1984 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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.

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984

December 1984

39 seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader M. G. Ramachandran M. Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance INC+ Lok Dal (Janata Secular)
Seats won 37 2
Seat change +15 -14
Popular vote 12,941,942 8,006,513
Percentage 59.87% 37.04%

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

Voting and results

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Results by Alliance

INC+ SEATS JP+ SEATS OTHERS SEATS
INC 25 (+5) DMK 2 (−14) IND 0 (−1)
AIADMK 12 (+14) JP 0
GKC 0 CPI 0
CPM 0
TNC 0
TOTAL (1984) 37 (+19) TOTAL (1984) 2 (−14) TOTAL (1984) 0 (−1)
TOTAL (1980) 22* TOTAL (1980) 16* TOTAL (1980) 1
  • 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 JNP
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 JNP
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 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 JNP
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 CPM
Pollachi K. R. Natarajan AIADMK 101,430 K. Krishnaswamy DMK
Palani A. Senapathi Gounder INC 264,028 S. R. Velusamy TNC
Dindigul K. R. Natarajan AIADMK 141,318 K. Maya Thevar DMK
Madurai A. G. Subburaman INC 173,011 N. Sankaraiah CPM
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 CPM
Tiruchendur K. T. Kosalram INC 223,427 Jawaharlal JNP
Nagercoil N. Dennis INC 11,637 P. Vijayaraghavan JNP

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Ministers of State (Deputy Minister)

Minister Party Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha Portfolios
P. Chidambaram INC Sivaganga Minister of Commerce
M. Arunachalam INC Tenkasi Minister of Industry

See also

Bibliography

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