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{{Infobox election
| 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
| image1 =[[File:M._Karunanidhi_.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader1 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| party1 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| alliance1 = Congress alliance
| leaders_seat1 = ''Did not contest''
| seats1 = 37
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 21
| popular_vote1 = 10,290,515
| percentage1 = 55.89%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 15.01%
| image2 =[[File:MG_Ramachandran_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader2 = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]
| leaders_seat2 = ''Did not contest''
| party2 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| alliance2 = Janata alliance
| seats2 = 2
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 21
| popular_vote2 = 7,392,655
| percentage2 = 40.14%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 13.73%

| map_image = 1980 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = 1980 Election map (by constituencies) Green = INC(I)+ and Blue = JP+

| title =
| posttitle =
| before_election = Janata Party
| before_party =
| after_election =
| 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<ref>{{Cite web|title=From the archives: Why is 1980 Tamil Nadu Assembly election worthy of note?|url=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|access-date=2021-09-17|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> for the ruling state party, [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], and its general secretary [[M. G. Ramachandran]], which only won 2 seats—[[Gobichettipalayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gobichettipalayam]] and [[Sivakasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|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==
[[File:1980 tamil nadu lok sabha election map by parties.png|thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left]]

===Results by Alliance===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)|INC(I)+]]
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#007D48; color:white"|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK+]]
! style="background-color:#007D48; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#DDDDDD; color:white"|OTHERS
! style="background-color:#DDDDDD; color:white"|SEATS
|----
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)|INC(I)]]
|20
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|2
|[[Janata Party (Secular)|JNP(S)]]
|0
|----
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|16
|[[Janata Party|JNP]]
|0
|[[Indian National Congress (Urs)|INC(U)]]
|0
|----
||[[Independent (politician)|IND]]/[[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]]
|1
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|0
|
|
|----
|
|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]
|0
|
|
|----
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|TOTAL (1980)
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|37
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|TOTAL (1980)
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|2
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|TOTAL (1980)
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|0
|----
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|TOTAL (1977)
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|16
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|TOTAL (1977)
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|20
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|TOTAL (1977)
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|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 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Constituency
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Winner
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Margin
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Runner-upa
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Partya
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Madras North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madras North]]
|[[G. Lakshmanan]]
|DMK
|99,318
|[[M. S. Abdul Khader]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Madras Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madras Central]]
|[[A. Kalanidhi]]
|DMK
|105,049
|[[P. Ramachandran]]
|JNP
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Madras South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madras South]]
|[[R. Venkataraman]]
|INC(I)
|120,362
|[[E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sriperumbudur]]
|[[T. Nagaratnam]]
|DMK
|82,777
|[[S. Jaganathan]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Chengalpattu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chengalpattu]]
|[[Era. Anbarasu]]
|INC(I)
|110,016
|[[R. Mohanarangam]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arakkonam]]
|[[A. M. Velu]]
|INC(I)
|117,361
|[[A. M. Raghunathan]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vellore]]
|[[A. K. A. Abdul Samad]]
|IND/IUML
|79,546
|[[V. Dhandayuthapani]]
|JNP
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tiruppattur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruppattur]]
|[[S. Murugaiyan]]
|DMK
|115,361
|[[M. Panduranganr]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Vandavasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vandavasi]]
|[[D. Pattuswamy Mudaliar]]
|INC(I)
|127,154
|[[C. A. Venugopal Gounder]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tindivanam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tindivanam]]
|[[S. S. Ramasamy Padayachi]]
|INC(I)
|156,898
|[[V. Munusamy Thirukkuralar]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuddalore]]
|[[R. Muthukumaran]]
|INC(I)
|108,651
|[[Aravinda Pala Pajanor]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chidambaram]]
|[[V. Kulandaivelu]]
|DMK
|138,725
|[[S. Mahalingam (politician)|S. Mahalingam]]
|CPM
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dharmapuri]]
|[[K. Arjunan]]
|DMK
|66,871
|[[G. Bhuvarahan]]
|JNP
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnagiri]]
|[[K. Ramamurthy]]
|INC(I)
|100,511
|[[V. Rajagopal]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Rasipuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rasipuram]]
|[[B. Devarajan]]
|INC(I)
|59,872
|[[S. Anbalagan]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salem]]
|[[C. Palaniappan]]
|DMK
|26,258
|[[P. Kamnan]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tiruchengode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchengode]]
|[[M. Kandaswamy]]
|DMK
|21,218
|[[R. Kolandaivelu]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Nilgiris (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nilgiris]]
|[[R. Prabhu]]
|INC(I)
|85,743
|[[T. T. S. Thippiah]]
|JNP
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Gobichettipalayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gobichettipalayam]]
|[[G. Chinnasamy]]
|AIADMK
|13,875
|[[N. R. Thiruvenkadam]]
|INC(I)
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Coimbatore]]
|[[Ram Mohan]]
|DMK
|56,109
|[[Parvathi Krishnan]]
|CPI
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Pollachi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pollachi]]
|[[C. T. Dhandapani]]
|DMK
|15,735
|[[M. A. M. Natarajan]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Palani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palani]]
|[[A. Senapathi Gounder]]
|INC(I)
|59,568
|[[P. S. K. Lakhmipathy Raju]]
|JNP
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dindigul]]
|[[K. Maya Thevar]]
|DMK
|26,746
|[[V. Rajan Chellappa]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Madurai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madurai]]
|[[A. G. Subburaman]]
|INC(I)
|69,195
|[[A. Balasubramanyam]]
|CPM
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Periyakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Periyakulam]]
|[[Cumbum N. Natarajan]]
|DMK
|19,882
|[[S. Ramasamy]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karur]]
|[[S. A. Dorai Sebastian]]
|INC(I)
|74,143
|[[K. Kanagaraj]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchirappalli]]
|[[N. Selvaraj]]
|DMK
|73,599
|[[T. K. Rangarajan]]
|CPM
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Perambalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Perambalur]]
|[[K. B. S. Mani]]
|INC(I)
|99,172
|[[S. Thangaraju]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Mayiladuthurai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mayiladuthurai]]
|[[Kudanthai N. Ramalingam]]
|INC(I)
|92,005
|[[S. Govindasamy]]
|JNP
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Nagapattinam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagapattinam]]
|[[M. Thazhai Karunanithi]]
|DMK
|10,674
|[[K. Murugayan]]
|CPI
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Thanjavur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thanjavur]]
|[[S. Singaravadivel]]
|INC(I)
|44,539
|[[K. Thangamuthu]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Pudukkottai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pudukkottai]]
|[[V. N. Swaminathan]]
|INC(I)
|16,099
|[[Kuzha Chellaya]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivaganga]]
|[[R. V. Swaminathan]]
|INC(I)
|134,561
|[[D. Pandian]]
|CPI
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Ramanathapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ramanathapuram]]
|[[M. S. K. Sathyendran]]
|DMK
|84,133
|[[P. Anbalagan]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Sivakasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivakasi]]
|[[N. Soundararajan]]
|AIADMK
|6,612
|[[V. Jayalakshmi]]
|INC(I)
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tirunelveli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirunelveli]]
|[[D. S. A. Sivaprakasam]]
|DMK
|59,962
|[[V. Arunachalam]]
|AIADMK
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tenkasi]]
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]
|INC(I)
|108,316
|[[S. Rajagopalan]]
|JNP
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tiruchendur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchendur]]
|[[K. T. Kosalram]]
|INC
|113,819
|[[N. Soundarapandian]]
|JNP
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagercoil]]
|[[N. Dennis]]
|INC(I)
|38,408
|[[P. Vijayaraghavan]]
|JNP
|-
|}

==Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu==

===Cabinet Ministers===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white; width:180px"|Minister
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Portfolios
|---
|[[R. Venkataraman]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[Madras South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madras South]]
|[[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance]]
|---
|}

== See also ==
*[[Elections in Tamil Nadu]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha]

==External links==
* [http://eci.nic.in/ Website of Election Commission of India]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303040541/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/stats.php CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History]

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