# 1989 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

The 1989 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for Indian National Congress, and its ally All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, winning 38 out of 39 seats. This election marked the dominance of INC-AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, till 1996. The opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam failed to win a single seat, resulting in the party's downturn in national and state politics for the coming years. Because National Front won at the national level, Rajya Sabha member Murasoli Maran got a cabinet berth in the new V. P. Singh administration.

## Seat Allotment
### Congress Front

| No. | Party | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats |
| 1. | | Indian National Congress | | Rajiv Gandhi | 28 |
| 2. | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | | J. Jayalalithaa | 11 |

### National Front

| No. | Party | Leader | Seats |
| 1. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi | 31 |
| 2. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | A.Nallasivam | 4 |
| 3. | Janata Dal | Era.Sezilyan | 2 |
| 4. | Communist Party of India | P.Manickam | 2 |

## Voting and results

| Alliance | Alliance | Party | Party | Popular Vote | Percentage | Swing | Seats won | Seat Change |
| | AIADMK+ | | Indian National Congress | 10,524,027 | 39.86% | 0.65% | 27 | 2 |
| | AIADMK+ | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,518,649 | 17.12% | 1.24% | 11 | 1 |
| | AIADMK+ | | Total | 15,042,676 | 56.98% | 1.89% | 38 | 1 |
| | National Front | | Communist Party of India | 539,316 | 2.04% | 1.37% | 1 | 1 |
| | National Front | | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7,038,849 | 26.66% | 0.76% | 0 | 2 |
| | National Front | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 965,838 | 3.66% | 0.82% | 0 | |
| | National Front | | Janata Dal | 374,902 | 1.42% | new party | 0 | new party |
| | National Front | | Total | 8,918,905 | 33.78% | 1.63% | 1 | 1 |
| | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1,536,350 | 5.82% | new party | 0 | new party |
| | Independents | Independents | Independents | 599,759 | 2.27% | 0.49% | 0 | |
| | Other Parties (14 parties) | Other Parties (14 parties) | Other Parties (14 parties) | 302,040 | 1.15% | | 0 | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 26,399,730 | 100.00% | | 39 | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 26,399,730 | 98.64% | 98.64% | 98.64% | 98.64% |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 364,058 | 1.36% | 1.36% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 26,763,788 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Registered Voters/Turnout | Registered Voters/Turnout | Registered Voters/Turnout | Registered Voters/Turnout | 40,027,212 | 66.86% | 6.12% | 6.12% | 6.12% |
* The two seats won in 1984 represents seats won by DMK.

## List of Elected MPs

| Sl.No. | Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin | Runner-up$^a$ | Party$^a$ |
| 1 | Madras North | D. Pandian | INC | 113,771 | N. V. N. Somu | DMK |
| 2 | Madras Central | Era. Anbarasu | INC | 66,406 | A. Kalanidhi | DMK |
| 3 | Madras South | Vyjayanthimala | INC | 125,844 | Aladi Aruna | DMK |
| 4 | Sriperumbudur | Maragatham Chandrasekar | INC | 154,551 | K. Ganesan | DMK |
| 5 | Chengalpattu | Kanchi Panneerselvam | AIADMK | 122,867 | M. V. Ramu | DMK |
| 6 | Arakkonam | R. Jeevarathinam | INC | 62,393 | K. Murthy | DMK |
| 7 | Vellore | A. K. A. Abdul Samad | INC | 160,850 | M.Abdul Lathief | DMK |
| 8 | Tiruppattur | A. Jayamohan | INC | 134,833 | K. C. Alagiri | DMK |
| 9 | Vandavasi | L. Balaraman | INC | 100,172 | D. Venugopal | DMK |
| 10 | Tindivanam | R. Ramadoss | INC | 100,715 | N. Dayanidhi | DMK |
| 11 | Cuddalore | P. R. S. Venkatesan | INC | 116,835 | G. Bhaskaran | DMK |
| 12 | Chidambaram | P. Vallalperuman | INC | 28,283 | A. Ayyasamy | DMK |
| 13 | Dharmapuri | M. G. Sekhar | AIADMK | 113,020 | B. D. Elangovan | PMK |
| 14 | Krishnagiri | Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy | INC | 201,494 | B. Venkataswamy | JD |
| 15 | Rasipuram | B. Devarajan | INC | 251,975 | R. Mayavan | DMK |
| 16 | Salem | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam | INC | 241,770 | M. Karthikeyan | DMK |
| 17 | Tiruchengode | K. C. Palanisamy | AIADMK | 272,271 | C. Poongothai | DMK |
| 18 | Nilgiris | R. Prabhu | INC | 173,771 | S. A. Mahalingam | DMK |
| 19 | Gobichettipalayam | P. G. Narayanan | AIADMK | 225,957 | N. K. K. Periasamy | DMK |
| 20 | Coimbatore | C. K. Kuppuswamy | INC | 140,068 | R. Umanath | CPI(M) |
| 21 | Pollachi | B. Raja Ravi Varma | AIADMK | 231,309 | M. Arumugham | CPI |
| 22 | Palani | A. Senapathi Gounder | INC | 80,913 | Rajkumar Mandradiar | DMK |
| 23 | Dindigul | Dindigul C.Sreenivasan | AIADMK | 235,368 | N. Varadarajan | CPI(M) |
| 24 | Madurai | A. G. S. Ram Babu | INC | 213,778 | V. Velusamy | DMK |
| 25 | Periyakulam | R. Muthiah | AIADMK | 221,404 | Cumbum A. K. Mahendiran | DMK |
| 26 | Karur | M. Thambidurai | AIADMK | 238,751 | K. C. Palanisamy | DMK |
| 27 | Tiruchirappalli | L. Adaikalaraj | INC | 169,966 | T. Rangarajan | CPI(M) |
| 28 | Perambalur | A. Asokaraj | AIADMK | 136,176 | S. Panovaikaruthazhvan | DMK |
| 29 | Mayiladuthurai | E. S. M. Pakeer Mohammad | INC | 101,945 | P. Kalyanam | DMK |
| 30 | Nagapattinam | M. Selvarasu | CPI | 21,523 | N. S. Veeramurasu | INC |
| 31 | Thanjavur | S. Singaravadivel | INC | 97,147 | S. Palnimanickam | DMK |
| 32 | Pudukkottai | N. Sundararaj | INC | 271,136 | A. Selvaraj | DMK |
| 33 | Sivaganga | P. Chidambaram | INC | 219,552 | A. Ganesan | DMK |
| 34 | Ramanathapuram | V. Rajeshwaran | INC | 179,544 | S. P. Thangavelan | DMK |
| 35 | Sivakasi | K. Kalimuthu | AIADMK | 137,068 | V. Gopalsamy | DMK |
| 36 | Tirunelveli | M. R. Janardhanan | AIADMK | 191,135 | D. S. A. Sivaprakasam | DMK |
| 37 | Tenkasi | M. Arunachalam | INC | 172,707 | R. Krishnan | CPI(M) |
| 38 | Tiruchendur | R. Dhanushkodi Adithan | INC | 212,071 | A. Karthikeyan | DMK |
| 39 | Nagercoil | N. Dennis | INC | 78,797 | D. Kumaradoss | JD |

## Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: New York Times Due to the fact, that the DMK-JD were routed in Tamil Nadu, VP Singh had to choose Rajya Sabha member, Murasoli Maran to represent Tamil Nadu in his cabinet.

### Cabinet Ministers

| Minister | Party | Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha | Portfolios |
| Murasoli Maran | DMK | Rajya Sabha | Minister of Urban Development |