Constituency
89. Salem-Ii
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-SALEM-II
AIADMK 51.6%won by 6.0%INC 45.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 6.0%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 51.6% of the vote here (+51.6%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 45.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.2% of the vote between them, up from 59.9% — 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
79,450
Margin
4,740
5.97%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1ARUMUGAM, MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK40,97551.6%
- 2ANBALAGAN, KIndian National Congress · INC36,23545.6%
- 3SOLAI-ERUSANJanata Party · JNP1,5942.0%
- 4SEERANGAN, MIndependent · IND4460.6%
- 5DHANAMANNAR, MIndependent · IND2000.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–INC swing
- +6.0%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 51.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 45.6%
- Turnout
- — → —