1991 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991

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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 National Front 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

Party/Alliance				Flag	Election symbol	Leader	Photo	Contesting seats
	AIADMK-led Alliance		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			J. Jayalalithaa		11
			Indian National Congress			Valappaddy K. Ramamurthy		28

National Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	28
2.		Janata Dal		Sivaji Ganesan	5
3.		Communist Party of India		A.Nallasivam	3
4.		Communist Party of India		P.Manickam	2

Voting and results

Alliance		Party		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%
Reigstered Voters/Turnout				39,917,777	63.92%	2.94%

List of Elected MPs

^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
					Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1		P. Chidambaram (1945–)	Sivaganga	Ministry of Commerce	21 June 1991	9 July 1992	2 years, 71 days	Indian National Congress
					10 February 1995	3 April 1996
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
					Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
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
				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						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						Ghulam Nabi Azad Vidya Charan Shukla

See also

• Elections in India
• Elections in Tamil Nadu

References

External links

• Official Website of Election Commission of India
• Election statistics provided by ECI

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