Constituency
378. Pudukkottai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-PUDUKKOTTAI
INC 68.4%won by 42.5%DMK 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 42.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 68.4% of the vote here (+68.4%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 25.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.0% to 77.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,06,752
Turnout
77.3%
Valid votes
6,23,559
Margin
2,64,904
42.48%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1SUNDARARAJ N.Indian National Congress · INC4,26,71768.4%
- 2VEERIAH K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,61,81325.9%
- 3MUSTAFAKAMAL K.ICJ · ICJ16,9022.7%
- 4SINGARAVELU CHETTIAR R.M.M.Independent · IND6,6761.1%
- 5SELVAM M.Independent · IND5,1680.8%
- 6KALIAPERUMAL P.Independent · IND3,8620.6%
- 7MEERAMAIDEEN P.Independent · IND2,4210.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- +42.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 68.4%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- 79.3% → 77.3%