Election
Constituency

156. Thottiyam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984

TN-THOTTIYAM

INC 68.4%won by 40.9%DMK 27.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 40.9%.

  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 27.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.9% of the vote between them, up from 85.4% — 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
96,700
Margin
39,516
40.86%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PERIYASAMYIndian National Congress · INC66,13168.4%
  2. 2VADIVEL S. R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK26,61527.5%
  3. 3THANGAVEL, R.Independent · IND2,2102.3%
  4. 4PALANIYANDI, P.Independent · IND6640.7%
  5. 5VELUSAMY, K.Independent · IND4400.5%
  6. 6VEERAMANI, A. P.Independent · IND4210.4%
  7. 7RAMAMOORTHY A. P.Independent · IND2190.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–DMK swing
−2.0%
INC share
42.9% → 68.4%
DMK share
0.0% → 27.5%
Turnout
— → —
155. Kulithalai157. Uppiliapuram
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