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8. Anna Nagar

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-ANNA-NAGAR

DMK 49.0%won by 0.7%AIADMK 48.3%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.1% to 0.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.3% of the vote between them, up from 81.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 699 votes (0.67%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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
1,04,731
Margin
699
0.67%

Candidates

10 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1KARUNANIDHI,MDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK51,29049.0%
  2. 2HANDE,H.VAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK50,59148.3%
  3. 3JEBAMANI,RJanata Party · JNP2,3352.2%
  4. 4AKILAN (ALIAS) HARIIndependent · IND1660.2%
  5. 5VEERAPPA GOUNDER,V.T.RIndependent · IND960.1%
  6. 6RAMESH,BIndependent · IND700.1%
  7. 7VARADADESIGAN,O.AIndependent · IND670.1%
  8. 8KANNIAPPAN,TIndependent · IND540.1%
  9. 9VELSAMI NADAR,SIndependent · IND340.0%
  10. 10DURAISWAMY NADAR,NIndependent · IND280.0%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–AIADMK swing
−18.5%
DMK share
50.1% → 49.0%
AIADMK share
31.0% → 48.3%
Turnout
— → —
7. Egmore9. T-Nagar
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