Constituency
371. Periyakulam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-PERIYAKULAM
ADK 62.9%won by 28.6%DMK 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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%
Candidates
8 contested · winner ADK- 1SELVENDRAN P.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK3,48,90362.9%
- 2AGNIRAJU S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,90,29034.3%
- 3PALANISAMY K.Independent · IND5,3761.0%
- 4SURULIVELU K.Independent · IND5,1220.9%
- 5AYYATHURAI K.Independent · IND2,4180.4%
- 6SAILANI S.S.Independent · IND1,1250.2%
- 7JAYAMANI K.Independent · IND8370.2%
- 8RAJENDRAN A.Independent · IND6330.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- ADKflipped
- ADK–DMK swing
- +32.6%
- ADK share
- 47.3% → 62.9%
- DMK share
- 51.3% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- 67.7% → 69.2%