1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Election to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu

For Lok Sabha election, see 1989 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu.

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

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| ← 1984 | 21 January 1989
11 March 1989 | 1991 →

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All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu*
118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 69.69%
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Leader  | M. Karunanidhi | J. Jayalalithaa
Party  | DMK | 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

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| Third party  | Fourth party
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Leader  | G. K. Moopanar | V. N. Janaki Ramachandran
Party  | INC(I) | 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

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1989 election map (by constituencies)
*Note: The Infobox does not include the 2 seats won by merged ADMK coalition in March bye-election.

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| CM before election

President's rule

| Elected CM

M. Karunanidhi
DMK

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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

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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

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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.[1][2][3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6][7][8][9]

### Coalitions

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The Tamil Nadu unit of the Indian National Congress initially decided to ally with the Jayalalithaa faction.[10] 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.[10][11] 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).[4] 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).[citation needed]

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.[4]

## Seat allotments

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### DMK Front

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No.
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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

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No.
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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

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No.
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1\.  |  | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Janaki) | Double Pegions | V. N. Janaki Ramachandran | 175
2\.  |  | Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani |

| Sivaji Ganesan | 49

### Congress

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No.
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1. |  | Indian National Congress |  | G. K. Moopanar | 214
2. |  | United Communist Party of India |  | D. Pandian | 10

## Voting and results

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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 Jayalalithaa, the Election Commission restored the "Two Leaves" symbol to the unified AIADMK for these elections. The unified AIADMK won both the seats.[12][13][14]

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

### Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

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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 [15]

### By constituency

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Assembly Constituency  | Winner  | Party  | Runner Up  | Party  | Margin

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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. Jayalalithaa |  | 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

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## Analysis

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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.[8] 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

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S.no  | Name  | Designation  | Party

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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

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* Elections in Tamil Nadu
* Legislature of Tamil Nadu
* Government of Tamil Nadu

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## Footnotes

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1. ^ Kaliyaperumal, M (1992). The office of the speaker in Tamilnadu : A study (PDF). Madras University. p. 100\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011.
2. ^ "The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, XVII Assembly Third Session (12 November - 22 December, 1986)" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
3. ^ "The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, VIII Assembly Sixth Session (27-28 January, 1986)" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
4. ^ a b c South India Election Will Test Political Strength of Gandhi, The New York Times 21 January 1989
5. ^ The politics of governor's office, The Business Line - 3 November 2003
6. ^ "A political agenda, Frontline - 15 November 1997". Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
7. ^ All For You, Amma Outlook Magazine 13 March 1996
8. ^ a b Raising The Dead Outlook Magazine 24 January 1996
9. ^ Thakurta, Paranjoy Guha; Shankar Raghuraman (2004). A Time of Coalitions. SAGE. pp. 235–236\. ISBN 978-0-7619-3237-6.
10. ^ a b Subramaniamn, TS (30 July 2004). "Celluloid connections". Frontline. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
11. ^ Kantha, Sachi Sri (9 November 2008). "Book Review: Autobiography of Actor-Politician Sivaji Ganesan". Sangam. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
12. ^ Ganesan, P. C. (1996). Daughter of the South: biography of Jayalalitha. Sterling Publishers. p. 57\. ISBN 978-81-207-1879-1.
13. ^ The Journal of parliamentary information, Volume 35. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1996. p. 228.
14. ^ Election Commission of India. "1989 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
15. ^ ECI: 1989 Election Statistical Report

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