General elections were held in

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in 1989 to elect the members of the

9th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha (2 December 1989 – 13 March 1991) elections in 22–26 November 1989. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. Twelve sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elec ...

. The incumbent

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government under the premiership of Rajiv Gandhi was defeated by the National Front, an alliance forged by

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth annive ...

, which won a plurality of seats. The alliance formed the government with outside support from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). V. P. Singh was sworn in as the seventh Prime Minister of India on 2 December 1989. BJP wins 12 seats, Janata Dal wins 11 and Congress wins 3 seats out of a total of 26 seats.

Party-wise results summary

Results- Constituency wise

References

1989 Indian general election by state or union territory Indian general elections in Gujarat

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