Constituency
71. Rishivandiyam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-RISHIVANDIYAM
INC 51.1%won by 6.6%AIADMK 44.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 6.1% to 6.6%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.6% of the vote between them, up from 70.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
74,810
Margin
4,921
6.58%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SUNDARAM, MIndian National Congress · INC38,23851.1%
- 2DEIVEEKAN, MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK33,31744.5%
- 3GOVINDASAMI, PIndependent · IND2,5523.4%
- 4ABDUL WAHAB, TIndependent · IND7030.9%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–AIADMK swing
- +0.5%
- INC share
- 38.4% → 51.1%
- AIADMK share
- 32.3% → 44.5%
- Turnout
- — → —