1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

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 now, this is the last election where the ruling party gained seats.

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

← 1980 24 December 1984 1989 →
All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.47%
First party Second party   Leader M. G. Ramachandran M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance INC+ Janata alliance + Left Front Leader's seat Andipatti did not contest Seats won 195 34 Seat change 29 25 Popular vote 11,681,221 8,021,293 Percentage 53.87% 37.00% Swing 4.95% 7.43%
1984 election map (by constituencies)
Chief Minister before election M. G. Ramachandran AIADMK Elected Chief Minister M. G. Ramachandran AIADMK

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 Kazhagam		M. G. Ramachandran	155
2.		Indian National Congress		M. Palaniyandi	73
3.		Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress		Kumari Ananthan	4

DMK Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	176
2.		Communist Party of India		P. Manickam	17
3.		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		A. Nallasivan	16
4.		Janata Party			16

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

M.G.R's third cabinet

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

Main article: V. N. Janaki ministry

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

• Elections in Tamil Nadu
• Legislature of Tamil Nadu
• Government of Tamil Nadu