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1984 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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Field	Value
election_name	Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984
country	India
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980
previous_year	1980
next_election	Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989
next_year	1989
election_date	December 1984
seats_for_election	39 (of 514) seats in the Lok Sabha
registered	30,958,080
turnout	22,591,943 (72.98%) 6.22%
image1
leader1	M. G. Ramachandran
party1	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
alliance1	INC+
leaders_seat1	Did not contest
seats1	37
seat_change1	15
popular_vote1	12,941,942
percentage1	59.87%
swing1	2.87%
image2
leader2	M. Karunanidhi
leaders_seat2	Did not contest
party2	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
alliance2	Janata alliance+LF
seats2	2
seat_change2	14
popular_vote2	8,006,513
percentage2	37.04%
swing2	0.73%
map2_image	Tamilnadu India Parliament 1984.svg
map2_size	300px
map2_caption	Seat wise Result
map_image	1984 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png
map_size	200px
map_caption	1984 Election map (by constituencies)
Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+
leader4		image4 = INC	party4 = Congress (I)
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	Rajiv Gandhi
before_party	Indian National Congress (Indira)
after_election	Rajiv Gandhi
after_party	Indian National Congress (Indira)

Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+ 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.

Seat Allotment

Congress Front

No.
Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		[[File:Hand_INC.svg	50x50px]]	Rajiv Gandhi	26
2.		[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	50x50px]]	M. G. Ramachandran	12
3.		[[File:No flag.svg	50x50px]]	Kumari Ananthan	1

Janata Alliance

No.
Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	M. Karunanidhi	27
2.			Era.Sezilyan	5
3.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	[[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg	50x50px]]	A.Nallasivam
4.	Communist Party of India }}"		Communist Party of India	[[File:CPI symbol.svg	50x50px]]	P.Manickam
4.		[[File:No flag.svg	50x50px]]		1

List of Candidates

Constituency	AIADMK+	DMK+
Madras North	G. Lakshmanan	N.V.N. Somu
Madras Central	E. Earnest Paul	A. Kalanidhi
Madras South	Vyjayanthimala	Era Sezhiyan
Sriperumbudur (SC)	Maragatham Chandrasekhar	T. Nagaratnam
Chengalpattu	S. Jagathrakshakan	M.V. Ramu
Arakkonam	R. Jeevarathinam	Pulavar K. Govindan
Vellore	A.C. Shanmugam	A.M. Ramalingam
Tiruppattur	A. Jayamohan	M. Abdul Latheef
Vandavasi	L. Balaraman	R.K. Pandian
Tindivanam	S.S. Eramasamy Padayatchi	M.R. Lakshminarayanan
Cuddalore	P.R.S. Venkatesan	T. Ramu Alias Killivalavan
Chidambaram (SC)	P. Vallalperuman	S. Kannapiran
Dharmapuri	M. Thambi Duriai	Parvathi Krishnan
Krishnagiri	K. Ramamurthi	T. Chandrasekaran
Rasipuram (SC)	B. Devarajan	P. Duraisami
Salem	Rangarajan Kumar Mangalam	M.A. Kandasamy
Tiruchengode	P. Kannan	M. Kandaswamy
Nilgiris	R. Prabhu	C.T. Dhandapani
Gobichettipalayam	P. Kholandaivelu	P.A. Saminathan
Coimbatore	C. K. Kuppuswamy	R. Umanath
Pollachi (SC)	R. Anna Nambi	K. Krishnaswamy
Palani	A. Senapathy Gounder	S.R. Velusamy
Dindigul	K.R. Natarajan	K. Maya Thevar
Madurai	A.G. Subburaman	N. Sankariah
Periyakulam	P. Selvendran	S. Agniraju
Karur	A. R. Murugaiah	M. Kandaswamy
Tiruchirappalli	Adaikalaraj	N. Selvarasu
Perambalur (SC)	S. Thangaraju	C. Thiyagarajan
Mayiladuturai	E.S.M. Pakeer Mohamed	P. Kalayanam
Nagapattinam (SC)	M. Mahalingam	K. Murugaiyan
Thanjavur	Singaravadivel	S. Palanimanickam
Pudukkottai	N. Sundararaj	K. Veeriah
Sivaganga	P. Chidambaram	Tha Krutinan
Ramanathapuram	V. Rajeshwaran	M.S.K. Sathiyendren
Sivakasi	N. Soundararajan	A. Srinivasan
Tirunelveli	M.R. Janardhanan	D.S.A. Sivaprakasam
Tenkasi (SC)	M. Arunachalam	R. Krishnan
Tiruchendur	K.T. Kosalram	Jawaharlal
Nagercoil	N. Dennis	P. Vijayaraghavan

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
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		AIADMK+	Indian National Congress}}"		Indian National Congress	8,755,871	40.51%	8.89%
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3,968,967	18.36%	7.02%	12	10
Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress}}"		Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress	217,104	1.00%	new party	0	new party
	Total	12,941,942	59.87%	2.87%	37	15
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		DMK+	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	5,597,507	25.90%	2.89%
Janata Party}}"		Janata Party	911,931	4.22%	3.74%	0
Communist Party of India}}"		Communist Party of India	738,106	3.41%	0.18%	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	614,893	2.84%	0.37%	0
Tamil Nadu Congress}}"		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)}}"		Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)	56,704	0.26%	new party	0	new party
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		Bharatiya Janata Party	15,462	0.07%	new party	0	new party
Independent politician}}"		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 represent 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	Margin	Candidate	Party	Votes	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	1
Madras North	N. V. N. Somu	DMK	261,941	52.20	G. Lakshmanan	INC	225,491	44.93	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	36,450	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	7.27
Madras Central	A. Kalanidhi	DMK	313,848	58.21	E. Earnest Paul	GKC	217,104	40.27	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	96,744	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	17.94
Madras South	Vyjayanthimala	INC	336,353	51.92	Era Sezhiyan	JP	288,336	44.51	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	48,017	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	7.41
Sriperumbudur (SC)	Maragatham Chandrasekhar	INC	332,468	59.54	T. Nagaratnam	DMK	222,994	39.93	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	109,474	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	19.61
Chengalpattu	S. Jagathrakshakan	ADMK	297,415	54.09	M. V. Ramu	DMK	239,206	43.50	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	58,209	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	10.59
Arakkonam	R. Jeevarathinam	INC	292,606	52.20	K. Govindan Pulavar	DMK	231,664	41.33	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	60,942	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	10.87
Vellore	A. C. Shanmugam	ADMK	284,416	52.93	A. M. Ramalingam	DMK	209,693	39.02	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	74,723	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	13.91
Tiruppattur	A. Jayamohan	INC	298,159	55.59	M. Abdul Latheef	DMK	176,372	32.88	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	121,787	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	22.71
Vandavasi	L. Balaraman	INC	341,267	62.32	R. K. Pandian	DMK	206,375	37.68	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	134,892	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	24.64
Tindivanam	S. S. Eramasamy Padayatchi	INC	356,127	68.47	M. R. Lakshminarayanan	JP	154,269	29.66	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	201,858	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	38.81
Cuddalore	P. R. S. Venkatesan	INC	327,393	61.18	T. Ramu Alias Killivalavan	DMK	195,439	36.52	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	131,954	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	24.66
Chidambaram (SC)	P. Vallalperuman	INC	329,892	61.22	S. Kannapiran	DMK	209,001	38.78	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	120,891	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	22.44
Dharmapuri	M. Thambi Durai	ADMK	333,427	63.33	Parvathi Krishnan	CPI	182,175	34.60	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	151,252	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	28.73
Krishnagiri	K. Ramamurthi	INC	304,854	64.74	T. Chandrasekaran	DMK	138,488	29.41	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	166,366	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	35.33
Rasipuram (SC)	B. Devarajan	INC	367,276	68.89	P. Duraisami	DMK	165,870	31.11	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	201,406	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	37.78
Salem	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	INC	359,819	69.21	M. A. Kandasamy	JP	123,644	23.78	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	236,175	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	45.43
Tiruchengode	P. Kannan	ADMK	426,648	60.93	M. Kandaswamy	DMK	268,582	38.35	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	158,066	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	22.58
Nilgiris	R. Prabhu	INC	341,824	60.31	C. T. Dhandapani	DMK	209,885	37.03	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	131,939	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	23.28
Gobichettipalayam	P. Kholandaivelu	ADMK	338,243	64.49	P. A. Saminathan	DMK	177,616	33.86	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	160,627	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	30.63
Coimbatore	C. K. Kuppuswamy	INC	355,525	57.77	R. Umanath	CPI(M)	253,006	41.11	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	102,519	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	16.66
Pollachi (SC)	R. Anna Nambi	ADMK	324,200	59.27	K. Krishnaswamy	DMK	222,770	40.73	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	101,430	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	18.54
Palani	A. Senapathy Gounder	INC	408,104	71.26	S. R. Velusamy	TNC	144,076	25.16	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	264,028	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	46.10
Dindigul	K. R. Natarajan	ADMK	343,571	61.79	K. Maya Thevar	DMK	202,253	36.38	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	141,318	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	25.41
Madurai	A. G. Subburaman	INC	365,948	62.72	N. Sankariah	CPI(M)	192,937	33.07	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	173,011	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	29.65
Periyakulam	P. Selvendran	ADMK	348,903	62.90	S. Agniraju	DMK	190,290	34.30	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	158,613	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	28.60
Karur	A. R. Murugaiah	INC	413,533	68.36	M. Kandaswamy	DMK	177,970	29.42	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	235,563	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	38.94
Tiruchirappalli	Adaikalaraj	INC	337,786	58.05	N. Selvarasu	DMK	234,881	40.37	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	102,905	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	17.68
Perambalur (SC)	S. Thangaraju	ADMK	350,549	63.57	C. Thiyagarajan	DMK	197,780	35.87	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	152,769	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	27.70
Mayiladuturai	E. S. M. Pakeer Mohamed	INC	335,033	60.16	P. Kalayanam	DMK	215,390	38.68	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	119,643	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	21.48
Nagapattinam (SC)	M. Mahalingam	ADMK	300,912	49.91	K. Murugaiyan	CPI	298,623	49.53	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	2,289	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	0.38
Thanjavur	Singaravadivel	INC	306,351	55.35	S. Palanimanickam	DMK	217,030	39.21	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	89,321	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	16.14
Pudukkottai	N. Sundararaj	INC	426,717	68.43	K. Veeriah	DMK	161,813	25.95	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	264,904	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	42.48
Sivaganga	P. Chidambaram	INC	377,160	68.10	Tha Krutinan	DMK	164,627	29.73	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	212,533	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	38.37
Ramanathapuram	V. Rajeshwaran	INC	274,922	51.09	M. S. K. Sathiyendren	DMK	174,778	32.48	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	100,144	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	18.61
Sivakasi	N. Soundararajan	ADMK	323,786	53.69	A. Srinivasan	CPI	257,308	42.67	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	66,478	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	11.02
Tirunelveli	M. R. Janardhanan	ADMK	296,897	57.64	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	DMK	210,951	40.95	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	85,946	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	16.69
Tenkasi (SC)	M. Arunachalam	INC	360,517	68.09	R. Krishnan	CPI(M)	168,950	31.91	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	191,567	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	36.18
Tiruchendur	K. T. Kosalram	INC	345,381	71.27	Jawaharlal	JP	121,954	25.17	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	223,427	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	46.10
Nagercoil	N. Dennis	INC	235,365	50.01	P. Vijayaraghavan	JP	223,728	47.54	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	11,637	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	2.47

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

SI No.	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department
Maragatham Chandrasekar	Sriperumbudur (SC)	Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Women and Social Welfare	31 December
1984	25 September
1985
P. Chidambaram	Sivaganga	Deputy Minister	Commerce	25 September
1985	27 September
1985
Textiles	27 September
1985	4 October
1985
Personnel, Administrative Reforms, Training, Public Grievances and Pensions	4 October
1985	20 January
1986
Minister of State	Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	20 January
1986	2 December
1989
Home Affairs	24 June
1986	2 December
1989
M. Arunachalam	Tenkasi (SC)	Minister of State	Industry (Industrial Development)	25 September
1985	2 December
1989
R. Prabhu	Nilgiris	Agriculture (Fertilizers)	22 October
1986	2 September
1989

Bibliography

Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha

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