Constituency
363. Madras Central
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-MADRAS-CENTRAL
DMK 59.5%won by 21.6%JNP 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 21.6%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 59.5% of the vote here (+59.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 38.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.7% to 67.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,26,953
Turnout
67.0%
Valid votes
4,87,409
Margin
1,05,049
21.55%
Candidates
8 contested · winner DMK- 1KALANIDHI A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,90,19959.5%
- 2RAMACHANDRAN P.Janata Party · JNP1,85,15038.0%
- 3RAJAGOPALAN P.INCU · INCU6,1721.3%
- 4ZAINUDDIN A.K.Independent · IND1,6760.3%
- 5CHANDRAN K.Independent · IND1,6230.3%
- 6SHANKER GIRI V.Independent · IND1,1340.2%
- 7LOGANATHAN C.P.Independent · IND7890.2%
- 8MANAKCHAND NAHARIndependent · IND6660.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–JNP swing
- +21.6%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 59.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- 53.4% → 67.0%