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34. Ranipet

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-RANIPET

DMK 53.7%won by 8.8%AIADMK 44.9%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.8% to 8.8%.

  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 44.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.6% 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
82,529
Margin
7,254
8.79%

Candidates

5 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1DURAI MURUGANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK44,31853.7%
  2. 2RENU, NAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK37,06444.9%
  3. 3MURTHY, R. T. SIndependent · IND4310.5%
  4. 4ABDUL SUBHAN, S. AIndependent · IND3670.4%
  5. 5ASWATHAMAN, SIndependent · IND3490.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–AIADMK swing
−34.7%
DMK share
43.5% → 53.7%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 44.9%
Turnout
— → —
33. Sholingur35. Arcot
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