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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1980

Vaniayambadi

Assembly constituency 39 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1980

[01]Result · 1980

#39 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants2
Electors1,15,231
Votes polled73,649
Turnout63.9%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerKulasekara Pandiyan, NAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam38,04952.5% of votes
MARGIN3,674 votes · 5.0 pp38,049 − 34,375
Runner-upAbdul Latheef, M Independent34,37547.5% of votes
AIADMK 52.5% of top-two votesIND 47.5%

All candidates 2

  1. 01 Kulasekara Pandiyan, NAIADMK38,049 52.5%
  2. 02 Abdul Latheef, MIND34,375 47.5%

Turnout 63.9%

025507510063.9%TURNOUT◦ state median 65.5%
Male 57,38849.8% Female 57,84350.2%

Share of 1,15,231 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,008
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 234 seats, 198065.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 72,424Residual 1,225

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    2.4 pp
    G.KapilTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
  2. 2021
    12.0 pp
    A.M.MunirathinamIndian National Congress
  3. 2019
    7.4 pp
    G. SampathuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2016
    4.6 pp
    Parthiban.N.GAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2011
    5.0 pp
    P.R.ManokarDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
  6. 2006
    18.4 pp
    Abdul Basith.HDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 2002
    15.3 pp
    Vadivel. RAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 2001
    10.6 pp
    Abdul Latheef. M.Independent
  9. 1996
    41.7 pp
    Abdul Latheef, M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  10. 1991
    19.9 pp
    Sampath E.Indian National Congress
  11. 1989
    17.4 pp
    Abdul Samad, P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  12. 1984
    1.4 pp
    H. Abdul MajeedIndian National Congress
  13. 1980
    5.0 pp
    Kulasekara Pandiyan, NAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1977
    13.9 pp
    M. Abdul LatheefIndependent
  15. 1971
    15.4 pp
    ThopputhiruvengadamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  16. 1967
    2.4 pp
    L. BalaramanIndian National Congress
  17. 1962
    15.0 pp
    C.K. Chinnaraji GounderDravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Turnout of 63.9% was 1.6 pp below the state's median seat (65.5%).

    63.9 − 65.5 = −1.6

  2. The margin narrowed from 13.9 pp in 1977 to 5.0 pp.

    5.0 − 13.9 = −8.9 pp

  3. The seat changed hands: IND in 1977, AIADMK in 1980.

    1977 IND · 1980 AIADMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines72,424
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled73,649
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,225

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,225, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1980 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates2 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 234 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 1980 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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