1989 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989

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39 (of 529) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	40,027,212
Turnout	26,763,788 (66.86%) 6.12%
First party Second party   Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance Congress alliance National Front Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Seats won 38 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 15,042,676 8,918,905 Percentage 56.98% 33.78% Swing 1.89% 1.63%
1989 election map (by constituencies) Green = INC+ (won all the seats)

The 1989 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for Indian National Congress, and its ally All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, winning 38 out of 39 seats. This election marked the dominance of INC-AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, till 1996. The opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam failed to win a single seat, resulting in the party's downturn in national and state politics for the coming years. Because National Front won at the national level, Rajya Sabha member Murasoli Maran got a cabinet berth in the new V. P. Singh administration.