1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

The tenth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 15 June 1991. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) – Indian National Congress (INC) alliance won the elections in a landslide manner and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa became the chief minister. This was her first term in office. The united strength of AIADMK after the merger of J.Jayalalithaa, V.N Janaki Ramachandran and R.M Veerappan faction, who was made Joint General Secretary of AIADMK, the alliance with the Congress, and the wave of public sympathy in the wake of Rajiv Gandhi assassination combined to produce a massive victory for the AIADMK. The DMK could only win 2 seats. This was the worst performance of the DMK since it entered electoral politics in the 1957.

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

← 1989 15 June 1991 1996 →
All 234 seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.84% (5.85%)
First party Second party   Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance Congress alliance NF+LF Leader's seat Bargur (retained) Kangayam (vacated) Harbour (vacated) Seats won 225 7 Seat change 170 161 Popular vote 14,738,042 7,405,935 Percentage 59.79% 30.05% Swing 9.63% 7.89%
1991 election map (by constituencies)
CM before election M. Karunanidhi DMK Elected CM J. Jayalalithaa AIADMK

Background

President's rule

On 30 January 1991, the DMK government which had come to power after winning the 1989 assembly election, was dismissed by the Indian Prime minister Chandra Shekhar using Article 356 of the Indian Constitution. President's rule was imposed on Tamil Nadu from 31 January. The reason cited for the dismissal was the deterioration of law and order in the state. The dismissal followed pressure on the Chandra Shekhar government by the Congress and AIADMK to dismiss the DMK government. The Chandra Shekhar government fell in March 1991 after the Congress withdrew its outside support. Fresh elections for both the Indian parliament and Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly were scheduled for June 1991.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Unification of AIADMK

The AIADMK which had contested and lost the 1989 elections as two different factions reunited under the leadership of Jayalalithaa in February 1989. The V. N. Janaki Ramachandran faction merged with the Jayalalithaa faction to form a single united party and Janaki retired from politics. The reunited party regained the popular "Two Leaves" symbol of the AIADMK. (The Election Commission of India had frozen the symbol for the 1989 elections due to the split). The united AIADMK was able to prove its strength immediately by winning the elections held for two constituencies -Marungapuri and Madurai East on 11 March 1989. (for these two constituencies elections had been postponed earlier due to technical reasons).The AIADMK then allied with the Congress for the 1989 Parliamentary elections. The AIADMK-Congress alliance won 38 of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in that election routing the DMK-Janata Dal led National Front.^[8][9]

Formation of PMK

The 1991 elections was the first state elections contested by the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), S. Ramadoss, the leader of the Vanniyar caste organisation which demanded proportional reservation in education and employment based on population ratio of each community – the Vanniyar Sangam converted into a political party and entered electoral politics with the 1989 parliamentary elections. The emergence of PMK cut into the DMK's political base in the northern districts of Tamil Nadu.^[6][10]

Formation of TMK

In 1991, the Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam (TMK) was formed by the actor-politician Vijaya T. Rajendar after he split from the DMK. Later, some of the second rung leaders of the ADMK including Su. Thirunavukkarasar, K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran, S. D. Ugamchand, V. Karuppasamy Pandian split from the party. For the 1991 elections they formed a pact with T. Rajendar and contested as TMK candidates.^[11][12][13]

Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

Main article: Rajiv Gandhi assassination

On 21 May 1991, leader of the Indian National Congress and its prime ministerial candidate for the 1991 general elections was assassinated by a LTTE suicide bomber. The assassination took place at a campaign meeting at Sriperumpudur where he was campaigning for the Congress candidate Maragatham Chandrasekar.

Coalitions

The two main political formations in this election were the DMK and AIADMK led fronts. The DMK coalition comprised the Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), Janata Dal (JD) and Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam (TMK). The AIADMK front had only two major parties – itself and the Congress. The AIADMK also backed the ICS (SCS) candidate Sanjay Ramasamy in the Virudhunagar constituency. Several smaller parties like the PMK contested the elections alone.^[14][15]

Seat allotments

AIADMK Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J. Jayalalithaa	168
2.		Indian National Congress		P V Narasimha Rao	65
3.		Indian Congress	Spinning Wheel	Sarat Chandra Sinha	1

DMK Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	176
2.		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		A. Nallasivan	22
3.		Janata Dal		Sivaji Ganesan	15
4.		Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam		Vijaya T. Rajendar	11
5.		Communist Party of India		P. Manickam	10

Voting and results

The polling for the state assembly elections were held simultaneously with the polling for the 1991 Parliamentary elections on 15 June 1991. The voter turnout was 63.92%.^[16][17][14]

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Summary of the May 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
AIADMK+ alliance		225	+172	14,738,042	59.8%
AIADMK		164	+137	10,940,966	44.4%	61.1%
INC		60	+34	3,743,859	15.2%	56.2%
ICS(SCS)†		1	+1	53,217	0.2%	56.1%
DMK+ alliance		7	-164	7,405,935	30.0%
DMK		2	−148	5,535,668	22.5%	29.9%
TMK		2	−1	371,645	1.5%	31.0%
CPI(M)		1	−14	777,532	3.2%	31.2%
JD		1	+1	415,947	1.7%	28.3%
CPI		1	−2	305,143	1.2%	29.9%
Others		2	-8	2,505,431	10.2%
PMK		1	+1	1,452,982	5.9%	7.0%
JP		0	−4	51,564	0.2%	0.7%
IND		1	−5	390,227	1.6%	1.7%
Total		234	–	24,649,408	100%	–

†: ICS(SCS) contested in 13 different constituencies, but only the one contested by Sanjay Ramaswamy was endorsed by AIADMK.
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India^[18]

Constituency wise results

List of winners and runners-up by constituency

Assembly Constituency	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party	Margin
Acharapakkam (SC)	E. Ramakrishnan	AIADMK	M. Jayapal	DMK	24,725
Alandur	S. Annamalai	AIADMK	Pammal Nallathambi	DMK	34,911
Alangulam	S. S. Ramasubbu	INC	S. Gurunathan	DMK	31,150
Alangudi	S. Shanmuganathan	AIADMK	S. Chitrarasu	DMK	49,701
Ambasamudram	R. Murugaiah Pandian	AIADMK	S. Chellappa	CPM	29,214
Anaicut	K. Dharmalingam	AIADMK	S. P. Kannan	DMK	35,533
Andhiyur (SC)	V. Periasamy	AIADMK	Radha Rukmani	DMK	31,062
Andimadam	K. R. Thangaraju	INC	M. Gnanamoorthy	PMK	7,672
Andipatti	K. Thavasi	AIADMK	P. Asaiyan	DMK	42,267
Anna Nagar	A. Chellakumar	INC	S. M. Ramachandran	DMK	27,298
Arakkonam (SC)	Lata Priyakumar	INC	G. Mani	DMK	30,982
Arantanki	S. Thirunavukkarasu	TMK	Kuzha Chelliah	AIADMK	21,421
Aravakkurichi	Mariyamul Asia	AIADMK	Monjanur P. Ramasamy	DMK	20,952
Arcot	G. Viswanathan	AIADMK	T. R. Gajapathi	DMK	34,273
Ariyalur	S. Manimegalai	AIADMK	K. Chinnappa	DMK	23,129
Arni	I. R. Jaison Jacob	AIADMK	E. Selvarasu	DMK	34,312
Aruppukottai	V. G. Manimeghalai	AIADMK	R. M. Shanmuga Sundaram	DMK	19,919
Attur	V. Tamilarasu	AIADMK	A. M. Ramasamy	DMK	36,585
Athoor	S. M. Durai	AIADMK	I. Periyasamy	DMK	46,097
Avanashi (SC)	M. Seeniammal	AIADMK	M. Arumugham	CPI	46,149
Bargur	J. Jayalalitha	AIADMK	T. Rajendar	TMK	37,215
Bhavani	S. Muthusamy	AIADMK	M. C. Duraisamy	DMK	40,470
Bhavanisagar	V. K. Chinnasamy	AIADMK	O. Subramaniam	DMK	42,587
Bhuvanagiri	G. Malliga	AIADMK	R. T. Sabapathy Mohan	DMK	20,634
Bodinayakkanur	V. Panneerselvam	AIADMK	G. Ponnu Pillai	DMK	37,044
Chengalpattu	C. D. Varadarajan	AIADMK	V. Tamilmani	DMK	16,798
Chengam (SC)	P. Veerapandiyan	AIADMK	K. Munusamy	JD	37,617
Chepauk	Zeenath Sheriffdeen	INC	K. Anbazhagan	DMK	4,456
Cheranmadevi	R. Puthunainar Adithan	AIADMK	P. H. Pandian	IND	34,468
Cheyyar	A. Devaraj	AIADMK	V. Anbazhagan	DMK	35,955
Chidambaram	K. S. Alagiri	INC	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	DMK	19,653
Chinnasalem	R. P. Paramasivam	AIADMK	R. Mookkappan	DMK	39,042
Coimbatore East	V. K. Lakshmanan	INC	K. C. Karunakaran	CPM	17,525
Coimbatore West	K. Selvaraj	INC	M. Ramanathan	DMK	16,498
Colachel	A. Pauliah	INC	R. Bathakbishnan	JD	33,015
Coonoor (SC)	M. Karuppasamy	AIADMK	E. M. Mahaliappan	DMK	22,151
Cuddalore	P. R. S. Venkatesan	INC	E. Pugazhendhi	DMK	15,175
Cumbum	O. R. Ramachandran	INC	P. Ramar	DMK	24,203
Dharapuram (SC)	P. Eswaramurthi	AIADMK	T. Shanthakumari	DMK	37,945
Dharmapuri	P. Ponnusamy	INC	R. Chinnasamy	DMK	26,893
Dindigul	B. Nirmala	AIADMK	S. A. Thangarajan	CPM	44,004
Edapadi	K. Palanisamy	AIADMK	P. Kolandai Gounder	PMK	41,266
Egmore (SC)	Parithi Elamvazhuthi	DMK	D. Yasodha	INC	1203
Erode	C. Manickam	AIADMK	A. Ganeshamurthy	DMK	43,688
Gingee	S. S. R. Eramasass	INC	N. Ramachandran	DMK	23,474
Gobichettipalayam	K. A. Sengottaiyan	AIADMK	V. P. Shanmugadas Udayaram	DMK	39,212
Gudalur	K. R. Raju	AIADMK	T. P. Kamalatchan	CPM	12,306
Gudiyatham	V. Dhandaydapani	INC	R. Paramasivam	CPM	34,899
Gummidipundi	R. Sakkubai	AIADMK	K. Venu	DMK	32,919
Harbour	M. Karunanidhi	DMK	K. Suppu	INC	890
Harur (SC)	P. Abaranji	INC	P. V. Kariyamal	PMK	42,464
Hosur	K. A. Manoharan	INC	B. Venkataswamy	JD	8,746
Ilayangudi	M. S. M. Ramachandran	AIADMK	N. Nallasethupathi	DMK	24,130
Jayankondam	K. K. Chinnappan	INC	S. Durairaju	PMK	16,168
Kadaladi	V. Sathiamoorthy	AIADMK	K. Kalimuthu	DMK	29,454
Kadayanallur	S. Nagoor Meeran	AIADMK	Samsudeen alias Kathiravan	DMK	27,710
Kalasapakkam	M. Sundarasami	INC	P. S. Thiruvengadam	DMK	32,944
Kancheepuram	C. P. Pattabiraman	AIADMK	P. Murugesan	DMK	27,266
Kandamangalam (SC)	V. Subramaniam	AIADMK	S. Alaguvelu	DMK	35,280
Kangayam	J. Jayalalitha	AIADMK	N. S. Rajkumar Mandradiar	DMK	33,291
Kanyakumari	M. Ammamuthu	AIADMK	C. Krishnan	DMK	34,359
Kapilamalai	P. Saraswathi	AIADMK	S. Moorthy	DMK	43,853
Karaikudi	M. Karpagam	AIADMK	C. T. Chidambaram	DMK	38,311
Karur	M. Chinnasamy	AIADMK	M. Vasuki	DMK	44,092
Katpadi	K. M. Kalaiselvi	AIADMK	Durai Murugan	DMK	26,139
Kattumannarkoil (SC)	N. R. Rajendiran	AIADMK	G. Vetriveeran	PMK	26,318
Kaveripattinam	K. P. Munusamy	AIADMK	V. C. Govindasamy	DMK	47,236
Killiyur	D. Kumaradas	JD	Pon. Robert Singh	INC	1,168
Kinathukadavu	N. S. Palanisamy	AIADMK	K. Kandasamy	DMK	32,566
Kolathur (SC)	S. Kulandaivelu	AIADMK	V. Raju	TMK	65,312
Kovilpatti	R. Shyamala	AIADMK	L. Aiyalusamy	CPI	28,251
Krishnarajapuram (SC)	A. Arivalagan	AIADMK	R. Natarajan	DMK	56,436
Kulittalai	A. Pappa Sundaram	AIADMK	S. P. Sethuraman	DMK	47,341
Kumbakonam	R. Eramanathan	AIADMK	S. Kumarasamy	JD	36,309
Krishnagiri	K. Munivenkatappan	AIADMK	T. H. Mushtaq Ahmed	DMK	39,968
Kurinjipadi	K. Sivasubramanian	AIADMK	N. Ganeshmoorthy	DMK	12,471
Kuttalam	S. Asaimani	AIADMK	Ko. Si. Mani	DMK	22,751
Lalgudi	J. Logambal	INC	K. N. Nehru	DMK	13,517
Madurai Central	A. Deivanayagam	INC	M. Tamilkudimagan	DMK	20,608
Madurai East	O. S. Amarnath	AIADMK	P. M. Kumar	CPM	30,088
Madurai West	S. V. Shanmugam	INC	Pon. Muthuramalingam	DMK	26,922
Maduranthakam	P. Chockalingam	AIADMK	S. D. Ugamchand	TMK	18,403
Manamadurai (SC)	V. M. Subramaniam	AIADMK	K. Kasilingam	DMK	38,288
Mangalore (SC)	S. Puratchimani	INC	V. Ganesan	DMK	35,753
Mannargudi	K. Srinivasan	AIADMK	V. Veerasenan	CPI	7,396
Marungapuri	K. Ponnusamy	AIADMK	N. Selvaraj	DMK	41,904
Mayiladuturai	M. M. S. Abul Hassan	INC	A. Senguttuvan	DMK	23,308
Melmalayanur	G. Janakiraman	INC	R. Panchatcharam	DMK	26,492
Melur	K. V. V. Rajamanickam	INC	N. Palanisamy	CPM	52,772
Mettupalayam	L. Sulochana	AIADMK	B. Arunkumar	DMK	41,739
Mettur	S. Sundarambal	AIADMK	G. K. Mani	PMK	26,543
Modakkurichi	Kavinilavu Dharmaraj	AIADMK	K. Elanchezhiyan	DMK	36,475
Morappur	K. Singaram	AIADMK	A. Arunachalam	PMK	29,504
Mudukulathur	S. Balakrishnan	INC	S. John Pandian	PMK	11,044
Mugaiyur	R. Savithiri Ammal	AIADMK	A. G. Sampath	DMK	25,420
Musiri	M. Thangavel	AIADMK	R. Natarasan	DMK	31,244
Mylapore	T. M. Rangarajan	AIADMK	Nirmala Suresh	DMK	26,696
Nagapattinam	R. Kodimari	AIADMK	G. Veeraiyan	CPM	9,934
Nagercoil	M. Moses	INC	S. Retnaraj	DMK	30,052
Namakkal (SC)	S. Anbalagan	AIADMK	R. Mayavan	DMK	49,895
Nanguneri	V. Natesan Paulraj	AIADMK	M. Mani Achiyur	DMK	44,220
Nannilam (SC)	K. Gopal	AIADMK	M. Manimaran	DMK	17,208
Natham	M. Andi Ambalam	INC	P. Chelliam	DMK	47,778
Natrampalli	R. Indrakumari	AIADMK	N. K. Raja	DMK	47,529
Nellikuppam	C. Damodharan	AIADMK	C. Govindarajan	CPM	35,108
Nilakkottai (SC)	A. S. Ponnammal	INC	M. Arivazhagan	DMK	37,060
Oddanchatram	A. T. Chellamuthu	AIADMK	T. Mohan	DMK	42,464
Omalur	C. Krishnan	AIADMK	K. Sadasivam	PMK	37,353
Orathanad	Alagu Thirunavukkarasu	AIADMK	L. Ganesan	DMK	20,880
Ottapidaram (SC)	S. X. Rajamannar	AIADMK	C. Chelladurai	DMK	27,325
Padmanabhapuram	K. Lawrence	AIADMK	S. Noor Mohammad	CPM	23,293
Palacode	M. G. Sekhar	AIADMK	K. Arunachalam	JD	39,259
Palani (SC)	A. Subburathinam	AIADMK	V. Balasekar	CPM	39,813
Palayamkottai	P. Dharmalingam	AIADMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	TMK	6,891
Palladam	K. S. Duraimurugan	AIADMK	M. Kannappan	DMK	32,724
Pallipet	A. Eakambara Reddy	INC	L. S. Annamalai	IND	30,740
Panamarathupatti	K. Rajaram	AIADMK	S. R. Sivalingam	DMK	50,355
Panruti	S. Ramachandran	PMK	R. Devasundaram	AIADMK	1,122
Papanasam	S. Rajaraman	INC	S. Kalyanasundaram	DMK	21,925
Paramakudi (SC)	S. Sundararaj	AIADMK	N. Chandran	CPI	38,466
Park Town	U. Balaraman	INC	A. Rahman Khan	DMK	11,835
Pattukkottai	K. Balasubramaniam	AIADMK	K. Annadurai	DMK	28,736
Pennagaram	V. Purushothaman	AIADMK	N. M. Subramaniam	PMK	18,828
Perambalur (SC)	T. Sezhiyan	AIADMK	M. Devarajan	DMK	50,334
Perambur (SC)	M. P. Sekar	AIADMK	Chengai Sivam	DMK	15,452
Peravurani	R. Singaram	INC	M. R. Govindhan	DMK	44,542
Periyakulam	M. Periyaveeran	AIADMK	L. Mookiah	DMK	42,042
Pernamallur	A. K. Srinivasan	AIADMK	G. Subramanian	DMK	27,172
Pernambut (SC)	J. Parandaman	AIADMK	V. Govindan	DMK	42,498
Perundurai	V. N. Subramanian	AIADMK	T. K. Naliappan	CPI	53,217
Perur	K. P. Raju	AIADMK	A. Natarasan	DMK	29,659
Pollachi	V. P. Chandrasekar	AIADMK	M. N. Nachimuthu	DMK	32,541
Polur	T. Vediyappan	AIADMK	A. Rajendran	DMK	38,625
Pongalur	S. R. Balasubramaniyam	INC	P. Vijayalakshmi	DMK	41,062
Poompuhar	M. Poorasamy	AIADMK	M. Mohammad Siddik	DMK	19,371
Ponneri (SC)	E. Ravikumar	AIADMK	K. Parthasarathy	DMK	41,253
Poonamallee	D. Sudarsanam	INC	D. Rajarathnam	DMK	24,152
Pudukkottai	C. Swaminathan	INC	V. N. Mani	DMK	43,399
Purasawalkam	B. Ranganathan	INC	Arcot N. Veerasamy	DMK	22,832
Radhakrishnan Nagar	E. Madhusudhanan	AIADMK	V. Rajasekaran	JD	24,952
Radhapuram	Ramani Nallathambi	INC	N. Sargunaraj	DMK	32,731
Rajapalayam (SC)	T. Sathiah	AIADMK	D. Danushkodi	DMK	31,488
Ramanathapuram	M. Thennavan	AIADMK	M. A. Kader	DMK	30,369
Ranipet	N. G. Venugopal	AIADMK	M. Abdul Latheef	DMK	32,872
Rasipuram	K. Palaniammal	AIADMK	B. A. R. Elangovan	DMK	50,230
Rishivandiyam	M. Govindaraju	AIADMK	M. Thangam	DMK	33,131
Royapuram	D. Jayakumar	AIADMK	R. Mathivanan	DMK	16,653
Saidapet	M. K. Balan	AIADMK	R. S. Sridhar	DMK	22,762
Salem – I	S. R. Jayaraman	INC	G. K. Subash	DMK	41,094
Salem – II	M. Natesan	AIADMK	Veerapandy S. Arumugam	DMK	39,907
Samayanallur (SC)	M. Kalirajan	AIADMK	N. Soundarapandian	DMK	55,456
Sankarankoil (SC)	V. Gopalakrishnan	AIADMK	S. Thangavelu	DMK	26,848
Sankari (SC)	V. Saroja	AIADMK	R. Varadarajan	DMK	51,959
Sankarapuram	C. Ramaswamy	AIADMK	S. Arunachalam	DMK	45,078
Sathankulam	Kumari Ananthan	INC	M. A. Ganesa Pandiyan	JD	35,825
Sathyamangalam	A. T. Saraswathy	AIADMK	T. K. Subramaniam	DMK	36,938
Sattur	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	TMK	Sannasi Karuppasamy	DMK	2,239
Sedapatti	R. Muthiah	AIADMK	A. Athiyaman	DMK	24,469
Sendamangalam (ST)	K. Chinnasamy	AIADMK	S. Sivaprakasam	TMK	55,561
Sholavandan	A. M. Paramasivan	AIADMK	A. M. M. Ambikapathy	DMK	35,313
Sholinghur	A. M. Munirathinam	INC	C. Manickam	DMK	34,110
Singanallur	P. Govindaraj	AIADMK	R. Sengaliappan	JD	21,970
Sirkazhi (SC)	T. Moorthy	AIADMK	M. Panneerselvam	DMK	33,984
Sivaganga	K. R. Muruganandam	AIADMK	B. Manoharan	DMK	45,871
Sivakasi	J. Balaganghadaran	AIADMK	B. Boopathy Rajaram	DMK	47,726
Sriperumbudur (SC)	Polur Varadhan	INC	E. Godandam	DMK	32,436
Srirangam	P. A. Krishnan	AIADMK	R. Jayabalan	JD	51,544
Srivaikuntam	S. Daniel Raj	INC	S. David Selvin	DMK	27,314
Srivilliputhur	R. Tamaraikani	IND	R. Vinayagamoorthi	AIADMK	1,169
Talavasal (SC)	K. Kandasamy	INC	S. Gunasekaran	DMK	53,447
Tambaram	S. M. Krishnan	INC	M. A. Vaidialingam	DMK	46,848
Taramangalam	R. Palanisamy	INC	S. Ammasi	PMK	8,334
Tenkasi	S. Peter Alphonse	INC	S. Ramakrishnan	DMK	36,879
Thalli	M. Venkatarama Reddy	INC	V. Ranga Reddy	BJP	10,561
Thandarambattu	M. K. Sundaram	AIADMK	D. Ponmudi	DMK	36,863
Thanjavur	S. D. Somasundaram	AIADMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	DMK	19,861
Theni	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	AIADMK	L. S. R. Krishnan	DMK	41,300
T. Nagar	S. Jayakumar	AIADMK	S. A. Ganesan	DMK	31,313
Thirumangalam	T. K. Radhakrishnan	AIADMK	R. Saminathan	DMK	31,262
Thirumayam	S. Regupathy	AIADMK	Rama Govindarasan	TMK	44,731
Thirunavalur	J. Pannerselvam	AIADMK	A. V. Balasubramaniyam	DMK	27,986
Thirupparankundram	S. Andi Thevar	AIADMK	C. Ramachandran	DMK	30,257
Thiruthuraipundi (SC)	G. Palanisamy	CPI	V. Vedaiyan	INC	12,066
Thiruvadanai	Ramasamy Ambalam	INC	Sornalingam	JD	30,536
Thiruvaiyaru	P. Kaliaperumal	AIADMK	Durai Chandrasekaran	DMK	20,399
Thiruvarambur	T. Rathinavel	AIADMK	Pappa Umanath	CPM	26,522
Thiruvarur (SC)	V. Thambusamy	CPM	M. Ramasamy	INC	5,247
Thiruvattar	R. Nadesan	INC	J. Hemachandran	CPM	16,829
Thiruvidaimarudhur	N. Panneerselvam	INC	S. Ramalingam	DMK	25,131
Thiruvonam	K. Thangamuthu	AIADMK	M. Ramachandran	DMK	34,968
Thondamuthur	C. Aranganayagam	AIADMK	U. K. Vellingiri	CPM	47,144
Thottiam	N. R. Sivapathi	AIADMK	K. Kannaiyan	DMK	52,726
Thousand Lights	K. A. Krishnaswamy	AIADMK	M. K. Stalin	DMK	16,981
Tindivanam	S. Panneerselvam	INC	R. Masilamani	DMK	19,035
Tiruchendur	A. Chelladurai	AIADMK	A. S. Pandian	DMK	22,648
Tiruchengode	T. M. Selvaganapathi	AIADMK	V. Ramasamy	CPM	78,659
Tiruchy – I	S. Arokiasamy	AIADMK	A. Malaramannan	DMK	14,935
Tiruchy – II	G. R. Mala Selvi	AIADMK	Anbil Poyyamozhi	DMK	20,544
Tirunelveli	D. Veliah	AIADMK	A. L. Subramanian	DMK	30,285
Tiruppattur (41)	A. K. C. Sundarvel	AIADMK	B. Sundaram	DMK	35,904
Tiruppattur (194)	S. Kannappan	AIADMK	S. Seventhiappan	DMK	31,456
Tirupporur (SC)	M. Dhanapal	AIADMK	G. Chockalingam	DMK	30,564
Tiruppur	V. Palanisamy	AIADMK	C. Govindasamy	CPM	36,641
Tiruttani	K. Thanigai Babu alias Rasan babu	AIADMK	C. Chiranjeevulu Naidu	JD	22,192
Tiruvallur	D. Sakkubai Devaraj	AIADMK	C. Subramani	DMK	26,420
Tiruvannamalai	V. Kannan	INC	K. Pitchandi	DMK	28,919
Tiruvottiyur	K. Kuppan	AIADMK	T. K. Palanisamy	DMK	27,322
Triplicane	Mohammad Asif	AIADMK	Nanjil K. Manoharan	DMK	12,452
Tuticorin	V. P. R. Ramesh	AIADMK	N. Periasamy	DMK	41,395
Udagamandalam	H. M. Raju	INC	H. Nataraj	DMK	25,887
Udumalpet	K. P. Manivasagam	AIADMK	R. T. Mariappan	DMK	30,272
Ulundurpet (SC)	M. Anandan	AIADMK	Pon Mayil Vahanan	DMK	45,285
Uppiliapuram (ST)	V. Ravichandran	AIADMK	M. Sundaravadanam	DMK	37,356
Usilambatti	R. Pandiammal	AIADMK	P. N. Vallarasu	FBL	3,194
Uthiramerur	Kanchi Panneerselvam	AIADMK	K. Sundar	DMK	34,094
Valangiman (SC)	K. Panchavarnam	AIADMK	S. Senthamil Chelvan	DMK	27,688
Valparai (SC)	A. Sridharan	AIADMK	A. T. Karuppiah	CPI	21,184
Vandavasi (SC)	C. K. Thamizharasan	AIADMK	V. Rajagopal	DMK	29,494
Vaniyambadi	E. Sampath	INC	A. Abdul Hameed	DMK	19,831
Vanur (SC)	S. Arumugam	AIADMK	N. V. Jayaseelan	DMK	36,469
Varahur (SC)	E. T. Ponnuvelu	AIADMK	C. Thiyagarajan	DMK	28,229
Vasudevanallur (SC)	R. Eswaran	INC	R. Krishnan	CPM	20,314
Vedaranyam	P. V. Rajendran	INC	M. Meenakshi Sundaram	DMK	16,868
Vedasandur	S. Gandhirajan	AIADMK	P. Muthusamy	DMK	67,090
Vellakoil	Durai Ramasamy	AIADMK	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan	DMK	29,587
Veerapandi	K. Arjunan	AIADMK	P. Venkatachalam	DMK	56,274
Vellore	C. Gnanasekaran	INC	A. M. Ramalingam	DMK	23,066
Vilathikulam	N. C. Kanagavalli	AIADMK	S. Mavelraj	DMK	21,709
Vilavancode	M. Sundaradas	INC	D. Mony	CPM	11,309
Villivakkam	E. Kalan	INC	W. R. Varadarajan	CPM	46,233
Villupuram	D. Janardhanan	AIADMK	K. Deivasigamoni alias Ponmudi	DMK	17,440
Virudhunagar	Sanjay Ramaswamy	ICS(SCS)	G. Veerasamy	JD	19,401
Vridachalam	R. D. Aranganathan	AIADMK	A. Rajendiran	PMK	14,297
Yercaud (ST)	C. Perumal	AIADMK	Dhanushkodi Vedan	DMK	45,579

*	Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Analysis

The AIADMK coalition won a massive victory in this election capturing 225 of 234 seats. The DMK coalition was routed with only 7 victories. DMK itself could win only 2 seats including that of its leader M. Karunanidhi. Though Karunanidhi won from the Harbour constituency, he resigned his seat immediately. The victory of AIADMK-Congress has been attributed mainly to the sympathy wave following the Rajiv Gandhi assassination. Other factors which helped their victory were the consolidation of the AIADMK votes under the unified AIADMK party, successful projection by Jayalalithaa as the true political heir to M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R), successful portrayal of DMK as anti-woman (by playing up the events in the Assembly on 25 March 1989) and the PMK cutting into the DMK's vote bank in the northern districts. This election saw the first electoral success of the PMK, when its candidate Panruti Ramachandran was elected from the Panruti constituency.^{[1][6][19][20]}

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu
• Legislature of Tamil Nadu
• Government of Tamil Nadu

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External links

• Election Commission of India