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Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 1980

Results board · 234 constituencies

HouseVidhan Sabha
StateTamil Nadu
Seats
234
Constituencies
Majority
118
Seats needed of 234
Electors
2.92Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.91Cr
65.4% of electors
Median turnout
65.5%
Median of 234 seats
AIADMK lead
+11
Above majority · 129 − 118

[01]Seat matrix

234 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 234 seats: AIADMK 129, DMK 37, INC 31, CPI(M) 11, CPI 9, IND 8, GKNC 6, JNP(JP) 2, AIFB 1. Majority line at 118 seats. Hemicycle of 234 seats: AIADMK 129, DMK 37, INC 31, CPI(M) 11, CPI 9, IND 8, GKNC 6, JNP(JP) 2, AIFB 1. Majority line at 118 seats.
Majority · 118 of 234AIADMK 129 · +11 above majority
AIADMK 12955.1% All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
DMK 3715.8% Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
INC 3113.2% Indian National Congress
CPI(M) 114.7% Communist Party of India (Marxist)
CPI 93.8% Communist Party of India
IND 83.4% Independents
GKNC 62.6% Gandhi Kamraj National Congress
JNP(JP) 20.9% Janata Party (JP)
AIFB 10.4% All India Forward Bloc

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
AIADMK 38.8%129 seats · 55.1%
DMK 22.1%37 seats · 15.8%
INC 20.9%31 seats · 13.2%
CPI(M) 3.2%11 seats · 4.7%
JNP(JP) 2.8%2 seats · 0.9%
Others 12.2%24 seats · 10.3%

Vote share not published

  • CPI9 seats
  • IND8 seats
  • GKNC6 seats
  • AIFB1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. AIADMK converted 38.8% of votes into 55.1% of seats, a seat premium of 16.3 pp.

    129 ÷ 234 = 55.1% · 55.1 − 38.8 = +16.3

  2. INC polled 20.9% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 31 seats (13.2%).

    31 ÷ 234 = 13.2% · 13.2 − 20.9 = −7.7

  3. Ilayangudi was decided by 56 votes, the closest of 234 seats; Andipatti had the widest margin, 27,982.

    min / max of margin over 234 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 18 seats were won by a margin under 1%; AIADMK won 9 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 18 of 234 · AIADMK 9

  5. In SC-reserved seats AIADMK won 21 of 42 (50.0%), against 55.1% of all seats.

    21 ÷ 42 = 50.0% · 129 ÷ 234 = 55.1%

  6. Turnout ran from 47.9% in Avanashi to 84.3% in Peravurani; the median seat polled 65.5%.

    min / median / max over 234 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

234 of 234 seats carry a turnout
025507510065.5%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 31.3% of seats
50–60 4720.1% of seats
60–70 12553.4% of seats
70–80 5423.1% of seats
≥ 80% 52.1% of seats
  • LowestAvanashi47.9%
  • HighestPeravurani84.3%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

234 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 1980, all 234 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Royapuram Ponnurangam,p Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 74,988 935 1.2 64.3
02 Harbour Selvarasan,a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 61,069 11,015 18.0 54.5
03 Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar Rajasekaran,v Indian National Congress 91,527 7,188 7.9 62.4
04 Park Town Somu,n.V.N Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 68,990 14,898 21.6 57.1
05 PeramburSC Balan,s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 91,400 8,280 9.1 61.7
06 Purasawalkam Anbazhagan,k Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,01,569 5,708 5.6 59.8
07 EgmoreSC Ellayaperumal,l Indian National Congress 63,041 14,756 23.4 53.8
08 Anna Nagar Karunanidhi,m Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,05,653 699 0.7 62.3
09 Theagaraya Nagar Sourirajan,k Gandhi Kamraj National Congress 84,892 6,466 7.6 55.4
10 Thousand Lights Krishnasamy,k.A All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 81,628 307 0.4 57.6
11 Chepauk Rahman Khan,a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 59,148 9,226 15.6 58.8
12 Triplicane Haja Shareeff,k.S.G Indian National Congress 64,415 6,878 10.7 56.8
13 Mylapore Kapali, T.K All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 83,831 3,316 4.0 58.3
14 Saidapet Purushothaman,d Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 85,049 1,697 2.0 59.0
15 Gummidipundi Munirathinam,r.S All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 86,905 7,826 9.0 68.0
16 PonneriSC Chakarapani,r All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 84,245 14,918 17.7 62.4
17 Thiruvottiyur Kumari Ananthan Gandhi Kamraj National Congress 1,03,302 3,458 3.3 67.1
18 Villivakkam Prabakaran,j.C.D All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,20,815 703 0.6 62.9
19 Alandur Abdul Razack,k.M All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,01,383 5,839 5.8 60.7
20 Tambaram Pammal Nallathambi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,17,561 6,185 5.3 65.5
21 TirupporurSC Chockalingam,g Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 66,622 2,297 3.4 63.9
22 Chengalpattu Jagadeesan,anoor,p.G All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 77,315 5,152 6.7 61.9
23 Maduranthakam Ugamchand,s.D All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 84,133 11,809 14.0 75.5
24 AcharapakkamSC Ganesan,c All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 71,590 119 0.2 69.6
25 Uthiramerur Jagathrakshakan,s All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 89,390 1,586 1.8 69.7
26 Kancheepuram Venkatasubramanian,p All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 96,439 2,192 2.3 74.0
27 SriperumbudurSC D.Yasodha Indian National Congress 71,516 6,029 8.4 61.2
28 Poonamallee Rajarathinam, D. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 78,888 11,088 14.1 56.7
29 Tiruvallur Pattabiraman,s All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 73,737 5,536 7.5 64.8
30 Tiruttani Shanmugam, R All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 73,548 10,091 13.7 66.0
31 Pallipet Narasimhan, P.M All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 76,589 410 0.5 67.5
32 ArkonamSC Vijayasarathy, M All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 75,248 921 1.2 60.5
33 Sholinghur Gopal, C All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 73,525 157 0.2 62.5
34 Ranipet Durai Murugan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 83,912 7,254 8.6 66.2
35 Arcot Sethuraman, A M All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 75,111 1,940 2.6 65.5
36 Katpadi Poongavanam, N. A Communist Party of India 69,967 5,279 7.5 57.6
37 Gudiyatham Sundaram, K.R Communist Party of India (Marxist) 71,317 9,940 13.9 64.3
38 PernambutSC Moorthy, G All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 67,410 5,335 7.9 59.6
39 Vaniayambadi Kulasekara Pandiyan, N All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 73,649 3,674 5.0 63.9
40 Natrampalli Anbazhagan, T All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 87,220 6,625 7.6 68.6
41 Tiruppattur Sundaram, B Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 79,212 8,104 10.2 63.5
42 ChengamSC Swamikannu, T All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 56,773 836 1.5 55.1
43 Thandarambattu Venugopal, D Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 73,723 21,069 28.6 66.5
44 Tiruvannamalai Narayanasamy, K Indian National Congress 93,952 18,385 19.6 78.2
45 Kalasapakkam Thiruvengadam, P.S Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 83,961 11,951 14.2 73.6
46 Polur Balaraman, L Indian National Congress 73,891 2,153 2.9 66.3
47 Anaicut Viswanathan,g All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 67,386 5,955 8.8 59.7
48 Vellore Devaraj, V.M Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 87,595 4,507 5.1 64.1
49 Arni Shanmugam, A. C All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 86,392 5,051 5.8 73.5
50 Cheyyar Babu Janarthanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 79,877 8,250 10.3 69.7
51 VandavasiSC Kuppusami, C All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 77,852 2,482 3.2 62.4
52 Peranamallur Venkitesan, P. M All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 75,491 878 1.2 62.2
53 Melmalayanur Chinnadurai, A All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 82,275 198 0.2 69.1
54 Gingee Ramchandran, N Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 84,975 1,633 1.9 68.1
55 Tindivanam Thangamani Gounder, K. M Indian National Congress 71,404 5,476 7.7 66.2
56 VanurSC Muthuvel, N Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 74,770 5,248 7.0 60.7
57 KandamangalamSC Kannan, M All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 70,444 2,357 3.3 52.3
58 Villupuram Palaniappan, K. P Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 89,438 5,160 5.8 66.8
59 Mugaiyur Sundaramurthy, R Indian National Congress 75,703 7,601 10.0 62.7
60 Thirunavalur Subramanian, V Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 77,139 173 0.2 71.6
61 UlundurpetSC Rangasamy, K Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 73,967 9,955 13.5 56.2
62 Nellikuppam Krishnamoorthi, V Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 74,462 12,111 16.3 66.7
63 Cuddalore Babu Govindarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 83,610 3,141 3.8 62.8
64 Panruti Ramachandran, S All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 87,102 4,487 5.2 77.3
65 Kurinjipadi Thangarasu, A All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 78,410 2,959 3.8 67.9
66 Bhuvanagiri Swaminathan, V .V All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 85,123 6,324 7.4 72.0
67 KattumannarkoilSC Ramalingam, E Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 74,916 14,662 19.6 70.9
68 Chidambaram Ganapathy, K. R All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 81,763 3,267 4.0 72.8
69 Vridhachalam Thiyagarajan, R Indian National Congress 88,899 4,148 4.7 71.5
70 MangaloreSC Kaliamoorthy, P All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 85,086 1,183 1.4 65.3
71 Rishivandiam Sundaram, M Indian National Congress 76,451 4,921 6.4 70.5
72 Chinnasalem Sivaraman, S Indian National Congress 76,384 5,247 6.9 66.1
73 Sankarapuram Kalitheerthan, S All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 74,274 3,541 4.8 65.4
74 Hosur Venkata Reddy, T Indian National Congress 52,921 4,412 8.3 49.8
75 Thalli Rajaram Naidu, D.R Indian National Congress 62,815 2,957 4.7 56.1
76 Kaveripattinam Samarasam, K All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 70,859 3,523 5.0 64.0
77 Krishnagiri Chinnarasu, K. R All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 57,662 1,797 3.1 54.3
78 Bargur Doraisamy, Bn.S All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 70,728 10,848 15.3 62.5
79 HarurSC Sabapathy, C. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 70,223 12,608 18.0 56.6
80 Morappur Kuppusamy, N. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 76,413 13,129 17.2 72.0
81 Palacode Munusamy, M.B. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 75,709 4,135 5.5 66.6
82 Dharmapuri Aranganathan, S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 74,964 1,505 2.0 65.4
83 Pennagaram Theertha Raman, P Gandhi Kamraj National Congress 66,802 7,109 10.6 59.2
84 Mettur Nachimuthu, K.P All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 84,911 18,868 22.2 67.1
85 Taramangalam Semmalai, S Independent 83,584 22,383 26.8 69.8
86 Omalur Sivaperuman, M All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 74,250 11,952 16.1 64.3
87 YercaudST Thiruman All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 57,141 1,849 3.2 57.5
88 Salem-I Krishnaraj, G All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 97,777 19,231 19.7 70.7
89 Salem-Ii Arumugam, M All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 80,162 4,740 5.9 65.1
90 Veerapandi Vijayalakshmi Pandit All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 89,183 15,973 17.9 71.0
91 Panamarathupatty Rajaram, K All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 78,923 12,604 16.0 69.6
92 Attur Palanimuthu, C Indian National Congress 73,095 6,891 9.4 64.4
93 TalavasalSC Rajambal, T. Indian National Congress 74,433 3,499 4.7 56.4
94 Rasipuram Ramalingam, K. P All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 86,692 15,604 18.0 68.5
95 SendamangalamST Sivaprakasam, S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 70,162 7,034 10.0 54.0
96 NamakkalSC Arunachalam R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 83,743 3,893 4.6 62.1
97 Kapilamalai Velappan C. V. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 88,345 5,401 6.1 67.4
98 Tiruchengode Ponnaiyan, C. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,26,809 17,076 13.5 67.2
99 SankariSC Dhanapal, P. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 82,243 12,555 15.3 55.5
100 Edapadi Ganesan, I. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 98,875 5,819 5.9 69.0
101 Mettupalayam Palanisamy, S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 83,099 15,955 19.2 59.3
102 AvanashiSC Arumugam, M. Communist Party of India 62,625 9,671 15.4 47.9
103 Thondamuthur Chinnaraj, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,02,139 15,149 14.8 61.6
104 Singanallur Kulasekar, A. D. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 99,859 3,221 3.2 67.2
105 Coimbatore West Aranganayagam, C. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 79,658 2,427 3.0 59.1
106 Coimbatore East Ramani, K. Communist Party of India (Marxist) 74,845 133 0.2 53.3
107 Perur Kovaithambi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 99,725 485 0.5 66.6
108 Kinathukkadavu Kandasamy, K. V. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 81,786 5,729 7.0 69.3
109 Pollachi Rathinam, M. V. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 94,943 13,036 13.7 70.4
110 ValparaiSC Karuppiah, A. T. Communist Party of India 83,022 13,052 15.7 71.0
111 Udumalpet Kolandaivelu, P. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 98,410 4,521 4.6 73.4
112 DharapuramSC Periasamy, A. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 78,720 10,432 13.3 64.1
113 Vellakoil Ramasami, D. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 92,510 24,951 27.0 73.3
114 Pongalur Kandaswamy, P. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 69,918 13,696 19.6 63.9
115 Palladam Paramasiva Gounder All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 84,714 7,960 9.4 65.9
116 Tiruppur Manimaran, R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,12,580 24,095 21.4 70.4
117 Kangayam Krishnaswamy, K. G. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 83,177 11,609 14.0 65.9
118 Modakurichi Balakrishnan, S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 97,347 17,647 18.1 66.8
119 Perundurai Nallapan, T. K. Communist Party of India 82,006 11,667 14.2 63.2
120 Erode Muthusamy, S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,11,480 18,503 16.6 63.5
121 Bhavani Narayanan, P. G. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 73,679 21,226 28.8 61.6
122 AndhiyurSC Guruswamy, P. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 61,565 13,836 22.5 56.7
123 Gobichettipalayam Sengottayan, K. A. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 76,368 15,013 19.7 66.5
124 Bhavanisagar Subramaniam, G. K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 81,368 10,705 13.2 67.1
125 Sathyamangalam Rangasamy, R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 72,021 60 0.1 63.2
126 CoonoorSC Ranganathan, M. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 61,386 11,668 19.0 54.5
127 Ootacamund Kallan, K. Indian National Congress 69,347 9,900 14.3 62.2
128 Gudalur Hutchi, K. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 64,054 13,144 20.5 55.9
129 PalaniSC Palanivel, N. Communist Party of India (Marxist) 79,942 6,228 7.8 61.6
130 Oddanchatram Kuppuswamy, K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 79,193 11,387 14.4 60.3
131 Periyakulam Gopalakrishnan, K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 82,116 8,836 10.8 64.8
132 Theni Jeyaraman, V. R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 94,327 10,119 10.7 71.3
133 Bodinayakkanur Subramanian, K. M. S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 86,259 16,959 19.7 65.8
134 Cumbum Gopalan, R. T. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 97,743 12,182 12.5 74.4
135 AndipattiWIDEST Rajendran, S. S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 75,545 27,982 37.0 59.5
136 Sedapatti Muthiah, R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 71,286 13,855 19.4 60.4
137 Thirumangalam Chitthan, N. S. V. Indian National Congress 76,864 3,502 4.6 65.5
138 Usilampatti Andi Thevar, S. All India Forward Bloc 72,102 12,323 17.1 58.7
139 NilakottaiSC Ponnammal, A. S. Independent 80,581 18,412 22.8 65.3
140 Sholavandan Chandrasekaran, A. Indian National Congress 84,264 465 0.6 73.4
141 Tirupparankundram Kalimuthu, K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,02,199 22,507 22.0 63.3
142 Madurai West Ramachandran, M. G. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 96,495 21,066 21.8 63.2
143 Madurai Central Nedumaran, P. Independent 79,199 14,134 17.8 59.2
144 Madurai East Sankariah, N. Communist Party of India (Marxist) 75,348 5,939 7.9 57.0
145 SamayanallurSC Baluchamy, A. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 95,389 7,654 8.0 62.7
146 Melur Veeranambalam, K. V. Indian National Congress 1,00,156 12,154 12.1 72.9
147 Natham Andi Ambalam, M. Indian National Congress 71,405 4,388 6.1 61.0
148 Dindigul Varadarajan, N. Independent 1,01,523 11,519 11.3 64.2
149 Athoor Vellaisamy, A. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 96,498 16,369 17.0 62.9
150 Vedasandur Balasubramanian, V. P. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 92,832 25,271 27.2 59.2
151 Aravakurichi Sennimalai Alias, Kandahsamy P. S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 88,452 4,912 5.6 65.2
152 Karur Chinnasamy, M. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,07,841 8,306 7.7 71.2
153 KrishnarayapuramSC Thangavelraj, P. M. Indian National Congress 79,827 9,039 11.3 63.6
154 Marungapuri Raj Kumar, M. A. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 77,143 3,577 4.6 66.1
155 Kulithalai Karuppaiah, R. Communist Party of India 85,017 8,189 9.6 70.7
156 Thottiam Periasami, R. Indian National Congress 88,181 307 0.3 72.7
157 UppiliapuramST Arengarajan, V. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 88,643 2,266 2.6 69.2
158 Musiri Rajamanickam, M. K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,04,678 4,526 4.3 77.4
159 Lalgudi Anbil Dharmalingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,00,892 2,800 2.8 77.5
160 PerambalurSC Raju, J. S. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 70,968 4,456 6.3 58.5
161 VarahurSC Perumal, N. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 75,094 6,199 8.3 64.1
162 Ariyalur Arumugam, T. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 88,716 9,204 10.4 76.1
163 Andimadam Krishnamoorthy, S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 72,601 708 1.0 71.5
164 Jayankondam Thangavelu, P. Indian National Congress 88,026 4,907 5.6 74.5
165 Srirangam Soundararajan, R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 93,051 6,399 6.9 71.8
166 Tiruchirapalli-I Musiri Putthan, P. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 71,693 2,178 3.0 68.1
167 Tiruchirapalli-Ii Soundararajan, K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 78,400 8,562 10.9 62.2
168 Thiruverambur Gurusamy Alias Annadasan, N. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 91,442 11,965 13.1 68.6
169 SirkaliSC Balasubramanian, K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 86,875 13,280 15.3 74.5
170 Poompuhar Vijayabalan, N. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 86,389 5,705 6.6 78.7
171 Mayuram Kittappa, N. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 78,001 670 0.9 71.0
172 Kuttalam Rajamanickam, R. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 83,980 10,890 13.0 74.6
173 NannilamSC Kalaiarasan, A. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 85,897 5,140 6.0 74.5
174 TiruvarurSC Sellamuthu, M. Communist Party of India (Marxist) 91,547 1,598 1.7 75.1
175 Nagapattinam Umanath, R. Communist Party of India (Marxist) 86,729 2,367 2.7 77.1
176 Vedaranyam Manickam, M. S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 86,593 19,655 22.7 80.8
177 TiruthuraipundiSC Uthirapathi, P. Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,02,254 22,706 22.2 80.1
178 Mannargudi Ambikapathy, M. Communist Party of India 92,778 18,322 19.7 76.6
179 Pattukkottai Somasundaram, S. D. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 97,072 10,598 10.9 81.2
180 Peravurani Govendan, M. R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 96,904 16,377 16.9 84.3
181 Orathanad Veeraswamy, T. Indian National Congress 93,769 1,619 1.7 77.3
182 Thiruvonam Sivagnanam, N. Indian National Congress 91,518 62 0.1 77.1
183 Thanjavur Natarajan, S. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 81,691 979 1.2 63.6
184 Tiruvaiyaru Subramanian, M. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 78,156 9,669 12.4 70.8
185 Papanasam Rajaraman, S. Indian National Congress 72,529 2,949 4.1 68.2
186 ValangimanSC Gomathy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 73,087 11,165 15.3 72.8
187 Kumbakonam Pakeer Mohamed, E. S. M. Indian National Congress 81,577 9,623 11.8 69.1
188 Thiruvidamarudur Ramalingam, S. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 89,468 5,832 6.5 75.8
189 Thirumayam Sundararaj, N. Indian National Congress 87,342 223 0.3 70.8
190 KolathurSC Marimuthu, T. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 89,868 13,610 15.1 70.6
191 Pudukkottai Rajkumar Vijaya Regunatha Thondaiman Indian National Congress 96,889 1,273 1.3 74.1
192 Alangudi Thirumaran, P. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,08,046 14,601 13.5 81.5
193 Arantangi Thirunavukkarasu, S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,03,790 14,273 13.8 75.8
194 Tiruppattur Valmigi, V. Indian National Congress 82,778 14,226 17.2 71.3
195 Karaikudi Chidambaram, C. T. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 90,895 3,893 4.3 68.0
196 Tiruvadanai Anguchamy, S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 91,454 1,986 2.2 66.9
197 IlayangudiCLOSEST Sivasamy, S. Communist Party of India 74,799 56 0.1 68.2
198 Sivaganga Subramanian, O. Indian National Congress 73,360 11,452 15.6 62.9
199 ManamaduraiSC Paramalai, K. Independent 76,938 1,611 2.1 64.8
200 ParamakudiSC Thavasi, R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 81,515 8,834 10.8 65.8
201 Ramanathapuram Ramasamy, T. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 82,423 14,232 17.3 68.1
202 Kadaladi Sathiamoorthy, S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 79,329 3,236 4.1 57.2
203 Mudukulathur Dhanukkodi Thevar,k. Independent 84,084 5,536 6.6 62.5
204 Aruppukottai Pituhai, M. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 80,387 11,685 14.5 68.7
205 Sattur Ramachandran, K. K. Ss. R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,00,402 10,925 10.9 73.7
206 Virudhunagar Sundararajan, M. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 83,482 10,620 12.7 68.1
207 Sivakasi Balakrishnan, V. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 87,398 25,733 29.4 64.3
208 Srivilliputhur Thamaraikkani R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 90,874 17,666 19.4 70.1
209 RajapalayamSC Mokkian P. Independent 87,786 8,581 9.8 66.5
210 Vilathikulam Perumal R.K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 76,930 6,640 8.6 65.9
211 PottapidaramSC Appadurai, M. Communist Party of India 64,720 2,678 4.1 59.1
212 Koilpatti Alagarasamy, S. Communist Party of India 77,599 8,650 11.1 68.5
213 SankaranayanarkoilSC Durairaj, P. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 66,128 2,382 3.6 54.2
214 VasudevanallurSC Krishnan, R. Communist Party of India (Marxist) 66,641 3,186 4.8 57.1
215 Kadayanallur Shahul Hameed A. Independent 76,596 1,871 2.4 69.4
216 Tenkasi Sattanatha Karayalar A. K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 74,565 675 0.9 64.9
217 Alangulam Navaneetha Krishna Pandian, R. Gandhi Kamraj National Congress 77,737 6,684 8.6 67.3
218 Tirunelveli Nedunchezhiyan, V. R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 84,151 14,196 16.9 69.8
219 Palayamcottai Karuppasami Pandian, V. R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 78,504 12,369 15.8 67.3
220 Cheranmahadevi Pandian, P. H. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 75,059 12,110 16.1 71.2
221 Ambasamudram Easwarmoorthy Alias Soranam Communist Party of India (Marxist) 66,914 4,287 6.4 64.0
222 Nanguneri John Vincent, N. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 71,209 4,049 5.7 59.8
223 Radhapuram Muthu Ramalingam, S. Gandhi Kamraj National Congress 71,382 6,636 9.3 61.0
224 Sattangulam Ramasamy, S. N. Gandhi Kamraj National Congress 60,457 1,012 1.7 49.0
225 Tiruchendur Kesava Athithan, S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 72,248 1,205 1.7 54.4
226 Srivaikuntam Ramasubramanian, E. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 68,823 2,098 3.0 61.6
227 Tuticorin Rajendran, S. N. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 94,722 14,806 15.6 66.3
228 Kanniyakumari Muthukrishnan, S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 75,475 7,098 9.4 66.8
229 Nagercoil Vincent, M. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 72,284 9,283 12.8 55.4
230 Colachel Retnaraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 64,720 21,822 33.7 56.1
231 Padmanabhapuram Muthammad Ismail, P. Janata Party (JP) 53,447 2,324 4.3 52.7
232 Thiruvattar Hemachandran J. Communist Party of India (Marxist) 62,255 12,364 19.9 61.6
233 Vilavancode Moni D. Communist Party of India (Marxist) 64,355 8,822 13.7 52.5
234 Killiyoor Vijayaraghavan P. Janata Party (JP) 58,596 14,830 25.3 60.2
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 27,982 votes

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