Who won Dharmapuri in the 1984 Assembly election?

CHINNASAMY R. of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won Dharmapuri in the 1984 Assembly election with 46,383 votes (54.2% vote share), a margin of 8,454 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

82. Dharmapuri

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984

TN-DHARMAPURI

DMK 54.2%won by 9.9%AIADMK 44.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 9.9%.

DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 54.2% of the vote here (+54.2%).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.5% of the vote between them, up from 90.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

85,566

Margin

8,454

9.88%

Candidates

3 contested · winner DMK

1CHINNASAMY R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK46,38354.2%
2ARANGANATHAN S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK37,92944.3%
3RANGARAJAN T.C.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,2541.5%

Since 1980

Derived

Winner then: AIADMK
Winner now: DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing: +56.0%
DMK share: 0.0% → 54.2%
AIADMK share: 46.1% → 44.3%
Turnout: — → —

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