Indian general election, 1991 (Tamil Nadu)

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991

May–June 1991

39 seats

	First party	Second party

Leader	J. Jayalalithaa	M. Karunanidhi
Party	AIADMK	DMK
Alliance	INC+	NF
Seats won	39	0
Seat change	+1	-1
Popular vote	14,981,111	6,823,581
Percentage	65.26%	27.64%

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

The Indian general election, 1991 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 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.

Voting and results

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Election Map (Results reflected as %seats won by districts)
ADMK-INC alliance won all the seats in TN. Below is a breakdown by parties within coalition:

INC won all the seats in the district

INC won 67% the seats in the district

INC won half the seats in the district

ADMK won all the seats in the district

Results by Alliance

INC+	SEATS	NF	OTHERS	SEATS
INC	28	DMK	BJP	0
ADMK	11	JD	PMK	0
		CPI
TOTAL (1991)	39	TOTAL (1991)	TOTAL (1991)	0
TOTAL (1989)	38	TOTAL (1989)	TOTAL (1989)	1

List of Elected MPs

Sl.No.	Constituency	Winner	Party	Margin	Runner-up^a	Party^a
1	Chennai North	D. Pandian	INC	118,518	Aladi Aruna	DMK
2	Chennai Central	Era Anbarasu^c	INC	103,271	N. V. N. Somu	DMK
3	Chennai South	R. Sridharan	ADMK	162,528	T. R. Balu	DMK
4	Sriperumbudur	Margatham Chandrasekar^c	INC	180,572	K. Sundaram	DMK
5	Chengalpattu	S. S. R. Rajendra Kumar	ADMK	153,206	C. Arumugam	DMK
6	Arakkonam	R. Jeevarathinam^c	INC	176,710	M. Kannaiyan	DMK
7	Vellore	B. Akber Pasha	INC	199,169	P. Shanmugam	DMK
8	Tiruppattur	A. Jayamohan^c	INC	190,461	K. C. Alagiri	DMK
9	Vandavasi	M. Krishnaswamy	INC	177,095	D. Venugopal	DMK
10	Tindivanam	K. Rama Murthee	INC	170,149	N. Dayanidhi	DMK
11	Cuddalore	P. P. Kaliaperumal	INC	208,057	G. Bhuvarahan	JD
12	Chidambaram	P. Vallalperuman^c	INC	136,890	Sulochana Ayyasamy	DMK
13	Dharmapuri	K.V. Thangkabalu	INC	150,489	P. D. Elangovan	PMK
14	Krishnagiri	K. Ramamurthy	INC	213,114	R. Manickam	JD
15	Rasipuram	B. Devarajan^c	INC	272,985	I. Suganya	DMK
16	Salem	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam^c	INC	282,568	K. P. Arthanarisamy	DMK
17	Tiruchengode	K. S. Soundaram	ADMK	314,481	K. P. Ramalingam	DMK
18	Nilgiris	R. Prabhu^c	INC	180,802	S. Doraisamy	DMK
19	Gobichettipalayam	P. G. Narayanan^c	ADMK	249,161	G. S. Lakshman Iyer	JD
20	Coimbatore	C. K. Kuppuswamy^c	INC	186,064	K. Ramani	CPM
21	Pollachi	B. Rajaravivarma	ADMK	206,270	C. T. Dhandapani	DMK
22	Palani	A. Senapathi Gounder^c	INC	260,142	K. Kumarasamy	DMK
23	Dindigul	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan	ADMK	224,417	K. Maya Thevar	DMK
24	Madurai	A. G. S. Ram Babu^c	INC	242,160	P. Mohan	CPM
25	Periyakulam	R. Ramasamy	ADMK	213,960	Cumbum Ramakrishnan	DMK
26	Karur	N. Murugesan	ADMK	269,969	D. Thirunavukkarasu	DMK
27	Tiruchirappalli	L. Adaikalaraj^c	INC	209,706	T. K. Rangarajan	CPM
28	Perambalur	A. Asokraj^c	ADMK	194,950	S. V. Ramaswamy	DMK
29	Mayiladuturai	Mani Shankar Aiyar	INC	161,937	Kuttalam P. Kalyanam	DMK
30	Nagapattinam	Padma	INC	25,716	M. Selvaraj	CPI
31	Thanjavur	K. Thulasiah Vandayar	INC	162,070	S. Palanimanickam	DMK
32	Pudukkottai	N. Sundararaj^c	INC	219,721	K. Chandrasekaran	DMK
33	Sivaganga	P. Chidambaram^c	INC	228,597	V. Kasinathan	DMK
34	Ramanathapuram	V. Rajeshwaran	INC	171,526	S. Vellaichamy	DMK
35	Sivakasi	R. Kanga Govindarajulu	ADMK	163,090	A. Srinivasan	CPI
36	Tirunelveli	M. R. Kadambur Janarthanan	ADMK	153,592	K. P. Kandasamy	DMK
37	Tenkasi	M. Arunachalam^c	INC	182,086	T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar	DMK
38	Tiruchendur	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan^c	INC	258,776	G. Anton Gomez	JD
39	Nagercoil	N. Dennis^c	INC	124,913	P. Mohammad Ismail	JD

^c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1989–1991)

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: Even though Congress and AIADMK swept Tamil Nadu, which proved to be an important state for Narasimha Rao and Congress to have a minority government at the national level, no cabinet berths were given to members from Tamil Nadu. Also all 4 council of ministers were from the Congress party.

Ministers of State (Independent charge)

Minister	Party	Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
P. Chidambaram	INC	Sivaganga	Minister of Commerce and Industry
K. Ramamurthy	INC	Krishnagiri	Minister of Labour and Employment^[1]

Ministers of State

Minister	Party	Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	INC	Salem	Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
M. Arunachalam	INC	Tenkasi	Minister of Urban Development^[2]

References

Other Sources

Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha

External links

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