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Constituency

22. Chengalpattu

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-CHENGALPATTU

AIADMK 53.1%won by 6.8%INC 46.3%

What changed here

Derived

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.7% to 6.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.4% of the vote between them, up from 81.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
76,245
Margin
5,152
6.76%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
AIADMK
AIADMKINC swing
−30.4%
AIADMK share
43.5% 53.1%
INC share
6.3% 46.3%
Turnout