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Constituency

175. Nagapattinam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-NAGAPATTINAM

CPM 51.4%won by 2.8%INC 48.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.9% to 2.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.4% — 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
85,843
Margin
2,367
2.76%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−22.3%
CPM share
39.7% 51.4%
INC share
14.6% 48.6%
Turnout