1991 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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1991 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991

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May–June 1991

1996 →

39 (of 521) seats in the Lok Sabha

Registered

39,917,777

Turnout

25,514,736 (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)

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 sharing of parties

		Leader	Contesting seats
AIADMK-led Alliance	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	J. Jayalalithaa	11
AIADMK-led Alliance	Indian National Congress	Valappaddy K. Ramamurthy	28
National Front	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. Karunanidhi	28
	Janata Dal	Sivaji Ganesan	5
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	A. Nallasivam	3
	Communist Party of India	P. Manickam	2

Voting and results

Alliance			Popular Vote	Percentage	Swing	Seats won	Seat Change
	AIADMK+	Indian National Congress	10,510,569	42.57%	2.71%	28	1
		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	4,470,542	18.10%	0.98%	11
		Total	14,981,111	60.67%	3.69%	39	1
	National Front	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	5,601,597	22.69%	3.97%	0
		Janata Dal	718,222	2.91%	1.49%	0
		Communist Party of India	503,762	2.04%		0	1
		Total	6,823,581	27.64%	2.48%	0	1
	Pattali Makkal Katchi		1,269,690	5.14%	0.68%	0
	Independents		353,719	1.43%	0.84%	0
	Other Parties (16 parties)		1,264,233	5.12%	0.31%	0
Total			24,692,334	100.00%		39
Valid Votes			24,692,334	96.78%
Invalid Votes			822,402	3.22%
Total Votes			25,514,736	100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout			39,917,777	63.92%	2.94%

List of Elected MPs

Sl.No.	Constituency	Winner		Margin	Runner-up^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	AIADMK	162,528	T. R. Balu	DMK
4	Sriperumbudur	Margatham Chandrasekar^c	INC	180,572	K. Sundaram	DMK
5	Chengalpattu	S. S. R. Rajendra Kumar	AIADMK	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	Vazhappady 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	AIADMK	314,481	K. P. Ramalingam	DMK
18	Nilgiris	R. Prabhu^c	INC	180,802	S. Doraisamy	DMK
19	Gobichettipalayam	P. G. Narayanan^c	AIADMK	249,161	G. S. Lakshman Iyer	JD
20	Coimbatore	C. K. Kuppuswamy^c	INC	186,064	K. Ramani	CPI(M)
21	Pollachi	B. Rajaravivarma	AIADMK	206,270	C. T. Dhandapani	DMK
22	Palani	A. Senapathi Gounder^c	INC	260,142	K. Kumarasamy	DMK
23	Dindigul	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan	AIADMK	224,417	K. Maya Thevar	DMK
24	Madurai	A. G. S. Ram Babu^c	INC	242,160	P. Mohan	CPI(M)
25	Periyakulam	R. Ramasamy	AIADMK	213,960	Cumbum Ramakrishnan	DMK
26	Karur	N. Murugesan	AIADMK	269,969	D. Thirunavukkarasu	DMK
27	Tiruchirappalli	L. Adaikalaraj^c	INC	209,706	T. K. Rangarajan	CPI(M)
28	Perambalur	A. Asokraj^c	AIADMK	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	AIADMK	163,090	A. Srinivasan	CPI
36	Tirunelveli	M. R. Kadambur Janarthanan	AIADMK	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)

Key positions held by elected members of parliament

Union ministers of state (independent charge)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected constituency	Portfolio	Term in office			Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected constituency	Portfolio	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
1		P. Chidambaram (1945–)	Sivaganga	Ministry of Commerce	21 June 1991	9 July 1992	2 years, 71 days	Indian National Congress
1		P. Chidambaram (1945–)	Sivaganga	Ministry of Commerce	10 February 1995	3 April 1996	2 years, 71 days
2		Valappaddy K. Ramamurthy (1940–2002)	Krishnagiri	Ministry of Labour	21 June 1991	30 July 1991	39 days

Union ministers of state

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected constituency	Portfolio	Term in office			Political party	Cabinet Minister
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected constituency	Portfolio	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Cabinet Minister
1		M. Arunachalam (1944–2004)	Tenkasi	Ministry of Urban Development	21 June 1991	18 January 1993	1 year, 211 days	Indian National Congress	Sheila Kaul
1		M. Arunachalam (1944–2004)	Tenkasi	Ministry of Small Scale Industries and Agro Industries	18 January 1993	3 April 1996	3 years, 76 days		K. Karunakaran
2		Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (1952–2000)	Salem	Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	21 June 1991	2 July 1992	1 year, 11 days		Ghulam Nabi Azad
				Ministry of Law and Justice and Company Affairs	21 June 1991	2 July 1992	1 year, 11 days		Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
				Ministry of Science and Technology	2 July 1992	2 December 1993	1 year, 153 days		P. V. Narasimha Rao
				Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	2 July 1992	2 December 1993	1 year, 153 days		Ghulam Nabi Azad Vidya Charan Shukla