Who won Tuticorin in the 1980 Assembly election?

RAJENDRAN, S. N. of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won Tuticorin in the 1980 Assembly election with 54,171 votes (57.6% vote share), a margin of 14,806 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

227. Tuticorin

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1980

TN-TUTICORIN

AIADMK 57.6%won by 15.7%DMK 41.9%

What changed here

Derived

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.5% to 15.7%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.5% of the vote between them, up from 57.1% — 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

94,032

Margin

14,806

15.75%

Candidates

3 contested · winner AIADMK

1RAJENDRAN, S. N.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK54,17157.6%
2KRISHNAN, R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK39,36541.9%
3ARUNACHALAM, V.Independent · IND4960.5%

Since 1977

Derived

Winner then: AIADMK
Winner now: AIADMK
AIADMK–DMK swing: +8.3%
AIADMK share: 29.3% → 57.6%
DMK share: 21.9% → 41.9%
Turnout: — → —

226. Srivaikuntam 228. Kanniyakumari

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