Constituency
46. Polur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984
TN-POLUR
INC 62.4%won by 26.3%DMK 36.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.0% to 26.3%.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 36.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
84,029
Margin
22,118
26.32%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1RAJABABU, J.Indian National Congress · INC52,43762.4%
- 2SUBRAMANTAN, T. K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK30,31936.1%
- 3SHUNMUGAM, R.Independent · IND1,2731.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −22.6%
- INC share
- 48.9% → 62.4%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 36.1%
- Turnout
- — → —