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381. Coimbatore

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-COIMBATORE

DMK 54.3%won by 11.0%CPI 43.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 11.0%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 54.3% of the vote here (+54.3%).
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.1% to 65.0%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
7,85,260
Turnout
65.0%
Valid votes
5,10,166
Margin
56,109
11.00%

Candidates

8 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1RAM MOHAN ALIAS ERA MOHAN R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,76,97554.3%
  2. 2PARVATHI KRISHNANCommunist Party of India · CPI2,20,86643.3%
  3. 3RAMALINGAM K.INCU · INCU4,2190.8%
  4. 4LGB RAJAN ALIAS RAJAGOPAL B.Independent · IND3,1660.6%
  5. 5GOPAL A.Independent · IND1,9200.4%
  6. 6SHANMUGAM P.Independent · IND1,5550.3%
  7. 7NATARAJAN N.Independent · IND8650.2%
  8. 8ANWAR HUSSAIN T.M.S.Independent · IND6000.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–CPI swing
+63.1%
DMK share
0.0% → 54.3%
CPI share
52.1% → 43.3%
Turnout
69.1% → 65.0%
380. Gobichettipalayam382. Pollachi
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