# 1991 elections in India

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Elections in the Republic of India in 1991 included the general election, elections to seven state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

## General Election

Seats :
| | Indian National Congress | 99,799,403 | 36.26 | 232 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 55,345,075 | 20.11 | 120 |
| | Janata Dal | 32,589,180 | 11.84 | 59 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 16,954,797 | 6.16 | 35 |
| | Janata Party | 9,267,096 | 3.37 | 5 |
| | Telugu Desam Party | 8,223,271 | 2.99 | 13 |
| | Communist Party of India | 6,851,114 | 2.49 | 14 |
| | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 5,741,910 | 2.09 | 0 |
| | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,470,542 | 1.62 | 11 |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party | 4,420,719 | 1.61 | 2 |
| | Shiv Sena | 2,208,712 | 0.80 | 4 |
| | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1,749,730 | 0.64 | 4 |
| | Asom Gana Parishad | 1,489,898 | 0.54 | 1 |
| | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1,481,900 | 0.54 | 6 |
| | Janata Dal (Gujarat) | 1,399,702 | 0.51 | 1 |
| | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1,283,065 | 0.47 | 0 |
| | All India Forward Bloc | 1,145,015 | 0.42 | 3 |
| | Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha | 982,954 | 0.36 | 1 |
| | Indian Union Muslim League | 845,418 | 0.31 | 2 |
| | Indian Peoples Front | 644,891 | 0.23 | 0 |
| | Natun Asom Gana Parishad | 494,628 | 0.18 | 0 |
| | Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha | 490,275 | 0.18 | 0 |
| | Doordarshi Party | 466,869 | 0.17 | 0 |
| | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 456,900 | 0.17 | 1 |
| | Kerala Congress (M) | 384,255 | 0.14 | 1 |
| | Jharkhand Party | 350,699 | 0.13 | 0 |
| | Haryana Vikas Party | 331,794 | 0.12 | 1 |
| | Nagaland People's Council | 328,015 | 0.12 | 1 |
| | Bharatiya Republican Paksha | 327,941 | 0.12 | 0 |
| | Kerala Congress | 319,933 | 0.12 | 0 |
| | Peasants and Workers Party of India | 295,402 | 0.11 | 0 |
| | United Minorities Front, Assam | 206,737 | 0.08 | 0 |
| | Lokdal | 173,884 | 0.06 | 0 |
| | Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 171,767 | 0.06 | 0 |
| | United Reservation Movement Council of Assam | 170,376 | 0.06 | 0 |
| | Manipur Peoples Party | 169,692 | 0.06 | 1 |
| | Autonomous State Demand Committee | 139,785 | 0.05 | 1 |
| | Sanjukta Loka Parishad | 125,738 | 0.05 | 0 |
| | Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 106,247 | 0.04 | 1 |
| | Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 91,557 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Shiromani Akali Dal (Simaranjit Singh Mann) | 88,084 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Plain Tribals Council of Assam | 87,387 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Mizo National Front | 82,019 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Sarv Jati Janata Parishad | 70,368 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha | 67,495 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 64,752 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Tharasu Makkal Mandram | 55,165 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal | 47,369 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava) | 43,085 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh | 42,504 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Jan Parishad | 37,725 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Republican Party of India | 36,541 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Amra Bangali | 35,186 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Indian Union Muslim League (IML) | 31,387 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Sampooran Kranti Das | 29,647 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Manav Seva Das | 28,528 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Uttar Pradesh Republican Party | 28,379 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Yuva Vikas Party | 28,159 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) | 27,730 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Jawan Kisan Mazdoor Party | 23,929 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Proutist Bloc of India | 22,734 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Soshit Samaj Dal | 19,925 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Jansangh | 19,243 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Orissa Vikas Parishad | 15,893 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Hul Jharkhand Party | 15,406 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Socialist Party of India (Lohia) | 12,928 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Hindustani Krantikari Samajwadi Party | 12,820 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Dalit Panthers Party | 11,967 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Loktantrik Mazdoor Dal | 10,837 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Revolutionary Samaj Dal | 8,825 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bhartiya Shivsena-Rashtrawadi | 8,810 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Asom Jatiyatabadi Dal | 8,519 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam | 8,252 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Asom Jatiya Parishad | 8,047 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Socialist Party (Ramakant Pandey) | 7,104 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Pichhadavarg Party | 6,897 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 5,888 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Vidarbha Praja Party | 5,597 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Gram Parishad | 5,521 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bhartiya Dharmnirpeksh Dal | 5,436 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Hindu Swaraj Sangathan | 5,325 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Republican Presidium Party of India | 4,967 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Surajya Party | 4,705 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Sarvodaya Party | 4,642 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Janata Dal (Samajwadi) | 4,548 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Deseeya Karshaka Party | 4,508 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Gondwana Party | 3,605 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Azad Hind Fauz (Rajkiya) | 3,543 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Samdarshi Party | 2,921 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Lok Party | 2,873 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Socialist League of India | 2,852 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | All India Urdu Morcha | 2,655 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bhartiya Ramrajya Parishad (Vasudev Shastri Atul) | 2,519 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha | 2,311 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Pondicherry Mannila Makkal Munnani | 2,259 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Pandav Dal | 2,213 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Internationalist Democratic Party | 2,078 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Gomant Lok Party | 1,983 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Desh Bhakt Morcha | 1,792 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Workers Party of India | 1,781 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Nationalist Party | 1,768 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Marx Engles Leninist Commune Health Association | 1,692 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Nagaland Peoples Party | 1,572 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Adarsh Lok Dal | 1,544 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Desh Bhakt Party | 1,521 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Bharat Desham Party | 1,466 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Republican Party of India (Kamble) | 1,300 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Janhit Jagrati Party | 1,245 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Mukt Bharat | 1,191 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Krantikari Dal | 1,125 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Sampooran Rashtriya Sena | 1,040 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Gramma Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,030 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Navbharat Party | 787 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Labour Party of India (V.V. Prasad) | 684 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Thayaga Marumalrchi Kazhagam | 665 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Poorvanchal Rashtriya Congress | 605 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Jammu-Kashmir Panthers Party | 587 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Kannada Paksha | 576 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Mahila Dal | 573 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Socialist Revolutionary Party | 571 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Lokhit Morcha | 532 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Republican Party of India (Athawale) | 521 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Labour Party (Ashok Bhattacharjee) | 434 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Loktantra Party | 408 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Cheluva Kannad Nadu | 383 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Azad Party | 372 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Democratic Party of India | 359 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Backward Party | 329 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Hindu Shiv Sena (A.K. Brahmbatt) | 325 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Unnatsheel Das | 316 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Gram Parishad | 314 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Loktantric Alpsankhyak Janmorcha | 257 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Sr. Citizens National Party of India | 250 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Socialist Labour League | 246 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | M.G.R. Munnetra Kazhagam | 228 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Mahabharat People's Party | 225 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Janata Congress Party of Bharatvarsha | 194 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Shakti Dal | 193 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Socialist Party | 166 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Kannada Desh Party | 164 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Dhruba Labour Party | 142 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Jai Mahakali Nigrani Samiti | 138 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bhartiya Sangthit Nagrik Party | 120 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Vishal Bharat Party | 56 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Jan Ekata Morcha | 34 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Independents | 11,441,688 | 4.16 | 1 |
| Nominated Anglo-Indians | Nominated Anglo-Indians | | | 2 |
| Total | Total | 275,206,990 | 100.00 | 523 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 275,206,990 | 97.35 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 7,493,952 | 2.65 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 282,700,942 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 498,363,801 | 56.73 | |
| Source: |||||

## Legislative Assembly elections
### Haryana

Summary of results of the Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 1991 :
| Political Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | Number of Votes | % of Votes |
| Indian National Congress | 90 | 51 | 2,084,856 | 33.73% |
| Janata Party | 88 | 16 | 1,361,955 | 22.03% |
| Haryana Vikas Party | 61 | 12 | 775,375 | 12.54% |
| Janata Dal | 25 | 3 | 277,380 | 4.49% |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 89 | 2 | 582,850 | 9.43% |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 26 | 1 | 143,611 | 2.32% |
| Independents | 1412 | 5 | 848,527 | 13.73% |
| Total | 1885 | 90 | 6,181,187 | |

### Kerala

Party Wise Results :
| Party | Seats |
| Communist Party of India (CPI) | 12 |
| Communist Party of Indian (Marxist) (CPM) | 28 |
| Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) ICS(SCS) | 2 |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 55 |
| Janta Dal (JD) | 3 |
| Kerala Congress (M) (KCM) | 10 |
| Kerala Congress (KEC) | 1 |
| Muslim League (MUL) | 19 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) | 2 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) | 1 |
| Communist Marxist Party of India (CPM)(K) | 1 |
| National Democratic Party (NDP) | 2 |
| Independent (IND) | 4 |
| Total | 140 |

### Tamil Nadu

Summary of the 1991 May 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results :
| Alliance/Party | Seats won | Change | Popular Vote | Vote % | Adj. %$^‡$ |
| AIADMK+ alliance | 225 | +172 | 14,738,042 | 59.8% | 59.8% |
| AIADMK | 164 | +137 | 10,940,966 | 44.4% | 61.1% |
| INC | 60 | +34 | 3,743,859 | 15.2% | 56.2% |
| ICS(SCS)$^†$ | 1 | +1 | 53,217 | 0.2% | 56.1% |
| DMK+ alliance | 7 | -164 | 7,405,935 | 30.0% | 30.0% |
| DMK | 2 | -148 | 5,535,668 | 22.5% | 29.9% |
| TMK | 2 | -1 | 371,645 | 1.5% | 31.0% |
| CPI(M) | 1 | -14 | 777,532 | 3.2% | 31.2% |
| JD | 1 | +1 | 415,947 | 1.7% | 28.3% |
| CPI | 1 | -2 | 305,143 | 1.2% | 29.9% |
| Others | 2 | -8 | 2,505,431 | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| PMK | 1 | +1 | 1,452,982 | 5.9% | 7.0% |
| JP | 0 | -4 | 51,564 | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| IND | 1 | -5 | 390,227 | 1.6% | 1.7% |
| Total | 234 | – | 24,649,408 | 100% | – |
†: ICS(SCS) contested in 13 different constituencies, but only the one contested by Sanjay Ramaswamy was endorsed by AIADMK. ‡: 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

| Party Name | Seats |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 221 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 12 |
| Communist Party of India (CPI) | 4 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) | 1 |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 46 |
| Janata Dal (JD) | 92 |
| Janata Party (JP) | 34 |
| Shiv Sena (SHS) | 1 |
| Shoshit Samaj Dal (SSD) | 1 |
| Independents | 7 |
| Total | 419 |

### West Bengal

| Party | Party | Candidates | Seats | Votes | % |
| Left Front & allies | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 204 | 182 | 10,954,379 | 35.37 |
| Left Front & allies | All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 29 | 1,707,676 | 5.51 |
| Left Front & allies | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 23 | 18 | 1,073,445 | 3.47 |
| Left Front & allies | Communist Party of India | 12 | 6 | 542,964 | 1.75 |
| Left Front & allies | West Bengal Socialist Party | 4 | 4 | 208,147 | 0.67 |
| Left Front & allies | Marxist Forward Bloc | 2 | 2 | 130,454 | 0.42 |
| Left Front & allies | Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) | 2 | 2 | 98,905 | 0.39 |
| Left Front & allies | Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 2 | 1 | 92,544 | 0.30 |
| Left Front & allies | Biplobi Bangla Congress | 1 | 0 | 50,414 | 0.16 |
| Left Front & allies | Janata Dal | 8 | 1 | 208,951 | 0.67 |
| Left Front & allies | Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | 1 | 0 | 35,489 | 0.11 |
| Left Front & allies | Communist Revolutionary League of India | 1 | 0 | 22,716 | 0.07 |
| Congress & allies | Indian National Congress | 284 | 43 | 10,875,834 | 35.12 |
| Congress & allies | Gorkha National Liberation Front | 3 | 3 | 146,541 | 0.47 |
| Congress & allies | Jharkhand Party | 6 | 1 | 140,391 | 0.45 |
| Congress & allies | United Communist Party of India | 1 | 0 | 40,806 | 0.13 |
| Congress & allies | Congress-supported independent | 1 | 0 | 40,426 | 0.13 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party | 291 | 0 | 3,513,121 | 11.34 |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 23 | 0 | 95,038 | 0.31 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | Bahujan Samaj Party | 97 | 0 | 88,836 | 0.29 |
| Janata Party | Janata Party | 78 | 0 | 50,037 | 0.16 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) | 18 | 0 | 41,828 | 0.14 |
| Indian People's Front | Indian People's Front | 23 | 0 | 39,004 | 0.13 |
| Indian Union Muslim League | Indian Union Muslim League | 28 | 0 | 28,156 | 0.09 |
| Amra Bangalee | Amra Bangalee | 60 | 0 | 22,295 | 0.07 |
| Workers Party of India | Workers Party of India | 6 | 0 | 10,670 | 0.03 |
| Hul Jharkhand Party | Hul Jharkhand Party | 3 | 0 | 9,239 | 0.03 |
| Doordashti Party | Doordashti Party | 26 | 0 | 4,980 | 0.02 |
| Marxist Communist Party of India | Marxist Communist Party of India | 5 | 0 | 3,804 | 0.01 |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 5 | 0 | 1,553 | 0.01 |
| Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | 6 | 0 | 1,485 | 0.00 |
| Indian National Congress (O) Anti Merger Group | Indian National Congress (O) Anti Merger Group | 5 | 0 | 1,309 | 0.00 |
| All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 2 | 0 | 988 | 0.00 |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Gouranga Sit) | Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Gouranga Sit) | 1 | 0 | 983 | 0.00 |
| Shiv Sena | Shiv Sena | 1 | 0 | 880 | 0.00 |
| Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) | Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) | 1 | 0 | 876 | 0.00 |
| Bolshevik Party of India | Bolshevik Party of India | 1 | 0 | 335 | 0.00 |
| Bharat Dal | Bharat Dal | 1 | 0 | 203 | 0.00 |
| Lok Dal | Lok Dal | 1 | 0 | 121 | 0.00 |
| Bidhan Dal | Bidhan Dal | 1 | 0 | 92 | 0.00 |
| Independents Including Socialist Unity Centre of India candidates | Independents Including Socialist Unity Centre of India candidates | 631 | 2 | 684,130 | 2.21% |
| Total | Total | 1,903 | 294 | 30,970,045 | 100 |
| Source: Election Commission of India ||||||