| Election Name: | Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989 |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984 |
| Previous Year: | 1984 |
| Next Election: | Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991 |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
| Election Date: | November 1989 |
| Seats For Election: | 39 (of 529) seats in the Lok Sabha |
| Registered: | 40,027,212 |
| Turnout: | 26,763,788 (66.86%) 6.12% |
| Party1: | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Alliance1: | Congress alliance |
| Leaders Seat1: | Did not contest |
| Seats1: | 38 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,042,676 |
| Percentage1: | 56.98% |
| Swing1: | 1.89% |
| Leader2: | M. Karunanidhi |
| Leaders Seat2: | Did not contest |
| Party2: | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Alliance2: | NF+LF |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 8,918,905 |
| Percentage2: | 33.78% |
| Swing2: | 1.63% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Before Election: | Indian National Congress |
| After Party: | Indian National Congress |
The 1989 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for Indian National Congress, and its ally All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, winning 38 out of 39 seats. This election marked the dominance of INC-AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, till 1996. The opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam failed to win a single seat, resulting in the party's downturn in national and state politics for the coming years. Because National Front won at the national level, Rajya Sabha member Murasoli Maran got a cabinet berth in the new V. P. Singh administration.
| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 28 | ||||
| 2. | 11 | ||||
| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 31 | ||||
| 2. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | A.Nallasivam | 4 | ||
| 3. | 2 | ||||
| 4. | P.Manickam | 2 | |||
| Alliance | Party | align=centre | Popular Vote | align=centre | Percentage | align=centre | Swing | align=centre | Seats won | align=centre | Seat Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK+ | Indian National Congress | 10,524,027 | 39.86% | 0.65% | 27 | 2 | |||||||
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,518,649 | 17.12% | 1.24% | 11 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 15,042,676 | 56.98% | 1.89% | 38 | 1 | ||||||||
| National Front | Communist Party of India | 539,316 | 2.04% | 1.37% | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7,038,849 | 26.66% | 0.76% | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 965,838 | 3.66% | 0.82% | 0 | |||||||||
| Janata Dal | 374,902 | 1.42% | new party | 0 | new party | ||||||||
| Total | 8,918,905 | 33.78% | 1.63% | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1,536,350 | 5.82% | new party | 0 | new party | ||||||||
| Independents | 599,759 | 2.27% | 0.49% | 0 | |||||||||
| Other Parties (14 parties) | 302,040 | 1.15% | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 26,399,730 | 100.00% | 39 | ||||||||||
| Valid Votes | 26,399,730 | 98.64% | |||||||||||
| Invalid Votes | 364,058 | 1.36% | |||||||||||
| Total Votes | 26,763,788 | 100.00% | |||||||||||
| Registered Voters/Turnout | 40,027,212 | 66.86% | 6.12% | ||||||||||
Source: New York Times[1]
Due to the fact, that the DMK-JD were routed in Tamil Nadu, VP Singh had to choose Rajya Sabha member, Murasoli Maran to represent Tamil Nadu in his cabinet.