1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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.

1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election
22 November 1989
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 16
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 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
Chief Minister before election

Narayan Dutt Tiwari
INC(I)

 Chief Minister

Mulayam Singh Yadav
JD

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

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