1980 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

none State Assembly election 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election July 2016 July 2026 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980 India parliamentary no Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977 1977 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984 1984 January 1980 39 (of 542) seats to the Lok Sabha 28,113,893 66.76% 0.37% M._Karunanidhi_.jpg 100 100 120 0 0 M. Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Congress Alliance Did not contest 37 21 10,290,515 55.89% 15.01% MGR portrait, from 2017 Stamp.jpg 100 100 120 0 0 M. G. Ramachandran Did not contest All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Janata alliance+LF 2 21 7,392,655 40.14% 13.73% Tamilnadu India Parliament 1980.svg 300px Seat wise Result 1980 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png 200px 1980 Election map (by constituencies) Green = INC(I)+ and Blue = JP+ Prime Minister Charan Singh Janata Party (Secular) Indira Gandhi 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 defeatFrom the archives: Why is 1980 Tamil Nadu Assembly election worthy of note? 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 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 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 colspan="6" Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK-led Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Indian National Congress 50px 50px Indira Gandhi 22 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px 50px M. Karunanidhi 16 Independentsymbol Scales Symbol was Independent Symbol throughout India, except Punjab in 1980 elections. 50px A. K. A. Abdul Samad 1 Total39 Janata Alliance colspan="6" All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK-led Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px 50px M. G. Ramachandran 24 Janata Party P. Ramachandran 9 Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes 50px 50px A. Balasubramaniam 3 Communist Party of India 50px 50px P. Manickam 3 Total39 List of Candidates ConstituencyDMK+AIADMK+ # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate1Madras NorthDravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Lakshmanan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. S. Abdul Khader2Madras CentralDravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. KalanithiJanata Party P. Ramachandran3Madras SouthIndian National Congress (I) R. VenkataramanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK E. V. K. F. Sulochana Sampath4Sriperumbudur (SC)Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. NagaratnamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. M. Jaganathan5ChengalpattuIndian National Congress (I) Era. AnbarasuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. M. Mohanarangam6ArakkonamIndian National Congress (I) A. M. VeluAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. M. Ragunathan7VelloreIndependent IND A. K. A. Abdul SamadJanata Party V. Dhandayuthapani8TiruppatturDravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. MurugaiyanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. M. Pandurangan9VandavasiIndian National Congress (I) D. PattuswamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. A. M. Venugopal Gounder 10 Tindivanam Indian National Congress (I) S. S. Ramasami All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Thirukkuralar Munusamy 11 Cuddalore Indian National Congress (I) R. Muthukumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Aravinda Bala Pajanor 12 Chidambaram (SC) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Kulandaivelu Communist Party of India (Marxist) S. Mahalingam 13 Dharmapuri Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Arjunan Janata Party G. Bhuvarahan 14 Krishnagiri Indian National Congress (I) K. Ramamurthy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. M. Rajahagopal 15 Rasipuram (SC) Indian National Congress (I) B. Devarajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Anbalagan 16 Salem Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Palaniappan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Kamnan 17 Tiruchengode Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Kandaswamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Kolanthaivelu 18 Nilgiris Indian National Congress (I) R. Prabhu Janata Party T. T. S. Thippiah 19 Gobichettipalayam Indian National Congress (I) N. R. Thiruvankadam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK G. Chinnasamy 20 Coimbatore Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Ram Mohan Communist Party of India Parvathi Krishnan 21 Pollachi (SC) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. T. Dhandapani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. A. M. Natarajan 22 Palani Indian National Congress (I) A. Senapathi Gounder Janata Party P. S. K. Lakshmipathy 23 Dindigul Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Maya Thevar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. M. Rajan Chellappa24MaduraiIndian National Congress (I) A. G. SubburamanCommunist Party of India (Marxist) A. M. Balasubramanyam25PeriyakulamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Cumbum Natarajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. M. Ramasamy26KarurIndian National Congress (I) S. A. Dorai SebastianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. M. Kanagaraj27TiruchirappalliDravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. SelvarajCommunist Party of India (Marxist) T. K. Rangarajan28Perambalur (SC)Indian National Congress (I) K. B. S. ManiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. M. Thangaraju29MayiladuthuraiIndian National Congress (I) Kudanthai N. RamalingamJanata Party S. M. Govindasamy30Nagapattinam (SC)Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Thazhai KarunanithiCommunist Party of India K. Murugaiyan31ThanjavurIndian National Congress (I) S. SingaravadivelAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. M. Thangamuthu32PudukottaiIndian National Congress (I) V. N. SwamynathanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Kuzha Chellaiya33SivagangaIndian National Congress (I) R. V. SwaminathanCommunist Party of India D. Pandian34RamanathapuramDravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. S. K. SathyendranAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. M. Anbalagan35SivakasiIndian National Congress (I) V. JayalakshmiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK N. Soundararajan36TirunelveliDravida Munnetra Kazhagam D. S. A. SivaprakasamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. M. Arunachalam37Tenkasi (SC)Indian National Congress (I) M. ArunachalamJanata Party S. Rajagopalan38TiruchendurIndian National Congress (I) K. T. KosalramJanata Party N. Soundarapandian39NagercoilIndian National Congress (I) N. DennisJanata Party Pon. Vijayaraghavan Voting and results thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left AlliancePartyPopular VotePercentageSwingSeats wonSeat ChangeDMK+Indian National Congress (Indira)5,821,41131.62%9.35%206Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,236,53723.01%4.40%1614Independent232,5671.26%1Total10,290,51555.89%15.01%3721AIADMK+All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,674,06425.38%4.66%215Janata Party1,465,7827.96%9.71%03Communist Party of India660,9403.59%1.01%03Communist Party of India (Marxist)591,8693.21%1.65%0Total7,392,65540.14%13.73%221Janata Party (Secular)98,7290.54%new party0new partyIndian National Congress (Urs)41,6710.23%new party0new partyRepublican Party of India9,4970.05%0.03%0Independents579,6773.15%2.07%0Total18,412,744100.00%39Valid Votes18,412,74498.11%Invalid Votes355,0741.89%Total Votes18,767,818100.00%Registered Voters/Turnout28,113,89366.76%0.37% 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 Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Madras NorthG. LakshmananDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK297,26857.33M. S. M. Abdul KhaderAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK197,95038.1899,31819.152Madras CentralA. KalanithiDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK290,19959.54P. RamachandranJanata PartyJP185,15037.99105,04921.553Madras SouthRamaswamy VenkataramanIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)328,83660.34E. V. K. SampathAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK208,47438.25120,36222.094Sriperumbudur (SC)T. NagaratnamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK253,91257.45S. JaganathanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK171,13538.7282,77718.735ChengalpattuEra. AnbarasuIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)283,16359.86R. MohanarangamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK173,14736.61110,01623.256ArakkonamA. M. VeluIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)278,51660.83A. M. RagunathanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK161,15535.20117,36125.637VelloreA. K. A. Abdul SamadIndependent politicianIND232,56755.11V. DhandayuthapaniJanata PartyJP153,02136.2679,54618.858TiruppatturS. MurugianDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK274,21662.84M. PanduranganAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK158,85536.40115,36126.449VandavasiD. PattuswamyIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)285,54962.36C. A. Venugopal GounderAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK158,39534.59127,15427.7710TindivanamS. S. Ramaswamy PadayatchiIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)290,06965.50V. Munuswamy ThirukkuralarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK133,17130.07156,89835.4311CuddaloreR. MuthukumaranIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)262,69459.39Arvinda Bala PajanorAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK154,04334.83108,65124.5612Chidambaram (SC)V. KulandaiveluDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK302,52363.59S. MahalingamCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)163,79834.43138,72529.1613DharmapuriK. ArjunanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK209,60355.55G. BuvarahanJanata PartyJP142,73237.8366,87117.7214KrishnagiriK. RamamurthyIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)222,83963.03V. RajahagopalAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK122,32834.60100,51128.4315Rasipuram (SC)B. DevarajanIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)236,11254.58S. AnbalaganAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK176,24040.7459,87213.8416SalemC. PalaniappanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK233,97150.85P. KamnanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK207,71345.1426,2585.7117TiruchengodeM. KandaswamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK276,01551.51R. KolanthaiveluAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK254,79747.5521,2183.9618NilgirisR. PrabhuIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)273,61457.18T. T. S. ThippiahJanata PartyJP187,87139.2685,74317.9219GobichettipalayamG. ChinnasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK210,80849.90N. R. ThiruvankadamIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)196,93346.6213,8753.2820CoimbatoreRam Era MohanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK276,97554.29Parvathi KrishnanCommunist Party of IndiaCPI220,86643.2956,10911.0021Pollachi (SC)C. T. DhandapaniDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK233,26151.41M. A. M. NatarajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK217,52647.9415,7353.4722PalaniA. Sanapathi GoundarIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)230,73353.41P. S. K. LakshimipathyrajuJanata PartyJP171,16539.6259,56813.7923DindigulK. Maya ThevarDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK244,66951.78V. Rajan ChellappaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK217,92346.1226,7465.6624MaduraiA. G. SubburamanIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)292,38055.57A. BalassubramanyamCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)223,18542.4269,19513.1525PeriyakulamN. Natarajan CumbumDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK255,20451.30S. RamasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK235,32247.3019,8824.0026KarurS. A. Dorai SebastianIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)281,14955.48K. KanagarajAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK207,01540.8574,13414.6327TiruchirappalliN. SelvarajuDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK278,48554.32T. K. RangarajanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)204,88639.9673,59914.3628Perambalur (SC)K. B. S. ManiIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)282,76758.89S. ThangarajuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK183,59538.2499,17220.6529MayiladuthuraiN. Kudanthai RamalingamIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)291,62557.20S. GovindasamyJanata PartyJP199,62039.1692,00518.0430Nagapattinam (SC)Karunanithi-ThazhaiDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK278,56150.98K. MurugayanCommunist Party of IndiaCPI267,88749.0210,6741.9631ThanjavurS. SingaravadivelIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)268,38252.94K. ThangamuthuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK223,84344.1544,5398.7932PudukkottaiV. N. SwamynathanIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)294,49449.92Kuzha ChellaiyaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK278,39547.1916,0992.7333SivagangaR. V. SwaminathanIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)306,74860.81D. PandianCommunist Party of IndiaCPI172,18734.14134,56126.6734RamanathapuramM. S. K. SathiyendranDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK275,04956.66P. AnbalaganAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK190,91639.3384,13317.3335SivakasiN. SourdararajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK234,65446.07V. JayalakshmiIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)228,04244.776,6121.3036TirunelveliD. S. A. SivaprakasamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK256,62654.89V. ArunachalamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK196,66442.0659,96212.8337Tenkasi (SC)M. ArunachalamIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)272,26062.42S. RajagopalanJanata PartyJP163,94437.58108,31624.8438TiruchendurK. T. KosalramIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)227,39551.78N. Sounthara PandianJanata PartyJP113,57625.86113,81925.9239NagercoilN. DennisIndian National Congress (Indira)INC(I)187,11151.32P. VijayaraghavanJanata PartyJP148,70340.7838,40810.54 Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1R. VenkataramanMadras SouthCabinet MinisterFinance14 Jan198015 Jan1982Indian National Congress (I) 6Industry16 Jan19803 Apr1980Defence15 Jan19822 Aug1984Home Affairs22 June19822 Sept19822R. V. SwaminathanSivagangaMoSAgriculture14 Jan198029 Jan1983Rural Reconstruction24 Nov198029 Jan1983 See also Elections in Tamil Nadu Bypolls (1980-1984) DistrictConstituencyWinnerRunner upMargin No. Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %TheniPeriyakulamS. T. K. JakkaiyanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam252,37750.1% N. EramakrishnanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam183,11736.4% 69,260Bypoll held on 1982 following the death of the incumbent member Cumbum N. Natarajan from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on 1982. Notes References Bibliography Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha External links Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History expanded Tamil Nadu Category:Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu Category:1980s in Tamil Nadu