The 1984 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for Indian National Congress and its ally All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, winning 37 out of 39 seats. The other 2 seats were won by the opposition, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. 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.

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Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984

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39 (of 514) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	30,958,080
Turnout	22,591,943 (72.98%) 6.22%
First party Second party   Leader M. G. Ramachandran M. Karunanidhi Party AIADMK DMK Alliance Congress alliance Janata alliance Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Seats won 37 2 Seat change 15 14 Popular vote 12,941,942 8,006,513 Percentage 59.87% 37.04% Swing 2.87% 0.73%
1984 Election map (by constituencies) Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+

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Alliance		Party		Popular Vote	Percentage	Swing	Seats won	Seat Change
	AIADMK+		Indian National Congress	8,755,871	40.51%	8.89%	25	5
			All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3,968,967	18.36%	7.02%	12	10
			Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress	217,104	1.00%	new party	0	new party
			Total	12,941,942	59.87%	2.87%	37	15
	DMK+		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	5,597,507	25.90%	2.89%	2	14
			Janata Party	911,931	4.22%	3.74%	0
			Communist Party of India	738,106	3.41%	0.18%	0
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	614,893	2.84%	0.37%	0
			Tamil Nadu Congress	144,076	0.67%	new party	0	new party
			Total	8,006,513	37.04%	0.73%	2	14
	Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)			56,704	0.26%	new party	0	new party
	Bharatiya Janata Party			15,462	0.07%	new party	0	new party
	Independents			593,382	2.76%	1.65%	0	1
Total				21,614,003	100.00%		39
Valid Votes				21,614,003	95.67%
Invalid Votes				977,940	4.33%
Total Votes				22,591,943	100.00%
Reigstered Voters/Turnout				30,958,080	72.98%	6.22%

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• 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.

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

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

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History