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Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989
India
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39 seats
  First party Second party
  Flag of AIADMK.svg Flag DMK.svg
Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance INC+ NF
Seats won 38 1
Seat change +1 −1
Popular vote 15,042,676 8,918,905
Percentage 56.98% 33.78%

1989 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png
1989 election map (by constituencies)
Green = INC+ (won all the seats)

The Indian general election, 1989 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 Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, winning 38 out of 39 seats. This election marked the dominance of INC-ADMK 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.

Source: New York Times
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.


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