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Constituency

391. Nagapattinam

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-NAGAPATTINAM

CPI 25.9%won by 0.9%DMK 25.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.9% to 0.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.0% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 79.9%.

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

Electorate
6,84,297
Turnout
79.9%
Valid votes
11,09,848
Margin
9,439
0.85%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIDMK swing
−7.1%
CPI share
54.0% 25.9%
DMK share
46.0% 25.1%
Turnout
77.8% 79.9%