Tamil Nadu assembly election, Jan 1989
234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 68.18% turnout.
Seats
234
Candidates
3,046
70 women, 9 elected
Turnout
68.18%
2.41 cr of 3.54 cr
Leading party
DMK
150 of 234 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 150 | +126 | 202 | 80,01,222 | 33.18% | +3.84 |
| ADKJLADKJL | 27 | +27 | 198 | 50,98,687 | 21.15% | — |
| INCIndian National Congress | 26 | -35 | 214 | 47,80,714 | 19.83% | +3.55 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 15 | +10 | 21 | 8,51,351 | 3.53% | +0.78 |
| INDIndependent | 5 | +1 | 2123 | 21,64,484 | 8.98% | +1.51 |
| JNPJanata Party | 4 | +1 | 10 | 2,82,647 | 1.17% | -1.10 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 3 | +1 | 13 | 2,95,170 | 1.22% | -1.39 |
| ADKJRADKJR | 2 | +2 | 175 | 22,14,965 | 9.19% | — |
| ADKADK | 2 | -130 | 4 | 1,48,630 | 0.62% | -36.41 |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 5 | 86,912 | 0.36% | — |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 31 | 84,865 | 0.35% | +0.10 |
| IFTIFT | 0 | 0 | 26 | 43,505 | 0.18% | — |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30,657 | 0.13% | — |
| TNCKTNCK | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23,152 | 0.10% | — |
| ICSSCSICSSCS | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2,728 | 0.01% | — |
| ICJBGICJBG | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1,522 | 0.01% | — |
| LKDLok Dal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 257 | 0.00% | — |
- DMK150 (64%)
- ADKJL27 (12%)
- INC26 (11%)
- CPM15 (6%)
- IND5 (2%)
- JNP4 (2%)
- Others7 (3%)
- DMK150
- ADKJL27
- INC26
- CPM15
- IND5
- JNP4
- Others7
- DMK150
- ADKJL27
- INC26
- CPM15
- IND5
- JNP4
- CPI3
- ADKJR2
- Others2
Constituency performance
From the 234 results in Tamil Nadu
Closest contest
KADALADI
won by 409 (0.38%)
Biggest victory
HARBOUR
won by 31,991 (45.92%)
Highest turnout
VALANGIMAN
97.87%
Lowest turnout
TARAMANGALAM
40.68%
Seat change
Against Tamil Nadu's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1984), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained33 (14%)
- Changed hands192 (82%)
- New seat9 (4%)
33 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 192 changed hands. 9 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Tamil Nadu, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- DMK
- ADKJL
- INC
- CPM
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 234 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 234
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHARAPAKKAM | DMKRAMAKRISHNAN, E. | ADKJRSINGARAM, P. | 27,89335.46% | 63.2% |
| ALANDUR | DMKC. SHANMUGAM | ADKJLK. ADAIKALAM | 26,00916.41% | 63.6% |
| ALANGUDI | DMKCHANDRASEKARAN K.B. V.SC. | INCPURHPARAJU T. | 4,2203.30% | 80.6% |
| ALANGULAM | INCRAMASUBBBU S.S. | DMKMURUGIAH M.P. | 4820.44% | 77.8% |
| AMBASAMUDRAM | INCRAVI ARUNAN, K. | ADKJLMURUGIAH, PANDIAN, R. | 4,1034.47% | 72.8% |
| ANAICUT | DMKS.P. KANNAN | ADKJLVISVANATHAN | 2,8233.91% | 51.3% |
| ANDHIYUR | ADKJLPERISAMY, V. | DMKRAMASAMY, K. | 1,9622.74% | 54.1% |
| ANDIMADAM | DMKSIVASUBRAMANIAN S. | ADKJLELAVARASAN A. | 13,83123.30% | 49.9% |
| ANDIPATTI | DMKASAYAN, P. | ADKJLPANNEERSELVAM, V. | 4,2213.99% | 69.5% |
| ANNA NAGAR | DMKANBAZHAGAN, K. | ADKJLSUKUMAR BABU, V. | 32,40722.67% | 63.9% |
| ARANTANGI | ADKJLTHIRUNAVUKKARASU, S. | DMKSHANMUGASUNDARAM M. | 21,70316.73% | 76.3% |
| ARAVAKURICHI | DMKRAMASAMY MONJANOR | ADKJLS. JAGADEESAN | 18,15415.88% | 72.7% |
| ARCOT | DMKGAJAPATHY, T.R. | ADKJLRAMDOSS, K.V. | 14,30515.02% | 73.4% |
| ARIYALUR | DMKARUMUGAM T. | ADKJLELAVAZHAGAN P. | 18,11116.68% | 79.8% |
| ARKONAM | DMKV.K. RAJU | INCP. RAJAKUMAR | 21,97324.18% | 59.0% |
| ARNI | DMKDAYALAN, A.C. | ADKJLKARUNAKARAN, D. | 7,6677.20% | 74.6% |
| ARUPPUKOTTAI | DMKTHANGAPANDIAN, V. | ADKJLPANCHAVARNAM, V.S. | 15,52315.73% | 69.5% |
| ATHOOR | DMKPERIASAMY., I. | INCABDUL KADHAR, N. | 3,7363.21% | 69.0% |
| ATTUR | DMKRAMASAMY, A.M. | ADKJLSUBRAMANIAM, M.P. | 5,8256.62% | 65.0% |
| AVANASHI | ADKJLANNANAMBI, R. | DMKDHANDAPANI, C.T. | 2,1582.07% | 72.2% |
| BARGUR | ADKJLRAJENDRAN, K.R. | DMKSUGAVANAM, E.G. | 1,0291.02% | 70.3% |
| BHAVANI | INDG.G. GURUMOORTHY | DMKP.S. KIRUTTINASAMY | 16,85319.55% | 61.2% |
| BHAVANISAGAR | ADKJLCHINNASAMY, V.K. | DMKSWAMYNATHAN, P.A. | 7,4206.99% | 75.5% |
| BHUVANAGIRI | DMKSIVALOGAM, S. | INDRATHAKRISHNAN, R. | 21,87725.80% | 62.9% |
| BODINAYAKKANUR | ADKJLJAYALALITHA, J. | DMKMUTHU MANOHARAN | 28,73127.14% | 70.3% |
| CHENGALPATTU | DMKV. TAMILMANI | ADKJLC.D. VARADARAJAN | 16,34119.19% | 60.2% |
| CHENGAM | JNPSETTU, M. | ADKJLVEERAPANDIYAN, P. | 3,9125.18% | 58.6% |
| CHEPAUK | DMKLATHEEF, M.A. | INCHIDAYATHULLA, S.M. | 18,35327.84% | 66.9% |
| CHERANMAHADEVI | ADKJRPANDIAN, P.N. | DMKAVUDAIAPPAN, R. | 7000.73% | 77.4% |
| CHEYYAR | DMKV. ANBALAGAN | INCM. KRISNHASWAMY | 23,38323.57% | 70.8% |
| CHIDAMBARAM | DMKKRISHNAMOORTHY, D. | INCRADHAKRISHNAN, A. | 16,72019.71% | 66.3% |
| CHINNASALEM | DMKUDHAYASURIYAN, T. | ADKJLRAMALINGAM, K.R. | 13,53813.36% | 73.4% |
| COIMBATORE EAST | CPMRAMANI, K. | INCRAMAKRISHNAN, E. | 8,1258.54% | 66.0% |
| COIMBATORE WEST | DMKRAMANATHAN, M. | ADKJLBALASUBRAMANIAN, T.S. | 25,68528.36% | 70.2% |
| COLACHEL | INCPAULIAH-A. | DMKSAMBATH CHANDRA-R | 12,19713.06% | 66.1% |
| COONOOR | DMKTHANGAVEL, N. | INCARUMUGHAM, P. | 11,16011.54% | 69.6% |
| CUDDALORE | DMKPUGAZHENDI, E. | INCRADHAKRISHNAN, M. | 20,38220.44% | 66.7% |
| CUMBUM | DMKERAMAKRISHNAN | ADKJLGOPALAN, R.T. | 15,38513.53% | 74.3% |
| DHARAPURAM | DMKSANTHAKUMARI, T. | ADKJLPERIASAMY, A. | 1,4361.42% | 69.9% |
| DHARMAPURI | DMKCHINNASAMY, R. | INCPONNUSWAMY, P. | 12,55117.46% | 46.9% |
| DINDIGUL | CPMS.A. THANGARAJAN | INCM. SANDHANA MARY | 17,80214.42% | 66.8% |
| DR. RADHAKRISHNAN NAGAR | DMKSARKUNAM, S.P. | ADKJLMADHUSUDHANAN, E. | 24,25620.27% | 66.6% |
| EDAPADI | ADKJLPALANISWAMI. K. | DMKPALANISAMY, L. | 1,3641.47% | 52.0% |
| EGMORE | DMKELAMVAZHUTHI | INCPOLUR VARADHAN | 20,96927.46% | 66.3% |
| ERODE | DMKSUBBULAKSHMI JAGADESAN | ADKJRMUTHUSAMU, S. | 22,19813.49% | 69.2% |
| GINGEE | DMKRAMACHANDIRAN, N. | INDRANGANATHAN, V. | 22,63024.91% | 61.4% |
| GOBICHETTIPALAYAM | ADKJLSENGOTTAYAN, K.A. | JNPGEETHA, T. | 14,24414.61% | 74.0% |
| GUDALUR | INCKAREEM, M.K. | CPMKAMALATCHAN, T.P. | 1,2801.13% | 71.6% |
| GUDIYATHAM | CPMSUNDARAM K.R. | ADKJLVENUGOPAL, R. | 2,0792.21% | 70.3% |
| GUMMIDIPUNDI | DMKVENU, K. | ADKJLGOPAL, K. | 3,5303.58% | 64.9% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Tamil Nadu alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.