Constituency
216. Tenkasi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984
TN-TENKASI
INC 60.4%won by 22.9%DMK 37.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 22.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 49.0% to 60.4% of the vote here (+11.5%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 37.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
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
94,312
Margin
21,628
22.93%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1T.R. VENKATARAMANANIndian National Congress · INC57,01160.4%
- 2M.KUTHALINGAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK35,38337.5%
- 3A.M. SUBBNIAHIndependent · IND8490.9%
- 4A.S. THIRUMALAIIndependent · IND7260.8%
- 5M.MOHAIDDEN PICHAIIndependent · IND3430.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- −26.0%
- INC share
- 49.0% → 60.4%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 37.5%
- Turnout
- — → —