Constituency
226. Srivaikuntam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-SRIVAIKUNTAM
AIADMK 39.0%won by 3.1%INC 35.9%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.4% to 3.1%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.9% of the vote between them, up from 57.2% — 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
67,968
Margin
2,098
3.09%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1RAMASUBRAMANIAN, E.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK26,50239.0%
- 2SHANMUGAM, V.Indian National Congress · INC24,40435.9%
- 3ADITANAR, SI, PA.Independent · IND12,11917.8%
- 4ASHOKKUMAR, S.Independent · IND3,8905.7%
- 5CHELLIAH, L.Independent · IND5420.8%
- 6POTHIAH PILLAI, P.Independent · IND5110.8%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- AIADMK
- AIADMK–INC swing
- −4.7%
- AIADMK share
- 31.3% → 39.0%
- INC share
- 23.5% → 35.9%
- Turnout
- — → —