Election
Constituency

1. Royapuram

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-ROYAPURAM

DMK 50.3%won by 1.3%CPI 49.1%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.2% to 1.3%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 49.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.4% of the vote between them, up from 64.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
74,319
Margin
935
1.26%

Candidates

5 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1PONNURANGAM,PDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK37,39050.3%
  2. 2PANDIAN,DCommunist Party of India · CPI36,45549.1%
  3. 3NAGALINGAM,SIndependent · IND1920.3%
  4. 4RAMIAH,MIndependent · IND1810.2%
  5. 5VIVEKANANDAN,KJNPSR · JNPSR1010.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–CPI swing
−32.3%
DMK share
33.5% → 50.3%
CPI share
0.0% → 49.1%
Turnout
— → —
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