1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

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{{Short description|Elections to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = '''1984'''
| next_election = 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = '''1991'''
| election_date = 21 January 1989 11 March 1989
| seats_for_election = All 234 seats in the [[Legislature of Tamil Nadu]]*
| turnout = 69.69%
| image1 = [[File:M._Karunanidhi_.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader1 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| party1 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| alliance1 = National Front (India)
| leaders_seat1 = [[Harbour (State Assembly Constituency)|Harbour]]
| seats1 = 150
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 125
| popular_vote1 = 9,135,220
| percentage1 = 37.89%
| swing1 = {{increase}}0.89%
| image2 = [[File:J Jayalalithaa.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader2 = [[J. Jayalalithaa]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Bodinayakkanur (State Assembly Constituency)|Bodinayakkanur]]
| party2 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| alliance2 = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK (Jayalalithaa Faction)]]
| seats2 = 27
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}6
| popular_vote2 = 5,393,857
| percentage2 = 22.37%
| swing2 = n/a
| image4 = [[File:GK_Moopanar_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader4 = [[G. K. Moopanar]]
| leaders_seat4 = [[Papanasam (State Assembly Constituency)|Papanasam]]
| party4 = Indian National Congress
| seats4 = 26
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}35
| popular_vote4 = 4,780,714
| percentage4 = 19.83%
| swing4 = {{increase}}3.55%
| image5 = [[File:VNJanaki.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader5 = [[Janaki Ramachandran]]
| leaders_seat5 = [[Andipatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Andipatti]] ''(lost)''
| party5 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| alliance5 = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK (Janaki Faction)]]
| seats5 = 2
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}95
| popular_vote5 = 2,214,965
| percentage5 = 9.19%
| swing5 = n/a
| map_image = 1989 tamil nadu legislative election map.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = 1989 election map (by constituencies) *Note: The Infobox does not include the 2 seats won by merged ADMK coalition in March bye-election.
| title = [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[President's rule]]
| before_party =
| after_election = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| after_party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| majority_seats = 118
}}

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 Singh|Chandra Shekhar]] using [[President's rule|Article 356]] '''(Otherwise)''' of the Indian Constitution.

== Background ==

===Split in AIADMK===
After the death of [[M. G. Ramachandran]] (M.G.R) in December 1987, his wife [[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 agitations of Tamil Nadu#Agitation of 1986|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.<ref name="kaliyaperumal">{{Cite book| last =Kaliyaperumal| first =M| title =The office of the speaker in Tamilnadu : A study| publisher =Madras University| year =1992| page =100| url =http://dspace.vidyanidhi.org.in:8080/dspace/bitstream/2009/4880/5/MAU-1992-055-4.pdf| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181440/http://dspace.vidyanidhi.org.in:8080/dspace/bitstream/2009/4880/5/MAU-1992-055-4.pdf| archive-date =21 July 2011| df =dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="assembly1">{{cite web
| url =http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/08assly/08_03.pdf
| title = The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, XVII Assembly Third Session (12 November - 22 December, 1986)
| publisher = Government of Tamil Nadu
| access-date = 2010-01-05
}}</ref><ref name="assembly2">{{cite web
| url =http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/08assly/08_06.pdf
| title = The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, VIII Assembly Sixth Session (27-28 January, 1986)
| publisher = Government of Tamil Nadu
| access-date = 2010-01-05
}}</ref> 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.<ref name="nyt"/> 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. Instead it awarded the "cock" symbol to the Jayalalithaa faction (AIADMK(J)), while the Janaki faction (AIADMK(JA)) was given the "two doves" symbol.<ref name="hindu1">[http://www.blonnet.com/2004/11/03/stories/2004110300010800.htm The politics of governor's office, The Business Line - 3 November 2003]</ref><ref name="hindu2">[http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1423/14231280.htm A political agenda, Frontline - 15 November 1997]</ref><ref name="outlook1">[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?200999 All For You, Amma Outlook Magazine 13 March 1996]</ref><ref name="outlook2">[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?200677 Raising The Dead Outlook Magazine 24 January 1996]</ref><ref name=thakurta>
{{cite book
| last = Thakurta
| first = Paranjoy Guha
|author2=Shankar Raghuraman
| title = A Time of Coalitions
| publisher = SAGE
| year = 2004
| pages = 235–236
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pjzyK_gEBcwC
| isbn = 978-0-7619-3237-6}}
</ref>

===Coalitions===
The Tamil Nadu unit of the [[Indian National Congress]] initially decided to ally with the Jayalalithaa faction.<ref name=cell>{{cite news
|last = Subramaniamn
|first = TS
|title = Celluloid connections
|publisher = Frontline
|date = 2004-07-30
|url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2115/stories/20040730003803600.htm
|access-date = 2009-01-21
|url-status = usurped
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|archive-date = 14 November 2007
|df = dmy-all
}}
</ref> 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]].<ref name=cell/><ref name=Sachi>{{cite news
| last = Kantha
| first = Sachi Sri
| title = Book Review: Autobiography of Actor-Politician Sivaji Ganesan
| publisher = Sangam
| date = 2008-11-09
| url = http://www.sangam.org/2008/11/Sivaji_Ganesan.php?uid=3155&print=true
| access-date = 2009-01-21}}
</ref> 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 (India)|National Front]]. The front initially included both the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) and [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPM).<ref name="nyt">[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/21/world/south-india-election-will-test-political-strength-of-gandhi.html?pagewanted=1 South India Election Will Test Political Strength of Gandhi, The New York Times 21 January 1989]</ref> 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|date=January 2010}}

This election attracted unusually high level of attention at the national level. It was seen as a precursor for the [[1989 Indian general election|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 Rajjiv 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.<ref name="nyt"/>

== Seat allotments ==

===DMK Front===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No. 
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] || style="text-align:center;"| Raising Sun|| [[M. Karunanidhi]] || style="text-align:center;"|202
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] || style="text-align:center;"| Hammer|| Nallasivam || style="text-align:center;"|21
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|3. || [[Janata Dal]]|| style="text-align:center;" | Tyre|| [[Era Sezhiyan|Era.Sezilyan]]|| style="text-align:center;" |10
|}

===AIADMK (Jayalalithaa) Front===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No. 
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalithaa Faction)]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Cock.png|50x50px]] || [[J. Jayalalithaa]] || style="text-align:center;"|198
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || [[Communist Party of India]] || style="text-align:center;"| Sickle|| P.Manickam || style="text-align:center;"|13
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|3. || [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (United)]]† || style="text-align:center;"| [[File:AIADMK_Two_Leaves.png|50x50px]] || [[J. Jayalalithaa]] || style="text-align:center;"|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===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No. 
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Janaki Faction)]] || style="text-align:center;"| Two Pegions || [[Janaki Ramachandran]] || style="text-align:center;"|175
|-style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || [[Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani]] || style="text-align:center;"| || [[Sivaji Ganesan]] || style="text-align:center;"|49
|}

===Congress===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No. 
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || [[Indian National Congress]] || style="text-align:center;"| Hand|| [[G.K. Moopanar]] || style="text-align:center;"|214
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || [[United CPI]] || style="text-align:center;"| || [[D.Pandian]] || style="text-align:center;"|10
|}

==Voting and results==
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 (State Assembly Constituency)|Marungapuri]] and [[Madurai East (State Assembly Constituency)|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 Jayalalitha, the Election Commission restored the "Two Leaves" symbol to the unified AIADMK for these elections. The unified AIADMK won both the seats.<ref name="ganesan">{{Cite book| last =Ganesan| first = P. C.| title =Daughter of the South: biography of Jayalalitha| year = 1996| page = 57| isbn= 978-81-207-1879-1| publisher = Sterling Publishers| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=UsNuAAAAMAAJ&q=marungapuri+}}</ref><ref name="loksabha">{{Cite book| title =The Journal of parliamentary information, Volume 35| year = 1996| page = 228| publisher = Lok Sabha Secretariat| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=59ONAAAAMAAJ&q=1989+marungapuri}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| last = Election Commission of India
| title = 1989 Election Statistical Report
| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf
| access-date = 19 April 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006153620/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf
| archive-date = 6 October 2010}}</ref>
[[File:1989 tamil nadu legislative election map by parties.png|thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" sortable
| '''Assembly Constituency'''
| '''Winner'''
| '''Party'''
|'''Runner-up'''

|'''Party'''
|'''Margin'''
|-
|[[Andipatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Andipatti]]
|[[P. Asayan]]
|DMK
|2) V. Panneerselvam 3) [[Janaki Ramachandran]]
|AIADMK(JL) AIADMK(JA)
|4,221
|-
|[[Anna Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Anna Nagar]]
|[[K. Anbazhagan]]
|DMK
|V. Sukumar Babu
|AIADMK(JL)
|32,407
|-
|[[Arakkonam (State Assembly Constituency)|Arakkonam]]
|[[V. K. Raju]]
|DMK
|P. Rajakumar
|INC
|21,973
|-
|[[Arantanki (State Assembly Constituency)|Arantanki]]
|[[S. Thirunavukkarasu]]
|AIADMK(JL)
|M. Shanmugasundaram
|DMK
|21,703
|-
|[[Aravakurichi (State Assembly Constituency)|Aravakurichi]]
|[[Ramasamy Monjabor]]
|DMK
|S. Jagadeesan
|ADMK(JL)
|18,154
|-
|[[Arcot (State Assembly Constituency)|Arcot]]
|[[T. R. Gajapathy]]
|DMK
|K. V. Ramdoss
|ADMK(JL)
|14,305
|-
|[[Ariyalur (State Assembly Constituency)|Ariyalur]]
|[[T. Arumugam]]
|DMK
|P. Elavazhagan
|ADMK(JL)
|18,111
|-
|[[Arni (State Assembly Constituency)|Arni]]
|[[A. C. Dayalan]]
|DMK
|D. Karunakaran
|ADMK(JL)
|7,667
|-
|[[Aruppukottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Aruppukottai]]
|[[V. Thangapandian]]
|DMK
|V. S. Panchavarnam
|ADMK(JL)
|15,523
|-
|[[Athoor (State Assembly Constituency)|Athoor]]
|[[I. Periasamy]]
|DMK
|N. Abdul Kadhar
|INC
|3,736
|-
|[[Attur (State Assembly Constituency)|Attur]]
|[[A. M. Ramasamy]]
|DMK
|[[M. P. Subramaniam]]
|ADMK(JL)
|5,825
|-
|[[Avanashi (State Assembly Constituency)|Avanashi]]
|[[R. Annnambi]]
|ADMK(JL)
|[[C. T. Dhanapandi]]
|DMK
|2,158
|-
|[[Bargur (State Assembly Constituency)|Bargur]]
|[[K. R. Rajendran]]
|ADMK(JL)
|[[E. G. Sugavanam]]
|DMK
|1,029
|-
|[[Bhavani (State Assembly Constituency)|Bhavani]]
|[[G. G. Gurumoorthy]]
|IND
|P. S. Kiruttinasamy
|DMK
|16,853
|-
|[[Bhavanisagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Bhavanisagar]]
|[[V. K. Chinnasamy]]
|ADMK(JL)
|2) P. A. Swaminathan 4) [[E. V. K. S. Elangovan]]
|DMK IND
|7,420
|-
|[[Bhuvanagiri (State Assembly Constituency)|Bhuvanagiri]]
|[[S. Sivalogam]]
|DMK
|R. Radhakrishnan
|IND
|21,877
|-
|[[Bodinayakkanur (State Assembly Constituency)|Bodinayakkanur]]
|[[J. Jayalalitha]]
|ADMK(JL)
|Muthu Manoharan
|DMK
|28,731
|-
|[[Chengalpattu (State Assembly Constituency)|Chengalpattu]]
|[[V. Tamil Mani]]
|DMK
|C. D. Varadarajan
|ADMK(JL)
|16,341
|-
|[[Chengam (State Assembly Constituency)|Chengam]]
|[[M. Settu]]
|JD
|P. Veerapandiyan
|ADMK(JL)
|3,912
|-
|[[Chepauk (State Assembly Constituency)|Chepauk]]
|[[M. A. Latheef]]
|DMK
|S. M. Hidayadullah
|INC
|18,353
|-
|[[Cheranmadevi (State Assembly Constituency)|Cheranmadevi]]
|[[P. H. Pandian]]
|ADMK(JR)
|R. Avudaiyappan
|DMK
|700
|-
|[[Cheyyar (State Assembly Constituency)|Cheyyar]]
|[[V. Anbalagan]]
|DMK
|M. Krishnaswamy
|INC
|23,383
|-
|[[Chidambaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Chidambaram]]
|[[D. Krishnamurthy]]
|DMK
|A. Radhakrishnan
|INC
|16,720
|-
|[[Chinnasalem (State Assembly Constituency)|Chinnasalem]]
|[[T. Udhayasuriyan]]
|DMK
|[[K. R. Ramalingam]]
|ADMK(JL)
|13,538
|-
|[[Coimbatore East (State Assembly Constituency)|Coimbatore East]]
|[[K. Ramani]]
|CPM
|E. Ramakrishnan
|INC
|8,125
|-
|[[Coimbatore West (State Assembly Constituency)|Coimbatore West]]
|[[M. Ramanathan]]
|DMK
|T. S. Balasubramaniam
|ADMK(JL)
|25,685
|-
|[[Colachel (State Assembly Constituency)|Colachel]]
|[[A. Pauliah]]
|INC
|R. Sambath Chandra
|DMK
|12,197
|-
|[[Coonoor (State Assembly Constituency)|Coonoor]]
|[[N. Thangavel]]
|DMK
|P. Arumugam
|INC
|11,160
|-
|[[Cuddalore (State Assembly Constituency)|Cuddalore]]
|[[E. Pugazhenthi]]
|DMK
|M. Radhakrishnan
|INC
|20,382
|-
|[[Cumbum (State Assembly Constituency)|Cumbum]]
|[[E. Ramakrishnan]]
|DMK
|R. T. Gopalan
|ADMK(JL)
|15,385
|-
|[[Dharapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Dharapuram]]
|[[T. Santhakumari]]
|DMK
|A. Periasamy
|ADMK(JL)
|1,436
|-
|[[Dharmapuri (State Assembly Constituency)|Dharmapuri]]
|[[R. Chinnasamy]]
|DMK
|P. Ponnuswamy
|INC
|12,551
|-
|[[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)|Dindigul]]
|[[S. A. Thiagarajan]]
|CPM
|M. Sadhana Mary
|INC
|17,802
|-
|[[Edapadi (State Assembly Constituency)|Edapadi]]
|[[K. Palaniswami]]
|ADMK(JL)
|L. Palanisamy
|DMK
|1,364
|-
|[[Egmore (State Assembly Constituency)|Egmore]]
|[[Parithi Ellam Vazhuthi]]
|DMK
|[[Polur Varadhan]]
|INC
|20,969
|-
|[[Erode (State Assembly Constituency)|Erode]]
|[[Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan]]
|DMK
|S. Muthusamu
|ADMK(JR)
|22,198
|-
|[[Gingee (State Assembly Constituency)|Gingee]]
|[[N. Ramachandran]]
|DMK
|V. Ranganathan
|IND
|22,630
|-
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam]]
|[[K. A. Sengottaiyan]]
|ADMK(JL)
|T. Geetha
|JNP
|14,244
|-
|[[Gudalur (State Assembly Constituency)|Gudalur]]
|[[M. K. Kareem]]
|INC
|T. P. Kamalatchan
|CPM
|1,280
|-
|[[Gudiyatham (State Assembly Constituency)|Gudiyatham]]
|[[K. R. Sundaram]]
|CPM
|R. Venugopal
|ADMK(JL)
|2,079
|-
|[[Gummidipundi (State Assembly Constituency)|Gummidipundi]]
|[[K. Venu (Tamil Nadu)|K. Venu]]
|DMK
|K. Gopal
|ADMK(JL)
|3,530
|- style="background:#add8e6;"
|'''[[Harbour (State Assembly Constituency)|Harbour]]'''
|'''[[M. Karunanidhi]]'''
|'''DMK'''
|K. A. Wahab
|MUL
|31,991
|-
|[[Harur (State Assembly Constituency)|Harur]]
|[[M. Annamalai (politician)|M. Annamalai]]
|CPM
|A. Anbazhagan
|ADMK(JL)
|1,877
|-
|[[Hosur (State Assembly Constituency)|Hosur]]
|[[N. Ramachandra Reddy]]
|INC
|B. Venkatasamy
|JNP
|2,061
|-
|[[Ilayangudi (State Assembly Constituency)|Ilayangudi]]
|[[M. Sathiah]]
|DMK
|S. Palanichamy
|INC
|19,222
|-
|[[Jayankondam (State Assembly Constituency)|Jayankondam]]
|[[K. C. Ganesan]]
|DMK
|Muthukumarasamy
|IND
|4,867
|-
|[[Kadaladi (State Assembly Constituency)|Kadaladi]]
|[[A. M. Ameeth Ibrahim]]
|DMK
|S. Balakrishnan
|INC
|409
|-
|[[Kadayanallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Kadayanallur]]
|[[Samsuddin]] alias Kathiravan
|DMK
|S. R. Dubramanian
|INC
|6,879
|-
|[[Kalasapakkam (State Assembly Constituency)|Kalasapakkam]]
|[[P. S. Thiruvengadam]]
|DMK
|S. Krishnamurthy
|ADMK(JL)
|21,695
|-
|[[Kancheepuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Kancheepuram]]
|[[P. Murugesan]]
|DMK
|S. S. Thirunavukkarasu
|ADMK(JL)
|21,413
|-
|[[Kandamangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Kandamangalam]]
|[[S. Alaguvelu]]
|DMK
|M. Kannan
|ADMK(JR)
|25,191
|-
|[[Kangayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Kangayam]]
|[[P. Marappan]]
|ADMK(JL)
|P. Rathingamy
|DMK
|7,671
|-
|[[Kanyakumari (State Assembly Constituency)|Kanyakumari]]
|[[K. Subramania Pillai]]
|DMK
|V. Arumugham Pillai
|INC
|2,339
|-
|[[Kapilamalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Kapilamalai]]
|[[K. A. Mani]]
|ADMK(JL)
|K. S. Moorthy
|DMK
|8,466
|-
|[[Karaikudi (State Assembly Constituency)|Karaikudi]]
|[[R. M. Narayanan]]
|DMK
|S. P. Durairasu
|ADMK(JR)
|24,485
|-
|[[Karur (State Assembly Constituency)|Karur]]
|[[K. V. Ramasamy]]
|DMK
|M. Chinnasamy
|ADMK(JL)
|4,502
|-
|[[Katpadi (State Assembly Constituency)|Katpadi]]
|[[Durai Murugan]]
|DMK
|R. Margabandu
|ADMK(JL)
|19,837
|-
|[[Kattumannarkoil (State Assembly Constituency)|Kattumannarkoil]]
|[[A. Thangaraju]]
|IND
|E. Ramalingam
|DMK
|3,841
|-
|[[Kaveripattinam (State Assembly Constituency)|Kaveripattinam]]
|[[V. C. Govindasami]]
|DMK
|P. Minisamy
|ADMK(JL)
|3,984
|-
|[[Killiyur (State Assembly Constituency)|Killiyur]]
|[[Pon. Vijayaraghavan]]
|IND
|A. Jeyaraj
|DMK
|9,831
|-
|[[Kinathukadavu (State Assembly Constituency)|Kinathukidavu]]
|[[K. Kandasamy]]
|DMK
|N. Appadurai
|ADMK(JL)
|14,073
|-
|[[Kolathur (State Assembly Constituency)|Kolathur]]
|[[V. Raju]]
|ADMK(JL)
|Selvaraj alias Kavithai Pithan
|DMK
|12,205
|-
|[[Kovilpatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Kovilpatti]]
|[[S. Alagarsamy]]
|CPI
|S. Radhakrishnan
|DMK
|3,284
|-
|[[Krishnarayapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Krishnarayapuram]]
|[[A. Arivalagan]]
|ADMK(JL)
|S. Masilamalai
|DMK
|10,684
|-
|[[Kulittalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Kulittalai]]
|[[A. Pappa Sundaram]]
|ADMK(JL)
|A. Sivaraman
|DMK
|11,810
|-
|[[Kumbakonam (State Assembly Constituency)|Kumbakonam]]
|[[K. S. Mani]]
|DMK
|K. Krishnamoorthy
|INC
|7,692
|-
|[[Kurinjipadi (State Assembly Constituency)|Kurinjipadi]]
|[[N. Ganeshmurthy]]
|DMK
|R. Rasendran
|ADMK(JL)
|28,844
|-
|[[Kuttalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Kuttalam]]
|[[R. Rajamanickam]]
|DMK
|S. Dhinakaran
|INC
|24,950
|-
|[[Lalgudi (State Assembly Constituency)|Lalgudi]]
|[[K. N. Nehru]]
|DMK
|Sami Thirunavukkarasu
|ADMK(JL)
|23,188
|-
|[[Madurai Central (State Assembly Constituency)|Madurai Central]]
|[[S. Paulraj]]
|DMK
|2) A. Deivanayagam 3) S. Raghavanadam 4) [[K. T. K. Thangamani]] 5) [[P. Nedumaran]]
|INC ADMK(JR) CPI TNC(K)
|11,146
|-
|[[Madurai East (State Assembly Constituency)|Madurai East]]
|[[S. R. Radha]]
|ADMK
|[[N. Sankaraiah]]
|CPM
|13,323
|-
|[[Madurai West (State Assembly Constituency)|Madurai West]]
|[[Pon. Muthuramalingam]]
|DMK
|R. V. S. Premkumar
|INC
|19,492
|-
|[[Maduranthakam (State Assembly Constituency)|Maduranthakam]]
|[[S. D. Ugamchand]]
|ADMK(JL)
|C. Arumugam
|DMK
|3,508
|-
|[[Manamadurai (State Assembly Constituency)|Manamadurai]]
|[[P. Duraipandi]]
|DMK
|V. M. Subramaniam
|ADMK(JL)
|3,452
|-
|[[Mangalore (State Assembly Constituency)|Mangalore]]
|[[V. Ganesan]]
|DMK
|K. Ramalingam
|ADMK(JL)
|20,759
|-
|[[Mannargudi (State Assembly Constituency)|Mannargudi]]
|[[K. Ramachandaran]]
|DMK
|V. Veerasenan
|CPI
|2,725
|-
|[[Marungapuri (State Assembly Constituency)|Marungapuri]]
|[[K. Ponnusamy]]
|ADMK
|B. Senguttuvan
|DMK
|11,023
|-
|[[Mayiladuturai (State Assembly Constituency)|Mayiladuturai]]
|[[A. Senguttuvan]]
|DMK
|M. M. S. Abul Hasan
|INC
|12,759
|-
|[[Melmalayanur (State Assembly Constituency)|Melmalayanur]]
|[[R. Panchatcharam]]
|DMK
|[[P. U. Shanmugam]]
|ADMK(JR)
|12,787
|-
|[[Melur (State Assembly Constituency)|Melur]]
|[[K. V. V. Rajamanickam]]
|INC
|K. R. Thiagarajan
|DMK
|8,650
|-
|[[Mettupalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Mettupalyam]]
|[[Mettupalayam (state assembly constituency)|V. Gopalakrishnan]]
|INC
|[[V. Jayaraman]]
|ADMK(JL)
|7,160
|-
|[[Mettur (State Assembly Constituency)|Mettur]]
|[[N. Sreerangan]]
|CPM
|K. Gurusamy
|ADMK(JR)
|1,128
|-
|[[Modakurichi (State Assembly Constituency)|Modakurichi]]
|[[A. Ganesamoorthy]]
|DMK
|S. Balakrishnan
|ADMK(JL)
|16,007
|-
|[[Morappur (State Assembly Constituency)|Morappur]]
|[[V. Mullai Vendan]]
|DMK
|[[M. G. Sekhar]]
|ADMK(JL)
|8,507
|-
|[[Mudukulathur (State Assembly Constituency)|Mudukulathur]]
|[[S. Vellachamy]] alias Kather Batcha
|DMK
|P. K. Krishnan
|INC
|10,404
|-
|[[Mugaiyur (State Assembly Constituency)|Mugaiyur]]
|[[A. G. Sampath]]
|DMK
|M. Longan
|INC
|13,986
|-
|[[Musiri (State Assembly Constituency)|Musiri]]
|[[M. Thangavel]]
|ADMK(JL)
|N. Selvaraju
|DMK
|1,449
|-
|[[Mylapore (State Assembly Constituency)|Mylapore]]
|[[N. Ganapathy (Thanjavur)|N. Ganapathy]]
|DMK
|Sarojini Varadappan
|ADMK(JL)
|18,195
|-
|[[Nagapattinam (State Assembly Constituency)|Nagapattinam]]
|[[G. Veeraiyan]]
|CPM
|Pon Palanivelu
|INC
|13,797
|-
|[[Nagercoil (State Assembly Constituency)|Nagercoil]]
|[[M. Moses]]
|INC
|P. Dharmaraj
|DMK
|6,865
|-
|[[Namakkal (State Assembly Constituency)|Namakkal]]
|[[P. Duraisamy]]
|DMK
|S. Raju
|ADMK(JL)
|4,343
|-
|[[Nanguneri (State Assembly Constituency)|Nanguneri]]
|[[Achiyur M. Mani]]
|DMK
|P. Sironmani
|INC
|1,493
|-
|[[Nannilam (State Assembly Constituency)|Nannilam]]
|[[M. Manimaran]]
|DMK
|A. Kalaiyarasan
|ADMK(JL)
|19,855
|-
|[[Natham (State Assembly Constituency)|Natham]]
|[[M. Andi Ambalam]]
|INC
|R. Visvanathan
|ADMK(JL)
|5,452
|-
|[[Natrampalli (State Assembly Constituency)|Natrampalli]]
|R. Mahendran
|DMK
|A. R. Rajendran
|ADMK(JL)
|9,581
|-
|[[Nellikuppam (State Assembly Constituency)|Nellikuppam]]
|[[S.Krishnamoorthy]]
|DMK
|N. V. Jayaseelan
|IND
|11,429
|-
|[[Nilakottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Nilakottai]]
|[[A. S. Ponnammal]]
|INC
|R. Paranthaman
|DMK
|692
|-
|[[Oddanchatram (State Assembly Constituency)|Oddanchatram]]
|[[P. Kaliappan]]
|DMK
|P. Balasubramani
|ADMK(JL)
|5,841
|-
|[[Omalur (State Assembly Constituency)|Omalur]]
|[[C. Krishnan (AIADMK politician)|C. Krishnan]]
|ADMK(JL)
|K. Chinnaraju
|DMK
|10,482
|-
|[[Orathanad (State Assembly Constituency)|Orathanad]]
|[[L. Ganesan]]
|DMK
|K. Srinivasan
|ADMK(JL)
|21,978
|-
|[[Pottapidaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Ottapidaram]]
|[[M. Muthiah]]
|DMK
|[[O. S. Veluchami]]
|INC
|1,743
|-
|[[Padmanabhapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Padmanabhapuram]]
|[[S. Noor Mohammad]]
|CPM
|2) A. T. C. Joseph 3) [[D. Kumaradas]] 4) [[C. Velayudham]]
|INC IND BJP
|1,314
|-
|[[Palacode (State Assembly Constituency)|Palacode]]
|[[K. Madhapan]]
|ADMK(JL)
|T. Chandrasekar
|DMK
|4,500
|-
|[[Palani (State Assembly Constituency)|Palani]]
|[[N. Palanivel]]
|CPM
|B. Panneerselvam
|INC
|2,855
|-
|[[Palayamkottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Palayamkottai]]
|[[S. Gurunathan]]
|DMK
|S. A. Khaja Mohideen
|MUL
|2,431
|-
|[[Palladam (State Assembly Constituency)|Palladam]]
|[[M. Kannappan]]
|DMK
|K. Sivaraj
|ADMK(JL)
|13,576
|-
|[[Pallipet (State Assembly Constituency)|Pallipet]]
|[[A. Eakambara Reddy]]
|INC
|P. M. Narasimhan
|ADMK(JL)
|4,377
|-
|[[Panamarathupatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Panamarathuypatti]]
|[[S. R. Sivalingam]]
|DMK
|2) P. Thangavelan 3)[[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam]]
|ADMK(JL) INC
|1,825
|-
|[[Panruti (State Assembly Constituency)|Panruti]]
|[[K. Nanda Gopalakiruttinan]]
|DMK
|R. Devasundaram
|ADMK(JL)
|34,908
|-
|[[Papanasam (State Assembly Constituency)|Papanasam]]
|[[G. Karuppiah Moopanar]]
|INC
|S. Kalyanasundaram
|DMK
|1,092
|-
|[[Paramakudi (State Assembly Constituency)|Paramakudi]]
|[[S. Sundararaj]]
|ADMK(JL)
|K. V. R. Kandasamy
|DMK
|3,414
|-
|[[Park Town (State Assembly Constituency)|Park Town]]
|[[A. Rahman Khan]]
|DMK
|Babuji Gautam
|ADMK(JL)
|20,413
|-
|[[Pattukottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Pattukottai]]
|[[K. Annadurai]]
|DMK
|[[A. R. Marimuthu]]
|INC
|14,681
|-
|[[Pennagaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Pennagaram]]
|[[N. Nanjappan]]
|IND
|P. Srinivasan
|ADMK(JL)
|943
|-
|[[Perambalur (State Assembly Constituency)|Perambalur]]
|[[R. Pitchaimuthu]]
|CPI
|M. Devaraj
|DMK
|431
|-
|[[Perambur (State Assembly Constituency)|Perambur]]
|[[Chengai Sivam]]
|DMK
|P. Viswanathan
|INC
|39,990
|-
|[[Peravurani (State Assembly Constituency)|Peravurani]]
|[[R. Singaram]]
|INC
|M. Krishnamoorthy
|DMK
|751
|-
|[[Periyakulam (State Assembly Constituency)|Periyakulam]]
|[[L. Mookiah]]
|DMK
|2) S. Sheik Abdul Khader 3) [[S. S. Rajendran]]
|INC ADMK(JL)
|5,593
|-
|[[Pernambut (State Assembly Constituency)|Pernambut]]
|[[V. Govindan]]
|DMK
|I. Tamilarasan
|ADMK(JL)
|11,446
|-
|[[Pernamallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Pernamallur]]
|[[E. Ettiyappan]]
|DMK
|Jaison Jacob
|ADMK(JL)
|17,320
|-
|[[Perundurai (State Assembly Constituency)|Perundurai]]
|[[V. N. Subramanian]]
|ADMK(JL)
|R. Arumugam
|INC
|14,698
|-
|[[Perur (State Assembly Constituency)|Perur]]
|[[A. Natarajan]]
|DMK
|V. D. Balasubramanian
|IND
|29,933
|-
|[[Pollachi (State Assembly Constituency)|Pollachi]]
|[[V. P. Chandrasekar]]
|ADMK(JL)
|P. T. Balu
|DMK
|3,774
|-
|[[Polur (State Assembly Constituency)|Polur]]
|[[A. Rajendran]]
|DMK
|S. Kannan
|ADMK(JL)
|10,144
|-
|[[Pongalur (State Assembly Constituency)|Pongalur]]
|[[S. R. Balasubramaniam]]
|INC
|N. S. Palanisamy
|ADMK(JL)
|440
|-
|[[Ponneri (State Assembly Constituency)|Ponneri]]
|[[K. Sundaram]]
|DMK
|2) K. Tamizharasan 3) [[D. Yasodha]]
|ADMK(JL) INC
|7,607
|-
|[[Poompuhar (State Assembly Constituency)|Poompuhar]]
|[[M. Mohammad Siddik]]
|DMK
|R. Rajamannar
|ADMK(JL)
|23,818
|-
|[[Poonamallee (State Assembly Constituency)|Poonamallee]]
|[[T. R. Masilamani]]
|DMK
|G. Anathakrishna
|INC
|29,295
|-
|[[Pudukottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Pudukottai]]
|[[A. Periyannan]]
|DMK
|Rama Veerappan
|ADMK(JR)
|19,280
|-
|[[Purasawalkam (State Assembly Constituency)|Purasawalkam]]
|[[Arcot N. Veerasami]]
|DMK
|B. Ranganathan
|ADMK(JL)
|38,264
|-
|[[Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Radhakrishnan Nagar]]
|[[S. P. Sarkunam]]
|DMK
|E. Madhusudhanan
|ADMK(JL)
|24,256
|-
|[[Radhapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Radhapuram]]
|[[Ramani Nallathambi]]
|INC
|V. Karthesan
|DMK
|4,502
|-
|[[Rajapalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Rajapalayam]]
|[[V. P. Rajan]]
|DMK
|M. Arunachalam
|INC
|4,015
|-
|[[Ramanathapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Ramanathapuram]]
|[[M. S. K. Rajenthiran]]
|DMK
|S. Sekar
|ADMK(JL)
|14,111
|-
|[[Ranipet (State Assembly Constituency)|Ranipet]]
|[[J. Hassain]]
|IND
|M. Kuppusami
|DMK
|3,940
|-
|[[Rasipuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Rasipuram]]
|[[A. Subbu]]
|DMK
|2) V. Thamilarasu 3) [[K. P. Ramalingam]]
|ADMK(JL) ADMK(JR)
|460
|-
|[[Rishivandiyam (State Assembly Constituency)|Rishivandiyam]]
|[[Ekal M. Natesa Odayar]]
|DMK
|S. Sivaraj
|INC
|5,961
|-
|[[Royapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Royapuram]]
|[[R. Mathivanan]]
|DMK
|K. Arumugaswamy
|IND
|11,766
|-
|[[Saidapet (State Assembly Constituency)|Saidapet]]
|[[R. S. Sridhar]]
|DMK
|Saidai S. Duraisamy
|ADMK(JR)
|32,589
|-
|[[Salem - I (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem - I]]
|[[K. R. G. Dhanabalan]]
|DMK
|C. N. K. A. Periasamy
|IND
|22,661
|-
|[[Salem - II (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem - II]]
|[[Veerapandy S. Arumugam]]
|DMK
|M. Natesan
|ADMK(JL)
|20,765
|-
|[[Samayanallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Samayanallur]]
|[[N. Soundrapandian]]
|DMK
|O. P. Raman
|ADMK(JL)
|15,960
|-
|[[Sankarankoil (State Assembly Constituency)|Sankarankoil]]
|[[S. Thangavelu]]
|DMK
|K. Marutha Karuppan
|ADMK(JL)
|21,989
|-
|[[Sankarapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Sankarapuram]]
|[[M. Muthiyan]]
|DMK
|S. Kalitheerthan
|ADMK(JR)
|10,017
|-
|[[Sankari (State Assembly Constituency)|Sankari]]
|[[R. Varadarajan]]
|DMK
|R. Dhanapal
|ADMK(JL)
|7,869
|-
|[[Sathankulam (State Assembly Constituency)|Sathankulam]]
|[[Kumari Ananthan]]
|INC
|P. Durairaj
|DMK
|1,196
|-
|[[Sathyamangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Sathyamangalam]]
|[[T. K. Subramaniam]]
|DMK
|S. K. Palanisamy
|ADMK(JL)
|1,087
|-
|[[Sattur (State Assembly Constituency)|Sattur]]
|[[S. S. Karuppasamy]]
|DMK
|R. Kothandaraman
|ADMK(JL)
|16,061
|-
|[[Sedapatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Sedapatti]]
|[[A. Athiyaman]]
|DMK
|R. Muthiah
|ADMK(JL)
|6,536
|-
|[[Sendamangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Sendamangalam]]
|[[K. Chinnasamy]]
|ADMK(JL)
|C. Alagappan
|DMK
|5,037
|-
|[[Sholavandan (State Assembly Constituency)|Sholavandan]]
|[[D. Radhakrishnan]]
|DMK
|[[P. S. Manian]]
|ADMK(JL)
|5,259
|-
|[[Sholinghur (State Assembly Constituency)|Sholinghur]]
|[[A. M. Munirathinam]]
|INC
|C. Manickam
|DMK
|5,258
|-
|[[Singanallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Singanallur]]
|[[Era. Mohan]]
|DMK
|P. L. Subbiah
|INC
|38,238
|-
|[[Sirkazhi (State Assembly Constituency)|Sirkazhi]]
|[[M. Panneerselvam (Sirkazhi MLA)|M. Panneerselvam]]
|DMK
|N. Ramasamy
|INC
|22,775
|-
|[[Sivaganga (State Assembly Constituency)|Sivaganga]]
|[[B. Manoharan]]
|DMK
|[[E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan]]
|INC
|1,768
|-
|[[Sivakasi (State Assembly Constituency)|Sivakasi]]
|[[P. Seenivasan]]
|DMK
|K. Ayyappan
|INC
|5,915
|-
|[[Sriperumbudur (State Assembly Constituency)|Sriperumbudur]]
|[[E. Kothandam]]
|DMK
|Arul Pugazhenthi
|ADMK(JL)
|6,390
|-
|[[Srirangam (State Assembly Constituency)|Srirangam]]
|[[Y. Venkadeswara Dikshidar]]
|JD
|Ku. Pa. Krishnan
|ADMK(JL)
|8,008
|-
|[[Srivaikuntam (State Assembly Constituency)|Srivaikuntam]]
|[[S. Daniel Raj]]
|INC
|C. Jegaveerapandian
|DMK
|3,472
|-
|[[Srivilliputhur (State Assembly Constituency)|Srivilliputhur]]
|[[A. Thangam]]
|DMK
|R. Thamaraikani
|ADMK(JR)
|13,495
|-
|[[Talavasal (State Assembly Constituency)|Talavasal]]
|[[S. Gunasekaran (Communist Party of India politician)|S. Gunasekaran]]
|DMK
|T. Rajambal
|ADMK(JL)
|6,079
|-
|[[Tambaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Tambaram]]
|[[M. A. Vaithiyalingam]]
|DMK
|A. J. Doss
|INC
|46,261
|-
|[[Taramangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Taramangalam]]
|[[K. Arjunan]]
|ADMK(JL)
|P. Kandasamy
|IND
|1,653
|-
|[[Tenkasi (State Assembly Constituency)|Tenkasi]]
|[[S. Peter Alphonse]]
|INC
|V. Pandivelan
|DMK
|6,594
|-
|[[Thalli (State Assembly Constituency)|Thalli]]
|[[D. C. Vijeyandriah]]
|JD
|K. V. V. Venugopal
|INC
|20,963
|-
|[[Thandarambattu (State Assembly Constituency)|Thandarambattu]]
|[[D. Ponmudi]]
|DMK
|K. F. Velu
|ADMK(JR)
|19,529
|-
|[[Thanjavur (State Assembly Constituency)|Thanjavur]]
|[[S. N. M. Ubayadullah]]
|DMK
|Durai Thirugnanam
|ADMK(JL)
|34,853
|-
|[[Theni (State Assembly Constituency)|Theni]]
|[[G. Ponnu Pillai]]
|DMK
|2) [[N. R. Alagaraja]] 4)K. Kalimuthu
|INC ADMK(JR)
|780
|-
|[[Theyagaraya Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|T. Nagar]]
|[[S. A. Ganesan]]
|DMK
|K. Sourirajan
|INC
|22,104
|-
|[[Thirumangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Thirumangalam]]
|[[R. Saminathan]]
|DMK
|[[N. S. V. Chithan]]
|INC
|4,055
|-
|[[Thirumayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Thirumayam]]
|[[V. Sobiah]]
|DMK
|C. Swaminathan
|INC
|5,744
|-
|[[Thirunavalur (State Assembly Constituency)|Thirunavalur]]
|[[A. V. Balasubramanian]]
|DMK
|P. Kannan
|ADMK(JL)
|17,308
|-
|[[Thirupparankundram (State Assembly Constituency)|Thirupparankundram]]
|[[C. Ramachandran]]
|DMK
|[[V. Rajan Chellappa]]
|ADMK(JL)
|29,976
|-
|[[Thiruthuraipundi (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiruthuraipundi]]
|[[G. Palanisamy]]
|CPI
|N. Kuppusamy
|DMK
|8,278
|-
|[[Thiruvadanai (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiruvadanai]]
|[[K. R. Ramasamy Ambalam]]
|INC
|2) S. Murugappan 3) K. Sornalingam 4) [[M. Thennavan]]
|DMK IND ADMK(JL)
|1,850
|-
|[[Thiruvarambur (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiruvarambur]]
|[[Pappa Umanath]]
|CPM
|2) V. Swaminathan 3) [[S. D. Somasundaram]]
|INC ADMK(JL)
|22,209
|-
|[[Thiruvidaimarudhur (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiruvadaimarudhur]]
|[[S. Ramalingam]]
|DMK
|M. Rajangam
|INC
|20,057
|-
|[[Thiruvaiyaru (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiruvaiyaru]]
|[[Durai Chandrasekaran]]
|DMK
|[[V. C. Ganesan]] alias Sivaji Ganesan
|IND
|10,643
|-
|[[Thiruvattar (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiruvattar]]
|[[R. Nadesan]]
|INC
|[[J. Hemachandran]]
|CPM
|8,109
|-
|[[Thiruvarur (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiruvarur]]
|[[V. Thambusamy]]
|CPM
|Raja Nagooran
|ADMK(JL)
|26,020
|-
|[[Thiruvonam (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiruvonam]]
|[[M. Ramachandran]]
|DMK
|K. Thangamuthu
|ADMK(JL)
|12,749
|-
|[[Thondamuthur (State Assembly Constituency)|Thondamuthur]]
|[[U. K. Vellingiri]]
|CPM
|P. Shanmugam
|ADMK(JL)
|21,603
|-
|[[Thottiam (State Assembly Constituency)|Thottiam]]
|[[K. Kannaiyan]]
|DMK
|K. P. Kathamuthu
|ADMK(JL)
|1,137
|-
|[[Thousand Lights (State Assembly Constituency)|Thousand Lights]]
|[[M. K. Stalin]]
|DMK
|S. S. R. Thambidurai
|ADMK(JL)
|20,634
|-
|[[Tindivanam (State Assembly Constituency)|Tindivanam]]
|[[R. Masilamani]]
|DMK
|[[K. Ramamurthi]]
|INC
|10,755
|-
|[[Tiruchengode (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruchengode]]
|[[V. Ramasamy]]
|CPM
|R. Rajan
|ADMK(JL)
|18,088
|-
|[[Tiruchirappalli - I (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruchy - I]]
|[[A. Malaramannan]]
|DMK
|Ka. Shivaraj
|INC
|5,744
|-
|[[Tiruchirappalli - II (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruchy - II]]
|[[Anbil Poyyamozhi]]
|DMK
|K. M. Kader Mohideen
|IND
|9,793
|-
|[[Tirunelveli (State Assembly Constituency)|Tirunelveli]]
|[[A. L. Subramanian]]
|DMK
|Nellai N. S. S. Kannan
|INC
|9,521
|-
|[[Tiruppattur (41) (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruppattur (41)]]
|[[B. Sundaram]]
|DMK
|S. P. Manavalan
|INC
|13,457
|-
|[[Tiruppattur (194) (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruppattur (194)]]
|[[S. S. Thennarasu]]
|DMK
|2) R. Arunagiri 3) [[S. Kannappan]]
|INC ADMK(JL)
|10,893
|-
|[[Tirupporur (State Assembly Constituency)|Tirupporur]]
|[[D. Thirumurthy]]
|DMK
|M. Govindarajan
|ADMK(JL)
|3,512
|-
|[[Tiruppur (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruppur]]
|[[C. Govindasamy]]
|CPM
|K. Subbarayan
|CPI
|17,379
|-
|[[Tiruttani (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruttani]]
|[[P. Natarajan]]
|DMK
|[[Munu Adhi]]
|ADMK(JL)
|9,123
|-
|[[Tiruvallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruvallur]]
|[[S. R. Munirathinam]]
|DMK
|2) M. Selvaraj 3) [[D. Sundarsanam]]
|ADMK(JL) INC
|22,239
|-
|[[Tiruvannamalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruvannamalai]]
|[[K. Pitchandi]]
|DMK
|A. S. Ravindran
|INC
|34,402
|-
|[[Tiruvottiyur (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruvottiyur]]
|[[T. K. Palanisamy]]
|DMK
|J. Ramachandran
|ADMK(JL)
|21,072
|-
|[[Triplicane (State Assembly Constituency)|Triplicane]]
|[[Nanjil K. Manoharan]]
|DMK
|H. V. Hande
|ADMK(JL)
|9,972
|-
|[[Tuticorin (State Assembly Constituency)|Tuticorin]]
|[[N. Periasamy]]
|DMK
|V. Shanmugam
|INC
|547
|-
|[[Udagamandalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Udagamandalam]]
|[[H. M. Raju]]
|INC
|T. Gundan alias Gunda Gowder
|DMK
|806
|-
|[[Udumalpet (State Assembly Constituency)|Udumalpet]]
|[[S. J. Sadiq Pasha]]
|DMK
|[[P. Kolandaivelu]]
|ADMK(JL)
|8,405
|-
|[[Ulundurpet (State Assembly Constituency)|Ulundurpet]]
|[[K. Angamuthu]]
|DMK
|V. Selvaraj
|INC
|11,905
|-
|[[Uppiliapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Uppiliapuram]]
|[[R. Mookan]]
|ADMK(JL)
|M. Varadarajan
|DMK
|4,560
|-
|[[Usilambatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Usilambatti]]
|[[P. N. Vallarasu]]
|DMK
|V. Pandian
|INC
|1,591
|-
|[[Uthiramerur (State Assembly Constituency)|Uthiramerur]]
|[[K. Sundar]]
|DMK
|P. Sundar Raman
|ADMK(JL)
|11,129
|-
|[[Valangiman (State Assembly Constituency)|Valangiman]]
|[[Yasodha Chellappa]]
|DMK
|Vivekananda
|ADMK(JL)
|9,898
|-
|[[Valparai (State Assembly Constituency)|Valparai]]
|[[P. Lakshmi]]
|ADMK(JL)
|D. M. Shanmugam
|DMK
|6,672
|-
|[[Vandavasi (State Assembly Constituency)|Vandavasi]]
|[[V. Dhanaraj]]
|DMK
|T. S. Govindan
|INC
|14,088
|-
|[[Vaniyambadi (State Assembly Constituency)|Vaniyambadi]]
|[[P. Abdul Samad]]
|DMK
|2) N. Kulasekara Pandiyan 3) [[A. K. Abdul Samad]]
|ADMK(JL) MUL
|17,109
|-
|[[Vanur (State Assembly Constituency)|Vanur]]
|[[A. Marimuthu (Vanur MLA)|A. Marimuthu]]
|DMK
|C. Krishnan
|INC
|22,012
|-
|[[Varahur (State Assembly Constituency)|Varahur]]
|[[K. Annadurai]]
|DMK
|E. T. Ponnuvelu
|ADMK(JL)
|7,324
|-
|[[Vasudevanallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Vasudevanallur]]
|[[R. Eswaran]]
|INC
|R. Krishnan
|CPM
|411
|-
|[[Vedaranyam (State Assembly Constituency)|Vedaranyam]]
|[[P. V. Rajendiran]]
|INC
|M. Meenakshisundaram
|DMK
|5,224
|-
|[[Vellakoil (State Assembly Constituency)|Vellakoil]]
|[[Durai Ramasamy]]
|ADMK(JL)
|V. V. Ramasamy
|DMK
|5,380
|-
|[[Vedasandur (State Assembly Constituency)|Vedasandur]]
|[[P. Muthusamy]]
|ADMK(JR)
|S. Gandhirajan
|IND
|890
|-
|[[Veerapandi (State Assembly Constituency)|Veerapandi]]
|[[P. Venkatachalam]]
|DMK
|S. K. Selvam
|ADMK(JL)
|4,141
|-
|[[Vellore (State Assembly Constituency)|Vellore]]
|[[V. M. Devaraj]]
|DMK
|P. Neelakandan
|ADMK(JL)
|19,360
|-
|[[Vilathikulam (State Assembly Constituency)|Vilathikulam]]
|[[K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran]]
|ADMK(JL)
|S. Kumaragurubara Ramanathan
|DMK
|7,996
|-
|[[Vilavancode (State Assembly Constituency)|Vilavancode]]
|[[M. Sundaradas]]
|INC
|[[D. Mony]]
|CPM
|1,214
|-
|[[Villivakkam (State Assembly Constituency)|Villivakkam]]
|[[W. R. Varadarajan]]
|CPM
|D. Balasubramaniam
|ADMK(JL)
|59,421
|-
|[[Villupuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Villupuram]]
|[[K. Ponmudi]]
|DMK
|S. Abdul Latheef
|INC
|22,765
|-
|[[Virudhunagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Virudhunagar]]
|[[R. Chokkar]]
|INC
|[[A. S. A. Arumugam]]
|JNP
|5,558
|-
|[[Vridachalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Vridachalam]]
|[[G. Bhuvarahan]]
|JD
|R. D. Aranganathan
|ADMK(JL)
|14,536
|-
|[[Yercaud (State Assembly Constituency)|Yercaud]]
|[[C. Perumal]]
|ADMK(JL)
|V. Dhanakodi
|DMK
|6,441
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#add8e6;"|*
|Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
|}

===Results by Pre-Poll Alliance ===
{{Election table|title=Summary of the 1989 January Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party
!style="width:4px" |
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change†
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %‡
|-
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ alliance
! style="background-color: {{party color|DMK}}" |
| '''169'''
| '''+137'''
| '''9,135,220'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| '''37.9%'''
|-
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
! style="background-color: #FF0000" |
| 150
| +126
| 8,001,222
| 33.2%
| 38.7%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
! style="background-color: #000080" |
| 15
| +10
| 851,351
| 3.5%
| 36.5%
|-
|[[Janata Party|JNP]]
! style="background-color: #FFFF00" |
| 4
| +1
| 282,647
| 1.2%
| 29.1%
|-
! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK(J)+ alliance
! style="background-color: {{party color|AIADMK}}" |
| '''30'''
| '''-5'''
| '''5,393,857'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| '''22.4%'''
|-
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK(J)]]
! style="background-color: lime" |
| 27
| -6
| 5,098,687
| 22.2%
| 25.0%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
! style="background-color: #0000FF" |
| 3
| +1
| 295,170
| 1.2%
| 21.3%
|-
! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others
! style="background-color:gray" |
| '''33'''
| '''-132'''
| '''9,160,163'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| '''38.0%'''
|-
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! style="background-color: #00FFFF" |
| 26
| -37
| 4,780,714
| 19.8%
| 21.8%
|-
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK(JA)]]
! style="background-color: olive" |
| 2
| -95
| 2,214,965
| 9.2%
| 12.2%
|-
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
! style="background-color: #666666" |
| 5
| +1
| 2,164,484
| 9.0%
| 9.1%
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |'''Total'''
! style="background-color: " |
| 232
| –
| 24,111,468
| 100%
| style="text-align:center;" | –
|-
|}{{refbegin}}
Sources: Election Commission of India <ref name="ECI">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf ECI: 1989 Election Statistical Report]</ref>
{{refend}}

===Results by Post-Poll Alliance===
{{Election table|title=Summary of the 1989 January/March Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party
!style="width:4px" |
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %‡
|-
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ alliance
! style="background-color: {{party color|DMK}}" |
| '''169'''
| '''+137'''
| '''9,135,220'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| '''37.9%'''
|-
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
! style="background-color: #FF0000" |
| 150
| +126
| 8,001,222
| 33.2%
| 38.7%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
! style="background-color: #000080" |
| 15
| +10
| 851,351
| 3.5%
| 36.5%
|-
|[[Janata Party|JNP]]
! style="background-color: #FFFF00" |
| 4
| +1
| 282,647
| 1.2%
| 29.1%
|-
! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance
! style="background-color: {{party color|AIADMK}}" |
| '''34'''
| '''-100'''
| '''7,757,452'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| '''32.2%'''
|-
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK(J)]]
! style="background-color: lime" |
| 27
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right;"|-101
| 5,098,687
| 22.2%
| 25.0%
|-
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK(JA)]]
! style="background-color: olive" |
| 2
| 2,214,965
| 9.2%
| 12.2%
|-
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK(United)]]
! style="background-color: #008000" |
| 2
| 148,630
| 0.6%
| 37.4%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
! style="background-color: #0000FF" |
| 3
| +1
| 295,170
| 1.2%
| 21.3%
|-
! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others
! style="background-color:gray" |
| '''31'''
| '''-37'''
| '''7,218,796'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| '''29.9%'''
|-
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! style="background-color: #00FFFF" |
| 26
| -37
| 4,780,714
| 19.8%
| 21.8%
|-
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
! style="background-color: #666666" |
| 5
| +1
| 2,164,484
| 9.0%
| 9.1%
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |'''Total'''
! style="background-color: " |
| 234
| –
| 24,111,468
| 100%
| style="text-align:center;" | –
|-
|}{{refbegin}}
'''†''': Seat change reflects 33 MLAs that supported Jayalalithaa faction and 97 MLAs that supported Janaki faction (2 MLAs that supported her had their constituency election in a later March by-election after the merge). It also reflects GKC merging with INC and AKD not winning a seat after winning a seat in 1984.
 '''‡''': Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
 Sources: Election Commission of India <ref name="ECI" />
{{refend}}

==Analysis==
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.<ref name="outlook2"/> Janaki Ramachandran, contesting from [[Andipatti (State Assembly Constituency)|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==
Karunanidhi debuted as the finance minister in his Cabinet.

== See also ==
* [[Elections in Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Legislature of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
|[[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|Ninth]]
|1989-91
|[[S. Krishnamoorthy]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://eci.nic.in/ Election Commission of India]

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[[Category:1980s in Tamil Nadu]]
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