Constituency
367. Arakkonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-ARAKKONAM
INCI 60.8%won by 25.6%ADK 35.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 25.6%.
- INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 60.8% of the vote here (+60.8%).
- New challengerAnna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK) finished second with 35.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.5% to 65.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,01,433
Turnout
65.3%
Valid votes
4,57,858
Margin
1,17,361
25.63%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INCI- 1VELU A.M.INCI · INCI2,78,51660.8%
- 2RAGUNATHAN A.M.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK1,61,15535.2%
- 3KRISHNAN K.Independent · IND7,9041.7%
- 4PERIASAMY REDDIAR A.M.Independent · IND4,1530.9%
- 5KANTHAPPAN A.Independent · IND3,2550.7%
- 6JANAKIRAMAN A.JNPS · JNPS2,8750.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INCIflipped
- INCI–ADK swing
- +25.6%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 60.8%
- ADK share
- 0.0% → 35.2%
- Turnout
- 69.7% → 65.3%