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Tamil Nadu assembly election, Jan 1989

The 5th Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
234
118 needed for a majority
Largest party
DMK
150 seats · majority
Candidates
3,046
70 women, 9 elected
Turnout
68.18%
2.41 cr of 3.54 cr

The house

234 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

234SEATS
  • DMK150
  • ADKJL27
  • INC26
  • CPM15
  • IND5
  • JNP4
  • CPI3
  • ADKJR2
  • Others2

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Tamil Nadu assembly election (1984)

ADK
-130
DMK
+126
INC
-35
CPM
+10

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam150+12620238.7%80,01,22233.18%+3.840
ADKJLADKJL27—19825.0%50,98,68721.15%—33
INCIndian National Congress26-3521421.8%47,80,71419.83%+3.5556
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)15+102136.4%8,51,3513.53%+0.780
INDIndependent5+121230.9%21,64,4848.98%+1.512092
JNPJanata Party4+11029.1%2,82,6471.17%-1.101
CPICommunist Party of India3+11321.3%2,95,1701.22%-1.395
ADKJRADKJR2—17512.2%22,14,9659.19%—137
ADKADK2-130437.4%1,48,6300.62%-36.420
MULIndian Union Muslim League0—519.1%86,9120.36%—3
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00312.5%84,8650.35%+0.1030
IFTIFT0—261.6%43,5050.18%—26
FBLAll India Forward Bloc0—56.3%30,6570.13%—5
TNCKTNCK0—82.7%23,1520.10%—8
ICSSCSICSSCS0—50.5%2,7280.01%—5
ICJBGICJBG0—50.3%1,5220.01%—5
LKDLok Dal0—10.3%2570.00%—1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Tamil Nadu at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Jan 1989

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
HARBOURTamil NaduDMKM. KARUNANIDHIMULK.A. WAHAB31,99145.92%
PANRUTITamil NaduDMKNANDA GOPALAKIRUTINAN K.ADKJLDEVASUDARAM, R.34,90837.47%
ACHARAPAKKAMTamil NaduDMKRAMAKRISHNAN, E.ADKJRSINGARAM, P.27,89335.46%
PERAMBURTamil NaduDMKCHENGAI SIVAM ALIAS SAJAISVAM J.INCVISWANATHAN, P.39,99032.80%
TIRUVANNAMALAITamil NaduDMKPITCHANDI, K.INCRAVINDRAN, A.S.34,40232.64%
THANJAVURTamil NaduDMKUBAYADULLAH S.N.MADKJLTHIRUGNANAM DURAI34,85331.07%
KURINJIPADITamil NaduDMKGANESHMURTHY, N.ADKJLRASENDRAN, R.28,84430.29%
SINGANALLURTamil NaduDMKERA MOHANINCSUBBIAH, P.L.38,23829.60%
KANDAMANGALAMTamil NaduDMKALAGUVELU, S.ADKJRKANNAN, M.25,19129.11%
COIMBATORE WESTTamil NaduDMKRAMANATHAN, M.ADKJLBALASUBRAMANIAN, T.S.25,68528.36%

Closest results of Jan 1989

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
KADALADITamil NaduDMKAMEETH IBRAHIM, A.M.INCBALAKRISHNAN, S.4090.38%
RASIPURAMTamil NaduDMKSUBBU, A.ADKJLTHAMILARASU, V.4600.42%
PERAMBALURTamil NaduCPIR. PITCHAIMUTHUDMKM. DEVARAJ4310.43%
VASUDEVANALLURTamil NaduINCESWARAN, R.CPMKRISHNAN, R.4110.43%
TUTICORINTamil NaduDMKN. PERIASAMYINCV. SHUNMUGAM5470.44%
ALANGULAMTamil NaduINCRAMASUBBBU S.S.DMKMURUGIAH M.P.4820.44%
PONGALURTamil NaduINCBALASUBRAMONIYAM, S.R.ADKJLPALANISAMY, N.S.4400.45%
PERAVURANITamil NaduINCSINGARAM R.DMKKRISHNAMOORTHY M.7510.66%
THENITamil NaduDMKPONNU PILLAI, G.INCALAGARAJA, N.R.7800.67%
NILAKOTTAITamil NaduINCPONNAMMAL, A.S.DMKPARANTHAMAN, R.6920.70%