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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1991

234 seats · 206 changed party since 1989

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Party standings

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1991 · 10 parties won seats

Derived
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 164 seatsIndian National Congress — 60 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 2 seatsTamilar Makkal Katchi — 2 seatsPattali Makkal Katchi — 1 seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 1 seatJanata Dal — 1 seat3 other parties — 3 seats118234of 234 seats
  • AIADMK164
  • INC60
  • DMK2
  • TMK2
  • PMK1
  • CPM1
  • JD1
  • Others3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam16470%1,09,40,96644.4%168
INCIndian National Congress6026%37,43,85915.2%65
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam21%55,35,66822.5%176
TMKTamilar Makkal Katchi21%3,71,6451.5%11
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi10%14,52,9825.9%194
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)10%7,77,5323.2%22
JDJanata Dal10%4,15,9471.7%15
INDIndependent10%3,90,2271.6%1764
CPICommunist Party of India10%3,05,1431.2%10
ICSSCSIcs (Scs)10%57,2490.2%13
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%4,19,2291.7%99

+ 21 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1991 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 118

1991 · selected
Majority 118
AIADMK164INC60DMK2TMK2PMK1CPM1JD1IND1CPI1ICSSCS1
1989 · previous
Majority 118

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1989 → 1991

1989 1991· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
0.6
44.4
19.8
15.2
33.2
22.5
0.0
5.9
3.5
3.2
9.0
1.6
21.1
0.0
AIADMKINCDMKPMKCPMINDADKJL

Seat change

1991 seats minus 1989 seats

seats lostseats gained
AIADMK
2 → 164
+162
INC
26 → 60
+34
DMK
150 → 2
−148
TMK
0 → 2
+2
PMK
0 → 1
+1
CPM
15 → 1
−14
JD
0 → 1
+1
IND
5 → 1
−4
CPI
3 → 1
−2
ICSSCS
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1989 → 1991

share lostshare gained
AIADMK
0.6% → 44.4%
+43.8%
PMK
0.0% → 5.9%
+5.9%
JD
0.0% → 1.7%
+1.7%
TMK
0.0% → 1.5%
+1.5%
BJP
0.4% → 1.7%
+1.3%
CPM
3.5% → 3.2%
−0.4%
JNP
1.2% → 0.0%
−1.2%
INC
19.8% → 15.2%
−4.6%
IND
9.0% → 1.6%
−7.4%
ADKJR
9.2% → 0.0%
−9.2%

Biggest AIADMK–DMK swings

Seats where the AIADMK-vs-DMK vote gap moved most, 1989 → 1991. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward DMKtoward AIADMK
Senthamangalam
+108.5%
Kolathur
+106.2%
Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
+105.6%
Singanallur
+104.9%
Rajapalayam
+104.2%
Thirumaiyam
+100.7%
Avanashi
+100.2%
Kumbakonam
+100.2%
Paramakudi
+99.9%
Palacodu
+96.2%
Valparai
+95.8%
Mannargudi
+95.4%

Closest races · 1991

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

All constituencies · 1991

234 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1989