Constituency
364. Nilgiris
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-NILGIRIS
INC 60.3%won by 23.3%DMK 37.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 60.3% of the vote here (+60.3%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 37.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.3% to 68.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,27,733
Turnout
68.5%
Valid votes
5,66,742
Margin
1,31,939
23.28%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1R.PRABHUIndian National Congress · INC3,41,82460.3%
- 2C.T. DHANDAPANIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,09,88537.0%
- 3KOVAI GANESANIndependent · IND3,2030.6%
- 4K.DEVAPPANIndependent · IND2,9880.5%
- 5J.D.RAJUIndependent · IND2,4300.4%
- 6V. SUBRAMANIIndependent · IND2,3560.4%
- 7A.S.J. SELVARAJIndependent · IND2,2740.4%
- 8P. KESAVANIndependent · IND1,7820.3%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- +23.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 60.3%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 37.0%
- Turnout
- 65.1% → 68.5%