Constituency
353. Vellore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-VELLORE
ADK 52.9%won by 13.9%DMK 39.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK), which now leads by 13.9%.
- ADK vote shareADK went from 0.0% to 52.9% of the vote here (+52.9%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 39.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.1% to 71.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,48,776
Turnout
71.8%
Valid votes
5,37,377
Margin
74,723
13.91%
Candidates
6 contested · winner ADK- 1A.C. SHANMUGAMAnna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK2,84,41652.9%
- 2A.M. RAMALINGAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,09,69339.0%
- 3D. GANGAPPAIndependent · IND37,3126.9%
- 4G.M.SAMYIndependent · IND2,0810.4%
- 5C. SRIPATHYICJ · ICJ1,9460.4%
- 6A.K.RAVINDRANIndependent · IND1,9290.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- ADKflipped
- ADK–DMK swing
- +13.9%
- ADK share
- 0.0% → 52.9%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 39.0%
- Turnout
- 59.6% → 71.8%