Constituency
386. Periyakulam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-PERIYAKULAM
DMK 51.3%won by 4.0%ADK 47.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 4.0%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 26.3% to 51.3% of the vote here (+25.0%).
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,35,391
Turnout
67.7%
Valid votes
4,97,460
Margin
19,882
4.00%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1NATARAJAN CUMBUM N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,55,20451.3%
- 2RAMASAMY S.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK2,35,32247.3%
- 3SURULIVELUIndependent · IND6,9341.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- ADK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADK swing
- +47.4%
- DMK share
- 26.3% → 51.3%
- ADK share
- 69.7% → 47.3%
- Turnout
- 67.9% → 67.7%