Emergency Provisions are contained in Part Eighteen of the Constitution of India. The President of India has the power to impose emergency rule in any or all the Indian states if the security of part or all of India is threatened by "war or external aggression or armed rebellion".[1]
The Fifth Assembly was constituted on 15 March 1971 after the General Elections held in March 1971. It consisted of 234 elected members of which 42 seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes and 2 for Scheduled Tribes besides one nominated member. Before the expiry of the period of the Assembly, the President by a Proclamation issued on 31 January 1976, under article 356 of the Constitution, dissolved the Fifth Assembly and imposed President's Rule for the first time in Tamil Nadu.
The Eighth Assembly was constituted on 16 January 1985 after the General Elections held on 24 December 1984. Before the expiry of the period of Assembly, the President by a proclamation issued on 30 January 1988, under Article 356 of the Constitution dissolved the Eighth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and imposed President's Rule in Tamil Nadu.
The Ninth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly was constituted on 27 January 1989 after the General Elections held on 21 January 1989. Before the expiry of the term of the Assembly, the President by a Proclamation issued on 30 January 1991, under Article 356 of the Constitution of India dissolved the Ninth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and imposed President's Rule in Tamil Nadu.
Final Table| Dissolved Date | Legislative Assembly | Prime Minister | Central Ruling Party | President | State | Chief Minister | State Ruling Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Feb 1968 | Sixth | Zakir Hussain | Charan Singh | Bharatiya Lok Dal | ||||
| 2 Oct 1970 | Eighth | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | Charan Singh | Bharatiya Lok Dal | ||||
| 12 Jun 1973 | Tenth | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | Kamalapathi Tripathi | Indian National Congress | ||||
| 30 Nov 1975 | Eleventh | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 30 Apr 1977 | Twelfth | Morarji Desai | Janata Party | Basappa Danappa Jatti | Narayan Dutt Tiwari | Indian National Congress | ||
| 17 Feb 1980 | Fourteenth | Banarsi Das | Janata Party | |||||
| 6 Dec 1992 | Twenty first | P. V. Narasimha Rao | Shankar Dayal Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| 18 Oct 1995 | Twenty third | P. V. Narasimha Rao | Shankar Dayal Sharma | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||||
| 8 Mar 2002 | Twenty ninth | Kocheril Raman Narayanan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| 10 January 1973 | Fourth | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | Andhra Pradesh | Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao | Indian National Congress | |||
| 20 February 1968 | Fifth | Zakir Hussain | West Bengal | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | Nonparty in Progressive Democratic Alliance Front | |||
| 19 March 1970 | Sixth | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | West Bengal | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Bangla Congress in United Front | |||
| 28 June 1971 | Seventh | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | West Bengal | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress in coalition | |||
| 31 January 1976 | Fifth | DMK | ||||||
| 30 January 1988 | Eighth | V. N. Janaki Ramachandran | AIADMK | |||||
| 30 January 1991 | Ninth | DMK |