1989 general election

The 9th Lok Sabha. Polled, counted 27 November 1989.

Seats declared

529

265 needed for a majority

Largest party

INC

197 seats · short of a majority

Candidates

6,159

203 women, 31 elected

Turnout

60.29%

30.1 cr of 49.9 cr

The house

529 seats, each dot one constituency

INC197
JD143
BJP85
CPM33
IND12
CPI12
ADK11
SADM6
Others30

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous general election

INC

-217

BJP

+83

TDP

-28

CPM

+11

CPI

Parties

Ordered by seats won

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Strike rate	Votes	Share	Share +/−	Deposits lost
INC Indian National Congress	197	-217	510	41.0%	11,88,94,702	39.53%	-8.59	5
JD Janata Dal	143	—	244	41.4%	5,35,18,521	17.79%	—	29
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	85	+83	225	27.0%	3,41,71,477	11.36%	+3.96	88
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	33	+11	64	44.7%	1,96,91,309	6.55%	+0.83	5
IND Independent	12	-1	3712	0.7%	1,57,93,724	5.25%	-4.16	3671
CPI Communist Party of India	12	+6	50	28.0%	77,34,697	2.57%	-0.13	20
ADK ADK	11	-1	11	60.0%	45,18,649	1.50%	-0.09	0
SADM SADM	6	—	9	44.3%	23,18,872	0.77%	—	2
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	4	+1	6	44.2%	18,54,276	0.62%	+0.15	1
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	3	—	245	4.5%	62,13,390	2.07%	—	221
FBL All India Forward Bloc	3	+1	8	28.5%	12,61,310	0.42%	0.00	5
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	3	+3	12	16.3%	10,32,276	0.34%	+0.21	6
JKN Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	3	0	3	95.7%	71,194	0.02%	-0.38	0
TDP Telugu Desam Party	2	-28	33	43.6%	99,09,728	3.29%	-0.77	0
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	2	0	18	7.7%	9,74,234	0.32%	+0.06	16
ICSSCS ICSSCS	1	—	14	13.7%	9,78,377	0.33%	—	9
IPF IPF	1	—	13	10.3%	7,37,551	0.24%	—	11
MIM MIM	1	—	8	10.3%	6,17,376	0.20%	—	7
GNLF GNLF	1	—	1	56.5%	4,35,070	0.14%	—	0
KECM Kerala Congress (M)	1	—	1	48.3%	3,52,191	0.12%	—	0
SHS Shiv Sena	1	—	3	21.6%	3,39,426	0.11%	—	1
MCOR MCOR	1	—	1	38.8%	2,47,013	0.08%	—	0
HMS HMS	1	—	12	3.7%	2,17,514	0.07%	—	11
MAG MAG	1	+1	1	48.7%	1,16,392	0.04%	+0.01	0
SSP Samyukta Socialist Party	1	—	1	68.5%	91,608	0.03%	—	0
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	-2	32	33.4%	71,96,099	2.39%	+0.11	0
JNPJP JNPJP	0	—	155	3.3%	30,29,743	1.01%	—	149
PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	0	—	33	7.1%	15,61,371	0.52%	—	28
DDP DDP	0	0	298	0.8%	13,38,566	0.45%	+0.24	298
PWP PWP	0	-1	5	24.1%	6,36,589	0.21%	+0.03	2
LKDB LKDB	0	—	116	1.0%	6,02,110	0.20%	—	116
BRP BRP	0	—	11	8.0%	5,72,434	0.19%	—	9
KRS KRS	0	—	10	7.6%	4,95,565	0.17%	—	10
RPK RPK	0	0	19	4.2%	4,68,615	0.16%	+0.09	18
SADB SADB	0	—	9	7.8%	4,27,609	0.14%	—	8
JKD JKD	0	0	13	5.2%	3,67,838	0.12%	+0.11	11
NPC NPC	0	—	1	39.7%	2,39,124	0.08%	—	0
MRP MRP	0	0	1	37.7%	1,47,128	0.05%	-0.01	0
RPI RPI	0	0	23	1.1%	1,29,300	0.04%	+0.03	23
HPI HPI	0	—	4	4.0%	1,22,947	0.04%	—	3

Showing the 40 largest parties. The full list is at /api/elections/lok-sabha-1989/parties?limit=500.

States & union territories

Seats and the parties that won them

State / UT	Seats	Turnout	Won by
Uttar Pradesh	85	49.0%	JD54INC15BJP8BSP2
Bihar	54	59.1%	JD32BJP8CPI4INC4
Maharashtra	48	58.4%	INC28BJP10JD5IND3
Andhra Pradesh	42	67.7%	INC39TDP2MIM1
West Bengal	42	78.3%	CPM27RSP4INC4FBL3
Madhya Pradesh	40	53.3%	BJP27INC8JD4IND1
Tamil Nadu	39	66.0%	INC27ADK11CPI1
Karnataka	28	64.4%	INC27JD1
Gujarat	26	53.2%	BJP12JD11INC3
Rajasthan	25	55.4%	BJP13JD11CPM1
Odisha	21	57.6%	JD16INC3CPI1CPM1
Kerala	20	78.8%	INC14CPM2MUL2ICSSCS1
Punjab	13	61.3%	SADM6IND3INC2JD1
Haryana	10	63.3%	JD6INC4
Delhi	7	53.4%	BJP4INC2JD1
Jammu and Kashmir	6	25.2%	JKN3INC2IND1
Himachal Pradesh	4	63.1%	BJP3INC1
Arunachal Pradesh	2	57.4%	INC2
Goa	2	56.9%	MAG1INC1
Manipur	2	70.6%	INC2
Meghalaya	2	50.9%	INC2
Tripura	2	82.4%	INC2
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1	70.3%	INC1
Chandigarh	1	64.8%	JD1
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1	70.0%	IND1
Daman and Diu	1	64.4%	IND1
Lakshadweep	1	84.8%	INC1
Mizoram	1	57.7%	INC1
Nagaland	1	74.1%	INC1
Puducherry	1	65.7%	INC1
Sikkim	1	69.4%	SSP1

Largest victories of 1989

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Constituency	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
ANANTNAG	Jammu and Kashmir	JKNP.L.HANDOO	INDABDUL RASHID KHAN	35,86997.19%
BARAMULLA	Jammu and Kashmir	JKNSAIF UD DIN SOZE	INDSHEIKH AD. RAHMAN	34,42091.87%
TARN TARAN	Punjab	SADMSIMARANJIT SINGH MANN	INCAJIT SINGH MANN	4,80,41781.17%
SATARA	Maharashtra	INCBHOSALE PRATAPRAO BABURAO	JDD. D. RANAVARE	3,16,99170.30%
HAJIPUR	Bihar	JDRAM VILAS PASWAN	INCMAHABIR PASWAN	5,04,44868.95%
BHAGALPUR	Bihar	JDCHUN CHUN PRASAD YADAV	INCBHAGWAD JHA AZAD	4,35,39864.81%
SHEOHAR	Bihar	JDHARI KISHOR SINGH	INCMADHUREENDRA KUMAR SINGH	3,14,47550.26%
AMETHI	Uttar Pradesh	INCRAJIV GANDHI	JDRAJ MOHAN GANDHI	2,02,13850.22%
SIKKIM	Sikkim	SSPNANDU THAPA	INCDIL KUMARI BHANDARI	62,78646.96%
PANDHARPUR	Maharashtra	INCTHORAT SANDIPAN BHAGWAN	BRPGAIKWAD JAYDEO MARUTI	2,18,14446.64%

Closest results of 1989

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Constituency	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
ANAKAPALLI	Andhra Pradesh	INCKONATHALA RAMAKRISHNA	TDPAPPALANARASIMHAM	90.00%
BHAVNAGAR	Gujarat	INCJAMOD SHASHIKANT MAVJIBHAI	JDJADEJA PRAVINSINHI	5520.16%
PALGHAT	Kerala	CPMA. VIJAYARAGHAVAN	INCV. S. VIJAYARAGHAVAN	1,2860.18%
HOWRAH	West Bengal	CPMSUSHANTA CHAKARBORTY	INCPRIYA RANJAN DAS MUNSHI	1,4320.18%
KASARAGOD	Kerala	CPMM. RAMMANA RAI	INCI. RAMA RAI	1,5460.19%
SALUMBER	Rajasthan	BJPNAND LAL MEENA	INCBHERU LAL MEENA	8780.20%
GARHWAL	Uttar Pradesh	JDCHANDRA MOHAN	INCSATPALJI MAHARAJ	1,0070.25%
BEED	Maharashtra	JDDHAKNO BABANRAO DADABA	INCKSHIRSAGAR KESHARBAI SONAJIRAO	1,9850.33%
HINDUPUR	Andhra Pradesh	INCS.GANGADHARA	TDPK.RAMESCHANDRA REDDY	2,1680.33%
RAIGANJ	West Bengal	INCGOLAM YAZDANI	CPMSUBRATA MUKHERJEE	2,8990.39%