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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

234 seats · 90 changed party since 1977

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Party standings

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980 · 9 parties won seats

Derived
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 129 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 37 seatsIndian National Congress — 31 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 11 seatsCommunist Party of India — 9 seatsIndependent — 8 seatsGKC — 6 seats2 other parties — 3 seats118234of 234 seats
  • AIADMK129
  • DMK37
  • INC31
  • CPM11
  • CPI9
  • IND8
  • GKC6
  • Others3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam12955%73,03,01038.8%177
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam3716%41,64,38922.1%112
INCIndian National Congress3113%39,41,90020.9%114
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)115%5,96,4063.2%16
CPICommunist Party of India94%5,01,0322.7%15
INDIndependent83%13,52,6227.2%467
GKCGKC63%3,22,4401.7%10
JNPJanata Party21%5,24,9762.8%96
FBLFBL10%65,5360.3%2

+ 4 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980 · winner by seat

234 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 118

1980 · selected
Majority 118
AIADMK129DMK37INC31CPM11CPI9IND8GKC6JNP2FBL1
1977 · previous
Majority 118

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1977 → 1980

1977 1980· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
30.4
38.8
24.9
22.1
17.5
20.9
2.8
3.2
4.5
7.2
16.7
2.8
AIADMKDMKINCCPMINDJNP

Seat change

1980 seats minus 1977 seats

seats lostseats gained
AIADMK
130 → 129
−1
DMK
48 → 37
−11
INC
27 → 31
+4
CPM
12 → 11
−1
CPI
5 → 9
+4
IND
1 → 8
+7
GKC
0 → 6
+6
JNP
10 → 2
−8
FBL
1 → 1
0

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1977 → 1980

share lostshare gained
AIADMK
30.4% → 38.8%
+8.4%
INC
17.5% → 20.9%
+3.4%
IND
4.5% → 7.2%
+2.6%
GKC
0.0% → 1.7%
+1.7%
CPM
2.8% → 3.2%
+0.4%
DMK
24.9% → 22.1%
−2.8%
JNP
16.7% → 2.8%
−13.9%

Biggest AIADMK–DMK swings

Seats where the AIADMK-vs-DMK vote gap moved most, 1977 → 1980. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (AIADMK share − DMK share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward AIADMK; to the left, toward DMK.

toward DMKtoward AIADMK
Vaniyambadi
+81.3%
Salem-Ii
+80.1%
Aravakurichi
+77.7%
Bhuvanagiri
+77.4%
Papanasam
+77.4%
Harur
+76.9%
Nilakkottai
−73.7%
Tenkasi
+67.3%
Radhapuram
−65.6%
Vellakoil
+63.7%
Madurai Central
−60.1%
Pennagaram
−57.3%

Closest races · 1980

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1980

234 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1977