Constituency
374. Dharmapuri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-DHARMAPURI
DMK 55.5%won by 17.7%JNP 37.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 17.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 55.5% of the vote here (+55.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 37.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.7% to 54.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,94,088
Turnout
54.4%
Valid votes
3,77,330
Margin
66,871
17.72%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1ARJUNAN K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,09,60355.5%
- 2BHUVARAHAN G.Janata Party · JNP1,42,73237.8%
- 3NALLASAMY K.JNPS · JNPS13,7943.7%
- 4GANESAN C.Independent · IND5,0201.3%
- 5KANDHANIndependent · IND2,5250.7%
- 6THANGARAJIndependent · IND2,1880.6%
- 7SIVARAJ M.P.Independent · IND1,4680.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–JNP swing
- +17.7%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 55.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 37.8%
- Turnout
- 63.1% → 54.4%