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28. Poonamallee

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-POONAMALLEE

DMK 48.8%won by 14.2%GKC 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.7% to 14.2%.

  • New challengerGKC (GKC) finished second with 34.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.4% of the vote between them, up from 66.2% — 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
77,860
Margin
11,088
14.24%

Candidates

6 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1RAJARATHINAM, D.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK38,01848.8%
  2. 2SAMBANDANGKC · GKC26,93034.6%
  3. 3CHINNASAMY,P.POOVAIIndependent · IND8,54711.0%
  4. 4MOORTHY,MIndependent · IND2,2462.9%
  5. 5THIRUVEN GADAM,GBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,6052.1%
  6. 6LAKSHMIPATHY NAIDU,TIndependent · IND5140.7%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–GKC swing
−22.2%
DMK share
36.5% → 48.8%
GKC share
0.0% → 34.6%
Turnout
— → —
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