Constituency
147. Natham
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-NATHAM
INC 52.5%won by 6.2%IND 46.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.3% to 6.2%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 46.2% — it polled just 1.2% in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.7% of the vote between them, up from 77.6% — 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
70,261
Margin
4,388
6.25%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1ANDI AMBALAM, M.Indian National Congress · INC36,85952.5%
- 2ALAGARSAMY, T.Independent · IND32,47146.2%
- 3SOMASUNDARAM, A.Independent · IND5090.7%
- 4MANICKAM, C.Independent · IND4220.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −37.5%
- INC share
- 45.0% → 52.5%
- IND share
- 1.2% → 46.2%
- Turnout
- — → —