Constituency
164. Jayankondam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984
TN-JAYANKONDAM
INC 62.9%won by 38.0%JNP 24.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.6% to 38.0%.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 24.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
91,310
Margin
34,690
37.99%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1MASILAMANI, N.Indian National Congress · INC57,46862.9%
- 2J. PANNIRSELVAMJanata Party · JNP22,77824.9%
- 3G. THIAGARAJANIndependent · IND6,7787.4%
- 4S. GANGASALAMICJ · ICJ1,9432.1%
- 5P. ANBARASANIndependent · IND1,4321.6%
- 6T. K. ANNANIndependent · IND5290.6%
- 7A. K. MOORTHYIndependent · IND2620.3%
- 8K. R. VIJAYA KUMARIIndependent · IND1200.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −7.8%
- INC share
- 45.8% → 62.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 24.9%
- Turnout
- — → —