1984 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984
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  1980 December 1984 1989  

39 (of 514) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered30,958,080
Turnout22,591,943 (72.98%) Increase2.svg 6.22%
 First partySecond party
 
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M. Karunanidhi .jpg
Leader M. G. Ramachandran M. Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance INC+ Janata alliance+LF
Leader's seatDid not contestDid not contest
Seats won372
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 15Decrease2.svg 14
Popular vote12,941,9428,006,513
Percentage59.87%37.04%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.87%Decrease2.svg 0.73%

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1984 Election map (by constituencies)
Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+

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Seat wise Result

Prime Minister before election

Rajiv Gandhi
INC(I)

Prime Minister after election

Rajiv Gandhi
INC(I)

The 1984 Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 Lok Sabha 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.

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Seat Allotment

Congress Front

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1. Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg Rajiv Gandhi 26
2. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian election symbol two leaves.svg M. G. Ramachandran 12
3.Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress No flag.svg Kumari Ananthan 1

Janata Alliance

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian election symbol rising sun.svg M. Karunanidhi 27
2. Janata Party Era.Sezilyan 5
3. Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg A.Nallasivam3
4. Communist Party of India CPI symbol.svg P.Manickam3
4.Tamilnadu Congress No flag.svg 1

Voting and results

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left 1984 tamil nadu lok sabha election map by parties.png
Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
AlliancePartyPopular VotePercentageSwingSeats wonSeat Change
AIADMK+ Indian National Congress 8,755,87140.51%Increase2.svg8.89%25Increase2.svg5
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,968,96718.36%Decrease2.svg7.02%12Increase2.svg10
Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress217,1041.00%new party0new party
Total12,941,94259.87%Increase2.svg2.87%37Increase2.svg15
DMK+ Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,597,50725.90%Increase2.svg2.89%2Decrease2.svg14
Janata Party 911,9314.22%Decrease2.svg3.74%0Steady2.svg
Communist Party of India 738,1063.41%Decrease2.svg0.18%0Steady2.svg
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 614,8932.84%Decrease2.svg0.37%0Steady2.svg
Tamil Nadu Congress 144,0760.67%new party0new party
Total8,006,51337.04%Decrease2.svg0.73%2Decrease2.svg14
Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) 56,7040.26%new party0new party
Bharatiya Janata Party 15,4620.07%new party0new party
Independents 593,3822.76%Decrease2.svg1.65%0Decrease2.svg1
Total21,614,003100.00%Steady2.svg39Steady2.svg
Valid Votes21,614,00395.67%
Invalid Votes977,9404.33%
Total Votes22,591,943100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout30,958,08072.98%Increase2.svg6.22%

List of Elected MPs

ConstituencyWinnerPartyMarginRunner-upaPartya
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)

MinisterPartyLok Sabha Constituency/Rajya SabhaPortfolios
P. Chidambaram INC Sivaganga Minister of Commerce
M. Arunachalam INC Tenkasi Minister of Industry

See also

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