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Constituency

68. Chidambaram

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-CHIDAMBARAM

AIADMK 51.7%won by 4.0%DMK 47.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 4.0%.

  • AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 26.7% to 51.7% of the vote here (+25.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.4% of the vote between them, up from 58.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
80,699
Margin
3,267
4.05%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
AIADMKflipped
AIADMKDMK swing
+8.6%
AIADMK share
26.7% 51.7%
DMK share
31.3% 47.7%
Turnout