<p>The AAP’s landslide victory resembles the Jayalalitha-led coalition steam rolling opponents in Tamil Nadu in 1991 and rival DMK turning the tables against AIADMK five years later.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Arvind Kejriwal-led party’s sweep in Delhi also has a shadow in the results of 2009 Sikkim Assembly elections when Sikkim Democratic Party led by Pawan Chamling won all the 32 seats, leaving nothing for opponents.<br /><br />AAP has romped home with 54.3 per cent votes and bagging 67 out of 70 constituencies. BJP had won 32 seats in 2013 elections but this time, it could win only three seats.<br /><br />A similar sweep happened in the 1991 Tamil Nadu elections when the AIADMK and its coalition partners won 225 seats, leaving just nine for others. In the previous election in 1989, the AIADMK had won only 27 seats, while in the 1991 edition it won 164 and rest by coalition partners.<br /><br />Her principal rival M Karunanidhi-led DMK was humiliated by the electorate, which elected only two MLAs from the party. Karunanidhi’s party in turn had won a whopping 150 seats. Immediately after the results, Karunanidhi who won from Harbour constituency resigned.<br /><br />The AIADMK-Congress coalition’s victory was mainly attributed to the sympathy wave following the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi by the LTTE. Jayalalitha also managed to consolidate AIADMK votes under the unified party and project herself as the true political heir to M G Ramachandran (MGR), which helped her win the hearts of Tamils.<br /><br />The party also portrayed DMK as anti-woman by playing up the attack on Jayalalitha inside the Assembly in March 1989. In vote share too, there was similarity as AIADMK-coalition had bagged 59.8 per cent votes while DMK and its allies had won 30 per cent votes. However, the DMK-led coalition had a sweet revenge in 1996 with 221 seats and leaving just four seats to AIADMK. Even Jayalalitha had lost the polls then. Tamil Nadu has a history of giving almost one-sided verdict in Assembly elections. <br /></p>
<p>The AAP’s landslide victory resembles the Jayalalitha-led coalition steam rolling opponents in Tamil Nadu in 1991 and rival DMK turning the tables against AIADMK five years later.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Arvind Kejriwal-led party’s sweep in Delhi also has a shadow in the results of 2009 Sikkim Assembly elections when Sikkim Democratic Party led by Pawan Chamling won all the 32 seats, leaving nothing for opponents.<br /><br />AAP has romped home with 54.3 per cent votes and bagging 67 out of 70 constituencies. BJP had won 32 seats in 2013 elections but this time, it could win only three seats.<br /><br />A similar sweep happened in the 1991 Tamil Nadu elections when the AIADMK and its coalition partners won 225 seats, leaving just nine for others. In the previous election in 1989, the AIADMK had won only 27 seats, while in the 1991 edition it won 164 and rest by coalition partners.<br /><br />Her principal rival M Karunanidhi-led DMK was humiliated by the electorate, which elected only two MLAs from the party. Karunanidhi’s party in turn had won a whopping 150 seats. Immediately after the results, Karunanidhi who won from Harbour constituency resigned.<br /><br />The AIADMK-Congress coalition’s victory was mainly attributed to the sympathy wave following the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi by the LTTE. Jayalalitha also managed to consolidate AIADMK votes under the unified party and project herself as the true political heir to M G Ramachandran (MGR), which helped her win the hearts of Tamils.<br /><br />The party also portrayed DMK as anti-woman by playing up the attack on Jayalalitha inside the Assembly in March 1989. In vote share too, there was similarity as AIADMK-coalition had bagged 59.8 per cent votes while DMK and its allies had won 30 per cent votes. However, the DMK-led coalition had a sweet revenge in 1996 with 221 seats and leaving just four seats to AIADMK. Even Jayalalitha had lost the polls then. Tamil Nadu has a history of giving almost one-sided verdict in Assembly elections. <br /></p>
