Indian general election, 1984 (Tamil Nadu)

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+

The Indian general election, 1984 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 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-ADMK, 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 MGR 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.

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)
ADMK	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	ADMK	58,209	M. V. Ramu	DMK
Arakkonam	R. Jeevarathinam	INC	60,942	Pulavar K. Govindan	DMK
Vellore	A. C. Shanmugam	ADMK	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	ADMK	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	ADMK	158,066	M. Kandaswamy	DMK
Nilgiris	R. Prabhu	INC	131,939	C. T. Dhandapani	DMK
Gobichettipalayam	P. Kolandaivelu	ADMK	160,627	P. A. Saminathan	DMK
Coimbatore	C. K. Kuppuswamy	INC	102,519	R. Umanath	CPM
Pollachi	K. R. Natarajan	ADMK	101,430	K. Krishnaswamy	DMK
Palani	A. Senapathi Gounder	INC	264,028	S. R. Velusamy	TNC
Dindigul	K. R. Natarajan	ADMK	141,318	K. Maya Thevar	DMK
Madurai	A. G. Subburaman	INC	173,011	N. Sankaraiah	CPM
Periyakulam	P. Selvendran	ADMK	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	ADMK	152,769	C. Thiagarajan	DMK
Mayiladuthurai	E. S. M. Pakeer Mohammad	INC	119,643	P. Kalyanam	DMK
Nagapattinam	M. Mahalingam	ADMK	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	ADMK	66,478	A. Srinivasan	CPI
Tirunelveli	M. R. Janardhanan	ADMK	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

• 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