1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:	1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Country:	India
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Turnout:	73.47%
Previous Election:	1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:	1980
Next Election:	1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:	1989
Election Date:	24 December 1984
Seats For Election:	All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
Party1:	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Leader1:	M. G. Ramachandran
Leaders Seat1:	Andipatti
Alliance1:	Congress alliance
Seats1:	195
Seat Change1:	29
Popular Vote1:	11,681,221
Percentage1:	53.87%
Swing1:	4.95%
Party2:	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Leader2:	M. Karunanidhi
Alliance2:	Janata alliance
Leaders Seat2:	did not contest
Seats2:	34
Seat Change2:	25
Popular Vote2:	8,021,293
Percentage2:	37.00%
Swing2:	7.43%
Map Size:	200px
Chief Minister
Before Election:	M. G. Ramachandran
Before Party:	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
After Election:	M. G. Ramachandran
After Party:	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Majority Seats:	118

The eighth legislative assembly election for Tamil Nadu was held on 24 December 1984. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the election and its general secretary, incumbent M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R) 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 M.G.R's illness coupled with Rajiv Gandhi's popularity. This is the last election M.G.R 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. As of 2023, this is the last election where the ruling party gained seats.

Background

Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31 October 1984. During the same time, M. G. Ramachandran was diagnosed with kidney failure and admitted in a hospital in New York City. Rajiv Gandhi assumed office immediately. Rajiv Gandhi felt that his Government required a fresh mandate from the people, and dissolved the Lok Sabha a year before its actual end of term, for fresh general elections. At the same time, Chief minister of Tamilnadu, M.G.R recommended dissolution of Tamil Nadu State Assembly a year ahead of end of term, to use the sympathy wave of Congress, and also check his popularity. Indian National Congress (Indira) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam formed an alliance and contested both general elections.^[1] ^[2]

Parties

National parties Bharatiya Janta Party, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Indian National Congress and Janata Party, state parties All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Indian Congress (J), and registered unrecognised parties Ambedkar Kranti Dal, Gandhi Kamaraj National and Tamil Nadu Congress (K) contested the election.

Seat allocation

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.This would be the last election M.G.R contested, due to his death during his chief ministership.

Campaigning

M. G. Ramachandran was confined to the hospital. Video coverage of M.G.R recuperating in hospital along with Indira Gandhi's assassination were stitched together by AIADMK man in charge of campaigning R. M. Veerappan. The video was distributed and played across all over Tamil Nadu. Rajiv Gandhi visited cyclone-hit areas in Tamil Nadu which also boosted the alliance. The sympathy wave created by Indira's assassination, M.G.R's illness and Rajiv Gandhi's charisma helped the alliance sweep the election.^[1] ^[2] DMK leader M. Karunanidhi did not contest this election, due to the fact that the AIADMK founder M.G.R was admitted to a hospital in the U.S. and Indira Gandhi being assassinated.^[3]

Seat allotments

AIADMK Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.				155
2.				73
3.				4

DMK Front

No.	Leader	Seats
1.		176
2.	P. Manickam	17
3.		A. Nallasivan	16
4.		16

Voting and results

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

!colspan=10||-! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party!style="width:4px" |! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote %! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %^‡|-! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance! style="background-color:" | | 195| +29| 11,681,221| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 53.9%|-|AIADMK! style="background-color:" | | 132| +3| 8,030,809| 37.0%| 54.3%|-|INC! style="background-color:" | | 61| +30| 3,529,708| 16.3%| 54.5%|-|GKC! style="background-color: teal" || 2| -4| 120,704| 0.6%| 40.4%|-! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ alliance! style="background-color: " || 34| -25| 8,021,293| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 37.0%|-|DMK! style="background-color: " || 24| -13| 6,362,770| 29.3%| 40.8%|-|CPI(M)! style="background-color: " || 5| -6| 597,622| 2.8%| 39.6%|-|JNP! style="background-color: " || 3| +1| 493,374| 2.3%| 36.4%|-|CPI! style="background-color: " || 2| -7| 567,527| 2.6%| 35.5%|-! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others! style="background-color:gray" || 5| -4| 1,983,959| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 9.1%|-|IND! style="background-color: " || 4| -4| 1,619,921| 7.5%| 7.9%|-|AKD! style="background-color:"|| 1| –| 47,212| 0.7%| 57.2%|-|TNC! style="background-color: " || 0| –| 152,315| 0.7%| 34.9%|-|ICJ! style="background-color:"|| 0| –| 110,121| 0.5%| 3.2%|-|BJP! style="background-color:"|| 0| –| 54,390| 0.3%| 3.7%|-! style="text-align:center;" |Total! style="background-color: " |! 234! –! 21,686,473! 100%! style="text-align:center;" | –|-|}‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India ^[4]

By constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency

! colspan="2"
Assembly Constituency	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
k	Name	Candidate	Party		data-sort-type=number	Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Margin	data-sort-type=number	Votes	%
1	Royapuram	P. Punnurangam		40,727	50.26	K. Rajan		39,432	48.66	1,295
2	Harbour	A. Selvarasan		38,953	55.3	K. Liakath Ali Khan		30,649	43.51	8,304
3	Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar	Venugopal S.		54,334	50.71	S. P. Sarguna Pandian		50,483	47.12	3,851
4	Park Town	K. Anbazhagan		37,540	50.89	Jothi. M.		34,613	46.92	2,927
5	Perambur	Parithi Ilamvazhuthi		53,325	53.04	Sathyavani Muthu		46,121	45.87	7,204
6	Purasawalkam	Nanjil K. Manoharan		61,246	51.14	Suppu. K.		56,736	47.37	4,510
7	Egmore	S. Balan		29,795	51.84	Sri Ramulu K. R.		27,246	47.41	2,549
8	Anna Nagar	S. M. Ramachandran		63,854	52.59	Kothandaraman V.		56,128	46.22	7,726
9	Thiyagaraya Nagar	K. Sourirajan		49,038	49.26	G. Kalivaradan		40,154	40.34	8,884
10	Thousand Lights	K. A. Krishnaswamy		46,246	50.36	M. K. Stalin		43,954	47.86	2,292
11	Chepauk	A. Rahman Khan		36,234	56.26	Sri Ramulu K. R.		27,246	47.41	8,988
12	Triplicane	Abdul Samad		36,410	50.52	K. S. G. Haja Shareef		30,302	42.05	6,108
13	Mylapore	B. Valarmathi		51,870	51.68	Bharathi. R. S.		46,396	46.22	5,474
14	Saidapet	Saidai Duraisamy		52,869	49.35	Purushothaman. D.		52,679	49.17	190
15	Gummidipoondi	R. S. Munirathinam		55,221	55.56	K. Vezhavendan		43,174	43.44	12,047
16	Ponneri	K. P. K. Sekar Alias K. P. Kulasekaran		61,559	59.05	K. Sundaram		41,655	39.96	19,904
17		G. K. J. Baarathi		65,194	54.26	T. K. Palaniswamy		53,684	44.68	11,510
18	Villivakkam	V. P. Chintan		81,595	48.21	J. C. D. Prabhakar		80,549	47.59	1,046
19	Alandur	M. Abraham		61,300	49.14	Mohanarangam. R.		60,394	48.41	906
20	Tambaram	Ella Rajamanickam		75,155	51.75	M. A. Vaithyalingam		68,009	46.83	7,146
21	Thiruporur	Thamizhmani		38,075	47.28	Chokkalingam. G.		31,641	39.29	6,434
22	Chengalpattu	P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan		45,423	50.14	Rudrakotti. V.		44,203	48.8	1,220
23	Maduranthakam	C. Arumugam		40,105	46.21	Sachuthanandam		37,745	43.49	2,360
24	Acharapakkam	K. Ethirajan		43,323	54.66	E. Ramakrishnan		34,744	43.83	8,579
25	Uthiramerur	Narasimma Pallavan. K.		57,797	57.21	Ponmozhi. C. V. M. A.		40,007	39.6	17,790
26	Kancheepuram	K. Balaji		60,363	55.31	Palani Raja Kumar. C. M.		47,362	43.4	13,001
27	Sriperumbudur	D. Yasodha		46,421	53.94	Panchatcharam. K. M.		34,601	40.21	11,820
28		G. Ananthakrishna		55,129	55.97	D. Rajarathinam		40,562	41.18	14,567
29		S. Pattabiraman		44,461	51.73	S. R. Munirathinam		39,908	46.43	4,553
30		R. Shanmugam		41,669	50.48	Chiranjeevulu Naidu. C.		37,740	45.72	3,929
31	Pallipet	Narasimhan. P. N.		34,935	39.96	Bakambaram. A.		28,724	32.85	6,211
32	Arakkonam	V. K. Raju		52,657	52.24	M. Vijayasarathy		46,344	45.98	6,313
33	Sholingur	N. Shanmugam		47,967	51.38	K. Moorthi		43,918	47.05	4,049
34	Ranipet	M. Kadirvelu		56,068	55.6	Abdul Jabbar V. M.		33,337	33.06	22,731
35	Arcot	T. Palani		52,222	58.96	Arcot N. Veerasamy		34,509	38.96	17,713
36	Katpadi	G. Raghupathi		53,077	57.08	Durai Murugan		36,839	39.62	16,238
37	Gudiyatham	R. Govindasamy		32,077	39.15	A. K. Sundararajan		25,630	31.28	6,447
38	Pernambut	K. Thamizharasan		47,813	56.17	V. Govindan		36,420	42.78	11,393
39	Vaniyambadi	H. Abdul Majeed		39,141	45.36	A. P. Abdul Majid		37,856	43.87	1,285
40	Natrampalli	T. Anbazhagan		56,503	58.55	N. K. Raja		27,293	28.28	29,210
41	Tirupattur (Vellore)	Shanmugam Y.		46,884	49.02	B. Sundaram		28,781	30.09	18,103
42	Chengam	T. Swamikannu		45,770	61.42	P. Anbalagan		21,039	28.23	24,731
43	Thandarambattu	E. Vachiravelu		53,422	58.96	D. Venugopal		34,649	38.24	18,773
44	Tiruvannamalai	A. S. Ravindran		49,782	51.31	S. Murugaiyan		44,409	45.77	5,373
45	Kalasapakkam	Pandurangan. M.		54,969	58.78	P. S. Thiruvengadam		35,303	37.75	19,666
46	Polur	Rajababu. J.		52,437	62.4	Subramantan. T. K.		30,319	36.08	22,118
47	Anaikattu	V. R. Krishnasamy		45,312	58.42	Rajagopal. P. N.		26,692	34.42	18,620
48	Vellore	Devaraj. V. M.		54,453	54.01	A. K. Ranganathan		44,430	44.07	10,023
49	Arani	M. Chinnakulandai		54,653	54.83	R. Sivanandam		43,620	43.76	11,033
50	Cheyyar	K. Murugan		53,945	58.46	Babu Janarthanam		37,405	40.53	16,540
51	Vandavasi	A. Arumugham		48,712	53.29	V. Rajagopal		38,326	41.93	10,386
52	Peranamallur	R. Hari Kumar		49,591	54.39	A. Rajendran		37,599	41.24	11,992
53	Melmalayanur	P. U. Shanmugam		61,289	67.63	P. R. Aranganathan		27,343	30.17	33,946
54	Gingee	Muruganandam. T. N.		56,156	60.61	Ramachandran. N.		34,054	36.76	22,102
55	Tindivanam	K. M. Thangamani		45,404	58.67	Subramanya Kounder		26,088	33.71	19,316
56	Vanur	M. N. Ramajayam		58,196	64.54	A. Poopalan		31,980	35.46	26,216
57	Kandamangalam	V. Subramanian		53,211	58.01	Alaguvelu S.		38,514	41.99	14,697
58	Villupuram	Rajarathinam Mani M.		50,156	52.71	Palaniappan K. P.		36,302	38.15	13,854
59	Mugaiyur	Chandrasekar. M.		45,863	56.87	Sampath. A. G.		31,128	38.6	14,735
60	Thirunavalur	Menoharan T. N. G. A.		40,539	49.79	Balasubramanian A. V.		32,566	40	7,973
61	Ulundurpet	K. Murugesan Anandan		56,200	63.18	K. Varaharajulu		29,318	32.96	26,882
62	Nellikuppam	Anbarasan Alias Ramalingam		48,018	56.71	Govindarajan		26,641	31.46	21,377
63	Cuddalore	V. G. Cheelappa		53,759	58.02	V. Krishnamurthy		37,063	40	16,696
64	Panruti	S. Ramachandaran		51,900	53.97	K. Nandagopala Krishnan		44,263	46.03	7,637
65	Kurinjipadi	A. Thangarasu		45,400	49.9	C. Kuppusami		34,434	37.85	10,966
66	Bhuvanagiri	V. V. Swaminathan		51,922	56.2	Durai Krishnamoorthy		39,621	42.89	12,301
67	Kattumannarkoil	S. Jayachandran		42,928	50.67	K. P. Thangaswamy		41,796	49.33	1,132
68	Chidambaram	K. R. Ganapathi		47,067	54.55	K. S. Subramanian		37,824	43.84	9,243
69	Vriddhachalam	R. Thiyagarajan		53,731	57.33	D. Rasavelu		35,609	37.99	18,122
70	Mangalore	S. Thangaraju		55,408	61.4	N. Muthuvel		32,273	35.76	23,135
71	Rishivandiyam	S. Sivaraj		43,439	51.95	M. Natesha Udayar		38,318	45.82	5,121
72	Chinnasalem	S. Sivaraman		53,630	63.65	Periyasamy D.		30,633	36.35	22,997
73	Sankarapuram	S. Kalitheerthan		53,162	59.49	K. Venkatapathy		29,131	32.6	24,031
74	Hosur	T. Venkata Reddy		35,293	48.37	E. Venkatasamy		15,096	20.69	20,197
75	Thalli	K. V. Venugopal		36,441	49.05	D. C. Vijayendraiah		34,017	45.79	2,424
76	Kaveripattinam	K. Samarasam		47,212	57.18	V. C. Govindasamy Gounder		31,533	38.19	15,679
77	Krishnagiri	Chinnaraju K. R.		40,585	54.83	Kanchana		29,570	39.95	11,015
78	Bargur	T. M. Venkatachalam		57,388	69.71	Veeramani P. V.		24,577	29.86	32,811
79	Harur	R. Rajamanickam		60,106	66.96	Annamalai M.		27,799	30.97	32,307
80	Morappur	Theerthagiri Gounder T.		39,779	50.77	Samikannu V.		27,453	35.04	12,326
81	Palacode	Theertharaman P.		55,459	65.93	Munusamigounder M. B.		26,045	30.96	29,414
82	Dharmapuri	R. Chinnasamy		46,383	54.21	Aranganathan S.		37,929	44.33	8,454
83	Pennagaram	H. G. Arumugam		44,616	54.98	Nanjappan N.		25,518	31.45	19,098
84	Mettur	Machimuthu K. P.		46,083	48.15	Gurusamy K.		28,253	29.52	17,830
85	Taramangalam	S. Semmalai		63,407	69.68	Arjunan K.		25,429	27.95	37,978
86	Omalur	Anbalagan		51,703	66.04	Kuppusamy S.		22,961	29.33	28,742
87	Yercaud	Thirugnanam P. R.		48,787	74.4	Manickam. K		16,785	25.6	32,002
88	Salem-I	G. Krishnaraj		54,749	51.8	G. K. Subasu		48,863	46.24	5,886
89	Salem-Ii	Arumugam		49,339	53.79	Veerapandy S. Arumugam		41,333	45.07	8,006
90	Veerapandi	P. Vijayalakshmi		61,609	63.7	Subramaniams		33,549	34.69	28,060
91	Panamarathupatty	Rajaram K.		48,726	60.35	Sivalingam. S. R.		27,810	34.45	20,916
92	Attur	C. Palanimuthu		55,927	66.53	A. M. Ramaswamy		24,804	29.51	31,123
93	Talavasal	T. Rajambal		53,104	64.73	R. Ravichandar		25,291	30.83	27,813
94	Rasipuram	Ramalingam K. P.		51,565	52.45	Kaliappan. P.		41,087	41.79	10,478
95	Sendamangalam	S. Sivaprakasam		54,129	64.17	Kalavathi. S.		26,277	31.15	27,852
96	Namakkal	R. Arunachalam		58,158	56.93	K. Veluchami		40,868	40.01	17,290
97	Kapilamalai	P. Sengottaiyan		51,233	53.52	K. A. Mani		40,090	41.88	11,143
98	Tiruchengodu	Ponnaiyan C.		77,659	55.38	Kandasamy. M. M.		58,437	41.67	19,222
99	Sankari	P. Dhanapal		58,276	56.99	Murugesan. S.		41,906	40.98	16,370
100	Edapadi	Govindaswamy		68,583	64.78	Arumugam. P.		27,860	26.32	40,723
101	Mettupalayam	Chinnaraj. M.		61,951	59.6	Mathiyan. M.		41,527	39.95	20,424
102	Avanashi	Lakshmi P.		58,677	67.3	Arumugam. M.		24,504	28.11	34,173
103	Thondamuthur	Aranganayakam		67,679	57.48	Vellingiri. U. K.		45,353	38.52	22,326
104	Singanallur	Sengalippan R.		54,787	49.37	Subramaniam. A.		49,856	44.92	4,931
105	Coimbatore (West)	M. Ramanathan		44,542	51.91	Hakkeem M. A.		37,650	43.87	6,892
106	Coimbatore (East)	K. Ramani		40,891	48.14	Kovai Thambi		39,832	46.89	1,059
107	Perur	A. Natarasan		58,302	52.63	K. Marudasalam		51,241	46.26	7,061
108	Kinathukadavu	K. V. Kandaswamy		50,375	56.69	M. Kannappan		38,492	43.31	11,883
109	Pollachi	M. V. Rathinam		54,337	52.6	S. Raju		47,527	46.01	6,810
110	Valparai	V. Thangavelu		48,779	63.46	A. T. Karuppiah		26,109	33.97	22,670
111	Udumalaipettai	S. Thirumalaisamy Gounder		56,004	53.3	R. T. Mariyappan		46,526	44.28	9,478
112	Dharapuram	Periasamy. A.		51,919	59.09	Ayyasamy. R.		35,951	40.91	15,968
113	Vellakoil	Durai Ramasamy		54,188	55.82	Appan Palanisamy		42,881	44.18	11,307
114	Pongalur	Kandaswamy P.		46,535	57.77	Palanisamy N. S.		30,934	38.4	15,601
115	Palladam	P. N. Paramasiva Gounder		51,083	53.97	Sivasamy		40,510	42.8	10,573
116	Tiruppur	K. Subbarayan		51,874	40.92	Manimaran. R.		50,634	39.94	1,240
117	Kangayam	K. C. Palanisamy		54,252	57.78	M. Sivasabapathy		37,495	39.94	16,757
118	Modakkurichi	S. Balakrishnan		65,641	56.56	A. Ganeshamurthy		48,315	41.63	17,326
119	Perundurai	A. Ponnusamy		60,830	64.34	T. K. Nallappan		32,465	34.34	28,365
120	Erode	S. Muthusamy		71,722	53.5	Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan		60,075	44.81	11,647
121	Bhavani	P. G. Narayanan		58,350	63.3	N. K. K. Periasamy		33,116	35.93	25,234
122	Anthiyur	U. P. Mathaiyan		53,825	69.75	Lakshmi S.		22,479	29.13	31,346
123	Gobichettipalayam	K. A. Sengottaiyan		56,884	63.08	Andamuthu M.		31,879	35.35	25,005
124	Bhavanisagar	V. K. Chinnasamy		52,539	59.06	Vellingiri S. Alias Giri S. V.		35,743	40.18	16,796
125	Sathyamangalam	E. V. K. S. Elangovan		50,725	62.97	Subramaniam T. K.		25,006	31.04	25,719
126	Coonoor	M. Sivakumar		47,113	56.7	M. Ranganathan		34,990	42.11	12,123
127	Udhagamandalam	K. Kallan		52,145	62.99	Mahalingam S. A.		29,345	35.45	22,800
128	Gudalur	K. Hutchi Gowder		52,470	57.8	K. Karuppusamy		36,013	39.67	16,457
129	Palani	A. S. Ponnammal		62,344	66.27	N. Palanivel		30,794	32.73	31,550
130	Oddanchatram	K. Kuppuswamy		46,466	49.86	Chellamuthu K.		43,985	47.19	2,481
131	Periyakulam	Mohammed Saleem T.		58,021	63.04	Maya Thevar Alias Mayan P. N.		31,554	34.28	26,467
132	Theni	V. R. Jayaraman		56,970	57.36	K. T. K. Thangamani		40,611	40.89	16,359
133	Bodinayakkanur	K. S. M. Ramachandran		54,231	61	Muthu Manoharan		34,359	38.65	19,872
134	Cumbum	S. Subburayar		52,228	52.17	N. Eramakrishnan		47,005	46.95	5,223
135	Andipatti	M. G. Ramachandran		60,510	67.4	Thangaraj Alias Vallarasu		28,026	31.22	32,484
136	Sedapatti	Sedapatti Muthiah		38,808	47.29	N. S. Selvaraj		33,810	41.2	4,998
137	Tirumangalam	N. S. V. Chitthan		46,146	55.23	A. Athiyanan		35,304	42.26	10,842
138	Usilampatti	Muthuramalingam. P. K. M.		50,876	60.9	Andi Thever S.		30,135	36.07	20,741
139	Nilakottai	A. Baluchamy		55,162	62.88	M. Arivazhagan		25,313	28.86	29,849
140	Sholavandan	Chandrasekaran A.		44,464	53.35	Rajagopal. P. N.		26,692	34.42	17,772
141	Thiruparankundram	M. Marimuthu		58,559	53.47			45,886	41.9	12,673
142	Madurai West	Pon. Muthuramalingam		48,247	51.24	Pandian S.		45,131	47.93	3,116
143	Madurai Central	Deivanyagam A.		41,272	50.76	Nedumaran P.		39,012	47.98	2,260
144	Madurai East	K. Kalimuthu		43,210	51.08	P. M. Kumar		36,972	43.71	6,238
145	Samayanallur	Sivakumar. A.		65,883	58.44	Selvaraj. S.		45,746	40.58	20,137
146	Melur	Veeranambalam. D. V.		60,794	60.11	Thiyagarajan. K.		33,748	33.37	27,046
147	Natham	M. Andi Ambalam		57,214	68.48	Alagirisamy. T.		18,004	21.55	39,210
148	Dindigul	A. Premkumar		67,718	62.68	N. Varadarajan		34,952	32.35	32,766
149	Athoor	V.R. Nedunchezhiyan		67,178	63.16	Rajambal K.		37,605	35.35	29,573
150	Vedasandur	V. P. Balasubramanian		60,583	55.48	P. Muthusamy		32,714	29.96	27,869
151	Aravakurichi	S. Jegatheesan		57,887	55.72	P. Ramasamy		44,273	42.62	13,614
152	Karur	K. Vadivel		65,363	54.35	K. V. Ramasamy		53,160	44.2	12,203
153	Krishnarayapuram	P. M. Thangavelraj		65,928	70.4	Krishnan. K.		25,613	27.35	40,315
154	Marungapuri	K. Sholairaj		62,656	69.36	P. Ramasamy		24,135	26.72	38,521
155	Kulithalai	P. Musiri Puppnan		62,165	64.05	B. Karuppaiah		32,317	33.3	29,848
156	Thottiam	Periyasamy		66,131	68.39	Vadivel S. R.		26,615	27.52	39,516
157	Uppiliapuram	R. Saroja		59,347	60.61	R. Mookkayee		37,249	38.04	22,098
158	Musiri	Rathinavelu. S.		65,759	59.75	Natarajan. R.		42,086	38.24	23,673
159	Lalgudi	K. Venkatachalam		61,590	60.09	A. Swaminkan		36,468	35.58	25,122
160	Perambalur	K. Nallamuthu		57,021	63.88	T. Sarojini		27,751	31.09	29,270
161	Varahur	A. Arunachalam		50,012	56.92	K. Kanaga Sabai		37,302	42.45	12,710
162	Ariyalur	S. Purushothaman		56,815	58.36	T. Arumugam		39,045	40.11	17,770
163	Andimadam	Adhimoolam Alias Gandhi		43,911	52.92	S. Sivasubramanian		37,895	45.67	6,016
164	Jayankondam	Masilamani. N.		57,468	62.94	J. Pannirselvam		22,778	24.95	34,690
165	Srirangam	R. Soudararajan		58,861	56.52	C. Ramasamy Udayar		38,399	36.87	20,462
166	Tiruchirappalli I	A. Malarmannan		37,802	50.84	Perumal. R.		34,909	46.95	2,893
167	Tiruchirappalli Ii	N. Nallusamy		46,589	51.63	Anbil P. Dharmalingam		41,908	46.44	4,681
168	Thiruverumbur	M. Guruswamy Alias Annadasan		47,900	47.84	Pappa Umanath		43,421	43.36	4,479
169	Sirkazhi	K. Balasubramanian		51,438	55.65	M. Panneerselvam		40,152	43.44	11,286
170	Poompuhar	Vijayabalan. N.		44,860	50.22	Jama Imoideen Papa		41,780	46.77	3,080
171	Mayiladuthurai	M. Thangamani		47,119	51.87	K. Satiyaseelan		42,948	47.28	4,171
172	Kuttalam	Pappa Subbramanian		53,214	55.63	Rajamanickam. R.		41,454	43.33	11,760
173	Nannilam	M. Manimaran		50,072	51.72	Anbarasan. S.		45,564	47.06	4,508
174	Thiruvarur	M. Sellamuthu		56,273	55.99	P. Selvadurai		44,227	44.01	12,046
175	Nagapattinam	G. Veeraiyan		43,684	48.24	S. Thenkovan		38,698	42.74	4,986
176	Vedaranyam	M. Meenakshi Sundaram		49,922	50.23	Rajendran. P. V.		48,646	48.94	1,276
177	Thiruthuraipoondi	P. Uthirapathy		59,834	54.44	J. Archunan		49,019	44.6	10,815
178	Mannargudi	S. Gnanasundaram		49,471	47.96	P. Ramalingam		45,044	43.67	4,427
179	Pattukkottai	Ramachandran P. N.		50,493	51.04	Subramanian. A. V.		35,376	35.76	15,117
180	Peravurani	Govendhan. M. R.		52,690	55.46	Gopu. A. M.		25,423	26.76	27,267
181	Orathanadu	T. Veeraswamy		46,717	46.28	L. Ganesan		42,648	42.24	4,069
182	Thiruvonam	Sivagnanam. V.		46,777	48.25	M. Ramachandran		35,707	36.83	11,070
183	Thanjavur	Durai Krishnamurthy		48,065	49.9	Thangamuthu. P. S.		46,304	48.08	1,761
184	Thiruvaiyaru	Durai Govindarajan		46,974	55.75	Ramamurthy A.		33,885	40.21	13,089
185	Papanasam	S. Rajaraman		52,202	58.52	Sachidhanandam. S.		34,924	39.15	17,278
186	Valangiman	Gomathi Srinivasan		46,618	55.78	Somasundaram Sithmalli. N.		34,347	41.1	12,271
187	Kumbakonam	K. Krishnamurthy		58,334	64.57	Kaliyanasudaram. S.		20,666	22.88	37,668
188	Thiruvidaimarudur	Rajangam. M		50,002	51.18	Ramalingam. S.		36,539	37.4	13,463
189	Thirumayam	Pushparaju T.		65,043	69.42	Pawanan. R.		26,360	28.13	38,683
190	Kolathur	Marimuthu. T.		62,391	62.72	Tamilselvan Keerai. A.		34,544	34.73	27,847
191	Pudukkottai	J. Mohamed Gani		63,877	62.37	K. R. Subbiah		26,214	25.6	37,663
192	Alangudi	A. Venkatachalam		74,202	65.86	A. Periyannan		37,173	32.99	37,029
193	Aranthangi	S. Thirunavukkarasu		70,101	62.68	Ramanathan. S.		40,197	35.94	29,904
194	Tiruppattur (Sivaganga)	S. Madhavan		51,581	59.99	Algu. Pr.		29,673	34.51	21,908
195	Karaikudi	S. P. Durairasu		47,760	48.98	C. T. Chidambaram		38,101	39.08	9,659
196	Tiruvadanai	Sornalingam. K.		47,618	47.8	Gnanaprakasam. M.		28,801	28.91	18,817
197	Ilayangudi	Anbalangan. P.		40,974	48.64	Malaikannan. V.		36,771	43.65	4,203
198	Sivaganga	O. Subramanian		49,407	55.92	Ayyadurai. V. R.		25,582	28.95	23,825
199	Manamadurai	K. Paramalai		52,587	61.67	V. Gopal		24,946	29.25	27,641
200	Paramakudi	K. Baluchamy		54,401	58.19	T. K. Siraimeettan		37,480	40.09	16,921
201	Ramanathapuram	T. Ramasamy		56,342	59.91	M. S. Abdul Raheem		35,615	37.87	20,727
202	Kadaladi	A. Piranavanathan		37,399	39.81	V. Sivathavilli Thevar		30,697	32.67	6,702
203	Mudukulathur	K. Muthuvel		32,199	37.33	Kadher Batcha Alias S. Vellaichamy		23,611	27.38	8,588
204	Aruppukottai	M. Pitchai		39,839	45.32	V. Thangapandian		36,405	41.42	3,434
205	Sattur	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran		58,745	51.03	S. S. Karuppasamy		51,338	44.6	7,407
206	Virudhunagar	A. S. A. Arumugam		42,852	45.36	M. Sundararajan		35,776	37.87	7,076
207	Sivakasi	V. Balakrishnan		41,731	38.73	Perumal Samy. N.		30,930	28.71	10,801
208	Srivilliputhur	R. Thamaraikani		54,458	53.35	Senivasan. P.		46,245	45.31	8,213
209	Rajapalayam	K. Raman		54,670	54.49	Paulraj-I		44,924	44.78	9,746
210	Vilathikulam	S. Kumara Kurubara Ramanathan		32,481	40.52	R. K. Perumal		26,143	32.62	6,338
211	Ottapidaram	R. S. Arumugam		46,190	67.89	M. Appadurai		20,868	30.67	25,322
212	Kovilpatti	R. Rangasamy		45,623	55.75	S. Alagarsamy		28,327	34.61	17,296
213	Sankarankoil	S. Sankaralingam		48,411	54.45	S. Thangavelu		36,028	40.52	12,383
214	Vasudevanallur	R. Eswaran		50,303	62.34	Periasamy. M. S.		27,875	34.55	22,428
215	Kadayanallur	T. Perumal		49,186	53.44	Samusudeen Alias Kathiravan		41,584	45.18	7,602
216	Tenkasi	T. R. Venkataraman		57,011	60.45	M. Kuthalingam		35,383	37.52	21,628
217	Alangulam	N. Shanmugiah Pandian		48,109	54.49	Thambi Thurai. P.		27,076	30.67	21,033
218	Tirunelveli	S. Narayanan		56,409	59.57	A. L. Subramanian		37,547	39.65	18,862
219	Palayamkottai	V. S. T. Shamsulalam		45,209	51.92	V. Karuppasamy Pandian		41,004	47.09	4,205
220	Cheranmahadevi	P. H. Pandian		55,898	67.45	Pandian. P. S.		26,225	31.64	29,673
221	Ambasamudram	Balasubramanian		44,707	54.75	Nallasivan A.		36,041	44.14	8,666
222	Nanguneri	M. John Vincent		45,825	58	Namdi. E.		31,807	40.25	14,018
223	Radhapuram	Kumari Ananthan		40,213	53.99	Subramania Nadar. B.		25,075	33.66	15,138
224	Sattangulam	S. N. Ramasamy		37,892	53.69	Ganesapandian. M. A.		29,275	41.48	8,617
225	Tiruchendur	S. R. Subramania Adityan		45,953	50.7	K. P. Kandasamy		43,565	48.07	2,388
226	Srivaikuntam	S. Daniel Raj		41,513	53.76	S. P. Muthu		34,140	44.21	7,373
227	Thoothukkudi	S. N. Rajendran		59,622	56.54	A. Ayyasamy		37,549	35.61	22,073
228	Kanniyakumari	K. Perumal Pillai		45,353	54.05	Sankaraligom. M.		37,696	44.92	7,657
229	Nagercoil	S. Retnaraj		41,572	47.86	Jagatheeson. S.		40,301	46.39	1,271
230	Colachel	F. M. Rajarathnam		33,585	39.33	M. R. Gandhi		32,996	38.64	589
231	Padmanabhapuram	V. Balachandran		28,465	37.77	M. Vincent		24,148	32.05	4,317
232	Thiruvattar	J. Hemachandran		26,851	36.97	M. Mohndahs		22,762	31.34	4,089
233	Vilavancode	M. Sundardas		47,169	57.49	D. Moni		34,876	42.51	12,293
234	Killiyoor	D. Kumaradas		36,944	58.24	Pauliah. A.		25,458	40.14	11,486

M.G.R's third cabinet

See main article: Third Ramachandran ministry. After the General Elections held in December 1984, the Governor appointed Dr. M. G. Ramachandran as Chief Minister heading the new Government with effect from the forenoon of 10 February 1985. The Governor, on the advice of Hon. Chief Minister appointed 16 more Ministers on 14 February 1985.

Janaki's cabinet

S.no	Name	Designation	Party
Chief Minister
1.	V. N. Janaki	Chief Minister	AIADMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.	R. M. Veerappan	Minister for Local Administration	AIADMK
3.	P. U. Shanmugam	Minister for Health
4.	C. Ponnaiyan	Minister for Education and Law
5.	S. Muthusamy	Minister for Transport
6.	V. V. Swaminathan	Minister for Tourism, Prohibition and Electricity
7.	T. Ramasamy	Minister for Commercial Taxes
8.	A. Arunachalam	Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare

After MGR's death, VR Neduncheziyan was sworn in as Acting Chief Minister. But, one week later, the party majority led by R.M.Veerappan supported MGR's widow Janaki to become Chief minister and she was sworn in as Chief minister. Janaki doubled as the finance minister in her Cabinet. The Governor gave V. N. Janaki Ramachandran 30 days time to prove majority support in the house. This was a problem because, 30 MLAs of her own party were supporting J. Jayalalithaa to become the new Chief minister. Hence Janaki had the support of only 105 MLAs in the house of 234, as VR Neduncheziyan's 10 supporters chose to remain neutral and boycott the voting.

Hence, on the day of voting, Speaker PH pandiyan disqualified and dismissed 20 MLAs of opposition party DMK and 15 MLAs of AIADMK (Jayalalithaa faction) from their MLA posts, due to demeaning behaviour in the house and thus announced that the majority was reduced to a mere 100, as the house then had only 199 members.

Before commencement of oral voting, violence erupted in the house and the speaker was injured. With bleeding head, he announced that Janaki had proved her majority with 105 MLAs and adjourned the house immediately. Then the members of the assembly were escorted out.

The Governor of state refused to accept this voting which was done under suspicious environment and recommended the Central government to dismiss the legislature and hold fresh general elections. The central government accepted the recommendation and the legislature was dissolved by the President.

Footnotes

Book: Role Perception of the Legislators: A Case Study of Tamil Nadu. G. Palanithurai. June 1991. 27. Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division. 81-220-0227-7.
Book: MGR, the man and the myth. K. Mohandas. 1992. 105–106. Panther Publishers. 978-81-85457-09-3.
http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/03/17/tn-elections-2011-dmk-releases-candidates-list-119-seats-karunanidhi-tiruvarur-stali TN Elections 2011: DMK releases candidates list for 119 seats-Karunanidhi from Tiruvarur, Stalin fielded in Kolathur
Web site: Election Commission of India . 1984 Election Statistical Report . 19 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007141448/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf . 7 Oct 2010.

External links

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