Constituency
80. Morappur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984
TN-MORAPPUR
INC 50.8%won by 15.7%DMK 35.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 39.8% to 50.8% of the vote here (+11.0%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 35.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.8% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.
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
78,355
Margin
12,326
15.73%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1THEERTHAGIRI GOUNDER T.Indian National Congress · INC39,77950.8%
- 2SAMIKANNU V.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK27,45335.0%
- 3RAMACHANDRAN R.Independent · IND8,81311.2%
- 4MARIAPPAN T.M.A.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,5282.0%
- 5MARYDASS M.Independent · IND7821.0%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- −24.0%
- INC share
- 39.8% → 50.8%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 35.0%
- Turnout
- — → —