Constituency
352. Arakkonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-ARAKKONAM
INC 52.2%won by 10.9%DMK 41.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 52.2% of the vote here (+52.2%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.7% to 74.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,57,665
Turnout
74.0%
Valid votes
5,60,559
Margin
60,942
10.87%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1R. JEEVARATHINAMIndian National Congress · INC2,92,60652.2%
- 2PULAVAR K. GOVINDANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,31,66441.3%
- 3M.D. KALYANASUNDARAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,4622.8%
- 4K. SELVARAJUIndependent · IND10,1581.8%
- 5A. KANTHAPPANIndependent · IND8,9671.6%
- 6PULAVAR MANI EZHILANIndependent · IND1,7020.3%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- +10.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 52.2%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 41.3%
- Turnout
- 65.3% → 74.0%