Constituency
46. Polur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-POLUR
INC 48.9%won by 3.0%AIADMK 46.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 9.8% to 48.9% of the vote here (+39.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 71.4% — 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
72,475
Margin
2,153
2.97%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1BALARAMAN, LIndian National Congress · INC35,45648.9%
- 2SELVAN, AAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK33,30346.0%
- 3VEDIAPPAN, K.GIndependent · IND1,8982.6%
- 4SUBRAMANIAN, K. JIndependent · IND1,1831.6%
- 5MURUGESA GOUNDER, P.CIndependent · IND6350.9%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–AIADMK swing
- +31.0%
- INC share
- 9.8% → 48.9%
- AIADMK share
- 37.8% → 46.0%
- Turnout
- — → —