Constituency
387. Karur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-KARUR
INCI 55.5%won by 14.6%ADK 40.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 14.6%.
- INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 55.5% of the vote here (+55.5%).
- New challengerAnna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK) finished second with 40.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.7% to 66.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,62,973
Turnout
66.4%
Valid votes
5,06,788
Margin
74,134
14.63%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INCI- 1DORAI SEBASTIAN S.A.INCI · INCI2,81,14955.5%
- 2KANAGARAJ K.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK2,07,01540.8%
- 3ELAMARAN P.M.JNPS · JNPS11,2152.2%
- 4APPARAVO M.Independent · IND5,2501.0%
- 5MARIMUTHU V.Independent · IND2,1590.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INCIflipped
- INCI–ADK swing
- +14.6%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 55.5%
- ADK share
- 0.0% → 40.8%
- Turnout
- 69.1% → 66.4%