Constituency
383. Tenkasi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-TENKASI
INC 68.1%won by 36.2%CPM 31.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 36.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 68.1% of the vote here (+68.1%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 31.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.7% to 72.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,35,912
Turnout
72.0%
Valid votes
5,29,467
Margin
1,91,567
36.18%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1M. ARUNACHALAMIndian National Congress · INC3,60,51768.1%
- 2R. KRISHNANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,68,95031.9%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +36.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 68.1%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 31.9%
- Turnout
- 64.2% → 72.0%