1984 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu
Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984 Registered 30,958,080 Turnout 22,591,943 (72.98%) 6.22%
1984 Election map (by constituencies) Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+
The 1984 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for Indian National Congress and its ally All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , winning 37 out of 39 seats. The other 2 seats were won by the opposition, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam . This marks the start of the dominance of INC-AIADMK, for the next decade winning 38 seats in 1989 election and all 39 seats in 1991 election. The allocation of seats were done what was later dubbed, "The M.G.R formula". Where the regional party would contest 70% of the assembly seats and the national party would be given 70% of the Lok Sabha seats.
Seat Allotment
Congress Front
Janata Alliance
Voting and results
Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
Alliance
Party
Popular Vote
Percentage
Swing
Seats won
Seat Change
AIADMK+
Indian National Congress
8,755,871
40.51%
8.89%
25
5
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
3,968,967
18.36%
7.02%
12
10
Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress
217,104
1.00%
new party
0
new party
Total
12,941,942
59.87%
2.87%
37
15
DMK+
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
5,597,507
25.90%
2.89%
2
14
Janata Party
911,931
4.22%
3.74%
0
Communist Party of India
738,106
3.41%
0.18%
0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
614,893
2.84%
0.37%
0
Tamil Nadu Congress
144,076
0.67%
new party
0
new party
Total
8,006,513
37.04%
0.73%
2
14
Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)
56,704
0.26%
new party
0
new party
Bharatiya Janata Party
15,462
0.07%
new party
0
new party
Independents
593,382
2.76%
1.65%
0
1
Total
21,614,003
100.00%
39
Valid Votes
21,614,003
95.67%
Invalid Votes
977,940
4.33%
Total Votes
22,591,943
100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout
30,958,080
72.98%
6.22%
The seats from 1980 election, represents the seats of the coalition in this election, and the seats represented from Congress is from the Indira faction.
List of Elected MPs
Constituency
Winner
Party
Margin
Runner-upa
Partya
Madras North
N. V. N. Somu
DMK
36,450
G. Lakshmanan
INC
Madras Central
A. Kalanidhi
DMK
96,744
E. Paul Ernest
GKC
Madras South
Vyjayanthimala
INC
48,017
Era. Sezhiyan
JP
Sriperumbudur
Maragatham Chandrasekar
INC
109,474
T. Nagaratnam
DMK
Chengalpattu
S. Jagathrakshagan
AIADMK
58,209
M. V. Ramu
DMK
Arakkonam
R. Jeevarathinam
INC
60,942
Pulavar K. Govindan
DMK
Vellore
A. C. Shanmugam
AIADMK
74,723
A. M. Ramalingam
DMK
Tiruppattur
A. Jayamohan
INC
121,787
M.Abdul Lathief
DMK
Vandavasi
L. Balaraman
INC
134,892
R. K. Pandian
DMK
Tindivanam
S. S. Ramasamy Padayachi
INC
201,858
M. R. Lakshmi Narayanan
JP
Cuddalore
P. R. S. Venkatesan
INC
131,954
T. Ramu
DMK
Chidambaram
P. Vallalperuman
INC
120,891
S. Kannapiran
DMK
Dharmapuri
M. Thambi Durai
AIADMK
151,252
Parvathi Krishnan
CPI
Krishnagiri
Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy
INC
166,366
T. Chandrasekaran
DMK
Rasipuram
B. Devarajan
INC
201,406
P. Duraisami
DMK
Salem
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
INC
236,175
M. A. Kandasamy
JP
Tiruchengode
P. Kannan
AIADMK
158,066
M. Kandaswamy
DMK
Nilgiris
R. Prabhu
INC
131,939
C. T. Dhandapani
DMK
Gobichettipalayam
P. Kolandaivelu
AIADMK
160,627
P. A. Saminathan
DMK
Coimbatore
C. K. Kuppuswamy
INC
102,519
R. Umanath
CPI(M)
Pollachi
K. R. Natarajan
AIADMK
101,430
K. Krishnaswamy
DMK
Palani
A. Senapathi Gounder
INC
264,028
S. R. Velusamy
TNC(K)
Dindigul
K. R. Natarajan
AIADMK
141,318
K. Maya Thevar
DMK
Madurai
A. G. Subburaman
INC
173,011
N. Sankaraiah
CPI(M)
Periyakulam
P. Selvendran
AIADMK
158,613
S. Agniraju
DMK
Karur
A. R. Murugiah
INC
235,563
M. Kandaswamy
DMK
Tiruchirappalli
Adaikalaraj
INC
102,905
N. Selvaraj
DMK
Perambalur
S. Thangaraju
AIADMK
152,769
C. Thiagarajan
DMK
Mayiladuthurai
E. S. M. Pakeer Mohammad
INC
119,643
P. Kalyanam
DMK
Nagapattinam
M. Mahalingam
AIADMK
2,289
K. Murugayan
CPI
Thanjavur
S. Singaravadivel
INC
89,321
S. Palnimanickam
DMK
Pudukkottai
N. Sundararaj
INC
264,904
K. Veeriah
DMK
Sivaganga
P. Chidambaram
INC
212,533
Tha. Kiruttinan
DMK
Ramanathapuram
V. Rajeshwaran
INC
100,144
M. S. K. Sathyendran
DMK
Sivakasi
N. Soundararajan
AIADMK
66,478
A. Srinivasan
CPI
Tirunelveli
M. R. Janardhanan
AIADMK
85,946
D. S. A. Sivaprakasam
DMK
Tenkasi
M. Arunachalam
INC
191,567
R. Krishnan
CPI(M)
Tiruchendur
K. T. Kosalram
INC
223,427
Jawaharlal
JP
Nagercoil
N. Dennis
INC
11,637
P. Vijayaraghavan
JP
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu
Ministers of State (Deputy Minister)
See also
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