1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election

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All 425 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
213 seats needed for a majority
Registered79,560,897
Turnout51.43%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Mulayam Singh Yadav Narayan Dutt Tiwari Kalyan Singh
Party JD INC(I) BJP
Leader since 1988 1988
Leader's seat Jaswant Nagar Haldwani Atrauli
Last election New 269[1] 16[1]
Seats won 208 94 57
Seat change New Decrease175 Increase41
Popular vote 11,571,462 10,866,428 4,522,867
Percentage 29.71% 27.90% 11.61%
Swing New Decrease11.35 pp Increase1.78 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kanshi Ram
Party BSP CPI LKD(B)
Last election New 6[1] New
Seats won 13 6 2
Seat change New Steady New
Popular vote 3,664,417 606,885 464,555
Percentage 9.41% 1.56% 1.19%
Swing New Decrease1.48 pp New

Chief Minister before election

Narayan Dutt Tiwari
INC(I)

Chief Minister

Mulayam Singh Yadav
JD

Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in November 1989, to elect members of the 425 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, India. The Janata Dal won the most seats as well as the popular vote and its leader, Mulayam Singh Yadav was appointed as the new Chief Minister.[2][3][4]

After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, the number of constituencies in Uttar Pradesh was set as 425.[5]

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  2. ^ Dharmendra Pandey (24 November 2019). "उत्तर प्रदेश ने भी 1989 में देखा था महाराष्ट्र जैसा सत्ता का चरखा दांव, मुलायम सिंह बने थे सीएम" [Uttar Pradesh had also seen the spinning wheel of power like Maharashtra in 1989, Mulayam Singh became the CM] (in Hindi). Jagran. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Maharashtra political crisis: A repeat of UP 1989, in a way". Live Mint. IANS. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Mulayam Singh Yadav Biography in Hindi: About Family, Political life, Age, Photos, Videos". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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