1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

21 January 1989 11 March 1989
All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu* 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	69.69%
First party Second party   Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa Party DMK AIADMK Alliance National Front AIADMK (Jayalalithaa Faction) Leader's seat Harbour Bodinayakkanur Seats won 150 27 Seat change 125 7 Popular vote 9,135,220 5,393,857 Percentage 37.89% 22.37% Swing 0.89% n/a   Third party Fourth party   Leader G. K. Moopanar V. N. Janaki Ramachandran Party INC(I) AIADMK Alliance AIADMK (Janaki Faction) Leader's seat Papanasam Andipatti (lost) Seats won 26 2 Seat change 35 95 Popular vote 4,780,714 2,214,965 Percentage 19.83% 9.19% Swing 3.55% n/a
1989 election map (by constituencies) *Note: The Infobox does not include the 2 seats won by merged ADMK coalition in March bye-election.
CM before election President's rule Elected CM M. Karunanidhi DMK

The ninth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 21 January 1989. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the election and its leader M. Karunanidhi, became the Chief Minister. It was his third term in office. The DMK was in power only for a short term, as it was dismissed on 31 January 1991 by the Indian Prime minister Chandra Shekhar using Article 356 (Otherwise) of the Indian Constitution.

Background

Further information: List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu

The ninth legislative assembly election is the first election to the body after the death of the most prominent Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. G. Ramachandran.

Split in AIADMK

After the death of M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R) in December 1987, his wife V. N. Janaki Ramachandran took over as Chief Minister. She lasted less than a month in power. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) split into two factions, one led by Janaki and the other by J. Jayalalithaa. The undivided AIADMK legislature party had a strength of 132 including the Speaker P. H. Pandian. 97 of them supported the Janaki faction while 33 backed the Jayalalithaa group. Speaker Pandian was a supporter of Janaki. He did not recognize the Jayalalithaa group as a separate party. On 28 January 1988, Janaki sought a vote of confidence in the Assembly. The Jayalalithaa group abstained from the assembly and Pandian disqualified all of them. Earlier in December 1986, 10 MLAs of the DMK had been expelled from the Assembly by Pandian for their participation in the anti-Hindi agitation of 1986, bringing down the strength of the house to 224. The disqualification of the 33 MLAs of the Jayalalithaa group by P.H.Pandian further reduced the assembly's strength to 191. This enabled Janaki to win the vote of confidence with the support of only 99 members (with 8 opposing votes and 3 neutrals). Other opposition parties boycotted the vote - only 111 members were present during the motion. Though she won the vote of confidence, her government was dismissed by prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on 30 January citing the disruptions in the assembly. After a year of President's rule, elections were again held in January 1989. Both the AIADMK factions claimed to be the official AIADMK and requested the election commission to grant the "two leaves" symbol of the AIADMK to them. However, the election commission refused to recognize either of them as the official AIADMK and temporarily froze the "two leaves" symbol on 17 December 1988. Instead it awarded the "cock" symbol to the Jayalalithaa faction (AIADMK(J)), while the Janaki faction (AIADMK(JA)) was given the "two doves" symbol.

Coalitions

The Tamil Nadu unit of the Indian National Congress initially decided to ally with the Jayalalithaa faction. This move was opposed by actor and Congress leader Sivaji Ganesan. On 10 February 1988, he left the party along with his supporters to form a new party Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani. Ganesan's party allied itself with the Janaki faction. Eventually, the Congress also contested the elections alone.

The DMK was part of the Janata Dal led National Front. The front initially included both the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM). However, in the election only Janata Dal and CPM had a seat sharing agreement with the DMK. The CPI allied itself with the AIADMK(J).

This election attracted unusually high level of attention at the national level. It was seen as a precursor for the General election of 1989, a test of Rajiv Gandhi's popularity and P.H.Pandian's popularity as a speaker claiming Sky High Powers. The Tamil Nadu Congress (under G. K. Moopanar) was contesting elections alone after a gap of twelve years and Rajiv Gandhi campaigned extensively making multiple campaign visits to Tamil Nadu. V. P. Singh and Jyoti Basu, the national leaders of Janata Dal and CPM respectively also campaigned for the DMK led front in Tamil Nadu.

Seat allotments

DMK Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	202
2.		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		A. Nallasivan	21
3.		Janata Dal		Era. Sezilyan	10

AIADMK (Jayalalithaa) Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalithaa)		J. Jayalalithaa	198
2.		Communist Party of India		P. Manickam	13
3.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam†		J. Jayalalithaa	4

†: The four seats that were delayed were contested by a united AIADMK front (AIADMK(J) & AIADMK(JA)), under the leader Jayalalithaa in a bye-election.

AIADMK (Janaki) Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Janaki)	Double Pegions	V. N. Janaki Ramachandran	175
2.		Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani		Sivaji Ganesan	49

Congress

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Indian National Congress		G. K. Moopanar	214
2.		United Communist Party of India		D. Pandian	10

Voting and results

The election for 232 constituencies was held on 21 January 1989. The turnout among registered voters was 69.69%. Elections could not be held for two constituencies -Marungapuri and Madurai East - due to technical reasons. For these two elections were conducted later on 11 March 1989. Since the two AIADMK factions had merged in February 1989 under the leadership of Jayalalitha, the Election Commission restored the "Two Leaves" symbol to the unified AIADMK for these elections. The unified AIADMK won both the seats.

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

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

Summary of the 1989 January Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change†	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
DMK+ alliance		169	+137	9,135,220	37.9%
DMK		150	+126	8,001,222	33.2%	38.7%
CPI(M)		15	+10	851,351	3.5%	36.5%
JNP		4	+1	282,647	1.2%	29.1%
AIADMK(J)+ alliance		30	-5	5,393,857	22.4%
AIADMK(J)		27	-6	5,098,687	22.2%	25.0%
CPI		3	+1	295,170	1.2%	21.3%
Others		33	-132	9,160,163	38.0%
INC		26	-37	4,780,714	19.8%	21.8%
AIADMK(JA)		2	-95	2,214,965	9.2%	12.2%
IND		5	+1	2,164,484	9.0%	9.1%
Total		232	–	24,111,468	100%	–

Sources: Election Commission of India

By constituency

Assembly Constituency	Winner	Party		Runner Up	Party		Margin
Andipatti	P. Asayan		DMK	V. Panneerselvam		AIADMK(JL) AIADMK(JA)	4,221
Anna Nagar	K. Anbazhagan		DMK	V. Sukumar Babu		AIADMK(JL)	32,407
Arakkonam	V. K. Raju		DMK	P. Rajakumar		INC	21,973
Arantanki	S. Thirunavukkarasu		AIADMK(JL)	M. Shanmugasundaram		DMK	21,703
Aravakurichi	Ramasamy Monjabor		DMK	S. Jagadeesan		AIADMK(JL)	18,154
Arcot	T. R. Gajapathy		DMK	K. V. Ramdoss		AIADMK(JL)	14,305
Ariyalur	T. Arumugam		DMK	P. Elavazhagan		AIADMK(JL)	18,111
Arni	A. C. Dayalan		DMK	D. Karunakaran		AIADMK(JL)	7,667
Aruppukottai	V. Thangapandian		DMK	V. S. Panchavarnam		AIADMK(JL)	15,523
Athoor	I. Periasamy		DMK	N. Abdul Kadhar		INC	3,736
Attur	A. M. Ramasamy		DMK	M. P. Subramaniam		AIADMK(JL)	5,825
Avanashi	R. Annnambi		AIADMK(JL)	C. T. Dhanapandi		DMK	2,158
Bargur	K. R. Rajendran		AIADMK(JL)	E. G. Sugavanam		DMK	1,029
Bhavani	G. G. Gurumoorthy		IND	P. S. Kiruttinasamy		DMK	16,853
Bhavanisagar	V. K. Chinnasamy		AIADMK(JL)	P. A. Swaminathan		DMK	7,420
Bhuvanagiri	S. Sivalogam		DMK	R. Radhakrishnan		IND	21,877
Bodinayakkanur	J. Jayalalitha		AIADMK(JL)	Muthu Manoharan		DMK	28,731
Chengalpattu	V. Tamil Mani		DMK	C. D. Varadarajan		AIADMK(JL)	16,341
Chengam	M. Settu		JD	P. Veerapandiyan		AIADMK(JL)	3,912
Chepauk	M. A. Latheef		DMK	S. M. Hidayadullah		INC	18,353
Cheranmadevi	P. H. Pandian		AIADMK(JR)	R. Avudaiyappan		DMK	700
Cheyyar	V. Anbalagan		DMK	M. Krishnaswamy		INC	23,383
Chidambaram	D. Krishnamurthy		DMK	A. Radhakrishnan		INC	16,720
Chinnasalem	T. Udhayasuriyan		DMK	K. R. Ramalingam		AIADMK(JL)	13,538
Coimbatore East	K. Ramani		CPI(M)	E. Ramakrishnan		INC	8,125
Coimbatore West	M. Ramanathan		DMK	T. S. Balasubramaniam		AIADMK(JL)	25,685
Colachel	A. Pauliah		INC	R. Sambath Chandra		DMK	12,197
Coonoor	N. Thangavel		DMK	P. Arumugam		INC	11,160
Cuddalore	E. Pugazhenthi		DMK	M. Radhakrishnan		INC	20,382
Cumbum	E. Ramakrishnan		DMK	R. T. Gopalan		AIADMK(JL)	15,385
Dharapuram	T. Santhakumari		DMK	A. Periasamy		AIADMK(JL)	1,436
Dharmapuri	R. Chinnasamy		DMK	P. Ponnuswamy		INC	12,551
Dindigul	S. A. Thiagarajan		CPI(M)	M. Sadhana Mary		INC	17,802
Edapadi	K. Palaniswami		AIADMK(JL)	L. Palanisamy		DMK	1,364
Egmore	Parithi Ellam Vazhuthi		DMK	Polur Varadhan		INC	20,969
Erode	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan		DMK	S. Muthusamu		AIADMK(JR)	22,198
Gingee	N. Ramachandran		DMK	V. Ranganathan		IND	22,630
Gobichettipalayam	K. A. Sengottaiyan		AIADMK(JL)	T. Geetha		JP	14,244
Gudalur	M. K. Kareem		INC	T. P. Kamalatchan		CPI(M)	1,280
Gudiyatham	K. R. Sundaram		CPI(M)	R. Venugopal		AIADMK(JL)	2,079
Gummidipundi	K. Venu		DMK	K. Gopal		AIADMK(JL)	3,530
Harbour	M. Karunanidhi		DMK	K. A. Wahab		IUML	31,991
Harur	M. Annamalai		CPI(M)	A. Anbazhagan		AIADMK(JL)	1,877
Hosur	N. Ramachandra Reddy		INC	B. Venkatasamy		JP	2,061
Ilayangudi	M. Sathiah		DMK	S. Palanichamy		INC	19,222
Jayankondam	K. C. Ganesan		DMK	Muthukumarasamy		IND	4,867
Kadaladi	A. M. Ameeth Ibrahim		DMK	S. Balakrishnan		INC	409
Kadayanallur	Samsuddin alias Kathiravan		DMK	S. R. Dubramanian		INC	6,879
Kalasapakkam	P. S. Thiruvengadam		DMK	S. Krishnamurthy		AIADMK(JL)	21,695
Kancheepuram	P. Murugesan		DMK	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu		AIADMK(JL)	21,413
Kandamangalam	S. Alaguvelu		DMK	M. Kannan		AIADMK(JR)	25,191
Kangayam	P. Marappan		AIADMK(JL)	P. Rathingamy		DMK	7,671
Kanyakumari	K. Subramania Pillai		DMK	V. Arumugham Pillai		INC	2,339
Kapilamalai	K. A. Mani		AIADMK(JL)	K. S. Moorthy		DMK	8,466
Karaikudi	R. M. Narayanan		DMK	S. P. Durairasu		AIADMK(JR)	24,485
Karur	K. V. Ramasamy		DMK	M. Chinnasamy		AIADMK(JL)	4,502
Katpadi	Durai Murugan		DMK	R. Margabandu		AIADMK(JL)	19,837
Kattumannarkoil	A. Thangaraju		IND	E. Ramalingam		DMK	3,841
Kaveripattinam	V. C. Govindasami		DMK	P. Minisamy		AIADMK(JL)	3,984
Killiyur	Pon. Vijayaraghavan		IND	A. Jeyaraj		DMK	9,831
Kinathukidavu	K. Kandasamy		DMK	N. Appadurai		AIADMK(JL)	14,073
Kolathur	V. Raju		AIADMK(JL)	Selvaraj alias Kavithai Pithan		DMK	12,205
Kovilpatti	S. Alagarsamy		CPI	S. Radhakrishnan		DMK	3,284
Krishnarayapuram	A. Arivalagan		AIADMK(JL)	S. Masilamalai		DMK	10,684
Kulittalai	A. Pappa Sundaram		AIADMK(JL)	A. Sivaraman		DMK	11,810
Kumbakonam	K. S. Mani		DMK	K. Krishnamoorthy		INC	7,692
Kurinjipadi	N. Ganeshmurthy		DMK	R. Rasendran		AIADMK(JL)	28,844
Kuttalam	R. Rajamanickam		DMK	S. Dhinakaran		INC	24,950
Lalgudi	K. N. Nehru		DMK	Sami Thirunavukkarasu		AIADMK(JL)	23,188
Madurai Central	S. Paulraj		DMK	A. Deivanayagam		INC	11,146
Madurai East	S. R. Radha		AIADMK	N. Sankaraiah		CPI(M)	13,323
Madurai West	Pon. Muthuramalingam		DMK	R. V. S. Premkumar		INC	19,492
Maduranthakam	S. D. Ugamchand		AIADMK(JL)	C. Arumugam		DMK	3,508
Manamadurai	P. Duraipandi		DMK	V. M. Subramaniam		AIADMK(JL)	3,452
Mangalore	V. Ganesan		DMK	K. Ramalingam		AIADMK(JL)	20,759
Mannargudi	K. Ramachandaran		DMK	V. Veerasenan		CPI	2,725
Marungapuri	K. Ponnusamy		AIADMK	B. Senguttuvan		DMK	11,023
Mayiladuturai	A. Senguttuvan		DMK	M. M. S. Abul Hasan		INC	12,759
Melmalayanur	R. Panchatcharam		DMK	P. U. Shanmugam		AIADMK(JR)	12,787
Melur	K. V. V. Rajamanickam		INC	K. R. Thiagarajan		DMK	8,650
Mettupalyam	V. Gopalakrishnan		INC	V. Jayaraman		AIADMK(JL)	7,160
Mettur	N. Sreerangan		CPI(M)	K. Gurusamy		AIADMK(JR)	1,128
Modakurichi	A. Ganesamoorthy		DMK	S. Balakrishnan		AIADMK(JL)	16,007
Morappur	V. Mullai Vendan		DMK	M. G. Sekhar		AIADMK(JL)	8,507
Mudukulathur	S. Vellachamy alias Kather Batcha		DMK	P. K. Krishnan		INC	10,404
Mugaiyur	A. G. Sampath		DMK	M. Longan		INC	13,986
Musiri	M. Thangavel		AIADMK(JL)	N. Selvaraju		DMK	1,449
Mylapore	N. Ganapathy		DMK	Sarojini Varadappan		AIADMK(JL)	18,195
Nagapattinam	G. Veeraiyan		CPI(M)	Pon Palanivelu		INC	13,797
Nagercoil	M. Moses		INC	P. Dharmaraj		DMK	6,865
Namakkal	P. Duraisamy		DMK	S. Raju		AIADMK(JL)	4,343
Nanguneri	Achiyur M. Mani		DMK	P. Sironmani		INC	1,493
Nannilam	M. Manimaran		DMK	A. Kalaiyarasan		AIADMK(JL)	19,855
Natham	M. Andi Ambalam		INC	R. Visvanathan		AIADMK(JL)	5,452
Natrampalli	R. Mahendran		DMK	A. R. Rajendran		AIADMK(JL)	9,581
Nellikuppam	S.Krishnamoorthy		DMK	N. V. Jayaseelan		IND	11,429
Nilakottai	A. S. Ponnammal		INC	R. Paranthaman		DMK	692
Oddanchatram	P. Kaliappan		DMK	P. Balasubramani		AIADMK(JL)	5,841
Omalur	C. Krishnan		AIADMK(JL)	K. Chinnaraju		DMK	10,482
Orathanad	L. Ganesan		DMK	K. Srinivasan		AIADMK(JL)	21,978
Ottapidaram	M. Muthiah		DMK	O. S. Veluchami		INC	1,743
Padmanabhapuram	S. Noor Mohammad		CPI(M)	A. T. C. Joseph		INC	1,314
Palacode	K. Madhapan		AIADMK(JL)	T. Chandrasekar		DMK	4,500
Palani	N. Palanivel		CPI(M)	B. Panneerselvam		INC	2,855
Palayamkottai	S. Gurunathan		DMK	S. A. Khaja Mohideen		IUML	2,431
Palladam	M. Kannappan		DMK	K. Sivaraj		AIADMK(JL)	13,576
Pallipet	A. Eakambara Reddy		INC	P. M. Narasimhan		AIADMK(JL)	4,377
Panamarathuypatti	S. R. Sivalingam		DMK	P. Thangavelan		AIADMK(JL)	1,825
Panruti	K. Nanda Gopalakiruttinan		DMK	R. Devasundaram		AIADMK(JL)	34,908
Papanasam	G. Karuppiah Moopanar		INC	S. Kalyanasundaram		DMK	1,092
Paramakudi	S. Sundararaj		AIADMK(JL)	K. V. R. Kandasamy		DMK	3,414
Park Town	A. Rahman Khan		DMK	Babuji Gautam		AIADMK(JL)	20,413
Pattukottai	K. Annadurai		DMK	A. R. Marimuthu		INC	14,681
Pennagaram	N. Nanjappan		IND	P. Srinivasan		AIADMK(JL)	943
Perambalur	R. Pitchaimuthu		CPI	M. Devaraj		DMK	431
Perambur	Chengai Sivam		DMK	P. Viswanathan		INC	39,990
Peravurani	R. Singaram		INC	M. Krishnamoorthy		DMK	751
Periyakulam	L. Mookiah		DMK	S. Sheik Abdul Khader		INC	5,593
Pernambut	V. Govindan		DMK	I. Tamilarasan		AIADMK(JL)	11,446
Pernamallur	E. Ettiyappan		DMK	Jaison Jacob		AIADMK(JL)	17,320
Perundurai	V. N. Subramanian		AIADMK(JL)	R. Arumugam		INC	14,698
Perur	A. Natarajan		DMK	V. D. Balasubramanian		IND	29,933
Pollachi	V. P. Chandrasekar		AIADMK(JL)	P. T. Balu		DMK	3,774
Polur	A. Rajendran		DMK	S. Kannan		AIADMK(JL)	10,144
Pongalur	S. R. Balasubramaniam		INC	N. S. Palanisamy		AIADMK(JL)	440
Ponneri	K. Sundaram		DMK	K. Tamizharasan		AIADMK(JL)	7,607
Poompuhar	M. Mohammad Siddik		DMK	R. Rajamannar		AIADMK(JL)	23,818
Poonamallee	T. R. Masilamani		DMK	G. Anathakrishna		INC	29,295
Pudukottai	A. Periyannan		DMK	Rama Veerappan		AIADMK	19,280
Purasawalkam	Arcot N. Veerasami		DMK	B. Ranganathan		AIADMK(JL)	38,264
Radhakrishnan Nagar	S. P. Sarkunam		DMK	E. Madhusudhanan		AIADMK(JL)	24,256
Radhapuram	Ramani Nallathambi		INC	V. Karthesan		DMK	4,502
Rajapalayam	V. P. Rajan		DMK	M. Arunachalam		INC	4,015
Ramanathapuram	M. S. K. Rajenthiran		DMK	S. Sekar		AIADMK(JL)	14,111
Ranipet	J. Hassain		IND	M. Kuppusami		DMK	3,940
Rasipuram	A. Subbu		DMK	V. Thamilarasu		AIADMK(JL)	460
Rishivandiyam	Ekal M. Natesa Odayar		DMK	S. Sivaraj		INC	5,961
Royapuram	R. Mathivanan		DMK	K. Arumugaswamy		IND	11,766
Saidapet	R. S. Sridhar		DMK	Saidai S. Duraisamy		AIADMK(JR)	32,589
Salem - I	K. R. G. Dhanabalan		DMK	C. N. K. A. Periasamy		IND	22,661
Salem - II	Veerapandy S. Arumugam		DMK	M. Natesan		AIADMK(JL)	20,765
Samayanallur	N. Soundrapandian		DMK	O. P. Raman		AIADMK(JL)	15,960
Sankarankoil	S. Thangavelu		DMK	K. Marutha Karuppan		AIADMK(JL)	21,989
Sankarapuram	M. Muthiyan		DMK	S. Kalitheerthan		AIADMK(JR)	10,017
Sankari	R. Varadarajan		DMK	R. Dhanapal		AIADMK(JL)	7,869
Sathankulam	Kumari Ananthan		INC	P. Durairaj		DMK	1,196
Sathyamangalam	T. K. Subramaniam		DMK	S. K. Palanisamy		AIADMK(JL)	1,087
Sattur	S. S. Karuppasamy		DMK	R. Kothandaraman		AIADMK(JL)	16,061
Sedapatti	A. Athiyaman		DMK	R. Muthiah		AIADMK(JL)	6,536
Sendamangalam	K. Chinnasamy		AIADMK(JL)	C. Alagappan		DMK	5,037
Sholavandan	D. Radhakrishnan		DMK	P. S. Manian		AIADMK(JL)	5,259
Sholinghur	A. M. Munirathinam		INC	C. Manickam		DMK	5,258
Singanallur	Era. Mohan		DMK	P. L. Subbiah		INC	38,238
Sirkazhi	M. Panneerselvam		DMK	N. Ramasamy		INC	22,775
Sivaganga	B. Manoharan		DMK	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan		INC	1,768
Sivakasi	P. Seenivasan		DMK	K. Ayyappan		INC	5,915
Sriperumbudur	E. Kothandam		DMK	Arul Pugazhenthi		AIADMK(JL)	6,390
Srirangam	Y. Venkadeswara Dikshidar		JD	Ku. Pa. Krishnan		AIADMK(JL)	8,008
Srivaikuntam	S. Daniel Raj		INC	C. Jegaveerapandian		DMK	3,472
Srivilliputhur	A. Thangam		DMK	R. Thamaraikani		AIADMK(JR)	13,495
Talavasal	S. Gunasekaran		DMK	T. Rajambal		AIADMK(JL)	6,079
Tambaram	M. A. Vaithiyalingam		DMK	A. J. Doss		INC	46,261
Taramangalam	K. Arjunan		AIADMK(JL)	P. Kandasamy		IND	1,653
Tenkasi	S. Peter Alphonse		INC	V. Pandivelan		DMK	6,594
Thalli	D. C. Vijeyandriah		JD	K. V. V. Venugopal		INC	20,963
Thandarambattu	D. Ponmudi		DMK	K. F. Velu		AIADMK(JR)	19,529
Thanjavur	S. N. M. Ubayadullah		DMK	Durai Thirugnanam		AIADMK(JL)	34,853
Theni	G. Ponnu Pillai		DMK	N. R. Alagaraja		INC	780
T. Nagar	S. A. Ganesan		DMK	K. Sourirajan		INC	22,104
Thirumangalam	R. Saminathan		DMK	N. S. V. Chithan		INC	4,055
Thirumayam	V. Sobiah		DMK	C. Swaminathan		INC	5,744
Thirunavalur	A. V. Balasubramanian		DMK	P. Kannan		AIADMK(JL)	17,308
Thirupparankundram	C. Ramachandran		DMK	V. Rajan Chellappa		AIADMK(JL)	29,976
Thiruthuraipundi	G. Palanisamy		CPI	N. Kuppusamy		DMK	8,278
Thiruvadanai	K. R. Ramasamy Ambalam		INC	S. Murugappan		DMK	1,850
Thiruvarambur	Pappa Umanath		CPI(M)	V. Swaminathan		INC	22,209
Thiruvadaimarudhur	S. Ramalingam		DMK	M. Rajangam		INC	20,057
Thiruvaiyaru	Durai Chandrasekaran		DMK	Sivaji Ganesan		IND	10,643
Thiruvattar	R. Nadesan		INC	J. Hemachandran		CPI(M)	8,109
Thiruvarur	V. Thambusamy		CPI(M)	Raja Nagooran		AIADMK(JL)	26,020
Thiruvonam	M. Ramachandran		DMK	K. Thangamuthu		AIADMK(JL)	12,749
Thondamuthur	U. K. Vellingiri		CPI(M)	P. Shanmugam		AIADMK(JL)	21,603
Thottiam	K. Kannaiyan		DMK	K. P. Kathamuthu		AIADMK(JL)	1,137
Thousand Lights	M. K. Stalin		DMK	S. S. R. Thambidurai		AIADMK(JL)	20,634
Tindivanam	R. Masilamani		DMK	K. Ramamurthi		INC	10,755
Tiruchengode	V. Ramasamy		CPI(M)	R. Rajan		AIADMK(JL)	18,088
Tiruchy - I	A. Malaramannan		DMK	Ka. Shivaraj		INC	5,744
Tiruchy - II	Anbil Poyyamozhi		DMK	K. M. Kader Mohideen		IND	9,793
Tirunelveli	A. L. Subramanian		DMK	Nellai N. S. S. Kannan		INC	9,521
Tiruppattur (41)	B. Sundaram		DMK	S. P. Manavalan		INC	13,457
Tiruppattur (194)	S. S. Thennarasu		DMK	R. Arunagiri		INC	10,893
Tirupporur	D. Thirumurthy		DMK	M. Govindarajan		AIADMK(JL)	3,512
Tiruppur	C. Govindasamy		CPI(M)	K. Subbarayan		CPI	17,379
Tiruttani	P. Natarajan		DMK	Munu Adhi		AIADMK(JL)	9,123
Tiruvallur	S. R. Munirathinam		DMK	M. Selvaraj		AIADMK(JL)	22,239
Tiruvannamalai	K. Pitchandi		DMK	A. S. Ravindran		INC	34,402
Tiruvottiyur	T. K. Palanisamy		DMK	J. Ramachandran		AIADMK(JL)	21,072
Triplicane	Nanjil K. Manoharan		DMK	H. V. Hande		AIADMK(JL)	9,972
Tuticorin	N. Periasamy		DMK	V. Shanmugam		INC	547
Udagamandalam	H. M. Raju		INC	T. Gundan alias Gunda Gowder		DMK	806
Udumalpet	S. J. Sadiq Pasha		DMK	P. Kolandaivelu		AIADMK(JL)	8,405
Ulundurpet	K. Angamuthu		DMK	V. Selvaraj		INC	11,905
Uppiliapuram	R.Saroja		AIADMK(JL)	M. Varadarajan		DMK	4,560
Usilambatti	P. N. Vallarasu		DMK	V. Pandian		INC	1,591
Uthiramerur	K. Sundar		DMK	P. Sundar Raman		AIADMK(JL)	11,129
Valangiman	Yasodha Chellappa		DMK	Vivekananda		AIADMK(JL)	9,898
Valparai	P. Lakshmi		AIADMK(JL)	D. M. Shanmugam		DMK	6,672
Vandavasi	V. Dhanaraj		DMK	T. S. Govindan		INC	14,088
Vaniyambadi	P. Abdul Samad		DMK	N. Kulasekara Pandiyan		AIADMK(JL)	17,109
Vanur	A. Marimuthu		DMK	C. Krishnan		INC	22,012
Varahur	K. Annadurai		DMK	E. T. Ponnuvelu		AIADMK(JL)	7,324
Vasudevanallur	R. Eswaran		INC	R. Krishnan		CPI(M)	411
Vedaranyam	P. V. Rajendiran		INC	M. Meenakshisundaram		DMK	5,224
Vellakoil	Durai Ramasamy		AIADMK(JL)	V. V. Ramasamy		DMK	5,380
Vedasandur	P. Muthusamy		AIADMK(JR)	S. Gandhirajan		IND	890
Veerapandi	P. Venkatachalam		DMK	S. K. Selvam		AIADMK(JL)	4,141
Vellore	V. M. Devaraj		DMK	P. Neelakandan		AIADMK(JL)	19,360
Vilathikulam	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran		AIADMK(JL)	S. Kumaragurubara Ramanathan		DMK	7,996
Vilavancode	M. Sundaradas		INC	D. Mony		CPI(M)	1,214
Villivakkam	W. R. Varadarajan		CPI(M)	D. Balasubramaniam		AIADMK(JL)	59,421
Villupuram	K. Ponmudi		DMK	S. Abdul Latheef		INC	22,765
Virudhunagar	R. Chokkar		INC	A. S. A. Arumugam		JP	5,558
Vridachalam	G. Bhuvarahan		JD	R. D. Aranganathan		AIADMK(JL)	14,536
Yercaud	C. Perumal		AIADMK(JL)	V. Dhanakodi		DMK	6,441

*	Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Analysis

The split in the AIADMK and the Congress contesting alone split the opposition votes, while the DMK retained its vote bank and won a comfortable majority. VN Janaki, contesting from Andipatti, lost to DMK's P. Asayan by less than a 5000 vote margin, in a four-way contest between AIADMK (Janaki), AIADMK (Jayalalithaa), Congress, and DMK.

Cabinet

S.no	Name	Designation	Party
Chief Minister
1.	M. Karunanidhi	Chief Minister	DMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.	K. Anbazhagan	Minister for Education	DMK
3.	S. J. Sadiq Pasha	Minister for Law
4.	Nanjil K. Manoharan	Minister for Revenue
5.	M. Kannappan	Minister for Transport
6.	K. P. Kandasamy	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
7.	Ko. Si. Mani	Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration
8.	Pon. Muthuramalingam	Minister for Food and Co-operation
9.	Veerapandy S. Arumugam	Minister for Agriculture
10.	Durai Murugan	Minister for Public Works
11.	Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan	Minister for Social Welfare and Rural Industries
12.	K. Ponmudy	Minister for Public Health
13.	K. N. Nehru	Minister for Information and Labour
14.	S. Thangavelu	Minister for Handlooms and Urban Development
15.	K. Chandrasekaran	Minister for Animal Husbandry
16.	K. Sundaram	Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare

See also

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

|Ninth |1989-91 |S. Krishnamoorthy |Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |-

External links

• Election Commission of India