1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

← 1989 15 June 1991 1996 →
All 234 seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.84% (5.85%)
First party Second party   Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance Congress alliance National Front Leader's seat Bargur (retained) Kangayam (vacated) Harbour (vacated) Seats won 225 7 Seat change 170 161 Popular vote 14,738,042 7,405,935 Percentage 59.79% 30.05% Swing 9.63% 7.89%
1991 election map (by constituencies)
CM before election M. Karunanidhi DMK Elected CM J. Jayalalithaa AIADMK

The tenth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 15 June 1991. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) – Indian National Congress (INC) alliance won the elections in a landslide and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa became the chief minister. This was her first term in office. The united strength of AIADMK (after the merger of Jayalalithaa and 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.