Constituency
146. Melur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-MELUR
INC 54.6%won by 12.3%AIADMK 42.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.9% to 54.6% of the vote here (+18.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 72.0% — 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
98,912
Margin
12,154
12.29%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1VEERANAMBALAM, K. V.Indian National Congress · INC54,00354.6%
- 2PARAMASIVAN, A. M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK41,84942.3%
- 3KRISHNAN, J. S.Independent · IND1,3561.4%
- 4RAMU, N.Independent · IND6860.7%
- 5AYYAVU, A.Independent · IND5160.5%
- 6RAMAMURTHY, V.Independent · IND5020.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–AIADMK swing
- +12.5%
- INC share
- 35.9% → 54.6%
- AIADMK share
- 36.1% → 42.3%
- Turnout
- — → —