1984 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

none July 2016 July 2016 State Assembly election 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984 India parliamentary no Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980 1980 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989 1989 24 December 1984 39 (of 514) seats in the Lok Sabha 30,958,080 22,591,943 (72.98%) 6.22% MGR portrait, from 2017 Stamp.jpg 100 100 120 0 0 M. G. Ramachandran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INC+ Did not contest 37 15 12,941,942 59.87% 2.87% M._Karunanidhi_.jpg 100 100 120 0 0 M. Karunanidhi Did not contest Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Janata alliance+LF 2 14 8,006,513 37.04% 0.73% Tamilnadu India Parliament 1984.svg 300px Seat wise Result 1984 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png 200px 1984 Election map (by constituencies) Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+ Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress (Indira) Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress (Indira) 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-AIADMK Front colspan="6" All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK-led Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Indian National Congress 50px 50px Rajiv Gandhi 26 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px 50px M. G. Ramachandran 12Gandhi Kamaraj National CongressKumari Ananthan 1 Total39 DMK Progressive Alliance colspan="7" Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK Progressive Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px50px M. Karunanidhi 2627 Indian Union Muslim League 50px M. Abdul Lathief 1 Janata Party Era Sezhiyan5 Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes 50px 50px A. Nallasivam 3 Communist Party of India 50px 50px P. Manickam3 Tamil Nadu Congress (K) Tamil Nadu Kamaraj Congress Pazha. Nedumaran1 Total 39 List of Candidates ConstituencyAIADMK+DMK+ # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Madras North Indian National Congress G. Lakshmanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. V. N. Somu 2 Madras Central Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress E. Earnest Paul Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Kalanithi 3 Madras South Indian National Congress Vyjayanthimala Janata Party Era Sezhiyan 4 Sriperumbudur (SC) Indian National Congress M. Chandrasekar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. Nagaratnam 5 Chengalpattu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Jagathrakshakan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. V. Ramu 6 Arakkonam Indian National Congress J. Rangaswamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Pulavar K. Govindan 7 Vellore All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. C. Shanmugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. M. Ramalingam 8 Tiruppattur Indian National Congress A. Jayamohan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Abdul LathiefIUML Indian Union Muslim League contested on the "Rising Sun" symbol of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and is officially recorded as a DMK candidate in electoral records. 9 Vandavasi Indian National Congress L. Balaraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. K. Pandian 10 Tindivanam Indian National Congress S. S. Ramasami Janata Party M. R. Lakshminarayanan 11 Cuddalore Indian National Congress P. R. S. Venkatesan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. Ramu Alias Killivalavan 12 Chidambaram (SC) Indian National Congress P. Vallalperuman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Kannapiran 13 Dharmapuri All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Thambidurai Communist Party of India Parvathi Krishnan 14 Krishnagiri Indian National Congress K. Ramamurthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. Chandrasekaran 15 Rasipuram (SC) Indian National Congress B. Devarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Duraisami 16 Salem Indian National Congress R. Kumaramangalam Janata Party M. A. Kandasamy 17 Tiruchengode All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Kannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Kandaswamy 18 Nilgiris Indian National Congress R. Prabhu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. T. Dhandapani 19 Gobichettipalayam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Kholandaivelu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. A. Saminathan 20 Coimbatore Indian National Congress C. K. Kuppuswamy Communist Party of India (Marxist) R. Umanath 21 Pollachi (SC) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Anna Nambi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Krishnaswamy 22 Palani Indian National Congress A. Senapathi Gounder Tamil Nadu Congress TNC S. R. Velusamy 23 Dindigul All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. R. Natarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Maya Thevar 24 Madurai Indian National Congress A. G. Subburaman Communist Party of India (Marxist) N. Sankariah 25 Periyakulam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Selvendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Agniraju 26 Karur Indian National Congress A. R. Murugaiah Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Kandaswamy 27 Tiruchirappalli Indian National Congress L. Adaikalaraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Selvaraj 28 Perambalur (SC) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Thangaraju Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Thiyagarajan 29 Mayiladuthurai Indian National Congress E. S. M. Packeer Md. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Kalayanam 30 Nagapattinam (SC) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Mahalingam Communist Party of India K. Murugaiyan 31 Thanjavur Indian National Congress S. Singaravadivel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Palanimanickam 32 Pudukkottai Indian National Congress N. Sundarraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Veeriah 33 Sivaganga Indian National Congress P. Chidambaram Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Tha. Kiruttinan 34 Ramanathapuram Indian National Congress V. Rajeshwaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. S. K. Sathyendran 35 Sivakasi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK N. Soundararajan Communist Party of India A. Srinivasan 36 Tirunelveli All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Janarthanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam D. S. A. Sivaprakasam 37 Tenkasi (SC) Indian National Congress M. Arunachalam Communist Party of India (Marxist) R. Krishnan 38 Tiruchendur Indian National Congress K. T. Kosalram Janata Party Jawaharlal 39 Nagercoil Indian National Congress N. Dennis Janata Party P. Vijayaraghavan Voting and results thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left AlliancePartyPopular VotePercentageSwingSeats wonSeat ChangeAIADMK+Indian National Congress8,755,87140.51%8.89%255All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,968,96718.36%7.02%1210Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress217,1041.00%new party0new partyTotal12,941,94259.87%2.87%3715DMK+Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,597,50725.90%2.89%214Janata Party911,9314.22%3.74%0Communist Party of India738,1063.41%0.18%0Communist Party of India (Marxist)614,8932.84%0.37%0Tamil Nadu Congress144,0760.67%new party0new partyTotal8,006,51337.04%0.73%214Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)56,7040.26%new party0new partyBharatiya Janata Party15,4620.07%new party0new partyIndependents593,3822.76%1.65%01Total21,614,003100.00%39Valid Votes21,614,00395.67%Invalid Votes977,9404.33%Total Votes22,591,943100.00%Registered Voters/Turnout30,958,08072.98%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 Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Madras NorthN. V. N. SomuDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK261,94152.20G. LakshmananIndian National CongressINC225,49144.9336,4507.272Madras CentralA. KalanidhiDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK313,84858.21E. Earnest PaulGandhi Kamaraj National CongressGKC217,10440.2796,74417.943Madras SouthVyjayanthimalaIndian National CongressINC336,35351.92Era SezhiyanJanata PartyJP288,33644.5148,0177.414Sriperumbudur (SC)Maragatham ChandrasekharIndian National CongressINC332,46859.54T. NagaratnamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK222,99439.93109,47419.615ChengalpattuS. JagathrakshakanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK297,41554.09M. V. RamuDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK239,20643.5058,20910.596ArakkonamR. JeevarathinamIndian National CongressINC292,60652.20K. Govindan PulavarDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK231,66441.3360,94210.877VelloreA. C. ShanmugamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK284,41652.93A. M. RamalingamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK209,69339.0274,72313.918TiruppatturA. JayamohanIndian National CongressINC298,15955.59M. Abdul LatheefDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK176,37232.88121,78722.719VandavasiL. BalaramanIndian National CongressINC341,26762.32R. K. PandianDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK206,37537.68134,89224.6410TindivanamS. S. Ramasamy PadayatchiIndian National CongressINC356,12768.47M. R. LakshminarayananJanata PartyJP154,26929.66201,85838.8111CuddaloreP. R. S. VenkatesanIndian National CongressINC327,39361.18T. Ramu Alias KillivalavanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK195,43936.52131,95424.6612Chidambaram (SC)P. VallalperumanIndian National CongressINC329,89261.22S. KannapiranDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK209,00138.78120,89122.4413DharmapuriM. Thambi DuraiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK333,42763.33Parvathi KrishnanCommunist Party of IndiaCPI182,17534.60151,25228.7314KrishnagiriK. RamamurthiIndian National CongressINC304,85464.74T. ChandrasekaranDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK138,48829.41166,36635.3315Rasipuram (SC)B. DevarajanIndian National CongressINC367,27668.89P. DuraisamiDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK165,87031.11201,40637.7816SalemRangarajan KumaramangalamIndian National CongressINC359,81969.21M. A. KandasamyJanata PartyJP123,64423.78236,17545.4317TiruchengodeP. KannanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK426,64860.93M. KandaswamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK268,58238.35158,06622.5818NilgirisR. PrabhuIndian National CongressINC341,82460.31C. T. DhandapaniDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK209,88537.03131,93923.2819GobichettipalayamP. KholandaiveluAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK338,24364.49P. A. SaminathanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK177,61633.86160,62730.6320CoimbatoreC. K. KuppuswamyIndian National CongressINC355,52557.77R. UmanathCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)253,00641.11102,51916.6621Pollachi (SC)R. Anna NambiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK324,20059.27K. KrishnaswamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK222,77040.73101,43018.5422PalaniA. Senapathy GounderIndian National CongressINC408,10471.26S. R. VelusamyTamil Nadu CongressTNC144,07625.16264,02846.1023DindigulK. R. NatarajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK343,57161.79K. Maya ThevarDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK202,25336.38141,31825.4124MaduraiA. G. SubburamanIndian National CongressINC365,94862.72N. SankariahCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)192,93733.07173,01129.6525PeriyakulamP. SelvendranAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK348,90362.90S. AgnirajuDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK190,29034.30158,61328.6026KarurA. R. MurugaiahIndian National CongressINC413,53368.36M. KandaswamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK177,97029.42235,56338.9427TiruchirappalliAdaikalarajIndian National CongressINC337,78658.05N. SelvarasuDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK234,88140.37102,90517.6828Perambalur (SC)S. ThangarajuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK350,54963.57C. ThiyagarajanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK197,78035.87152,76927.7029MayiladuthuraiE. S. M. Pakeer MohamedIndian National CongressINC335,03360.16P. KalayanamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK215,39038.68119,64321.4830Nagapattinam (SC)M. MahalingamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK300,91249.91K. MurugaiyanCommunist Party of IndiaCPI298,62349.532,2890.3831ThanjavurSingaravadivelIndian National CongressINC306,35155.35S. PalanimanickamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK217,03039.2189,32116.1432PudukkottaiN. SundararajIndian National CongressINC426,71768.43K. VeeriahDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK161,81325.95264,90442.4833SivagangaP. ChidambaramIndian National CongressINC377,16068.10Tha KrutinanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK164,62729.73212,53338.3734RamanathapuramV. RajeshwaranIndian National CongressINC274,92251.09M. S. K. SathiyendrenDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK174,77832.48100,14418.6135SivakasiN. SoundararajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK323,78653.69A. SrinivasanCommunist Party of IndiaCPI257,30842.6766,47811.0236TirunelveliM. R. JanardhananAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK296,89757.64D. S. A. SivaprakasamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK210,95140.9585,94616.6937Tenkasi (SC)M. ArunachalamIndian National CongressINC360,51768.09R. KrishnanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)168,95031.91191,56736.1838TiruchendurK. T. KosalramIndian National CongressINC345,38171.27JawaharlalJanata PartyJP121,95425.17223,42746.1039NagercoilN. DennisIndian National CongressINC235,36550.01P. VijayaraghavanJanata PartyJP223,72847.5411,6372.47 Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu SI No. Name Constituency Designation Department From ToParty1Maragatham ChandrasekarSriperumbudur (SC)Minister of State (Independent Charge)Women and Social Welfare31 December198425 September 1985Indian National Congress 82P. ChidambaramSivagangaDeputy MinisterCommerce25 September 198527 September 1985Textiles27 September 19854 October 1985Personnel, Administrative Reforms, Training, Public Grievances and Pensions4 October 198520 January 1986Minister of StatePersonnel, Public Grievances and Pensions20 January 19862 December 1989Home Affairs24 June 19862 December 19893M. ArunachalamTenkasi (SC)Minister of StateIndustry (Industrial Development)25 September 19852 December 19894R. PrabhuNilgirisAgriculture (Fertilizers)22 October 19862 September 1989 Bypolls (1984-1989) DistrictConstituencyWinnerRunner upMargin No. Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %TuticorinTiruchendurR. Dhanuskodi AthithanIndian National Congress169,71062.0% Pon. VijayaraghavanJanata Party93,89134.3% 75,819Bypoll held on 1985 following the death of the incumbent member K.T. Kosalram from Indian National Congress on 27 January 1985. See also Elections in Tamil Nadu Notes Bibliography Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha External links Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History expanded Tamil Nadu Category:Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu Category:1980s in Tamil Nadu