1984 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984

December 1984
39 (of 514) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	30,958,080
Turnout	22,591,943 (72.98%) 6.22%
First party Second party   Leader M. G. Ramachandran M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance Congress alliance Janata alliance 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+

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

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%
Reigstered 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

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

Bibliography

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

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History