Emergency Provisions are contained in Part Eighteen of the Constitution of India. The President of India has the power to impose emergency rule in any or all the Indian states if the security of part or all of India is threatened by "war or external aggression or armed rebellion".[1]

1971

The Fifth Assembly was constituted on 15 March 1971 after the General Elections held in March 1971. It consisted of 234 elected members of which 42 seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes and 2 for Scheduled Tribes besides one nominated member. Before the expiry of the period of the Assembly, the President by a Proclamation issued on 31 January 1976, under article 356 of the Constitution, dissolved the Fifth Assembly and imposed President's Rule for the first time in Tamil Nadu.

Dissolved DateLegislative AssemblyPrime MinisterCentral Ruling PartyPresidentStateChief MinisterState Ruling Party
31 January 1976FifthIndira GandhiIndian National CongressFakhruddin Ali AhmedTamil NaduM. KarunanidhiDMK

1985

The Eighth Assembly was constituted on 16 January 1985 after the General Elections held on 24 December 1984. Before the expiry of the period of Assembly, the President by a proclamation issued on 30 January 1988, under Article 356 of the Constitution dissolved the Eighth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and imposed President's Rule in Tamil Nadu.

Dissolved DateLegislative AssemblyPrime MinisterCentral Ruling PartyPresidentStateChief MinisterState Ruling Party
30 January 1988EighthRajiv GandhiIndian National CongressRamaswamy VenkataramanTamil NaduJanaki RamachandranAIADMK

1989

The Ninth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly was constituted on 27 January 1989 after the General Elections held on 21 January 1989. Before the expiry of the term of the Assembly, the President by a Proclamation issued on 30 January 1991, under Article 356 of the Constitution of India dissolved the Ninth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and imposed President's Rule in Tamil Nadu.

Dissolved DateLegislative AssemblyPrime MinisterCentral Ruling PartyPresidentStateChief MinisterState Ruling Party
30 January 1991NinthChandra Shekhar SinghSamajwadi Janata PartyRamaswamy VenkataramanTamil NaduM. KarunanidhiDMK

Final Table

Dissolved DateLegislative AssemblyPrime MinisterCentral Ruling PartyPresidentStateChief MinisterState Ruling Party
17 Feb 1968SixthIndira GandhiIndian National CongressZakir HussainUttar PradeshCharan SinghBharatiya Lok Dal
2 Oct 1970EighthIndira GandhiIndian National CongressVarahagiri Venkata GiriUttar PradeshCharan SinghBharatiya Lok Dal
12 Jun 1973TenthIndira GandhiIndian National CongressVarahagiri Venkata GiriUttar PradeshKamalapathi TripathiIndian National Congress
30 Nov 1975EleventhIndira GandhiIndian National CongressFakhruddin Ali AhmedUttar PradeshHemwati Nandan BahugunaIndian National Congress
30 Apr 1977TwelfthMorarji DesaiJanata PartyBasappa Danappa JattiUttar PradeshNarayan Dutt TiwariIndian National Congress
17 Feb 1980FourteenthIndira GandhiIndian National CongressNeelam Sanjiva ReddyUttar PradeshBanarsi DasJanata Party
6 Dec 1992Twenty firstP. V. Narasimha RaoIndian National CongressShankar Dayal SharmaUttar PradeshKalyan SinghBharatiya Janata Party
18 Oct 1995Twenty thirdP. V. Narasimha RaoIndian National CongressShankar Dayal SharmaUttar PradeshMayawatiBahujan Samaj Party
8 Mar 2002Twenty ninthAtal Bihari VajpayeeBharatiya Janata PartyKocheril Raman NarayananUttar PradeshRajnath SinghBharatiya Janata Party
10 January 1973FourthIndira GandhiIndian National CongressVarahagiri Venkata GiriAndhra PradeshPamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha RaoIndian National Congress
20 February 1968FifthIndira GandhiIndian National CongressZakir HussainWest BengalPrafulla Chandra GhoshNonparty in Progressive Democratic Alliance Front
19 March 1970SixthIndira GandhiIndian National CongressVarahagiri Venkata GiriWest BengalAjoy Kumar MukherjeeBangla Congress in United Front
28 June 1971SeventhIndira GandhiIndian National CongressVarahagiri Venkata GiriWest BengalAjoy Kumar MukherjeeIndian National Congress in coalition
31 January 1976FifthIndira GandhiIndian National CongressFakhruddin Ali AhmedTamil NaduM. KarunanidhiDMK
30 January 1988EighthRajiv GandhiIndian National CongressRamaswamy VenkataramanTamil NaduV. N. Janaki RamachandranAIADMK
30 January 1991NinthChandra Shekhar SinghSamajwadi Janata PartyRamaswamy VenkataramanTamil NaduM. KarunanidhiDMK

See also

References

  1. "Part XVIII of the Constitution of India" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
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