Election
Constituency

137. Thirumangalam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984

TN-THIRUMANGALAM

INC 55.2%won by 13.0%DMK 42.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.6% to 13.0%.

  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 42.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.5% of the vote between them, up from 88.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
83,549
Margin
10,842
12.98%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1N.S.V. CHITTHANIndian National Congress · INC46,14655.2%
  2. 2A.ATHIYANANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK35,30442.3%
  3. 3A. KALIYAPPANIndependent · IND1,2691.5%
  4. 4R.K. KANNANIndependent · IND5350.6%
  5. 5S. RAMAOORTHYIndependent · IND2950.4%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–DMK swing
−33.5%
INC share
46.4% → 55.2%
DMK share
0.0% → 42.3%
Turnout
— → —
136. Sedapatti138. Usilampatti
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