Constituency
42. Chengam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-CHENGAM
AIADMK 48.1%won by 1.5%INC 46.6%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.2% to 1.5%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 46.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.6% of the vote between them, up from 70.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
55,816
Margin
836
1.50%
Candidates
3 contested · winner AIADMK- 1SWAMIKANNU, TAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK26,82348.1%
- 2ARUMUGAM, AIndian National Congress · INC25,98746.6%
- 3ARUMUGAM, PIndependent · IND3,0065.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- AIADMK
- AIADMK–INC swing
- −44.9%
- AIADMK share
- 46.4% → 48.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 46.6%
- Turnout
- — → —