Constituency
347. Madras North
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-MADRAS-NORTH
DMK 52.2%won by 7.3%INC 44.9%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.2% to 7.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 44.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 19.5% to 50.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,91,099
Turnout
50.6%
Valid votes
5,01,827
Margin
36,450
7.26%
Candidates
26 contested · winner DMK- 1N.V.N.SOMUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,61,94152.2%
- 2G.LAKSHMANANIndian National Congress · INC2,25,49144.9%
- 3R.ELILARASUIndependent · IND2,1250.4%
- 4KISHANLAL JAINIndependent · IND1,4480.3%
- 5P.PANDIANIndependent · IND1,2630.3%
- 6N.S.N MOHAMED EBRAHIMIndependent · IND8320.2%
- 7M.E. SAMBASIVAMIndependent · IND7570.2%
- 8K.AMARCHANDIndependent · IND7500.1%
- 9V.S.A. BABUIndependent · IND7310.1%
- 10T.RAJAN MATHEWSICJ · ICJ6540.1%
- 11ABDUL AZEEZIndependent · IND6530.1%
- 12P.K.SADASIVAMIndependent · IND4770.1%
- 13D.DEV ANAND MICHAELIndependent · IND4590.1%
- 14P.SAROJINIIndependent · IND4510.1%
- 15E.JAGANNATHANIndependent · IND4260.1%
- 16AARAMGURU ALIAS BALASUBRAMANIANIndependent · IND3790.1%
- 17K.KRISHNANIndependent · IND3660.1%
- 18S.KRISHANIndependent · IND3560.1%
- 19M.NITHYANANDHAMIndependent · IND3440.1%
- 20K.MARIAPPANIndependent · IND3180.1%
- 21T. PALANIIndependent · IND3050.1%
- 22S.HARIIndependent · IND3050.1%
- 23M.MUTHUKKARUPPANIndependent · IND2970.1%
- 24MANAKCHAND NAHARIndependent · IND2650.1%
- 25BALASUNDRAM ALIAS BALANIndependent · IND2490.0%
- 26O.A. VARADA DESIGANIndependent · IND1850.0%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–INC swing
- −50.1%
- DMK share
- 57.3% → 52.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 44.9%
- Turnout
- 70.2% → 50.6%