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191. Pudukkottai

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-PUDUKKOTTAI

INC 49.7%won by 1.3%CPI 48.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.0% to 1.3%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 48.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 65.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
95,877
Margin
1,273
1.33%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAJKUMAR VIJAYA REGUNATHA THONDAIMANIndian National Congress · INC47,66049.7%
  2. 2SUBBIAH, K. R.Communist Party of India · CPI46,38748.4%
  3. 3CHIDAMBARAM, R.Independent · IND7080.7%
  4. 4KUTTAYAN, V.Independent · IND7000.7%
  5. 5SHAHUL HAMEED, S.Independent · IND4220.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−41.4%
INC share
42.7% → 49.7%
CPI share
0.0% → 48.4%
Turnout
— → —
190. Kolathur192. Alangudi
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