1980 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu explained

Election Name:Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977
Previous Year:1977
Next Election:Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984
Next Year:1984
Election Date:January 1980
Seats For Election:39 (of 542) seats to the Lok Sabha
Registered:28,113,893
Turnout:66.76% 0.37%
Party1:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alliance1:Congress Alliance
Leaders Seat1:Did not contest
Seats1:37
Seat Change1: 21
Popular Vote1:10,290,515
Percentage1:55.89%
Swing1: 15.01%
Leader2:M. G. Ramachandran
Leaders Seat2:Did not contest
Party2:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alliance2:Janata alliance
Seats2:2
Seat Change2: 21
Popular Vote2:7,392,655
Percentage2:40.14%
Swing2: 13.73%
Map Size:200px
Before Election:Janata Party
After Party:Indian National Congress (Indira)

The 1980 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu saw elections for all 39 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress (Indira) and its ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, who won 37 out of 39 seats. Many observers considered it an upset defeat[1] for the ruling state party, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and its general secretary M. G. Ramachandran, which only won 2 seats—Gobichettipalayam and Sivakasi. Prior to the election, INC leader Indira Gandhi had formed an alliance with the DMK, resulting in an important part of her victory in the nationwide election that returned her to the office of Prime Minister of India.

Seat Allotment

Congress Front

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1. 22
2. 16
3. 1

Janata Alliance

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1. 24
2. P. Ramachandran9
3. Communist Party of India (Marxist)G. Ramakrishnan3
4. Tha.Pandian3

Voting and results

AlliancePartyalign=centrePopular Votealign=centrePercentagealign=centreSwingalign=centreSeats wonalign=centreSeat Change
DMK+Indian National Congress (Indira)5,821,41131.62%9.35%206
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,236,53723.01%4.40%1614
Independent232,5671.26%1
Total10,290,51555.89%15.01%3721
AIADMK+All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,674,06425.38%4.66%215
Janata Party1,465,7827.96%9.71%03
Communist Party of India660,9403.59%1.01%03
Communist Party of India (Marxist)591,8693.21%1.65%0
Total7,392,65540.14%13.73%221
Janata Party (Secular)98,7290.54%new party0new party
Indian National Congress (Urs)41,6710.23%new party0new party
Republican Party of India9,4970.05%0.03%0
Independents579,6773.15%2.07%0
Total18,412,744100.00%39
Valid Votes18,412,74498.11%
Invalid Votes355,0741.89%
Total Votes18,767,818100.00%
Reigstered Voters/Turnout28,113,89366.76%0.37%

List of Elected MPs

ConstituencyWinnerPartyMarginRunner-upaPartya
Madras NorthG. Lakshmanan99,318M. S. Abdul Khader
Madras CentralA. Kalanidhi105,049P. Ramachandran
Madras SouthR. Venkataraman120,362E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath
SriperumbudurT. Nagaratnam82,777S. Jaganathan
ChengalpattuEra. Anbarasu110,016R. Mohanarangam
ArakkonamA. M. Velu117,361A. M. Raghunathan
VelloreA. K. A. Abdul Samad79,546V. Dhandayuthapani
TiruppatturS. Murugaiyan115,361M. Panduranganr
VandavasiD. Pattuswamy Mudaliar127,154C. A. Venugopal Gounder
TindivanamS. S. Ramasamy Padayachi156,898V. Munusamy Thirukkuralar
CuddaloreR. Muthukumaran108,651Aravinda Pala Pajanor
ChidambaramV. Kulandaivelu138,725S. Mahalingam
DharmapuriK. Arjunan66,871G. Bhuvarahan
KrishnagiriVazhappady K. Ramamurthy100,511V. Rajagopal
RasipuramB. Devarajan59,872S. Anbalagan
SalemC. Palaniappan26,258P. Kamnan
TiruchengodeM. Kandaswamy21,218R. Kolandaivelu
NilgirisR. Prabhu85,743T. T. S. Thippiah
GobichettipalayamG. Chinnasamy13,875N. R. Thiruvenkadam
CoimbatoreRam Mohan56,109Parvathi Krishnan
PollachiC. T. Dhandapani15,735M. A. M. Natarajan
PalaniA. Senapathi Gounder59,568P. S. K. Lakhmipathy Raju
DindigulK. Maya Thevar26,746V. Rajan Chellappa
MaduraiA. G. Subburaman69,195A. Balasubramanyam
PeriyakulamCumbum N. Natarajan19,882S. Ramasamy
KarurS. A. Dorai Sebastian74,143K. Kanagaraj
TiruchirappalliN. Selvaraj73,599T. K. Rangarajan
PerambalurK. B. S. Mani99,172S. Thangaraju
MayiladuthuraiKudanthai N. Ramalingam92,005S. Govindasamy
NagapattinamM. Thazhai Karunanithi10,674K. Murugayan
ThanjavurS. Singaravadivel44,539K. Thangamuthu
PudukkottaiV. N. Swaminathan16,099Kuzha Chellaya
SivagangaR. V. Swaminathan134,561D. Pandian
RamanathapuramM. S. K. Sathyendran84,133P. Anbalagan
N. Soundararajan6,612V. Jayalakshmi
TirunelveliD. S. A. Sivaprakasam59,962V. Arunachalam
TenkasiM. Arunachalam108,316S. Rajagopalan
TiruchendurK. T. Kosalram113,819N. Soundarapandian
NagercoilN. Dennis38,408P. Vijayaraghavan

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Cabinet Ministers

See also

Bibliography

Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: From the archives: Why is 1980 Tamil Nadu Assembly election worthy of note?. https://web.archive.org/web/20210426230748/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/apr/27/from-the-archives-why-is-1980-tamil-nadu-assembly-election-worthy-of-note-2295297.html. dead. 26 April 2021. 2021-09-17. The New Indian Express.