1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

24 December 1984

All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.47%
  First party Second party
 
Leader M. G. Ramachandran M. Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance Congress alliance Janata alliance
Leader's seat Andipatti did not contest
Seats won 195 34
Seat change Increase29 Decrease25
Popular vote 11,681,221 8,021,293
Percentage 53.87% 37.00%
Swing Increase4.95% Decrease7.43%

1984 election map (by constituencies)

Chief Minister before election

M. G. Ramachandran
AIADMK

Elected Chief Minister

M. G. Ramachandran
AIADMK

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.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamM. G. Ramachandran155
2.Indian National Congress

M.Palaniyandi73
3.Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress

Kumari Ananthan4

DMK Front

No.
Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

M.Karunanidhi176
2.Communist Party of IndiaP.Manickam17
3.Communist Party of India (Marxist)A. Nallasivan16
4.Janata Party16

Voting and results

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
Summary of the 1984 December Tamil Nadu legislative Assembly election results
Alliance/Party Seats won Change Popular Vote Vote % Adj. %
AIADMK+ alliance 195 +29 11,681,221 53.9%
AIADMK 132 +3 8,030,809 37.0% 54.3%
INC 61 +30 3,529,708 16.3% 54.5%
GKC 2 -4 120,704 0.6% 40.4%
DMK+ alliance 34 -25 8,021,293 37.0%
DMK 24 -13 6,362,770 29.3% 40.8%
CPI(M) 5 -6 597,622 2.8% 39.6%
JNP 3 +1 493,374 2.3% 36.4%
CPI 2 -7 567,527 2.6% 35.5%
Others 5 -4 1,983,959 9.1%
IND 4 -4 1,619,921 7.5% 7.9%
AKD 1 47,212 0.7% 57.2%
TNC 0 152,315 0.7% 34.9%
ICJ 0 110,121 0.5% 3.2%
BJP 0 54,390 0.3% 3.7%
Total 234 21,686,473 100%

: 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
Assembly Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1RoyapuramP. Punnurangam DMK40,72750.26K. Rajan GKC39,43248.661,295
2HarbourA. Selvarasan DMK38,95355.3K. Liakath Ali Khan AIADMK30,64943.518,304
3Dr. Radhakrishnan NagarVenugopal S. INC54,33450.71S. P. Sarguna Pandian DMK50,48347.123,851
4Park TownK. Anbazhagan DMK37,54050.89Jothi. M. Independent34,61346.922,927
5PeramburParithi Ilamvazhuthi DMK53,32553.04Sathyavani Muthu AIADMK46,12145.877,204
6PurasawalkamNanjil K. Manoharan DMK61,24651.14Suppu. K. AIADMK56,73647.374,510
7EgmoreS. Balan DMK29,79551.84Sri Ramulu K. R. INC27,24647.412,549
8Anna NagarS. M. Ramachandran DMK63,85452.59Kothandaraman V. AIADMK56,12846.227,726
9Thiyagaraya NagarK. Sourirajan INC49,03849.26G. Kalivaradan JP40,15440.348,884
10Thousand LightsK. A. Krishnaswamy AIADMK46,24650.36M. K. Stalin DMK43,95447.862,292
11ChepaukA. Rahman Khan DMK36,23456.26Sri Ramulu K. R. INC27,24647.418,988
12TriplicaneAbdul Samad DMK36,41050.52K. S. G. Haja Shareef INC30,30242.056,108
13MylaporeB. Valarmathi AIADMK51,87051.68Bharathi. R. S. DMK46,39646.225,474
14SaidapetSaidai Duraisamy AIADMK52,86949.35Purushothaman. D. DMK52,67949.17190
15GummidipoondiR. S. Munirathinam AIADMK55,22155.56K. Vezhavendan DMK43,17443.4412,047
16PonneriK. P. K. Sekar Alias K. P. Kulasekaran AIADMK61,55959.05K. Sundaram DMK41,65539.9619,904
17ThiruvottiyurG. K. J. Baarathi INC65,19454.26T. K. Palaniswamy DMK53,68444.6811,510
18VillivakkamV. P. Chintan CPI(M)81,59548.21J. C. D. Prabhakar AIADMK80,54947.591,046
19AlandurM. Abraham DMK61,30049.14Mohanarangam. R. AIADMK60,39448.41906
20TambaramElla Rajamanickam AIADMK75,15551.75M. A. Vaithyalingam DMK68,00946.837,146
21ThiruporurThamizhmani AIADMK38,07547.28Chokkalingam. G. DMK31,64139.296,434
22ChengalpattuP. G. Anoor Jegadeesan AIADMK45,42350.14Rudrakotti. V. DMK44,20348.81,220
23MaduranthakamC. Arumugam DMK40,10546.21Sachuthanandam INC37,74543.492,360
24AcharapakkamK. Ethirajan AIADMK43,32354.66E. Ramakrishnan DMK34,74443.838,579
25UthiramerurNarasimma Pallavan. K. AIADMK57,79757.21Ponmozhi. C. V. M. A. DMK40,00739.617,790
26KancheepuramK. Balaji AIADMK60,36355.31Palani Raja Kumar. C. M. DMK47,36243.413,001
27SriperumbudurD. Yasodha INC46,42153.94Panchatcharam. K. M. DMK34,60140.2111,820
28PoonamalleeG. Ananthakrishna INC55,12955.97D. Rajarathinam DMK40,56241.1814,567
29ThiruvallurS. Pattabiraman AIADMK44,46151.73S. R. Munirathinam DMK39,90846.434,553
30TiruttaniR. Shanmugam AIADMK41,66950.48Chiranjeevulu Naidu. C. JP37,74045.723,929
31PallipetNarasimhan. P. N. AIADMK34,93539.96Bakambaram. A. Independent28,72432.856,211
32ArakkonamV. K. Raju DMK52,65752.24M. Vijayasarathy AIADMK46,34445.986,313
33SholingurN. Shanmugam AIADMK47,96751.38K. Moorthi DMK43,91847.054,049
34RanipetM. Kadirvelu INC56,06855.6Abdul Jabbar V. M. DMK33,33733.0622,731
35ArcotT. Palani AIADMK52,22258.96Arcot N. Veerasamy DMK34,50938.9617,713
36KatpadiG. Raghupathi AIADMK53,07757.08Durai Murugan DMK36,83939.6216,238
37GudiyathamR. Govindasamy INC32,07739.15A. K. Sundararajan Independent25,63031.286,447
38PernambutK. Thamizharasan AIADMK47,81356.17V. Govindan DMK36,42042.7811,393
39VaniyambadiH. Abdul Majeed INC39,14145.36A. P. Abdul Majid DMK37,85643.871,285
40NatrampalliT. Anbazhagan AIADMK56,50358.55N. K. Raja DMK27,29328.2829,210
41Tirupattur (Vellore)Shanmugam Y. INC46,88449.02B. Sundaram DMK28,78130.0918,103
42ChengamT. Swamikannu AIADMK45,77061.42P. Anbalagan JP21,03928.2324,731
43ThandarambattuE. Vachiravelu AIADMK53,42258.96D. Venugopal DMK34,64938.2418,773
44TiruvannamalaiA. S. Ravindran INC49,78251.31S. Murugaiyan DMK44,40945.775,373
45KalasapakkamPandurangan. M. AIADMK54,96958.78P. S. Thiruvengadam DMK35,30337.7519,666
46PolurRajababu. J. INC52,43762.4Subramantan. T. K. DMK30,31936.0822,118
47AnaikattuV. R. Krishnasamy AIADMK45,31258.42Rajagopal. P. N. Independent26,69234.4218,620
48VelloreDevaraj. V. M. DMK54,45354.01A. K. Ranganathan AIADMK44,43044.0710,023
49AraniM. Chinnakulandai AIADMK54,65354.83R. Sivanandam DMK43,62043.7611,033
50CheyyarK. Murugan AIADMK53,94558.46Babu Janarthanam DMK37,40540.5316,540
51VandavasiA. Arumugham INC48,71253.29V. Rajagopal DMK38,32641.9310,386
52PeranamallurR. Hari Kumar AIADMK49,59154.39A. Rajendran DMK37,59941.2411,992
53MelmalayanurP. U. Shanmugam AIADMK61,28967.63P. R. Aranganathan DMK27,34330.1733,946
54GingeeMuruganandam. T. N. INC56,15660.61Ramachandran. N. DMK34,05436.7622,102
55TindivanamK. M. Thangamani INC45,40458.67Subramanya Kounder JP26,08833.7119,316
56VanurM. N. Ramajayam AIADMK58,19664.54A. Poopalan DMK31,98035.4626,216
57KandamangalamV. Subramanian AIADMK53,21158.01Alaguvelu S. DMK38,51441.9914,697
58VillupuramRajarathinam Mani M. AIADMK50,15652.71Palaniappan K. P. DMK36,30238.1513,854
59MugaiyurChandrasekar. M. AIADMK45,86356.87Sampath. A. G. DMK31,12838.614,735
60ThirunavalurMenoharan T. N. G. A. AIADMK40,53949.79Balasubramanian A. V. DMK32,566407,973
61UlundurpetK. Murugesan Anandan AIADMK56,20063.18K. Varaharajulu DMK29,31832.9626,882
62NellikuppamAnbarasan Alias Ramalingam AIADMK48,01856.71Govindarajan CPI(M)26,64131.4621,377
63CuddaloreV. G. Cheelappa INC53,75958.02V. Krishnamurthy DMK37,0634016,696
64PanrutiS. Ramachandaran AIADMK51,90053.97K. Nandagopala Krishnan DMK44,26346.037,637
65KurinjipadiA. Thangarasu AIADMK45,40049.9C. Kuppusami DMK34,43437.8510,966
66BhuvanagiriV. V. Swaminathan AIADMK51,92256.2Durai Krishnamoorthy DMK39,62142.8912,301
67KattumannarkoilS. Jayachandran INC42,92850.67K. P. Thangaswamy DMK41,79649.331,132
68ChidambaramK. R. Ganapathi AIADMK47,06754.55K. S. Subramanian DMK37,82443.849,243
69VriddhachalamR. Thiyagarajan INC53,73157.33D. Rasavelu DMK35,60937.9918,122
70MangaloreS. Thangaraju AIADMK55,40861.4N. Muthuvel DMK32,27335.7623,135
71RishivandiyamS. Sivaraj INC43,43951.95M. Natesha Udayar DMK38,31845.825,121
72ChinnasalemS. Sivaraman Independent53,63063.65Periyasamy D. DMK30,63336.3522,997
73SankarapuramS. Kalitheerthan AIADMK53,16259.49K. Venkatapathy DMK29,13132.624,031
74HosurT. Venkata Reddy INC35,29348.37E. Venkatasamy JP15,09620.6920,197
75ThalliK. V. Venugopal INC36,44149.05D. C. Vijayendraiah JP34,01745.792,424
76KaveripattinamK. Samarasam AKD47,21257.18V. C. Govindasamy Gounder DMK31,53338.1915,679
77KrishnagiriChinnaraju K. R. AIADMK40,58554.83Kanchana DMK29,57039.9511,015
78BargurT. M. Venkatachalam AIADMK57,38869.71Veeramani P. V. DMK24,57729.8632,811
79HarurR. Rajamanickam AIADMK60,10666.96Annamalai M. CPI(M)27,79930.9732,307
80MorappurTheerthagiri Gounder T. INC39,77950.77Samikannu V. DMK27,45335.0412,326
81PalacodeTheertharaman P. INC55,45965.93Munusamigounder M. B. DMK26,04530.9629,414
82DharmapuriR. Chinnasamy DMK46,38354.21Aranganathan S. AIADMK37,92944.338,454
83PennagaramH. G. Arumugam AIADMK44,61654.98Nanjappan N. CPI25,51831.4519,098
84MetturMachimuthu K. P. AIADMK46,08348.15Gurusamy K. Independent28,25329.5217,830
85TaramangalamS. Semmalai AIADMK63,40769.68Arjunan K. DMK25,42927.9537,978
86OmalurAnbalagan INC51,70366.04Kuppusamy S. CPI22,96129.3328,742
87YercaudThirugnanam P. R. INC48,78774.4Manickam. K DMK16,78525.632,002
88Salem-IG. Krishnaraj AIADMK54,74951.8G. K. Subasu DMK48,86346.245,886
89Salem-IiArumugam AIADMK49,33953.79Veerapandy S. Arumugam DMK41,33345.078,006
90VeerapandiP. Vijayalakshmi AIADMK61,60963.7Subramaniams DMK33,54934.6928,060
91PanamarathupattyRajaram K. AIADMK48,72660.35Sivalingam. S. R. DMK27,81034.4520,916
92AtturC. Palanimuthu INC55,92766.53A. M. Ramaswamy DMK24,80429.5131,123
93TalavasalT. Rajambal INC53,10464.73R. Ravichandar DMK25,29130.8327,813
94RasipuramRamalingam K. P. AIADMK51,56552.45Kaliappan. P. DMK41,08741.7910,478
95SendamangalamS. Sivaprakasam AIADMK54,12964.17Kalavathi. S. DMK26,27731.1527,852
96NamakkalR. Arunachalam AIADMK58,15856.93K. Veluchami DMK40,86840.0117,290
97KapilamalaiP. Sengottaiyan INC51,23353.52K. A. Mani Independent40,09041.8811,143
98TiruchengoduPonnaiyan C. AIADMK77,65955.38Kandasamy. M. M. DMK58,43741.6719,222
99SankariP. Dhanapal AIADMK58,27656.99Murugesan. S. DMK41,90640.9816,370
100EdapadiGovindaswamy INC68,58364.78Arumugam. P. DMK27,86026.3240,723
101MettupalayamChinnaraj. M. AIADMK61,95159.6Mathiyan. M. DMK41,52739.9520,424
102AvanashiLakshmi P. AIADMK58,67767.3Arumugam. M. CPI24,50428.1134,173
103ThondamuthurAranganayakam AIADMK67,67957.48Vellingiri. U. K. CPI(M)45,35338.5222,326
104SinganallurSengalippan R. JP54,78749.37Subramaniam. A. INC49,85644.924,931
105Coimbatore (West)M. Ramanathan DMK44,54251.91Hakkeem M. A. INC37,65043.876,892
106Coimbatore (East)K. Ramani CPI(M)40,89148.14Kovai Thambi AIADMK39,83246.891,059
107PerurA. Natarasan DMK58,30252.63K. Marudasalam AIADMK51,24146.267,061
108KinathukadavuK. V. Kandaswamy AIADMK50,37556.69M. Kannappan DMK38,49243.3111,883
109PollachiM. V. Rathinam AIADMK54,33752.6S. Raju DMK47,52746.016,810
110ValparaiV. Thangavelu INC48,77963.46A. T. Karuppiah CPI26,10933.9722,670
111UdumalaipettaiS. Thirumalaisamy Gounder INC56,00453.3R. T. Mariyappan DMK46,52644.289,478
112DharapuramPeriasamy. A. AIADMK51,91959.09Ayyasamy. R. DMK35,95140.9115,968
113VellakoilDurai Ramasamy AIADMK54,18855.82Appan Palanisamy DMK42,88144.1811,307
114PongalurKandaswamy P. AIADMK46,53557.77Palanisamy N. S. Independent30,93438.415,601
115PalladamP. N. Paramasiva Gounder AIADMK51,08353.97Sivasamy Independent40,51042.810,573
116TiruppurK. Subbarayan CPI51,87440.92Manimaran. R. AIADMK50,63439.941,240
117KangayamK. C. Palanisamy AIADMK54,25257.78M. Sivasabapathy DMK37,49539.9416,757
118ModakkurichiS. Balakrishnan AIADMK65,64156.56A. Ganeshamurthy DMK48,31541.6317,326
119PerunduraiA. Ponnusamy AIADMK60,83064.34T. K. Nallappan CPI32,46534.3428,365
120ErodeS. Muthusamy AIADMK71,72253.5Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan DMK60,07544.8111,647
121BhavaniP. G. Narayanan AIADMK58,35063.3N. K. K. Periasamy DMK33,11635.9325,234
122AnthiyurU. P. Mathaiyan AIADMK53,82569.75Lakshmi S. DMK22,47929.1331,346
123GobichettipalayamK. A. Sengottaiyan AIADMK56,88463.08Andamuthu M. DMK31,87935.3525,005
124BhavanisagarV. K. Chinnasamy AIADMK52,53959.06Vellingiri S. Alias Giri S. V. JP35,74340.1816,796
125SathyamangalamE. V. K. S. Elangovan INC50,72562.97Subramaniam T. K. DMK25,00631.0425,719
126CoonoorM. Sivakumar AIADMK47,11356.7M. Ranganathan DMK34,99042.1112,123
127UdhagamandalamK. Kallan INC52,14562.99Mahalingam S. A. DMK29,34535.4522,800
128GudalurK. Hutchi Gowder AIADMK52,47057.8K. Karuppusamy DMK36,01339.6716,457
129PalaniA. S. Ponnammal INC62,34466.27N. Palanivel CPI(M)30,79432.7331,550
130OddanchatramK. Kuppuswamy AIADMK46,46649.86Chellamuthu K. Independent43,98547.192,481
131PeriyakulamMohammed Saleem T. AIADMK58,02163.04Maya Thevar Alias Mayan P. N. DMK31,55434.2826,467
132TheniV. R. Jayaraman AIADMK56,97057.36K. T. K. Thangamani CPI40,61140.8916,359
133BodinayakkanurK. S. M. Ramachandran INC54,23161Muthu Manoharan DMK34,35938.6519,872
134CumbumS. Subburayar AIADMK52,22852.17N. Eramakrishnan DMK47,00546.955,223
135AndipattiM. G. Ramachandran AIADMK60,51067.4Thangaraj Alias Vallarasu DMK28,02631.2232,484
136SedapattiSedapatti Muthiah AIADMK38,80847.29N. S. Selvaraj INC33,81041.24,998
137TirumangalamN. S. V. Chitthan INC46,14655.23A. Athiyanan DMK35,30442.2610,842
138UsilampattiMuthuramalingam. P. K. M. Independent50,87660.9Andi Thever S. Independent30,13536.0720,741
139NilakottaiA. Baluchamy AIADMK55,16262.88M. Arivazhagan DMK25,31328.8629,849
140SholavandanChandrasekaran A. INC44,46453.35Rajagopal. P. N. Independent26,69234.4217,772
141ThiruparankundramM. Marimuthu AIADMK58,55953.47Ayyanan Ambalam DMK45,88641.912,673
142Madurai WestPon. Muthuramalingam DMK48,24751.24Pandian S. AIADMK45,13147.933,116
143Madurai CentralDeivanyagam A. INC41,27250.76Nedumaran P. TNC(K)39,01247.982,260
144Madurai EastK. Kalimuthu AIADMK43,21051.08P. M. Kumar CPI(M)36,97243.716,238
145SamayanallurSivakumar. A. AIADMK65,88358.44Selvaraj. S. DMK45,74640.5820,137
146MelurVeeranambalam. D. V. INC60,79460.11Thiyagarajan. K. AIADMK33,74833.3727,046
147NathamM. Andi Ambalam INC57,21468.48Alagirisamy. T. TNC(K)18,00421.5539,210
148DindigulA. Premkumar AIADMK67,71862.68N. Varadarajan CPI34,95232.3532,766
149AthoorV.R. Nedunchezhiyan AIADMK67,17863.16Rajambal K. DMK37,60535.3529,573
150VedasandurV. P. Balasubramanian AIADMK60,58355.48P. Muthusamy Independent32,71429.9627,869
151AravakurichiS. Jegatheesan AIADMK57,88755.72P. Ramasamy DMK44,27342.6213,614
152KarurK. Vadivel AIADMK65,36354.35K. V. Ramasamy DMK53,16044.212,203
153KrishnarayapuramP. M. Thangavelraj INC65,92870.4Krishnan. K. DMK25,61327.3540,315
154MarungapuriK. Sholairaj AIADMK62,65669.36P. Ramasamy Independent24,13526.7238,521
155KulithalaiP. Musiri Puppnan AIADMK62,16564.05B. Karuppaiah CPI32,31733.329,848
156ThottiamPeriyasamy INC66,13168.39Vadivel S. R. DMK26,61527.5239,516
157UppiliapuramR. Saroja AIADMK59,34760.61R. Mookkayee DMK37,24938.0422,098
158MusiriRathinavelu. S. AIADMK65,75959.75Natarajan. R. DMK42,08638.2423,673
159LalgudiK. Venkatachalam INC61,59060.09A. Swaminkan TNC(K)36,46835.5825,122
160PerambalurK. Nallamuthu INC57,02163.88T. Sarojini DMK27,75131.0929,270
161VarahurA. Arunachalam AIADMK50,01256.92K. Kanaga Sabai DMK37,30242.4512,710
162AriyalurS. Purushothaman AIADMK56,81558.36T. Arumugam DMK39,04540.1117,770
163AndimadamAdhimoolam Alias Gandhi AIADMK43,91152.92S. Sivasubramanian DMK37,89545.676,016
164JayankondamMasilamani. N. INC57,46862.94J. Pannirselvam JP22,77824.9534,690
165SrirangamR. Soudararajan AIADMK58,86156.52C. Ramasamy Udayar JP38,39936.8720,462
166Tiruchirappalli IA. Malarmannan DMK37,80250.84Perumal. R. INC34,90946.952,893
167Tiruchirappalli IiN. Nallusamy AIADMK46,58951.63Anbil P. Dharmalingam DMK41,90846.444,681
168ThiruverumburM. Guruswamy Alias Annadasan AIADMK47,90047.84Pappa Umanath CPI(M)43,42143.364,479
169SirkazhiK. Balasubramanian AIADMK51,43855.65M. Panneerselvam DMK40,15243.4411,286
170PoompuharVijayabalan. N. AIADMK44,86050.22Jama Imoideen Papa DMK41,78046.773,080
171MayiladuthuraiM. Thangamani AIADMK47,11951.87K. Satiyaseelan DMK42,94847.284,171
172KuttalamPappa Subbramanian AIADMK53,21455.63Rajamanickam. R. DMK41,45443.3311,760
173NannilamM. Manimaran DMK50,07251.72Anbarasan. S. AIADMK45,56447.064,508
174ThiruvarurM. Sellamuthu CPI(M)56,27355.99P. Selvadurai INC44,22744.0112,046
175NagapattinamG. Veeraiyan CPI(M)43,68448.24S. Thenkovan AIADMK38,69842.744,986
176VedaranyamM. Meenakshi Sundaram DMK49,92250.23Rajendran. P. V. INC48,64648.941,276
177ThiruthuraipoondiP. Uthirapathy CPI59,83454.44J. Archunan AIADMK49,01944.610,815
178MannargudiS. Gnanasundaram AIADMK49,47147.96P. Ramalingam CPI45,04443.674,427
179PattukkottaiRamachandran P. N. AIADMK50,49351.04Subramanian. A. V. DMK35,37635.7615,117
180PeravuraniGovendhan. M. R. AIADMK52,69055.46Gopu. A. M. CPI25,42326.7627,267
181OrathanaduT. Veeraswamy AIADMK46,71746.28L. Ganesan DMK42,64842.244,069
182ThiruvonamSivagnanam. V. INC46,77748.25M. Ramachandran DMK35,70736.8311,070
183ThanjavurDurai Krishnamurthy INC48,06549.9Thangamuthu. P. S. DMK46,30448.081,761
184ThiruvaiyaruDurai Govindarajan AIADMK46,97455.75Ramamurthy A. TNC(K)33,88540.2113,089
185PapanasamS. Rajaraman INC52,20258.52Sachidhanandam. S. DMK34,92439.1517,278
186ValangimanGomathi Srinivasan AIADMK46,61855.78Somasundaram Sithmalli. N. DMK34,34741.112,271
187KumbakonamK. Krishnamurthy INC58,33464.57Kaliyanasudaram. S. DMK20,66622.8837,668
188ThiruvidaimarudurRajangam. M INC50,00251.18Ramalingam. S. DMK36,53937.413,463
189ThirumayamPushparaju T. INC65,04369.42Pawanan. R. DMK26,36028.1338,683
190KolathurMarimuthu. T. AIADMK62,39162.72Tamilselvan Keerai. A. DMK34,54434.7327,847
191PudukkottaiJ. Mohamed Gani INC63,87762.37K. R. Subbiah CPI26,21425.637,663
192AlangudiA. Venkatachalam AIADMK74,20265.86A. Periyannan DMK37,17332.9937,029
193AranthangiS. Thirunavukkarasu AIADMK70,10162.68Ramanathan. S. DMK40,19735.9429,904
194Tiruppattur (Sivaganga)S. Madhavan AIADMK51,58159.99Algu. Pr. DMK29,67334.5121,908
195KaraikudiS. P. Durairasu AIADMK47,76048.98C. T. Chidambaram DMK38,10139.089,659
196TiruvadanaiSornalingam. K. INC47,61847.8Gnanaprakasam. M. Independent28,80128.9118,817
197IlayangudiAnbalangan. P. AIADMK40,97448.64Malaikannan. V. DMK36,77143.654,203
198SivagangaO. Subramanian INC49,40755.92Ayyadurai. V. R. CPI25,58228.9523,825
199ManamaduraiK. Paramalai INC52,58761.67V. Gopal TNC(K)24,94629.2527,641
200ParamakudiK. Baluchamy AIADMK54,40158.19T. K. Siraimeettan DMK37,48040.0916,921
201RamanathapuramT. Ramasamy AIADMK56,34259.91M. S. Abdul Raheem DMK35,61537.8720,727
202KadaladiA. Piranavanathan DMK37,39939.81V. Sivathavilli Thevar Independent30,69732.676,702
203MudukulathurK. Muthuvel Independent32,19937.33Kadher Batcha Alias S. Vellaichamy DMK23,61127.388,588
204AruppukottaiM. Pitchai AIADMK39,83945.32V. Thangapandian DMK36,40541.423,434
205SatturK. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran AIADMK58,74551.03S. S. Karuppasamy DMK51,33844.67,407
206VirudhunagarA. S. A. Arumugam JP42,85245.36M. Sundararajan AIADMK35,77637.877,076
207SivakasiV. Balakrishnan AIADMK41,73138.73Perumal Samy. N. Independent30,93028.7110,801
208SrivilliputhurR. Thamaraikani AIADMK54,45853.35Senivasan. P. DMK46,24545.318,213
209RajapalayamK. Raman INC54,67054.49Paulraj-I CPI44,92444.789,746
210VilathikulamS. Kumara Kurubara Ramanathan DMK32,48140.52R. K. Perumal AIADMK26,14332.626,338
211OttapidaramR. S. Arumugam INC46,19067.89M. Appadurai CPI20,86830.6725,322
212KovilpattiR. Rangasamy INC45,62355.75S. Alagarsamy CPI28,32734.6117,296
213SankarankoilS. Sankaralingam AIADMK48,41154.45S. Thangavelu DMK36,02840.5212,383
214VasudevanallurR. Eswaran INC50,30362.34Periasamy. M. S. CPI(M)27,87534.5522,428
215KadayanallurT. Perumal AIADMK49,18653.44Samusudeen Alias Kathiravan DMK41,58445.187,602
216TenkasiT. R. Venkataraman INC57,01160.45M. Kuthalingam DMK35,38337.5221,628
217AlangulamN. Shanmugiah Pandian AIADMK48,10954.49Thambi Thurai. P. DMK27,07630.6721,033
218TirunelveliS. Narayanan AIADMK56,40959.57A. L. Subramanian DMK37,54739.6518,862
219PalayamkottaiV. S. T. Shamsulalam DMK45,20951.92V. Karuppasamy Pandian AIADMK41,00447.094,205
220CheranmahadeviP. H. Pandian AIADMK55,89867.45Pandian. P. S. DMK26,22531.6429,673
221AmbasamudramBalasubramanian AIADMK44,70754.75Nallasivan A. CPI(M)36,04144.148,666
222NanguneriM. John Vincent AIADMK45,82558Namdi. E. DMK31,80740.2514,018
223RadhapuramKumari Ananthan GKC40,21353.99Subramania Nadar. B. Independent25,07533.6615,138
224SattangulamS. N. Ramasamy GKC37,89253.69Ganesapandian. M. A. JP29,27541.488,617
225TiruchendurS. R. Subramania Adityan AIADMK45,95350.7K. P. Kandasamy DMK43,56548.072,388
226SrivaikuntamS. Daniel Raj INC41,51353.76S. P. Muthu DMK34,14044.217,373
227ThoothukkudiS. N. Rajendran AIADMK59,62256.54A. Ayyasamy DMK37,54935.6122,073
228KanniyakumariK. Perumal Pillai AIADMK45,35354.05Sankaraligom. M. DMK37,69644.927,657
229NagercoilS. Retnaraj DMK41,57247.86Jagatheeson. S. AIADMK40,30146.391,271
230ColachelF. M. Rajarathnam AIADMK33,58539.33M. R. Gandhi BJP32,99638.64589
231PadmanabhapuramV. Balachandran Independent28,46537.77M. Vincent AIADMK24,14832.054,317
232ThiruvattarJ. Hemachandran CPI(M)26,85136.97M. Mohndahs Independent22,76231.344,089
233VilavancodeM. Sundardas INC47,16957.49D. Moni CPI(M)34,87642.5112,293
234KilliyoorD. Kumaradas JP36,94458.24Pauliah. A. INC25,45840.1411,486

M.G.R's third cabinet

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.

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 G. Palanithurai (June 1991). Role Perception of the Legislators: A Case Study of Tamil Nadu. Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division. p. 27. ISBN 81-220-0227-7.
  2. 1 2 K. Mohandas (1992). MGR, the man and the myth. Panther Publishers. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-81-85457-09-3.
  3. TN Elections 2011: DMK releases candidates list for 119 seats-Karunanidhi from Tiruvarur, Stalin fielded in Kolathur
  4. Election Commission of India. "1984 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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