0 Akhil Bhartiya Hindustani Krantikari Samajwadi Party 2263 0 Green Party of India 2142 0 Akhil Baratiya Pichhra Varg Party 2055 0 Tamil Nadu Peoples Welfare Association 1964 0 Sadharam Rajya Parishad 1928 0 Indian National Congress (O) Anti-Merger Group 1735 0 Gujarat Janata Parishad 1577 0 All India Justice Party 1428 0 Peoples Democracy of India 1392 0 Punjab Peoples Party 1374 0 Hindustan Janata Party 1361 0 Bharatha Makkal Congress 1357 0 Deccan Congress 1332 0 Akhil Bhartiya Lok Tantrik Party 1272 0 Vijaya Shakti 1093 0 Bhartiya Loktantrik Mazdoor Dal 1035 0 Pandav Dal 918 0 National Republican Party 839 0 Bhartiya Loktantrik Mazdoor Sangh 703 0 Mahabharat Peoples Party 694 0 Indian Union Muslim League (IML) 687 0 Manipur Peoples Council 677 0 Vishal Bharat Party 621 0 Republican Party of India (Gavai Group) 539 0 Punjab Kairon Dal 493 0 Peoples Party of India 478 0 Indian Labour Party 406 0 Socialist Labour League 391 0 Bharatiya Krantikari Kisan Sang 367 0 Kamaraj Desiya Congress 322 0 Punjab Naya Front 314 0 Hindu Shiv Sena 160 0 Bhartiya Lok Kalyan Dal 145 0 Labour Party of India 99 0 Independents 15793781 12 Nominated Anglo-Indians 2 8274072 498906129 ECI Results by state/union territory +State/Union Territory SeatsINCJDLBJPLFRINDOTHAndhra Pradesh423900003Arunachal Pradesh2200000Bihar544328505Goa2100001Gujarat2631112000Haryana10460000Himachal Pradesh4103000Jammu & Kashmir6200013Karnataka282710000Kerala201400204Madhya Pradesh408427010Maharashtra4828510131Manipur2200000Meghalaya2200000Mizoram1100000Nagaland1100000Orissa213160200Punjab13210037Rajasthan2501113100Sikkim1000001Tamil Nadu3927001011Tripura2200000Uttar Pradesh8515548323West Bengal424003701A & N Islands1100000Chandigarh1010000Dadra & Nagar Haveli1000010Daman & Diu1000010NCT of Delhi7214000Lakshadweep1100000Pondicherry1100000Total52919714385521240 NOTE: The LF (Left Front) consisted of the CPI(M), CPI, RSP, and AIFB. Aftermath V. P. Singh, who was the head of the Janata Dal, was chosen leader of the National Front government with outside support of the BJP & CPI(M).19 December 2008 V. P. Singh: Prime Minister of India who tried to improve the lot of the poor The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/v-p-singh-prime-minister-of-india-who-tried-to-improve-the-lot-of-the-poor-1203626.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/v-p-singh-prime-minister-of-india-who-tried-to-improve-the-lot-of-the-poor-1203626.html 1 May 2022 subscription live 6 October 2017 The alliance broke down after Singh supported Bihar's Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav's step to arrest Advani in Samastipur to stop his Ram Rath Yatra, which was going to the Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya on 23 October 1990. Following this incident, BJP withdrew their support to Singh government, causing them to lose parliamentary vote of confidence on 7 November 1990.8 November 1990 India's Cabinet Falls as Premier Loses Confidence Vote, by 142–346, and Quits https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/08/world/india-s-cabinet-falls-as-premier-loses-confidence-vote-by-142-346-and-quits.html The New York Times 6 October 2017 11 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180711200750/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/08/world/india-s-cabinet-falls-as-premier-loses-confidence-vote-by-142-346-and-quits.html live Chandra Shekhar broke away from the Janata Dal with 64 MPs and formed the Samajwadi Janata Party in 1990. He got outside support from the Congress(I) and became the 8th Prime Minister of India. He finally resigned on 21 June 1991, after the Congress(I) withdrew its support alleging that the Chandra Shekhar government was spying on Rajiv Gandhi. See also V. P. Singh ministry Chandra Shekhar ministry List of members of the 9th Lok Sabha 1989 Indian general election by state or union territory References Bibliography India Since Independence: Making Sense Of Indian Politics Ananth V. Krishna Pearson Education India 2011 9788131734650 https://books.google.com/books?id=8v7Vr2iQUHkC Krishna, India since Independence 2011 External links Elections 1989: Congress(I) faces prospect of being routed in Bihar India Today 30 November 1989 https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19891130-elections-1989-congressi-faces-prospect-of-being-routed-in-bihar-816812-1989-11-29 Pandya Haresh V. P. Singh, a Leader of India Who Defended Poor, Dies at 77 The New York Times 29 November 2008 https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/world/asia/30singh.html?_r=1& https://web.archive.org/web/20201120194616/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/world/asia/30singh.html?_r=1& 20 November 2020 India General Category:General elections in India