The

1984 Indian general election General elections were held in India in 1984 soon after the assassination of previous Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, though the vote in Assam and Punjab was delayed until 1985 due to ongoing fighting. The elections were a landslide victory for ...

polls in

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

and its ally

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...

, winning 37 out of 39 seats. The other 2 seats were won by the opposition,

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

. 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.

Voting and results

1984 tamil nadu lok sabha election map by parties

Results by Alliance

* 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

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Ministers of State (Deputy Minister)

Bibliography

Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha

External links

Website of Election Commission of India

CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History
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