Constituency
207. Sivakasi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-SIVAKASI
AIADMK 61.3%won by 29.7%DMK 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 29.7%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 28.3% to 61.3% of the vote here (+33.0%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.9% of the vote between them, up from 60.0% — 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
86,561
Margin
25,733
29.73%
Candidates
11 contested · winner AIADMK- 1BALAKRISHNAN, V.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK53,08161.3%
- 2ALAGU THEVAR, S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK27,34831.6%
- 3ALAGAR RAJAN, P.Janata Party · JNP4,0844.7%
- 4JESUDOS, M.Independent · IND5490.6%
- 5IGNACIMUTHU, A.Independent · IND2750.3%
- 6GOPALAKRISHNAN, K.Independent · IND2520.3%
- 7JEYARAM, V.Independent · IND2510.3%
- 8CHINNAIAH, V.Independent · IND2250.3%
- 9BALAKRISHNAN, E.K.PIndependent · IND1880.2%
- 10RAMAKRISHNAN S.Independent · IND1630.2%
- 11KALAIAPPA NADAR, K.Independent · IND1450.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +11.2%
- AIADMK share
- 28.3% → 61.3%
- DMK share
- 9.8% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- — → —