1980 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980
← 1977 January 1980 1984 →
39 (of 542) seats to the Lok Sabha
  First party Second party
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Leader M. Karunanidhi M. G. Ramachandran
Party DMK AIADMK
Alliance Congress alliance Janata alliance
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Seats won 37 2
Seat change Increase 21 Decrease 21
Popular vote 10,290,515 7,392,655
Percentage 55.89% 40.14%
Swing Increase 15.01% Decrease 13.73%
1980 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png
1980 Election map (by constituencies)
Green = INC(I)+ and Blue = JP+

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.

Voting and results[edit]

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Results by Alliance[edit]

INC(I)+ SEATS AIADMK+ SEATS OTHERS SEATS
INC(I) 20 AIADMK 2 JNP(S) 0
DMK 16 JNP 0 INC(U) 0
IND/IUML 1 CPI 0
CPM 0
TOTAL (1980) 37 TOTAL (1980) 2 TOTAL (1980) 0
TOTAL (1977) 16 TOTAL (1977) 20 TOTAL (1977) 0
  • The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was part of an alliance with Indira Congress in 1977, while the DMK is in alliance with them for the 1980 election

List of Elected MPs[edit]

Constituency Winner Party Margin Runner-upa Partya
Madras North G. Lakshmanan DMK 99,318 M. S. Abdul Khader AIADMK
Madras Central A. Kalanidhi DMK 105,049 P. Ramachandran JNP
Madras South R. Venkataraman INC(I) 120,362 E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath AIADMK
Sriperumbudur T. Nagaratnam DMK 82,777 S. Jaganathan AIADMK
Chengalpattu Era. Anbarasu INC(I) 110,016 R. Mohanarangam AIADMK
Arakkonam A. M. Velu INC(I) 117,361 A. M. Raghunathan AIADMK
Vellore A. K. A. Abdul Samad IND/IUML 79,546 V. Dhandayuthapani JNP
Tiruppattur S. Murugaiyan DMK 115,361 M. Panduranganr AIADMK
Vandavasi D. Pattuswamy Mudaliar INC(I) 127,154 C. A. Venugopal Gounder AIADMK
Tindivanam S. S. Ramasamy Padayachi INC(I) 156,898 V. Munusamy Thirukkuralar AIADMK
Cuddalore R. Muthukumaran INC(I) 108,651 Aravinda Pala Pajanor AIADMK
Chidambaram V. Kulandaivelu DMK 138,725 S. Mahalingam CPM
Dharmapuri K. Arjunan DMK 66,871 G. Bhuvarahan JNP
Krishnagiri K. Ramamurthy INC(I) 100,511 V. Rajagopal AIADMK
Rasipuram B. Devarajan INC(I) 59,872 S. Anbalagan AIADMK
Salem C. Palaniappan DMK 26,258 P. Kamnan AIADMK
Tiruchengode M. Kandaswamy DMK 21,218 R. Kolandaivelu AIADMK
Nilgiris R. Prabhu INC(I) 85,743 T. T. S. Thippiah JNP
Gobichettipalayam G. Chinnasamy AIADMK 13,875 N. R. Thiruvenkadam INC(I)
Coimbatore Ram Mohan DMK 56,109 Parvathi Krishnan CPI
Pollachi C. T. Dhandapani DMK 15,735 M. A. M. Natarajan AIADMK
Palani A. Senapathi Gounder INC(I) 59,568 P. S. K. Lakhmipathy Raju JNP
Dindigul K. Maya Thevar DMK 26,746 V. Rajan Chellappa AIADMK
Madurai A. G. Subburaman INC(I) 69,195 A. Balasubramanyam CPM
Periyakulam Cumbum N. Natarajan DMK 19,882 S. Ramasamy AIADMK
Karur S. A. Dorai Sebastian INC(I) 74,143 K. Kanagaraj AIADMK
Tiruchirappalli N. Selvaraj DMK 73,599 T. K. Rangarajan CPM
Perambalur K. B. S. Mani INC(I) 99,172 S. Thangaraju AIADMK
Mayiladuthurai Kudanthai N. Ramalingam INC(I) 92,005 S. Govindasamy JNP
Nagapattinam M. Thazhai Karunanithi DMK 10,674 K. Murugayan CPI
Thanjavur S. Singaravadivel INC(I) 44,539 K. Thangamuthu AIADMK
Pudukkottai V. N. Swaminathan INC(I) 16,099 Kuzha Chellaya AIADMK
Sivaganga R. V. Swaminathan INC(I) 134,561 D. Pandian CPI
Ramanathapuram M. S. K. Sathyendran DMK 84,133 P. Anbalagan AIADMK
Sivakasi N. Soundararajan AIADMK 6,612 V. Jayalakshmi INC(I)
Tirunelveli D. S. A. Sivaprakasam DMK 59,962 V. Arunachalam AIADMK
Tenkasi M. Arunachalam INC(I) 108,316 S. Rajagopalan JNP
Tiruchendur K. T. Kosalram INC 113,819 N. Soundarapandian JNP
Nagercoil N. Dennis INC(I) 38,408 P. Vijayaraghavan JNP

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu[edit]

Cabinet Ministers[edit]

Minister Party Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha Portfolios
R. Venkataraman INC Madras South Ministry of Finance

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "From the archives: Why is 1980 Tamil Nadu Assembly election worthy of note?". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

Bibliography[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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