Constituency
359. Dharmapuri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-DHARMAPURI
ADK 63.3%won by 28.7%CPI 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK), which now leads by 28.7%.
- ADK vote shareADK went from 0.0% to 63.3% of the vote here (+63.3%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 34.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.1% to 67.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,80,371
Turnout
67.5%
Valid votes
5,26,456
Margin
1,51,252
28.73%
Candidates
3 contested · winner ADK- 1M. THAMBI DURIAIAnna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK3,33,42763.3%
- 2PARVATHI KRISHNANCommunist Party of India · CPI1,82,17534.6%
- 3P. V. DEVAKUMARVARMAIndependent · IND10,8542.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- ADKflipped
- ADK–CPI swing
- +28.7%
- ADK share
- 0.0% → 63.3%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- 54.4% → 67.5%