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

← 1980 December 1984 1989 →
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 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 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 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

List of Candidates

Constituency
		AIADMK+INC			DMK+
1	Madras North		INC	G. Lakshmanan		DMK	N.V.N. Somu
2	Madras Central		GKC	E. Earnest Paul		DMK	A. Kalanidhi
3	Madras South		INC	Vyjayanthimala		JP	Era Sezhiyan
4	Sriperumbudur (SC)		INC	Maragatham Chandrasekhar		DMK	T. Nagaratnam
5	Chengalpattu		AIADMK	S. Jagathrakshakan		DMK	M.V. Ramu
6	Arakkonam		INC	R. Jeevarathinam		DMK	Pulavar K. Govindan
7	Vellore		AIADMK	A.C. Shanmugam		DMK	A.M. Ramalingam
8	Tiruppattur		INC	A. Jayamohan		DMK	M. Abdul Latheef
9	Vandavasi		INC	L. Balaraman		DMK	R.K. Pandian
10	Tindivanam		INC	S.S. Eramasamy Padayatchi		JP	M.R. Lakshminarayanan
11	Cuddalore		INC	P.R.S. Venkatesan		DMK	T. Ramu Alias Killivalavan
12	Chidambaram (SC)		INC	P. Vallalperuman		DMK	S. Kannapiran
13	Dharmapuri		AIADMK	M. Thambi Duriai		CPI	Parvathi Krishnan
14	Krishnagiri		INC	K. Ramamurthi		DMK	T. Chandrasekaran
15	Rasipuram (SC)		INC	B. Devarajan		DMK	P. Duraisami
16	Salem		INC	Rangarajan Kumar Mangalam		JP	M.A. Kandasamy
17	Tiruchengode		AIADMK	P. Kannan		DMK	M. Kandaswamy
18	Nilgiris		INC	R. Prabhu		DMK	C.T. Dhandapani
19	Gobichettipalayam		AIADMK	P. Kholandaivelu		DMK	P.A. Saminathan
20	Coimbatore		INC	C. K. Kuppuswamy		CPI(M)	R. Umanath
21	Pollachi (SC)		AIADMK	R. Anna Nambi		DMK	K. Krishnaswamy
22	Palani		INC	A. Senapathy Gounder		TNC	S.R. Velusamy
23	Dindigul		AIADMK	K.R. Natarajan		DMK	K. Maya Thevar
24	Madurai		INC	A.G. Subburaman		CPI(M)	N. Sankariah
25	Periyakulam		AIADMK	P. Selvendran		DMK	S. Agniraju
26	Karur		INC	A. R. Murugaiah		DMK	M. Kandaswamy
27	Tiruchirappalli		INC	Adaikalaraj		DMK	N. Selvarasu
28	Perambalur (SC)		AIADMK	S. Thangaraju		DMK	C. Thiyagarajan
29	Mayiladuturai		INC	E.S.M. Pakeer Mohamed		DMK	P. Kalayanam
30	Nagapattinam (SC)		AIADMK	M. Mahalingam		CPI	K. Murugaiyan
31	Thanjavur		INC	Singaravadivel		DMK	S. Palanimanickam
32	Pudukkottai		INC	N. Sundararaj		DMK	K. Veeriah
33	Sivaganga		INC	P. Chidambaram		DMK	Tha Krutinan
34	Ramanathapuram		INC	V. Rajeshwaran		DMK	M.S.K. Sathiyendren
35	Sivakasi		AIADMK	N. Soundararajan		CPI	A. Srinivasan
36	Tirunelveli		AIADMK	M.R. Janardhanan		DMK	D.S.A. Sivaprakasam
37	Tenkasi (SC)		INC	M. Arunachalam		CPI(M)	R. Krishnan
38	Tiruchendur		INC	K.T. Kosalram		JP	Jawaharlal
39	Nagercoil		INC	N. Dennis		JP	P. Vijayaraghavan

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%
Registered Voters/Turnout				30,958,080	72.98%	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
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Madras North	N. V. N. Somu		DMK	261,941	52.20	G. Lakshmanan		INC	225,491	44.93	36,450	7.27
2	Madras Central	A. Kalanidhi		DMK	313,848	58.21	E. Earnest Paul		GKC	217,104	40.27	96,744	17.94
3	Madras South	Vyjayanthimala		INC	336,353	51.92	Era Sezhiyan		JP	288,336	44.51	48,017	7.41
4	Sriperumbudur (SC)	Maragatham Chandrasekhar		INC	332,468	59.54	T. Nagaratnam		DMK	222,994	39.93	109,474	19.61
5	Chengalpattu	S. Jagathrakshakan		AIADMK	297,415	54.09	M. V. Ramu		DMK	239,206	43.50	58,209	10.59
6	Arakkonam	R. Jeevarathinam		INC	292,606	52.20	K. Govindan Pulavar		DMK	231,664	41.33	60,942	10.87
7	Vellore	A. C. Shanmugam		AIADMK	284,416	52.93	A. M. Ramalingam		DMK	209,693	39.02	74,723	13.91
8	Tiruppattur	A. Jayamohan		INC	298,159	55.59	M. Abdul Latheef		DMK	176,372	32.88	121,787	22.71
9	Vandavasi	L. Balaraman		INC	341,267	62.32	R. K. Pandian		DMK	206,375	37.68	134,892	24.64
10	Tindivanam	S. S. Eramasamy Padayatchi		INC	356,127	68.47	M. R. Lakshminarayanan		JP	154,269	29.66	201,858	38.81
11	Cuddalore	P. R. S. Venkatesan		INC	327,393	61.18	T. Ramu Alias Killivalavan		DMK	195,439	36.52	131,954	24.66
12	Chidambaram (SC)	P. Vallalperuman		INC	329,892	61.22	S. Kannapiran		DMK	209,001	38.78	120,891	22.44
13	Dharmapuri	M. Thambi Durai		AIADMK	333,427	63.33	Parvathi Krishnan		CPI	182,175	34.60	151,252	28.73
14	Krishnagiri	K. Ramamurthi		INC	304,854	64.74	T. Chandrasekaran		DMK	138,488	29.41	166,366	35.33
15	Rasipuram (SC)	B. Devarajan		INC	367,276	68.89	P. Duraisami		DMK	165,870	31.11	201,406	37.78
16	Salem	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam		INC	359,819	69.21	M. A. Kandasamy		JP	123,644	23.78	236,175	45.43
17	Tiruchengode	P. Kannan		AIADMK	426,648	60.93	M. Kandaswamy		DMK	268,582	38.35	158,066	22.58
18	Nilgiris	R. Prabhu		INC	341,824	60.31	C. T. Dhandapani		DMK	209,885	37.03	131,939	23.28
19	Gobichettipalayam	P. Kholandaivelu		AIADMK	338,243	64.49	P. A. Saminathan		DMK	177,616	33.86	160,627	30.63
20	Coimbatore	C. K. Kuppuswamy		INC	355,525	57.77	R. Umanath		CPI(M)	253,006	41.11	102,519	16.66
21	Pollachi (SC)	R. Anna Nambi		AIADMK	324,200	59.27	K. Krishnaswamy		DMK	222,770	40.73	101,430	18.54
22	Palani	A. Senapathy Gounder		INC	408,104	71.26	S. R. Velusamy		TNC	144,076	25.16	264,028	46.10
23	Dindigul	K. R. Natarajan		AIADMK	343,571	61.79	K. Maya Thevar		DMK	202,253	36.38	141,318	25.41
24	Madurai	A. G. Subburaman		INC	365,948	62.72	N. Sankariah		CPI(M)	192,937	33.07	173,011	29.65
25	Periyakulam	P. Selvendran		AIADMK	348,903	62.90	S. Agniraju		DMK	190,290	34.30	158,613	28.60
26	Karur	A. R. Murugaiah		INC	413,533	68.36	M. Kandaswamy		DMK	177,970	29.42	235,563	38.94
27	Tiruchirappalli	Adaikalaraj		INC	337,786	58.05	N. Selvarasu		DMK	234,881	40.37	102,905	17.68
28	Perambalur (SC)	S. Thangaraju		AIADMK	350,549	63.57	C. Thiyagarajan		DMK	197,780	35.87	152,769	27.70
29	Mayiladuturai	E. S. M. Pakeer Mohamed		INC	335,033	60.16	P. Kalayanam		DMK	215,390	38.68	119,643	21.48
30	Nagapattinam (SC)	M. Mahalingam		AIADMK	300,912	49.91	K. Murugaiyan		CPI	298,623	49.53	2,289	0.38
31	Thanjavur	Singaravadivel		INC	306,351	55.35	S. Palanimanickam		DMK	217,030	39.21	89,321	16.14
32	Pudukkottai	N. Sundararaj		INC	426,717	68.43	K. Veeriah		DMK	161,813	25.95	264,904	42.48
33	Sivaganga	P. Chidambaram		INC	377,160	68.10	Tha Krutinan		DMK	164,627	29.73	212,533	38.37
34	Ramanathapuram	V. Rajeshwaran		INC	274,922	51.09	M. S. K. Sathiyendren		DMK	174,778	32.48	100,144	18.61
35	Sivakasi	N. Soundararajan		AIADMK	323,786	53.69	A. Srinivasan		CPI	257,308	42.67	66,478	11.02
36	Tirunelveli	M. R. Janardhanan		AIADMK	296,897	57.64	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam		DMK	210,951	40.95	85,946	16.69
37	Tenkasi (SC)	M. Arunachalam		INC	360,517	68.09	R. Krishnan		CPI(M)	168,950	31.91	191,567	36.18
38	Tiruchendur	K. T. Kosalram		INC	345,381	71.27	Jawaharlal		JP	121,954	25.17	223,427	46.10
39	Nagercoil	N. Dennis		INC	235,365	50.01	P. Vijayaraghavan		JP	223,728	47.54	11,637	2.47

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

SI No.	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Maragatham Chandrasekar	Sriperumbudur (SC)	Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Women and Social Welfare	31 December 1984	25 September 1985		INC
2	P. Chidambaram	Sivaganga	Deputy Minister	Commerce	25 September 1985	27 September 1985
				Textiles	27 September 1985	4 October 1985
				Personnel, Administrative Reforms, Training, Public Grievances and Pensions	4 October 1985	20 January 1986
			Minister of State	Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	20 January 1986	2 December 1989
				Home Affairs	24 June 1986	2 December 1989
3	M. Arunachalam	Tenkasi (SC)	Minister of State	Industry (Industrial Development)	25 September 1985	2 December 1989
4	R. Prabhu	Nilgiris		Agriculture (Fertilizers)	22 October 1986	2 September 1989

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