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377. Salem

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-SALEM

DMK 50.9%won by 5.7%ADK 45.1%

What changed here

Derived

The 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%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
ADK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKADK swing
+24.1%
DMK share
40.3% 50.9%
ADK share
58.7% 45.1%
Turnout
63.9% 66.5%