1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
21 January 1989
11 March 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu* 118 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 69.69% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1989 election map (by constituencies) *Note: The Infobox does not include the 2 seats won by merged ADMK coalition in March bye-election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 using Article 356 of the Indian Constitution.