Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984 Registered 30,958,080 Turnout 22,591,943 (72.98%) 6.22% 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.
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Ministers of State (Deputy Minister)[ edit ]