1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
15 June 1991
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All 234 seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 118 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 63.84% ( 5.85%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1991 election map (by constituencies) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alliance wise Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The tenth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 15 June 1991, to elect representatives from the 234 constituencies in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) – Indian National Congress (INC) alliance won the elections in a landslide manner and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa became the chief minister on 24 June 1991. This was her first term in office. The united strength of AIADMK after the merger of J.Jayalalithaa, V.N Janaki Ramachandran and R.M Veerappan faction, who was made Joint General Secretary of AIADMK, the alliance with the Congress, and the wave of public sympathy in the wake of Rajiv Gandhi assassination combined to produce a massive victory for the AIADMK. The DMK could only win 2 seats. This was the worst performance of the DMK since it entered electoral politics in the 1957 Madras State Legislative Assembly elections.