Election
Constituency

139. Nilakkottai

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-NILAKKOTTAI

IND 61.6%won by 23.2%DMK 38.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 23.2%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 0.0% to 61.6% of the vote here (+61.6%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 68.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
79,372
Margin
18,412
23.20%

Candidates

2 contested · winner IND
  1. 1PONNAMMAL, A. S.Independent · IND48,89261.6%
  2. 2MANIVASAGAM, A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK30,48038.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
INDflipped
INDDMK swing
+39.1%
IND share
0.0% 61.6%
DMK share
15.9% 38.4%
Turnout