Tamil Nadu assembly election, Feb 1991

234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 61.75% turnout.

Seats

234

Candidates

2,415

93 women, 32 elected

Turnout

61.75%

2.46 cr of 3.99 cr

Leading party

ADK

164 of 234 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
ADK ADK	164	+162	168	1,09,40,966	44.40%	+43.78
INC Indian National Congress	60	+34	65	37,43,859	15.19%	-4.64
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2	-148	176	55,35,668	22.46%	-10.72
TMK TMK	2	+2	11	3,71,645	1.51%	—
PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	1	+1	194	14,52,982	5.90%	—
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	-14	22	7,77,532	3.16%	-0.38
JD Janata Dal	1	+1	15	4,15,947	1.69%	—
IND Independent	1	-4	1352	3,84,515	1.56%	-7.42
CPI Communist Party of India	1	-2	10	3,05,143	1.24%	+0.01
ICSSCS ICSSCS	1	+1	13	57,249	0.23%	+0.22
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	0	0	99	4,19,229	1.70%	+1.35
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	0	0	14	64,307	0.26%	-0.10
JP JP	0	0	75	51,564	0.21%	—
TMM TMM	0	0	137	40,275	0.16%	—
FBL All India Forward Bloc	0	0	1	38,460	0.16%	+0.03
AMI AMI	0	0	26	15,407	0.06%	—
TMUL TMUL	0	0	3	7,821	0.03%	—
IML IML	0	0	1	7,618	0.03%	—
IFTP IFTP	0	0	1	6,325	0.03%	—
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	11	3,481	0.01%	—
IPF IPF	0	0	1	1,005	0.00%	—
RPI RPI	0	0	3	802	0.00%	—
TDI TDI	0	0	5	642	0.00%	—
AJP AJP	0	0	1	329	0.00%	—
LKD Lok Dal	0	0	1	206	0.00%	0.00
MPP MPP	0	0	3	184	0.00%	—
TLK TLK	0	0	2	149	0.00%	—
UMSK UMSK	0	0	1	99	0.00%	—
MGMK MGMK	0	0	1	91	0.00%	—
IJP IJP	0	0	1	76	0.00%	—
PMM PMM	0	0	1	67	0.00%	—
GMK GMK	0	0	1	53	0.00%	—

ADK164 (70%)
INC60 (26%)
DMK2 (1%)
TMK2 (1%)
PMK1 (0%)
CPM1 (0%)
Others4 (2%)

ADK164
INC60
DMK2
TMK2
PMK1
CPM1
Others4

ADK164
INC60
DMK2
TMK2
PMK1
CPM1
JD1
IND1
Others2

Constituency performance

From the 234 results in Tamil Nadu

Closest contest

SRIVILLIPUTHUR

won by 1,169 (1.03%)

Biggest victory

SENDAMANGALAM

won by 55,561 (58.09%)

Highest turnout

VEDARANYAM

80.48%

Lowest turnout

EGMORE

35.74%

Seat change

Against Tamil Nadu's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1989), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained28 (12%)
Changed hands206 (88%)

28 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 206 changed hands.

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

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 234 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 234

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ACHARAPAKKAM	ADKRAMAKRISHANAN	DMKJAYAPAL M.	24,72526.52%	67.3%
ALANDUR	ADKANNAMALAI S.	DMKPAMMAL NALLATHAMBI	34,91123.07%	51.1%
ALANGUDI	ADKSHANMUGANATHAN S.	DMKCHIRTRARASU S.	49,70138.58%	72.4%
ALANGULAM	INCRAMASUBBU S.S.	DMKGURUNATHAN S.	31,15029.31%	67.3%
AMBASAMUDRAM	ADKMURUKGAIAH PANDIAN R.	CPMCHELLAPPA S.	29,21433.23%	66.6%
ANAICUT	ADKDHARAMALINGAM K.	DMKKANNAN S.P.	35,53337.61%	58.6%
ANDHIYUR	ADKPERIASAMY V.	DMKERADHARUKMANI	31,06235.25%	61.0%
ANDIMADAM	INCTHANGARAJULK R.	PMKGNANAMOORTHY M.	7,6727.93%	73.0%
ANDIPATTI	ADKTHAVASI K.	DMKASAIYAN P.	42,26741.08%	59.6%
ANNA NAGAR	INCA. CHELLAKUMAR	DMKS. M. RAMACHANDRAN	27,29820.71%	50.2%
ARANTANGI	TMKS. THIRUNAVUKKARASU	ADKCHELLIAH KUZHA	21,42116.44%	68.2%
ARAVAKURICHI	ADKMARIYAMUL ASIA	DMKMONJANUR RAMASAMY P.	20,95220.63%	58.5%
ARCOT	ADKVISWANATHAN G.	DMKGAJAPATHI T.R.	34,27333.97%	70.1%
ARIYALUR	ADKMANIMEGALAI S.	DMKCHINNAPPA K.	23,12920.38%	73.5%
ARKONAM	INCLATA PRIYAKUMAR	DMKG. MANI	30,98227.91%	64.9%
ARNI	ADKJAISON JACOB I.R.	DMKSELVARASU E.	34,31230.26%	70.4%
ARUPPUKOTTAI	ADKMANIMEGHALAI V. G.	DMKSHANMUGA SUNDARAM R. M.	19,91920.59%	61.2%
ATHOOR	ADKDURAI S. M.	DMKPERIYASAMY I.	46,09738.93%	62.6%
ATTUR	ADKV. TAMILARASU	DMKA.M. RAMASAMY	36,58538.64%	62.5%
AVANASHI	ADKM. SEENIAMMAL	CPIM. ARUMUGHAM	46,14946.08%	62.4%
BARGUR	ADKJ. JAYALALITHA	TMKT. RAJHENDHER	37,21535.84%	65.7%
BHAVANI	ADKMUTHUSAMY S.	DMKDURAISAMY M.C.	40,47040.41%	66.1%
BHAVANISAGAR	ADKV.K. CHINNASAMY	DMKO. SUBRAMANIAM	42,58742.10%	65.3%
BHUVANAGIRI	ADKG. MALLIGA	DMKR.T. SABAPATHY MOHAN	20,63419.87%	69.2%
BODINAYAKKANUR	ADKPANNEER SELVAM V.	DMKPONNU PILLAI G.	37,04436.86%	59.6%
CHENGALPATTU	ADKVARDARAJAN C.D.	DMKTAMILMANI V.	16,79815.81%	66.7%
CHENGAM	ADKP. VEERA PANDIYAN	JDK. MUNUSAMY	37,61740.85%	63.5%
CHEPAUK	INCZEENATH SHERIFFDEEN	DMKANBAZHAGAN K.	4,4567.62%	54.2%
CHERANMAHADEVI	ADKPUTHUNAINAR ATHITHAN R.	INDPANDIAN P. H.	34,46838.00%	64.8%
CHEYYAR	ADKA. DEVARAJ	DMKV. ANBAZHAGAN	35,95532.98%	69.4%
CHIDAMBARAM	INCALAGIRI S.	DMKPANNEERSELVAM M.R.K.	19,65320.63%	66.9%
CHINNASALEM	ADKPARAMASIVAM R.P.	DMKMOOKKAPPAN R.	39,04237.57%	65.0%
COIMBATORE EAST	INCLAKSHMANAN V.K.	CPMKARUNAKARAN K.C.	17,52520.92%	51.6%
COIMBATORE WEST	INCSELVARAJ K.	DMKRAMANATHAN M.	16,49820.46%	55.5%
COLACHEL	INCPAULIAH A.	JDBATHAKBISHNAN R.	33,01537.63%	54.8%
COONOOR	ADKKARUPPUSAMY M.	DMKMAHALIAPPAN E.M.	22,15124.54%	58.1%
CUDDALORE	INCVENKATESAN P.R.S.	DMKPUGAZHENDHI E.	15,17514.33%	61.4%
CUMBUM	INCO.R. RAMACHANDARAN	DMKP. ERAMAR	24,20323.36%	61.0%
DHARAPURAM	ADKESWARAMURTHI P.	DMKSHANTHAKUMARI T.	37,94537.37%	62.7%
DHARMAPURI	INCPONNUSAMY P.	DMKCHINNASAMY R.	26,89325.49%	61.5%
DINDIGUL	ADKB. NIRMALA	CPMTHANGARAJAN S. A.	44,00434.85%	58.6%
DR. RADHAKRISHNAN NAGAR	ADKMADHUSUDHNAN E.	JDRAJASEKARAN V.	24,95222.55%	55.6%
EDAPADI	ADKK. PALANISAMY	PMKP. KOLANDAI GOUNDER	41,26633.20%	63.6%
EGMORE	DMKELAMVAZHUTHI	INCYASODHA D.	1,2032.62%	35.7%
ERODE	ADKMANICKAM C.	DMKGANESHAMURTHY A.	43,68828.66%	57.0%
GINGEE	INCERAMASASS S.S.R.	DMKRAMACHANDARAN N.	23,47421.17%	66.7%
GOBICHETTIPALAYAM	ADKSENGOTTAYAN K.A.	DMKSHANMOGAS UNDARAM V.P.	39,21240.25%	68.3%
GUDALUR	ADKRAJU K.R.	CPMKAMALATCHAN T.P.	12,30610.89%	62.2%
GUDIYATHAM	INCDHANDAYUDAPANI V.	CPMPARAMASIVAM R.	34,89935.23%	63.1%
GUMMIDIPUNDI	ADKSAKKUBAI R.	DMKVENU K.	32,91929.53%	66.0%

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.