# 1984 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

The 1984 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for Indian National Congress and its ally All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, winning 37 out of 39 seats. The other 2 seats were won by the opposition, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. This marks the start of the dominance of INC-AIADMK, for the next decade winning 38 seats in 1989 election and all 39 seats in 1991 election. The allocation of seats were done what was later dubbed, "The M.G.R formula". Where the regional party would contest 70% of the assembly seats and the national party would be given 70% of the Lok Sabha seats.

## Seat Allotment
### Congress Front

| No. | Party | Leader | Seats |
| 1. | Indian National Congress | Rajiv Gandhi | 26 |
| 2. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. G. Ramachandran | 12 |
| 3. | Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress | Kumari Ananthan | 1 |

### Janata Alliance

| No. | Party | Leader | Seats |
| 1. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi | 27 |
| 2. | Janata Party | Era.Sezilyan | 5 |
| 3. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | A.Nallasivam | 3 |
| 4. | Communist Party of India | P.Manickam | 3 |
| 4. | Tamilnadu Congress | | 1 |

## Voting and results

| Alliance | Alliance | Party | Party | Popular Vote | Percentage | Swing | Seats won | Seat Change |
| | AIADMK+ | | Indian National Congress | 8,755,871 | 40.51% | 8.89% | 25 | 5 |
| | AIADMK+ | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3,968,967 | 18.36% | 7.02% | 12 | 10 |
| | AIADMK+ | | Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress | 217,104 | 1.00% | new party | 0 | new party |
| | AIADMK+ | | Total | 12,941,942 | 59.87% | 2.87% | 37 | 15 |
| | DMK+ | | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 5,597,507 | 25.90% | 2.89% | 2 | 14 |
| | DMK+ | | Janata Party | 911,931 | 4.22% | 3.74% | 0 | |
| | DMK+ | | Communist Party of India | 738,106 | 3.41% | 0.18% | 0 | |
| | DMK+ | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 614,893 | 2.84% | 0.37% | 0 | |
| | DMK+ | | Tamil Nadu Congress | 144,076 | 0.67% | new party | 0 | new party |
| | DMK+ | | Total | 8,006,513 | 37.04% | 0.73% | 2 | 14 |
| | Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) | Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) | Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) | 56,704 | 0.26% | new party | 0 | new party |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party | 15,462 | 0.07% | new party | 0 | new party |
| | Independents | Independents | Independents | 593,382 | 2.76% | 1.65% | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 21,614,003 | 100.00% | | 39 | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 21,614,003 | 95.67% | 95.67% | 95.67% | 95.67% |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 977,940 | 4.33% | 4.33% | 4.33% | 4.33% |
| Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 22,591,943 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Registered Voters/Turnout | Registered Voters/Turnout | Registered Voters/Turnout | Registered Voters/Turnout | 30,958,080 | 72.98% | 6.22% | 6.22% | 6.22% |
* The seats from 1980 election, represents the seats of the coalition in this election, and the seats represented from Congress is from the Indira faction.

## List of Elected MPs

| Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin | Runner-up$^a$ | Party$^a$ |
| Madras North | N. V. N. Somu | DMK | 36,450 | G. Lakshmanan | INC |
| Madras Central | A. Kalanidhi | DMK | 96,744 | E. Paul Ernest | GKC |
| Madras South | Vyjayanthimala | INC | 48,017 | Era. Sezhiyan | JP |
| Sriperumbudur | Maragatham Chandrasekar | INC | 109,474 | T. Nagaratnam | DMK |
| Chengalpattu | S. Jagathrakshagan | AIADMK | 58,209 | M. V. Ramu | DMK |
| Arakkonam | R. Jeevarathinam | INC | 60,942 | Pulavar K. Govindan | DMK |
| Vellore | A. C. Shanmugam | AIADMK | 74,723 | A. M. Ramalingam | DMK |
| Tiruppattur | A. Jayamohan | INC | 121,787 | M.Abdul Lathief | DMK |
| Vandavasi | L. Balaraman | INC | 134,892 | R. K. Pandian | DMK |
| Tindivanam | S. S. Ramasamy Padayachi | INC | 201,858 | M. R. Lakshmi Narayanan | JP |
| Cuddalore | P. R. S. Venkatesan | INC | 131,954 | T. Ramu | DMK |
| Chidambaram | P. Vallalperuman | INC | 120,891 | S. Kannapiran | DMK |
| Dharmapuri | M. Thambi Durai | AIADMK | 151,252 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI |
| Krishnagiri | Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy | INC | 166,366 | T. Chandrasekaran | DMK |
| Rasipuram | B. Devarajan | INC | 201,406 | P. Duraisami | DMK |
| Salem | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam | INC | 236,175 | M. A. Kandasamy | JP |
| Tiruchengode | P. Kannan | AIADMK | 158,066 | M. Kandaswamy | DMK |
| Nilgiris | R. Prabhu | INC | 131,939 | C. T. Dhandapani | DMK |
| Gobichettipalayam | P. Kolandaivelu | AIADMK | 160,627 | P. A. Saminathan | DMK |
| Coimbatore | C. K. Kuppuswamy | INC | 102,519 | R. Umanath | CPI(M) |
| Pollachi | K. R. Natarajan | AIADMK | 101,430 | K. Krishnaswamy | DMK |
| Palani | A. Senapathi Gounder | INC | 264,028 | S. R. Velusamy | TNC(K) |
| Dindigul | K. R. Natarajan | AIADMK | 141,318 | K. Maya Thevar | DMK |
| Madurai | A. G. Subburaman | INC | 173,011 | N. Sankaraiah | CPI(M) |
| Periyakulam | P. Selvendran | AIADMK | 158,613 | S. Agniraju | DMK |
| Karur | A. R. Murugiah | INC | 235,563 | M. Kandaswamy | DMK |
| Tiruchirappalli | Adaikalaraj | INC | 102,905 | N. Selvaraj | DMK |
| Perambalur | S. Thangaraju | AIADMK | 152,769 | C. Thiagarajan | DMK |
| Mayiladuthurai | E. S. M. Pakeer Mohammad | INC | 119,643 | P. Kalyanam | DMK |
| Nagapattinam | M. Mahalingam | AIADMK | 2,289 | K. Murugayan | CPI |
| Thanjavur | S. Singaravadivel | INC | 89,321 | S. Palnimanickam | DMK |
| Pudukkottai | N. Sundararaj | INC | 264,904 | K. Veeriah | DMK |
| Sivaganga | P. Chidambaram | INC | 212,533 | Tha. Kiruttinan | DMK |
| Ramanathapuram | V. Rajeshwaran | INC | 100,144 | M. S. K. Sathyendran | DMK |
| Sivakasi | N. Soundararajan | AIADMK | 66,478 | A. Srinivasan | CPI |
| Tirunelveli | M. R. Janardhanan | AIADMK | 85,946 | D. S. A. Sivaprakasam | DMK |
| Tenkasi | M. Arunachalam | INC | 191,567 | R. Krishnan | CPI(M) |
| Tiruchendur | K. T. Kosalram | INC | 223,427 | Jawaharlal | JP |
| Nagercoil | N. Dennis | INC | 11,637 | P. Vijayaraghavan | JP |

## Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu
### Ministers of State (Deputy Minister)

| Minister | Party | Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha | Portfolios |
| P. Chidambaram | INC | Sivaganga | Minister of Commerce |
| M. Arunachalam | INC | Tenkasi | Minister of Industry |