Constituency
131. Periyakulam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984
TN-PERIYAKULAM
AIADMK 63.0%won by 28.8%DMK 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.9% to 28.8%.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Safe seatAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 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
92,044
Margin
26,467
28.75%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1MOHAMMED SALEEM T.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK58,02163.0%
- 2MAYA THEVAR ALIAS MAYAN P.N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK31,55434.3%
- 3AYYATHURAI K.Independent · IND1,3041.4%
- 4JEYARAMAN T.R.Independent · IND4420.5%
- 5SULAIMAN S.P.M.Independent · IND3080.3%
- 6KUPPUSAMY V.K.K.K.Independent · IND2960.3%
- 7MURUGHAN S.Independent · IND1190.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- AIADMK
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- −25.3%
- AIADMK share
- 54.0% → 63.0%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —