Constituency
233. Vilavancode
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980
TN-VILAVANCODE
CPM 53.7%won by 13.9%DMK 39.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.9% to 13.9%.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 39.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
63,673
Margin
8,822
13.86%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1MONI D.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM34,17053.7%
- 2DAVIS RAJ P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK25,34839.8%
- 3PACKIANATHAN S.Janata Party · JNP3,3705.3%
- 4MANAS C.Independent · IND4130.6%
- 5PURSHOTHAMAN N.Independent · IND3720.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–DMK swing
- −35.0%
- CPM share
- 48.9% → 53.7%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 39.8%
- Turnout
- — → —