Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 1991

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 1991

24 June 1991
All 234 seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
First party Second party   Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance INC+ NF Leader's seat Bargur Harbour Seats won 225 7 Seat change 172 164 Popular vote 14,738,042 7,405,935 Percentage 59.79% 30.05%
1991 election map (by constituencies)
Chief Minister before election M. Karunanidhi DMK Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa AIADMK

The tenth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 24 June 1991. The Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) – Indian National Congress (INC) alliance won the elections in a landslide and ADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa became the chief minister. This was her first term in office. The united strength of ADMK (after the merger of Jayalalitha and Janaki Ramachandran factions into a single party), the alliance with the Congress and the wave of public sympathy in the wake of Rajiv Gandhi assassination combined together to produce a massive victory for the ADMK. The M. Karunanidhi led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was hurt by the public perception that it had close ties with LTTE (which was behind the Rajiv Gandhi assassination) and was routed in the elections winning only 2 out of the 234 seats.

Background

President's rule

On 30 January 1991, the DMK government which had come to power after winning the 1989, 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 and the DMK's alleged closeness to the LTTE. The union law minister Subramanian Swamy, cited (among others) the assassination of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) office bearers in Chennai on 19 June 1990 by the LTTE as the proof of collusion between the DMK government and the LTTE. The Samajwadi Janata Party government of Chandra Shekhar at the centre was dependent on the outside support of Rajiv Gandhi's Congress, which in turn was an ally of the ADMK in Tamil Nadu. The dismissal followed pressure on the Chandra Shekhar government by the Congress and ADMK to dismiss the DMK government. The Chandra Shekhar government fell on 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.

Unification of ADMK

The ADMK which had contested and lost the 1989 elections as two different factions reunited under the leadership of Jayalalitha in February 1989. The Janaki Ramachandran faction merged with the Jayalalitha faction to form a single united party and Janaki retired from politics. The reunited party regained the popular "Two Leaves" symbol of the ADMK. (The Election Commission of India had frozen the symbol for the 1989 elections due to the split). The united ADMK was able to proved 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 ADMK then allied with the Congress for the 1989 Parliamentary elections. The ADMK-Congress alliance won 38 of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in that election routing the DMK-Janata Dal led National Front.

Formation of PMK

The 1991 elections was the first state elections contested by the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), a Vanniyar caste based party. S. Ramadoss, the leader of the Vanniyar caste organisation – 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.

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. R. Karuppasamy Pandian split from the party. For the 1991 elections they formed a pact with T. Rajendar and contested as TMK candidates.

Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

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. This assassination by the LTTE in Tamil Nadu, taken along with the perceived closeness of the DMK with the LTTE resulted in a massive sympathy wave in favour of the ADMK-Congress alliance and against the DMK.

Coalitions

The two main political formations in this election were the DMK and ADMK 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 ADMK front had only two major parties – itself and the Congress. The ADMK also backed the ICS (SCS) candidate Sanjay Ramasamy in the Virudhunagar constituency. Several smaller parties like the PMK contested the elections alone.

Seat allotments

DMK Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	176
2.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)		Nallasivam	22
3.	Janata Dal		Sivaji Ganesan	15
4.	Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam		Vijaya T. Rajendar	11
5.	Communist Party of India		P.Manickam	10

AIADMK Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J.Jayalalithaa	168
2.	Indian National Congress		P V Narasimha Rao	65
3.	Indian Congress (Socialist)		Sarat Chandra Sinha	1

Voting and results

The polling for the state assembly elections were held simultaneously with the polling for the 1991 Parliamentary elections on 24 June 1991. The voter turnout was 63.92%.

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

 Summary of the 1991 May Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 1991 results
Sources: Election Commission of India

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
AIADMK+ alliance		225	+172	14,738,042	59.8%
AIADMK		164	+137	10,940,966	44.4%	61.1%
INC		60	+34	3,743,859	15.2%	56.2%
ICS(SCS)†		1	+1	53,217	0.2%	56.1%
DMK+ alliance		7	-164	7,405,935	30.0%
DMK		2	-148	5,535,668	22.5%	29.9%
TMK		2	-1	371,645	1.5%	31.0%
CPI(M)		1	-14	777,532	3.2%	31.2%
JD		1	+1	415,947	1.7%	28.3%
CPI		1	-2	305,143	1.2%	29.9%
Others		2	-8	2,505,431	10.2%
PMK		1	+1	1,452,982	5.9%	7.0%
JP		0	-4	51,564	0.2%	0.7%
IND		1	-5	390,227	1.6%	1.7%
Total		234	–	24,649,408	100%	–

†: 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.

Constituency wise results

List of winners and runners-up by constituency

Assembly Constituency	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party	Margin
Acharapakkam (SC)	E. Ramakrishnan	ADMK	M. Jayapal	DMK	24,725
Alandur	S. Annamalai	ADMK	Pammal Nallathambi	DMK	34,911
Alangulam	S. S. Ramasubbu	INC	S. Gurunathan	DMK	31,150
Alangudi	S. Shanmuganathan	ADMK	S. Chitrarasu	DMK	49,701
Ambasamudram	R. Murugaiah Pandian	ADMK	S. Chellappa	CPM	29,214
Anaicut	K. Dharmalingam	ADMK	S. P. Kannan	DMK	35,533
Andhiyur (SC)	V. Periasamy	ADMK	Radha Rukmani	DMK	31,062
Andimadam	K. R. Thangaraju	INC	M. Gnanamoorthy	PMK	7,672
Andipatti	K. Thavasi	ADMK	P. Asaiyan	DMK	42,267
Anna Nagar	A. Chellakumar	INC	S. M. Ramachandran	DMK	27,298
Arakkonam (SC)	Lata Priyakumar	INC	G. Mani	DMK	30,982
Arantanki	S. Thirunavukkarasu	TMK	Kuzha Chelliah	ADMK	21,421
Aravakkurichi	Mariyamul Asia	ADMK	Monjanur P. Ramasamy	DMK	20,952
Arcot	G. Viswanathan	ADMK	T. R. Gajapathi	DMK	34,273
Ariyalur	S. Manimegalai	ADMK	K. Chinnappa	DMK	23,129
Arni	I. R. Jaison Jacob	ADMK	E. Selvarasu	DMK	34,312
Aruppukottai	V. G. Manimeghalai	ADMK	R. M. Shanmuga Sundaram	DMK	19,919
Attur	V. Tamilarasu	ADMK	A. M. Ramasamy	DMK	36,585
Athoor	S. M. Durai	ADMK	I. Periyasamy	DMK	46,097
Avanashi (SC)	M. Seeniammal	ADMK	M. Arumugham	CPI	46,149
Bargur	J. Jayalalitha	ADMK	T. Rajendar	TMK	37,215
Bhavani	S. Muthusamy	ADMK	M. C. Duraisamy	DMK	40,470
Bhavanisagar	V. K. Chinnasamy	ADMK	O. Subramaniam	DMK	42,587
Bhuvanagiri	G. Malliga	ADMK	R. T. Sabapathy Mohan	DMK	20,634
Bodinayakkanur	V. Panneerselvam	ADMK	G. Ponnu Pillai	DMK	37,044
Chengalpattu	C. D. Varadarajan	ADMK	V. Tamilmani	DMK	16,798
Chengam (SC)	P. Veerapandiyan	ADMK	K. Munusamy	JD	37,617
Chepauk	Zeenath Sheriffdeen	INC	K. Anbazhagan	DMK	4,456
Cheranmadevi	R. Puthunainar Adithan	ADMK	P. H. Pandian	IND	34,468
Cheyyar	A. Devaraj	ADMK	V. Anbazhagan	DMK	35,955
Chidambaram	S. Alagiri	INC	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	DMK	19,653
Chinnasalem	R. P. Paramasivam	ADMK	R. Mookkappan	DMK	39,042
Coimbatore East	V. K. Lakshmanan	INC	K. C. Karunakaran	CPM	17,525
Coimbatore West	K. Selvaraj	INC	M. Ramanathan	DMK	16,498
Colachel	A. Pauliah	INC	R. Bathakbishnan	JD	33,015
Coonoor (SC)	M. Karuppasamy	ADMK	E. M. Mahaliappan	DMK	22,151
Cuddalore	P. R. S. Venkatesan	INC	E. Pugazhendhi	DMK	15,175
Cumbum	O. R. Ramachandran	INC	P. Ramar	DMK	24,203
Dharapuram (SC)	P. Eswaramurthi	ADMK	T. Shanthakumari	DMK	37,945
Dharmapuri	P. Ponnusamy	INC	R. Chinnasamy	DMK	26,893
Dindigul	B. Nirmala	ADMK	S. A. Thangarajan	CPM	44,004
Edapadi	K. Palanisamy	ADMK	P. Kolandai Gounder	PMK	41,266
Egmore (SC)	Parithi Elamvazhuthi	DMK	D. Yasodha	INC	1203
Erode	C. Manickam	ADMK	A. Ganeshamurthy	DMK	43,688
Gingee	S. S. R. Eramasass	INC	N. Ramachandran	DMK	23,474
Gobichettipalayam	K. A. Sengottaiyan	ADMK	V. P. Shanmugadas Udayaram	DMK	39,212
Gudalur	K. R. Raju	ADMK	T. P. Kamalatchan	CPM	12,306
Gudiyatham	V. Dhandaydapani	INC	R. Paramasivam	CPM	34,899
Gummidipundi	R. Sakkubai	ADMK	K. Venu	DMK	32,919
Harbour	M. Karunanidhi	DMK	K. Suppu	INC	890
Harur (SC)	P. Abaranji	INC	P. V. Kariyamal	PMK	42,464
Hosur	K. A. Manoharan	INC	B. Venkataswamy	JD	8,746
Ilayangudi	M. S. M. Ramachandran	ADMK	N. Nallasethupathi	DMK	24,130
Jayankondam	K. K. Chinnappan	INC	S. Durairaju	PMK	16,168
Kadaladi	V. Sathiamoorthy	ADMK	K. Kalimuthu	DMK	29,454
Kadayanallur	S. Nagoor Meeran	ADMK	Samsudeen alias Kathiravan	DMK	27,710
Kalasapakkam	M. Sundarasami	INC	P. S. Thiruvengadam	DMK	32,944
Kancheepuram	C. P. Pattabiraman	ADMK	P. Murugesan	DMK	27,266
Kandamangalam (SC)	V. Subramaniam	ADMK	S. Alaguvelu	DMK	35,280
Kangayam	J. Jayalalitha	ADMK	N. S. Rajkumar Mandradiar	DMK	33,291
Kanyakumari	M. Ammamuthu	ADMK	C. Krishnan	DMK	34,359
Kapilamalai	P. Saraswathi	ADMK	S. Moorthy	DMK	43,853
Karaikudi	M. Karpagam	ADMK	C. T. Chidambaram	DMK	38,311
Karur	M. Chinnasamy	ADMK	M. Vasuki	DMK	44,092
Katpadi	K. M. Kalaiselvi	ADMK	Durai Murugan	DMK	26,139
Kattumannarkoil (SC)	N. R. Rajendiran	ADMK	G. Vetriveeran	PMK	26,318
Kaveripattinam	K. P. Munusamy	ADMK	V. C. Govindasamy	DMK	47,236
Killiyur	D. Kumaradas	JD	Pon. Robert Singh	INC	1,168
Kinathukadavu	N. S. Palanisamy	ADMK	K. Kandasamy	DMK	32,566
Kolathur (SC)	S. Kulandaivelu	ADMK	V. Raju	TMK	65,312
Kovilpatti	R. Shyamala	ADMK	L. Aiyalusamy	CPI	28,251
Krishnarajapuram (SC)	A. Arivalagan	ADMK	R. Natarajan	DMK	56,436
Kulittalai	A. Pappa Sundaram	ADMK	S. P. Sethuraman	DMK	47,341
Kumbakonam	R. Eramanathan	ADMK	S. Kumarasamy	JD	36,309
Krishnagiri	K. Munivenkatappan	ADMK	T. H. Mushtaq Ahmed	DMK	39,968
Kurinjipadi	K. Sivasubramanian	ADMK	N. Ganeshmoorthy	DMK	12,471
Kuttalam	S. Asaimani	ADMK	Ko. Si. Mani	DMK	22,751
Lalgudi	J. Logambal	INC	K. N. Nehru	DMK	13,517
Madurai Central	A. Deivanayagam	INC	M. Tamilkudimagan	DMK	20,608
Madurai East	O. S. Amarnath	ADMK	P. M. Kumar	CPM	30,088
Madurai West	S. V. Shanmugam	INC	Pon. Muthuramalingam	DMK	26,922
Maduranthakam	P. Chockalingam	ADMK	S. D. Ugamchand	TMK	18,403
Manamadurai (SC)	V. M. Subramaniam	ADMK	K. Kasilingam	DMK	38,288
Mangalore (SC)	S. Puratchimani	INC	V. Ganesan	DMK	35,753
Mannargudi	K. Srinivasan	ADMK	V. Veerasenan	CPI	7,396
Marungapuri	K. Ponnusamy	ADMK	N. Selvaraj	DMK	41,904
Mayiladuturai	M. M. S. Abul Hassan	INC	A. Senguttuvan	DMK	23,308
Melmalayanur	G. Janakiraman	INC	R. Panchatcharam	DMK	26,492
Melur	K. V. V. Rajamanickam	INC	N. Palanisamy	CPM	52,772
Mettupalayam	L. Sulochana	ADMK	B. Arunkumar	DMK	41,739
Mettur	S. Sundarambal	ADMK	G. K. Mani	PMK	26,543
Modakkurichi	Kavinilavu Dharmaraj	ADMK	K. Elanchezhiyan	DMK	36,475
Morappur	K. Singaram	ADMK	A. Arunachalam	PMK	29,504
Mudukulathur	S. Balakrishnan	INC	S. John Pandian	PMK	11,044
Mugaiyur	R. Savithiri Ammal	ADMK	A. G. Sampath	DMK	25,420
Musiri	M. Thangavel	ADMK	R. Natarasan	DMK	31,244
Mylapore	T. M. Rangarajan	ADMK	Nirmala Suresh	DMK	26,696
Nagapattinam	R. Kodimari	ADMK	G. Veeraiyan	CPM	9,934
Nagercoil	M. Moses	INC	S. Retnaraj	DMK	30,052
Namakkal (SC)	S. Anbalagan	ADMK	R. Mayavan	DMK	49,895
Nanguneri	V. Natesan Paulraj	ADMK	M. Mani Achiyur	DMK	44,220
Nannilam (SC)	K. Gopal	ADMK	M. Manimaran	DMK	17,208
Natham	M. Andi Ambalam	INC	P. Chelliam	DMK	47,778
Natrampalli	R. Indrakumari	ADMK	N. K. Raja	DMK	47,529
Nellikuppam	C. Damodharan	ADMK	C. Govindarajan	CPM	35,108
Nilakkottai (SC)	A. S. Ponnammal	INC	M. Arivazhagan	DMK	37,060
Oddanchatram	A. T. Chellamuthu	ADMK	T. Mohan	DMK	42,464
Omalur	C. Krishnan	ADMK	K. Sadasivam	PMK	37,353
Orathanad	Alagu Thirunavukkarasu	ADMK	L. Ganesan	DMK	20,880
Ottapidaram (SC)	S. X. Rajamannar	ADMK	C. Chelladurai	DMK	27,325
Padmanabhapuram	K. Lawrence	ADMK	S. Noor Mohammad	CPM	23,293
Palacode	M. G. Sekhar	ADMK	K. Arunachalam	JD	39,259
Palani (SC)	A. Subburathinam	ADMK	V. Balasekar	CPM	39,813
Palayamkottai	P. Dharmalingam	ADMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	TMK	6,891
Palladam	K. S. Duraimurugan	ADMK	M. Kannappan	DMK	32,724
Pallipet	A. Eakambara Reddy	INC	L. S. Annamalai	IND	30,740
Panamarathupatti	K. Rajaram	ADMK	S. R. Sivalingam	DMK	50,355
Panruti	S. Ramachandran	PMK	R. Devasundaram	ADMK	1,122
Papanasam	S. Rajaraman	INC	S. Kalyanasundaram	DMK	21,925
Paramakudi (SC)	S. Sundararaj	ADMK	N. Chandran	CPI	38,466
Park Town	U. Balaraman	INC	A. Rahman Khan	DMK	11,835
Pattukkottai	K. Balasubramaniam	ADMK	K. Annadurai	DMK	28,736
Pennagaram	V. Purushothaman	ADMK	N. M. Subramaniam	PMK	18,828
Perambalur (SC)	T. Sezhiyan	ADMK	M. Devarajan	DMK	50,334
Perambur (SC)	M. P. Sekar	ADMK	Chengai Sivam	DMK	15,452
Peravurani	R. Singaram	INC	M. R. Govindhan	DMK	44,542
Periyakulam	M. Periyaveeran	ADMK	L. Mookiah	DMK	42,042
Pernamallur	A. K. Srinivasan	ADMK	G. Subramanian	DMK	27,172
Pernambut (SC)	J. Parandaman	ADMK	V. Govindan	DMK	42,498
Perundurai	V. N. Subramanian	ADMK	T. K. Naliappan	CPI	53,217
Perur	K. P. Raju	ADMK	A. Natarasan	DMK	29,659
Pollachi	V. P. Chandrasekar	ADMK	M. N. Nachimuthu	DMK	32,541
Polur	T. Vediyappan	ADMK	A. Rajendran	DMK	38,625
Pongalur	S. R. Balasubramaniyam	INC	P. Vijayalakshmi	DMK	41,062
Poompuhar	M. Poorasamy	ADMK	M. Mohammad Siddik	DMK	19,371
Ponneri (SC)	E. Ravikumar	ADMK	K. Parthasarathy	DMK	41,253
Poonamallee	D. Sudarsanam	INC	D. Rajarathnam	DMK	24,152
Pudukkottai	C. Swaminathan	INC	V. N. Mani	DMK	43,399
Purasawalkam	B. Ranganathan	INC	Arcot N. Veerasamy	DMK	22,832
Radhakrishnan Nagar	E. Madhusudhanan	ADMK	V. Rajasekaran	JD	24,952
Radhapuram	Ramani Nallathambi	INC	N. Sargunaraj	DMK	32,731
Rajapalayam (SC)	T. Sathiah	ADMK	D. Danushkodi	DMK	31,488
Ramanathapuram	M. Thennavan	ADMK	M. A. Kader	DMK	30,369
Ranipet	N. G. Venugopal	ADMK	M. Abdul Latheef	DMK	32,872
Rasipuram	K. Palaniammal	ADMK	B. A. R. Elangovan	DMK	50,230
Rishivandiyam	M. Govindaraju	ADMK	M. Thangam	DMK	33,131
Royapuram	D. Jayakumar	ADMK	R. Mathivanan	DMK	16,653
Saidapet	M. K. Balan	ADMK	R. S. Sridhar	DMK	22,762
Salem – I	S. R. Jayaraman	INC	G. K. Subash	DMK	41,094
Salem – II	M. Natesan	ADMK	Veerapandy S. Arumugam	DMK	39,907
Samayanallur (SC)	M. Kalirajan	ADMK	N. Soundarapandian	DMK	55,456
Sankarankoil (SC)	V. Gopalakrishnan	ADMK	S. Thangavelu	DMK	26,848
Sankari (SC)	V. Saroja	ADMK	R. Varadarajan	DMK	51,959
Sankarapuram	C. Ramaswamy	ADMK	S. Arunachalam	DMK	45,078
Sathankulam	Kumari Ananthan	INC	M. A. Ganesa Pandiyan	JD	35,825
Sathyamangalam	A. T. Saraswathy	ADMK	T. K. Subramaniam	DMK	36,938
Sattur	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	TMK	Sannasi Karuppasamy	DMK	2,239
Sedapatti	R. Muthiah	ADMK	A. Athiyaman	DMK	24,469
Sendamangalam (ST)	K. Chinnasamy	ADMK	S. Sivaprakasam	TMK	55,561
Sholavandan	A. M. Paramasivan	ADMK	A. M. M. Ambikapathy	DMK	35,313
Sholinghur	A. M. Munirathinam	INC	C. Manickam	DMK	34,110
Singanallur	P. Govindaraj	ADMK	R. Sengaliappan	JD	21,970
Sirkazhi (SC)	T. Moorthy	ADMK	M. Panneerselvam	DMK	33,984
Sivaganga	K. R. Muruganandam	ADMK	B. Manoharan	DMK	45,871
Sivakasi	J. Balaganghadaran	ADMK	B. Boopathy Rajaram	DMK	47,726
Sriperumbudur (SC)	Polur Varadhan	INC	E. Godandam	DMK	32,436
Srirangam	P. A. Krishnan	ADMK	R. Jayabalan	JD	51,544
Srivaikuntam	S. Daniel Raj	INC	S. David Selvin	DMK	27,314
Srivilliputhur	R. Tamaraikani	IND	R. Vinayagamoorthi	ADMK	1,169
Talavasal (SC)	K. Kandasamy	INC	S. Gunasekaran	DMK	53,447
Tambaram	S. M. Krishnan	INC	M. A. Vaidialingam	DMK	46,848
Taramangalam	R. Palanisamy	INC	S. Ammasi	PMK	8,334
Tenkasi	S. Peter Alphonse	INC	S. Ramakrishnan	DMK	36,879
Thalli	M. Venkatarama Reddy	INC	V. Ranga Reddy	BJP	10,561
Thandarambattu	M. K. Sundaram	ADMK	D. Ponmudi	DMK	36,863
Thanjavur	S. D. Somasundaram	ADMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	DMK	19,861
Theni	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	ADMK	L. S. R. Krishnan	DMK	41,300
T. Nagar	S. Jayakumar	ADMK	S. A. Ganesan	DMK	31,313
Thirumangalam	T. K. Radhakrishnan	ADMK	R. Saminathan	DMK	31,262
Thirumayam	S. Regupathy	ADMK	Rama Govindarasan	TMK	44,731
Thirunavalur	J. Pannerselvam	ADMK	A. V. Balasubramaniyam	DMK	27,986
Thirupparankundram	S. Andi Thevar	ADMK	C. Ramachandran	DMK	30,257
Thiruthuraipundi (SC)	G. Palanisamy	CPI	V. Vedaiyan	INC	12,066
Thiruvadanai	Ramasamy Ambalam	INC	Sornalingam	JD	30,536
Thiruvaiyaru	P. Kaliaperumal	ADMK	Durai Chandrasekaran	DMK	20,399
Thiruvarambur	T. Rathinavel	ADMK	Pappa Umanath	CPM	26,522
Thiruvarur (SC)	V. Thambusamy	CPM	M. Ramasamy	INC	5,247
Thiruvattar	R. Nadesan	INC	J. Hemachandran	CPM	16,829
Thiruvidaimarudhur	N. Panneerselvam	INC	S. Ramalingam	DMK	25,131
Thiruvonam	K. Thangamuthu	ADMK	M. Ramachandran	DMK	34,968
Thondamuthur	C. Aranganayagam	ADMK	U. K. Vellingiri	CPM	47,144
Thottiam	N. R. Sivapathi	ADMK	K. Kannaiyan	DMK	52,726
Thousand Lights	K. A. Krishnaswamy	ADMK	M. K. Stalin	DMK	16,981
Tindivanam	S. Panneerselvam	INC	R. Masilamani	DMK	19,035
Tiruchendur	A. Chelladurai	ADMK	A. S. Pandian	DMK	22,648
Tiruchengode	T. M. Selvaganapathi	ADMK	V. Ramasamy	CPM	78,659
Tiruchy – I	S. Arokiasamy	ADMK	A. Malaramannan	DMK	14,935
Tiruchy – II	G. R. Mala Selvi	ADMK	Anbil Poyyamozhi	DMK	20,544
Tirunelveli	D. Veliah	ADMK	A. L. Subramanian	DMK	30,285
Tiruppattur (41)	A. K. C. Sundarvel	ADMK	B. Sundaram	DMK	35,904
Tiruppattur (194)	S. Kannappan	ADMK	S. Seventhiappan	DMK	31,456
Tirupporur (SC)	M. Dhanapal	ADMK	G. Chockalingam	DMK	30,564
Tiruppur	V. Palanisamy	ADMK	C. Govindasamy	CPM	36,641
Tiruttani	K. Thanigai Babu alias Rasan babu	ADMK	C. Chiranjeevulu Naidu	JD	22,192
Tiruvallur	D. Sakkubai Devaraj	ADMK	C. Subramani	DMK	26,420
Tiruvannamalai	V. Kannan	INC	K. Pitchandi	DMK	28,919
Tiruvottiyur	K. Kuppan	ADMK	T. K. Palanisamy	DMK	27,322
Triplicane	Mohammad Asif	ADMK	Nanjil K. Manoharan	DMK	12,452
Tuticorin	V. P. R. Ramesh	ADMK	N. Periasamy	DMK	41,395
Udagamandalam	H. M. Raju	INC	H. Nataraj	DMK	25,887
Udumalpet	K. P. Manivasagam	ADMK	R. T. Mariappan	DMK	30,272
Ulundurpet (SC)	M. Anandan	ADMK	Pon Mayil Vahanan	DMK	45,285
Uppiliapuram (ST)	V. Ravichandran	ADMK	M. Sundaravadanam	DMK	37,356
Usilambatti	R. Pandiammal	ADMK	P. N. Vallarasu	FBL	3,194
Uthiramerur	Kanchi Panneerselvam	ADMK	K. Sundar	DMK	34,094
Valangiman (SC)	K. Panchavarnam	ADMK	S. Senthamil Chelvan	DMK	27,688
Valparai (SC)	A. Sridharan	ADMK	A. T. Karuppiah	CPI	21,184
Vandavasi (SC)	C. K. Thamizharasan	ADMK	V. Rajagopal	DMK	29,494
Vaniyambadi	E. Sampath	INC	A. Abdul Hameed	DMK	19,831
Vanur (SC)	S. Arumugam	ADMK	N. V. Jayaseelan	DMK	36,469
Varahur (SC)	E. T. Ponnuvelu	ADMK	C. Thiyagarajan	DMK	28,229
Vasudevanallur (SC)	R. Eswaran	INC	R. Krishnan	CPM	20,314
Vedaranyam	P. V. Rajendran	INC	M. Meenakshi Sundaram	DMK	16,868
Vedasandur	S. Gandhirajan	ADMK	P. Muthusamy	DMK	67,090
Vellakoil	Durai Ramasamy	ADMK	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan	DMK	29,587
Veerapandi	K. Arjunan	ADMK	P. Venkatachalam	DMK	56,274
Vellore	C. Gnanasekaran	INC	A. M. Ramalingam	DMK	23,066
Vilathikulam	N. C. Kanagavalli	ADMK	S. Mavelraj	DMK	21,709
Vilavancode	M. Sundaradas	INC	D. Mony	CPM	11,309
Villivakkam	E. Kalan	INC	W. R. Varadarajan	CPM	46,233
Villupuram	D. Janardhanan	ADMK	K. Deivasigamoni alias Ponmudi	DMK	17,440
Virudhunagar	Sanjay Ramaswamy	ICS(SCS)	G. Veerasamy	JD	19,401
Vridachalam	R. D. Aranganathan	ADMK	A. Rajendiran	PMK	14,297
Yercaud (ST)	C. Perumal	ADMK	Dhanushkodi Vedan	DMK	45,579

*	Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Analysis

The ADMK 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 ADMK-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 ADMK votes under the unified ADMK party, successful projection by Jayalalitha as the true political heir to M. G. Ramachandran (MGR), successful portrayal of DMK as anti-woman (by playing up the events in the Assembly on 25 March 1989) and pro-LTTE 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.

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu
• Legislature of Tamil Nadu
• Government of Tamil Nadu

External links

• Election Commission of India