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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984

234 seats · 95 changed party since 1980

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Party standings

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984 · 9 parties won seats

Derived
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 132 seatsIndian National Congress — 61 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 24 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 5 seatsIndependent — 4 seatsJanata Party — 3 seatsCommunist Party of India — 2 seats2 other parties — 3 seats118234of 234 seats
  • AIADMK132
  • INC61
  • DMK24
  • CPM5
  • IND4
  • JNP3
  • CPI2
  • Others3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam13256%80,30,80937.0%155
INCIndian National Congress6126%35,29,70816.3%73
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam2410%63,62,77029.3%167
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)52%5,97,6222.8%16
INDIndependent42%16,19,9217.5%994
JNPJanata Party31%4,93,3742.3%16
CPICommunist Party of India21%5,67,5272.6%17
GKCGKC21%1,20,7040.6%4
AKDAKD10%47,2120.2%1

+ 3 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984 · winner by seat

234 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 118

1984 · selected
Majority 118
AIADMK132INC61DMK24CPM5IND4JNP3CPI2GKC2AKD1
1980 · previous
Majority 118

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1980 → 1984

1980 1984· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
38.8
37.0
20.9
16.3
22.1
29.3
3.2
2.8
7.2
7.5
AIADMKINCDMKCPMIND

Seat change

1984 seats minus 1980 seats

seats lostseats gained
AIADMK
129 → 132
+3
INC
31 → 61
+30
DMK
37 → 24
−13
CPM
11 → 5
−6
IND
8 → 4
−4
JNP
2 → 3
+1
CPI
9 → 2
−7
GKC
6 → 2
−4
AKD
0 → 1
+1
FBL
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1980 → 1984

share lostshare gained
DMK
22.1% → 29.3%
+7.2%
TNC
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
ICJ
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
FBL
0.3% → 0.0%
−0.3%
CPM
3.2% → 2.8%
−0.4%
JNP
2.8% → 2.3%
−0.5%
GKC
1.7% → 0.6%
−1.2%
AIADMK
38.8% → 37.0%
−1.7%
INC
20.9% → 16.3%
−4.6%

Biggest AIADMK–INC swings

Seats where the AIADMK-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1980 → 1984. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (AIADMK share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward AIADMK; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward AIADMK
Yercaud
−125.8%
Omalur
−124.2%
Vedaranyam
−109.8%
Gingee
−108.6%
Kulithalai
+107.3%
Dindigul
+106.1%
Avanashi
+105.8%
Udumalpet
−105.6%
Perundurai
+104.6%
Vandavasi
−103.5%
Cuddalore
−103.3%
Taramangalam
+102.8%

Closest races · 1984

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1984

234 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1980