Who won Alangudi in the 1980 Assembly election?

THIRUMARAN, P. of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won Alangudi in the 1980 Assembly election with 59,206 votes (55.3% vote share), a margin of 14,601 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

192. Alangudi

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-ALANGUDI

AIADMK 55.3%won by 13.6%INC 41.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 13.6%.

AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 28.0% to 55.3% of the vote here (+27.3%).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.0% of the vote between them, up from 66.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

1,07,011

Margin

14,601

13.64%

Candidates

5 contested · winner AIADMK

1THIRUMARAN, P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK59,20655.3%
2PUSHPARAJU, T.Indian National Congress · INC44,60541.7%
3BALAKRISHNAN, A.Independent · IND2,2962.1%
4M. KOLANDAICHAMY Independent · IND5300.5%
5MATHINIRAISELVAN, M.Independent · IND3740.3%

Since 1977

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: AIADMKflipped
AIADMK–INC swing: +24.6%
AIADMK share: 28.0% → 55.3%
INC share: 38.9% → 41.7%
Turnout: — → —

191. Pudukkottai 193. Aranthangi

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