The

1991 Indian general election General elections were held in India on 20 May, 12 June and 15 June 1991 to elect the members of the 10th Lok Sabha, although they were delayed until 19 February 1992 in Punjab. No party could muster a majority in the Lok Sabha, resulting in t ...

polls in

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were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a repeat landslide victory for

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

, and its ally

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...

, winning all 39 seats. The opposition party

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

, which was part of the National Front, lost heavily, not winning a single seat. During this election,

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was assassinated, when campaigning for

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for the

, in the Sriperumbudur constituency.

Voting and results

1991 tamil nadu lok sabha election map by parties

Results by Alliance

List of Elected MPs

^c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1989–1991)

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: Even though Congress and AIADMK swept Tamil Nadu, which proved to be an important state for Narasimha Rao and Congress to have a minority government at the national level, no cabinet berths were given to members from Tamil Nadu. Also all 4 council of ministers were from the Congress party.

Ministers of State (Independent charge)

Ministers of State

References

Other sources

Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha

External links

Website of Election Commission of India

CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History
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