1991 elections in India
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.
| This article is part of a series on the |
 |
|---|
|
|
 India portal |
General Election
 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Indian National Congress | 99,799,403 | 36.26 | 232 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 55,345,075 | 20.11 | 120 | |
| Janata Dal | 32,589,180 | 11.84 | 59 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 16,954,797 | 6.16 | 35 | |
| Janata Party | 9,267,096 | 3.37 | 5 | |
| Telugu Desam Party | 8,223,271 | 2.99 | 13 | |
| Communist Party of India | 6,851,114 | 2.49 | 14 | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 5,741,910 | 2.09 | 0 | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,470,542 | 1.62 | 11 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 4,420,719 | 1.61 | 2 | |
| Shiv Sena | 2,208,712 | 0.80 | 4 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1,749,730 | 0.64 | 4 | |
| Asom Gana Parishad | 1,489,898 | 0.54 | 1 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1,481,900 | 0.54 | 6 | |
| Janata Dal (Gujarat) | 1,399,702 | 0.51 | 1 | |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1,283,065 | 0.47 | 0 | |
| All India Forward Bloc | 1,145,015 | 0.42 | 3 | |
| Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha | 982,954 | 0.36 | 1 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 845,418 | 0.31 | 2 | |
| Indian Peoples Front | 644,891 | 0.23 | 0 | |
| Natun Asom Gana Parishad | 494,628 | 0.18 | 0 | |
| Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha | 490,275 | 0.18 | 0 | |
| Doordarshi Party | 466,869 | 0.17 | 0 | |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 456,900 | 0.17 | 1 | |
| Kerala Congress (M) | 384,255 | 0.14 | 1 | |
| Jharkhand Party | 350,699 | 0.13 | 0 | |
| Haryana Vikas Party | 331,794 | 0.12 | 1 | |
| Nagaland People's Council | 328,015 | 0.12 | 1 | |
| Bharatiya Republican Paksha | 327,941 | 0.12 | 0 | |
| Kerala Congress | 319,933 | 0.12 | 0 | |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 295,402 | 0.11 | 0 | |
| United Minorities Front, Assam | 206,737 | 0.08 | 0 | |
| Lokdal | 173,884 | 0.06 | 0 | |
| Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 171,767 | 0.06 | 0 | |
| United Reservation Movement Council of Assam | 170,376 | 0.06 | 0 | |
| Manipur Peoples Party | 169,692 | 0.06 | 1 | |
| Autonomous State Demand Committee | 139,785 | 0.05 | 1 | |
| Sanjukta Loka Parishad | 125,738 | 0.05 | 0 | |
| Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 106,247 | 0.04 | 1 | |
| Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 91,557 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Shiromani Akali Dal (Simaranjit Singh Mann) | 88,084 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Plain Tribals Council of Assam | 87,387 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Mizo National Front | 82,019 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Sarv Jati Janata Parishad | 70,368 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha | 67,495 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 64,752 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Tharasu Makkal Mandram | 55,165 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal | 47,369 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava) | 43,085 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh | 42,504 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Jan Parishad | 37,725 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Republican Party of India | 36,541 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Amra Bangali | 35,186 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League (IML) | 31,387 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Sampooran Kranti Das | 29,647 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Manav Seva Das | 28,528 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Uttar Pradesh Republican Party | 28,379 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Yuva Vikas Party | 28,159 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) | 27,730 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Jawan Kisan Mazdoor Party | 23,929 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Proutist Bloc of India | 22,734 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Soshit Samaj Dal | 19,925 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Jansangh | 19,243 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Orissa Vikas Parishad | 15,893 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Hul Jharkhand Party | 15,406 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Socialist Party of India (Lohia) | 12,928 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindustani Krantikari Samajwadi Party | 12,820 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Dalit Panthers Party | 11,967 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Loktantrik Mazdoor Dal | 10,837 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Revolutionary Samaj Dal | 8,825 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bhartiya Shivsena-Rashtrawadi | 8,810 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Asom Jatiyatabadi Dal | 8,519 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam | 8,252 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Asom Jatiya Parishad | 8,047 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Socialist Party (Ramakant Pandey) | 7,104 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Pichhadavarg Party | 6,897 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 5,888 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Vidarbha Praja Party | 5,597 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Gram Parishad | 5,521 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bhartiya Dharmnirpeksh Dal | 5,436 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Hindu Swaraj Sangathan | 5,325 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Republican Presidium Party of India | 4,967 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Surajya Party | 4,705 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Sarvodaya Party | 4,642 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Janata Dal (Samajwadi) | 4,548 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Deseeya Karshaka Party | 4,508 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Gondwana Party | 3,605 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Azad Hind Fauz (Rajkiya) | 3,543 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Samdarshi Party | 2,921 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Lok Party | 2,873 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Socialist League of India | 2,852 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| All India Urdu Morcha | 2,655 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bhartiya Ramrajya Parishad (Vasudev Shastri Atul) | 2,519 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha | 2,311 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Pondicherry Mannila Makkal Munnani | 2,259 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Pandav Dal | 2,213 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Internationalist Democratic Party | 2,078 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Gomant Lok Party | 1,983 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Desh Bhakt Morcha | 1,792 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Workers Party of India | 1,781 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Nationalist Party | 1,768 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Marx Engles Leninist Commune Health Association | 1,692 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Nagaland Peoples Party | 1,572 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Adarsh Lok Dal | 1,544 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Desh Bhakt Party | 1,521 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Bharat Desham Party | 1,466 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Republican Party of India (Kamble) | 1,300 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Janhit Jagrati Party | 1,245 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Mukt Bharat | 1,191 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Krantikari Dal | 1,125 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Sampooran Rashtriya Sena | 1,040 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Gramma Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,030 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Navbharat Party | 787 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Labour Party of India (V.V. Prasad) | 684 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Thayaga Marumalrchi Kazhagam | 665 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Poorvanchal Rashtriya Congress | 605 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Jammu-Kashmir Panthers Party | 587 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Kannada Paksha | 576 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Mahila Dal | 573 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Socialist Revolutionary Party | 571 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Lokhit Morcha | 532 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Republican Party of India (Athawale) | 521 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Labour Party (Ashok Bhattacharjee) | 434 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Loktantra Party | 408 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Cheluva Kannad Nadu | 383 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Azad Party | 372 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party of India | 359 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Backward Party | 329 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Hindu Shiv Sena (A.K. Brahmbatt) | 325 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Unnatsheel Das | 316 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Gram Parishad | 314 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Loktantric Alpsankhyak Janmorcha | 257 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Sr. Citizens National Party of India | 250 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Socialist Labour League | 246 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| M.G.R. Munnetra Kazhagam | 228 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Mahabharat People's Party | 225 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Janata Congress Party of Bharatvarsha | 194 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Shakti Dal | 193 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Socialist Party | 166 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Kannada Desh Party | 164 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Dhruba Labour Party | 142 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Jai Mahakali Nigrani Samiti | 138 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bhartiya Sangthit Nagrik Party | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Vishal Bharat Party | 56 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Jan Ekata Morcha | 34 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Independents | 11,441,688 | 4.16 | 1 | |
| Nominated Anglo-Indians | 2 | |||
| Total | 275,206,990 | 100.00 | 523 | |
| Valid votes | 275,206,990 | 97.35 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 7,493,952 | 2.65 | ||
| Total votes | 282,700,942 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 498,363,801 | 56.73 | ||
| Source: [1] | ||||
Legislative Assembly elections
Assam
Haryana
| 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
| 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
Tamil Nadu
Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
| 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 [4]
Uttar Pradesh
| 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
| 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[5] | |||||
Rajya Sabha
References
- "General Election, 1991 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India.
- "Statistical Report of General Election, 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2012.
- ECI: 1991 Election Statistical Report
- Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952–1991. The Committee. pp. 4, 69.
External Links
| General elections | |
|---|---|
| State elections |
|
| |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.