Constituency
372. Cuddalore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-CUDDALORE
INCI 59.4%won by 24.6%ADK 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 24.6%.
- INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 59.4% of the vote here (+59.4%).
- New challengerAnna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK) finished second with 34.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,92,583
Turnout
63.9%
Valid votes
4,42,319
Margin
1,08,651
24.56%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INCI- 1MUTHUKUMARAN R.INCI · INCI2,62,69459.4%
- 2ARVINDA BALA PAJANORAnna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK1,54,04334.8%
- 3RAJALAKSHMI SELVIIndependent · IND6,3591.4%
- 4KANAGARATHINAM T.Independent · IND5,7861.3%
- 5RAMAMURTHY L.JNPS · JNPS4,9591.1%
- 6NARASIMHAN T.R.Independent · IND3,5240.8%
- 7RAMALINGAM A.Independent · IND2,9700.7%
- 8ABDUL WAHAB T.Independent · IND1,9840.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INCIflipped
- INCI–ADK swing
- +24.6%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 59.4%
- ADK share
- 0.0% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- 64.3% → 63.9%