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45. Kalasapakkam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-KALASAPAKKAM

DMK 54.5%won by 14.5%AIADMK 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.0% to 14.5%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 68.7% — 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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Valid votes
82,443
Margin
11,951
14.50%

Candidates

4 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1THIRUVENGADAM, P.SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK44,92354.5%
  2. 2VISVANATHAN, C. NAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK32,97240.0%
  3. 3DHANAPAL, CIndependent · IND2,9943.6%
  4. 4NATESAN, A.PIndependent · IND1,5541.9%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–AIADMK swing
+12.5%
DMK share
35.4% → 54.5%
AIADMK share
33.4% → 40.0%
Turnout
— → —
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