1991 elections in India
Elections in the Republic of India in 1991 included the general election, elections to seven state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.
General ElectionEdit
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Legislative Assembly electionsEdit
AssamEdit
HaryanaEdit
| Political Party |
No. of candidates |
No. of elected |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 90 | 51 | 2,084,856 | 33.73% | |
| Janata Party | 88 | 16 | 1,361,955 | 22.03% | |
| Haryana Vikas Party | 61 | 12 | 775,375 | 12.54% | |
| Janata Dal | 25 | 3 | 277,380 | 4.49% | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 89 | 2 | 582,850 | 9.43% | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 26 | 1 | 143,611 | 2.32% | |
| Independents | 1412 | 5 | 848,527 | 13.73% | |
| Total | 1885 | 90 | 6,181,187 |
KeralaEdit
| Party | Seats |
|---|---|
| Communist Party of India (CPI) | 12 |
| Communist Party of Indian (Marxist) (CPM) | 28 |
| Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) ICS(SCS) | 2 |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 55 |
| Janta Dal (JD) | 3 |
| Kerala Congress (M) (KCM) | 10 |
| Kerala Congress (KEC) | 1 |
| Muslim League (MUL) | 19 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) | 2 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) | 1 |
| Communist Marxist Party of India (CPM)(K) | 1 |
| National Democratic Party (NDP) | 2 |
| Independent (IND) | 4 |
| Total | 140 |
PondicherryEdit
Tamil NaduEdit
| Alliance/Party | Seats won | Change | Popular Vote | Vote % | Adj. %‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK+ alliance | 225 | +172 | 14,738,042 | 59.8% | ||
| AIADMK | 164 | +137 | 10,940,966 | 44.4% | 61.1% | |
| INC | 60 | +34 | 3,743,859 | 15.2% | 56.2% | |
| ICS(SCS)† | 1 | +1 | 53,217 | 0.2% | 56.1% | |
| DMK+ alliance | 7 | -164 | 7,405,935 | 30.0% | ||
| DMK | 2 | -148 | 5,535,668 | 22.5% | 29.9% | |
| TMK | 2 | -1 | 371,645 | 1.5% | 31.0% | |
| CPI(M) | 1 | -14 | 777,532 | 3.2% | 31.2% | |
| JD | 1 | +1 | 415,947 | 1.7% | 28.3% | |
| CPI | 1 | -2 | 305,143 | 1.2% | 29.9% | |
| Others | 2 | -8 | 2,505,431 | 10.2% | ||
| PMK | 1 | +1 | 1,452,982 | 5.9% | 7.0% | |
| JP | 0 | -4 | 51,564 | 0.2% | 0.7% | |
| IND | 1 | -5 | 390,227 | 1.6% | 1.7% | |
| Total | 234 | – | 24,649,408 | 100% | – | |
†: ICS(SCS) contested in 13 different constituencies, but only the one contested by Sanjay Ramaswamy was endorsed by AIADMK.
‡: 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 [2]
Uttar PradeshEdit
| Party Name | Seats |
|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 221 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 12 |
| Communist Party of India (CPI) | 4 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) | 1 |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 46 |
| Janata Dal (JD) | 92 |
| Janata Party (JP) | 34 |
| Shiv Sena (SHS) | 1 |
| Shoshit Samaj Dal (SSD) | 1 |
| Independents | 7 |
| Total | 419 |
West BengalEdit
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Front & allies | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
204 | 182 | 10,954,379 | 35.37 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 29 | 1,707,676 | 5.51 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 23 | 18 | 1,073,445 | 3.47 | |
| Communist Party of India | 12 | 6 | 542,964 | 1.75 | |
| West Bengal Socialist Party | 4 | 4 | 208,147 | 0.67 | |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | 2 | 2 | 130,454 | 0.42 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) | 2 | 2 | 98,905 | 0.39 | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 2 | 1 | 92,544 | 0.30 | |
| Biplobi Bangla Congress | 1 | 0 | 50,414 | 0.16 | |
| Janata Dal | 8 | 1 | 208,951 | 0.67 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | 1 | 0 | 35,489 | 0.11 | |
| Communist Revolutionary League of India | 1 | 0 | 22,716 | 0.07 | |
| Congress & allies | Indian National Congress | 284 | 43 | 10,875,834 | 35.12 |
| Gorkha National Liberation Front | 3 | 3 | 146,541 | 0.47 | |
| Jharkhand Party | 6 | 1 | 140,391 | 0.45 | |
| United Communist Party of India | 1 | 0 | 40,806 | 0.13 | |
| Congress-supported independent | 1 | 0 | 40,426 | 0.13 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 291 | 0 | 3,513,121 | 11.34 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 23 | 0 | 95,038 | 0.31 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 97 | 0 | 88,836 | 0.29 | |
| Janata Party | 78 | 0 | 50,037 | 0.16 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) | 18 | 0 | 41,828 | 0.14 | |
| Indian People's Front | 23 | 0 | 39,004 | 0.13 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 28 | 0 | 28,156 | 0.09 | |
| Amra Bangalee | 60 | 0 | 22,295 | 0.07 | |
| Workers Party of India | 6 | 0 | 10,670 | 0.03 | |
| Hul Jharkhand Party | 3 | 0 | 9,239 | 0.03 | |
| Doordashti Party | 26 | 0 | 4,980 | 0.02 | |
| Marxist Communist Party of India | 5 | 0 | 3,804 | 0.01 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 5 | 0 | 1,553 | 0.01 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | 6 | 0 | 1,485 | 0.00 | |
| Indian National Congress (O) Anti Merger Group | 5 | 0 | 1,309 | 0.00 | |
| All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 2 | 0 | 988 | 0.00 | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Gouranga Sit) | 1 | 0 | 983 | 0.00 | |
| Shiv Sena | 1 | 0 | 880 | 0.00 | |
| Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) | 1 | 0 | 876 | 0.00 | |
| Bolshevik Party of India | 1 | 0 | 335 | 0.00 | |
| Bharat Dal | 1 | 0 | 203 | 0.00 | |
| Lok Dal | 1 | 0 | 121 | 0.00 | |
| Bidhan Dal | 1 | 0 | 92 | 0.00 | |
| Independents Including Socialist Unity Centre of India candidates |
631 | 2 | 684,130 | 2.21% | |
| Total | 1,903 | 294 | 30,970,045 | 100 | |
| Source: Election Commission of India[3] | |||||
Rajya SabhaEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in.
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- ↑ Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952–1991. The Committee. pp. 4, 69.
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