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Congress-AIADMK alliance sweeps all 39 Lok Sabha seats

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In the election during which Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated at Sriperumbudur, the Congress-AIADMK alliance won all 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu.

The 1991 Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu was held alongside the state assembly election. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on 21 May 1991 while campaigning in the Sriperumbudur constituency. The Indian National Congress and its ally the AIADMK won all 39 seats, and the DMK, part of the National Front, won none. At the national level the Congress formed a government under P. V. Narasimha Rao.

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