1991 elections in India

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Elections in the Republic of India in 1991 included the general election, elections to seven state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

General Election[edit]

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Legislative Assembly elections[edit]

Assam[edit]

Haryana[edit]

e • d 
Political Party
No. of candidates
No. of elected
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Indian National Congress 90 51 2,084,856 33.73%
Janata Party 88 16 1,361,955 22.03%
Haryana Vikas Party 61 12 775,375 12.54%
Janata Dal 25 3 277,380 4.49%
Bharatiya Janata Party 89 2 582,850 9.43%
Bahujan Samaj Party 26 1 143,611 2.32%
Independents 1412 5 848,527 13.73%
Total 1885 90 6,181,187

Kerala[edit]

Party Wise Results[1]
Party Seats
Communist Party of India (CPI) 12
Communist Party of Indian (Marxist) (CPM) 28
Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) ICS(SCS) 2
Indian National Congress (INC) 55
Janta Dal (JD) 3
Kerala Congress (M) (KCM) 10
Kerala Congress (KEC) 1
Muslim League (MUL) 19
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 2
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 1
Communist Marxist Party of India (CPM)(K) 1
National Democratic Party (NDP) 2
Independent (IND) 4
Total 140

Pondicherry[edit]

Tamil Nadu[edit]

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
e • d 
Alliance/Party Seats won Change Popular Vote Vote % Adj. %
AIADMK+ alliance 225 +172 14,738,042 59.8%
AIADMK 164 +137 10,940,966 44.4% 61.1%
INC 60 +34 3,743,859 15.2% 56.2%
ICS(SCS) 1 +1 53,217 0.2% 56.1%
DMK+ alliance 7 -164 7,405,935 30.0%
DMK 2 -148 5,535,668 22.5% 29.9%
TMK 2 -1 371,645 1.5% 31.0%
CPI(M) 1 -14 777,532 3.2% 31.2%
JD 1 +1 415,947 1.7% 28.3%
CPI 1 -2 305,143 1.2% 29.9%
Others 2 -8 2,505,431 10.2%
PMK 1 +1 1,452,982 5.9% 7.0%
JP 0 -4 51,564 0.2% 0.7%
IND 1 -5 390,227 1.6% 1.7%
Total 234 24,649,408 100%

: ICS(SCS) contested in 13 different constituencies, but only the one contested by Sanjay Ramaswamy was endorsed by AIADMK.
: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India [2]

Uttar Pradesh[edit]

Party Name Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 221
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 12
Communist Party of India (CPI) 4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 1
Indian National Congress (INC) 46
Janata Dal (JD) 92
Janata Party (JP) 34
Shiv Sena (SHS) 1
Shoshit Samaj Dal (SSD) 1
Independents 7
Total 419

West Bengal[edit]

Party Candidates Seats Votes %
Left Front & allies Communist Party of India (Marxist)
204 182 10,954,379 35.37
All India Forward Bloc 34 29 1,707,676 5.51
Revolutionary Socialist Party 23 18 1,073,445 3.47
Communist Party of India 12 6 542,964 1.75
West Bengal Socialist Party 4 4 208,147 0.67
Marxist Forward Bloc 2 2 130,454 0.42
Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) 2 2 98,905 0.39
Revolutionary Communist Party of India 2 1 92,544 0.30
Biplobi Bangla Congress 1 0 50,414 0.16
Janata Dal 8 1 208,951 0.67
Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League 1 0 35,489 0.11
Communist Revolutionary League of India 1 0 22,716 0.07
Congress & allies Indian National Congress 284 43 10,875,834 35.12
Gorkha National Liberation Front 3 3 146,541 0.47
Jharkhand Party 6 1 140,391 0.45
United Communist Party of India 1 0 40,806 0.13
Congress-supported independent 1 0 40,426 0.13
Bharatiya Janata Party 291 0 3,513,121 11.34
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 23 0 95,038 0.31
Bahujan Samaj Party 97 0 88,836 0.29
Janata Party 78 0 50,037 0.16
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) 18 0 41,828 0.14
Indian People's Front 23 0 39,004 0.13
Indian Union Muslim League 28 0 28,156 0.09
Amra Bangalee 60 0 22,295 0.07
Workers Party of India 6 0 10,670 0.03
Hul Jharkhand Party 3 0 9,239 0.03
Doordashti Party 26 0 4,980 0.02
Marxist Communist Party of India 5 0 3,804 0.01
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 5 0 1,553 0.01
Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh 6 0 1,485 0.00
Indian National Congress (O) Anti Merger Group 5 0 1,309 0.00
All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh 2 0 988 0.00
Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Gouranga Sit) 1 0 983 0.00
Shiv Sena 1 0 880 0.00
Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) 1 0 876 0.00
Bolshevik Party of India 1 0 335 0.00
Bharat Dal 1 0 203 0.00
Lok Dal 1 0 121 0.00
Bidhan Dal 1 0 92 0.00
Independents
Including Socialist Unity Centre of India candidates
631 2 684,130 2.21%
Total 1,903 294 30,970,045 100
Source: Election Commission of India[3]

Rajya Sabha[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ECI: 1991 Election Statistical Report
  3. Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952–1991. The Committee. pp. 4, 69.

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