Constituency
140. Sholavandan
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984
TN-SHOLAVANDAN
INC 53.4%won by 21.3%JNP 32.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 21.3%.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 32.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.4% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
83,337
Margin
17,772
21.33%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1CHANDRASEKARAN A.Indian National Congress · INC44,46453.4%
- 2RAJANGAM S. P.Janata Party · JNP26,69232.0%
- 3CHELLAPANDI K.Independent · IND10,16312.2%
- 4VALLIAMMAL D.Independent · IND6900.8%
- 5SUNDARAMAHALINGAM S.Independent · IND5260.6%
- 6PALANICHAMY REDDIAR, N.V.Independent · IND4970.6%
- 7KARUTHAPANDIAN T. K.Independent · IND3050.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −29.0%
- INC share
- 50.3% → 53.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 32.0%
- Turnout
- — → —