Constituency
373. Chidambaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-CHIDAMBARAM
DMK 63.6%won by 29.2%CPM 34.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 29.2%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 37.8% to 63.6% of the vote here (+25.8%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 34.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,94,357
Turnout
68.5%
Valid votes
4,75,735
Margin
1,38,725
29.16%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1KULANDAIVELU V.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,02,52363.6%
- 2MAHALINGAM S.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,63,79834.4%
- 3DURAISWAMY R.N.Independent · IND5,9841.3%
- 4DURAIVELAVAN D.Independent · IND3,4300.7%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- ADK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–CPM swing
- −8.6%
- DMK share
- 37.8% → 63.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 34.4%
- Turnout
- 67.4% → 68.5%