1989 elections in India

Elections in the Republic of India in 1989 included the 1989 Indian general election, elections to eight state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

General election


Anglo-Indians				2
Total	300,776,423	100.00	531

Valid votes	300,776,423	97.32
Invalid/blank votes	8,274,072	2.68
Total votes	309,050,495	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	498,906,129	61.95
Source: ECI^[1]

Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

Source:^[2]

No	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Seats change	Vote Share	Swing
1	Indian National Congress	287	181	+131	47.09%	+3.67%
2	Telugu Desam Party	241	74	-128	36.54%	-9.67%
3	Communist Party of India	19	8	-3	2.31%	-0.05%
4	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	15	6	-5	2.46%	+0.15%
5	Bharatiya Janata Party	12	5	-3	1.78%	+0.46%
6	Janata Dal	4	1	+1	0.37%	+0.37%
7	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	35	4	+4	1.99	+1.99%
8	Independent (politician)		15	+6	6.58%	-2.52%

Goa


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Bhartiya Janata Party	1,985	0.39	0
	Gomantak Bahujan Samaj Parishad	896	0.18	0
	Janata Party	246	0.05	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	105	0.02	0
	Independents	70,338	13.95	2
Total		504,205	100.00	40

Valid votes		504,205	97.64
Invalid/blank votes		12,207	2.36
Total votes		516,412	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		712,562	72.47
Source: ECI

Karnataka

Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1989^[3]
Political Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
Indian National Congress	221	178	7,990,142	43.76%	113
Janata Dal	209	24	4,943,854	27.08%	New Party
Bharatiya Janata Party	118	4	755,032	4.14%	2
Janata Party (JP)	217	2	2,070,341	11.34%	137
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha	105	2	654,801	3.59%	New Party
AIADMK	1	1	32,928	0.18%	1
Muslim League	13	1	80,612	0.44%	New Party
Independents	1088	12	1,482,482	8.12%	1
Total	2043	224	18,257,909

Mizoram


Independents					27,353	10.19	2	2
Total	268,490	100.00	40	0

Valid votes	268,490	98.95
Invalid/blank votes	2,849	1.05
Total votes	271,339	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	333,733	81.30
Source: ECI^[4]

Nagaland


Independents					20,625	4.18	0	–7
Total	493,296	100.00	60	0

Valid votes	493,296	98.89
Invalid/blank votes	5,526	1.11
Total votes	498,822	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	582,416	85.65
Source: ECI^[5]

Sikkim


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	94,078	70.41	32	+2
	Indian National Congress	24,121	18.05	0	–1
	Rising Sun Party	11,472	8.59	0	New
	Denzong Peoples Chogpi	298	0.22	0	New
	Independents	3,650	2.73	0	–1
Total		133,619	100.00	32	0

Valid votes		133,619	95.97
Invalid/blank votes		5,608	4.03
Total votes		139,227	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		192,619	72.28
Source: ECI

Tamil Nadu

Summary of the 1989 January/March Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results
Alliance/Party	Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %^‡
DMK+ alliance	169	+137	9,135,220	37.9%
DMK	150	+126	8,001,222	33.2%	38.7%
CPI(M)	15	+10	851,351	3.5%	36.5%
JNP	4	+1	282,647	1.2%	29.1%
AIADMK+ alliance	34	-100	7,757,452	32.2%
AIADMK(J)	27	-101	5,098,687	22.2%	25.0%
AIADMK(JA)	2		2,214,965	9.2%	12.2%
AIADMK(United)	2		148,630	0.6%	37.4%
CPI	3	+1	295,170	1.2%	21.3%
Others	31	-37	7,218,796	29.9%
INC	26	-37	4,780,714	19.8%	21.8%
IND	5	+1	2,164,484	9.0%	9.1%
Total	234	–	24,111,468	100%	–

†: 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^[6]

Uttar Pradesh


Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha						68,943	0.18	1	+1
	Other Parties	655,972	1.68	0	–
	Independents	6,020,921	15.46	40	+17
Total		38,946,130	100.00	425	0

Valid votes		38,946,130	95.18
Invalid/blank votes		1,971,832	4.82
Total votes		40,917,962	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		79,560,897	51.43
Source: ECI^[7]^[8]

Rajya Sabha

References

^ "General Election, 1989 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India.
^ "Andhra Pradesh 1989 -". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "ECI 1989 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
^ "Uttar Pradesh 1989". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
^ "Uttar Pradesh 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

External links

"Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India.

[1] "General Election, 1989 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India.

[2] "Andhra Pradesh 1989 -". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[5] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[ECI-6] "ECI 1989 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

[election1989-7] "Uttar Pradesh 1989". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

[election1985-8] "Uttar Pradesh 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

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