page_title: 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
hierarchical_section_title: 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
caption_attribution_description: English: made election map using borders from ECI website using Inkscape.
context_page_description: The eighth legislative assembly election for Tamil Nadu was held on 24 December 1984. Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the election and its leader, incumbent M. G. Ramachandran was sworn in as Chief Minister, for the third time. The election victory was mainly attributed to the sympathy wave created by Indira Gandhi's assassination and MGR's illness coupled with Rajiv Gandhi's popularity. This is the last election MGR contested as he died in office in 1987. This is also the only General Election which M. Karunanidhi did not contest since 1957 until his death.
context_section_description: The eighth legislative assembly election for Tamil Nadu was held on 24 December 1984. Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) won the election and its leader, incumbent M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) was sworn in as Chief Minister, for the third time. The election victory was mainly attributed to the sympathy wave created by Indira Gandhi's assassination and MGR's illness coupled with Rajiv Gandhi's popularity. This is the last election MGR contested as he died in office in 1987. This is also the only General Election which M. Karunanidhi did not contest since 1957 until his death.
caption: 1984 election map (by constituencies)
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