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Tamil Nadu assembly election, Dec 1984

234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 70.07% turnout.

Andaman and NicobarTelanganaAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOrissaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTripuraUttar PradeshUttaranchalWest BengalLakshadweepJammu and KashmirLadakh
Seats
234
Candidates
1,499
43 women, 8 elected
Turnout
70.07%
2.17 cr of 3.09 cr
Leading party
ADK
132 of 234 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu

PartyWon+/−ContestedVotesShareShare +/−
ADKADK132+315580,30,80937.03%-1.72
INCIndian National Congress61+617335,29,70816.28%—
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam24-1316763,62,77029.34%+7.24
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)5-6165,97,6222.76%-0.41
INDIndependent4-499416,19,9217.47%+0.29
JNPJanata Party3+3164,93,3742.28%+2.26
CPICommunist Party of India2-7175,67,5272.62%-0.04
GKCGKC2-441,20,7040.56%-1.15
AKDAKD1+1147,2120.22%—
TNCTNC0051,52,3150.70%—
ICJICJ00361,10,1210.51%—
BJPBharatiya Janata Party001554,3900.25%+0.18
234234 SEATS
  • ADK132 (56%)
  • INC61 (26%)
  • DMK24 (10%)
  • CPM5 (2%)
  • IND4 (2%)
  • JNP3 (1%)
  • Others5 (2%)
  • ADK132
  • INC61
  • DMK24
  • CPM5
  • IND4
  • JNP3
  • Others5
ADK 132INC 61DMK 24
  • ADK132
  • INC61
  • DMK24
  • CPM5
  • IND4
  • JNP3
  • CPI2
  • GKC2
  • Others1

Constituency performance

From the 234 results in Tamil Nadu

Closest contest
SAIDAPET
won by 190 (0.18%)
Biggest victory
YERCAUD
won by 32,002 (48.80%)
Highest turnout
VEDARANYAM
85.18%
Lowest turnout
EGMORE
49.79%

Seat change

Against Tamil Nadu's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1980), matched constituency-for-constituency

234SEATS
  • Retained110 (47%)
  • Changed hands115 (49%)
  • New seat9 (4%)

110 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 115 changed hands. 9 did not exist at the previous election.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Tamil Nadu, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE
0%14%27%41%54%1971197719801984198919911996200120062011201620212026ADKINCDMKCPM
  • ADK
  • INC
  • DMK
  • CPM
TURNOUT
0%24%48%72%96%1971197719801984198919911996200120062011201620212026Turnout

Assembly seat results

All 234 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 234

Assembly seatWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
ACHARAPAKKAMADKK. ETHIRAJANDMKE. RAMAKRISHNAN8,57910.82%72.3%
ALANDURDMKABRAGHAM, M.ADKMOHANARANGAM, R.9060.73%64.7%
ALANGUDIADKVENKATACHALAMDMKPERIANNAN, A.37,02932.87%81.0%
ALANGULAMADKSHANMUCHIAH PENDIAN N.DMKTHAMBI THURAI, P.21,03323.82%70.7%
AMBASAMUDRAMADKBALASUBRAMANIANCPMNALLASIVAN A.8,66610.61%72.0%
ANAICUTADKKRISHNASAMY, V.R.INDRAJAGOPAL, P. N.18,62024.01%65.2%
ANDHIYURADKMATHAIYAN U.P.DMKLAKSHMI S.31,34640.62%67.5%
ANDIMADAMADKADHIMOOLAM ALIAS GANDHIDMKS. SIVASUBRAMANIYAN6,0167.25%76.9%
ANDIPATTIADKM.G. RAMACHANDRANDMKTHANGARAJ ALIAS VALLARASU32,48436.18%67.5%
ANNA NAGARDMKRAMACHANDRAN, S. M.ADKKOTHANDARAMAN V.7,7266.36%61.7%
ARAKKONAMDMKV. K. RAJUADKM. VIJAYASARATHI6,3136.26%74.8%
ARANTANGIADKTHIRUNVUKKARASU, S.DMKRAMANATHAN, S.29,90426.74%76.8%
ARAVAKURICHIADKS. JEGATHEESANDMKP. RAMASAMI13,61413.10%73.2%
ARCOTADKT. PALANIDMKN. ARCOT VEERASWAMY17,71320.00%75.8%
ARIYALURADKS. PURUSHOTHAMANDMKT. ARUMUGAM17,77018.25%79.5%
ARNIADKM. CHINNAKULANDAIDMKR. SIVANANDAM11,03311.07%78.6%
ARUPPUKOTTAIADKM. PITCHAIDMKV.THANGAPANDIAN3,4343.91%70.9%
ATHOORADKNEDUNCHEZHIYAN V. R.DMKRAJAMBAL K.29,57327.80%69.6%
ATTURINCC.PALANIMUTHUDMKA.M. RAMASWAMY31,12337.02%70.3%
AVANASHIADKLAKSHMI P.CPIARUMUGAM, M.34,17339.20%66.1%
BARGURADKT.M.VENKATACHALAMDMKVEERAMANI P.V.32,81139.86%67.2%
BHAVANIADKP.G.NARAYANANDMKN.K.K. PERIASMY25,23427.38%74.3%
BHAVANISAGARADKCHINNSAMMY V.K.JNPVELLINGIRI S. ALIAS GIRI S.V.16,79618.88%72.0%
BHUVANAGIRIADKV.V. SWAMINATHANDMKDURAI KRISHNAMOORTHY12,30113.31%75.7%
BODINAYAKKANURINCK.S.M. RAMACHANDRANDMKMUTHU MANOHARAN19,87222.35%66.3%
CHENGALPATTUADKJEGADESAN, ANNOR, G.DMKRUDRAKOTTI, V.1,2201.35%75.4%
CHENGAMADKT. SWAMIKANNUJNPP. ANBALAGAN24,73133.19%66.6%
CHEPAUKDMKRAHMAN KHAN, A.ADKMARIMUTHU,S.V.8,98813.96%63.8%
CHERANMAHADEVIADKPANDIAN, P.H.DMKPANDIAN, P.S.29,67335.80%73.9%
CHEYYARADKK. MURUGANDMKBABU JANARTHANAM16,54017.92%75.8%
CHIDAMBARAMADKK.R.GANPATHIDMKK.S. SUBRAMANIAN9,24310.71%75.6%
CHINNASALEMINDS.SIVARAMANDMKPERIYASAMY D.22,99727.29%71.6%
COIMBATORE EASTCPMRAMANI K.ADKKOVAI THAMBI1,0591.25%61.9%
COIMBATORE WESTDMKRAMANATHAN M.INCHAKKEEM M.A.6,8928.03%67.1%
COLACHELADKF.M. RAJARETHNAMBJPM.R. GANDHI5890.69%69.1%
COONOORADKM.SIVAKUMARDMKM. RANGANATHAN12,12314.59%67.4%
CUDDALOREINCV. G. CHEELAPPADMKV. KRISHNAMURTHY16,69618.02%71.5%
CUMBUMADKS.SUBBURAYARDMKN.RAMAKRISHNAN5,2235.22%73.2%
DHARAMAPURIDMKCHINNASAMY R.ADKARANGANATHAN S.8,4549.88%64.3%
DHARAPURAMADKPERIASAMY. A.DMKAYYASAMY. R.15,96818.17%68.2%
DINDIGULADKA. PREMKUMARCPIN. VARADARAJAN32,76630.33%67.1%
DR. RADHAKRISHNAN NAGARINCVENUGOPAL S.DMKSARGUNAM, S. P.3,8513.59%65.8%
EDAPADIINCGOVINDASWAMYDMKARUMUGAM, P.40,72338.46%67.7%
EGMOREDMKBALAN, S.INCSRI RAMULU K. R.2,5494.44%49.8%
ERODEADKS.MUTHUSAMYDMKSUBBULAKSHMI JAGADEESAN11,6478.69%70.7%
GINGEEINCMURUGANANDAM, T. N.DMKRAMACHANDRAN, N.22,10223.86%70.2%
GOBICHETTIPALAYAMADKSENGOTTYAN K.A.DMKANDAMUTHU M.25,00527.73%75.0%
GUDALURADKK.HUTCHI GOWDERDMKK.KARUPPUSAMY16,45718.13%68.8%
GUDIYATHAMINCR. GOVINDASAMYINDA. K. SUNDARARAJAN6,4477.87%71.0%
GUMMIDIPUNDIADKR. S. MUNIRATHINAMDMKK. VEZHAVENDAN12,04712.12%74.0%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Tamil Nadu alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.