Constituency
358. Chidambaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-CHIDAMBARAM
INC 61.2%won by 22.4%DMK 38.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 22.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 61.2% of the vote here (+61.2%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.9% to 73.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,34,012
Turnout
73.4%
Valid votes
5,38,893
Margin
1,20,891
22.43%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1VALLALPERUMAN P.Indian National Congress · INC3,29,89261.2%
- 2KANNAPIRAN S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,09,00138.8%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- +86.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 61.2%
- DMK share
- 63.6% → 38.8%
- Turnout
- 68.5% → 73.4%