1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election Registered 79,560,897 Turnout 51.43%
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
Jaswantnagar
Haldwani
Atrauli
Last election
New
269[ 1]
16[ 1]
Seats won
208
94
57
Seat change
New
175
41
Popular vote
11,571,462
10,866,428
4,522,867
Percentage
29.71%
27.90%
11.61%
Swing
New
11.35 pp
1.78 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
New
Popular vote
3,664,417
606,885
464,555
Percentage
9.41%
1.56%
1.19%
Swing
New
1.48 pp
New
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]
Results
Voteshare by party
Lok Dal (B) (1.19%)
Others (3.16%)
Party Votes % Seats +/– Janata Dal 11,571,462 29.71 208 New Indian National Congress 10,866,428 27.90 94 –175 Bharatiya Janata Party 4,522,867 11.61 57 +41 Bahujan Samaj Party 3,664,417 9.41 13 +13 Communist Party of India 606,885 1.56 6 0 Lok Dal (B) 464,555 1.19 2 New Janata Party (JP) 289,154 0.74 1 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 142,763 0.37 2 0 Shoshit Samaj Dal 71,763 0.18 1 New Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 68,943 0.18 1 +1 Other Parties 655,972 1.68 0 – Independents 6,020,921 15.46 40 +17 Total 38,946,130 100.00 425 0 Valid votes 38,946,130 95.18 Invalid/blank votes 1,971,832 4.82 Total votes 40,917,962 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 79,560,897 51.43 Source: ECI[ 6] [ 1]
Elected members
References