Constituency
156. Thottiyam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-THOTTIYAM
INC 42.9%won by 0.4%IND 42.5%
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 0.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 30.6% to 42.9% of the vote here (+12.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.4% of the vote between them, up from 62.5% — 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
87,268
Margin
307
0.35%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1PERIASAMI, R.Indian National Congress · INC37,42642.9%
- 2JAYARAJ, T. P. K.Independent · IND37,11942.5%
- 3SHANMUGASUNDARAM, K. M.Independent · IND11,49713.2%
- 4MUSIRI MASILAMANIIndependent · IND5240.6%
- 5ONTHACHI PILLAI, P.Independent · IND4270.5%
- 6KANNAIYAN, V. K.Independent · IND2750.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −27.7%
- INC share
- 30.6% → 42.9%
- IND share
- 2.5% → 42.5%
- Turnout
- — → —