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Constituency

371. Periyakulam

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-PERIYAKULAM

ADK 62.9%won by 28.6%DMK 34.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK), which now leads by 28.6%.

  • ADK vote shareADK went from 47.3% to 62.9% of the vote here (+15.6%).
  • Safe seatAnna Dravidar Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
8,01,476
Turnout
69.2%
Valid votes
5,54,704
Margin
1,58,613
28.59%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
ADKflipped
ADKDMK swing
+32.6%
ADK share
47.3% 62.9%
DMK share
51.3% 34.3%
Turnout
67.7% 69.2%