1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:1989
Next Election:1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:1996
Election Date:15 June 1991
Seats For Election:All 234 seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:118
Turnout:63.84% (5.85%)
Party1:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Image1:File:J Jayalalithaa.jpg
Leader1:J. Jayalalithaa
Leaders Seat1:Bargur
(retained)
Kangayam
(vacated)
Alliance1:Congress alliance
Seats1:225
Seat Change1: 170
Popular Vote1:14,738,042
Percentage1:59.79%
Swing1: 9.63%
Party2:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Leader2:M. Karunanidhi
Alliance2:National Front
Leaders Seat2:Harbour
(vacated)
Seats2:7
Seat Change2: 161
Popular Vote2:7,405,935
Percentage2:30.05%
Swing2: 7.89%
Map Size:200px
CM
Before Election:M. Karunanidhi
Before Party:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
After Election:J. Jayalalithaa
After Party:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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.

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

See 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.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1. 168
2. 65
3. Spinning Wheel 1

DMK Front

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1. 176
2. A. Nallasivan 22
3. 15
4. 11
5. 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]

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

!colspan=10||-! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party!style="width:4px" |! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote %! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %|-! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance! style="background-color: " | | 225| +172| 14,738,042| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| 59.8%|-|AIADMK! style="background-color: #008000" || 164| +137| 10,940,966| 44.4%| 61.1%|-|INC! style="background-color: #00FFFF" || 60| +34| 3,743,859| 15.2%| 56.2%|-|ICS(SCS)! style="background-color: #800000" || 1| +1| 53,217| 0.2%| 56.1%|-! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ alliance! style="background-color: " || 7| -164| 7,405,935| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| 30.0%|-|DMK! style="background-color: #FF0000" || 2| −148| 5,535,668| 22.5%| 29.9%|-|TMK! style="background-color: #FF00FF" || 2| −1| 371,645| 1.5%| 31.0%|-|CPI(M)! style="background-color: #000080" || 1| −14| 777,532| 3.2%| 31.2%|-|JD! style="background-color: #FFFF00" || 1| +1| 415,947| 1.7%| 28.3%|-|CPI! style="background-color: #0000FF" || 1| −2| 305,143| 1.2%| 29.9%|-! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others! style="background-color:gray" || 2| -8| 2,505,431| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| 10.2%|-|PMK! style="background-color: #800080" || 1| +1| 1,452,982| 5.9%| 7.0%|-|JP! style="background-color: " || 0| −4| 51,564| 0.2%| 0.7%|-|IND! style="background-color: #666666" || 1| −5| 390,227| 1.6%| 1.7%|-| style="text-align:center;" |Total! style="background-color: " || 234| –| 24,649,408| 100%| style="text-align:center;" | –|-|}: 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

Assembly ConstituencyWinnerPartyRunner-upPartyMargin
Acharapakkam (SC)E. RamakrishnanAIADMKM. JayapalDMK24,725
AlandurS. AnnamalaiAIADMKPammal NallathambiDMK34,911
AlangulamS. S. RamasubbuINCS. GurunathanDMK31,150
AlangudiS. ShanmuganathanAIADMKS. ChitrarasuDMK49,701
AmbasamudramR. Murugaiah PandianAIADMKS. ChellappaCPM29,214
AnaicutK. DharmalingamAIADMKS. P. KannanDMK35,533
Andhiyur (SC)V. PeriasamyAIADMKRadha RukmaniDMK31,062
AndimadamK. R. ThangarajuINCM. GnanamoorthyPMK7,672
AndipattiK. ThavasiAIADMKP. AsaiyanDMK42,267
Anna NagarA. ChellakumarINCS. M. RamachandranDMK27,298
Arakkonam (SC)Lata PriyakumarINCG. ManiDMK30,982
ArantankiS. ThirunavukkarasuTMKKuzha ChelliahAIADMK21,421
AravakkurichiMariyamul AsiaAIADMKMonjanur P. RamasamyDMK20,952
ArcotG. ViswanathanAIADMKT. R. GajapathiDMK34,273
AriyalurS. ManimegalaiAIADMKK. ChinnappaDMK23,129
ArniI. R. Jaison JacobAIADMKE. SelvarasuDMK34,312
AruppukottaiV. G. ManimeghalaiAIADMKR. M. Shanmuga SundaramDMK19,919
AtturV. TamilarasuAIADMKA. M. RamasamyDMK36,585
AthoorS. M. DuraiAIADMKI. PeriyasamyDMK46,097
Avanashi (SC)M. SeeniammalAIADMKM. ArumughamCPI46,149
BargurJ. JayalalithaAIADMKT. RajendarTMK37,215
BhavaniS. MuthusamyAIADMKM. C. DuraisamyDMK40,470
BhavanisagarV. K. ChinnasamyAIADMKO. SubramaniamDMK42,587
BhuvanagiriG. MalligaAIADMKR. T. Sabapathy MohanDMK20,634
BodinayakkanurV. PanneerselvamAIADMKG. Ponnu PillaiDMK37,044
ChengalpattuC. D. VaradarajanAIADMKV. TamilmaniDMK16,798
Chengam (SC)P. VeerapandiyanAIADMKK. MunusamyJD37,617
ChepaukZeenath SheriffdeenINCK. AnbazhaganDMK4,456
CheranmadeviR. Puthunainar AdithanAIADMKP. H. PandianIND34,468
CheyyarA. DevarajAIADMKV. AnbazhaganDMK35,955
ChidambaramK. S. AlagiriINCM. R. K. PanneerselvamDMK19,653
ChinnasalemR. P. ParamasivamAIADMKR. MookkappanDMK39,042
Coimbatore EastV. K. LakshmananINCK. C. KarunakaranCPM17,525
Coimbatore WestK. SelvarajINCM. RamanathanDMK16,498
ColachelA. PauliahINCR. BathakbishnanJD33,015
Coonoor (SC)M. KaruppasamyAIADMKE. M. MahaliappanDMK22,151
CuddaloreP. R. S. VenkatesanINCE. PugazhendhiDMK15,175
CumbumO. R. RamachandranINCP. RamarDMK24,203
Dharapuram (SC)P. EswaramurthiAIADMKT. ShanthakumariDMK37,945
DharmapuriP. PonnusamyINCR. ChinnasamyDMK26,893
DindigulB. NirmalaAIADMKS. A. ThangarajanCPM44,004
EdapadiK. PalanisamyAIADMKP. Kolandai GounderPMK41,266
Egmore (SC)Parithi ElamvazhuthiDMKD. YasodhaINC1203
ErodeC. ManickamAIADMKA. GaneshamurthyDMK43,688
GingeeS. S. R. EramasassINCN. RamachandranDMK23,474
GobichettipalayamK. A. SengottaiyanAIADMKV. P. Shanmugadas UdayaramDMK39,212
GudalurK. R. RajuAIADMKT. P. KamalatchanCPM12,306
GudiyathamV. DhandaydapaniINCR. ParamasivamCPM34,899
GummidipundiR. SakkubaiAIADMKK. VenuDMK32,919
HarbourM. KarunanidhiDMKK. SuppuINC890
Harur (SC)P. AbaranjiINCP. V. KariyamalPMK42,464
HosurK. A. ManoharanINCB. VenkataswamyJD8,746
IlayangudiM. S. M. RamachandranAIADMKN. NallasethupathiDMK24,130
JayankondamK. K. ChinnappanINCS. DurairajuPMK16,168
KadaladiV. SathiamoorthyAIADMKK. KalimuthuDMK29,454
KadayanallurS. Nagoor MeeranAIADMKSamsudeen alias KathiravanDMK27,710
KalasapakkamM. SundarasamiINCP. S. ThiruvengadamDMK32,944
KancheepuramC. P. PattabiramanAIADMKP. MurugesanDMK27,266
Kandamangalam (SC)V. SubramaniamAIADMKS. AlaguveluDMK35,280
KangayamJ. JayalalithaAIADMKN. S. Rajkumar MandradiarDMK33,291
KanyakumariM. AmmamuthuAIADMKC. KrishnanDMK34,359
KapilamalaiP. SaraswathiAIADMKS. MoorthyDMK43,853
KaraikudiM. KarpagamAIADMKC. T. ChidambaramDMK38,311
KarurM. ChinnasamyAIADMKM. VasukiDMK44,092
KatpadiK. M. KalaiselviAIADMKDurai MuruganDMK26,139
Kattumannarkoil (SC)N. R. RajendiranAIADMKG. VetriveeranPMK26,318
KaveripattinamK. P. MunusamyAIADMKV. C. GovindasamyDMK47,236
KilliyurD. KumaradasJDPon. Robert SinghINC1,168
KinathukadavuN. S. PalanisamyAIADMKK. KandasamyDMK32,566
Kolathur (SC)S. KulandaiveluAIADMKV. RajuTMK65,312
KovilpattiR. ShyamalaAIADMKL. AiyalusamyCPI28,251
Krishnarajapuram (SC)A. ArivalaganAIADMKR. NatarajanDMK56,436
KulittalaiA. Pappa SundaramAIADMKS. P. SethuramanDMK47,341
KumbakonamR. EramanathanAIADMKS. KumarasamyJD36,309
KrishnagiriK. MunivenkatappanAIADMKT. H. Mushtaq AhmedDMK39,968
KurinjipadiK. SivasubramanianAIADMKN. GaneshmoorthyDMK12,471
KuttalamS. AsaimaniAIADMKKo. Si. ManiDMK22,751
LalgudiJ. LogambalINCK. N. NehruDMK13,517
Madurai CentralA. DeivanayagamINCM. TamilkudimaganDMK20,608
Madurai EastO. S. AmarnathAIADMKP. M. KumarCPM30,088
Madurai WestS. V. ShanmugamINCPon. MuthuramalingamDMK26,922
MaduranthakamP. ChockalingamAIADMKS. D. UgamchandTMK18,403
Manamadurai (SC)V. M. SubramaniamAIADMKK. KasilingamDMK38,288
Mangalore (SC)S. PuratchimaniINCV. GanesanDMK35,753
MannargudiK. SrinivasanAIADMKV. VeerasenanCPI7,396
MarungapuriK. PonnusamyAIADMKN. SelvarajDMK41,904
MayiladuturaiM. M. S. Abul HassanINCA. SenguttuvanDMK23,308
MelmalayanurG. JanakiramanINCR. PanchatcharamDMK26,492
MelurK. V. V. RajamanickamINCN. PalanisamyCPM52,772
MettupalayamL. SulochanaAIADMKB. ArunkumarDMK41,739
MetturS. SundarambalAIADMKG. K. ManiPMK26,543
ModakkurichiKavinilavu DharmarajAIADMKK. ElanchezhiyanDMK36,475
MorappurK. SingaramAIADMKA. ArunachalamPMK29,504
MudukulathurS. BalakrishnanINCS. John PandianPMK11,044
MugaiyurR. Savithiri AmmalAIADMKA. G. SampathDMK25,420
MusiriM. ThangavelAIADMKR. NatarasanDMK31,244
MylaporeT. M. RangarajanAIADMKNirmala SureshDMK26,696
NagapattinamR. KodimariAIADMKG. VeeraiyanCPM9,934
NagercoilM. MosesINCS. RetnarajDMK30,052
Namakkal (SC)S. AnbalaganAIADMKR. MayavanDMK49,895
NanguneriV. Natesan PaulrajAIADMKM. Mani AchiyurDMK44,220
Nannilam (SC)K. GopalAIADMKM. ManimaranDMK17,208
NathamM. Andi AmbalamINCP. ChelliamDMK47,778
NatrampalliR. IndrakumariAIADMKN. K. RajaDMK47,529
NellikuppamC. DamodharanAIADMKC. GovindarajanCPM35,108
Nilakkottai (SC)A. S. PonnammalINCM. ArivazhaganDMK37,060
OddanchatramA. T. ChellamuthuAIADMKT. MohanDMK42,464
OmalurC. KrishnanAIADMKK. SadasivamPMK37,353
OrathanadAlagu ThirunavukkarasuAIADMKL. GanesanDMK20,880
Ottapidaram (SC)S. X. RajamannarAIADMKC. ChelladuraiDMK27,325
PadmanabhapuramK. LawrenceAIADMKS. Noor MohammadCPM23,293
PalacodeM. G. SekharAIADMKK. ArunachalamJD39,259
Palani (SC)A. SubburathinamAIADMKV. BalasekarCPM39,813
PalayamkottaiP. DharmalingamAIADMKV. Karuppasamy PandianTMK6,891
PalladamK. S. DuraimuruganAIADMKM. KannappanDMK32,724
PallipetA. Eakambara ReddyINCL. S. AnnamalaiIND30,740
PanamarathupattiK. RajaramAIADMKS. R. SivalingamDMK50,355
PanrutiS. RamachandranPMKR. DevasundaramAIADMK1,122
PapanasamS. RajaramanINCS. KalyanasundaramDMK21,925
Paramakudi (SC)S. SundararajAIADMKN. ChandranCPI38,466
Park TownU. BalaramanINCA. Rahman KhanDMK11,835
PattukkottaiK. BalasubramaniamAIADMKK. AnnaduraiDMK28,736
PennagaramV. PurushothamanAIADMKN. M. SubramaniamPMK18,828
Perambalur (SC)T. SezhiyanAIADMKM. DevarajanDMK50,334
Perambur (SC)M. P. SekarAIADMKChengai SivamDMK15,452
PeravuraniR. SingaramINCM. R. GovindhanDMK44,542
PeriyakulamM. PeriyaveeranAIADMKL. MookiahDMK42,042
PernamallurA. K. SrinivasanAIADMKG. SubramanianDMK27,172
Pernambut (SC)J. ParandamanAIADMKV. GovindanDMK42,498
PerunduraiV. N. SubramanianAIADMKT. K. NaliappanCPI53,217
PerurK. P. RajuAIADMKA. NatarasanDMK29,659
PollachiV. P. ChandrasekarAIADMKM. N. NachimuthuDMK32,541
PolurT. VediyappanAIADMKA. RajendranDMK38,625
PongalurS. R. BalasubramaniyamINCP. VijayalakshmiDMK41,062
PoompuharM. PoorasamyAIADMKM. Mohammad SiddikDMK19,371
Ponneri (SC)E. RavikumarAIADMKK. ParthasarathyDMK41,253
PoonamalleeD. SudarsanamINCD. RajarathnamDMK24,152
PudukkottaiC. SwaminathanINCV. N. ManiDMK43,399
PurasawalkamB. RanganathanINCArcot N. VeerasamyDMK22,832
Radhakrishnan NagarE. MadhusudhananAIADMKV. RajasekaranJD24,952
RadhapuramRamani NallathambiINCN. SargunarajDMK32,731
Rajapalayam (SC)T. SathiahAIADMKD. DanushkodiDMK31,488
RamanathapuramM. ThennavanAIADMKM. A. KaderDMK30,369
RanipetN. G. VenugopalAIADMKM. Abdul LatheefDMK32,872
RasipuramK. PalaniammalAIADMKB. A. R. ElangovanDMK50,230
RishivandiyamM. GovindarajuAIADMKM. ThangamDMK33,131
RoyapuramD. JayakumarAIADMKR. MathivananDMK16,653
SaidapetM. K. BalanAIADMKR. S. SridharDMK22,762
Salem – IS. R. JayaramanINCG. K. SubashDMK41,094
Salem – IIM. NatesanAIADMKVeerapandy S. ArumugamDMK39,907
Samayanallur (SC)M. KalirajanAIADMKN. SoundarapandianDMK55,456
Sankarankoil (SC)V. GopalakrishnanAIADMKS. ThangaveluDMK26,848
Sankari (SC)V. SarojaAIADMKR. VaradarajanDMK51,959
SankarapuramC. RamaswamyAIADMKS. ArunachalamDMK45,078
SathankulamKumari AnanthanINCM. A. Ganesa PandiyanJD35,825
SathyamangalamA. T. SaraswathyAIADMKT. K. SubramaniamDMK36,938
SatturK. K. S. S. R. RamachandranTMKSannasi KaruppasamyDMK2,239
SedapattiR. MuthiahAIADMKA. AthiyamanDMK24,469
Sendamangalam (ST)K. ChinnasamyAIADMKS. SivaprakasamTMK55,561
SholavandanA. M. ParamasivanAIADMKA. M. M. AmbikapathyDMK35,313
SholinghurA. M. MunirathinamINCC. ManickamDMK34,110
SinganallurP. GovindarajAIADMKR. SengaliappanJD21,970
Sirkazhi (SC)T. MoorthyAIADMKM. PanneerselvamDMK33,984
SivagangaK. R. MuruganandamAIADMKB. ManoharanDMK45,871
SivakasiJ. BalaganghadaranAIADMKB. Boopathy RajaramDMK47,726
Sriperumbudur (SC)Polur VaradhanINCE. GodandamDMK32,436
SrirangamP. A. KrishnanAIADMKR. JayabalanJD51,544
SrivaikuntamS. Daniel RajINCS. David SelvinDMK27,314
SrivilliputhurR. TamaraikaniINDR. VinayagamoorthiAIADMK1,169
Talavasal (SC)K. KandasamyINCS. GunasekaranDMK53,447
TambaramS. M. KrishnanINCM. A. VaidialingamDMK46,848
TaramangalamR. PalanisamyINCS. AmmasiPMK8,334
TenkasiS. Peter AlphonseINCS. RamakrishnanDMK36,879
ThalliM. Venkatarama ReddyINCV. Ranga ReddyBJP10,561
ThandarambattuM. K. SundaramAIADMKD. PonmudiDMK36,863
ThanjavurS. D. SomasundaramAIADMKS. N. M. UbayadullahDMK19,861
TheniV. R. NedunchezhiyanAIADMKL. S. R. KrishnanDMK41,300
T. NagarS. JayakumarAIADMKS. A. GanesanDMK31,313
ThirumangalamT. K. RadhakrishnanAIADMKR. SaminathanDMK31,262
ThirumayamS. RegupathyAIADMKRama GovindarasanTMK44,731
ThirunavalurJ. PannerselvamAIADMKA. V. BalasubramaniyamDMK27,986
ThirupparankundramS. Andi ThevarAIADMKC. RamachandranDMK30,257
Thiruthuraipundi (SC)G. PalanisamyCPIV. VedaiyanINC12,066
ThiruvadanaiRamasamy AmbalamINCSornalingamJD30,536
ThiruvaiyaruP. KaliaperumalAIADMKDurai ChandrasekaranDMK20,399
ThiruvaramburT. RathinavelAIADMKPappa UmanathCPM26,522
Thiruvarur (SC)V. ThambusamyCPMM. RamasamyINC5,247
ThiruvattarR. NadesanINCJ. HemachandranCPM16,829
ThiruvidaimarudhurN. PanneerselvamINCS. RamalingamDMK25,131
ThiruvonamK. ThangamuthuAIADMKM. RamachandranDMK34,968
ThondamuthurC. AranganayagamAIADMKU. K. VellingiriCPM47,144
ThottiamN. R. SivapathiAIADMKK. KannaiyanDMK52,726
Thousand LightsK. A. KrishnaswamyAIADMKM. K. StalinDMK16,981
TindivanamS. PanneerselvamINCR. MasilamaniDMK19,035
TiruchendurA. ChelladuraiAIADMKA. S. PandianDMK22,648
TiruchengodeT. M. SelvaganapathiAIADMKV. RamasamyCPM78,659
Tiruchy – IS. ArokiasamyAIADMKA. MalaramannanDMK14,935
Tiruchy – IIG. R. Mala SelviAIADMKAnbil PoyyamozhiDMK20,544
TirunelveliD. VeliahAIADMKA. L. SubramanianDMK30,285
Tiruppattur (41)A. K. C. SundarvelAIADMKB. SundaramDMK35,904
Tiruppattur (194)S. KannappanAIADMKS. SeventhiappanDMK31,456
Tirupporur (SC)M. DhanapalAIADMKG. ChockalingamDMK30,564
TiruppurV. PalanisamyAIADMKC. GovindasamyCPM36,641
TiruttaniK. Thanigai Babu alias Rasan babuAIADMKC. Chiranjeevulu NaiduJD22,192
TiruvallurD. Sakkubai DevarajAIADMKC. SubramaniDMK26,420
TiruvannamalaiV. KannanINCK. PitchandiDMK28,919
TiruvottiyurK. KuppanAIADMKT. K. PalanisamyDMK27,322
TriplicaneMohammad AsifAIADMKNanjil K. ManoharanDMK12,452
TuticorinV. P. R. RameshAIADMKN. PeriasamyDMK41,395
UdagamandalamH. M. RajuINCH. NatarajDMK25,887
UdumalpetK. P. ManivasagamAIADMKR. T. MariappanDMK30,272
Ulundurpet (SC)M. AnandanAIADMKPon Mayil VahananDMK45,285
Uppiliapuram (ST)V. RavichandranAIADMKM. SundaravadanamDMK37,356
UsilambattiR. PandiammalAIADMKP. N. VallarasuFBL3,194
UthiramerurKanchi PanneerselvamAIADMKK. SundarDMK34,094
Valangiman (SC)K. PanchavarnamAIADMKS. Senthamil ChelvanDMK27,688
Valparai (SC)A. SridharanAIADMKA. T. KaruppiahCPI21,184
Vandavasi (SC)C. K. ThamizharasanAIADMKV. RajagopalDMK29,494
VaniyambadiE. SampathINCA. Abdul HameedDMK19,831
Vanur (SC)S. ArumugamAIADMKN. V. JayaseelanDMK36,469
Varahur (SC)E. T. PonnuveluAIADMKC. ThiyagarajanDMK28,229
Vasudevanallur (SC)R. EswaranINCR. KrishnanCPM20,314
VedaranyamP. V. RajendranINCM. Meenakshi SundaramDMK16,868
VedasandurS. GandhirajanAIADMKP. MuthusamyDMK67,090
VellakoilDurai RamasamyAIADMKSubbulakshmi JegadeesanDMK29,587
VeerapandiK. ArjunanAIADMKP. VenkatachalamDMK56,274
VelloreC. GnanasekaranINCA. M. RamalingamDMK23,066
VilathikulamN. C. KanagavalliAIADMKS. MavelrajDMK21,709
VilavancodeM. SundaradasINCD. MonyCPM11,309
VillivakkamE. KalanINCW. R. VaradarajanCPM46,233
VillupuramD. JanardhananAIADMKK. Deivasigamoni alias PonmudiDMK17,440
VirudhunagarSanjay RamaswamyICS(SCS)G. VeerasamyJD19,401
VridachalamR. D. AranganathanAIADMKA. RajendiranPMK14,297
Yercaud (ST)C. PerumalAIADMKDhanushkodi VedanDMK45,579
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]

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Notes and References

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  19. Web site: Member Profile : M. Karunanidhi . Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Secretariat . 20 January 2010.
  20. Web site: The Revenge of Draupadi . . 4 May 1998 . 20 January 2010.