1991 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu explained

Election Name:Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989
Previous Year:1989
Next Election:Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996
Next Year:1996
Election Date:May–June 1991
Seats For Election:39 (of 521) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered:39,917,777
Turnout:25,514,736 (63.92%) 2.94%
Party1:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alliance1:Congress alliance
Leaders Seat1:Did not contest
Seats1:39
Seat Change1: 1
Popular Vote1:14,981,111
Percentage1:60.67%
Swing1: 3.69%
Leader2:M. Karunanidhi
Leaders Seat2:Did not contest
Party2:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alliance2:National Front
Seats2:0
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:6,823,581
Percentage2:27.64%
Swing2: 2.48%
Map Size:200px
After Party:Indian National Congress

The 1991 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a repeat landslide victory for Indian National Congress, and its ally All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, winning all 39 seats. The opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which was part of the National Front, lost heavily, not winning a single seat. During this election, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, when campaigning for Margatham Chandrasekar for the Indian National Congress, in the Sriperumbudur constituency.

Voting and results

AlliancePartyalign=centrePopular Votealign=centrePercentagealign=centreSwingalign=centreSeats wonalign=centreSeat Change
AIADMK+Indian National Congress10,510,56942.57%2.71%281
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,470,54218.10%0.98%11
Total14,981,11160.67%3.69%391
National FrontDravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,601,59722.69%3.97%0
Janata Dal718,2222.91%1.49%0
Communist Party of India503,7622.04%01
Total6,823,58127.64%2.48%01
Pattali Makkal Katchi1,269,6905.14%0.68%0
Independents353,7191.43%0.84%0
Other Parties (16 parties)1,264,2335.12%0.31%0
Total24,692,334100.00%39
Valid Votes24,692,33496.78%
Invalid Votes822,4023.22%
Total Votes25,514,736100.00%
Reigstered Voters/Turnout39,917,77763.92%2.94%

List of Elected MPs

Sl.No.ConstituencyWinnerPartyMarginRunner-upaPartya
1Chennai NorthD. Pandian118,518Aladi Aruna
2Chennai CentralEra Anbarasuc103,271N. V. N. Somu
3Chennai SouthR. Sridharan162,528T. R. Balu
4SriperumbudurMargatham Chandrasekarc180,572K. Sundaram
5ChengalpattuS. S. R. Rajendra Kumar153,206C. Arumugam
6ArakkonamR. Jeevarathinamc176,710M. Kannaiyan
7VelloreB. Akber Pasha199,169P. Shanmugam
8TiruppatturA. Jayamohanc190,461K. C. Alagiri
9VandavasiM. Krishnaswamy177,095D. Venugopal
10TindivanamK. Rama Murthee170,149N. Dayanidhi
11CuddaloreP. P. Kaliaperumal208,057G. Bhuvarahan
12ChidambaramP. Vallalperumanc136,890Sulochana Ayyasamy
13DharmapuriK.V. Thangkabalu150,489 P. D. Elangovan
14KrishnagiriVazhappady K. Ramamurthy213,114R. Manickam
15RasipuramB. Devarajanc272,985I. Suganya
16SalemRangarajan Kumaramangalamc282,568K. P. Arthanarisamy
17TiruchengodeK. S. Soundaram314,481K. P. Ramalingam
18NilgirisR. Prabhuc180,802S. Doraisamy
19GobichettipalayamP. G. Narayananc249,161G. S. Lakshman Iyer
20CoimbatoreC. K. Kuppuswamyc186,064K. Ramani
21PollachiB. Rajaravivarma206,270C. T. Dhandapani
22PalaniA. Senapathi Gounderc260,142K. Kumarasamy
23DindigulDindigul C. Sreenivasan224,417K. Maya Thevar
24MaduraiA. G. S. Ram Babuc242,160P. Mohan
25PeriyakulamR. Ramasamy213,960Cumbum Ramakrishnan
26KarurN. Murugesan269,969D. Thirunavukkarasu
27TiruchirappalliL. Adaikalarajc209,706T. K. Rangarajan
28PerambalurA. Asokrajc194,950S. V. Ramaswamy
29MayiladuturaiMani Shankar Aiyar161,937Kuttalam P. Kalyanam
30NagapattinamPadma25,716M. Selvaraj
31ThanjavurK. Thulasiah Vandayar162,070S. Palanimanickam
32PudukkottaiN. Sundararajc219,721K. Chandrasekaran
33SivagangaP. Chidambaramc228,597V. Kasinathan
34RamanathapuramV. Rajeshwaran171,526S. Vellaichamy
35SivakasiR. Kanga Govindarajulu163,090A. Srinivasan
36TirunelveliM. R. Kadambur Janarthanan153,592K. P. Kandasamy
37TenkasiM. Arunachalamc182,086T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar
38TiruchendurR. Dhanuskodi Athithanc258,776G. Anton Gomez
39NagercoilN. Dennisc124,913P. Mohammad Ismail
c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1989–1991)

Key positions held by elected members of parliament

Union ministers of state (independent charge)

No.PortraitName
Elected constituencyPortfolioTerm in officePolitical party
Assumed officeLeft officeTime in office
1P. Chidambaram
(1945–)
SivagangaMinistry of Commerce21 June 19919 July 19922 years, 71 daysIndian National Congressrowspan=3
10 February 19953 April 1996
2Valappaddy K. Ramamurthy
(1940–2002)
KrishnagiriMinistry of Labour21 June 199130 July 199139 days

Union ministers of state

No.PortraitName
Elected constituencyPortfolioTerm in officePolitical partyCabinet Minister
Assumed officeLeft officeTime in office
1M. Arunachalam
(1944–2004)
TenkasiMinistry of Urban Development21 June 199118 January 1993Indian National CongressSheila Kaulrowspan=6
Ministry of Small Scale Industries and Agro Industries18 January 19933 April 1996K. Karunakaran
2Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
(1952–2000)
SalemMinistry of Parliamentary Affairs21 June 19912 July 19921 year, 11 daysGhulam Nabi Azad
Ministry of Law and Justice and Company AffairsKotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Ministry of Science and Technology2 July 19922 December 19931 year, 153 daysP. V. Narasimha Rao
Ministry of Parliamentary AffairsGhulam Nabi Azad----Vidya Charan Shukla

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