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88. Salem-I

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984

TN-SALEM-I

AIADMK 51.8%won by 5.6%DMK 46.2%

What changed here

Derived

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.8% to 5.6%.

  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 46.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 85.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,05,683
Margin
5,886
5.57%

Candidates

15 contested · winner AIADMK
  1. 1G.KRISHNARAJAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK54,74951.8%
  2. 2G.K. SUBASUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK48,86346.2%
  3. 3P.L. RASANIndependent · IND7900.7%
  4. 4C.S. RAJANIndependent · IND2760.3%
  5. 5R.RAGUNATHIndependent · IND2400.2%
  6. 6S.VENKATESA IYERIndependent · IND1270.1%
  7. 7N.THIYAGARAJIndependent · IND1080.1%
  8. 8P.SIVALINGAMIndependent · IND840.1%
  9. 9S.R.V. RAJENDRANIndependent · IND800.1%
  10. 10P.K.SELVARAJIndependent · IND770.1%
  11. 11E.ALAGIRIIndependent · IND750.1%
  12. 12M.PERIYATHAMBI UDAYERIndependent · IND680.1%
  13. 13T.PERIYASAMYIndependent · IND660.1%
  14. 14RAJENDRAN M.Independent · IND510.0%
  15. 15MOHAMMED M.Y.Independent · IND290.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
AIADMK
AIADMK–DMK swing
−47.0%
AIADMK share
52.5% → 51.8%
DMK share
0.0% → 46.2%
Turnout
— → —
87. Yercaud89. Salem-Ii
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