Constituency
232. Thiruvattar
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-THIRUVATTAR
CPM 47.7%won by 20.0%INC 27.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 20.0%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.4% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.
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
61,757
Margin
12,364
20.02%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1HEMACHANDRAN J.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM29,46347.7%
- 2THOBIAS P.Indian National Congress · INC17,09927.7%
- 3JAMES J.Janata Party · JNP14,97024.2%
- 4THOMAS MARSHALL P.Independent · IND2250.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- −22.9%
- CPM share
- 46.0% → 47.7%
- INC share
- 3.1% → 27.7%
- Turnout
- — → —