1984 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

For State Assembly election, see 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.
Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984
December 1984
39 (of 514) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered30,958,080
Turnout22,591,943 (72.98%) 6.22%
  First party Second party
 
Leader M. G. Ramachandran M. Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance INC+ Janata alliance+LF
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Seats won 37 2
Seat change 15 14
Popular vote 12,941,942 8,006,513
Percentage 59.87% 37.04%
Swing 2.87% 0.73%
1984 Election map (by constituencies)
Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+
Seat wise Result
Prime Minister before election

Rajiv Gandhi
INC(I)

Prime Minister after election

Rajiv Gandhi
INC(I)

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

No.
 Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Indian National Congress Rajiv Gandhi 26
2. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. G. Ramachandran 12
3. Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress Kumari Ananthan 1

Janata Alliance

No.
 Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi 27
2. Janata Party Era.Sezilyan 5
3. Communist Party of India (Marxist) A.Nallasivam 3
4. Communist Party of India P.Manickam 3
4. Tamilnadu Congress 1

Voting and results

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)

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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