Constituency
71. Rishivandiyam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984
TN-RISHIVANDIYAM
INC 51.9%won by 6.1%DMK 45.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 6.6% to 6.1%.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 45.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
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
83,619
Margin
5,121
6.12%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1S.SIVARAJIndian National Congress · INC43,43951.9%
- 2M.NATESHA UDAYARDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK38,31845.8%
- 3K. THOPPALANIndependent · IND1,0401.2%
- 4P.RADHAIndependent · IND3560.4%
- 5T.ABDUL WAHABIndependent · IND2740.3%
- 6S.H. ABDULSALAMIndependent · IND1920.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −45.0%
- INC share
- 51.1% → 51.9%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 45.8%
- Turnout
- — → —