Constituency
388. Tiruchirappalli
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
DMK 54.3%won by 14.4%CPM 40.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 14.4%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 54.3% of the vote here (+54.3%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 40.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.0% to 71.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,22,379
Turnout
71.0%
Valid votes
5,12,709
Margin
73,599
14.35%
Candidates
8 contested · winner DMK- 1SELVARAJU N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,78,48554.3%
- 2RANGARAJAN T.K.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,04,88640.0%
- 3LALGUDI RAJENDRAN V.Independent · IND23,1334.5%
- 4PERIYANNAN S.Independent · IND2,0040.4%
- 5SELVANATHAN M.J.Independent · IND1,2040.2%
- 6VELU C.Independent · IND1,1130.2%
- 7VIJAYA RENGAN N.Independent · IND9860.2%
- 8RATHINAM S.Independent · IND8980.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–CPM swing
- +14.4%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 54.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 40.0%
- Turnout
- 67.9% → 71.0%