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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

234 seats · 197 changed party since 1984

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Party standings

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989 · 9 parties won seats

Derived
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 150 seatsADKJL — 27 seatsIndian National Congress — 26 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 15 seatsIndependent — 5 seatsJanata Party — 4 seatsCommunist Party of India — 3 seats2 other parties — 4 seats118234of 234 seats
  • DMK150
  • ADKJL27
  • INC26
  • CPM15
  • IND5
  • JNP4
  • CPI3
  • Others4

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam15064%80,01,22233.2%202
ADKJLADKJL2712%50,98,68721.1%198
INCIndian National Congress2611%47,80,71419.8%214
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)156%8,51,3513.5%21
INDIndependent52%21,64,4849.0%2123
JNPJanata Party42%2,82,6471.2%10
CPICommunist Party of India31%2,95,1701.2%13
ADKJRADKJR21%22,14,9659.2%175
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam21%1,48,6300.6%4

+ 8 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989 · winner by seat

234 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 118

1989 · selected
Majority 118
DMK150ADKJL27INC26CPM15IND5JNP4CPI3ADKJR2AIADMK2
1984 · previous
Majority 118

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1984 → 1989

1984 1989· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
29.3
33.2
0.0
21.1
16.3
19.8
2.8
3.5
7.5
9.0
0.0
9.2
37.0
0.6
DMKADKJLINCCPMINDADKJRAIADMK

Seat change

1989 seats minus 1984 seats

seats lostseats gained
DMK
24 → 150
+126
ADKJL
0 → 27
+27
INC
61 → 26
−35
CPM
5 → 15
+10
IND
4 → 5
+1
JNP
3 → 4
+1
CPI
2 → 3
+1
ADKJR
0 → 2
+2
AIADMK
132 → 2
−130
GKC
2 → 0
−2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1984 → 1989

share lostshare gained
ADKJL
0.0% → 21.1%
+21.1%
ADKJR
0.0% → 9.2%
+9.2%
DMK
29.3% → 33.2%
+3.8%
INC
16.3% → 19.8%
+3.6%
IND
7.5% → 9.0%
+1.5%
CPM
2.8% → 3.5%
+0.8%
MUL
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
ICJ
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%
GKC
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%
TNC
0.7% → 0.0%
−0.7%

Biggest DMK–AIADMK swings

Seats where the DMK-vs-AIADMK vote gap moved most, 1984 → 1989. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (DMK share − AIADMK share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward DMK; to the left, toward AIADMK.

toward AIADMKtoward DMK
Avanashi
+97.8%
Kulithalai
+96.8%
Anaicut
+94.1%
Thiruvaiyaru
+94.0%
Palladam
+93.1%
Tiruttani
+92.4%
Mannargudi
+91.1%
Theni
+90.2%
Bhavanisagar
+89.5%
Oddamchatram
+85.7%
Pongalur
+85.3%
Perundurai
+84.6%

Closest races · 1989

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1989

234 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1984