Constituency
201. Ramanathapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-RAMANATHAPURAM
AIADMK 57.6%won by 17.5%INC 40.2%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.9% to 17.5%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 40.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.8% of the vote between them, up from 68.9% — 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
81,527
Margin
14,232
17.46%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1RAMASAMY, T.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK46,98757.6%
- 2ZEENATH SHERIFFDEENIndian National Congress · INC32,75540.2%
- 3SAHUL HAMEED Y.Janata Party · JNP9901.2%
- 4KALLIAPPAN S.Independent · IND3430.4%
- 5PANAI MANI, A.Independent · IND2920.4%
- 6YEDAVALLI BALASUBRAMANYA SASTRIIndependent · IND1600.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- AIADMK
- AIADMK–INC swing
- −29.4%
- AIADMK share
- 46.9% → 57.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- — → —