Constituency
384. Dindigul
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-DINDIGUL
DMK 51.8%won by 5.7%ADK 46.1%
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 0.0% to 51.8% of the vote here (+51.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.9% of the vote between them, up from 83.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.5% to 62.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,57,333
Turnout
62.4%
Valid votes
4,72,487
Margin
26,746
5.66%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1MAYA THEVAR K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,44,66951.8%
- 2RAJAN CHELLAPPA V.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK2,17,92346.1%
- 3MUTHUKRISHNAN S.Independent · IND3,5060.7%
- 4KRISHNAN S.JNPS · JNPS2,5520.5%
- 5MUSTABA P.M.Independent · IND1,3900.3%
- 6SUDALAIMUTHU PILLAI M.Independent · IND1,2270.3%
- 7SUBRAMANIAN K.Independent · IND1,2200.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- ADK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADK swing
- +65.3%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 51.8%
- ADK share
- 59.6% → 46.1%
- Turnout
- 65.9% → 62.4%