Constituency
377. Salem
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-SALEM
DMK 50.9%won by 5.7%ADK 45.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 5.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 40.3% to 50.9% of the vote here (+10.5%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 66.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,91,389
Turnout
66.5%
Valid votes
4,60,108
Margin
26,258
5.71%
Candidates
11 contested · winner DMK- 1PALANIAPPAN C.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,33,97150.9%
- 2KAMNAN P.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK2,07,71345.1%
- 3GANDHINATHAN M.INCU · INCU5,3811.2%
- 4SAMBALINGAM T.Independent · IND3,3270.7%
- 5BALASUBRAMANIAM P.N.Independent · IND3,0070.7%
- 6RAMASWAMI M.Independent · IND1,8640.4%
- 7VASANTHI MUTHUIndependent · IND1,4420.3%
- 8VADIVELU B.Independent · IND1,0920.2%
- 9KANGANI C.N.Independent · IND9530.2%
- 10KANDASAMY P.Independent · IND9180.2%
- 11THAMBI (SAKKARI GOUNDER )S.C.Independent · IND4400.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- ADK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADK swing
- +24.1%
- DMK share
- 40.3% → 50.9%
- ADK share
- 58.7% → 45.1%
- Turnout
- 63.9% → 66.5%