Constituency
127. Udhagamandalam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984
TN-UDHAGAMANDALAM
INC 63.0%won by 27.5%DMK 35.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.4% to 27.5%.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 35.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.4% of the vote between them, up from 89.2% — a tighter two-way 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
82,783
Margin
22,800
27.54%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1KALLAN K.Indian National Congress · INC52,14563.0%
- 2MAHALINGAM S.A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK29,34535.4%
- 3BELLI K.Independent · IND1,2931.6%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −24.3%
- INC share
- 51.8% → 63.0%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 35.4%
- Turnout
- — → —