1991
19891984198019771971Total Constituencies: 39
Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election 1991 covered all 39 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 42.57% and won 28 seats, while the DMK received 22.69% of the vote and won 0 seats. The ADK won 11 seats with 18.10% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Tamil Nadu.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 28 | 42.57% | 59.98% | 1,05,10,569 | |
| 29 | 0 | 22.69% | 30.20% | 56,01,597 | |
| ADK | 11 | 11 | 18.10% | 62.36% | 44,70,542 |
| PMK | 31 | 0 | 5.14% | 6.49% | 12,69,690 |
| JD | 5 | 0 | 2.91% | 25.18% | 7,18,222 |
| CPM | 3 | 0 | 2.48% | 30.96% | 6,11,358 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Madras North | D. Pandian | INC | 4,00,454 | Arunachalam Alias Aladi Aruna | DMK | 2,81,936 | 1,18,518 | 16.16 |
| Madras Central | Anbarasu Era | INC | 3,12,302 | Somu N.V.N. | DMK | 2,09,031 | 1,03,271 | 18.65 |
| Madras South | R. Sridharan | ADK | 4,18,493 | T.R. Balu | DMK | 2,55,965 | 1,62,528 | 22 |
| Sriperumbudur (Sc) | Maragatham Chandrasekar (W) | INC | 4,00,741 | K. Sundaram | DMK | 2,20,169 | 1,80,572 | 27.8 |
| Chengalpattu | Rajemdra Kumar S.S.R. | ADK | 3,51,613 | Arumugam C. | DMK | 1,98,407 | 1,53,206 | 24 |
| Arakkonam | Jeevarathinam R. | INC | 3,48,516 | Kannaiyan M. | DMK | 1,71,806 | 1,76,710 | 27.33 |
| Vellore | Akber Pasha B. | INC | 3,83,177 | Shanmugam P. | DMK | 1,84,008 | 1,99,169 | 32.07 |
| Tiruppattur | Jaya Mohan A. | INC | 3,87,649 | Alagiri K.C. | DMK | 1,97,188 | 1,90,461 | 29.54 |
| Vandavasi | Krishnaswamy M. | INC | 3,54,451 | Venugopal D. | DMK | 1,77,356 | 1,77,095 | 27.76 |
| Tindivanam | Rama Murthee K. | INC | 3,41,971 | Dhayanithi N. | DMK | 1,71,822 | 1,70,149 | 27.57 |
| Cuddalore | Kaliaperumal P.P. | INC | 3,60,445 | Bhuvarahan G. | JD | 1,52,388 | 2,08,057 | 33.73 |
| Chidambaram (Sc) | Vallalperuman P. | INC | 3,06,121 | Sulochana Ayyasamy (W) | DMK | 1,69,231 | 1,36,890 | 21.81 |
| Dharmapuri | Thangka Balu K.V. | INC | 3,22,138 | Elangovan P.D. | PMK | 1,71,649 | 1,50,489 | 23.9 |
| Krishnagiri | Rama Murthy K. | INC | 3,53,033 | Manickam R. | JD | 1,39,919 | 2,13,114 | 36.66 |
| Rasipuram (Sc) | Devarajan B. | INC | 4,22,400 | Suhenya I. (W) | DMK | 1,49,415 | 2,72,985 | 44.7 |
| Salem | Rangarajanm Kumaramangalam | INC | 4,06,042 | Arthanarisamy K.P. | DMK | 1,23,474 | 2,82,568 | 46.65 |
| Tiruchengode | Soundaram K.S. (W) | ADK | 5,21,580 | Ramalingam K.P. | DMK | 2,07,099 | 3,14,481 | 40.28 |
| Nilgiris | Prabhu R. | INC | 3,87,707 | Doraisamy S. | DMK | 2,06,905 | 1,80,802 | 27.4 |
| Gobichettipalayam | Narayanan P.G. | ADK | 3,97,431 | Lakshmanaiyer G.S. | JD | 1,48,270 | 2,49,161 | 42.1 |
| Coimbatore | Kuppuswamy C.K. | INC | 4,08,891 | Ramani K. | CPM | 2,22,827 | 1,86,064 | 26.7 |
| Pollachi (Sc) | Rajaravivarma B. | ADK | 4,14,810 | Dhandapani C.T. | DMK | 2,08,540 | 2,06,270 | 32.65 |
| Palani | Senapathi Gounder A. | INC | 4,45,897 | Kumarsamy K. | DMK | 1,85,755 | 2,60,142 | 40.36 |
| Dindigul | C. Srinivasan | ADK | 4,16,652 | K. Maya Thevar | DMK | 1,92,235 | 2,24,417 | 36.11 |
| Madurai | Ram Babu A.G.S. | INC | 4,25,769 | Mohan P. | CPM | 1,83,609 | 2,42,160 | 38.46 |
| Periyakulam | R. Ramasamy | ADK | 3,82,759 | Rama Krishanan Cumbam | DMK | 1,68,799 | 2,13,960 | 35 |
| Karur | Murugesan N. | ADK | 4,75,571 | Thirunavukkarasu D. | DMK | 2,05,602 | 2,69,969 | 39.11 |
| Tiruchirappalli | L. Adaikala Raj | INC | 4,14,628 | T.K. Rangarajan | CPM | 2,04,922 | 2,09,706 | 32.36 |
| Perambalur (Sc) | Asokraj A. | ADK | 3,75,430 | Ramaswamy S.V. | DMK | 1,80,480 | 1,94,950 | 30.6 |
| Mayiladuturai | Mani Shankar Aiyar | INC | 3,64,598 | Kaliyanam Kuttalam P. | DMK | 2,02,661 | 1,61,937 | 26.2 |
| Nagapattinam (Sc) | Padma (W) | INC | 3,27,413 | Selvarasu M. | CPI | 3,01,697 | 25,716 | 3.91 |
| Thanjavur | Thulasiah Vandayar K. | INC | 3,81,932 | Palanimanickam S. | DMK | 2,19,862 | 1,62,070 | 25.98 |
| Pudukkottai | Sundararaj N. | INC | 4,60,795 | Chandrasekaran K. | DMK | 2,41,074 | 2,19,721 | 30.43 |
| Sivaganga | Chindambaram P. | INC | 4,02,029 | Kasinathan V. | DMK | 1,73,432 | 2,28,597 | 38.37 |
| Ramanathapuram | Rajeshwaran V. | INC | 3,48,415 | Kather Batcha Alias Vellaichamy S. | DMK | 1,76,889 | 1,71,526 | 29.17 |
| Sivakasi | Kanga Govindarajulu R. | ADK | 3,65,155 | Sri Nivasan A. | CPI | 2,02,065 | 1,63,090 | 24.66 |
| Tirunelveli | Janarthanan M.R. | ADK | 3,51,048 | Kandasamy K.P. | DMK | 1,97,456 | 1,53,592 | 27.17 |
| Tenkasi (Sc) | Arunachalam M. | INC | 3,81,721 | Sadhan Thirumalaikumar T. | DMK | 1,99,635 | 1,82,086 | 30.32 |
| Tiruchendur | Dhanushkodi Athinthan R. | INC | 3,81,521 | Anton Gomez G. | JD | 1,22,745 | 2,58,776 | 49.81 |
| Nagercoil | N. Dennis | INC | 2,79,813 | P. Muhammadd Ismail | JD | 1,54,900 | 1,24,913 | 23.04 |
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