Election
Constituency

56. Vanur

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-VANUR

DMK 52.9%won by 7.1%AIADMK 45.8%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.1% to 7.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.6% of the vote between them, up from 65.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
73,512
Margin
5,248
7.14%

Candidates

4 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1MUTHUVEL, NDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK38,88352.9%
  2. 2RAMAJAYAM, M. NAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK33,63545.8%
  3. 3KANAGARAJ, VANUR, VIndependent · IND6000.8%
  4. 4ERUSAN, AIndependent · IND3940.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–AIADMK swing
+4.0%
DMK share
34.3% → 52.9%
AIADMK share
31.2% → 45.8%
Turnout
— → —
55. Tindivanam57. Kandamangalam
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