Constituency
198. Sivaganga
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-SIVAGANGA
INC 56.9%won by 15.8%IND 41.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.2% to 15.8%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 58.0% — 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
72,579
Margin
11,452
15.78%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SUBRAMANIAN, O.Indian National Congress · INC41,32756.9%
- 2NATARAJASAMY, N.Independent · IND29,87541.2%
- 3MUTHUSAMY BHARATHIIndependent · IND8471.2%
- 4KALLA KONTAN, V.Independent · IND5300.7%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −4.2%
- INC share
- 30.6% → 56.9%
- IND share
- 10.6% → 41.2%
- Turnout
- — → —