Constituency
357. Cuddalore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-CUDDALORE
INC 61.2%won by 24.7%DMK 36.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 61.2% of the vote here (+61.2%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 36.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.1% to 73.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,33,050
Turnout
73.0%
Valid votes
5,35,105
Margin
1,31,954
24.66%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1VENKATESAN P.R.S.Indian National Congress · INC3,27,39361.2%
- 2RAMU T. ALIAS KILLIVALAVANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,95,43936.5%
- 3SEETHARAMAN R.V.Independent · IND9,5451.8%
- 4ABDUL WAHAP T.Independent · IND2,7280.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- +24.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 61.2%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 36.5%
- Turnout
- 63.9% → 73.0%