# 1989 elections in India

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Elections in the Republic of India in 1989 included the 1989 Indian general election, elections to eight state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

## General election

Seats :
| | Indian National Congress | 118,894,702 | 39.53 | 197 |
| | Janata Dal | 53,518,521 | 17.79 | 143 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 34,171,477 | 11.36 | 85 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19,691,309 | 6.55 | 33 |
| | Telugu Desam Party | 9,909,728 | 3.29 | 2 |
| | Communist Party of India | 7,734,697 | 2.57 | 12 |
| | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7,196,099 | 2.39 | 0 |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party | 6,213,390 | 2.07 | 3 |
| | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,518,649 | 1.50 | 11 |
| | Janata Party | 3,029,743 | 1.01 | 0 |
| | Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) | 2,318,872 | 0.77 | 6 |
| | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1,854,276 | 0.62 | 4 |
| | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1,561,371 | 0.52 | 0 |
| | Doordarshi Party | 1,338,566 | 0.45 | 0 |
| | All India Forward Bloc | 1,261,310 | 0.42 | 3 |
| | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1,032,276 | 0.34 | 3 |
| | Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha | 978,377 | 0.33 | 1 |
| | Indian Union Muslim League | 974,234 | 0.32 | 2 |
| | Indian People's Front | 737,551 | 0.25 | 1 |
| | Peasants and Workers Party of India | 636,589 | 0.21 | 0 |
| | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 617,376 | 0.21 | 1 |
| | Lok Dal (Bahuguna) | 602,110 | 0.20 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Republican Paksha | 572,434 | 0.19 | 0 |
| | Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha | 495,565 | 0.16 | 0 |
| | Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 468,615 | 0.16 | 0 |
| | Gorkha National Liberation Front | 435,070 | 0.14 | 1 |
| | Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) | 427,609 | 0.14 | 0 |
| | Jharkhand Dal | 367,838 | 0.12 | 0 |
| | Kerala Congress (M) | 352,191 | 0.12 | 1 |
| | Shiv Sena | 339,426 | 0.11 | 1 |
| | Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 247,013 | 0.08 | 1 |
| | Nagaland People's Council | 239,124 | 0.08 | 0 |
| | Hindu Mahasabha | 217,514 | 0.07 | 1 |
| | Manipur Peoples Party | 147,128 | 0.05 | 0 |
| | Republican Party of India | 129,300 | 0.04 | 0 |
| | Humanist Party of India | 122,947 | 0.04 | 0 |
| | All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 120,159 | 0.04 | 0 |
| | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 116,392 | 0.04 | 1 |
| | Kuki National Assembly | 108,085 | 0.04 | 0 |
| | Shiromani Akali Dal | 100,570 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava) | 100,300 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | People's Party of Arunachal | 96,181 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Uttar Pradesh Republican Party | 91,740 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 91,608 | 0.03 | 1 |
| | Amra Bangali | 80,834 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 71,194 | 0.02 | 3 |
| | Mizo National Front | 70,749 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Kerala Congress | 68,811 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Tharasu Makkal Mandaram | 64,885 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Democratic Party | 43,667 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Shoshit Samaj Dal | 42,282 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal | 39,465 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) | 38,937 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Muslim Majlis Uttar Pradesh | 25,839 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Proutist Bloc Of India | 23,331 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party | 22,625 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 22,446 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Karnataka Gana Parishad | 19,593 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Socialist Party (Lohiya) | 17,639 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Tamiliar Kazhagam | 12,859 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rising Sun Party | 12,858 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Indian Congress (J) Trikha Group | 12,539 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Socialist Party | 12,430 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Socialist Unity Centre of India | 8,747 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | All India Garib Congress | 7,635 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Hul Jharkhand Party | 6,663 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bhatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh | 5,895 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Lok Party | 4,731 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bhartiya Gorkha League (Budhiman Gurung) | 4,426 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Shoshit Samaj Party | 3,756 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Scientific Vedic Revolutionary Party | 3,470 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Deseeya Karshaka Party | 3,059 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 2,998 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Barat Desam Labour Party | 2,944 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Progressive Hul Jharkhand | 2,890 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Republicon Presidium Party | 2,791 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | West Orissa Peoples Front | 2,682 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | West Bengal Socialist Party (Biman Mitra) | 2,411 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | All India Shiromani Baba Jiwan Singh Mazhbi Dal | 2,368 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bhartiya Hindustani Krantikari Samajwadi Party | 2,263 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Green Party of India | 2,142 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Baratiya Pichhra Varg Party | 2,055 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Tamil Nadu Peoples Welfare Association | 1,964 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Sadharam Rajya Parishad | 1,928 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Indian National Congress (O) Anti-Merger Group | 1,735 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Gujarat Janata Parishad | 1,577 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | All India Justice Party | 1,428 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Peoples Democracy of India | 1,392 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Punjab Peoples Party | 1,374 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Hindustan Janata Party | 1,361 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatha Makkal Congress | 1,357 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Deccan Congress | 1,332 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bhartiya Lok Tantrik Party | 1,272 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Vijaya Shakti | 1,093 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bhartiya Loktantrik Mazdoor Dal | 1,035 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Pandav Dal | 918 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | National Republican Party | 839 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bhartiya Loktantrik Mazdoor Sangh | 703 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Mahabharat Peoples Party | 694 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Indian Union Muslim League (IML) | 687 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Manipur Peoples Council | 677 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Vishal Bharat Pary | 621 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Republican Party of India (Gavai Group) | 539 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Punjab Kairon Dal | 493 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Peoples Party of India | 478 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Indian Labour Party | 406 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Socialist Labour League | 391 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Krantikari Kisan Sang | 367 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Kamaraj Desiya Congress | 322 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Punjab Naya Front | 314 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Hindu Shiv Sena | 160 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bhartiya Lok Kalyan Dal | 145 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Labour Party of India | 99 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Independents | 15,793,781 | 5.25 | 12 |
| Nominated Anglo-Indians | Nominated Anglo-Indians | | | 2 |
| Total | Total | 300,776,423 | 100.00 | 531 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 300,776,423 | 97.32 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 8,274,072 | 2.68 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 309,050,495 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 498,906,129 | 61.95 | |
| Source: ECI |||||

## Legislative Assembly elections
### Andhra Pradesh

Source:
| No | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Seats change | Vote Share | Swing |
| 1 | Indian National Congress | 287 | 181 | +131 | 47.09% | +3.67% |
| 2 | Telugu Desam Party | 241 | 74 | -128 | 36.54% | -9.67% |
| 3 | Communist Party of India | 19 | 8 | -3 | 2.31% | -0.05% |
| 4 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 15 | 6 | -5 | 2.46% | +0.15% |
| 5 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 12 | 5 | -3 | 1.78% | +0.46% |
| 6 | Janata Dal | 4 | 1 | +1 | 0.37% | +0.37% |
| 7 | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 35 | 4 | +4 | 1.99 | +1.99% |
| 8 | Independent (politician) | | 15 | +6 | 6.58% | -2.52% |

### Goa

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Indian National Congress | 204,321 | 40.52 | 20 |
| | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 195,533 | 38.78 | 18 |
| | Gomantak Lok Party | 15,894 | 3.15 | 0 |
| | Janata Dal | 7,045 | 1.40 | 0 |
| | Shiv Sena | 4,960 | 0.98 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of India | 2,882 | 0.57 | 0 |
| | Bhartiya Janata Party | 1,985 | 0.39 | 0 |
| | Gomantak Bahujan Samaj Parishad | 896 | 0.18 | 0 |
| | Janata Party | 246 | 0.05 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 105 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Independents | 70,338 | 13.95 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 504,205 | 100.00 | 40 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 504,205 | 97.64 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 12,207 | 2.36 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 516,412 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 712,562 | 72.47 | |
| Source: ECI |||||

### Karnataka

Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1989 :
| Political Party | Seats contested | Seats won | Number of Votes | % of Votes | Seat change |
| Indian National Congress | 221 | 178 | 7,990,142 | 43.76% | 113 |
| Janata Dal | 209 | 24 | 4,943,854 | 27.08% | New Party |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 118 | 4 | 755,032 | 4.14% | 2 |
| Janata Party (JP) | 217 | 2 | 2,070,341 | 11.34% | 137 |
| Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha | 105 | 2 | 654,801 | 3.59% | New Party |
| AIADMK | 1 | 1 | 32,928 | 0.18% | 1 |
| Muslim League | 13 | 1 | 80,612 | 0.44% | New Party |
| Independents | 1088 | 12 | 1,482,482 | 8.12% | 1 |
| Total | 2043 | 224 | 18,257,909 | |

### Mizoram

| | Indian National Congress | 93,561 | 34.85 | 23 | 10 |
| | Mizo National Front | 94,763 | 35.29 | 14 | 10 |
| | Mizoram People's Conference | 52,813 | 19.67 | 1 | 2 |
| | Independents | 27,353 | 10.19 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 268,490 | 100.00 | 40 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 268,490 | 98.95 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,849 | 1.05 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 271,339 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 333,733 | 81.30 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### Nagaland

| | Indian National Congress | 253,792 | 51.45 | 36 | +2 |
| | Nagaland People's Conference | 205,283 | 41.61 | 24 | New |
| | National People's Party | 13,596 | 2.76 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 20,625 | 4.18 | 0 | –7 |
| Total | Total | 493,296 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 493,296 | 98.89 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 5,526 | 1.11 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 498,822 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 582,416 | 85.65 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### Sikkim

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 94,078 | 70.41 | 32 | +2 |
| | Indian National Congress | 24,121 | 18.05 | 0 | –1 |
| | Rising Sun Party | 11,472 | 8.59 | 0 | New |
| | Denzong Peoples Chogpi | 298 | 0.22 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 3,650 | 2.73 | 0 | –1 |
| Total | Total | 133,619 | 100.00 | 32 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 133,619 | 95.97 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 5,608 | 4.03 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 139,227 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 192,619 | 72.28 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### Tamil Nadu

Summary of the 1989 January/March Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results :
| Alliance/Party | Seats won | Change | Popular Vote | Vote % | Adj. %$^‡$ |
| DMK+ alliance | 169 | +137 | 9,135,220 | 37.9% | 37.9% |
| DMK | 150 | +126 | 8,001,222 | 33.2% | 38.7% |
| CPI(M) | 15 | +10 | 851,351 | 3.5% | 36.5% |
| JNP | 4 | +1 | 282,647 | 1.2% | 29.1% |
| AIADMK+ alliance | 34 | -100 | 7,757,452 | 32.2% | 32.2% |
| AIADMK(J) | 27 | -101 | 5,098,687 | 22.2% | 25.0% |
| AIADMK(JA) | 2 | -101 | 2,214,965 | 9.2% | 12.2% |
| AIADMK(United) | 2 | -101 | 148,630 | 0.6% | 37.4% |
| CPI | 3 | +1 | 295,170 | 1.2% | 21.3% |
| Others | 31 | -37 | 7,218,796 | 29.9% | 29.9% |
| INC | 26 | -37 | 4,780,714 | 19.8% | 21.8% |
| IND | 5 | +1 | 2,164,484 | 9.0% | 9.1% |
| Total | 234 | – | 24,111,468 | 100% | – |
†: Seat change reflects 33 MLAs that supported Jayalalithaa faction and 97 MLAs that supported Janaki faction (2 MLAs that supported her had their constituency election in a later March by-election after the merge). It also reflects GKC merging with INC and AKD not winning a seat after winning a seat in 1984. ‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested. Sources: Election Commission of India

### Uttar Pradesh

| | Janata Dal | 11,571,462 | 29.71 | 208 | New |
| | Indian National Congress | 10,866,428 | 27.90 | 94 | –175 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 4,522,867 | 11.61 | 57 | +41 |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party | 3,664,417 | 9.41 | 13 | +13 |
| | Communist Party of India | 606,885 | 1.56 | 6 | 0 |
| | Lok Dal (B) | 464,555 | 1.19 | 2 | New |
| | Janata Party (JP) | 289,154 | 0.74 | 1 | New |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 142,763 | 0.37 | 2 | 0 |
| | Shoshit Samaj Dal | 71,763 | 0.18 | 1 | New |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 68,943 | 0.18 | 1 | +1 |
| | Other Parties | 655,972 | 1.68 | 0 | – |
| | Independents | 6,020,921 | 15.46 | 40 | +17 |
| Total | Total | 38,946,130 | 100.00 | 425 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 38,946,130 | 95.18 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,971,832 | 4.82 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 40,917,962 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 79,560,897 | 51.43 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||