Constituency
138. Usilampatti
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-USILAMPATTI
FBL 47.7%won by 17.3%IND 30.3%
What changed here
DerivedFBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.9% to 17.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 30.3% — it polled just 1.6% in 1977.
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
71,029
Margin
12,323
17.35%
Candidates
4 contested · winner FBL- 1ANDI THEVAR, S.FBL · FBL33,85747.7%
- 2MUTHURAMALINGAM, P. K. M.Independent · IND21,53430.3%
- 3SANTHANA THEVAR, L.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK15,03321.2%
- 4KARUTHA PANDIAN, T. K.Independent · IND6050.9%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- FBL
- Winner now
- FBL
- FBL–IND swing
- −43.0%
- FBL share
- 61.9% → 47.7%
- IND share
- 1.6% → 30.3%
- Turnout
- — → —